OC Q6600 stress testing help

ps2asker

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First of all, I'm a noob at this. Just read the sticky guide and OC'd it to 3 GHz, and now I am stress testing at 1.35v with prime95. 2 Cores have failed so far in 15 mins, saying this:

FATAL ERROR: Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4.

2 are still running and the temp on those is about 70 C which if I understand correctly is a bit high.
Any help on how to solve the error and how to decrease the temp a bit would be appreciated,

PS I do not know what kind of cooling I have, It's a big metal air-cooler-thing witha giant fan on the side of it if that helps.

Thanks in advance.
 

Lupiron

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Alrighty! Lets start with the usual. Down Load and run the program Core temp. It will list your VID, and you can list it here!

Then you can Down Load CPUz... Do you mean you selected 1.35000 in the Bios as your Core Voltage?

What type of equipment do you have? MoBo, RAM, Vid card, power, etc.

70c is a bit high, but not to bad while testing.

Did you do any work on the comp yourself? Maybe you should re apply thermal paste and re seat the heat sink?

Also, what settings you changed to get to 3.0 would help as well.

--Lupi
 

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I have Coretemp and CPUz already, VID= 1.3125
1.35 in Bios, says Core voltage: 1.304 in CPUz.

Mobo: Asus P5KC
RAM: PATRIOT PDC22G8500ELK 4*1GB
Vid card: 8800GTS 300-something mb
Power: Some built-in Antec. 500W

Here's a pic of the cooling:

eMmEcoKsT.jpg


Also, I now have the memory speeed set to 667 making it 1:1 to FSB apaprently(333), if that matters.

Core 0 has hit a max of 72 degrees during the 15 minute 100% load testing.

 

Lupiron

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Wow, is that TRUE??? Thats the Fan holding clip of one!!! Does it have a weird cross out 4 arm thingie that you screw down to hold it in place?? Looks like an "X"??

Wow, it looks like it is!!

Awesome! Pull that thing off some time when you get the chance, and take a pic of the cleaned surface that contacts the top of your processor!

You should have waaaayyyyy low temps with that monster.

Your VID is high, just like every one else who has gotten a retail chip in the past few months.

You are gonna need more VCore to be stable.

--Lupi
 

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This PC is "old", about a year if that matters.
Whats HSF?
I'll see if I can find some AS5 around here, no idea on how to use it though.
I got rid of most dust recently(before taking that pic).
Also, how much core voltage would yopu guys recommend(in bios)?
Thanks for the help so far
 

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the easiest way is to up the vcore the 1.5V(NO MORE!!!) and then after you achieve your target speed then you do the minimising vcore.

or you can do the other way round which is longer.
 

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It's 5-5-5-9 , and I have voltage on auto for RAM. I will look at the heatsink stuff later, though I have no clue on how to do it hehe ;)
 

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Stepping revision. G0 is better than B3. It takes less power which means less heat which means better OCing. A 3.2GHz B3Q6600 is like a 3.6GHz G0Q6600.