my DFI 975X/g infinity will not overclock (at all)

[Nephilim]

I recently rebuilt my system into a case, and upgraded all the cooling just a tad.

 

The system is rock solid stable at stock, but the problem is, no matter what I set it to, it will POST, and will be... at stock.

 

Here is a photo to illustrate my point:

 

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a96/Nephi...66/bigrigWR.jpg

 

Now if we are to believe this then (assuming it's stable for validation upload) I have just broken the WR for E6400 by 2MHz fsb... woo go me. But we shouldn't believe it.

 

As soon as I get into windows and check voltages timings etc this is what I see:

 

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a96/Nephilim666/Weird.jpg

 

According to CPU-Z everything is at stock (including voltage, which smartguardian disagrees with).

 

Trying to overclock with clockgen yeilds no change, clockgen tries then the slider jumps back to stock :|

 

I really do need some advice as I have no idea what's goin on... I think once the CPU Overclock failed recovery thing goes into action I get stuck at stock regardless of settings... Would you say the board is faulty? That would be very annoying as I spent forever insulating it and everything works flawlessly at stock.

 

I have tried this, and the 830 bios with the same result.

[Nephilim]

Ok, a long CMOS clear sorted it out.

 

I have phase change on the CPU and high-end watercooling on the chipset and still limited to 370MHz FSB.

 

Would love to see the settings anyone who has gotten over that with 2GB of RAM is using.

[colfin22]

Thats as far as your gonna get with 2gb ram IMHO. Look here for settings: http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=58843

Read this also, Raju's guide to ocing this mobo: http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64701

[BigBen]

The best I could get with 2 gigs of Ram was 11x365 .... It would really help to see what my chip is capable of if the DFI board allowed more than just the x11 multi like other makes of board do

 

Regards