Quote Originally Posted by JenBell View Post
Hello Guys,

PC Spec's below.

980x, CMT6GX3M3A2000C8 x2 = 12GB RAM, Rampage III Extreme, Sapphire 5970 4GB, Enermax Rev85+ 1250w, 8x Pioneer Bluray writer, 24x Liteon DVD writer, OS: Crucial C300 256GB, Tier 1 storage: 2x Samsung F1 500GB, Tier 2 storage: 2x 1Tb Samsung F3, KillerNIC 2000 Pro - all housed in a windowed black TJ07 with 2x 92mm revoltec's, 3x 120mm sharkoon's at 700rpm, front HDD intake at 1200RPM. WCed by Aquaduct 720XT with Cuplex Kryos HF (all compression fittings) filled with black UV feser.

Using BIOS 0011 I have only managed to reach stable settings below.

Need it take the system higher...any advice please?

Code:
 
Target CPU Frequency                  3918.9MHz
Target DRAM Frequency                 1704MHz

LN2 Mode                              []***
QPI Loadline Calibration              []***

Sync Mode                             [EN]
AI Overclock Tuner                    [MAN]
OC From CPU level Up                  [Auto]
CPU Ratio Setting                     [23]
CPU Turbo Power Limit                 [DIS]

>CPU Configuration----------------------------
CPU Ratio Setting                     [23]
C1E Support                           [DIS]
Hardware Prefetcher                   [EN]
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher        [EN]
Intel(R) Virtualiyation Tech          [EN]
CPU TM Function                       [EN]
Execute Disable Bit                   [EN]
Intel(R) HT Technology                [EN]
Active Processor Cores                [ALL]
A20M                                  []
Intel(R) SpeedStep(TM) Tech           [DIS]
Intel(R) C-STATE Tech                 []
C State package limit setting         [DIS]
----------------------------------------------

BCLK Frequency                        [170]
PCIE Frequency                        [100]
DRAM Frequency                        [DDR3-1704mhz]
UCLK Frequency                        [3238]
QPI Link Data Rate                    [Auto]

Memory Configuration Protect          [DIS]

>DRAM Timing Control--------------------------
CAS# Latency                          [8]
RAS# to CAS# Delay                    [9]
RAS# PRE Time                         [8]
RAS# ACT Time                         [8] - what's with this? should be 24
RAS# to RAS# Delay                    [24] - and this could be 8
REF Cycle Time                        []
WRITE Recovery Time                   []
READ to PRE Time                      []
FOUR ACT WIN Time                     []
Back-To-BackCAS# Delay                []

Timing Mode                           [2N]
Round Trip Latency on CHA             []
Round Trip Latency on CHB             []
Round Trip Latency on CHC             []

WRITE To READ Delay(DD)               []
WRITE To READ Delay(DR)               []
WRITE To READ Delay(SR)               []
READ To WRITE Delay(DD)               []
READ To WRITE Delay(DR)               []
READ To WRITE Delay(SR)               []
READ To READ Delay(DD)                []
READ To READ Delay(DR)                []
READ To READ Delay(SR)                []
WRITE To WRITE Delay(DD)              []
WRITE To WRITE Delay(DR)              []
WRITE To WRITE Delay(SR)              []
----------------------------------------------

CPU Differential Amplitude            [Auto]
CPU Clock Skew                        [Auto]
IOH Clock Skew                        [Auto]
------------ Extreme Engine Digi+ ------------
Digi+ PWR Mode                        [T-balanced]
PWR Volt. Control                     [Auto]
Load-Line Calibration                 [Auto]
CPU Voltege OCP                       [EN]
CPU PWM Frequency                     [Auto]

Extreme OV                            [DIS]
Extreme OC                            [Auto]

CPU Voltage                           [1.25000] - too low
CPU PLL Voltage                       [1.81525]
QPI/DRAM Core Voltage                 [1.35000]
DRAM Bus Voltage                      [1.64300]

>DRAM REF Voltages----------------------------
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHA          []
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHA          []
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHB          []
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHB          []
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHC          []
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHC          []
----------------------------------------------

IOH Voltage                           [1.11300] - maybe low.
IOH PCIE Voltage                      [1.81050]  - why such high voltage? 

ICH Voltage                           [1.11300]
ICH PCIE Voltage                      [1.51050]

---------- Spread Spectrum Control -----------
CPU Spread Spectrum                   [DIS]
DRAM Spread Spectrum                  [DIS]



***on-board jumper dependant
Edited your template, check blue colored settings.

Quote Originally Posted by AceBaran View Post
Ok stable now i think ..

Now raise bclk ?

GG..

Tnx everyone for advice !

There's something very wrong with that picture! Chanell C Data and Control voltages IOH, IOH PCI-E, ICH, ICH PCI-E voltages, more then 3V impossible.

