Quote Originally Posted by Isepick View Post
F4L and F4N have my multi locked up at 22 on my 940, whether or not I have turbo on.
that's normal mate
you will never be able to select 23x multi in bios on 940


Quote Originally Posted by Isepick View Post
I absolutely cannot get past 180 mhz bclck, even up to vcore of 1.525 ...other voltages I have taken up to (and a bit past) settings I have seen others have here and in the i7 overclock thread. I dont know if I havent already hurt this cpu, or if it is the bios, or why the reason is that I am locked in at 22x.
overclocking nehalem in particular is a LOT more complicated than just mimicing other users

i spend a good 4 serious testing/overclocking sessions before i could get my head around basic settings and OCing.....it takes time and patience to get it right and voltage tweaking is important but upping voltage does not mean you are going to gain stability....it actually needs to be the right mixture of volts for things to work smoothly


Quote Originally Posted by Isepick View Post

180 x 22 Turbo ON (so x23 or 4140 mHz)
QPI x36
Uncore x13 (12 seems unstable)
Mem x6
Vcore 1.4875 (any lower BSOD during linx)
QPI/VTT 1.34 (see vdimm)
CPUpll 1.88
QPIpll 1.24
IOH Core 1.4
ICH I/O 1.58
ICH Core 1.22
Vdimm 1.8 (older ddr3 ram)
i would suggest higher QPI/VTT >> somewhere 1.5 or 1.55 particularly if you are going to run vdimm at 1.8v or more

for high NB speeds you will have to jack up uncore and RAM volts even more




Quote Originally Posted by Isepick View Post

No screenies, but with the high vcore there is nothing new to spam the thread with Temps are at about 80C under load (linx) and 70-75C(prime), with vcore 1.456 load. LLC and turbo are on, HT is OFF. Cooling is a true black 120 (lapped) with a scythe ultra kaze 3000 zip tied to it.

At 1.525 vcore I still cannot turn HT on or go to 181 bclck (even turning turbo off), and Load temps are in the 90C range.

Note on raid: get a separate controller card. Intel/mobo raid is free, and you get what you pay for. I have had no good experiences using built in raid. Just my $.02

sounding like a voltage tweakin issue

start with what i suggested and do some more experiementing on your own
how are you setting RAM timings in bios....try auto and manual set...use latest Memset for nehalem to check values >> there are some issues with reading subtimings properly...software will read them out +2 on most timings