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    Load Line Calibration

    so if I set 1.2500 as vcore I can leave everything else alone and figure max OC from that vcore and go from there.. square one... again!
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    Load Line Calibration

    Yeah when I was setting at 1.425 I had LLC enabled. Does all this playing around, and stressing, and changing some more, and stressing, over stress these chips at a certain point where I am significantly decreasing its life. I understand OCing will shorten the life, but it is likely there...
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    Load Line Calibration

    I'm more than certain its probably user error. I've tried to ask questions that I have, and have been fiddling with numbers here and there to see what effects what and what kinda goes together. I'll be the first to admit I am an amateur. This is my first build, and my first time *trying* to...
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    Load Line Calibration

    I had it stable at 1.4250 and 471FSB for 4003MHz reaching a max temp of 71C on prime overnight. I lowered it down because people kept telling me the voltage was too high. My NB wasn't anywhere near 1.6, it was like 1.4 max. I have a fan blowing in front of my tower but nothing like you are...
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    Load Line Calibration

    Wow.. I have a whole new ballpark to play in now. Thanks for that. When I come back crying that you made me fry my chip, reference this post. LMAO!!!
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    Load Line Calibration

    1.45v for the 45nm? Are you sure about this? Where do you get this info? If this is true I'm going back to my 4GHz overclock I had stable at 1.425 vcore. However everyone and there brother seems to believe the max safe voltage on a 45nm is 1.3625. I did happen to get stable at 3.4GHz with...
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    Load Line Calibration

    No matter what o/c I go with, I cannot get it stable with LLC disabled. I can get 4003MHz stable with it on, but voltage is like 1.4250. I can get 3.8 stable at 1.38 with it on. I'm at 3.6 and stable with it on at 1.3500. If I turn it to disabled none of them are stable. what gives?
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    Am I in trouble?

    yeah I did lower the vtt a notch or two, I'm stable at 3.8GHz which is a solid 1GHz over stock, I'm gonna leave it alone and be happy for a while. Once I get my GTX 260/280 for xmas I might tinker with stuff some more. As far as stability testing goes, and I'm sure this horse has been...
  9. J

    True worth of upgrading to i7 vs the existing Quads

    my q9550 and p5q deluxe are sitting at a 3.8 OC. doesn't go over 55C max load and multi-tasks like a champ. Once you get past 3.8 you really have to raise the voltage a ton to get it stable. not worth it in my view, but 1.35v for a 1GHz OC is made of win in my books.
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    Am I in trouble?

    gotcha, will report back tomorrow with results if it effects it
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    Am I in trouble?

    Yeah this fluke is a nice unit, I can test anything I can need it too. Heres some links of my results, I really am starting to think it may be some mild spikes which I read are not a completely uncommon thing, and they don't seem to be anything way out of whack. Core temps...
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    Am I in trouble?

    Actually, the mobo does say in the bios it is capable of 2.1 I believe. I have a fluke multimeter I just have no idea what to stick the leads on, I'm really not very knowledgeable when it comes to electricity on computers. I posted in the OC forums because that is essentially how I made the...
  13. J

    Am I in trouble?

    Linky Linky why do these forums suck so bad at pictures http://i83.photobucket.com/alb...rowley2000/Capture.jpg
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    Am I in trouble?

    Check out the highlighted voltages. Note: Since having this PSU the +12V has always been 11.93 stable. Now I see it going to 11.99 according to HWMonitor. THATS FREAKING AWESOME. Almost. I would be more than happy to see that, but in the right side colum I see the max it showing me as is...
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    True overclock gains

    When I went from 2.83 to 4.0 my epeen went from a mere 5.5 inches to a now impressive 9.5 inches. Win. (sarcasm) sorry but I really couldn't resist.
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    Q9550 action inside

    I give up. I'm starting over at stock settings and working up slower. From what I have learned in reading now: Vcore limit = 1.3625 VTT (FSB Termination?) limit = 1.2~1.3 What other limits should I follow for this chip?
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    Q9550 action inside

    bah, it didn't last. If I get certain settings dialed in, and leave the others on Auto because it works when there on Auto and crashes when I change them, is this a bad thing? Or is it just using what it needs?
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    Q9550 action inside

    AI Overclock tuner: Manual CPU Ratio Setting: 8.5 FSB Frequency: 471 PCI-E Frequency: 100 FSB Strap to North Bridge: 400 DRAM Frequency: DDR2-942MHz DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A1: AUTO DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A2: AUTO DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B1: AUTO DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B2: AUTO...
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    Q9550 action inside

    What vcore?
  20. J

    Q9550 action inside

    @1.3625 you can hit 3.825 no problem. Just going to take a bit of tweaking to find the boundaries. I'm going to save this OC in my profile on my asus board along with my 4.003 stable OC and switch back and forth as I feel froggy. I don't have anything to compare it too, but I would recomend...
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    Q9550 action inside

    high 40's low 50's. I saved that OC profile in my bios and started a new one actually. I kept reading all kinds of stuff about the 45nm chips and voltage, so I'm going to see how I can do at 1.3625 the recommended safe cap on this thing. Right now at 3.867 with 455 FSB. gonna run some...
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    Q9550 action inside

    yeah I had to turn it on with the tablet tool pack, this thing is great! anyways, I'm still puzzled as to why Prime stopped, I didn't get any error messages, when I came home my computer was off so I booted it up, didn't get any of those windows crashed messages, checked prime log and looks...
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    Q9550 action inside

    well I don't know what happened with the prime 95 not staying running, but i suspect I didn't have it set right, because after 14 hours it shut itself down, log says everything passed, and I noticed when I open it up I have it set to run 4 torture test threads, so I assume it ran these four and...
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    Q9550 action inside

    Getting close to being 24 hour stable with prime!!! Will run memtest overnight next if all is well and post back screens and results if all goes well. Stay tuned.. Oh, before I get to the memtest part, you said run 4 copes at 500mb per instance, from my understanding of what I have read...
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    Q9550 action inside

    Ok this doesn't make any sense. I decided I was just pushing it to far and backed it up a bit to a 3.8 or so OC. Stable. Got tRD set at 10. For shits and grins I upped the FSB to 475 with vcore at 1.4 and it went in.. it never went in with higher voltages or with this lower tRD. hoping for...
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    Q9550 action inside

    I tried your OC n7 and crashed 15 min into it. LoL, these damn chips are like dating sisters, just because there manufactured at the same place doesn't mean you get the same thing.
  27. J

    Q9550 action inside

    Thanks larry, so far went from 13 to 10 and failed, 11 failed, trying 12 =(
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    Q9550 action inside

    bumpity bump, what stress test do I run to see if I can change the tRD from 13 to 10 and survive it? Memtest?
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    Q9550 action inside

    Hey n7 thanks for the welcome, that is weird that your post got put above mine, and even weirder that I noticed it. I have a stable 4003MHz overclock going. Check the screenshots for my settings, and here are a few more, I just passed a 100 run IBT also. Heres some screens of memset, cache...
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    Q9550 action inside

    I could really use some help with this too. I am brand spanking new to Anandtech, and OC, and this was my first build. I have read posts, here, overclock.net, and various other places, tried all kinds of settings I've read about. I run coretemp, realtemp, CPU-Z, HWMonitor, Everest, Intel Burn...