Cache ratio instability

Orion1

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Hello

Having some trouble with overclocking my cpu cache ratio.

Specs:

Intel 6850k under Corsair H60 liquid
Asus Deluxe II
Corsair Vengeance ddr4 3200
Gtx 1080 FTW
Corsair CX805M PSU

I have managed to obtain a stable overclock at 4.5, at 1.4 volts, but if I even touch the cache ratio and it's voltage and move it from it's default 31, system will destabilize and fail any stress test within a couple of minutes. I've tried bumping it a little at a time, turning the voltage up on the cache ratio, which results in temperature throttling, all to no avail. Is this a thing for broadwell? should I worry about it? Is there anything I can do to get a better cache OC?
 
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from another forum, "The cause is the ASUS software.
The driver that caused the crash is the ASUS USB 3.0 Boost Storage driver.
Please update or remove the software."


Watchdog timeout is 0x34, which is a stability error code. It's not rare, but it's also not on a usual list of easy fixes.

Orion1

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I'm sorry, I'm not as knowledgeable about this as I should be. I don't know what LLC is, and I can't find it in the BIOS anywhere. Could it be under a different name? Can I check using CPUZ or HWMonitor?
 

Orion1

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After checking whether or not my voltages changes between being stress tested and idle, I think for my bios at least, that simply setting the voltage to manual mode instead of adaptive or offset does that automatically, since I can't find anything like that in my bios. This is the lowest voltage I've been able to pass a stress test at, and at 1.3 computer simply won't boot. Idk, maybe I got unlucky with the silicon.
 

Orion1

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Thank you for your response. I am using xmp profiling which automatically sets ram to 3.2, and I have not manually set timings. I have set the ram voltage manually bumping it from auto which hovered at around 1.35 to manual, bumping it to 1.36. I will update error codes as soon as I can run another stress test.
 

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from another forum, "The cause is the ASUS software.
The driver that caused the crash is the ASUS USB 3.0 Boost Storage driver.
Please update or remove the software."


Watchdog timeout is 0x34, which is a stability error code. It's not rare, but it's also not on a usual list of easy fixes.
 
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