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- Jun 4, 2012
As the title of the thread suggests I have some issues getting my Mobo to post when setting Adaptive mode in BIOS. I have an i7 6700k on a Maximus VIII Extreme powered by a Seasonic 1200W PSU and cooled by a NZXT X61 Kraken. I have the multiplier set to 46 (for cache as well) and voltage to 1.375 on Manual mode. I ran AIDA 64 for 10 hours, Geek bench, Intel Extreme Tuning Utility, and Real bench all for 1 hour. Rock solid on manual mode. Not a single crash. Temps peaked at 68C on AIDA 64 after like 8 hours so I'm not super concerned about that.
Now that I found a rock solid clock and voltage, why won't it post with Adaptive mode instead of manual? I read in multiple guides that its not good for the CPU to leave it set on Manual and have it always run at max voltage, so once you find the perfect voltage switch it over to Adaptive. So I switched over to Adaptive and set the Boost Clock Voltage to 1.375 but it won't even post. I didn't set an Offset I just left it at "Auto". I suspect that's what my problem is but I don't understand fully how the offset works and I couldn't find a satisfactory explanation online.
I tried going past 4.7 but I couldn't get it to stabilize under 1.4v so I didn't want to cross that threshold. I'm just interested in getting the maximum bang for my buck on the 6700k and sadly I got a pretty low to average quality CPU. I've seen people get it to 4.8 with as little as 1.325v.
Anyway if someone more knowledgeable than me could explain what I am doing wrong, I would really appreciate it. This is my first OC.
Now that I found a rock solid clock and voltage, why won't it post with Adaptive mode instead of manual? I read in multiple guides that its not good for the CPU to leave it set on Manual and have it always run at max voltage, so once you find the perfect voltage switch it over to Adaptive. So I switched over to Adaptive and set the Boost Clock Voltage to 1.375 but it won't even post. I didn't set an Offset I just left it at "Auto". I suspect that's what my problem is but I don't understand fully how the offset works and I couldn't find a satisfactory explanation online.
I tried going past 4.7 but I couldn't get it to stabilize under 1.4v so I didn't want to cross that threshold. I'm just interested in getting the maximum bang for my buck on the 6700k and sadly I got a pretty low to average quality CPU. I've seen people get it to 4.8 with as little as 1.325v.
Anyway if someone more knowledgeable than me could explain what I am doing wrong, I would really appreciate it. This is my first OC.