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    I've been testing further as to why I have such instability at 3.6GHz and it must either boil down to the CPU or the 0903 BIOS. I can easily hit 450 FSB with a lower CPU clock (x7 multiplier) when my board volts are only: 1.45 NB and 1.30 FSBT
    I thought it was the memory causing problems because of the 4x1GB, but it doesn't look that way now.

    Is it normal for the CPU to require over 1.43v for it to be stable at 3.6GHz? 3.4GHz is completely 12+h Prime stable at 1.38v. Does VID really play a significant part when it comes to clocking above 3.4GHz with the G0? because mine is 1.2875v.
    After Prime at 3.6GHz I always get a BSOD, usually the 'system encountered an uncorrectable hardware error' kind of BSOD. Prime never actually reports a problem in the log, the system just BSOD's sporadically.

    My temps on full load with 3.4GHz only ever reach about 57-60C max per-core according to Everest and Core Temp; at 3.6GHz they reach about 67 on average. I might try lapping my heatsink because I'm pretty sure the Ultra-120 eXtreme should be keeping the temps a tad bit lower than that.
    Core's 3-4 are always slightly cooler than the first two as well, usually by about 2 or 3 celcius, but anyways, these temps are hardly a worry.

    My previous mobo P5W64-WS Pro was reporting much higher temps than this ~80c and it was due to the temperature monitor being bugged, and ironically, the Maximus Formula suffered the same fate with its recent BIOS releases.
    Last edited by devilhood; 12-05-2007 at 04:28 AM.
    OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 / Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP3
    MB: Asus Maximus Formula Special Edition (BIOS Version 1302 SLIC)
    Case: Coolermaster Stacker 830 / Akasa Amber Ultra Quiet 120mm (x4 Side Intake, x1 Back Outtake)
    PSU: Enermax Galaxy 1000 Watt PSU
    CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, CPU Stepping G0, 3600 MHz (9 x 400)
    CPU HS: Scythe Zipang / Scythe 140mm
    NB HS: Thermalright HR-05-SLI
    RAM: G.Skill (4 GB DDR2-1066 DDR2 SDRAM) 5-5-5-15 (CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS)
    GFX: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (621 GPU Clock, 2000 MHz Memory Effective Clock)
    SND: Creative SB X-Fi XtremeMusic/Platinum Sound Card
    Backplane: ICY Dock MB454SPF-B Multi-Bay Backplane Module
    CD 1: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200S SATA Device
    CD 2: TSSTcorp DVD RW SH-S223F SATA Device
    HD 1: WD 1002FBYS Intel Raid 0 Volume (2 TB)
    HD 3: WD 5000AAKS External (500 GB)

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