Q6700 + Overclocking = Help?

pchoi04

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Well... All seems to work ok but I wanted to get your guys input because when I'm running OCCT it keep "crashing" after 20mins, which I assume it means its unstable.

My temps seem to run fine but maybe my Vcore or RAM is to blame. Call of Duty 4 seems to run just fine and haven't experienced any other problems until i tried OCCT. Maybe I'll try Prime 95 and see what kind of results I get. Also I bumped up my Vcore to 1.3250 and I'll see if it runs smoother that way.

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Any help would be appreciated. Let me know if you guys need more info.

Update: Probably wasnt enough time but I did run Prime 95 for 50mins and no errors found. Also just ran OCCT just CPU mode and still got the Crash signal.

-Just set my CPU frequency and DRAM to 1:1 as the Overclocking guide states (333:667) but I noticed that my RAM post as PC2 4300 instead of 6400. However I just noticed that in the Overclocking guide 'graysky' system also posts at PC2 4300. I suppose this is normal on a P5B Deluxe? But running this way made OCCT crash in 2mins. I'll run Prime 95 over night and see what happens.
 

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UPDATE: Yeah... at 333/667 I'm having stability issues. I think my temperature was getting to high. I forgot my zalman 9700 was set to low and my computer blue screened after 17mins of torture testing.

But at those settings I also tried to set my Vcore down from 1.35 to 1.300 and as soon as I hit the vista logo my computer blue screened. So I'm guessing thats to low for an over clock of 3.3ghz?

I really need some help...
 

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Are you talking about the Memory Voltage? I have it set to 2.1 which is what my RAM is rated for. Any further advice would be greatly appreciated.
 

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Well... right now I've got it the way that its setup in my opening post but I've set the Vcore at 1.325. I'll run Prim 95 tonight and see what kind of results I get.

UPDATE: Just added 2GB of RAM and now I'm having more stability issues when trying to overclock. I'm getting blue screens.
 

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Hmm... I think my RAM might have been clocked to high. Right now I've got it back to 1:1 ratio, CPU frequency to 300 and DRAM set to 600. My vcore is set to 1.3375. I ran OCCT for 30mins with no crashes. I'll try Prime 95 tonight.

RAM posting at PC2 4300. Still unsettling with that but even in the C2Q overclocking guide, his RAM also posted at 4300.

UPDATE: At that Vcore setting it was unstable in my games. I bumped it up to 1.36~ and seems to work alright now.
 

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Hmm... I'm just having alot of problems now. I just decided to revert everything back to default. I figured my system runs fast enough with no OCing. But now my RAM is posting at 3008mb instead of 4GB. And yes, I'm running Vista 64bit.

Any help would be appreciated.