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Before i throw this thing out of my window, please give me some further guidlines regarding this setup:

CPU Q9550
Mobo Asrock P45xe
PSU 500W
Memory 8GB Corsair XMS DDR 2 800MHZ

I am trying to reach 3.6. Running prime95 on small FFT is keeping stable for 'sufficient' time but when i go on Blend option, none of the cores last than 1 minute... Been messing softly with the setting for 5 days and all cores are very unstable in prime with blend option...

These are my last bios settings atm:

Ratio CMOS Setting 8.5
Intel SpeedSetp Tech Disabled
CPU Frequence 425
PCIE Frequency 100
Strap FSB to MCH 400
DRAM Frequency 425 (DDR2 850)

CPU Voltage 1.3625
DRAM Voltage 2.2
Dram VREF Increment Normal

SB Core Voltage Low
SB 1.1V Voltage Low
TGTLRef Voltage Auto
NB Voltage 1.14
VTT Auto
PLL Auto Auto

Boot Failure Guard Enabled
Spread Spectrum Disabled
Enchanced Halt State Disabled
Intel Virualization Tech Enabled
CPU Thermal Throttling Enabled
No-Excuse memory protection Disabled
Intel C-State Tech Disabled

TCL 5
TRCD 5
TRD 5
TRAS 18

I googled and googled and goodled... nothing with the mobo.

And one last thing i forgot to state... despite the cpu voltage being marked by cpuz, when cores were at full load, the voltage came down to 1.27... what the f**k is wrong now?

Sound desperate enough? Thanks for your time

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Message edited by spleewars on 08-26-2009 at 01:05:00 AM
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Reply to tsiberious

Sorry, my mistake...

Please help..

Reply to spleewars

spleewars wrote :


NB Voltage 1.14


Is that correct ?
If so that may be the problem, I need 1.41 to keep my Q9550 stable at 3.825.

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Delluser1 wrote :

Is that correct ?
If so that may be the problem, I need 1.41 to keep my Q9550 stable at 3.825.



Hi dell, actually i also tried 1.48 but wasnt stable... maybe 1.48 was a lot? Thanks

Reply to spleewars

spleewars,

Since Prime95 Small FFT's, which tests processor stability, is OK, and Blend, which tests memory, is unstable, then I would suspect a faulty Corsair memory module. Try reseating the modules, then repeat your tests with Blend. If the problem persists, then try each module one slot at a time so as to isolate the problem to a bad module or a bad slot. Also, try running Memtest from a bootable USB Flash Disk in order to confirm the faults that Prime95 Blend is detecting.

Comp :sol:


Message edited by CompuTronix on 08-27-2009 at 01:37:57 AM
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