Q9300 and Asus P5K not overclocking

huze5

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Hi guys. I have as the title says, an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 on an Asus P5K motherboard with a Corsair H60 on it. I'm having this issue where I cannot overclock.

I have seen vids of this CPU being overclocked and this motherboard overclocking other CPUs but these 2 won't overclock. The maximum multiplier is 7.5x and if I play about with the FSB I can only get about 0.04GHz more from it. This was the case with both the H60 and the stock cooler.

I tried both the manual BIOS control and the Asus AI NOS in the BIOS (not the one that runs as a desktop program). I followed the Core 2 overclocking guide but it's not giving me luck.

Any help guys?
Thanks in advance, Huzi
 

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Oh my god thank you man!!! I was raising the FSB at 7.5x before but it wasn't working. Followed that guide and found many settings that make OCing unstable. I love you man. Already got it stable at 3GHZ, shooting for 3.5GHz although that may be a bit too optimistic :p