ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[nickfd]

Hi Again,

I posted some questions regarding overclocking back in the mid 180 pages but never really got an answer I was looking for. I'm trying again in case something new has popped up since then. Here is my issue.

I can overclock from a FSB of 266 up to 333 with no issues. One fsb above that and my machine locks up. I've tried jumping past that with dozens of different FSB up to 375 with no success. I did that as some boards seem to have a hole at one spot where they are unstable.

I can play with different memory timings with no problem, but raise that FSB above 333 and the system dies hard. I really was expecting a zone of flakeyness before the hard die. I've tried a number of differnt bios's from 16-20 and settled on 17 for no real reason.

I just don't know why everyone is getting reasonable overclock..3.2-3.6 GHz but I can only get to 3.0. Yes, I could have a wimpy cpu, but I am really worried that I am missing something. Voltage changes on the cpu makes no difference at all. It's that damn 333 vs 334 wall.

Anything that you guys think I can try?

Thanks in advance.

Hi, looks like in your sig you have an e6600 with 1.50vcore to hit your 3ghz, which is 333 fsb. What are your temperatures like on your cores in windows using CoreTemp at idle? How about with orthos or prime?

I had a similar problem with my e6600, but under water, I could push 1.60+vcore and get up to my sig's speeds. You want to stay under 70c at the cores under full load. Anything more, and you're slowly killing your proc. 85c and your thermal junction between the cores will melt.

I believe lawrywild has a similar issue with speeds, and part of why he started this thread, and why he is getting a quad g0.

[Lee13168]

Hi, I can hit 3.0 with 333 FSB on STOCK voltage but if i go to more fsb even if multiplier on 8 to make it 2.7 i still cant get in. So is it possible that i need higher vcore to break 335fsb wall? I tried 1.3 but no luck, should i go as high as 1.5 to see if vcore effects fsb? Dont want to fry my e6600, revision b2 stepping 6.