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M5A97 R2.0 FX 6300 Overclock

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a b K Overclocking
a b V Motherboard
March 17, 2013 6:05:06 PM

I cant seem to get an stable over by just raising the multiplier even to X19(3.8Ghz) it fails 2mins in OCCT, and also i get crazy Vdrops. On stcok volts was 1.356 for 3.8 but i put it at 3.8 manually volts go down to 1.224 under load. Can someone who has the Mobo tell me whats going on?

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a b K Overclocking
a c 121 V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 7:41:29 AM

When I had that Motherboard I had a lot of the same problems, which I pretty much was able to nail down the the VRM's overheating... They heatsink on there is fairly lacking.

I would try getting some smaller fans running on just the VRM's and see if that helps.
a b K Overclocking
a b V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 7:50:03 AM

I have 2 stock heat sinks with the fans on there, can i use those? and which VRM's should they go on?
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a b K Overclocking
a c 121 V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 7:54:59 AM

I believe all the VRM's are under the heatsink that is parallel to the Rear Panel Connections. (left side of the board)
a b K Overclocking
a b V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 8:16:48 AM

Ok so the ones close to the CPU? and have you been able to overclock with this Mobo?
a b K Overclocking
a c 121 V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 8:24:01 AM

I was using the first M5A97, and I was not able to get my FX-8150 above an x19 multiplier. :/ 

I ended up using that board for my old PhenomII in a different computer and getting a sabertooth FX990 (although I wish I had gone with the Crosshair V)

With the Upgraded MB, I was able to get stable at 5.03 but I had to go all the way up to 1.53V...

a b K Overclocking
a b V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 8:30:23 AM

Oh i had an stable 4.5Ghz with 1.475 Vcore for a while then i start getting random restarts and i ran memtest86 i gave me some errors so thats why i lower my ram to 1600, but after that it seems i cant get a stable overclock even if i set my CPU to 3.5hz without changing anything else
a b K Overclocking
a c 121 V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 8:32:26 AM

Have you tried swapping your RAM kit out?
a b K Overclocking
a b V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 8:34:28 AM

I dont have anything extra rams
a b K Overclocking
a c 121 V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 8:37:03 AM

Have your ran MEMtest at stock speeds (CPU and RAM)?
a b K Overclocking
a b V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 8:39:51 AM

i left memtest86 running last night with everything at stock and when i woke up and check my PC its on the Welcome Screen :??:  that means my PC restart and i don't know if the rams failed or not
a b K Overclocking
a c 121 V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 8:47:17 AM

If it restarted it probably failed. Try running it again.
a b K Overclocking
a b V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 9:05:34 AM

Overnight?? or just for an hour or so?
a b K Overclocking
a c 121 V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 9:22:01 AM

Start with a couple hours.
a b K Overclocking
a b V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 9:31:06 AM

Am gonna do it again tonight, and also when i was playing DayZ with everything on stock it BSOD a couple days ago
a b K Overclocking
a c 121 V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 9:48:39 AM

Do you remember what error it gave on the BSOD?
a b K Overclocking
a b V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 10:01:32 AM

Something about bad pool caller
a b K Overclocking
a c 121 V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 10:04:02 AM

It could be bad RAM...
a b K Overclocking
a b V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 10:15:12 AM

Could that also cause my overclocking to fail??
a b K Overclocking
a c 121 V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 10:17:35 AM

Absolutely
a b K Overclocking
a b V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 10:29:14 AM

could it possibly be only 1 stick that's failing?
a b K Overclocking
a c 121 V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 10:31:36 AM

That is a definite possibility.
a b K Overclocking
a b V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 10:40:50 AM

how do i go about finding out the bad apple?
a b K Overclocking
a c 121 V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 10:43:48 AM

Run Memtest with 1 stick in at a time, until you find the one that fails
a b K Overclocking
a b V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 10:47:42 AM

I'll try am get them done today, i'll post on here tomorrow and let you know the result
a b K Overclocking
a c 121 V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 10:49:08 AM

Sounds good!
a b K Overclocking
a b V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 3:45:00 PM

Ok so i set in bios my Ram to 1866MHz 9-10-9-27 1.5Volts (rated settings) and ran windows memory diagnostic tool 15 passes on each ram and 1 Dimm got errors
a b K Overclocking
a c 121 V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 3:48:30 PM

