Quote Originally Posted by Ademcg View Post
ok, so my build is up and running, with suprisingly few problems, but one or two minor frustrations.

Q6600 Go
4GB Crucial Ballistix 8500 [4 X 1GB]
Gigabyte 8800GT 512 MB
Enermax Galaxy 850W
Silverstone TJ09 case
Vista Ultimate 64 bit

Firstly, the bios and CMOS needs clearing when ever the power to the PSU is unhooked for any length of time..I hope this changes

Secondly, I have had the Bios freeze, just the once, but Guru in windows hangs when ever I try to shut it down, to the point where I have stopped it loading up in the start up plus the temps are Way , way off !!

I am still on the bios "as shipped", which is something else I need a little help with.

so, ok, I am at 3GHz, gently pushing the FSB, I have manually set the timings of the 4GB of crucial Ballistix, but I am very confused by what CPUz is reporting, the tRAS I set in bios was 18, however when CPUZ loads it reports it as 24 ?

I am still finding my way with this Intel stuff...I wonder if I have something selected I shouldn't have ??? Advice Please !!!!!!

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Still can't work the USB pen drive as a boot drive...i was made using my other PC Win XP Pro should I restart in Vista 64 bit ?

So, a few things I would really like help on:

I would love to flash the bios....USB pen being a bit of a git..will try once more to follow Ace's method.

Is the memory showing different in CPUz a problem ?
something I should change (from screen shots above)??

Or should I just crack on with the FSB pushing ??

Finally, I have run Futuremark 2006 and I get a low score of 7694


I should be hitting at least 10K ??

HElp !!
Any advice / comments most welcome
my 1st impression: you are overdoing it with Vcore for 2.7Ghz...you shouldn't be above 1.35-1.40v for a P95 episode.

2nd: Vista is not friendly to video games or benching...once SP1 comes out, it should improve that situation.

3rd: at what point are you getting a bios freeze?...i would take your memory down to 2-Gigs for a while or maybe down to one stick to see if that keeps the freezing situaion from happening again.

4th: Uguru might have problems with vista 64 so you need to install XP to see what affect that has on the whole system.

5th: the tRAS setting is obviously a quirk with this board when you have it manually set for a lower number...possibly a bios fault...it could also be a problem utilizing all four dimm slots...try the above soultion with using less dimm's.