- Sep 29, 2011
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hello all, ill be quick and easy about this very weird ongoing issue i recently started having. ill start by my specs
Intel core2 QUAD Q6600
ASRock G41M-S3 mobo
2x4Gb G.Skill RipjawsX DDR3 1333 "max system supports =8GB"
hard disk's irrelivant
dvd drive
geforce 210
bestec 250watt stock psu. which i think may be the problem?
okay so problem started when i upgraded my ram, to the gskill 8gb kit, i previously ran a kingston valueram single 2gb ddr3 stick and was able to have my 6660 happily stable with no issues at almost a full 3ghz, 2.97 or somewhere very close to that. cpu was set manually in bios of course. offhand i think it was somewhere around 1.375-1.40 volts Vcore 333Mhz with a multi of 9*
when i had it oc'd it was actually running with the FSB at 330-331 since that was the sweet spot for this overall systems cpu oc'ing ability.
i do believe if i remember offhand correctly, that the previously stated specs on the system were thoroughly tested with either aida64 stress test or prime95 torture test, or both. and ran a system up time of over 9 days non stop. with the stress tests done over 10+ hours constant with no issues. now seeing as ive upgraded my ram kit, specs similar to my previous ram other then a higher GB capacity, im unable to get any higher oc then the 2.7Ghz im at now. heres where it gets a bit weird, im aware that the cpu being oc'd can also oc the ram in a sense, since there "linked" as some people state,if this IS my case, it does not show at all in bios, as my 1333 ram always says 1333mhz in bios, which ive set manually. as well as everything such as timings and voltages are all set manually and to the right settings. BUT... when i have the cpu FSB at say, 333 it will run perfect and stable... however its only when the multi is at 8* not 9. which at the 8* and 333 gives me the 2.7'ish core clock. now when i change the multi to the 9* like its supposed to run at, and i USED TO do, which it was running perfectly fine at, under prime95 it gives me rounding errors and such, and thread worker #4, its always #4,stops running and it only stresses the other 3 cores. which is very weird since thats never happened to me. on occasion if i change settings even higher it will run a bit longer seeming to be stable before the system either bsod, or more recently it just hard shutdowns, no screen errors, monitor stops displaying and the system just "resets" ive also tested with each ram stick from the new kit and failed the same way each time. going back to the original stick, it oddly enough also gives me the same problem as well! like wtf? so heres what ive come to beleive, could it be possible that the psu is indeed causing this problem? its not anywhere a high rated GOOD psu, since its all i have ATM. and ive read the 6600 stock and even oc'd takes near 150+ watts. and the one im using is easily 2+ years old out of a new bought compaq presario desktop.
to clearify also, i have tried everything possible from fsb jumper settings,to downclocking the ram below what its rated at, like 1066 1280 etc. to no avail. i have thoroughly tested every one of my ram sticks with memtest86 and there all good to go. can anyone help? im completely stumped! it WAS working at one point, but just not anymore,if the cpu was "bad" id assume it would fail under load no matter the core clock and such, correct? it runs just great at stock or the highest i got it to right now at 2.7ghz. but as soon as i change the mutiplier, the issues come up. my mobo's fsb is locked at 333 and it will not go any higher then a 1333fsb. my cpu is a 1066 fsb chipset. ram is 1333 native. i hope someone can help,is it a possibility that the cpu with the oc is just drawing too much, and not getting the power it needs under a heavy load with oc? causing the rounding errors and system to hard reboot itself? nothing else was changed from the previous setup where it WAS stable at 3ghz except new ram modules. thanks!
Intel core2 QUAD Q6600
ASRock G41M-S3 mobo
2x4Gb G.Skill RipjawsX DDR3 1333 "max system supports =8GB"
hard disk's irrelivant
dvd drive
geforce 210
bestec 250watt stock psu. which i think may be the problem?
okay so problem started when i upgraded my ram, to the gskill 8gb kit, i previously ran a kingston valueram single 2gb ddr3 stick and was able to have my 6660 happily stable with no issues at almost a full 3ghz, 2.97 or somewhere very close to that. cpu was set manually in bios of course. offhand i think it was somewhere around 1.375-1.40 volts Vcore 333Mhz with a multi of 9*
when i had it oc'd it was actually running with the FSB at 330-331 since that was the sweet spot for this overall systems cpu oc'ing ability.
i do believe if i remember offhand correctly, that the previously stated specs on the system were thoroughly tested with either aida64 stress test or prime95 torture test, or both. and ran a system up time of over 9 days non stop. with the stress tests done over 10+ hours constant with no issues. now seeing as ive upgraded my ram kit, specs similar to my previous ram other then a higher GB capacity, im unable to get any higher oc then the 2.7Ghz im at now. heres where it gets a bit weird, im aware that the cpu being oc'd can also oc the ram in a sense, since there "linked" as some people state,if this IS my case, it does not show at all in bios, as my 1333 ram always says 1333mhz in bios, which ive set manually. as well as everything such as timings and voltages are all set manually and to the right settings. BUT... when i have the cpu FSB at say, 333 it will run perfect and stable... however its only when the multi is at 8* not 9. which at the 8* and 333 gives me the 2.7'ish core clock. now when i change the multi to the 9* like its supposed to run at, and i USED TO do, which it was running perfectly fine at, under prime95 it gives me rounding errors and such, and thread worker #4, its always #4,stops running and it only stresses the other 3 cores. which is very weird since thats never happened to me. on occasion if i change settings even higher it will run a bit longer seeming to be stable before the system either bsod, or more recently it just hard shutdowns, no screen errors, monitor stops displaying and the system just "resets" ive also tested with each ram stick from the new kit and failed the same way each time. going back to the original stick, it oddly enough also gives me the same problem as well! like wtf? so heres what ive come to beleive, could it be possible that the psu is indeed causing this problem? its not anywhere a high rated GOOD psu, since its all i have ATM. and ive read the 6600 stock and even oc'd takes near 150+ watts. and the one im using is easily 2+ years old out of a new bought compaq presario desktop.
to clearify also, i have tried everything possible from fsb jumper settings,to downclocking the ram below what its rated at, like 1066 1280 etc. to no avail. i have thoroughly tested every one of my ram sticks with memtest86 and there all good to go. can anyone help? im completely stumped! it WAS working at one point, but just not anymore,if the cpu was "bad" id assume it would fail under load no matter the core clock and such, correct? it runs just great at stock or the highest i got it to right now at 2.7ghz. but as soon as i change the mutiplier, the issues come up. my mobo's fsb is locked at 333 and it will not go any higher then a 1333fsb. my cpu is a 1066 fsb chipset. ram is 1333 native. i hope someone can help,is it a possibility that the cpu with the oc is just drawing too much, and not getting the power it needs under a heavy load with oc? causing the rounding errors and system to hard reboot itself? nothing else was changed from the previous setup where it WAS stable at 3ghz except new ram modules. thanks!
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