Pull that DIMM out, and re-run it
a b K Overclocking
a b V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 4:10:32 PM

i did both of them separately and one failed
a b K Overclocking
a c 121 V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 4:21:23 PM

Leave the one good in for a few days and see if you BSOD
a b K Overclocking
a b V Motherboard
March 18, 2013 4:36:30 PM

Ok i will and i'll also let memtest86 run over night again and see what happens


Update;
I tried with the DIMM that passes but when i tried to run OCCT my computer restarted in 7mins and keeps restarting at the welcome screen. Changed it from 1866 to 1333 right now and its going ok so far. So it seems that both my rams are defective, gonna have to get a new pair by the end of the month,I was saving the money to get a new PSU *sigh*
a b K Overclocking
a b V Motherboard
March 19, 2013 7:57:45 AM

Did a memtest86 run on the DIMM @ 1333Mhz for 4 hrs and no errors and now am @ 4Ghz with 1.34Vcore and 1 hr OCCT stable :) . b4 i couldn't get 4Ghz stable even with 1.42Vcore so am happy with my results :) 
a b K Overclocking
a c 121 V Motherboard
March 19, 2013 8:08:25 AM

Great!
a b K Overclocking
a b V Motherboard
March 19, 2013 9:03:06 AM

Thank you for your help, gonna try and hit 4.5Ghz today. What do you use to stress test your CPU?
I think OCCT Detects errors much faster than Prime95. I can do 2 hrs of P95 with no errors and failed 5 mins in OCCT!
Am still gonna do a 6+ hrs of prime thoo, just to be sure. Am not gonna called my Overclocking stable until i can do, 20 runs of IBT, 1 hr Of OCCT and at least 6 hrs of P95
a b K Overclocking
a c 121 V Motherboard
March 19, 2013 9:13:04 AM

I just use prime and call it good. If it is good enough for that it is good enough to game on ;) 
a b K Overclocking
a b V Motherboard
March 19, 2013 12:01:06 PM

Nice, how long do you run Prime?
a b K Overclocking
a c 121 V Motherboard
March 19, 2013 12:02:10 PM

Usually just overnight.

If it is stable there, I will be pretty hard pressed to cause instability using it.
a b K Overclocking
a c 121 V Motherboard
March 19, 2013 12:19:17 PM

I just use blend.

And nice guide! I wish I had it when I did mine lol
a b K Overclocking
a b V Motherboard
March 19, 2013 12:24:10 PM

Yeah am glad i have bumped into it :p , also i just notice had Prime95 Version 25.1 and the guide recommended 27.7 or higher
a b K Overclocking
a c 121 V Motherboard
March 19, 2013 12:32:20 PM

I doubt the version should matter that much... But who knows.
a b K Overclocking
a b V Motherboard
March 19, 2013 12:46:21 PM

yeah who knows, what games you play anyways? and you only you the 560TI for PhysX?
a b K Overclocking
a c 121 V Motherboard
March 19, 2013 1:15:31 PM

BF3, WoW, Tomb Raider, Witcher 2, SWTOR mainly.

Yeah, I used to have to 560TI's in SLI, but then I got the 680, and threw 1 560 in another rig for my gf, and decided to use the other 560 as a dedicated physX card since Fermi is better than Kepler for physx, it definitely isn't necessary, but why not...
a b K Overclocking
a b V Motherboard
March 19, 2013 1:38:22 PM

I mostly be on DayZ And BF3, I have also got Tomb Raider but I've never tried the multiplayer
a b K Overclocking
a c 121 V Motherboard
March 19, 2013 1:48:45 PM

I haven't done MP either on tomb raider, still going through the single player
a b K Overclocking
a b V Motherboard
March 19, 2013 2:13:34 PM

Its a pretty good game, am at about %32, i stop playing when i got the fire arrows. Maybe we can play BF3 sometime
a b K Overclocking
a c 121 V Motherboard
March 19, 2013 2:18:36 PM

Sure thing, private message me your origin account, and I will add you later
a b K Overclocking
a b V Motherboard
March 19, 2013 2:34:04 PM

Same name i guess?
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