Hey all,
I'll start with my specs:
Q9450 (cooled by AC7 Pro)
GA-P35-DS3R
HD5850
4GB OCZ Plantinum Rev 2 (4 1GB sticks)
Antec 650W Neopower Blu
4 hard drives
HAF 932 (good cooling and cable management, probably not heat)
Before this CPU I had an E2200 that I had overclocked to 3 ghz (273X11)
I used to have this CPU at 3360 mhz (nothing too crazy due to my whimpy cooler and not wanting to spend too much time on it).
For the past few months though I cant even set an overclock using the steps outlined here by Idontcare:
Originally posted by: FetusCakeMix
Awesome. Thank you very much.
So to make sure I follow you here:
1) Unplug PSU
2) Set the CMOS jumper to clear (leave like this for 30-60s, no booting yet)
3) Put CMOS jumper back to default.
4) Plug PSU back in.
5) Load BIOS defaults, F10 save, reboot.
6) Set the OC, (F10 save, reboot).
7) And once in windows, shut all the way down, leaving PC to sit for a minute or two?
Looks good, added a few comments in bold above.
Also at step 6 I always save my OC settings as a profile in the BIOS (the red screen, where you have 10 slots to save profiles).
I don't know if this makes the success rate of the BIOS retaining my overclock settings any higher than otherwise but my experience thus far with 5 DS3L mobos is I haven't had a lost OC issue since I started following this procedure.
(Me again)
That worked before but now what happens is the higher FSB stays in the BIOS as if the overlock stuck, but in Windows it shows as running stock.
The CPU in the BIOS will show up as being overclock but the memory will go back to auto divider and timings (I chose 2 and manually set the 5-5-5-15 timings).
I am giving the CPU 1.29375V, 2.2V to the ram (shit OCZ ram takes a bunch of juice), an extra .1V to the FSB and an extra .2V to the MCH (I tried .3V for one boot but it didn't help...I thought giving it one mroe would help with the 4 dimms).
I can't even go 400 FSB though(ram stock settings)...can't go anything over stock.
Based off what is happening, I am thinking it is the ram holding me back or possible the mobo, I know lots of GA-P35-DS3R mobos had problems holding their overclocks...I've had off and on problems since I got the stupid thing way back when....any other ideas?
Thanks in advance!
***EDIT: I do indeed have the latest BIOS version and have always been rather current with the BIOS***
I'll start with my specs:
Q9450 (cooled by AC7 Pro)
GA-P35-DS3R
HD5850
4GB OCZ Plantinum Rev 2 (4 1GB sticks)
Antec 650W Neopower Blu
4 hard drives
HAF 932 (good cooling and cable management, probably not heat)
Before this CPU I had an E2200 that I had overclocked to 3 ghz (273X11)
I used to have this CPU at 3360 mhz (nothing too crazy due to my whimpy cooler and not wanting to spend too much time on it).
For the past few months though I cant even set an overclock using the steps outlined here by Idontcare:
Originally posted by: FetusCakeMix
Awesome. Thank you very much.
So to make sure I follow you here:
1) Unplug PSU
2) Set the CMOS jumper to clear (leave like this for 30-60s, no booting yet)
3) Put CMOS jumper back to default.
4) Plug PSU back in.
5) Load BIOS defaults, F10 save, reboot.
6) Set the OC, (F10 save, reboot).
7) And once in windows, shut all the way down, leaving PC to sit for a minute or two?
Looks good, added a few comments in bold above.
Also at step 6 I always save my OC settings as a profile in the BIOS (the red screen, where you have 10 slots to save profiles).
I don't know if this makes the success rate of the BIOS retaining my overclock settings any higher than otherwise but my experience thus far with 5 DS3L mobos is I haven't had a lost OC issue since I started following this procedure.
(Me again)
That worked before but now what happens is the higher FSB stays in the BIOS as if the overlock stuck, but in Windows it shows as running stock.
The CPU in the BIOS will show up as being overclock but the memory will go back to auto divider and timings (I chose 2 and manually set the 5-5-5-15 timings).
I am giving the CPU 1.29375V, 2.2V to the ram (shit OCZ ram takes a bunch of juice), an extra .1V to the FSB and an extra .2V to the MCH (I tried .3V for one boot but it didn't help...I thought giving it one mroe would help with the 4 dimms).
I can't even go 400 FSB though(ram stock settings)...can't go anything over stock.
Based off what is happening, I am thinking it is the ram holding me back or possible the mobo, I know lots of GA-P35-DS3R mobos had problems holding their overclocks...I've had off and on problems since I got the stupid thing way back when....any other ideas?
Thanks in advance!
***EDIT: I do indeed have the latest BIOS version and have always been rather current with the BIOS***