*** Hardware Malfunction with overclocked Q6600

Hello, I just received my Q6600 and decided to take a stab at overclocking it. I ran Prime95 for a good while with my CPU at 2.7 ghz. (I have my ram at sync mode [1:1 ratio to FSB]) So I though I'd try and overclock it to 2.8 ghz. I did so and got halfway through ripping a DVD and decided to push it a little further just for kicks and giggles so I started to convert a video into an ipod video format. And to my surprise with just those two things running I got this:

So, I was wondering what I need to do in order to fix this...of course lol. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! And yes I did search for this on the forums and found similar posts with this message but not for a CPU.

LOL< that could be many things, how about you post your current settings and such, and system set up, MoBo type, etc, and also Run Core Temp and list the VID of your chip, that it will display.

--Lupi

Hmmm, a 650i Chipset, this will be fun! And Auto is prolly part of your problem. What would you like to OC to? As far as processor speed? Prolly 3.2 with that cooler and RAM. That looks about what a good limit will be, provided your Mobo doesnt mine a slight FSB OC. Which it should't.

There is a single problem.. That chipset usually doesnt like q6x00 series processors. Hopefully thats fixed. Do you have the newest bios release? Other than that, and provided your board wants to work with us, its pretty easy to get there.

First do me a favor and set 1.3250 Manually in the Bios and return things to stock speeds with speed step disabled.

Then boot into windows and run CPUz, and list what the core voltage field says while your comp is idle.

Then run Prime 95 Small FFTs torture test on all 4 cores and again wait 1 minute, then list the now lower CPUz core voltage value.

Let me know!

--Lupi

I have a 0901 version of my bios which seems to be the second to newest according to asus's site. and the newest one seems to only fix a chinese language thing as for the rest, I'll get on that right away.

EDIT: I wanted to get to at least 3.0 ghz but 3.2 stable would be amazing

All is well, part of your problems is the board has a .1 Vdrop and droop combo. So you'll have to enter something like 1.4500 in the Bios, FSB 350, Set your Memory in sync mode, so it runs at 700 Mhz, a small OC, you may wanna tack on whatever your next memory voltage notch upward happens to be, Up your north bridge to 1.4 ish, HT to 1.25, SB I/O (the 1.50 one.) to 1.55, Maybe PLL to 1.60, just make sure your memory is in sync mode or you're in for no posts.

Thats 3150 Mhz. Just make sure the temps stay around 65, but not over 70c.

Hopefully its that easy!

--Lupi

::chuckles.:: Glad it worked, now if only it stays stable, but you have a base area to test from now. Thats always good!

Enjoy the speed!

--Lupi

if it's a p5n32e-sli motherboard, the current bios is 1404, anything before 1103 can't run the q6600. if it's not then disregard. the current bios on the p5n32e-sli plus is 1003

Reset your bios, then try the overclock with the memory Async. I have an e2160 overclocked to 3 ghz. I it works great until I try to over clock the memory. Memory in my experience is much more sensitive, and will hard lock you computer, needing a bios reset.

k i had this for a long time and fixed it.

Raise the motherboard voltage to 1.5, your Ram voltage to 2.1, ur CPU, keep it at the default level, then overclock to about 3.0GHZ (1333mhz)

Try that, if it fails, then up your CPU voltage. DO NOT HAVE SYNC'd, have unlinked, and just raise your FSB to 1333

Try this

I had this, and it has nothing to do with resetting bios, or a messed up bios.. its just voltages on RAM and Mobo

1.5v for motherboard (I am assuming it's the CPU?) voltage is very high.

I have a 650 board as well, try upping your FSB VTT to 1.35 and see if it stabilizes things.

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yeah i just realized that sound blaster audigy was right below that, but oh well, I went and enabled some of the onboard stuff I had disabled earlier and now I get two little things with exclamations marks...

lol very nice, I personally had to underclock it down to 3 ghz with voltage in BIOS at 1.4 and ~2.2V for my memory. still never found out how to turn up the voltage on the HT, SB I/O, or PLL