0124 BSOD...Processor?

I am pushing my Q6600 higher now that I have some faster Patriot RAM (PC2-6400)...Just want to prolong this platform as long as possible since I can still play every game out at highest settings.

I am trying 406x9 = 3.65GHz....1.47v

RAM 5-5-5-15 2.1v 1:1

Cooling is no problem...H50 keeping her idling @ 36c, load @ ~65c
I can run 3dmark vantage fine...but 5 seconds into prime95 it just BSOD's...

Could it be the MB/northbridge topping out maybe?

Any ideas?

with that kind of chipset cooling that comes stock with the board, i really doubt it is having heat problems.
you should see what they expected to cool that on some lesser boards

course your now on water no chipset blow-by, so put a house fan on the thing for a few minutes and see if anything clears up

1.47v 3650 geesh its done you did great, you deserve a 8500 they sell them used on e-bay, and a 6600 still has resale value.
buy low and sell high and you could trade up for less than ya spent on the cooler, then start all over again
the 8500 people are rushing off to the I? stuff, might get a deal.

ps2cho said:

I am pushing my Q6600 higher now that I have some faster Patriot RAM (PC2-6400)...Just want to prolong this platform as long as possible since I can still play every game out at highest settings.

I am trying 406x9 = 3.65GHz....1.47v

RAM 5-5-5-15 2.1v 1:1

Cooling is no problem...H50 keeping her idling @ 36c, load @ ~65c
I can run 3dmark vantage fine...but 5 seconds into prime95 it just BSOD's...

Could it be the MB/northbridge topping out maybe?

Any ideas?

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Turn on "round off checking" in Prime95 and run Prime95 again. (To see if you get a rounding error)

ps2cho said:

I am pushing my Q6600 higher now that I have some faster Patriot RAM (PC2-6400)...Just want to prolong this platform as long as possible since I can still play every game out at highest settings.

I am trying 406x9 = 3.65GHz....1.47v

RAM 5-5-5-15 2.1v 1:1

Cooling is no problem...H50 keeping her idling @ 36c, load @ ~65c
I can run 3dmark vantage fine...but 5 seconds into prime95 it just BSOD's...

Could it be the MB/northbridge topping out maybe?

Any ideas?

Click to expand...

406 MHz FSB is nothing for a P35-DS3L to sneeze at, it'll do that easily at stock chipset voltages.

Bump the FSB voltage a tad.