Asus P5Q -- P5Q Pro -- P5Q Deluxe Discussion Thread

[RJARRRPCGP]

is there a any specific reason why its better to use a lower muti to get the fsb higher.. Other then to get the memory mhz up?

Because you may hit a core wall. Signs of a core issue are:

STOP: 0x0000000A IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

-or-

STOP: 0x0000009C MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION

Or Prime95 fails during the in-place FFT test.

 

[Bobnova]

The FSB speed relates directly to it's bandwidth, and lower FSB speeds can bottleneck things to the point where there is no difference between 1000 ram and 1200ram.

That's about it though as far as i know.

 

[Lemming]

request for FSB o/c assistance

Hi everyone, n00b request here...!
I hope this is the right thread for it (if not please just politely know where).

I'm interested in improving the throughput/efficiency performance (i.e. FSB, RAM timings, etc) of my Asus P5Q3-deluxe, but without overclocking my CPU (I just have no need for any extra grunt at this point in time and would prefer to conserve power consumption if anything)

I know my way around BIOSes, but not the right settings that I'd need to adjust. (My last o/c-ed PC was 10 years ago!) And of course, most o/c-ing guides deal mainly with CPU oc-ing, so thought I'd seek some settings guidance from any of the patient P5Q3 experts here.

My Kit:

• Asus P5Q3 Deluxe m/b
• Intel Core2Duo E8400 CPU, Rev. E0
• stock Intel cooler
• Corsair (2 x 2 Gb) DDR3 RAM, 1333 MHz {C9DHX}
• Nvida 9800GT Silent GPU {Gigabyte}
• Zalman ZM750-HP PSU
• Antec P183 case

My current settings are I'm assuming pretty stock (auto Asus setup):
(via CPU-Z)

• 1930 MHz core speed
• x 6 multiplier
• 322 MHz bus speed
• 1287 rated FSB
• 644 Mhz DRAM frequency
• 1:2 ratio FSB : DRAM
• Current timings are I'm pretty sure: 9-9-9-24-74

So if anyone's interested in itemizing what I need to change, that'd be nice, thanks.

 

[lt-cartman]

[asus P5Q Deluxe"] help!! overclocking with q6600 G0 can only get 2.7ghz

Hi all

Eric here.
Great forum.

Please bear with the long... email but i wanted to put in as much info as possible.

I am having a nightmare trying to oc my q6600 "go" on my p5q deluxe. I cant get it past 2.7ghz. I would be happy with 3 to 3.2 ghz oc as i will be running the pc 24/7. I had this q6600 G0 chip running at 2.8 on my old msi p965 platinum with the same cpu hsf, load temps were 52c on hottest core (24hrs prime 95 stable) - my new system details are as follows.

system details
motherboard - asus p5q deluxe (latest bios v2301)
cpu - intel q6600 stepping "B" - revision "G0" quad core
cpu cooling - artic cooler freezer 7 pro (fan at 2500 rpm (24/7)
graphics card - msi 8800 gtx
memory - 8 gb of Corsair Dominator TWIN2X PC8500 2GB DDR2 - CL5-6-6-18, 1066MHz, E.P.P, DHX supply voltage 2.1v max, 1.8v default
psu seasonic s12 500 watt
main boot drive OCZ SSD Vertex Turbo Series 2,5" 60GB
o/s win 7 ultimate 6 bit

with the cpu at stock (default bios settings) here are some settings
core temp reports hottest core 28c at idle - 40c after 1hr of prime95 large fft's
at rest v-core 1.288 - at load v core 1.240
core temp reports VID = 1.3250v
mem running at 400mhz - 5,5,5,18 2t

Here is a detailed report from cpu-z (at stock 2.4ghz)
____________________________________________________________

Processors Information
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 4 (max 4)
Number of threads 4 (max 4)
Name Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Codename Kentsfield
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 775 LGA (0x4)
CPUID 6.F.B
Extended CPUID 6.F
Core Stepping G0
Technology 65 nm
Core Speed 2400.0 MHz
Multiplier x FSB 9.0 x 266.7 MHz
Rated Bus speed 1066.7 MHz
Stock frequency 2400 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T, VT-x
L1 Data cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 2 x 4096 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
FID range 6.0x - 9.0x
Max VID 1.325 V

Chipset
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Northbridge Intel P45/P43 rev. A3
Southbridge Intel 82801JR (ICH10R) rev. 00
Graphic Interface PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width x16
PCI-E Max Link Width x16
Memory Type DDR2
Memory Size 8192 MBytes
Channels Dual, (Symmetric)
Memory Frequency 400.0 MHz (2:3)
CAS# latency (CL) 5.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 5
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 5
Cycle Time (tRAS) 18
Row Refresh Cycle Time (tRFC) 52
Command Rate (CR) 2T
MCHBAR I/O Base address 0x0FED14000
MCHBAR I/O Size 4096

