Just a quick update.. finished installing the Gigabyte board, and no bizarre 333FSB failures. Tested it at 6x333, then 9x333, didn't notice anything funny.. going to play with it and see how far it can go. I did notice one strange thing, though.. with this board, all of my core temps are about...
I just RMA'd the 680i, and the Gigabyte P35 DS3L will be here tomorrow. $32 restocking fee, but I don't care at this point. Still wind up ahead about $85, plus no more 680i headaches.
Chapter 3 of this saga will resume tomorrow afternoon (Chapter 1 was my previous thread where the CPU...
@#$&^
Just pulled apart the NB/SB, applied AS5, and I'm now testing 6*333. Still failing Prime. Going to call NewEgg tomorrow and RMA this thing before I take a sledgehammer to it. I'm fresh out of ideas. :(
Ah. I'd assumed that because it claims to support 1066/1333 CPUs out of the box, that they would have at least made their cooling sufficient for 333/1333. What would it be doing if I'd dropped in a QX6850 at stock speed? I suppose I could try redoing the TIM and hope that NewEgg doesn't notice...
I'm still just trying to get it stable at 333fsb.. I was scared of trying 375 or 400 when it fails even at 333x8. I'm not even technically overclocking the NB yet. I do have the fan installed, though.
I think I may just get a P35.. this is incredibly frustrating. Not to mention the Gigabyte...
I set everything as you said, and it's still failing Prime immediately.
(edit: I also flashed P29)
I couldn't find EIST or LinkBoost.. but I'd heard that LinkBoost was removed from the BIOS (not sure when).
Blech, I'm sorry but my Intel noobness is showing (this is my first Intel rig, have had AMDs since forever). Right now SPP and FSB are at "auto", so I'm not actually sure what voltage would bump them up 1 setting.
Chrono: I did the vdroop mod, the voltage doesn't budge under load.
jeff: That would explain it. I just tried 8*333 and again, it failed immediately. As an additional WTF, I just took a photo of my BIOS.. look closely and you'll see something interesting. :P...
I'm not sure I understand. The ram is unlinked and runs at 800MHz regardless of FSB.. it isn't being overclocked at all. Also, this board is designed for 1066/1333.. why wouldn't the northbridge be able to handle a stock FSB? Does overclocking tax the northbridge more, even if it's within the...
This is making me crazy! :(
I wanted a relatively moderate OC to 3GHz, but I am having terrible luck. I can't get this thing stable at 3GHz. It fails Prime almost immediately. I've tried upping the voltage as high as 1.4, but I don't want to increase it any further (temperature is becoming an...
First off, specs:
Antec P180, so I need long cables
Q6600 Intel CPU
EVGA 680i SLI board
EVGA 8800GTS 320MB video
2x1024MB DDR2 800 RAM
2x SATAII HD
1x DVD-ROM/CD-RW (reads DVDS but won't write them)
I plan on overclocking it to high hell. Drive-wise, I'm getting a SATA DVD burner...
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