OC Q6600 stress testing help

[3Ball]

If it matters(memory-wise) I had it stable at 1.45V and 333*9 earlier in Prime. Should I increase NB or both NB and CPU now?

This is strictly to see if you need to run memtest86, which you may want to do anyway. Increase the CPU to 1.5v and the NB to 1.55v! You are not going to leave either at this so dont worry about the temps for now you will only run this for a short time. leave the memory at what you have it because it is actually at higher timings and lower speed than it is rated, so it should not be need 2.2v just to boot imo.

If you run prime on those settings and it fails quickly then I have no doubt that your memory is unstable at those speeds, which means that it is most likely defective. I am going to have to run to a client site in a few min, but will be back a little later. If I dont get back in time to respond to you about anything else I am sure that gill can let you know the best way to go.

Best,

3Ball

 

[iluvgillgill]

increase NB to 1.55.whats the load vcore show in CPU-Z?

 

[iluvgillgill]

3ball u got there before me again!!!lol

alright you take over then.im having food.check back later!😛

 

[ps2asker]

Okay, I just changed to CPU: 1.50V , NB: 1.55.
In idle CPU-z says core voltage = 1.44V
With 100% load CPU-z says core voltage = 1.34V

No errors when running Prime95 with these settings(I also changed ram voltage to 2.1V btw).

 

[ps2asker]

I will leave it like this until you guys get back, thanks for the help so far!

 

[iluvgillgill]

1.34v under load!!!!:O thats some big vdroop whole 0.1v! do you know how much that will cost you ps2asker? can you get us a screenshot of follow:
CPU-Z
Realtemp
Coretemp
HWmonitor
prime small ffts running(OF COURSE)

NOW PLEASE?!

 

[ps2asker]

Got errors in prime now when running small(ran large earlier), temp's went up to 77 in coretemp and above 70 in realtemp so I shut it off.

 

[ps2asker]

is 0.1V diff bad?

 

[ps2asker]

Should I go back down to 333*9 ?

 

[iluvgillgill]

0.1V is really bad!normal ones only drop of 0.01-0.02v.

lower the vcore 1 notch down and up the FSB termination up 1 notch. what TRUE is capable of pushing this to 3.8ghz. something is not right.have you try reseat it?

 

[ps2asker]

Okay.
I removed the heatsink earlier and put it back on without doing anything to it, it was a bitch putting back, though I can move it a little bit even though its tightened. I have a pic of the thing with the hs removed, give me a min.

 

[ps2asker]

http://pici.se/pictures/MsAKdXxge.jpg

There, cant really see the surface because of the flash though, but it had a little greenish paste on it.

 

[iluvgillgill]

so what are the new temp now after the reseat?did you change any setting?did you up the FSB termination voltage?

 

[ps2asker]

Lowered to 1.4875, still getting errors in prime small ffts though on once core. Set FSB Termination v to 1.50V.
Temps are same as before I removed it^^.

 

[ps2asker]

(temps are about 75 in coretemp with small ffts running 3.2ghz. though im getting errors)

 

[iluvgillgill]

75C is not good. looks like you have reached your limit. not the mobo but the CPU thermal limit.keep the multiplier at 8x and start lowering FSB until you get some stable 24hours prime and start lowering vcore.

 

[3Ball]

Yea I would recommend trying to lower down to 8x375 for the settings. Then test the stability of the system at your current voltage settings. The temps will not change much until the vcore is dropped, but we first need to find a speed that can be stabalized.

Best,

3Ball

 

[iluvgillgill]

this is the worse case i have seen on the TRUE.weird

 

[3Ball]

this is the worse case i have seen on the TRUE.weird

And on a G0 none the less. I still think that memtest may need to be ran. I mean...1.5v on both CPU and NB on a G0 Q6600 runnin on a TRUE. 3.0ghz should be a cake walk even in the "typical" worst case scenario for this setup imo.

Best,

3Ball

 

[iluvgillgill]

i wish im there to OC that miserable Q6600.

 

[3Ball]

i wish im there to OC that miserable Q6600.

Haha I may be getting my chance to be OC'ing one of them or possibly a Q9450 depending on which route that I take with my gfx upgrade in the next month - month and a half or so. 😉

Best,

3Ball

 

[Lupiron]

What the hell are you telling him to set his VTT at 1.5000 volts for?? Come on, He's not doing anything spectacular. Its his drop and droop, sheesh, has ZERO to do with VTT.

According to his Bios shots... did anyone tell him to disable transaction booster? Disable static read control? Static write control? His ram was at 5-5-5-9? ::chuckles.::

You'll have all sorts of problems just because of Transaction booster, if its left on.

--Lupi

Its an Asus, did it have Load Line Calibration?

 

[3Ball]

What the hell are you telling him to set his VTT at 1.5000 volts for?? Come on, He's not doing anything spectacular. Its his drop and droop, sheesh, has ZERO to do with VTT.

According to his Bios shots... did anyone tell him to disable transaction booster? Disable static read control? Static write control? His ram was at 5-5-5-9? ::chuckles.::

You'll have all sorts of problems just because of Transaction booster, if its left on.

--Lupi

Its an Asus, did it have Load Line Calibration?

Feel free to take over! Im headin out of the office soon... Been a long week!

Best,

3Ball

 

[Lupiron]

Gee, thanks! ::chuckles.:: You are telling me? It's been a long few months for me! hehe. But it's fun, and I rather like helping people.

Let him try that stuff first, As a matter of fact. I don't think I can boot at all with TB enabled, because it tries to change my already tuned RAM's timings in obscure ways. I dislike it very much when they make a berserk name for something, like Trd.

--Lupi

 

[ps2asker]

I'll change to FSB 375 and see how it goes, I'll turn off TB as well.