Memory SPD
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

DIMM # 1
SMBus address 0x50
Memory type DDR2
Module format Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Corsair (7F7F9E0000000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number CMD4GX2M2A1066C5
Manufacturing date Week 23/Year 09
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts
EPP yes (1 profiles)
XMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 4.0-4-4-13-16 @ 270 MHz
JEDEC #2 5.0-5-5-18-23 @ 400 MHz
EPP timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage)
EPP profile #1 (full) 5.0-6-6-18-22-2T @ 533 MHz (2.100 Volts)

DIMM # 2
SMBus address 0x51
Memory type DDR2
Module format Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Corsair (7F7F9E0000000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number CMD4GX2M2A1066C5
Manufacturing date Week 23/Year 09
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts
EPP yes (1 profiles)
XMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 4.0-4-4-13-16 @ 270 MHz
JEDEC #2 5.0-5-5-18-23 @ 400 MHz
EPP timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage)
EPP profile #1 (full) 5.0-6-6-18-22-2T @ 533 MHz (2.100 Volts)

DIMM # 3
SMBus address 0x52
Memory type DDR2
Module format Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Corsair (7F7F9E0000000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number CMD4GX2M2A1066C5
Manufacturing date Week 23/Year 09
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts
EPP yes (1 profiles)
XMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 4.0-4-4-13-16 @ 270 MHz
JEDEC #2 5.0-5-5-18-23 @ 400 MHz
EPP timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage)
EPP profile #1 (full) 5.0-6-6-18-22-2T @ 533 MHz (2.100 Volts)

DIMM # 4
SMBus address 0x53
Memory type DDR2
Module format Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Corsair (7F7F9E0000000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number CMD4GX2M2A1066C5
Manufacturing date Week 23/Year 09
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts
EPP yes (1 profiles)
XMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 4.0-4-4-13-16 @ 270 MHz
JEDEC #2 5.0-5-5-18-23 @ 400 MHz
EPP timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage)
EPP profile #1 (full) 5.0-6-6-18-22-2T @ 533 MHz (2.100 Volts)

-----------
Hardware Monitors
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hardware monitor Winbond W83627DHG
Voltage 0 1.29 Volts [0xA1] (CPU VCORE)
Voltage 1 11.82 Volts [0xD4] (+12V)
Voltage 2 3.30 Volts [0xCE] (AVCC)
Voltage 3 3.26 Volts [0xCC] (+3.3V)
Voltage 4 1.66 Volts [0xD0] (VIN1)
Voltage 6 1.03 Volts [0x81] (VIN3)
Temperature 0 23°C (73°F) [0x17] (SYSTIN)
Temperature 1 8°C (46°F) [0x10] (CPUTIN)
Temperature 2 39°C (102°F) [0x4E] (AUXTIN)
Fan 0 1395 RPM [0x79] (SYSFANIN)
Fan 1 2722 RPM [0x1F] (CPUFANIN0)
Fan 2 11250 RPM [0x3C] (AUXFANIN0)
Fan 3 1383 RPM [0x7A] (CPUFANIN1)


Hardware monitor Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Temperature 0 22°C (71°F) [0x4E] (Core #0)
Temperature 1 30°C (86°F) [0x46] (Core #1)
Temperature 2 17°C (62°F) [0x53] (Core #2)
Temperature 3 19°C (66°F) [0x51] (Core #3)

Hardware monitor NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Temperature 0 61°C (141°F) (GPU Core)
__________________________________________________

Here is some of the settings I have tried.

In all the tests I have disabled the following settings in the bios under the advanced tab

C1E Suppport: Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Intel® Virtualization Tech: Disabled
CPU TM Function: Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled
spread spectrum Disabled
pci-e spread spectrum Disabled

And on all following tests load line calibration = auto

cpu ratio 9 - fsb 300 - rest of settings left on auto - 1.3 on cpu - reboot - bios - cpu @ 2.71mhz - in "power" tab cpu voltage = 1.288v
boot to win 7 64bit

I can get pc running at 2.7 stable 20 hrs
at idle cpu-z reports
core voltage 1.288v
2.7ghz 9x300fsb
memory dram freq 375mhz 4:5 ratio - 5,5,5,15 - 2t

running prime 95
cpu-id reports core voltage as still 1.288v
core temp 0.97 reports VID @ 1.3250v

into bios and changed following
fsb 333 - the rest of settings i left on auto - same 1.3 v cpu - saved and exit bios

pc hangs on the press "del" to enter setup - press "tab" to display bios post message

hard reset 4 times to get into bios again - states that over clock failed press f1 to enter bios

set dram timings to manual 5,5,5,18 - dram freq to auto
cpu voltage to 1.325v
everything else auto - saved & exit
AGAIN pc hangs on the press "del" to enter setup - press "tab" to display bios post message

changed d ram voltage to 2.1v - saved and rebooted
AGAIN pc hangs on the press "del" to enter setup - press "tab" to display bios post message

hard reset 4 times to get back into bios again - states that over clock failed press f1 to enter bios

