No problem here.
E6600@3.00Ghz
RAM at DDR2 1000Mhz (4 x 1GB) 5-5-5-15

What's your problem exactly ?

Could be bad drivers and or bad installation. Safe mode BSODs as well ?

What values did you change exactly ? Tried using the BIOS deafults ? x64 is quite notorious for video driver hangs. Might want to do a clean uninstall and install of the drivers. Mobo drivers first (if any) before the vga ones.

Er, hardware list please. And you should really install those mobo drivers at the very least (Intel inf for Intel chipsets and forceware drvers for Nforce mobos). So you can boot at times ?

In your case Mike, I believe it's the BIOS for your Gigabyte P35 board (remember reading some issues with 4GB and older BIOS releases around these forums). Update and share with us your results yah.

Bad raid problems or the display drivers. Since both mike and you are using the DS3, best to update to the latest BIOS. If you google around, there are some horror stories regarding the Rev 1.0 of the board.

I'll dig up some old scrrenshots and post them up later. Although truth be told, this is more of a troubleshooting thread for ezinger actually.

After reading bryanyeo's article, I messed around and got these 3 results (I did a few other FSBs, but let's settle on 3).

The usual speed running at 12:8 ratio -



Highest FSB so far (1:1), too bad crashes instantly on Orthos....



And the current 1:1 24/7 setup



1.344v vcore, DIMMS @ 2.00v, rest on stock.

Just a small update, got it running 430x7 @ 1:1 now. RAMs at 4-4-4-12 @ 2.1V. Vcore @ 1.360v. Vtt and vNb at stock.
Crashes at ~ 5mins mark in Orthos blend. But hasn't crashed yet in 3dmark06, World In Conflict, UT3 or Crysis.

NB undervolted ? Hmm, so how much of an increase should I add here ? FSB termination voltage ? Vtt ? It's at 1.25v iianm. Thx in advance.

Yup, P965-s dark rev c2.


I did earlier. Didn't help. Still reported errors around the same 5+ minute mark.

Hmmm, with 4 sticks, my tRFC is pretty high, and performance level is at 12. I'll get a memset shot in later.

ezinger : My temps are 47-48 idle, and 65-68c load. Using the stock cooler with AS5. I have a fan over the northbridge so it's at 38-41c. SB temps are higher at 51c under load, which is about 3-4c higher than my 8800GTX ambient temp. The GTX sits right above the SB, so can't do much about cooling.

This post has been edited by Eoma: Feb 12 2008, 10:34 AM

Oh ok. my tRFC is 48 or 60, can't remember. NB is always at the temps stated so no worries there.

Alas, 430x7 was shorlived, it BSOD on me while playing WiC last night, funny (or not).

So it's back to 380x8 for now. Screens as attached.



And Orthos past the 30min mark



Gonna try to hit higher this weekend perhaps....