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

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

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

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 ??

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

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

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

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

I aint sure whats going on during IBT...first round testing error but when it comes to second round, success. Any clue

It doesnt seem to get right at this point...yesterday shows error on "Maximum" in IBT and OCCT Large Data Set keeps prompting error on core #3 in less than 10sec.

Today, i start IBT and OCCT...both r fine and indicating no error until OCCT reported error on core#1 and thts it no more errors after a few stress rounds.
Can anyone figure it out

bro bryan, although i know tht proc are literally the most non effected hardware in terms of nature disasater unless of course some high generated voltage did overburn it. But if u say kill it off, hw would i be able to explain to them and is this gonna give alot of hustle work ? sorry,,just to new abt killing off a proc using IBT

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Added on August 4, 2009, 4:27 pmbro tech, if lets say i sent the proc to Intel and inform them like what u told me. Will they take the proc for their own testing to confirm or just RMA it and wait for a new one ?

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Added on August 4, 2009, 4:30 pmPsu is fine, did a testing on other rig. Its just tht i forgot which is which since i didnt OC for quite sometime after the RMA mobo came in and failed to OC. Any info, do ask me. Thx for ur concern

This post has been edited by his: Aug 4 2009, 04:30 PM

its all in stock settings, change none at all...current CPU VID is at 1.25v.

Psu stressing is a success without failure/error

This post has been edited by his: Aug 4 2009, 05:19 PM

Hey guys

it seems i manage to OC back but with different kind of settings.

FSB : 360
Multi : 8
Fsb Strap : 400
Dram Freq : Auto
Dram Timing : 5-5-5-15

Settings for current from Vcore onwards are all AUTO.

Hope it helps giving u all a bit clues

This post has been edited by his: Aug 4 2009, 11:00 PM

Thx for the reply...i will try it but if i up the voltage on dram (which i did tried earlier) & also increasing a slight increment on ram freq, it just runs 100% fan full speed with no post

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Added on August 5, 2009, 11:06 pmHey guys,

I need to ask for ur experiences. I currently did some OC testing and below r the results

FSB : 400
Multiplexer : 8.5
fsb strap : 400
Dram freq : auto
Vcore : 1.31
PLL : 1.54
Vtt : 1.24
Nb volt : 1.22
Dram voltage : Auto

Result : No post and fan keeps running 100%

Second testing with slight changes on above settings

Fsb : 400
Multiplexer : 8.5
Fsb Strap : 400
Dram freq : auto
Vcore : auto
pll : auto
vtt : auto
nb volt : auto
Dram volt : auto

Result : Able to run and insert windows without a problem

Whats causing the problem?

This post has been edited by his: Aug 5 2009, 11:06 PM

Hey guys

New update from m havoc wreaking PC
Below r the testings

FSB : 400
Multiplexer : 8.5, 8, 7
FSB Strap : 400
Dram Freq : Auto
Dram timing : 5-5-5-15
Vcore : 1.306
gtt : 0.370 / 0.410
pll : 1.52
vtt : 1.24
dram volt : 2.00
nb : 1.22

It runs perfectly but if i upped the gtt to 0.400/0.410, it wont run anymore

Second setting :
FSB : 410
Multiplexer : 8.5, 8, 7
FSB Strap : 400
Dram Freq : Auto
Dram timing : 5-5-5-15
Vcore : 1.326
gtt : 0.370 / 0.410
pll : 1.52
vtt : 1.24
dram volt : 2.00
nb : 1.22

It doesnt run and even when i upped the gtt to 0.400/0.410, it still wont post

It will only post when i stay below 410fsb and gtt at 0.370/0.410

This post has been edited by his: Aug 7 2009, 01:48 PM