Recent content by OsageCowboy

what is this "Boot Strap" feature? does it have anything to do with my aforementioned voltages or FSB speed, and can it be adjusted in the BIOS? That's interesting that your machine does that...I don't even know if that qualifies as not posting; I can't even get video on mine in about 1 of 10...

well the FSB is running at default 1.3v, and is set at 416 mHZ I believe, to get me up to the 2.6 GHZ minimal overclock and the RAM runs slightly overclocked at 833 mHZ. Should I adjust the FSB voltage upward, is the "boot strap" an adjustable setting in the BIOS?

I'm not sure if Intel has something similar, but I'd love to hear thoughts from other posters on this...is speedstepping similar? I may have that tured off already....

yes, the system is PERFECTLY stable running orthos for 24 hours. I'm guessing it's just the motherboard, but am not entirely sure. It probably does it 1 out of 10 times I would guess. I just hope it doesn't have a detrimental effect on my HD when doing this. I originally thought it was...

So, I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this or not, but every now and then (like once every three times or so), my machine will not post after it's been turned on. I don't believe that it's a problem with the 8800 GTX (although I do NOT get video when this happens), but it could be...

So, I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this or not, but every now and then (like once every three times or so), my machine will not post after it's been turned on. I don't believe that it's a problem with the 8800 GTX (although I do NOT get video when this happens), but it could be...

um ok, perhaps if I were to seriously OC, but not for right now. I seem to be very fortunate in that my chip does not require a lot of voltage to be stable.

so I apparently have the Revision B2 chip, and I'm curious as to how much people on here know about it. I attempted a slight overclock, wanting to go to just ~2.6GHz. Well at first I was extremely discouraged because, following a guide from Tom's Hardware, I upped the FSB to 333 MHz and upped...

Yup. Revision B2. Is this a good thing?

oh wow, I'm so pumped now! I suppose it's the nature of this beast!!! Thank you so much Bill for the assistance you gave.

well, it appears as though my CPU's high temp readings may not have been a function so much of using stock cooling and too much thermal paste (although that certainly didn't help), as much as it was that my CPU appears incredibly suited for low voltages. running the cpu at 1.375 was too much for...

nah it really doesn't, especially in conjunction with alcohol. one thing I used that worked very well were my fiancee's cosmetic non-latex face wedges. you can find these at duane reade or CVS or Walgreen's. they are triangular shaped and have a kind of rubbery type texture to them and they are...

I have my C2D E6400 running at 2.6 GHz rock solid at 1.2v, 1.15 with vdroop.

wow. downed the voltage to bare minimum at 1.2v; vdroop is NO MORE than 1.16-1.18. appears to be rock solid stable and does not exceed 55C after I turned the FSB down to 1.3v. lookin' good on the stock cool!!!!

oh wow! just cut the voltage down to 1.2 (1.15vdroop) at full load, and the machine is running BRILLIANTLY. i had set the voltage to 1.375, which was obviously a voltage suggested by a guide which had 3+ GHz speeds in mind. at 333 MHz FSB, this baby hums right along, idling between 40-44C...