PRIME95 Failure - VCORE issue?

iantosca

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Ok. I have read through a lot of the information listed in the forums, but I must be missing something.

Core i7 920 D0
Asetek LCLC
6BG DDR3 1333mhz
EVGA x58 LE SLI

I have set my BCLK to 180 to reach 3.6ghz - I have left turbo enabled so it does reach slightly over 3.7ghz
I set my memory timings to 7-7-7-19 (stock) - I leave DRAMM at 1.5v
I set VCORE to 1.25v
I set the memory to 2:6

I figured that at 2:6 I am 1080mhz, which is safely under 1333mhz. If I run it at 2:8 I am at 1440mhz, which is above my memory settings.

Everything loads fine, but as soon as I start PRIME95 blend I get memory dumping. I am thinking maybe my VCORE needs to be slightly higher, but I have heard D0's running at higher than 3.6ghz at 1.25v.

What I really want to know is, what am I missing? Is it just that my VCORE is probably too low? I leave everything else on auto. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank You!
 

SpidersWeb

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Try it and see what happens?
That's how overclocking works, every chip is different.

If it doesn't make a difference put it back down and look for something else. Lots of other settings too, but Vcore is always the first one I try (just don't get too silly, and keep an eye on temperature using RealTemp or something)
 

iantosca

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Yeah. I am going to mess around with it. The temps so far have not been an issue. I see that my RAM is 1.7v RAM, but in BIOS its set at 1.5v. I am assuming I can make it 1.65v stable, but .... for some reason in the BIOS anything above like 1.6v has a green color to it. I'm trying to figure out what that means.
 

lasting_omen

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The colors in the MOBO bios are just a safety measure to let you know you are pushing voltage beyond classic "norms" as a measure of protection as overclocking quiclky can viod a factory warranty. MOBO's will generally set up ram at its lower settings unless your ram has EPP profiles, and you specify them in the BIOS. I suggest manually setting your ram to its rated settings, timings and voltage, leaving the command rate, and any setting you don't have a number for at auto. Run Prime95 at stock CPU speeds, then increase CPU speed gradually to determine the exact cause of the error.