set dram freq manually to 1066 - left other settings same - i.e. 9x333 mem @ 5,5,5,18 - cpu 1.325v - dram 2.1v
saved and rebooted

now the monitor will not switch on at all - just staus in sleep mode
hard reset 4 times to get back into bios again - states that over clock failed press f1 to enter bios

set dram freq back to auto - & increased cpu v to 1.35v - saved and rebooted
got into bios this time
settings at this point are 3ghz
9x333 - dram timing manual 5,5,5,18 - dram freq - auto, CPUv 1.350v - dram voltage 2.1v

rebooted once more but could not get into bios this time
hard reset 4 times to get back into bios again - states that over clock failed press f1 to enter bios

set d-ram timings back on auto all else unchanged
exit and reboot - fail

hard reset 4 times to get back into bios again - states that over clock failed press f1 to enter bios
d-ram timings manual 5,5,5,18
set NB voltage to 1.4v
so tried
9x333 = 3ghz - dram timing manual 5,5,5,18 - dram freq - auto, dram voltage 2.1v - CPUv 1.350v - dram voltage 2.1v - NB 1.4v
got into bios - exit & saved changes - rebooted could not get past - press "del" to enter setup - press "tab" to display bios post message

powered down pc (button) - back on froze again at \ press "del" to enter setup - press "tab" to display bios post message
hard reset 4 times to get back into bios again - states that over clock failed press f1 to enter bios

so tried different multiplier 8*400 = 3.2ghz
left all other settings same i.e.
dram timing manual 5,5,5,18 - dram freq - auto, dram voltage 2.1v - CPUv 1.350v - dram voltage 2.1v - NB 1.4v
saved and rebooted - got into bios first time
settings are
FSB 1600
cpu 8*400 = 3.2
dram freq auto
dram timing - 5,5,5,18
dram voltage 2.1v
cpu voltage 1.3500
nb voltage 1.4v

exit (save changes) didnt make any - and reboot - into win 7 64bit

BSOD - reset

set CPU voltage to 1.36250v saved and reboot to o/s

BSOD - reset

set CPU voltage to 1.37500v saved and reboot to o/s

BSOD - reset

set dram timing to auto

BSOD - reset

so i am now back at 2.7ghz oc i.e.
cpu ratio 9 - fsb 300 - rest of settings left on auto - 1.3v on cpu - reboot - bios - cpu @ 2.71mhz

so finally ...
Any help getting to either 3 or preferably 3.2 ghz would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your help

Eric.

 

[madmtnmotors]

Lowly P5Q and E7200 2.53ghz

I may have stumbled onto a pair of freaks of electronic components nature, but I have been able to achieve 3.3ghz cool and stable with stock HSF at idle and under full load. I have pushed this combo to over 4ghz with stock HSF that is cool at idle but temps climb to over 65C within one minute with two instances of CPU Burn-in (to load both cores) so I stop it there. I'll be ordering a new HSF combo soon to see if I can maintain the 4ghz settings. I'll post my settings in a follow-up post when I'm back at my machine later today. Till then here are a couple of screen shots I took at 3.3ghz (I'm not sure why CPU-Z reports DDR-3 on one tab and DDR-2 on the other, the G-Skill F2-8500CL5-1GBPK is DDR-2) :

 

[madmtnmotors]

Hi all

Eric here.
Great forum.

Please bear with the long... email but i wanted to put in as much info as possible.

I am having a nightmare trying to oc my q6600 "go" on my p5q deluxe. I cant get it past 2.7ghz. I would be happy with 3 to 3.2 ghz oc as i will be running the pc 24/7. I had this q6600 G0 chip running at 2.8 on my old msi p965 platinum with the same cpu hsf, load temps were 52c on hottest core (24hrs prime 95 stable) - my new system details are as follows.

system details
motherboard - asus p5q deluxe (latest bios v2301)
cpu - intel q6600 stepping "B" - revision "G0" quad core
cpu cooling - artic cooler freezer 7 pro (fan at 2500 rpm (24/7)
graphics card - msi 8800 gtx
memory - 8 gb of Corsair Dominator TWIN2X PC8500 2GB DDR2 - CL5-6-6-18, 1066MHz, E.P.P, DHX supply voltage 2.1v max, 1.8v default
psu seasonic s12 500 watt
main boot drive OCZ SSD Vertex Turbo Series 2,5" 60GB
o/s win 7 ultimate 6 bit

with the cpu at stock (default bios settings) here are some settings
core temp reports hottest core 28c at idle - 40c after 1hr of prime95 large fft's
at rest v-core 1.288 - at load v core 1.240
core temp reports VID = 1.3250v
mem running at 400mhz - 5,5,5,18 2t

Here is a detailed report from cpu-z (at stock 2.4ghz)
____________________________________________________________

Processors Information
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 4 (max 4)
Number of threads 4 (max 4)
Name Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Codename Kentsfield
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 775 LGA (0x4)
CPUID 6.F.B
Extended CPUID 6.F
Core Stepping G0
Technology 65 nm
Core Speed 2400.0 MHz
Multiplier x FSB 9.0 x 266.7 MHz
Rated Bus speed 1066.7 MHz
Stock frequency 2400 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T, VT-x
L1 Data cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 2 x 4096 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
FID range 6.0x - 9.0x
Max VID 1.325 V

