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E6400 Overclocking Problem

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Soodey

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Setup:
E6400 w/ Scythe Ninja
Asus P5b Deluxe (non wifi)
2x 1gb G.Skill DDR2-800 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231098

I think I've set everything to how it should be. Set volts that were on auto to their normal volts. Disabled all speed throttling and crap. I've gotten the fsb up to 355 and I know i can go farther.

My problem is when I try to do an Orthos test, the cpu does fine if I do CPU only, but when i do tests that test RAM, it fails within seconds.

I've set the timings to the default for the RAM and have given it volts from 1.8-2.05.
I'm not even up to the stock RAM speed, but I think its the reason for failing.

Does anyone have any suggestions or a list of settings that I should check in the bios. Should I loosen the timings, give it more volts?

The Ninja keeps this E6400 nice and cool, how much volts should I be giving it aiming for 3.2ghz
 
check each stick indivudually.
Also try dropping the multiplier to 6x.
Is the ram hot during orthos blend?
 
I actually don't think its the rams fault, because I can run it at stock at 400mhz and it runs fine. Setting the multi to 6 yields the same instability, so I think I have something set wrong...sigh. Hopefully its just something set wrong and I dont have a crap overclocker.

Any detailed instructions on what to set in the BIOS on the p5b deluxe?
 
It sounds like you are going about it correctly. Have you tried the 0711 bios? What are your temps like? Core temp and Asus probe.
 
at 100% stock my temps were 30*c idle with Ninja. After messing around with the voltage right now I'm like around 40*c idle. hit 50* at load
 
hhm... what voltage is that 40 idle and 50 load. That seems really low temps. You may have a dud. My previous L629B e6400 would only do 3.2ghz, and the temps were quite low. My current L628B runs HOT HOT HOT. I think temps can be an indication of OC potential... sometimes. I can't think of any thing else besides it just being a weak cpu.
 
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