Overclocking help.

2008-09-07 10:42:51

#1

White-Fusion: Fuck; +616|6819|Scotland

My specs:

Intel E6850
EVGA 680i motherboard
Crucial 6400 ram.
ATI 4870
Windows XP.

For the first time today I tried overclocking, I was at 3.0 on my CPU as stock. I put up to 3.1 and tried Orthos for 10 minutes, then 3.2 etc. I got to 3.5 and idle temps are 30 ish degrees. With 60 degrees in Orthos.

After 9 minutes of stress testing my PC froze up, and a continuous high pitched beep came from the speakers.This happened last time someone overclocked my computer.

The person helping me suggested to put the nForce SPP from 1.40 to 1.45. After 10 minutes of Orthos it went red and said there was an error. (So unstable i believe)

I haven't changed any other settings and I have some good quality pictures of the BIOS for you here:

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So basically, I was wondering what to do next?

I would be happy with 3.4 - 3.5 stable.

2008-09-07 10:44:20

#2

Microwave: _; +515|6922|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

Up the voltage to the next option. Then check again.

2008-09-07 10:45:40

#3

White-Fusion: Fuck; +616|6819|Scotland

james@alienware wrote:
Up the voltage to the next option. Then check again.

CPU voltage yeah?

2008-09-07 10:46:44

#4

Microwave: _; +515|6922|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

Yeah. Then check the temps.

A higher voltage will let you reach higher clocks yet still stable.

2008-09-07 10:47:35

#5

Stimey: +786|6387|Ontario | Canada

Maybe you got a poor chip.
I actually overclocked my friends 6850 on the same board about a week ago.
It was stable at 3.6, but when I stress tested it it shut down due to heat (because he has a shitty CPU fan)
I got it running 3.4 stable however.
I think the voltage was near stock too. (Maybe 0.05v above stock.)

Last edited by Stimey (2008-09-07 10:50:59)

2008-09-07 10:50:00

#6

Microwave: _; +515|6922|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

Oh yeah, do you have an aftermarket cpu cooler or is it the stock one?.

2008-09-07 10:51:48

#7

White-Fusion: Fuck; +616|6819|Scotland

I have a Zalman (Don't know exact model but it's the round orange one)

I put the CPU to the next setting up which is 1.35625

Is this right?

2008-09-07 10:53:25

#8

Stimey: +786|6387|Ontario | Canada

White-Fusion wrote:
I have a Zalman (Don't know exact model but it's the round orange one)

I put the CPU to the next setting up which is 1.35625

Is this right?

CNPS 9500?

2008-09-07 10:54:04

#9

White-Fusion: Fuck; +616|6819|Scotland

That's the one.

2008-09-07 10:59:37

#10

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6465|Winland

Did you read my guide?

More voltage to the north bridge is my bet.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-09-07 11:00:32

#11

White-Fusion: Fuck; +616|6819|Scotland

Freezer7Pro wrote:
Did you read my guide?

More voltage to the north bridge is my bet.

I did yeah and it was helpful. Where is the northbridge voltage?

Wait I already did, from 1.40 to 1.45.

Last edited by White-Fusion (2008-09-07 11:04:38)

2008-09-07 11:14:40

#12

White-Fusion: Fuck; +616|6819|Scotland

20 minutes with no errors. Will leave it for an hour.

BF2S Forums Overclocking help.

james@alienware wrote:

White-Fusion wrote:

Freezer7Pro wrote:

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