Chipset
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Northbridge Intel P45/P43 rev. A3
Southbridge Intel 82801JR (ICH10R) rev. 00
Graphic Interface PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width x16
PCI-E Max Link Width x16
Memory Type DDR2
Memory Size 8192 MBytes
Channels Dual, (Symmetric)
Memory Frequency 400.0 MHz (2:3)
CAS# latency (CL) 5.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 5
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 5
Cycle Time (tRAS) 18
Row Refresh Cycle Time (tRFC) 52
Command Rate (CR) 2T
MCHBAR I/O Base address 0x0FED14000
MCHBAR I/O Size 4096

Memory SPD
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

DIMM # 1
SMBus address 0x50
Memory type DDR2
Module format Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Corsair (7F7F9E0000000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number CMD4GX2M2A1066C5
Manufacturing date Week 23/Year 09
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts
EPP yes (1 profiles)
XMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 4.0-4-4-13-16 @ 270 MHz
JEDEC #2 5.0-5-5-18-23 @ 400 MHz
EPP timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage)
EPP profile #1 (full) 5.0-6-6-18-22-2T @ 533 MHz (2.100 Volts)

DIMM # 2
SMBus address 0x51
Memory type DDR2
Module format Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Corsair (7F7F9E0000000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number CMD4GX2M2A1066C5
Manufacturing date Week 23/Year 09
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts
EPP yes (1 profiles)
XMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 4.0-4-4-13-16 @ 270 MHz
JEDEC #2 5.0-5-5-18-23 @ 400 MHz
EPP timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage)
EPP profile #1 (full) 5.0-6-6-18-22-2T @ 533 MHz (2.100 Volts)

DIMM # 3
SMBus address 0x52
Memory type DDR2
Module format Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Corsair (7F7F9E0000000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number CMD4GX2M2A1066C5
Manufacturing date Week 23/Year 09
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts
EPP yes (1 profiles)
XMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 4.0-4-4-13-16 @ 270 MHz
JEDEC #2 5.0-5-5-18-23 @ 400 MHz
EPP timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage)
EPP profile #1 (full) 5.0-6-6-18-22-2T @ 533 MHz (2.100 Volts)

DIMM # 4
SMBus address 0x53
Memory type DDR2
Module format Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Corsair (7F7F9E0000000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number CMD4GX2M2A1066C5
Manufacturing date Week 23/Year 09
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts
EPP yes (1 profiles)
XMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 4.0-4-4-13-16 @ 270 MHz
JEDEC #2 5.0-5-5-18-23 @ 400 MHz
EPP timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage)
EPP profile #1 (full) 5.0-6-6-18-22-2T @ 533 MHz (2.100 Volts)

-----------
Hardware Monitors
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hardware monitor Winbond W83627DHG
Voltage 0 1.29 Volts [0xA1] (CPU VCORE)
Voltage 1 11.82 Volts [0xD4] (+12V)
Voltage 2 3.30 Volts [0xCE] (AVCC)
Voltage 3 3.26 Volts [0xCC] (+3.3V)
Voltage 4 1.66 Volts [0xD0] (VIN1)
Voltage 6 1.03 Volts [0x81] (VIN3)
Temperature 0 23°C (73°F) [0x17] (SYSTIN)
Temperature 1 8°C (46°F) [0x10] (CPUTIN)
Temperature 2 39°C (102°F) [0x4E] (AUXTIN)
Fan 0 1395 RPM [0x79] (SYSFANIN)
Fan 1 2722 RPM [0x1F] (CPUFANIN0)
Fan 2 11250 RPM [0x3C] (AUXFANIN0)
Fan 3 1383 RPM [0x7A] (CPUFANIN1)


Hardware monitor Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Temperature 0 22°C (71°F) [0x4E] (Core #0)
Temperature 1 30°C (86°F) [0x46] (Core #1)
Temperature 2 17°C (62°F) [0x53] (Core #2)
Temperature 3 19°C (66°F) [0x51] (Core #3)

Hardware monitor NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Temperature 0 61°C (141°F) (GPU Core)
__________________________________________________

Here is some of the settings I have tried.

