betterlife18 said:
Thanks for the info. Now I have no idea how I would be able to change the multiplier... and what good would that do? And in the BIOS I brought the timings up as high as possible (3-4-4-8) Where did you get the 3-7-7-7? It's not even an option. I also tried the Vdimm at 2.85 (highest setting) and it still crashed just after starting Return to Castle Wolfenstein. So I'm back down to my original settings (as in signature). I know this OCZ memory can do more than 500MHz, even if that's what it's rated at. Cooling is under control, always under 42C. So how do I change the multiplier???
sorry.. i was just guessin at the memory timings of 3,7,7,7, i couldnt remember the slowest latency. but what i meant is for you to use your slowest settings and test your memory like that.
And as people have stated, you cannot change your multiplier on your intel CPU, unless you have an ES chip (ES = engineering sample). These chips are even rarer then the M0's, and are intel confidential. They are test chips, which intel gives out to certain people to test. The multiplier on these is unlocked so the testers can make certain modifications and tweaks. But usualy intel locks the multiplier so to prevernt us from really unlocking the power of the chip! and no there is no way yet to unlock an Intel chip because the chips are multiplier locked by a laser at the manufacturing plant.
Also, if you feel adventurous, you could do a volt mod for the memory, and then raise the memory voltage higher. This would help you if your memory was the thing that was holding you back, But, i do not think that it is atm. It really does look like your 2.6 chip is at a wall. You probably won't get much more from it, but i suggest you keep on tweaking, and truely isolate the bottleneck (if it is the chip or something else, like maybe ur PSU or motherboard etc)
Other then that, you have an awesome overclock!
Keep that puppy cool, and enjoy your comp
Raven