GIGABYTE GA-E7AUM-DS2H overclocking

[EnderW]

Anyone have experience with overclocking the GIGABYTE GA-E7AUM-DS2H?
I set it at 1333 FSB stock volts and got an immediate BSOD, went down to 1200 and running LinX right now.
I've heard E7200 chips have tons of headroom, but I also heard this isn't the best overclocking board.

 

[EnderW]

well I don't know what the stock vCore was, but I appear to be stable at 1333 FSB 1.200 vCore
have run every stability test I can think of
will post screens later

tried 1600 FSB and it wouldn't even get to the Windows loading screen with 1.35 vCore

 

[NichoTL]

pvhk has one of these boards and he seemed to think that it was a decent overclocker. I think he posted a few screenshots in a thread about the DFI 9400, if you are interested.

 

[EnderW]

pvhk has one of these boards and he seemed to think that it was a decent overclocker. I think he posted a few screenshots in a thread about the DFI 9400, if you are interested.

this?
http://www.hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1033352090&postcount=37
it's a lot higher than what I got, but I'm happy with 3.167 GHz for a 24/7 overclock

 

[NichoTL]

If you check the 4th page on that thread, it can go much higher, it seems.

 

[EnderW]

If you check the 4th page on that thread, it can go much higher, it seems.

yeah I see that
I don't know why my system is so much worse, but I can not get 1600 FSB no matter what I do
I tried raised the voltages as high as I dared
CPU 1.4
Chipset +0.2 (max)
FSB +0.3 (max)
RAM 2.0
even downclocked the RAM to 667 MHz

PS: 40 ppp

 

[EnderW]

here are my final overclocking results if anyone is interested

Specs
Antec Solo
Supermicro CSE-M35T-1B with Scythe KAMA FLEX Fan SA0925FDB12L (motherboard controlled, speed varies - see SpeedFan Fan1)
Antec EarthWatts 430W
Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200
Corsair 2 x 2GB DDR2 800MHz TWIN2X4096-6400C5 G
HighPoint-RocketRAID 2320
Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB WD6400AAKS
5 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB WD10EACS
Samsung SH-S183 DVD±RW
Zalman CNPS8700 (800 RPM)
Thermalright HR-05 IFX with Scythe KAMA FLEX Fan SA0825FDB12L (800 RPM)
Antec TriCool 120mm exhaust fan (Low setting)
Scythe KAMA FLEX Fan SA0925FDB12L on bottom PCI slots (to cool the RAID card; motherboard controlled, speed varies - see SpeedFan Fan1)

FSB 1333
unlinked
vCore 1.2
vDIMM 1.9
all other settings stock

pvhk acheived great results with this board, but I can not get 1600 FSB no matter what I do
I tried raised the voltages as high as I dared
CPU 1.4
Chipset +0.2 (max)
FSB +0.3 (max)
RAM 2.0
even downclocked the RAM to 667 MHz

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/35025/HTPC OC results/coredamage.JPG
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/35025/HTPC OC results/furmark.JPG
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/35025/HTPC OC results/hyperpi.JPG
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/35025/HTPC OC results/ibt.JPG
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/35025/HTPC OC results/linx.JPG
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/35025/HTPC OC results/occt.JPG
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/35025/HTPC OC results/prime95.JPG

 

[supremeMilo]

I have a Q8400 and a D805 and if I try to adjust the vcore on either one of them with this board it wont POST, what am I doing wrong?

 

[stant1man]

Sorry to jump in on this one but I am having similar problems, I cannot get FSB past 1480 tops, only increase applied is .1v to fsb, extra voltage doesn't make a blind bit of difference...

Spec is -

GA-E7AUM-DS2H Motherboard - 1333fsb (only supports ddr800??)
Intel Core 2 Quad 9550
AC Freezer Low Profile
4 X 2GB Kingston HyperX 1066 @ 800 due to board limitation
2 X 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 - Stripe Raid
Enermax Noisetaker 480w

I must be doing something wrong... I updated my bios to the latest before attempting any overclock, could this be my problem, would I be better with an older bios...

Any help or advice is greatly appreciated, I understand that most Yorkfield processors can hit 3.4ghz very easily with little or no voltage increase.... many are reporting a comfortable 3.8ghz with decent cooling.

Best wishes,



Stan