Quote Originally Posted by biohead View Post
aha, i'm in the same boat. i never had CnQ kick in until i was running 1.35v 3500mhz. Disabling Cool n Quiet in bios does nothing.

running a 8+ hour prime blend stable 258*14 now (3600 mhz), 1.3625 vcore, but i have to force the p-state table with K10stat so it doesn't jump up and down all the time. at 3500 mhz CnQ wasn't an issue (so it didn't matter in windows/idling) but at 3600 it causes stability problems (clock interrupt BSODs), i guess when the frequency jumps up faster than the vcore that goes with it, and causes instability for a fraction of a millisecond.

this 880G needs some work now that i've gone to know it. unbootable HTT@ 290-300, high vcore jumps under load causing load stability but idling the vcore is too low and the system locks up (imagine that :/ ). CnQ issues as noted. also i tried the gimmicky "instant boot" utlity but i don't think the board is supported yet, it doesn't instant boot anything. the OC tuner is unstable clocking the HTT bus and applying multies doesn't work (K10stat does work for multies/vcore). also, AMD overdrive doesnt load and hardlocks the system, same goes for AMD fusion utility.

list goes on. hopefully it all comes down to a BIOS update.
Yes, I'm glad you posted that, everyone thinks I'm crazy

I'm running 3430mhz, 245x14 @ 1.4v vcore, HT and FSB at 2450 @ 1.3v 24/7 stable.

I really should be able to go higher, but keeping the idle OC stable is the problem, it takes way more volts than it should, and under load you gain .04 to .06 volts making it to high resulting in unnessary heat.

I still have a week and a half to get my board back to Newegg, which I might do and just poney up and try something else.