Hey guys,

This r my settings

Q9550 E0
P5Q DLX
4X1 GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer 1066

Previously, i had my mobo being blasted by lightning and had to RMA. Now, the rma mobo is back and i upgraded the bios from 1004 to 2005 cause previous bios(1004) cant OC even at minor like 350mhz. So, upgraded to 2005, it seems the problem remains the same as previous version 1004. I wanted to use the first bios for my mobo which is 0803 but not available in Asus website

Any idea hw to solve this problem and have my rig OC for performance? Helps are appreciated.

Thx

This post has been edited by his: Aug 3 2009, 02:26 PM

Are you even sure what you are doing is correct for overclocking?


Perhaps you can tell me what you do to overclock your pc and I may be able to quide you abit

list out all the OC setting like fsb, multiplier, voltage, ram multiplier, timing.....etc...............

are u sure u already know how to tweak ur rig?

wrong section btw. this should be in OC section.

I did what most OCers do but due to my knowledge isnt as vast as u guys. I will give out the details

CPU ratio : 8.5
Dram : auto
frequency : auto
dram settings : manual
vcore : 1.26v (360mhz)
vtt : 1.54
pll volt : 1.24
dram volt : 1.9
northbridge : 1.24

hope it helps

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Added on August 3, 2009, 9:09 pmYea i am sure cause i did quite an amount of research before i tweak...its just tht after this lightning incident and RMA back the mobo, i cant OC easily like before

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Added on August 3, 2009, 9:21 pmlets start with the settings before i did the bios upgrade

FSB : 360
Multi : 8.5
Ram multiplexer : Auto
Freq : Auto (400 or 333)

Vcore : 1.26
vtt : 1.54
pll : 1.26
dram volt : 1.9


any more infos, just ask me

This post has been edited by his: Aug 3 2009, 09:21 PM

set ur ram @ x2 (1:1 ratio)
timing fix it to 5-5-5-15

after happy wit CPU speed den only adjust the ram speed, den timing.

i did the setting before although after the setting is done which is from 1066(5:6) to 360(1:1) it still doesnt post a thing and the fan on gc is at 100% speed with crucial lightings not even blinking at all and thats the end of my OC for 360mhz as a start

try up the fsb voltage.

or

try using 1 stick of ram 1st.
to eliminate dat it is not ram problem.

den u can try ur processor on ur fren's pc, to eliminate processor problem.

Well, i tried the ram sticks on my another newly build pc and it works fine and can be OC but if proc cant OC after tht lightning incident, does tht mean im no longer able to OC forever ??

well, if really the processor issue, there is no stability problem @ stock speed just cannot OC, u can't claim warranty......

try increasing the vcore to 1.4v just to see whether its the usual case of not enuff voltage supplied.

eh 1.4v for 3.0ghz....thts really insane for Q9550 isnt it. Just saying not discriminating sorry bro

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Added on August 3, 2009, 11:48 pmSo, even like changing the multiplexer to 8.5 will cause instability ? Oh great....there goes my great proc

This post has been edited by his: Aug 3 2009, 11:48 PM

im suggesting that to eliminate the possibility that not enough voltage is being supplied.

if it does u can always lower the voltage later.

ok i will give it a try

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Added on August 4, 2009, 1:18 amnope....problem remains the same. Guess Tech is rite, i cant OC anymore

This post has been edited by his: Aug 4 2009, 01:18 AM

still, stress test it wit IBT or something.
if it doesn't passes, @ least u got something to argue went u sent for warranty

bro tech, i do stress test with OCCT n prime95. Do u mind explaining in more details abt the argument of warranty ? Thx for the savings.

*OCCT on Large Data Set keeps failing and indicating core #3 after 9 secs *

This post has been edited by his: Aug 4 2009, 01:47 AM

me OC my bro 2.1 to 2.5 with 1.56Vcore! didnt realize it at first coz the bios is different from mine.

but change it afterward.

try IBT, if fail.
u can go claim warranty.
as long as retail & within 3 years.

IBT test shows tht on "High" it shows error but on "Standard" it hows success. Do i continue on for the rest of the stages or sent it for warranty? thx for the guides

it shud pass maximum @ least 5 loops.