Your bios went corrupted also? I didn't reset it to the default settings before updating the bios, it went through without problem for 8 times, this is the 1st and the most unlucky update for me ever.

Yes, its advisable to load the default settings in BIOS first before flashing to another BIOS version.

lucki i do ask b4 flashin to F8 bios..a lot says need load default..tats y i did it..n now F8 bios running good

Most said F8 is really good as you can apply lesser vcore for the same speed compared to F7. Nice thing.

anyone tried F9 yet?

yep im using F9 right now.

but i do regular OC only.

Speed: 2.6GHz (372x7) 1.32v - STOCK cooler
FSB: 1488MHz
Mem: Corsair XMS2 2x512 DDR2 667@744MHz 5-4-4-12 @ 1:1 Divider 2.1v

Temps:

CPU :
Idle = 45C
Load = 56C

Core #0 = idle 52C, Load 63C
Core #1 = idle 52C, Load 63C

temps recorded from Everest Ultimate 2006 v3.5 and TAT

my question:

are the temps normal with the oc setting? and can i push few hundreds more MHz?

my 1st intel machine. just got it yesterday.

hope C2D pros can guide me through ultimate OC of my pc with the spec.





This post has been edited by BlackThyra87: Dec 31 2006, 04:25 PM

Temperature is certainly normal for stock cooler, nothing worrying. If u wanna OC a little bit further i highly suggest getting a 3rd party cooler

Temp is good.. can increase to 400fsb for regular o'c

u SURE about that?

updated to F9, realise got the new save cmos to different profile thing, then got new option in power management.... waz tht?

Yea.. normally most E6300 capable to hit 400fsb with stock or lower vCore.
I think 400fsb is a sweet spot if u dont wanna stress yuor proc too much.

i can hit 400fsb with 1.225vcore

hmm thx.

i'll give it a try.

Hey guys.. do you guys think E6400 is more overclockable if compare with E6600??
Although E6400 have lower multiplier but it have potential to get higher fsb.
The so call 'Allendale still have more o'c headspace.

This post has been edited by yehlai: Dec 31 2006, 05:11 PM

tried to ramp up to 2.8GHz but no luck.

only can hold less than 1 freaking minute on dual prime95

tried to loose the ram timing to 5-5-5-15 also didnt work out. But i dont want to add more voltage on the cpu.

2.6 is my sweet spot

This post has been edited by BlackThyra87: Dec 31 2006, 05:24 PM

can apply lower? mayb i shd go lower now

F9 is official realease bios from gigabyte?

http://www.giga-byte.com.my/Support/Mother...ame=GA-965P-DS3
check for yourself

2.6Ghz is a good o'c. Keep on.
BTW wht PSU u using?? Get PSU with atleast 18A for 12V rails for o'c. Then system will run more stable.

Anyone here using the new nforce 600 series chipset motherboards? I might be getting one soon as I can't bear with the slowness of RMA process. I'm still doubting the OC capability of those boards.

then i would like to join you in the club....my ds3 oso just died...with extra stuff somemore...it burn my 7950 gx2...
my update went wrong stated there unsucsessfull so it revert back to it original bios...but then when i reboot it failed to boot it loopin for 4-5 times and suddenlly my 7950gx2 burn...


i dont care bout the board coz using the p5b now but the gc...oh nooo...really sayang that 1....i want to rma it....hope can rma it la...