zaim

Anyone got bios screenshots of their overclocked GA-P35-DS3P motherboard?

I just upgraded my system to an intel from an AMD, and it's a little different and when i try a few things to overclock the fsb and play with the ram etc, it just doesnt like it one bit and keeps rebooting!

so I seek for some already stable overclocked systems that I can replicate and attempt myself and of course learn from this..

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PangingJr

how much you like to overclock the CPU? do you want to try something like from the stock speed to 3.2GHz (400x8)?

zaim

i dunno...

everything i've tried to alter.. ive been unsuccessful and i know its not a faulty board, because its working great.

maybe also i just flashed the bios 1 hour ago.. that could be part of the resolution
but lets wait n see =)

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PangingJr

what is the CPU Vid?
you can use either Everest, Core Temp or Gigabyte EasyTune5 Pro to read the value?


for the CPU and at 3.2GHz (400x8), try starting with 1.375V Vcore (it may not need this high or the system may need more volts you just need to try it), and set the following in BIOS...
save the settings and exit to reboot the system, and then test your system memory with memtest86+ 1.7 right away.

Robust Graphic Booster [Auto]
CPU Clock Ratio [8]
CPU Host Clock Control [Enabled]
CPU Host Frequency (MHz) [ 400 ]
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) [Auto]
C.I.A.2 [Disabled]

System Memory Multiplier [2.50x]
Memory Frequency (MHz) [ 1000 ]
High Speed DRAM DLL Settings [Option 1]
Performance Enhance [Turbo]

DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) [Manual]
- CAS Latency Time [ 4 ]
- DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay [ 4 ]
- DRAM RAS# Precharge [ 4 ]
- Precharge Delay (tRAS) [ 12 ]

use [Auto ] for these below settings for now. you can try to get the better or best values later, or i will try to help you, if you like?.
- ACT to ACT Delay (tRRD) [Auto ]
- Bank WRITE to READ Delay [ Auto ]
- Write to Precharge Delay [Auto ]
- Refresh to ACT Delay [Auto ]
- Read to Precharge Delay [Auto ]
- tRD [ Auto ]
- tRD Phase Adjustment [ Auto ]

System Voltage Control [Manual]
DDR2 OverVoltage Control [+0.40 or +0.45 top] = 2.2V or 2.25V top.
PCI-E OverVoltage Control [Normal]
FSB OverVoltage Control [Normal]
(G)MCH OverVoltage Control [Normal]
CPU OverVoltage Control [1.375V]
Normal CPU Vcore [ ? ]

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CPU HT [Disabled]
CPU C1E [Disabled]
CPU EIST function [Disabled]
CPU TM2 [Disabled]
No-execute memory protect [Enabled]

Smart FAN Control Method [Disabled]
Smart FAN Control Mode [Disabled]

ChaosMinionX

BTW Zaim hows that QX ES treatin ya?

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zaim

it's in my sig.. qx6700es and 8800gtx. also will try those settings you gave me and work from there thanks heaps for typing all that up man =)

quite good actually.. first night i got it i put this multiplier at 14 and left everything else on stock, and it worked fine in windows @ 14x266fsb 3.7ghz lol. so yeah. you can see why i am seeking screenshots.. i wanna use this baby to its full potential =)

once i do get a kickass stable overclock, i'll definitely post up my adventure and share it with you guys

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zaim

nope

just reboots.. i tried adding slightly more voltage, but still nothing

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ChaosMinionX

Dear god feed that FSB 266mhz -- crank it up to 400-500mhz and let her rip, your starving that ES

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zaim

for some annoying reason, i think i'm lacking in the PSU department.. i think that's whats stopping me..

i'm running an enermax 580w modular

4 raptors, 1 other hdd, quad core, 2 gig led rm chips, 9 silenx fans..

would that be the reason?

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ChaosMinionX

Quite possibly, mind listing your current bios settings?

Do these settings to some extent


400x9 = 3.6ghz set 1.40-1.5v see what works....(temperature permitting of course) DDR2 1000 4-4-4-12 .... set NB Voltage to 1.50-1.55v whatever is closest to that. CPU PLL Voltage (if applicable) 1.6v, FSB Voltage = 1.4v (can goto 1.5v if needed) NB GTL Ref (if applicable) .63x/.67x ...CPU GTL Ref .63x. (if applicable)

Try doing that

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zaim

wow I can't do anything without it not liking it... something is definitely not right.

i suspect and gut feeling it is psu issues =(

i tried your settings btw.. nada.

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ChaosMinionX

Might be a dud of a QX, some of the ES's were not that good....what did the previous owner run it at? Either that or it very well might be the PSU.

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zaim

previous owner got it to 4ghz on water.... i just got it to 4ghz to post on air

original owner got it to 5ghz on dice.. so yeah

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PangingJr

you're welcome zaim.
since your board's BIOS is most likely like mine, i have P35-DS4, and i think in fact the whole board is quite similar to mine except yours doesn't has the fancy chipset's component heatsink and silent pipe designs, even if yours has a different and newer PCB rev or BIOS version, but all these will only be slightly different from mine.

so may be i can be more help to you if you give me more info, i mean in a more complete details, what is happening to the system when overclocking, how BIOS has been set, by filling the BIOS setting and all its parameters into the form above. and what about when it's not overclock? describe how system reacts to whatever you try to set in BIOS, and what you try to set it?

it's all depends... but, was the computer system ever stable, at all?

could be anything's man. ... system memory settings, ... system voltage settings, this includes CPU, DDR2 and chipset voltages, ...the power supply is not up to the job, ...and, some kind of a bad hardwares, again, could be anythings. anyways, the more info the peoblem and solution becomes more clear.