In all the tests I have disabled the following settings in the bios under the advanced tab

C1E Suppport: Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Intel® Virtualization Tech: Disabled
CPU TM Function: Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled
spread spectrum Disabled
pci-e spread spectrum Disabled

And on all following tests load line calibration = auto

cpu ratio 9 - fsb 300 - rest of settings left on auto - 1.3 on cpu - reboot - bios - cpu @ 2.71mhz - in "power" tab cpu voltage = 1.288v
boot to win 7 64bit

I can get pc running at 2.7 stable 20 hrs
at idle cpu-z reports
core voltage 1.288v
2.7ghz 9x300fsb
memory dram freq 375mhz 4:5 ratio - 5,5,5,15 - 2t

running prime 95
cpu-id reports core voltage as still 1.288v
core temp 0.97 reports VID @ 1.3250v

into bios and changed following
fsb 333 - the rest of settings i left on auto - same 1.3 v cpu - saved and exit bios

pc hangs on the press "del" to enter setup - press "tab" to display bios post message

hard reset 4 times to get into bios again - states that over clock failed press f1 to enter bios

set dram timings to manual 5,5,5,18 - dram freq to auto
cpu voltage to 1.325v
everything else auto - saved & exit
AGAIN pc hangs on the press "del" to enter setup - press "tab" to display bios post message

changed d ram voltage to 2.1v - saved and rebooted
AGAIN pc hangs on the press "del" to enter setup - press "tab" to display bios post message

hard reset 4 times to get back into bios again - states that over clock failed press f1 to enter bios

set dram freq manually to 1066 - left other settings same - i.e. 9x333 mem @ 5,5,5,18 - cpu 1.325v - dram 2.1v
saved and rebooted

now the monitor will not switch on at all - just staus in sleep mode
hard reset 4 times to get back into bios again - states that over clock failed press f1 to enter bios

set dram freq back to auto - & increased cpu v to 1.35v - saved and rebooted
got into bios this time
settings at this point are 3ghz
9x333 - dram timing manual 5,5,5,18 - dram freq - auto, CPUv 1.350v - dram voltage 2.1v

rebooted once more but could not get into bios this time
hard reset 4 times to get back into bios again - states that over clock failed press f1 to enter bios

set d-ram timings back on auto all else unchanged
exit and reboot - fail

hard reset 4 times to get back into bios again - states that over clock failed press f1 to enter bios
d-ram timings manual 5,5,5,18
set NB voltage to 1.4v
so tried
9x333 = 3ghz - dram timing manual 5,5,5,18 - dram freq - auto, dram voltage 2.1v - CPUv 1.350v - dram voltage 2.1v - NB 1.4v
got into bios - exit & saved changes - rebooted could not get past - press "del" to enter setup - press "tab" to display bios post message

powered down pc (button) - back on froze again at \ press "del" to enter setup - press "tab" to display bios post message
hard reset 4 times to get back into bios again - states that over clock failed press f1 to enter bios

so tried different multiplier 8*400 = 3.2ghz
left all other settings same i.e.
dram timing manual 5,5,5,18 - dram freq - auto, dram voltage 2.1v - CPUv 1.350v - dram voltage 2.1v - NB 1.4v
saved and rebooted - got into bios first time
settings are
FSB 1600
cpu 8*400 = 3.2
dram freq auto
dram timing - 5,5,5,18
dram voltage 2.1v
cpu voltage 1.3500
nb voltage 1.4v

exit (save changes) didnt make any - and reboot - into win 7 64bit

BSOD - reset

set CPU voltage to 1.36250v saved and reboot to o/s

BSOD - reset

set CPU voltage to 1.37500v saved and reboot to o/s

BSOD - reset

set dram timing to auto

BSOD - reset

so i am now back at 2.7ghz oc i.e.
cpu ratio 9 - fsb 300 - rest of settings left on auto - 1.3v on cpu - reboot - bios - cpu @ 2.71mhz

so finally ...
Any help getting to either 3 or preferably 3.2 ghz would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your help

Eric.

I realize this is an old post, but for the length of the post and quantity of information, there isn't enough information here. There is a link to a template in an earlier post (I'll repost the link if I can find it again) that can be used to record and post all of the BIOS settings. There's a bunch of them and I will be posting my bios settings soon. From what I've gathered from this and the extreme forums is that auto settings for voltages (NB, DRAM, PLL, etc) tend to run too high on this MB family and need to be manually set.

Mod on!

 

[madmtnmotors]

I may have stumbled onto a pair of freaks of electronic components nature, but I have been able to achieve 3.3ghz cool and stable with stock HSF at idle and under full load. I have pushed this combo to over 4ghz with stock HSF that is cool at idle but temps climb to over 65C within one minute with two instances of CPU Burn-in (to load both cores) so I stop it there. I'll be ordering a new HSF combo soon to see if I can maintain the 4ghz settings. I'll post my settings in a follow-up post when I'm back at my machine later today. Till then here are a couple of screen shots I took at 3.3ghz (I'm not sure why CPU-Z reports DDR-3 on one tab and DDR-2 on the other, the G-Skill F2-8500CL5-1GBPK is DDR-2) :

Okay, here's the settings:

ASUS P5Q @3.33ghz :

JumperFree Configuration Settings
AI Overclock tuner: MANUAL
CPU Ratio Setting: 9.5
FSB Frequency: 350
PCI-E Frequency: 100
FSB Strap to North Bridge: AUTO
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-1053MHZ
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A2: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B2: AUTO
DRAM Timing Control: AUTO

1st Information :

