It's very strange, I just upgraded to a Quad-Core Q9400 in my P5N-E SLI mobo and updated my bios to 1403.
I've tweaked all the settings perfectly, it all comes down to Vcore. It WILL NOT load windows at stock volts, and only becomes stable at 1.4vcore @ 2.66 What's really weird is that it boots up to 3.5ghz at the maximum my mobo will allow 1.6vcore but the temps never jump above 40c idle and 55 load. And it's 38 idle, 50 load at 1.4 volts. Some say my mobo doesn't support quads but I get perfect performance at 2.66ghz with 1.4 vcore in bios. GTA IV is a dream now, no hiccups.
People are reporting great success with Quad-Core for my mobo with the recent bios, so does the board need to throw out excess juice to power the quads or is my chip a dud? Do the temps make sense with those settings and I only use a Zalman9500 air-cooler?
It's RO with a 04/01/2009 pack date. Is that April 1st or January 4th?
I've tweaked all the settings perfectly, it all comes down to Vcore. It WILL NOT load windows at stock volts, and only becomes stable at 1.4vcore @ 2.66 What's really weird is that it boots up to 3.5ghz at the maximum my mobo will allow 1.6vcore but the temps never jump above 40c idle and 55 load. And it's 38 idle, 50 load at 1.4 volts. Some say my mobo doesn't support quads but I get perfect performance at 2.66ghz with 1.4 vcore in bios. GTA IV is a dream now, no hiccups.
People are reporting great success with Quad-Core for my mobo with the recent bios, so does the board need to throw out excess juice to power the quads or is my chip a dud? Do the temps make sense with those settings and I only use a Zalman9500 air-cooler?
It's RO with a 04/01/2009 pack date. Is that April 1st or January 4th?
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