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First and foremost, specs:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L
4 Gigs (2 x 2) A-Data 240 pin DDR2 PC2 5300
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Corsair CMPSU-620HX ATX12v v2.2 and EPS12v 2.91
If the rest matters?
Vista Home premium 64 bit
Lite-on 20x DVD burner
EVGA 9600GT
2x 500 gig WD SATA HD's
I have Arctic Silver 5 on both the video card and CPU.
Now, a screen shot from HWMon
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/prodeg/temps2.jpg
CPU-Z Screen shots
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/prodeg/cpuzcpu.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/prodeg/cpuzmainboard.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/prodeg/cpuzmemory.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/prodeg/cpuzspd.jpg
In the screen shot I have the CPU "undervolted" because.... well if I can't overclock it, why create more heat? It runs stable at 1.1ish vcore.
Now, what I have tried thus far:
In the bios, I have changed the fsb to 333 and ran a 1:1 ratio with the ram to keep it asynchronous. (Using 1.25 and even 1.35 vcore) That did not work. I left the aforementioned the same and bumped the ram voltage to (EEK!) 2.18.
I did set the PCIe bus to 100 mhz
I tried a combination of the above, from the lowest possible, to the above mentioned. I've increased the FSB 1 mhz and it won't go past post. I can't get this thing to budge.
Starting with Advanced Bios features:
HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability Disabled
Limit CPUID Max to 3 Disabled
No-Execute Memory Protect Enabled
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) Disabled
CPU Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2) Disabled
CPU EIST Function Disabled
Virtualization Technologoy Enabled
Full Screen LOGO Show Disabled
Init Display First PCI
MB Intelligent Tweaker:
Robust Graphics Booster Auto
CPU Clock Ratio 9x
CPU Frequency 2.40GHz (266x9) [I have set this from anywhere to 266 to 400.]
CPU Host Clock Control (See above. Stock is obviously 266)
PCI Express Frequency 100
C.I.A.2 Disabled
Performance Enhance Standard
System Memory Multiplier Auto (sets to 2.5 auto, I change it to 2 [which is really the 1:1 ratio] when I try to get it to overclock at all.
System Voltage Control [Auto] (I have changed it to manual and added a few tenths of a volt here and there to try to figure it out... but I'll list the rest for arguments sake)
DDR2 Overvoltage Control Normal
PCI-E OverVoltage Control Normal
FSB Overvoltage Control Normal
(G)MCH OverVoltage Control Normal
CPU Voltage Control 1.25000V (At this moment, have had it at 1.11 regularly and will change it back as soon as I post this.)
Normal CPU Vcore 1.325000V
Anything else that would matter, I can't think of.
My thoughts thus far: It's the ram. I've read a hundred people get good OC's on the ram. I know I cheaped out on it because I never had the intention to overclock this machine, but.... I can't even get 1 mhz with that much voltage... am I messing up somewhere?
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L
4 Gigs (2 x 2) A-Data 240 pin DDR2 PC2 5300
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Corsair CMPSU-620HX ATX12v v2.2 and EPS12v 2.91
If the rest matters?
Vista Home premium 64 bit
Lite-on 20x DVD burner
EVGA 9600GT
2x 500 gig WD SATA HD's
I have Arctic Silver 5 on both the video card and CPU.
Now, a screen shot from HWMon
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/prodeg/temps2.jpg
CPU-Z Screen shots
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/prodeg/cpuzcpu.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/prodeg/cpuzmainboard.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/prodeg/cpuzmemory.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/prodeg/cpuzspd.jpg
In the screen shot I have the CPU "undervolted" because.... well if I can't overclock it, why create more heat? It runs stable at 1.1ish vcore.
Now, what I have tried thus far:
In the bios, I have changed the fsb to 333 and ran a 1:1 ratio with the ram to keep it asynchronous. (Using 1.25 and even 1.35 vcore) That did not work. I left the aforementioned the same and bumped the ram voltage to (EEK!) 2.18.
I did set the PCIe bus to 100 mhz
I tried a combination of the above, from the lowest possible, to the above mentioned. I've increased the FSB 1 mhz and it won't go past post. I can't get this thing to budge.
Starting with Advanced Bios features:
HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability Disabled
Limit CPUID Max to 3 Disabled
No-Execute Memory Protect Enabled
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) Disabled
CPU Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2) Disabled
CPU EIST Function Disabled
Virtualization Technologoy Enabled
Full Screen LOGO Show Disabled
Init Display First PCI
MB Intelligent Tweaker:
Robust Graphics Booster Auto
CPU Clock Ratio 9x
CPU Frequency 2.40GHz (266x9) [I have set this from anywhere to 266 to 400.]
CPU Host Clock Control (See above. Stock is obviously 266)
PCI Express Frequency 100
C.I.A.2 Disabled
Performance Enhance Standard
System Memory Multiplier Auto (sets to 2.5 auto, I change it to 2 [which is really the 1:1 ratio] when I try to get it to overclock at all.
System Voltage Control [Auto] (I have changed it to manual and added a few tenths of a volt here and there to try to figure it out... but I'll list the rest for arguments sake)
DDR2 Overvoltage Control Normal
PCI-E OverVoltage Control Normal
FSB Overvoltage Control Normal
(G)MCH OverVoltage Control Normal
CPU Voltage Control 1.25000V (At this moment, have had it at 1.11 regularly and will change it back as soon as I post this.)
Normal CPU Vcore 1.325000V
Anything else that would matter, I can't think of.
My thoughts thus far: It's the ram. I've read a hundred people get good OC's on the ram. I know I cheaped out on it because I never had the intention to overclock this machine, but.... I can't even get 1 mhz with that much voltage... am I messing up somewhere?