CAS# Latency: AUTO
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: AUTO
DRAM RAS# Precharge: AUTO
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: AUTO
RAS# to RAS# Delay : AUTO
Row Refresh Cycle Time: AUTO
Write Recovery Time: AUTO
Read to Precharge Time: AUTO

2nd Information :

READ to WRITE Delay (S/D): AUTO
Write to Read Delay (S): AUTO
WRITE to READ Delay (D): AUTO
READ to READ Delay (S): AUTO
READ to READ Delay (D): AUTO
WRITE to WRITE Delay (S): AUTO
WRITE to WRITE Delay (D): AUTO

3rd Information :

WRITE to PRE Delay: AUTO
READ to PRE Delay: AUTO
PRE to PRE Delay: AUTO
ALL PRE to ACT Delay: AUTO
ALL PRE to REF Delay: AUTO
DRAM Static Read Control: Disabled
DRAM Read Training: ENABLED
MEM. OC Charger: AUTO
AI Clock Twister: LIGHT
AI Transaction Booster: AUTO
Common Performance Level [5]
Pull-In of CHA PH1: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHA PH2: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHA PH3: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHA PH4: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH1: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH2: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH3: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH4: DISABLED

CPU Voltage: 1.225
CPU GTL Reference: AUTO
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.52
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.26
DRAM Voltage: 1.98
NB Voltage: 1.24
SBridge Voltage: AUTO
PCIE SATA Voltage: AUTO

Load Line Calibration: ENABLED
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
CPU Clock Skew : AUTO
NB Clock Skew : AUTO
CPU Margin Enhancement: PERFORMANCE MODE

Advance CPU Settings
CPU Ratio Setting: 9.5
C1E Suppport: Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
CPU TM Function: Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled



ASUS P5Q @4.07ghz :

JumperFree Configuration Settings
AI Overclock tuner: MANUAL
CPU Ratio Setting: 9.0
FSB Frequency: 450
PCI-E Frequency: 100
FSB Strap to North Bridge: AUTO
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-1081MHZ
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A2: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B2: AUTO
DRAM Timing Control: AUTO

1st Information :

CAS# Latency: AUTO
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: AUTO
DRAM RAS# Precharge: AUTO
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: AUTO
RAS# to RAS# Delay : AUTO
Row Refresh Cycle Time: AUTO
Write Recovery Time: AUTO
Read to Precharge Time: AUTO

2nd Information :

READ to WRITE Delay (S/D): AUTO
Write to Read Delay (S): AUTO
WRITE to READ Delay (D): AUTO
READ to READ Delay (S): AUTO
READ to READ Delay (D): AUTO
WRITE to WRITE Delay (S): AUTO
WRITE to WRITE Delay (D): AUTO

3rd Information :

WRITE to PRE Delay: AUTO
READ to PRE Delay: AUTO
PRE to PRE Delay: AUTO
ALL PRE to ACT Delay: AUTO
ALL PRE to REF Delay: AUTO
DRAM Static Read Control: Disabled
DRAM Read Training: ENABLED
MEM. OC Charger: AUTO
AI Clock Twister: LIGHT
AI Transaction Booster: AUTO
Common Performance Level [5]
Pull-In of CHA PH1: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHA PH2: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHA PH3: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHA PH4: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH1: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH2: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH3: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH4: DISABLED

CPU Voltage: 1.35
CPU GTL Reference: AUTO
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.54
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.28
DRAM Voltage: 2.10
NB Voltage: 1.26
SBridge Voltage: AUTO
PCIE SATA Voltage: AUTO

Load Line Calibration: ENABLED
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
CPU Clock Skew : AUTO
NB Clock Skew : AUTO
CPU Margin Enhancement: PERFORMANCE MODE

Advance CPU Settings
CPU Ratio Setting: 9.0
C1E Suppport: Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
CPU TM Function: Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled

 

[Bobnova]

PL (Performance Level) 5 at 450fsb is seriously impressive.

 

[madmtnmotors]

I was very surprised with the e7200 processor and tried to stay conservative as far as voltages go. At 4.07ghz and only 42C-44C at idle, I was certain that idle temps would spike with stock HSF and was prepared for quick shutdown. No surprise that load temps climb quickly. I am going to try the COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus HSF with dual 120mm fans (it only comes with one but is designed to handle two). My only concern is the heatsink on the northbridge, especially since the P5Q northbridge heatsink is a different design than the other versions (P5Q-Deluxe, Pro, etc) and fans out like stacked butterfly wings. With better cooling I'll probably start to experiment with the fsb settings and see where they will go.

This is one incredible overclocking platform, and I've only scratched the surface. I am also relatively new to OC'ing and am a total convert. I haven't timed it but the boot times @4.07ghz were stupid fast, boot screens that pause at other speeds are just a blip @4+ghz.

Mod on!

