My Bios setup doesn't accept my overclock (Gigabyte Motherboard)

[euheide]

Hello,

My Bios setup keeps resetting the CPU Host Control to "disabled", effectively nullifying any changes I try to make to the CPU frequency.

What happens is I go on Setup, change the CPU Host Control to enabled, and the option to change the CPU frequency becomes available, but as soon as I change the CPU frequency, save the settings and exit, the computer restarts like 2 or 3 times on its own and the CPU Host Control returns to "disabled" on its own...

Anyone knows what might be causing this?

I have a Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6
and my cpu is a q9300.

I've noticed that there are similar (don't know if identical) issues with the CPU Host Control resetting to disabled with Gigabyte motherboards.

I'm trying to take the CPU frequency just from 333 to 400 Mhz to take the CPU from 2.5 GHz to 3.0 Ghz

The voltage is set to automatic (it automatically changes all voltages when you overclock)
The BIOS setup is a "Award Bios Setup" almost identical to this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F8xfZ9qxk8

I was hoping that the solution for this issue would be modifying an option in the BIOS or using some in-OS software and was trying to avoid having to update the bios or actually mess with the hardware.

Thanks in advance!

 

[aldan]

you may want to start out slow and bring the cpu frequency up 5 or 10 mhz at a time and then check stability.it sounds like your going a little fast here and your computer it resetting to protect itself.

 

[euheide]

you may want to start out slow and bring the cpu frequency up 5 or 10 mhz at a time and then check stability.it sounds like your going a little fast here and your computer it resetting to protect itself.

Thanks for your answer!

I have tried doing this but maybe I didn't try low enough. I've tried taking it to 370 Mhz instead of 400 and that didn't work I guess I'll try lower and see what happens heheh.

 

[aldan]

not familiar with your system but it sounds like an older system? i have an older phenom triple core and about all i could get with the mb i have is a 500mhz oc.a lot depends on your board and,incidentally,your ram.

 

[euheide]

not familiar with your system but it sounds like an older system? i have an older phenom triple core and about all i could get with the mb i have is a 500mhz oc.a lot depends on your board and,incidentally,your ram.

Thanks for your answer!

This is a 2008 system, except for the RAM (8 GB DDR2) and the Graphics card (GTX 750 ti SC), which have been bought last year.

This CPU is a Core 2 Quad. I know some people have managed to overclock it because I've seen videos of it on YouTube but I've also seen that it might be what is called a "locked" CPU, and I don't know to what extent this is causing this issue or not. I still haven't tried the first suggestion to try and resolve it (at least not low enough). I also forgot to try and increase the multiplier instead of the CPU frequency heheh. I'll come back after trying that

edit: Real Temp (the software) is telling me that the temperature of the 4 cores is about 60 to 64 º C right now (minimum 58, max 68)

edit: The RAM memory is 4 X 2 GB of DDR2 SDRAM PC2-6400 (400MHz) G Skill - That's what EasyTune (Gygabyte overclocking software I've just downloaded) is telling me

The voltage of the CPU is currently 1.340 V
CPU Vid (don't ask me what this is lol) is 1.220 V
Thatt's strange - this software tells me the CPU temp is around 35 ºC

edit: The RAM multiplier is on 'Auto'. I don't dare put it on manual because I don't understand how it works lol.

I've tried increasing the CPU frequency by a small increments but it doesn't work. Even just changing the CPU Host Control to "enabled" without actually changing the CPU frequency will result in the CPU Host Control being disabled again as soon as I exit the BIOS...

The CPU multiplier is already maxed out at 7.5

It doesn't seem like there is an easy solution to this. And I'm a little reluctant to try other more heavy steps such as flashing the bios. I think I'll probably just keep things as they are and save for a better CPU lol.

I tried changing CPU frequency using the EasyTune software (from Gygabyte) but as soon as I pressed the 'set" button, Windows froze and I had to reset. It's just not meant to happen lol.

I'm fairly certain that the issue is not the CPU itself since other people have managed to overclock it, at least to 3.25 GHz and I can't even take it to 3.0. It's almost definitely either the Motherboard or the Bios software, or some Bios settings I'm not aware of but, like I said, the voltage control is set to Auto.