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Hi all,
I've been building systems since the days of 486 DX4 100s, and have a core understanding of the principles of overclocking, but I've never really had any successful attempts which has not bothered me much in the past.
So, technically I'm a noob when it comes to actual overclocking.
My current system I built about 5 years ago now, and I have tried numerous times in the past to have a crack at overclocking it, but I've never had any success (similar to this attempt, it normally resulted in a heap of no POSTing, and me giving up).
I came across the walk-through on this forum which has helped me to better understand the process (In the past, I've understood overclocking in the same way I understand a pottery wheel - ie: I know how it's 'supposed' to work, but I've never physically managed to produce anything worthwhile.. )
So, I was kinda stoked to get the system actually functioning with an overclock today of 3540 using a 20x clock, 177 BCLK, VCore 1.3, Vtt 1.1, PCH 1.05, DRAM 1.5.
I cannot seem to get the system to POST with anything over a 177 BCLK, which I'd be happy to accept had I not seen numerous other discussions on this forum of people hitting in excess of 4ghz.
I'm not that 'greedy', I'd be happy getting around a 3.8 or so, but if the system can handle more with a better eye, then why not.
Following the '3 step' guide, with a 12x multi, once I try to put in anything over 177 BCLK, it doesn't seem to matter what voltage I put in the Vtt, on boot, I get a nice message from Gigabyte advising that the "System expewrienced boot failures because over overclocking or changes of voltages", and that the system might not be running at the last saved bios state.
I was almost happy with my system at 21x and 177 after upping the Vtt to 1.25 (having read one of the numerous helps on this forum), and it did boot successfully giving me the 'aimed-for' 2.7ghz, AND I even got excited when prime 95 got to the 50 minute mark thinking I might have done it, but, at 53 minutes, one core failed a calc, and that was the end of that setting experiment.
I'd love some advice on where to go from here - ie: Do I just have a bad chip, is it my limitation, have I missunderstood something. Should I just be happy with what I've achieved?
Thanks Kindly.
I've been building systems since the days of 486 DX4 100s, and have a core understanding of the principles of overclocking, but I've never really had any successful attempts which has not bothered me much in the past.
So, technically I'm a noob when it comes to actual overclocking.
My current system I built about 5 years ago now, and I have tried numerous times in the past to have a crack at overclocking it, but I've never had any success (similar to this attempt, it normally resulted in a heap of no POSTing, and me giving up).
I came across the walk-through on this forum which has helped me to better understand the process (In the past, I've understood overclocking in the same way I understand a pottery wheel - ie: I know how it's 'supposed' to work, but I've never physically managed to produce anything worthwhile.. )
So, I was kinda stoked to get the system actually functioning with an overclock today of 3540 using a 20x clock, 177 BCLK, VCore 1.3, Vtt 1.1, PCH 1.05, DRAM 1.5.
I cannot seem to get the system to POST with anything over a 177 BCLK, which I'd be happy to accept had I not seen numerous other discussions on this forum of people hitting in excess of 4ghz.
I'm not that 'greedy', I'd be happy getting around a 3.8 or so, but if the system can handle more with a better eye, then why not.
Following the '3 step' guide, with a 12x multi, once I try to put in anything over 177 BCLK, it doesn't seem to matter what voltage I put in the Vtt, on boot, I get a nice message from Gigabyte advising that the "System expewrienced boot failures because over overclocking or changes of voltages", and that the system might not be running at the last saved bios state.
I was almost happy with my system at 21x and 177 after upping the Vtt to 1.25 (having read one of the numerous helps on this forum), and it did boot successfully giving me the 'aimed-for' 2.7ghz, AND I even got excited when prime 95 got to the 50 minute mark thinking I might have done it, but, at 53 minutes, one core failed a calc, and that was the end of that setting experiment.
I'd love some advice on where to go from here - ie: Do I just have a bad chip, is it my limitation, have I missunderstood something. Should I just be happy with what I've achieved?
Thanks Kindly.
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