"ASUS P5Q Deluxe discussion".

[CryptiK]

Well that was when i was trying 3.6ghz and set in Bios to 2.0v = Overvolted on other bios 1103 and 1201 to 2.04-2.06 and i would error out in linpack 4-5 right, dropped it to 1.96v = (1.98-2.00v Overvolted) in bios and all was fine... weird eh? . and ram was only around 900mhz then.

Could have been a bios issue, but i have not since tried that again and now that i am on Kets Modded 1306 bios which has the added premium memory tables, maybe it will work .... but i am not going to try it now as i am awaiting for my E8600 to arrive (it better be today .. )

So i will play around then or in a day or so after getting it as who knows it maybe a bad E8600 in temp wise and so forth.

Perhaps your kit just didn't like high voltage? I had an old corsair 6400 kit with quimonda IC's and they refused to boot when at 2.1v or higher.

Bi Lar's kit may just be a little more tolerant to voltage than yours. Strange though, it would be worth re-testing.

Hey, guys can someone review my settings again. For some reason I was getting random video driver crash only in vista 64 before I updated bios. Any reason why you guys stopped recommending pcie freq. @ 101, I see posts with pcie@ 100 now?

-24hrs prime stable, 100 passes of linpack stable burn test, 12hrs hci memtest/memtest86+ stable.

-Haven't had the video crash since I updated bios, but I'm not sure if it's still there. The crash would happen with pcie @ 100 or 101 with c1e off or on and with performance level manual or auto..

e8400/2x2gb gskill ddr2-800

AI Overclock tuner: MANUAL
CPU Ratio Setting: AUTO
FSB Frequency: 400
FSB Strap to North Bridge: AUTO
PCI-E Frequency: 101
DRAM Frequency: 801
DRAM Timing Control: Auto (5-5-5-15)

DRAM Static Read Control: AUTO
DRAM Read Training: AUTO
MEM. OC Charger: AUTO
AI Clock Twister: AUTO
AI Transaction Booster: MANUAL PL11 ALL PULL-INS ENABLED

CPU Voltage: 1.25625 (1.24v CPUz)
CPU GTL Voltage Reference: AUTO
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.52
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.26
DRAM Voltage: 1.90
NB Voltage: 1.26
NB GTL Reference: AUTO
SB Voltage: AUTO
PCIE SATA Voltage: AUTO

Load Line Calibration: ENABLED
CPU Spread Spectrum: DISABLED
PCIE Spread Spectrum: DISABLED
CPU Clock Skew : AUTO
NB Clock Skew : AUTO
CPU Margin Enhancement: OPTIMIZED

C1E Suppport: ENABLED
Max CPUID Value Limit: DISABLED
Intel Virtualization Tech: DISABLED
CPU TM Function: ENABLED
Execute Disable Bit: ENABLED
Intel Speedsteb: DISABLED
Intel C-state: ENABLED

Your settings look ok, nothing stands out as possibly causing 3D crashing.

So this crashing only happens with Vista 64, not 32 or in XP? How long does it take to crash out of a game usually? Is it any particular game that does it? Is your video card overclocked? What drivers are you running? Are you overclocking your video card? What happens when you run the system/card stock?

I would just wait and see if it happens again, if it seems stable since the bios update, just keep testing it and report back if it happens again.

I run PCI-E at 100, always have. 101 was recommended by some guys as a preventative measure as I believe on older boards it stopped some problems people were having, but I don't believe it is necessary on these boards.