 

[thedoogie]

Regrettably, I've overclocked my system rather late (Purchased Dec 2007) and I had no idea of their tremendous benefits until I did it. That said, I have some questions that I would like to ask. First, the system in question:

CPU: Q6600 VID 1.3250 G0
Mobo: Asus P5Q Deluxe
CORSAIR CMPSU-450VX 450W ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC
ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 Case.
Exhaust fans: SILVERSTONE FM123 120mm in the back, two SilverStone 92 mm Case Fans on the side.
Intake Fans: Stock fan by HDD, plus the old 120mm fan is in the front.

Ram: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
I also recently purchased Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 on sale. I wanted to see if it would be work well with my system. This question inevitably brought me to investigating how ram worked vis-a-vis the FSB. Of course, this took me right to overclocking my computer.

The two overclocks that worked best for me were:
1)
FSB: 333
Multiplier: 9
CPU Volts: 1.26250
Ram 1:1, 4-4-4-12

(I did try a 4:5 ratio with the ram at ~416. It worked fine, but Asyncronous mode did add heat and vcores. If I want to do that, ill just up the FSB)

2)
FSB: 400
Multiplier 8
CPU Volts: 1.325
Ram 1:1 4-4-4-12

The only thing i set was the PCI e slot at 100. FSB strap was auto. I just set the ram to 1:1. All other voltages were left on auto. I did try to adjust the other voltages mentioned here, but i constantly ran into instability issues. I would love to drop the temps of the 3.2 overclock with some simple voltage tweaks, but I doubt its going to have a big effect. I don't know.

Temeratures were measured with Realtemp, coretemp (both with a TJMax of 100) and Everest (with a TJMax of 90). I used the higher temps, as there is quite a bit of disagreement on which TJ Max temp is correct. Temperatures were achieved with Prime 95 blend test. The 3.0 setup gave me temps that hovers around 56 with 59 peak degrees core temp. I used this to video encode a blu-ray last night and it worked great there too. Typical temperatures on a particularly hot portion of the test would be 58c, 57c, 51c, 55c. More normal prime 95 tests would be 56c, 55c, 49c, 54c. Idle temps with this are in the low 30's.

For the 3.2 setup, the highest core temperatures would move from 62-65 C with peaks going to 67c. Idle temps are in the high 30's.

I did try to find a "happy median" between the two, by experimenting with 350 351 355, and 360 FSB with a x9 multiplier. I tested these results on everest and found that each of these had relatively poor memory read, write, copy, and latency ratings. (Edit: I just whipped up the 3.1 test below, and its ok, too. Temps are around 60, 58, 52, 56, with a 63 peak on prime 95)

3.2ghz: 400 FSB, 8 Multi 1:1 Ram @ 4-4-4-12
Memory Read 7000 MB/S
Memory Write 7288 MB/S
Memory Copy 7658 MB/S
Memory Latency 75.7 ns
CPU Queen 27102
CPU PhotoWorxx 18400
CPU ZLib 84501 KB/s
CPU AES 23823
FPU Julia 11861
FPU Mandel 5849
FPU SinJulia 2989

3.2ghz: 355 FSB, 9 Multi, 1:1 Ram @ 5-5-5-15
Memory Read 6257 MB/S
Memory Write 6473 MB/S
Memory Copy 6756 MB/S
Memory Latency 85.4 ns
CPU Queen 27056
CPU PhotoWorxx 15626
CPU ZLib 84318 KB/s
CPU AES 23769
FPU Julia 11833
FPU Mandel 5838
FPU SinJulia 2981

3.158ghz: 351 FSB, 9 Multi 1:1 Ram @ 4-4-4-12
Memory Read 5076 MB/S
Memory Write 3810 MB/S
Memory Copy 4891 MB/S
Memory Latency 92.9 ns
CPU Queen 26788
CPU PhotoWorxx 16593
CPU ZLib 83207 KB/s
CPU AES 23438
FPU Julia 11661
FPU Mandel 5761
FPU SinJulia 2942

3.1ghz: 345 FSB, 9 Multi 1:1 Ram @ 4-4-4-12 (345 Mhz)
Memory Read 6260 MB/S
Memory Write 6307 MB/S
Memory Copy 6656 MB/S
Memory Latency 83.6 ns
CPU Queen 26343
CPU PhotoWorxx 15895
CPU ZLib 82275 KB/s
CPU AES 23177
FPU Julia 11531
FPU Mandel 5678
FPU SinJulia 2907

3.0ghz: 333 FSB, 9 Multi 4:5 Ram @ 4-4-4-12 (~417Mhz)
Memory Read 6719 MB/S
Memory Write 6095 MB/S
Memory Copy 6634 MB/S
Memory Latency 76.6 ns
CPU Queen 25503
CPU PhotoWorxx 18551
CPU ZLib 79390 KB/s
CPU AES 21570
FPU Julia 11083
FPU Mandel 5480
FPU SinJulia 2765

3.0ghz: 333 FSB, 9 Multi 1:1 Ram @ 4-4-4-12 (333 Mhz)
Memory Read 6205 MB/S
Memory Write 6083 MB/S
Memory Copy 6475 MB/S
Memory Latency 83.7 ns
CPU Queen 25534
CPU PhotoWorxx 15878
CPU ZLib 79382 KB/s
CPU AES 22367
FPU Julia 11122
FPU Mandel 5495
FPU SinJulia 2806

I guess what i want to know is, am I overlooking something? Is there a MHZ combo that I should test before I settle on the 3.0 667 as a summer setup and the 3.2 800 as the winter? Something else? Is there something I am overlooking with the speeds voltages, not all uniform ram?

