shiver_8 Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 Just got my new board to replace the 750i FTW that died a couple weeks ago. Anyways, I have everything set up now, and I'm starting to overclock. I have a weird issue... I started fiddling with stuff and realized if you overclock anything at all I get BSOD on startup. I went from 3000mhz to 3001mhz on my e8400, and guess what... BSOD. But 3ghz is perfectly fine. Is this some kind of bios setting I've missed or do I have a bad bios version? I'm using F7. I also have the problem that when the PC first boots, the cpu fan will spin for literally a split second then cut out, then a second later it will come back on. It does this every time I boot with no differences in times of the delay or whatever. Is this a short, or is this normal? I checked everything I could inside the case without totally tearing it apart, and everything looks fine. Lastly, when overclocking, like I said by 1mhz more from 3ghz, not touching any voltages at all, my power phase led's light up completely, and then I get the BSOD later on. Any help on these issues would be great, many thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HITandRUN Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 What a coincidences! I just got the same board today as well. Can you share some BIOS settings as well as voltages. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiver_8 Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 I don't have any settings to share quite yet, sorry. I am actually having quite a hard time figuring this board out. If anyone else has settings and are willing to share that would be fantastic! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMeeD Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 The first thing I would do is go through and set all of the voltages off of auto, then disable speedstep/C1E all of that stuff. Ive got the same board and it just loves overvolting things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiver_8 Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 I have disabled all that crap lol. I just got it in windows with 1.39 vcore at 4.23ghz, but it fails Prime95 ram test almost instantly, but has no problem with the cpu test. The mix test fails too. So I think it's the ram. I have it at 940mhz 5-5-5-15 I'm gonna try it at 1066. I forgot with these intel boards you don't have to run the ram at 1:1, lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiver_8 Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 For 4.05GHZ 24/7 Stable:   MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Robust Graphics Booster ...............: Auto or Fast CPU Clock Ratio ..........................: 9 Fine CPU Clock Ratio.....................:.0 CPU Frequency ...........................: 4.05   Clock Chip Control Standard Clock Control CPU Host Clock Control..................: [Enabled] CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ............: 450Mhz PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) .........:Set to 100  C.I.A.2 .................................:[Disabled]   Advanced Clock Control [Press Enter] CPU Clock Drive...........................: <<< 800 PCI Express Clock Drive.................: <<< 900 CPU Clock Skew (ps)....................: <<< MCH Clock Skew (ps)...................: <<<   DRAM Performance Control Performance Enhance...................: [sTANDARD] Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.).....: Disabled (G)MCH Frequency Latch...............: [Auto] System Memory Multiplier ..............: 2.00D (2.00B may work for you as well, it would be better but is harder to get stable often at high FSB) This is 900Mhz, you may also try 2.66D for 1066 but it may take some tweaking of MCH Voltage  Memory Frequency (Mhz) ..............: 900Mhz DRAM Timing Selectable ................: [Manual]  Standard Timing Control CAS Latency Time........................5 tRCD .........................................5 tRP'...........................................5 tRAS..........................................15/18  Advanced Timing Control tRRD...........................................3-4 tWTR..........................................3-5 tWR............................................4-6 tRFC...........................................52-62 tRTP...........................................3-5 Command Rate (CMD) ....................:2  Driving Strength Profiles Driving Strength ............................800/1066 (Benchmark/Test both last, set 1066 now)  Channel A Static tRead Value.........................:6/7-10 333/B MCH - 8/9-12 400/D MCH tRD Phase0 Adjustment...................:<<< Leave for all below as well tRD Phase1 Adjustment...................:Auto tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................:Auto tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................:Auto Trd2rd(Different Rank)....................:Auto Twr2wr(Different Rank)...................:Auto Twr2rd(Different Rank)...................:Auto Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank)..................:Auto Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............:Auto ps Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............:Auto ps  Channel B Static tRead Value.........................:6/7-10 333/B MCH - 8/9-12 400/D MCH tRD Phase0 Adjustment...................:<<< Leave for all below as well tRD Phase1 Adjustment...................:Auto tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................:Auto tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................:Auto Trd2rd(Different Rank)....................:Auto Twr2wr(Different Rank)...................:Auto Twr2rd(Different Rank)...................:Auto Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank)..................:Auto Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............:Auto ps Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............:Auto ps  Motherboard Voltage Control Voltage Type. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmc_boss Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 For 4.05GHZ 24/7 Stable: Â How can you state it's 24/7 stable, when a little over an hour ago you were failing Prime?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverclockTheStock Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 Possible FSB wall? What is the fsb and multiplyer you have it at. CPUZ screen shot plx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiver_8 Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 (edited) How can you state it's 24/7 stable, when a little over an hour ago you were failing Prime?? I knew someone would say that, but I got it off a different forum, a guy with the same board, processor, memory. I tested it for a while and it seemed fine, and the guy I got it from said it was 24 hour stable. Lol. But just wanna share another overclock. The CPU test is stable after 3 loops of P95, but the RAM/mix test fails almost instantly. http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk274/d.../Screen01-3.jpg Do you guys think it's the ram timings? It's OCZ Reaper 1066. Right now its at 976mhz, with 2.1 volts and 5-5-5-15 timings. By the way anything like 4-4-4-12 and it won't post, already tried. Also tried like 5-6-6-15 and 6-6-6-18 and that doesn't work either. Anyone smarter than me at this it would be great for some help lol :thumbs-up: Edited March 26, 2009 by shiver_8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geekspeak411 Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 Put the Reapers at full OCZ stock spec. that they show on the website. The Reaper series is very high quality so I doubt it is the RAM but if it is OCZ covers all of their stuff with a Lifetime warranty. How is the surrounding airflow? Could the issue be heat? Do you have any other DDR2 sticks you could pop in and try, perhaps a neighbors or something? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiver_8 Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 The way my bios is set up I can only set the reapers to 987 and the next setting is 1187 which is obviously way too high. Airflow/heat is not an issue, I have 8 fans in my Antec 900 that do their job. Plus the reapers are cool as a cucumber to the touch. And no I don't have any others I can throw on there. Like I showed earlier, at 4ghz and 900mhz ram with 5-5-5-15 they are perfectly fine, but at 4.4ghz and 987mhz ram with 5-5-5-15 it is wacked out. Should I maybe try one stick of ram and see what happens? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiver_8 Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 Tried one stick at a a time, same thing. I have no idea where to go from here :S Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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