First tentative steps in overclocking...

[babaghan]

There's *so* much information about overclocking online and I'm having a hard time condensing it all. I've started to overclock an E6600 on my own system by disabling all the spread spectrum options, unlinked the memory, and raising the FSB in 10 unit increments, then reboot. Evidently, we can't adjust the CPU multiplier. I have CPU-z and load it after every reboot. Not sure what stability tests I should run. Is this all correct? What else needs to be done?

Windows Vista Premium
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @2.45GHz
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC
Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-6400 2X1GB DDR2-800
Western Digital 150GB Raptor x2
Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro Series
Dell E207WFP & Samsung SyncMaster 213T
Asus Striker Extreme Motherboard (BIOS 1102)
PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW-SR
Silverstone Temjin TJ07 with window
Pioneer DVR-212D DVD/CD Writer
APC Back-UPS XS 1000
Various trick lighting & mods

 

[31computers]

There is a very good guide to overclocking on THIS Forum, to which I refer you

 

[babaghan]

I do refer to the sticky guide here and I agreeit's quite helpful, but I still have questions. PC Probe II is giving me a warning, "CPU VTT" is in the red at 1.38v. What is this and how do I correct it?

Windows Vista Premium 32bit
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @2.75GHz
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC
Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-6400 2X1GB DDR2-800
Western Digital 150GB 10k (OS)
Western Digital 150GB 10k (Data)
Seagate CheetaH 40GB 10k (Swap)
Seagate CheetaH 18GB 15k (Backup)
Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro Series
Dell E207WFP & Samsung SyncMaster 213T
Asus Striker Extreme Motherboard (BIOS 1102)
PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW-SR
Silverstone Temjin TJ07 with window
Zalman CNPS9700 NT CPU cooler
Pioneer DVR-212D DVD/CD Writer
APC Back-UPS XS 1000
Various trick lighting & mods

 

[dr_kuli]

PC Probe II is giving me a warning, "CPU VTT" is in the red at 1.38v. What is this and how do I correct it?

By configuring PCProbe correctly, it can be configured to the certain level, warnings at least... Nearly any monitoring software doesn't work properly "out of the box"...

 

[babaghan]

I started by raising the FSB bus in 10 unit increments and kept checking my monitor programs when I noticed the CPU VTT was in the red on PC Probe II. To lower the CPU VTT which was in the red (I still don't know what that is) I lowered the FSB bus (I think that's what it's called) by about 20 units. I'm so new at this this, I don't know the right jargon.

Windows Vista Premium 32bit
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @2.70GHz
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC
Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-6400 2X1GB DDR2-800
Western Digital Raptor X (OS)
Western Digital Raptor (Data)
Seagate Cheetah 18GB 15k (Swap)
IBM Ultrastar 40GB 15k (Backup)
Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro Series
Dell E207WFP & Samsung SyncMaster 213T
Asus Striker Extreme Motherboard (BIOS 1102)
PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW-SR
Silverstone Temjin TJ07 with window
Zalman CNPS9700 NT CPU cooler
Pioneer DVR-212D DVD/CD Writer
APC Back-UPS XS 1000
Various trick lighting & mods

 

[dr_kuli]

Open PCProbe, click CONFIG button, open Sensor/Threshold tab, open Voltage tab there, check Threshold slider, eventually increase % of it to switch that annoying RED off. This is Vcore voltage, but I have no idea, why it's called CPU VTT. I use PC Probe II v.1.04.05 on Asus P5B-E and here the sensor name is correct.