e6600 won't overclock! wat's wronge?

[daywalker69]

SYSTEM SPEC's
Core 2 Duo E6600
Asus P5N-E SLi
2 x 1Gb PC 6400 800mhz 555-13 (think that last bit is correct!)
1 x BFG Geforce 8800 GTS OC 320 Mb PCI-E
600 watt PSU
2 x 250gb Samsung hds striped raid 0

Cooling - front 120mm fan - side 90mm fan - rear 90mm fan
CPU - Zalman CNPS9700

I have tried over clocking this cpu by using asus ez overclock is the bios and setting at 20% it reached windows once and froze, now it won't even post on those settings, I have to clear the cmos to get back to the bios.

I have upgraded to the latest bios and this dosen't help either!!!

Tried raising FSB slightly but still dies on me!

HELP!!!

 

[BushLin]

I think it's possible your memory is "wronge" and doesn't want to up the FSB without more voltage or loosen the timings, what memory is it? If it's some cheap no-name stuff then you may be heading up doo-doo creak

 

[daywalker69]

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:16 pm Post subject:

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I think it's possible your memory is "wronge" and doesn't want to up the FSB without more voltage or loosen the timings, what memory is it? If it's some cheap no-name stuff then you may be heading up doo-doo creak

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Its VDATA and I think the latency is 5/5/5/13 surely this will overclock slightly!!! but i can't even do that

 

[AdamBomb42]

Your lats are not the problem. That memory just can't go much further past 800mhz. If you are using some automatic overclocking feature, stop using it now and manually set your overclock. The setting that I recommend for everyone with a 6600 is as follows: 400 base fsb (1600 qdr fsb), 1:1 memory ratio, and cpu multiplier at x8 to get a final clock of 3.2ghz. You may need to bump the cpu voltage to get stable, but these setting have worked on many 6600 systems. When I say bump the voltage I mean the smallest amount possible, usually .025v. Most 6600 can go higher than this, but for people who are just getting into overclocking these settings work great.

 

[tomdrum]

Getting it at 1:1through proper bios should work as you arent pushing your ram too hard. Make sure the bios gives you ram options as otherwise o/c might not work. My mobo was useless at recognising my ram until i upgraded the bios, but i see youve done that already. Otherwise il just say not everything will work 100% together and maybe you are unlucky.

 

[babybudha]

Your e6600 is suppose to work at 2.4Ghz, not above that. So therefore there is nothing wrong. Your e6600 is fine. Enjoy 😀 .

 

[rivalneighbour]

Overclock it manually and avoid using the asus ez overclock thing. try this overclocking guide here http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/Core2Duo-Overclocking-Guide-v1-ftopict197995.html

monitor those temps