Recent content by Carnack

Charles, just enter your BIOS on boot and hit CTRL-F1 to access the low-level RAM settings in the "MIT" section of the BIOS. Scroll down to the "DDR2 Overvoltage Control" settings and increse the settings to "+0.4". This vaule is derived as follows: [1.8V (default) plus 0.4V = 2.2V], which...

Thanks for the response Graysky. (I promise to spell check next time! lol) Perhaps I was unclear but I am running a Gigabyte motherboard (P965-D3 rev.1 BIOS F12), which I understood has second-gen BIOS support for the C2Q6600. Like you suggest I too think there is something amiss with the...

I am seeing a paradox in my OC effort on the G0 rev. of the C2Q6600. Perhaps you can shed some light on which foot I am shooting, graysky... I am OCing a Gigabyte 965P-DS3 (rev.1) with Ballistix DDR2-800 @ 4-4-4-12 2.2v, factory specs. I decided to follow your guide since you cited a fair...