Striker pwns EVGA with Q6600 G0

[SteveS]

Has anyone come across a problem when you have a USB mouse connected the computer wont start, as soon as its removed the damn thing starts no problems? Im getting this problem with my Micosoft Habu mouse if its connected the computer wont start.

[Leeghoofd]

isn't that mouse made for microsoft by Razor ? the copperhaed mice also had issues one of the reasons they delivered bios 1305

[Yori1989]

Nice overclock man

[linflas]

After running the 3.825 for about a month, decided the heat output vs. 225mhz was not worth it for me. I adjusted my clocks a little over a week ago and am very happy with 3.6, temps are WELL controlled, and overall very little performance difference is noticable to me. A few hundred 3DMarks when I am hitting 18000 in 06 anyway is not a big deal for me.

AI Tuning: Manual
Nvidia GPU Ex: Disabled
LinkBoost: Disabled
CPU Multi 8
FSB - Memory Clock Mode: Unlinked
x FSB - Memory Raio: N/A
FSB (QDR), Mhz: 1800
Actual FSB (QDR), Mhz: 1800
MEM (DDR), Mhz: 900
Actual MEM (DDR), Mhz: 900
Vcore Voltage:1.5 for actual of 1.41
Memory Voltage:2.05
1.2v HT Voltage:1.65
NB Core Voltage:1.5
SB Core Voltage:1.65
CPU VTT Voltage:1.4
DDRII Controller Ref Voltage: auto
DDRII Channel A Ref Voltage: auto
DDRII Channel B Ref Voltage: auto

tCL (CAS Latency): 5
tRCD: 5
tRP: 5
tRAS:15
Command Per Clock (CMD): 2


Advance Memory Settings
tRRD: AUTO
tRC: AUTO
tWR: AUTO
tWTR: AUTO
tREF: AUTO
tRD: AUTO
tRFC: AUTO
Async Latency: AUTO

CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
MCP PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
SATA Spread Spectrum: Disabled
LDT Spread Spectrum: Disabled

CPU Internal Thermal Control: Disabled
Limit CPUID MaxVal: Disabled
Enhanced C1 (C1E): Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled
Virtualization Technology: Disabled
Enhanced Intel Speedstep Tech: Disabled
LDT Frequency: 4x

PCIEX16_1 Frequency (Mhz): 100
PCIEX16_2 Frequency (Mhz): 100
PCIEX16_3 Frequency (Mhz): 100
SPP<->MCP Ref Clock, Mhz: 200

[ganzir]

hi linflas, may be you can answer this:

Is there any reason that speaks against an FSB of 400 and multi of 9 for 3.6?


Does this work as well? I tried quiete a few things, but the system did not boot, may be you could try this an tell me if that works, so I get an idea if it is a general problem or something is messed up with my board.

btw: What Bios do you use 1301 or 1303?

Greetz
Ganzir

[Leeghoofd]

400 FSB does not work mate it's an FSB hole and it puts too much stress on the NB it seems !!

it's either 413, 425, or 450 FSB for quads... though my board never did the last sadly

[linflas]

400 FSB does not work mate it's an FSB hole and it puts too much stress on the NB it seems !!

it's either 413, 425, or 450 FSB for quads... though my board never did the last sadly

Yup FSB hole in the 1303 bios, 400 does not work at all, would prefer it, as I could run lower latency on my ram, have not found a bios that works well with the quad that allows it yet.

ASUS promised a 1400 series bios months ago, never materialized thoug, and would not hold out much hope as the new series of boards probably have all thier attention.

[ganzir]

Well, thx that you told me, but ASUS promised support for penryn CPUs, some of them are going to utilize an FSB of 1600 (as far as I know) which means, they have to code a BIOS that closes this hole.

Greetz
Ganzir

[Leeghoofd]

New CPU, new Bios prolly also new issues lol,GO dual core doesn't have an issue with 400FSB, GO and B3 quad does sadly, we just have to wait, also noticing that the 780i is rumoured to be an 680i with an added bridge shows that the 680i is suitable for Penryn... just wait and see

[ganzir]

Leeghoofd,

can you tell me, from which company you purchased your mosfet-watercoolers?

Greetz
Ganzir

[linflas]

Made a few tweaks to decrease my RAM latencies, seems to be fine, been running 12+ hours @ 100%

AI Tuning: Manual
Nvidia GPU Ex: Disabled
LinkBoost: Disabled
CPU Multi 8
FSB - Memory Clock Mode: Unlinked
x FSB - Memory Raio: N/A
FSB (QDR), Mhz: 1800
Actual FSB (QDR), Mhz: 1800
MEM (DDR), Mhz: 900
Actual MEM (DDR), Mhz: 900
Vcore Voltage:1.525 for actual of 1.42
Memory Voltage:2.05
1.2v HT Voltage:1.7
NB Core Voltage:1.5
SB Core Voltage:1.65
CPU VTT Voltage:1.4
DDRII Controller Ref Voltage: auto
DDRII Channel A Ref Voltage: auto
DDRII Channel B Ref Voltage: auto

tCL (CAS Latency): 4
tRCD: 4
tRP: 4
tRAS:12
Command Per Clock (CMD): 2


Advance Memory Settings
tRRD: AUTO
tRC: AUTO
tWR: AUTO
tWTR: AUTO
tREF: AUTO
tRD: AUTO
tRFC: AUTO
Async Latency: AUTO

CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
MCP PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
SATA Spread Spectrum: Disabled
LDT Spread Spectrum: Disabled

CPU Internal Thermal Control: Disabled
Limit CPUID MaxVal: Disabled
Enhanced C1 (C1E): Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled
Virtualization Technology: Disabled
Enhanced Intel Speedstep Tech: Disabled
LDT Frequency: 4x

PCIEX16_1 Frequency (Mhz): 100
PCIEX16_2 Frequency (Mhz): 100
PCIEX16_3 Frequency (Mhz): 100
SPP<->MCP Ref Clock, Mhz: 200

[Leeghoofd]

Leeghoofd,

can you tell me, from which company you purchased your mosfet-watercoolers?

Greetz
Ganzir

was a kit from aquatuning from Eddy of EK waterblocks,

http://www.ekwaterblocks.com

http://www.aquatuning.de/product_inf...01-Acetal.html

[crash5s]

Well, thx that you told me, but ASUS promised support for penryn CPUs, some of them are going to utilize an FSB of 1600 (as far as I know) which means, they have to code a BIOS that closes this hole.

Greetz
Ganzir

According to asus support is already there for the striker

http://event.asus.com/mb/45nm/

[Leeghoofd]

Yep for 1333FSB ones, 1600 FSB will be problematic I guess with quads...

[kup]

Just tried out the 1800MHz settings and wouldn't ya know, 3.6GHz, 1800MHz stable! I love and hate this motherboard!

Good work guys, it was killing my head working with all these FSB holes!

After 450/1800MHz can I keep pushing? Because I know the board is good for at least 1900MHz from using my E6600 with it?

[humeyboy]

I can run stable at 1900FSB with memory In Sync, I for some reason cannot run past 1925FSB even booting out of bios and I cannot get Memory above 950mhz even though it needs no extra volts to get to there but no amount of voltage to get higher works.

I aint sure if a FSB hole would affect Memory as I have tried only raising Memory to 975mhz and leaving FSB lower, still no go but Bios 1303 is by far the best ever and 1305 is a POS.

@ kup, BTW 1900FSb is higher than most peeps get on these mobos even with Dual Core funny thing is I need very little change to Chipset voltages to get there, do you think applying real proper TIM to Heatpipes would help instead that OEM Rubber GOO (crap).

[Khaotic]

I just scored my Q6600 - L731A364.
So far, the best OC i can must is a measly 3.3Ghz. I've been up and down the voltage ladder, but so far - no love.
Are any of you 1800FSB folks using any mods (ie: pencil mod) ?
I tried 1800/800 and i had to clear the CMOS.

This is an early board Striker, and i never seem to get very lucky buying CPU's. I'm either to early, or to late. Most of these bad a$$ overclockers have been in the L72xxxxx and i'm into a week 31. So i'm guessing - i missed the bus again.....

Ugh. I need to restract this statement.
So far, teh best 100&#37; stable OC i can obtain, is 3.0Ghz. There is always SOMETHING that wont' work quite right above the 3.0Ghz mark.
Like WinZip----Why would it stop launching once the clock speed hits 3.1Ghz? IT DOES, AND ITS GHEY.
I've tried mirroring all the successful settings I've seen here, using a 9 multi, to get higher than 3.0Ghz. so far, its only KINDA working.
I can get to the desktop, and a LOT of aps work. I use Everest CPU Stress routine and leave it up for like 20 mins. NO crashes. but there is always one or two hiccups that just dont' seen right - like the WinZip thing.

I'd say i'm confused. but i'm not - i have HORRIBLE luck, buying CPUs. and its not like i can honestly RMA a CPU becuase it won't overclock......
sure, ya CAN - but i've got enough bad karma, which is probably why i keep getting dud CPUs

[my87csx481]

Made a few tweaks to decrease my RAM latencies, seems to be fine, been running 12+ hours @ 100%

AI Tuning: Manual
Nvidia GPU Ex: Disabled
LinkBoost: Disabled
CPU Multi 8
FSB - Memory Clock Mode: Unlinked
x FSB - Memory Raio: N/A
FSB (QDR), Mhz: 1800
Actual FSB (QDR), Mhz: 1800
MEM (DDR), Mhz: 900
Actual MEM (DDR), Mhz: 900
Vcore Voltage:1.525 for actual of 1.42
Memory Voltage:2.05
1.2v HT Voltage:1.7
NB Core Voltage:1.5
SB Core Voltage:1.65
CPU VTT Voltage:1.4
DDRII Controller Ref Voltage: auto
DDRII Channel A Ref Voltage: auto
DDRII Channel B Ref Voltage: auto

tCL (CAS Latency): 4
tRCD: 4
tRP: 4
tRAS:12
Command Per Clock (CMD): 2


Advance Memory Settings
tRRD: AUTO
tRC: AUTO
tWR: AUTO
tWTR: AUTO
tREF: AUTO
tRD: AUTO
tRFC: AUTO
Async Latency: AUTO

CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
MCP PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
SATA Spread Spectrum: Disabled
LDT Spread Spectrum: Disabled

CPU Internal Thermal Control: Disabled
Limit CPUID MaxVal: Disabled
Enhanced C1 (C1E): Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled
Virtualization Technology: Disabled
Enhanced Intel Speedstep Tech: Disabled
LDT Frequency: 4x

PCIEX16_1 Frequency (Mhz): 100
PCIEX16_2 Frequency (Mhz): 100
PCIEX16_3 Frequency (Mhz): 100
SPP<->MCP Ref Clock, Mhz: 200

Do you or anyone else have stable settings for 3200 Mhz or 3400 Mhz (9 multi)?

I'm a total noob and I don't want to push it too far right away....I'm on air.

Thanks.

[Leeghoofd]

I can run stable at 1900FSB with memory In Sync, I for some reason cannot run past 1925FSB even booting out of bios and I cannot get Memory above 950mhz even though it needs no extra volts to get to there but no amount of voltage to get higher works.

I aint sure if a FSB hole would affect Memory as I have tried only raising Memory to 975mhz and leaving FSB lower, still no go but Bios 1303 is by far the best ever and 1305 is a POS.

@ kup, BTW 1900FSb is higher than most peeps get on these mobos even with Dual Core funny thing is I need very little change to Chipset voltages to get there, do you think applying real proper TIM to Heatpipes would help instead that OEM Rubber GOO (crap).

Try to keep ya ram at or below 900Mhz if you go so high on the FSB, my board doesn't boot with 1900FSB and 1066Mhz, boot's fine with around 850Mhz , and for my board it's even a bigger issue with the quad, 1000mhz ram speed is a no go above 1333FSB, it's very very unstable...

[Leeghoofd]

Do you or anyone else have stable settings for 3200 Mhz or 3400 Mhz (9 multi)?

I'm a total noob and I don't want to push it too far right away....I'm on air.

Thanks.

Take the settings you posted from Linflas and drop multi to 8 for 8 x 425 , you get 3400mhz, or go 1333FSB with 9 multi

[humeyboy]

LOL, I ideally want 2000FSB (500), with Ram @ 1000mhz (which it can do with no extra volts and keep its 4:4:4:12 /2T)

I also run past 3.85GHZ on /Auto volts but no matter what voltage I cant stay in Windows long at 4GHZ, I mean if I can Stress @ 3.85+GHZ for hours in a hot room why cant I sit idle for more than a few mins at 4GHZ in a cool room, something weird there.

My cooler is not extreme but cools fine (Noctua NH-U12F + better FAN).

@ Leeghoofd, I have tried locking FSB and only getting Ram to 1000, no go.

I then tried locking Memory and getting FSB to 1950, no go 1925 is highest with hardly any extra Volts needed on the Chipsets.

[Leeghoofd]

I know some users that got 500FSB but with ram at 1200mhz with high voltage and loose timings , sometimes it's all about the divider used , but I wouldn't recommend that as 24/7 , think it's more a dream to strive for, perhaps with P35 but surely not on day to day basis...

Also boting up is not stable is it, I need to alter the voltage settings manually to much highe levels then auto to get it orthos stable ( especially 1.2HT and CPU VTT )

Weird thing is I also locked at 475 max FSB, no matter what I try I cannot get the board to post at 500FSB ( might be CPU wall too ofcourse ) I have had a CPU-Z screenshot at 4ghz with the E6850 but it lasted 20 minutes then BSOD on me ( just surfing and mailing in windows )

[humeyboy]

,

I cant even boot out of bios at 1700FSB with that POS 1305 bios your testing lol.

I got into Windows at 500FSB last night with higher volts on the 1.2HT, it is 1.5v stock anyhow on these Mobos, it did not last long and frooze not even a BSOD but the CPU @ 4GHZ does give a BSOD.

As I have said above, to get to 3.85+GHZ, I need change little and not need much voltage, same for 1925FSB, but after that no mater how much volts 4GHZ or 500FSB aint stable to even use in Windows for next to nothing like surfing etc.

What would you consider safe high voltages on the various chipsets ?.

[Leeghoofd]

With the GO CPU 1305 has been as good for me as 1303, though I'm yet awaiting the sensor lockup again, if that happens again it's outta here...

Mobo is on the desk now, as I'm constructing a new cube, so not much going on there

[humeyboy]

My CPU as all E6850's are is a GO and Rev B