Gremlin in my Overclock... major help needed

[Twisted_Sister]

I am desperate for help, this is my PC for my small business (heavy photo editing).

Got my e4300 up to a stable (and modest) 2.6ghz O'c (using wusy and all other internet guides)

Ran prime for 24 hours...lock solid w/ temps maxed at 50C under the full stress test. Idle temps are 30C.

For 3 weeks it was running fine. Then one day I boot my computer... and my mobo starts in fail safe settings (no error or failed post, just starts at defaults - very weird).

So I go in and enable my OC again... and the computer fails to post.

I've tried everything to get this to work, but now I can't even get a small 2.25 ghz OC to post.

I downloaded all the latest drivers and bios. Here are my specs:

CPU: E4300
CPU HEAT SINK: INTEL STOCK
MOBO: GIGABYTE 965P-DS3 REVISION 3.3
BIOS: F12
RAM: GSKILL 2X 1GB PC2-6400 (800MHZ)
recommended: 1.9V-2.0V
4-4-4-12
VIDEO CARD: EVGA 8800 GTS 3200
PSU: Siverstone 750W
Operating system: Vista 64 bit

BIOS SETTINGS-

STANDARD BIOS
HALT ON...........................[ALL, BUT KEYBOARD]

ADVANCED BIOS
HDD S.M.A.R.T. CAPABILITY.........[DISABLED]
LIMIT CPUID MAX TO 3..............[DISABLED]
NO - EXECUTE MEMORY PROTECT.......[DISABLED]
CPU ENAHNCED HALT (CIE)...........[DISABLED]
CPU THERMAL MONITOR...............[DISABLED]
CPU EIST FUNCTION.................[DISABLED]
FULL SCREEN LOGO SHOW.............[DISABLED]
INIT DISPLAY FIRST ...............[PCI]

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
SATA AHCI MODE....................[DISABLED]
SATA PORT0-3 NATIVE MODE..........[DISABLED]
USB CONTROLLER....................[ENABLED]
USB 2.0 CONTROLLER................[ENABLED]
USB KEYBOARD SUPPORT..............[DISABLED]
USB MOUSE SUPPORT.................[DISABLED]
LEGACY USB STORAGE DETECT.........[ENABLED]
AZALIA CODEC......................[AUTO]
ONBOARD H/W LAN...................[ENABLED]
SMART LAN.........................[PRESS ENTER]
ONBOARD LAN BOOT ROM..............[DISABLED]
ONBOARD SATA/IDE DEVICE...........[ENABLED]
ONBOARD SATA/IDE CTRL MODE........[IDE]
ONBOARD SERIAL PORT 1.............[3F8/IRQ4]
ONBOARD PARALLEL PORT.............[378/IRQ7]
PARALLEL PORT MODE................[SPP]

POWER MANAGEMENT
ACPI SUSPEND TYPE.................[S1(POS)]
SOFT OFF BY PWR-BUTTON............[INSTANT OFF]
PME EVENT WAKE UP.................[ENABLED]
POWER ON BY RING..................[DISABLED]
RESUME BY ALARM...................[DISABLED]
HPET SUPPORT......................[ENABLED]
HPET MODE.........................[64 BIT]
POWER ON BY MOUSE.................[DISABLED]
POWER ON BY KEYBOARD..............[DISABLED]
AC BACK FUNCTION..................[SOFT-OFF]

PNP / PCI CONFIGURATIONS
RESOURCES CONTROLLED BY...........[AUTO]
PCI LATENCY TIMER (CLK)...........[32]
PCI1 IRQ ASSIGNMENT...............[AUTO]
PCI2 IRQ ASSIGNMENT...............[AUTO]
PCI3 IRQ ASSIGNMENT...............[AUTO]

PC HEALTH STATUS
RESET CASE ON OPEN STATUS.........[DISABLED]
(CANNOT CHANGE THESE - READ ONLY)
CASE OPENED...............[YES]
VCORE.....................[OK]
DDR18V....................[OK]
+3.3V.....................[OK]
+12V......................[OK]
CURRENT SYSTEM TEMP......[45C]
CPU TEMP.................[35C]
CPU FAN SPEED.............[961]
SYSTEM FAN SPEED .........[0]
POWER FAN SPEED...........[1896]
CPU WARNING TEMP..................[70C/158F]
CPU FAN WARNING...................[DISABLED]
SYSTEM FAN WARNING................[DISABLED]
POWER FAN WARNING.................[DISABLED]
SMART FAN CONTROL METHOD..........[AUTO]
SMART FAN CONTROL MODE............[AUTO]

MB INTELLIGENT TWEAKER (MIT)
ROBUST GRAPHICS BOOSTER...........[AUTO]
CPU CLOCK RATIO...................[9X]
CPU HOST CLOCK CONTROL............[ENABLED]
CPU HOST FREQUENCY................[250]
PCI EXPRESS FREQUENCY (MHZ).......[102]
CIA 2.............................[DISABLED]
SYSTEM MEMORY MULITPLER...........[2.00]
HIGH SPEED DRAM DLL SETTINGS......[OPTION 1]
DRAM TIMING SELECTABLE............[MANUAL]
CAS LATENCY TIME..................[5]
DRAM RAS# TO CAS# DELAY...........[5]
DRAM RAS# PRECHARGE...............[5]
PRECHARGE DELAY (TRAS)............[15]
ACT TO ACT DELAY..................[AUTO]
RANK-WRITE TO READ DELAY..........[AUTO]
WRITE TO PRECHARGE DELAY..........[AUTO]
REFRESH TO ACT DELAY..............[0]
READ TO PRECHARGE DELAY...........[AUTO]
MEMORY PERFORMANCE ENHANCE........[NORMAL]

SYSTEM VOLTAGE CONTROL............[MANUAL]
DDR2 OVERCHARGE...................[+0.1V] (Tried [+0.2V] as well) PCI-E OVERCHARGE CONTROL..........[+0.1V]
FSB OVERVOLTAGE CONTROL...........[+0.1V]
(G) MCH OVERVOLTAGE CONTROL.......[+0.1V]
CPU VOLTAGE CONTROL...............[1.35625V] (tried going to 1.37)

 

[graysky]

Oh boy, you're going to get lots of different opinions on this one dude.

How about the beep codes... are you getting any (PC speaker, if it doesn't complete a POST, they usually give a series of long and short beeps, see this link for a list of them).

Have you tried the memory game yet (i.e. remove one, try to POST, replace it with the other, repeat, try different slots, etc.)? That to me is an obvious starting point. It's clear that something doesn't like the settings, and memory can be a suspect.

 

[rammedstein]

ok, try this for me, open your bios, at the main page press ctrl+f1, set your memory at 2.5 multi, (trust me on this), put your pci-e to 101, set your ram to auto, put your ram volts to 2.2 (+0.4, they'll easily handle it) and put your processor volts at 1.4 (should be good for intel stock still) then try 300FSB