SOLVED Overclocking Q6600 Not Working

[Twisted4000]

Hello, I have a Q6600 quad-core which is stocked at 2.4GHz, and in the past I was able to overclock it very easily, but recently, when I would overclock it even slightly, the PC will just blue-screen and reset as it's starting up. This was ever since I flashed my motherboard, which was an attempt to fix some graphics card problem I was having (which didn't even work, but it's unrelated).

I have a Gigabyte P45T-ES3G motherboard and a 650w PSU. My PC plays games and does intensive work just as fine as it always has, it's just this OC'ing problem I've been having is all. I tried resetting my coin-battery, re-installing my motherboard's chipset, and so on. Any ideas?

 

[JLK03F150]

If there was an older BIOS version that allowed to to overclock easily, then flash back to that version. I'd at least start there.

 

[Twisted4000]

If there was an older BIOS version that allowed to to overclock easily, then flash back to that version. I'd at least start there.

I could try to look, but I don't think I ever had the version updated, I even used the disc that I previously used to re-install it.

 

[JLK03F150]

So you're saying the BIOS flash failed & didn't update the version?

 

[Twisted4000]

So you're saying the BIOS flash failed & didn't update the version?

I don't know for sure if it updated it or not, it didn't say anything after I flashed it.

But I will see if I can find chipset driver online.

 

[Evilsizer]

did you replace the cmos battery? if you have had it about 4-5yrs now i would do so. also what brand/model psu are you using? psu or cap aging on psu's can cause the pc to restart when things start loading up or getting stressed to the max.

 

[Twisted4000]

did you replace the cmos battery? if you have had it about 4-5yrs now i would do so. also what brand/model psu are you using? psu or cap aging on psu's can cause the pc to restart when things start loading up or getting stressed to the max.

I did not try replacing the battery, I've had this motherboard for about 2 years. The PSU I am using isn't quite a super high-end one, nor do I think it's a cheapy, but it's an Ultra LSP650 pro (650w). It's possible it COULD be the coin battery, though I seriously doubt it because that would have to be extremely coincidental since this is all apparently happening immediately after I flashed my BIOS.

 

[JLK03F150]

A new battery can't hurt. If you unplug the PC for 30 minutes, then plug it back in, does it have the correct date & time?

I also think you need to perform a verified successful BIOS flash to be sure your current BIOS isn't somewhat corrupt.

 

[Evilsizer]

A new battery can't hurt. If you unplug the PC for 30 minutes, then plug it back in, does it have the correct date & time?

I also think you need to perform a verified successful BIOS flash to be sure your current BIOS isn't somewhat corrupt.

x2 but also do a deep cmos clear. remove the cmos battery and disconnect the power from the power supply, let it sit for 30mins min to and hr.

 

[Cathesdus]

What Voltage/Clock are you going for? A simple 2.66?

 

[MongGrel]

x2 but also do a deep cmos clear. remove the cmos battery and disconnect the power from the power supply, let it sit for 30mins min to and hr.

<WHS> Yeah that does sound odd, I have an old Q6600 my sister in law uses that I had at 4Ghz once upon a time.

 

[Twisted4000]

I tried flashing the BIOS to a different version, but now none of them are working, when I open them up they just say "This is not compatible with the version of Windows you are using", even though they say they support all OS's.

And the original flash I did was just the "Q-Flash" feature in the BIOS menu.

 

[Twisted4000]

Alright I got it to work, yep it was basically a motherboard Flash, apparently I just didn't do it right last time... but the overclocking is working just fine now.