Quote Originally Posted by Phatonian71 View Post
Hi everybody.

i've been researching this thread for a little while now and have been trying to get my new system stable at 4.2Ghz. I have experimented with PLL (1.4 - 1.8) and CPU voltage (1.25 - 1.35) but have consistently run into blue screens when benchmarking in PC Mark's Gaming test.

My system specs are: i7 930 (stock fan), Kingston 2000 DDR3 Triple, Silverstone 1500w, 8800GT.

If anyone has any advice on how I could get it stable at 4.2Ghz I would greatly appreciate it! Here are my bios settings:

Code:
BIOS 0878 BETA

Target CPU Frequency                  4200MHz
Target DRAM Frequency                 2005MHz

LN2 Mode                              Disabled***
QPI Loadline Calibration              Disabled*** - maybe u should enable

Sync Mode                             [Disabled]
AI Overclock Tuner                    [Manual]
OC From CPU level Up                  [Auto]
CPU Ratio Setting                     [21] - set manually
CPU Turbo Power Limit                 [Disabled]

>CPU Configuration----------------------------
CPU Ratio Setting                     [21] - set manually
C1E Support                           [Enabled]
Hardware Prefetcher                   [Enabled]
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher        [Enabled]
Intel(R) Virtualiyation Tech          [Enabled]
CPU TM Function                       [Disabled] - disables throttling
Execute Disable Bit                   [Enabled]
Intel(R) HT Technology                [Disabled] - why? 
Active Processor Cores                [All]
A20M                                  [Disabled]
Intel(R) SpeedStep(TM) Tech           [Enabled]
Intel(R) C-STATE Tech                 [Auto]
C State package limit setting         [Auto]
C1 Auto Demotion                      [Enabled]
C3 Auto Demotion                      [Enabled]
----------------------------------------------

BCLK Frequency                        [200]
PCIE Frequency                        [100]
DRAM Frequency                        [DDR3-2005]
UCLK Frequency                        [4000] - set manually
QPI Link Data Rate                    [7200] - set manually

Memory Configuration Protect          [Disabled]

>DRAM Timing Control--------------------------
CAS# Latency                          [7]
RAS# to CAS# Delay                    [9]
RAS# PRE Time                         [7]
RAS# ACT Time                         [24]
RAS# to RAS# Delay                    [Auto]
REF Cycle Time                        [Auto]
WRITE Recovery Time                   [Auto]
READ to PRE Time                      [Auto]
FOUR ACT WIN Time                     [Auto]
Back-To-BackCAS# Delay                [Auto]

Timing Mode                           [1N]
Round Trip Latency on CHA             [Auto]
Round Trip Latency on CHB             [Auto]
Round Trip Latency on CHC             [Auto]

WRITE To READ Delay(DD)               [Auto]
WRITE To READ Delay(DR)               [Auto]
WRITE To READ Delay(SR)               [Auto]
READ To WRITE Delay(DD)               [Auto]
READ To WRITE Delay(DR)               [Auto]
READ To WRITE Delay(SR)               [Auto]
READ To READ Delay(DD)                [Auto]
READ To READ Delay(DR)                [Auto]
READ To READ Delay(SR)                [Auto]
WRITE To WRITE Delay(DD)              [Auto]
WRITE To WRITE Delay(DR)              [Auto]
WRITE To WRITE Delay(SR)              [Auto]
----------------------------------------------

CPU Differential Amplitude            [Auto]
CPU Clock Skew                        [Auto]
IOH Clock Skew                        [Auto]
------------ Extreme Engine Digi+ ------------
Digi+ PWR Mode                        [T-Balance]
PWR Volt. Control                     [Auto]
Load-Line Calibration                 [Auto] - maybe change to full
CPU Voltege OCP                       [Enabled]
CPU PWM Frequency                     [Auto]

Extreme OV                            [Disabled]
Extreme OC                            [Disabled]

CPU Voltage                           [1.275] - too low IMO
CPU PLL Voltage                       [1.800] - do not lower for Bloomfield
QPI/DRAM Core Voltage            1.4  [Auto] - too low for UnCore@4000
DRAM Bus Voltage                      [1.65625]

>DRAM REF Voltages----------------------------
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHA          [Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHA          [Auto]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHB          [Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHB          [Auto]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHC          [Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHC          [Auto]
----------------------------------------------

IOH Voltage                           [Auto]
IOH PCIE Voltage                      [Auto]

ICH Voltage                           [Auto]
ICH PCIE Voltage                      [Auto]

---------- Spread Spectrum Control -----------
CPU Spread Spectrum                   [Disabled]
DRAM Spread Spectrum                  [Disabled]



***on-board jumper dependant
Check blue settings in your template.