e6600 has more potential

[Ambassador7]

Hey guys,

I am new to this, but have been learning a lot. I have been reading these forums like crazy and have been trying to get further on my own, but I can't seem to do it. Here's what I have:

E6600 @ 2.4
Gigabyte 945P-S3 motherboard
4 1GB OCZ 5400 667mhz ram
Zalaman 9500 cpu fan

I am pretty sure I am ok temp-wise, unless I am getting a false reading. The reason I wonder this is because I was close to 60C max load in orthos according to coretemp, speedfan and ITA tool. However, I got a new thermaltake fan that has power and I put it under my DVD drive and blows right over my cpu and Zalaman 9500. It lowered my temps by 10-15C! Currently I am at 1.275 core voltage, 2.8Ghz and idle temp is 23C, max load is 45C. Hopefully these temps are still accurate.

My problem is that when I try to go higher, temps stay fine, but whenever I try to RESTART from windows, it doesn't restart. I have to power down manually and then turn it back on. I have tried upping the voltages past 1.43, still won't restart on its own. I have f6 bios (latest). My ram multiplier is at 1.5 and cpu-z is showing 3-3-3-9 timings. Must have been automatically set after I set the multiplier. I tried setting to 4-4-4-12, but it didn't help. I read about changing PCI-E to 101 and increasing voltages, but whenever I do that it won't even boot at all.

I know I can get a lot more out of this thing, just can't get past this for some reason.

Does anyone have any advice?

[Ambassador7]

bump

[Immortal_Hero]

Sounds to me like a windows issue. Did you install it fresh when you got your new PC or did you upgrade with an old install? At any rate I would hit the disk with KillDisk and reinstall windows.

Oh and BTW: :welcome:

[Ambassador7]

It was a fresh install. It restarts fine at 2.8Ghz, but when I try to get to 3.0Ghz...that's when it does it. It does the same if I hit my reset button also. Guess I am stuck at 2.8?!

Thanks for the welcome.

[Elluzion]

I dont think you are stuck at 2.8, their is a logical explanation to this. It could be your memory volts? You didn't mention that.

[Ambassador7]

Anytime I touch the ram voltages, it won't boot at all.

[Oc1Kenube]

RMA that board

[Ambassador7]

Mean return it? Whats RMA?

This is a good board to OC.

[jordon]

actually that chipset is kinda old and dated at this point, youll hit much higher fsb on a p35-ds3r or 965p ;-)

[Ambassador7]

weird, i read a few were hitting over 3 with this no problem. i'd rather hold steady than buy a knew board at this point. still doubt its the board though. its only 2.8.

[inkfx]

Yeah, unfortunately that S3 board really isn't a great choice when you're looking for the higher OCs. I think it's definitely a problem with the motherboard. Maybe you could try and sell it and pick up something better for OCing. Like a DS3R or P5K (p35). Even a DS3 or P5B. (p965) would be better choices.

What kind of hard drive are you using and what is your PCIe frequency?

[Ambassador7]

7200 Baracuda

PCIe freq is normal...i tried setting it to 100 and 101 like I have read about, but it won't reboot after that so I change it back.

Unfortunately my bios seem limited even with the lastest updates.