Overclocking Q6600 - Wont load Windows after tiny OC

Barney Willis

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Hi there guys

I have recently been dipping my toes into the waters of overclocking with the view of squeezing some more FPS out of my games. I have an old q6600 which I have read is very overclockable from the 2.4ghz stock. Here is my computer if you need it:

OS: Vista Home Premium 32bit
CPU: Q6600 @ 2.4ghz
Graphics: 9800 GTX+ 512meg
Mem: 4gig DDR2 @ 800mhz (stock)
My Mobo comes up as OEM.


I managed to get into the bios and found something called FOX intelligent stepping which appeared to raise the core clock and voltages together in what I assumed to be correct intervals. However, after the first over cock I did (only to 2.54 ghz) Windows failed to load and I had to reset.

Any idea why this is happening? Do I need to underclock my memory a bit? I dont think it can be heat - my machine runs cool and the overclock is only slight. I am aiming to get towards 3ghz if I can.

Any advice you can give will be much appreciated :) I am new to this and dont want to wreck my machine!


Thanks guys :) Let me know if you need any more info.


 
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This is how BSEL pin mode looks like

fsb266-333.jpg


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Above pictures basically shows which pins you have to connect.

Information to read
http://www.starless.nl/pinmod.html

http://www.overclock.net/t/461879/q6600-pin-mod this one shows how to to do it. You would have to protect surrounding pins from conductive ink.
Conductive ink pen http://www.amazon.co.uk/Radioshack-2760037-CAIG-Conductive-CircuitWriter/dp/B004M2EFVW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375308371&sr=8-1&keywords=conductive+ink+pen

Nail polish will remove ink if necessary.

It is not difficult to do, but requires preparation. Many done this, so could you.

Ryan Klug

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I recently OC'd my Dell XPS 420 (Q6600) to 3.0 GHz by using a simple pin mod. After removing the CPU, I covered one pin with electrical tape. This website has great photos:

https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/385435/cooling-and-case-modding/intel-q6600-mod-simple-enough-for-idiots/

It runs on stock voltage and cooling with no issues. The BIOS on this Dell build does not have adjustable OC settings. I am very pleased with the bump in performance!

 

Barney Willis

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Haha never seen that before! I think I will stick to methods that dont involve prying the heat sink off if I can given that my BIOS allows for changing the settings :p
 


Have you build your PC, if no and you purchased it, which model you have.

Haha never seen that before! I think I will stick to methods that dont involve prying the heat sink off if I can given that my BIOS allows for changing the settings

Works like a charm, many have done it and no one complained, yet.
More or less easy to do.

Meantime, if you continue with shutdowns as you described - all your system might become a nice paper weight faster than you are expecting!
 

Barney Willis

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Hi there

I did not build my PC - I bought it from Zoostorm but they did not furnish me with a model number (and I have found no way to identifiy it). I will consider the tape method then. I will read up on it.

You think it is really doing that much damage to my system? I kinda thought overclocking was not too dangerous as long as you are slow and the temps stay low or am I missing a trick here? Sorry to pester but it is better to ask!
 
If you overclock too high, you may overheat your PC, burning processor and/or damaging motherboard, other than this it is not dangerous.

I just checked Zoostorm, no additional information provided, no manuals as well, not good company.
But I was able to figure out that Zoostorm is uses generic parts to make PCs, this is the list of driver sites for updates http://www.zoostorm.com/Topic/30-zoostorm-download-centre.aspx

This page lets me beleive that you have Gigabyte or Asus motherboards.

Next, please download and install CPUZ http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html and run it
Under Mainboard tab we need your motherboard manufacturer and model, also BIOS information as well.

What we can not see is what is inside of your PC (Zoostorm did not make any manuals for online) - so if you do not provide information properly to us we might advise you incorrectly and so on.

Can you make a picture of your processor cooler and post it here (or provide model)

Your turn
 

Barney Willis

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My Motherboard is a Foxconn G31MX.

The only labelling on the CPU fan is thus:

Spire ROHS 12V.


Looks identical to this: http://www.coolerguys.com/840556090625.html
 
This is how BSEL pin mode looks like

fsb266-333.jpg


Image008.jpg


Above pictures basically shows which pins you have to connect.

Information to read
http://www.starless.nl/pinmod.html

http://www.overclock.net/t/461879/q6600-pin-mod this one shows how to to do it. You would have to protect surrounding pins from conductive ink.
Conductive ink pen http://www.amazon.co.uk/Radioshack-2760037-CAIG-Conductive-CircuitWriter/dp/B004M2EFVW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375308371&sr=8-1&keywords=conductive+ink+pen

Nail polish will remove ink if necessary.

It is not difficult to do, but requires preparation. Many done this, so could you.
 
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