Quote Originally Posted by efok View Post
That depends on which bios you have. From my experience only 1406 and 2201 were stable. All the ones in between didn't work well for my Q9450. You should not need 1.4 with Line load Calibration enabled to hit 3.6.

What GTL's do you have set?

Perhaps try my settings a few posts earlier. Those worked with 1406 and 2201 bios.
We've got pretty similar settings going on. I just flashed my bios to 2201 and re-entered the exact same settings/voltages that I had on my previous bios (which was 1402 btw).

FSB: 445
FSB Strap: 333
DRAM: 1069
5-5-5-15

CPU V: 1.412
GTL 0/1: .635
GTL 2/3: .680
PLL: 1.54
FSB Term: 1.24
DRAM: 2.04
NB: 1.4
GTL: .650
SB: 1.2
PCIE SATA: 1.5


Is it safe to put the PLL at 1.6 and the FSB Term at 1.4? By the time I got my 'stable' overclock to 3.60 there were still discussions as to what PLL and FSB term voltages were safe. I'm nowhere near prime stable at 3.6 (fails in about 10 seconds) but I've been running no prob for 1 year now (games, 24/7 downloads, etc) albeit on an almost purely linux machine.

Any suggestions where I can start poking and prodding again to get at least a stable 3.6 or maybe higher?