Help o/c q6600

[wahjahka]

hello, i have a q6600 and a gigabyte ud3r. and i cant seem to get the cpu past 2.7.
can anyone please help me, any suggestions on how to make the cpu run at around 3 would be great, thanks!

 

[richardscott]

a list of bios settings and also your hardware is helpfull

 

[wahjahka]

a list of bios settings and also your hardware is helpfull

bios setting will take some time (im in a rush right now)

cpu: q6600
mobo: gigabyte ud3r

(do you even need this info?!?!?!)
gpu: gtx 260
2 hard drives some other ***

 

[cjl]

What voltage are you trying?

 

[wahjahka]

What voltage are you trying?

with the bios, i had it on 1.4 i think then 1.45. (it would boot up bu if i went into the bios it would say o/c failure or something like that ) but then i used easy tune 6 and its been running for over an our on 3.2 with stock voltages.

 

[wahjahka]

and according to cpu-z the voltage is at: 1.375~1.376

 

[bosshoss]

Your voltage is too high imo. (I'm not gonna restart to read my BIOS settings, but I'll try to do it from memory).
PCI Express frequency- 100mhz
CPU ratio- 9x
FSB- 335
make sure memory is set to Standard, not extreme or turbo.
Memory needs to be run at 2.4a (might be 2.00a cant recall)
CPU Voltage- 1.33-1.35 (My 6600 isnt a gret overlcocker but can run 3ghz at 1.34v)
CPU PLL- Manually set to 1.5
CPU Termination- Manually set to 1.3
CPU reference- AUTO

DRAM Voltage- Manually set to w/e voltage required by ur ram, for 800 usually 1.8-1.9 (go with higher one if it's listed as this), for 1066 usually 2.0-2.1 (again go with higher one)
Rest of DRAM settings on AUTO.


MCH Core- Manually set to 1.2
ICH Core- Manually set to 1.2
Rest on AUTO.

If you are still having problems it's most likely a memory issue, I've spent countless hours with the same CPU and Board trying to nail down why I just could not hit 3.2ghz with any amount of voltage increase, and I found when I loosened my timings and went to a slower memory latch, voila, it worked.

 

[jsc]

I had no trouble getting mine to run at 3.0 GHz. Of course, mine had a pretty low VID - 1.2625 volts. And it would run at 2.4 GHz. on 1.225 volts.

If it's a G0 stepping, it should run at 3.3 GHz with little trouble.

 

[wahjahka]

I had no trouble getting mine to run at 3.0 GHz. Of course, mine had a pretty low VID - 1.2625 volts. And it would run at 2.4 GHz. on 1.225 volts.

If it's a G0 stepping, it should run at 3.3 GHz with little trouble.

i have it running on 3.44 right now
(heres a link for some data)http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=541465
not sure what the core voltage is at. (in school)
does easy tune 6 change voltages?

 

[wahjahka]

Your voltage is too high imo. (I'm not gonna restart to read my BIOS settings, but I'll try to do it from memory).
PCI Express frequency- 100mhz
CPU ratio- 9x
FSB- 335
make sure memory is set to Standard, not extreme or turbo.
Memory needs to be run at 2.4a (might be 2.00a cant recall)
CPU Voltage- 1.33-1.35 (My 6600 isnt a gret overlcocker but can run 3ghz at 1.34v)
CPU PLL- Manually set to 1.5
CPU Termination- Manually set to 1.3
CPU reference- AUTO

DRAM Voltage- Manually set to w/e voltage required by ur ram, for 800 usually 1.8-1.9 (go with higher one if it's listed as this), for 1066 usually 2.0-2.1 (again go with higher one)
Rest of DRAM settings on AUTO.


MCH Core- Manually set to 1.2
ICH Core- Manually set to 1.2
Rest on AUTO.

If you are still having problems it's most likely a memory issue, I've spent countless hours with the same CPU and Board trying to nail down why I just could not hit 3.2ghz with any amount of voltage increase, and I found when I loosened my timings and went to a slower memory latch, voila, it worked.

does easy tune 6 change voltages, im runnng it at 3.44 and it seems to go fine, (i ran prime 95 for an hour, had some homework to do on my pc)
i ran prime 95 for 4 hrs on 3.2 and it had 0 warnings, 0 errors.
ir i go into the bios and lower my core voltage, im assuming it can become unstable?