Having trouble overclocking a Q9650 to 4.2GHz on a Maximus II Fromula...

[delac]

Hi. Im fairly new to overclocking and i wanted to overclock my q9650.
I tried the settings at the below and got through to windows but after a few seconds later it crashed and gave a blue screen memory dump i belive...
I need help as i do not know what am i doing wrong exactly...

The specifications are as follows:

• ASUS Maximus II Formula P45 1600MHz DDR2 16x
• INTEL C2QUAD Q9650 3.00GHz 1333MHz 12MB 64BIT 775p
• SAPPHIRE ATI HD4870X2(256Bit)2GB DDR5 AVIVO 16X
• LG W2486L-PF 24" 2ms DVI HDMI (LED, 1920x1080)
• OCZ Reaper 2 GB 1066 MHz CL5 DDR2 Kit(2x1GB) x2
• Thermaltake Toughpower Qfan 750W
• Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

All tucked in a "Thermaltake XaserVI Silver FullTower VG4000SWA" case.

And the BIOS settings that i used:

Extreme Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : 9
FSB Frequency : 467
CPU Clock Skew : Delay 100ps
North Bridge Clock Skew : Delay 100ps
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 333
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-1121
Dram Clock Skew CH1 A1 : Normal
DRAM Clock Skew CH1 A2 : Normal
Dram Clock Skew CH1 B1 : Normal
Dram Clock Skew CH1 B2 : Normal


DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency : 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay : 5
RAS# Precharge : 5
RAS# ActivateTime : 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : 3
Row Refresh Cycle Time : 55
Write Recovery Time : 6
Read to Precharge Time : 3

Read to Write Delay (S/D) : 8
Write to Read Delay (S) : 3
Write to Read Delay (D) : 5
Read to Read Delay (S) : 4
Read to Read Delay (D) : 6
Write to Write Delay (S) : 4
Write to Write Delay (D) : 6

Write to PRE Delay : 14
Read to PRE Delay : 5
PRE to PRE Delay : 1
ALL PRE to ACT Delay : 5
ALL PRE to REF Delay : 5

DRAM Static Read Control: Enabled
Dram Read Training : Disabled
MEM OC Charger : Enabled
Ai Clock Twister : Stronger
Transaction Booster : Manual

Common Performance Level [8]

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 CHA PH5 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
Pull-In of CHB PH5 Disabled

PCIE Frequency : 103

CPU Voltage : 1.325
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.59275
FSBT : 1.37825
DRAM Voltage : 1.9
North Bridge Voltage : 1.4108
South Bridge Voltage 1.5 : 1.55300
South Bridge Voltage 1.1 : 1.20600

CPU GTL Reference 0 : Auto
CPU GTL Reference 1 : -45mv
CPU GTL Reference 2 : Auto
CPU GTL Reference 3 : -45mv
North Bridge GTL Reference : AUTO
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : AUTO
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : AUTO
North Bridge DDR Reference : AUTO

Load Line Calabration : Enabled
CPU Sread Spectrum : Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum : Disabled

Thanks for the help in advance

 

[Janus67]

Are you able to get a shot of what the BSOD is? Depending on the error code it can mean various things to increase/decrease.

Did you try to jump straight to 4.2, or did you work your way up to it? I'd recommend backing down and finding out where the stopping points are, if they are CPU voltage limited or NB voltage limited could be pretty important. May want to also drop the memory down to closer to its rated speeds, can you get a strap lower than 333 to make sure that it isn't the RAM being pushed too hard?

 

[delac]

Are you able to get a shot of what the BSOD is? Depending on the error code it can mean various things to increase/decrease.

Did you try to jump straight to 4.2, or did you work your way up to it? I'd recommend backing down and finding out where the stopping points are, if they are CPU voltage limited or NB voltage limited could be pretty important. May want to also drop the memory down to closer to its rated speeds, can you get a strap lower than 333 to make sure that it isn't the RAM being pushed too hard?

Yes i jumped straight to it. I know its not exactly right thing to do but i took the setup from a similar computer setup...

I think ill scrap this and try to work my way up from the start

i think i have a lot more rading to do...

 

[Janus67]

Yeah, every chip, motherboard, and set of RAM are different. I never recommend copying settings from another person, as it tends to just cause more problems than it fixes.

 

[delac]

Can you recommend any reading material for a begginer overclocker that i can use with my setup?

 

[Janus67]

Sure can!

From the sticky at the top of the intel section:
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=515316

It is a bit lengthy, but it should give you a good starting point for how the process works to find a solid stable overclock.

Basically it comes down to changing one variable at a time (motherboard FSB, top memory FSB, and top CPU FSB)-- and the voltages that go along with each of them. And then putting all of them together at the end.

 

[delac]

Sure can!

From the sticky at the top of the intel section:
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=515316

It is a bit lengthy, but it should give you a good starting point for how the process works to find a solid stable overclock.

Basically it comes down to changing one variable at a time (motherboard FSB, top memory FSB, and top CPU FSB)-- and the voltages that go along with each of them. And then putting all of them together at the end.

Thanks for the help