The Much Needed EVGA 680i A1 Q6600 O.C thread

[Ic3man]

No reply as yet but I have also made a post on the EVGA forums highlighting this possible solution/answer. I have tried this quad in a 590 chipset and it dosn't have the FSB problem the 570 chipset does so it appears there maybe a link between the chipset revisions - anyone else managing decent FSB with the 570 chipset?

[serker]

No reply as yet but I have also made a post on the EVGA forums highlighting this possible solution/answer. I have tried this quad in a 590 chipset and it dosn't have the FSB problem the 570 chipset does so it appears there maybe a link between the chipset revisions - anyone else managing decent FSB with the 570 chipset?

my Q6600 L726A, dont let me play at any fsb beyond the stock, but I can clock about 3.6 or more with 2 cores disabled. on 680i A1 P30

[icon57]

No reply as yet but I have also made a post on the EVGA forums highlighting this possible solution/answer. I have tried this quad in a 590 chipset and it dosn't have the FSB problem the 570 chipset does so it appears there maybe a link between the chipset revisions - anyone else managing decent FSB with the 570 chipset?

hmmm... i had an rma number almost instantly!
when i pulled of the north and south bridge coolers to re-apply TIM, i forgot to look at the nb and see what chip it was...interesting...

do all the new A1 revisions use the 570?, i know my original board had the 590.

[serker]

hmmm... i had an rma number almost instantly!
when i pulled of the north and south bridge coolers to re-apply TIM, i forgot to look at the nb and see what chip it was...interesting...

do all the new A1 revisions use the 570?, i know my original board had the 590.

My A1 is 590

[Ic3man]

Some have the 570 some have the 590 - hence why some may be having problems and others not. Why a SB should affect the FSB I have no idea but I can't see any other reason as on dualcore I could exceed 500fsb easily and it was stable (500x8) - no such luck with this quad tho - its either stable or wont boot, no inbetween. Usually prime starts to get flaky once you are hitting the cpu limit but for it to go from stable to no boot with a 1mhz increase is bizarre.