Quote Originally Posted by Rickpatbrown View Post
I'm not sure that a stepping change can fix it. It shouldn't degrade that quickly. Keep testing and let us know. This is very important information. Every Wolfdale seems to have an initial burn in period were it takes less volts to hit higher speeds for the first week. Then, you have to increase the volts. It seems to be a one time thing.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Is anyone getting E0 steppings for the E8400/8500?
οκ 4600Mhz with 1.8 now :p he is the worst chip i ever got and then he just died when he was priming on 4600Mhz so i show that the degrade cames on even lower voltages less than 1.4V and it is not for the first week only but for the whole life of the chip