Added:
Just tooling around and a new answer came to me typing this all out.

3.1ghz: 388 FSB, 8 Multi 1:1 Ram @ 4-4-4-12 (388 Mhz) (1.29 cpu volts)
62,60,55,58 with a 65C peak on prime 95
Memory Read 6933 MB/S
Memory Write 7066 MB/S
Memory Copy 7437 MB/S
Memory Latency 75.8 ns
CPU Queen 26324
CPU PhotoWorxx 17439
CPU ZLib 82044 KB/s
CPU AES 23172
FPU Julia 11506
FPU Mandel 5655
FPU SinJulia 2902

 

[MPSAN]

I hate to admit it but my system that has been running for a few years at 3.6 GHZ lost CMOS. I had thought I had saved the settings, but only seem to have a few written down.

I had been running the following...

P5Q Pro BIOS 1406, E8400 E0 stepping, Corsair Twin2X 4096-8500 at 5-5-5-15 2T 2.1 volts and at DDR2 1066. My CPU was at 400X9 at 1.288 volts. As I said, this was fine for 2 plus years. We lost CMOS settings and now that I tried to set these back, I have issues.

I am trying to see if my issues are the settings. What happens is that all seems OK, but when we run Win XP SP3 as usual, Firefox can crash every few hours and other services like Norton Internet Security 2011 can come up with a framework error. Sometimes ASUS Probe has errors as well.. Even the ATI Catalyst can pop up an error. This had NEVER happened before, and except for Firefox 4.0.1 is infrequent..

So, what I wonder is if I had something else set that I had not written down like the Spectrum settings disabled or NB voltage? I guess I am trying to see if I just forgot something. As I said this has been stable at 3.6 GHZ for years. One other thing I would like to try is to put it back to a non-OC state and see if these issues go away. If so, can I keep the Memory at the 2.1 V and the 1066 it was supposed to run at with the CPU at stock voltage (whatever that is) and 3GHZ? If so what do I set to try this?

I feel so dumb as I have every CMOS setting for every system I have OC'ed, except I only have a few basic settings for this one.

Sorry for long post!

TIA

 

[Beeeno]

So I've just begun my OC adventure yesterday evening with my 2yo PC:
* mobo P5Q pro (latest BIOS flashed in)
* CPU E8400 (E0 release)
* RAM G.Skill DDR2
* GPU Radeon HD4870 512 Mb
* dissi Artic Freezer 7

So I've tried to set FSB values to 411 MHz and multyplier to x 9 leaving all the rest settings to standard (... I think). So my PC is actually working at 3.7 G.Hz with two cores max temperatures at 57-58 °C. Hereafter the settings I've tried:

BIOS: AI TWEAKER
- AI Overclock tuner: MANUAL
- CPU ratio frequency: 0.9,0
- FSB freq: 411 MHz
- PCIE freq: 100
- FSB Strap to north bridge: 400 MHz
- DRAM frequency: AUTO
- DRAM timing contr: AUTO
- DRAM static contr: AUTO
- DRAM read training: AUTO
- Mem OC charger: AUTO
- AI clock twister: AUTO
- AI transaction booster: AUTO
- CPU voltage: AUTO
- CPU PLL voltage: AUTO
- FSB termination voltage: AUTO
- DRAM voltage: AUTO
- NB voltage: AUTO
- SB voltage: AUTO
- PCIE sata: AUTO
- load line calibration: AUTO
- CPU spread spectrum: AUTO
- PCIE spread spectrum: AUTO
- CPU clock skew: AUTO
- NB clock skew: AUTO
- CPU margin enhancement: OPTIMIZED

BIOS: ADVANCED - CPU configuration
- CPU ratio setting: 09,0
- C1E support: ENABLED
- max cpuid value limit: DISABLED
- INTEL virtualization tech: ENABLED
- CPU TM function: ENABLED
- execute disable bit: ENABLED

RAM features:
SDRAM G.SKILL




Here the OC results:
OVERCLOCK results under P95 stress test


It should seem everything's fine but I cannot evaluate the perfomance improvement I've got. Moreover the CPU fan is going allways full throttle with some disturbing noise in the background.

So I would like to ask you about a CPU fan regulator software for ARTIC Freezer 7. Moreover which is the ghighest value for cores temperature to be considered ? Can you suggest me a software to evaluate performance with or without OC ? Should I have to set some other parameters to get better OC (... I wouldn't like to get an extreme OC anyway !!)
I thank you for any comment/advise!!

 

[Beeeno]

Wow .. mine was the last post ?!?!?