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Last night I was seeing how much I could push my CPU, Q6600, I wasn't aiming for stability rather seeing if it would simply boot into Windows to allow me to run super pi (it was a competition and I had been drinking). I got her to boot into Windows @3.78GHz and complete pi 1m, then I upped the Voltage to 1.6v and tried to booting @4.05GHz and then nothing. PC shut off and will not turn on.

 

My memory was adjuster using divider and kept at stock speed so its not my RAM thats toasted I know that much. What happens now is when I press the power button, the PC will try and post for about half a second, the fans just start to turn and bang it shuts down right away, no post whatsoever, cannot get into BIOS, no beep codes, just shuts down instantly.

 

My specs:

 

-Q6600 w\Scythe Ninja Plus Rev. B

-4GB DDR2-1000 G.Skill

-Gigabyte P35 DS3R

-ATi 4870 512MB

-800w Mushkin Modular

 

Also I did not smell anything burn, and what i have trioed so far is unplugging the psu, removing the CMOS battery, clear the CMOS via jumper. I don't have an extra 775 cpu or mobo for testing but I do have an extra psu to see if the psu is done, but since I didn't smell anything I doubt its psu also 800w is plenty.

 

I'm thinking my best bet is go buy another cpu and if it works then I know my old cpu is toast but if the PC still doesn't post then its probably the mobo in which case i will return the new cpu and grab another mobo.

 

Any thoughts?

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Last night I was seeing how much I could push my CPU, Q6600, and I had been drinking then I upped the Voltage to 1.6v and tried to booting @4.05GHz and then nothing. PC shut off and will not turn on. now is when I press the power button, the PC will try and post for about half a second, the fans just start to turn and bang it shuts down right away, no post whatsoever, cannot get into BIOS, no beep codes, just shuts down instantly. I did not smell anything burn, and what i have trioed so far is unplugging the psu, removing the CMOS battery, clear the CMOS via jumper.

q6600's and p35 mobo's are pretty cheap but the experience is priceless....!! :thumbs-up:

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I have the same exact board, with the f13c bios. At this moment I am stress testing my just bought Q6600 at 3.6/1.46 vcore, 6hrs and counting. I had my E6600 running at 3.6/1.56 vcore, more than two instances my waterpump just stopped running while gaming and it shuts off the system, the board just shuts off at a certain cpu temps that is set on the bios. Man, if that was on air, it could be fried.........

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Got a warranty on it? Does Intel even cover that in the warranty, lol. If you cleared the CMOS and everything, I'd say the CPU is toast. Is it a newer Q6600, because the old ones used to be able to handle 1.7V or so. Next time, don't overclock while drinking...

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No I don't think Intel would cover this under warranty, and I've had the CPU well over a year anyway. And yes this was on air, I know it was dumb but like I said I was drinking some beers and was all, "HELL YEAH IT CAN TAKE MORE!".

 

I just figured I would ask for some feedback because you would think I should at least be getting some beep codes or something right?

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Mine did that one night and I thought I had fried it too. I was super pissed so I let it sit over night and the next morning I was able to get it to turn on and get into the Bios. Works fine now. Not sure why that happened, but let's hope that's all yours is doing...

 

...and 1.6V on air?! You're out of your mind. :lol:

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If CPU looks fine and you give Intel a good excuse they might accept the chip if you RMA'd it. A while back I fried an E4300 which was overclocked and Intel accepted it when I issued an RMA for it. Just don't tell them that you fried it from too much overclocking.

 

And yeah, 1.6v on air is crazy nuts and asking for trouble.

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Mine did that one night and I thought I had fried it too. I was super pissed so I let it sit over night and the next morning I was able to get it to turn on and get into the Bios. Works fine now. Not sure why that happened, but let's hope that's all yours is doing...

 

...and 1.6V on air?! You're out of your mind. :lol:

 

 

It could be a long shot, but I hope that its the same case for him. I'd take the cpu out of its socket for now and let it cool off overnight, and proceed to test the next day. Then, I'd drink some more to ease the pain a bit LOL.

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after you remove the battery for the cmos (and unplug the computer) press the power button a few times to expel any extra energy left in the board and it's components.

maybe take the processor out and put it back in if the first step doesn't yield any favorable results

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