Is Clearing the CMOS many times a bad idea?

I recently decided to overclock my q6600 to 3.2ghz
problem is I cant get it running at 3.2ghz without 1-2 cores missing
I've read up about this issue and I found out that I need to raise my CPU PLL Voltage

I want to fix this problem my raising my CPU PLL voltage
I don't know by how much to raise it by so i'm going to go Trail&Error

My question is
Is clearing the cmos many to countless times bad? harmful to the computer, hardware
and if it was, to what components specifically?

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No. Clearing the CMOS won't hurt a thing.
The thing that might cause a big problem, is exactly what are you doing that is causing you to have to clear the CMOS so many times? Apparently you are not exactly sure of what you are doing, and that is the part that would concern me the most.

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Nope, it's ok. As jutpublisher said, you should first read some guides or anything like it, then raise the voltage. It's the most dangerous voltage for cpu if im not wrong. Anyone?

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I read that the Cpu ppl voltage is the most dangerous to play with. be carefull

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TerminatorXT wrote :

I recently decided to overclock my q6600 to 3.2ghz
problem is I cant get it running at 3.2ghz without 1-2 cores missing
I've read up about this issue and I found out that I need to raise my CPU PLL Voltage

I want to fix this problem my raising my CPU PLL voltage
I don't know by how much to raise it by so i'm going to go Trail&Error

My question is
Is clearing the cmos many to countless times bad? harmful to the computer, hardware
and if it was, to what components specifically?

Learn First, Then Do

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdo [...] i=3283&p=1

You have the same M/B I do, you're probably clearing the CMOS and you don't even have to, if you're clearing the CMOS because it won't boot at all, your settings are way off.

Don't play with PLL or VTT until you know where the boundaries are, jump into the article and start reading, print it out for on hand reference.

PM if you need to. Ryan

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4ryan6 wrote :

Learn First, Then Do

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdo [...] i=3283&p=1

You have the same M/B I do, you're probably clearing the CMOS and you don't even have to, if you're clearing the CMOS because it won't boot at all, your settings are way off.

Don't play with PLL or VTT until you know where the boundaries are, jump into the article and start reading, print it out for on hand reference.

PM if you need to. Ryan

last time I cleared my cmos cause I booted up with 3.2ghz dual core and I had the cpu voltage on auto so the voltage was not the problem

how many increments do you say I should raise the CPU PLL voltage by?

I didn't say to raise the PLL at all, Yet!

Have you read the article I linked you to?

Especially the very thorough BIOS section regarding your motherboard?

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Your Corsair H50 is not that great of a cooler and a Q6600 is a hot chip. You exceed the voltage by to much and it will heat up and shut down.

You need to do some research on the voltage limits of a Q6600, your mobo and take into account the efficiency of you cooler before changing anything. but its your chip so good luck.

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4ryan6 wrote :

I didn't say to raise the PLL at all, Yet!

Have you read the article I linked you to?

Especially the very thorough BIOS section regarding your motherboard?

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reported cases of CPUs losing cores after being subjected to voltages in excess of about 2.00V.

I think I might know now why I lost cores, but in the bios it showed that I was at 1.53V .... so i'm kinda confused

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1.53 STOP !!! Do you even know if you have a GO or B3 chip?

Man you really need to read the article Ryan linked. You are destined for disaster if you keep going without informing yourself. This is not something you want to trial and error.

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TerminatorXT wrote :

I think I might know now why I lost cores, but in the bios it showed that I was at 1.53V .... so i'm kinda confused

Anyone else in this conversation you're having with yourself ?

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Roush2fast wrote :

1.53 STOP !!! Do you even know if you have a GO or B3 chip?

Man you really need to read the article Ryan linked. You are destined for disaster if you keep going without informing yourself. This is not something you want to trial and error.

I have the B3 Q6600

I have my CPU PLL Voltage at 1.53V

I'm still reading about overclocking and my motherboard

LOL Ryan

Term , just keep an eye on the temps and read up. I'm bailing out of this one now.

Good luck

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Yeah Ditto !

Good Luck TerminatorXT

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