Ok, well lets start off. All the basics are disable(C1E, speedstep, spread spectrum) PCIe locked to 100...
So, i can push my e8400 to 3.3Ghz with stock voltages, that was fine. Was stable.
I increase the FSB to 400, giving me 800Mhz RAM as it should be and 3.6Ghz overclock. I try it with 1.3v. Cannot run orthos test or prime95 for more than 10 seconds without encountering errors. So i up the voltage one notch, again though cannot run Orthos or Prime95 for more than 10 seconds.
I up the voltage to somethign like 1.3375, still fine temperatures(in the 30c's idle and less than 50c load) But still no stress testing more than 15 seconds. So i change the northbridge voltage to 1.40v. STILL cannot run stress tests more than 15 seconds...im really frustrated and annoyed at the moment...and i have the latest above settings that i am typing on now and it seems fine..it can run 3dmark06 just not friggin Orthos or prime95...
So problems that it might be:
1.RAM might be ghay and wont let me overclock
2.Motherboard might be a bastard and be a crap overclocker
3.CPU might be a bad apple and its just the worst overclocker in teh history of overclocking
4.Might be a software problem as i can run 3dmark06 fine but no stress tests(btw temps whilst doing 3dmark06 didnt go above 50c)(havent tred games yet though)
Other problems:
Evil spongebob suggested changing the multiplier to 8.0 instead of 9.0 to see if its the RAM, unfortunately my BIOS wont let me see that so it cant be changed.
E4300 was a poor overclocker as well on this board so this leads me more to believe that its not a very good OC'ing board.
Please please please help me as OCN seems to not care about any of my threads as about 2 people always ever post something then it just goes dead.
So, i can push my e8400 to 3.3Ghz with stock voltages, that was fine. Was stable.
I increase the FSB to 400, giving me 800Mhz RAM as it should be and 3.6Ghz overclock. I try it with 1.3v. Cannot run orthos test or prime95 for more than 10 seconds without encountering errors. So i up the voltage one notch, again though cannot run Orthos or Prime95 for more than 10 seconds.
I up the voltage to somethign like 1.3375, still fine temperatures(in the 30c's idle and less than 50c load) But still no stress testing more than 15 seconds. So i change the northbridge voltage to 1.40v. STILL cannot run stress tests more than 15 seconds...im really frustrated and annoyed at the moment...and i have the latest above settings that i am typing on now and it seems fine..it can run 3dmark06 just not friggin Orthos or prime95...
So problems that it might be:
1.RAM might be ghay and wont let me overclock
2.Motherboard might be a bastard and be a crap overclocker
3.CPU might be a bad apple and its just the worst overclocker in teh history of overclocking
4.Might be a software problem as i can run 3dmark06 fine but no stress tests(btw temps whilst doing 3dmark06 didnt go above 50c)(havent tred games yet though)
Other problems:
Evil spongebob suggested changing the multiplier to 8.0 instead of 9.0 to see if its the RAM, unfortunately my BIOS wont let me see that so it cant be changed.
E4300 was a poor overclocker as well on this board so this leads me more to believe that its not a very good OC'ing board.
Please please please help me as OCN seems to not care about any of my threads as about 2 people always ever post something then it just goes dead.
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