OC problems with the BIOS

[DarthPiggie]

I had a problem where My motherboard was refusing to overclock. I thought it had something to do with the new F11 Bios for the P35-DS3R, but even when I reverted back to F10 it still wasnt overclocking. It was working fine until suddenly one day the Self-Post said my CPU was at stock. CPU-Z, My COmputer, all were reading stock speeds. I was like WTF. I realized that I can't live with a 2.66 Core 2 Duo, I needed it to be at least at 3Ghz, preferably 3.4. Even if I downclocked it to 266 bus speed it still wasnt reading it. Only the multiplier was being read. I even cleared CMOS and still no go. It was ticking me off. Then I read somewhere that I should remove the MoBo battery. I did and now, THANKFULLY, everything is working out fine. What the HELL was that about?

 

[lukie2008]

mate i had summin similar.

mine oc's and shows it in bios BUT shows at stock speeds on cpu-z ect fukin weird gonna pull the battery now tho see what happens

grrr

 

[DarthPiggie]

let me know what happens

 

[Evilonigiri]

Sometimes the jumper simply doesn't work. That's all I can think of.

 

[DarthPiggie]

what jumper?

 

[Evilonigiri]

what jumper?

You know, the two metal prongs sticking outta the mobo near the CMOS battery. You use something like a metal screwdriver and touch the two prongs to discharge, which should normally clear bios of everything. It's effect is exactly like removing the CMOS battery, but easier. There has been some cases where it hasn't worked for others.

 

[DarthPiggie]

Yea actually i tried that and it didnt work. removing the battery had to do it for me. sad...

 

[Yam Fam]

I've had the same issue with the board, but here's the odd part. In CPU-Z,
the change from 1999mhz with a x6 multiplier. I'm thinking to myself, WTF. Then the reading jumped to 2999mhz with a x9 multiplier, but only stayed there for a second, then back to 1999mhz with the x6 multiplier. Is this normal with the CPU-Z application? I haven't tried removing the battery yet. When I do remove the battery, how long should it be left off the board before it resets? I also only changed the FSB to 333 and the multiplier to x9. Everything else is set to AUTO or Normal. Any suggestions on this.

 

[litlrabi]

That is normal behavior. It is called SpeedStep, and is a power saving function built into Intel chips. You can disable it if you want. What it does is lower your multiplier at idle to save power/heat, then jump it back up when there is more work to do.