Nvidia NForce 680i overclocking

[Peaks]

Hey all,

I am having trouble overclocking my Q6600 through this mobo's BIOS. Basically i am new to overclocking but i understand the basics and i know what to do to give a quick boost to your clock speed without increasing the temps to much. I am thinking that a boost to the FSB will give me a small overclock with little temperature boosts, this is because i am not increasing the voltages in anyway.

I am worried about the temperatures because i know that my chipset is notorious for giving a poor overclock : temperature ratio. My solution to this is to buy a new mobo in the future (probably p45) but in the meantime get a NB chipset heatsink.

Anyways, i digress.....My problem is that i tried to do a simple FSB boost in my BIOS just to see if i could increase the clock speed a little while i wait for my chip heatsink to arrive. However, after going into the BIOS i got confused.

Here is what i did:

CPU config: C1E Enhanced Halt State - Disabled

FSB: changed FSB (QDR) from 1066 to 1800
This put the CPU freq (MHz) from 2133.3 to 2300.0

Multiplier: x8

Timings: 1:1

However, after rebooting my PC nothing seemed to have changed. FSB was still the same and clock speed was still the same. Plus my mobo made a really loud beeping sound on reboot.

Can anyone please help? Can you explain to me what all the information above means, where i go and how i increase the FSB and any other info you think i might need? Maybe all the configs are locked and i simply can't overclock with this motherboard?

Many thanks to those who reply

peaks,

 

[Peaks]

so i take it no one has tried overclocking with this motherboard. Maybe this should be a hint to me to get a new one hahaha!!!

 

[solo3232]

try unlinking the memory from the fsb strap or whatever you call it. you can keep it linked 1:1 or unlink it. try unlinking and see if it boots, maybe the ram is your problem. dont know im new to oc'n as well so just a though..

 

[aggrressor]

I know this is an old as hell post, but since i'm having issues with the board and stumbled upon this post, i just thought i'd reply in case you're still having problems and might check it...

1)
FSB 1066 @ 8x = 2133
FSB 1800 @ 8x = 3600 and not 2300.......
to calculate use this (FSB) / 4 * (Multi) = CPU Freq
Q6600 has a top multiplier of 9x... stock speed should be 2400
dropping the multiplier does not always help. There are FSB holes in 680i's

2)
make sure memory is unlinked and is running at it's stock speed (ie 533Mhz, 667Mhz, 800Mhz etc. some boards would show half that speed... that's fine, just depends on manuf. in the end it's the same.)
make sure the memory is always running at it's rated voltage and not at what the board sets it at. This board has a tendency to undervolt the memory. (ie Corsair Dominators will run at 1.9v instead of 2.1v)

3) with any overclock, you have to increase the voltage of a CPU and FSB. At FSB that you're trying to run, it'll be around 1.45v-1.50v and a ridiculous temps. Q6600 has max voltage at around 1.40-1.45 if my memory doesn't give up.

Setup that works 90% of the time on this board.
FSB - 1333 (1199 is another freq that should work 99% of the time. If 1333 is unstable, you can try this one and just up the freq few Mhz at a time)
Multi - 9x
Memory - 800 (if that's your memory's rated speed and make sure it's set to unlinked)
CPU Vcore - 1.30000v (could be stock ~1.26250v on some CPU's/Boards)
FSB - 1.3v
Temps will only go up a few degrees with an aftermarket cooler. Do not recommend it with a stock cooler.
if this doesn't work, begin backing down FSB few at a time until you can boot windows. Afterwards run prime95 overnight to make sure that it's stable. watch temps a few mins at the beginning of the run to make sure you don't approach 70C. ~71C is maximum factory recommended.
I personally keep "C1E Enhanced Halt State" enabled. Keeps temps and clock low on idle to increase CPU life, but in certan boards that will add overclock instability.

remember, higher FSB = always higher voltages required = higher temps. That's why it's easier to start with a high multiplier and drop it only when you hit such a wall, when raising voltage doesn't help and you need to jump a good chunk of FSB.

hope this helps if it ever get's to you