Epu anyone?

Yoghurt

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It looks like I can over/underclock my CPU through EPU six engine of my Asus P5Q motherboard. I was able to add Frequency about 15-20% without any problems but If I added more like 30% my computer tilted and restarted. I have read that it is possible to overclock Wolfdale from 3.167 up to over 4GHz without stability issues so what should I do to achieve that? EPU doesn't let me to change the vCore voltage, could that be the reason or is basic P5Q too sh***y to handle it?

I also tried, with trial and erro style, to underclock my computer and it let me to drop about 25% percent frequency without failing. Epu lets me to also drop vCore voltages (three possible levels: small, medium, high) but putting it to small computer tilted and restarted. So should I drop both vCore voltage and frequency to achieve the -50 percent frequency without failing?
 

F1shF4t

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Originally posted by: Yoghurt
It looks like I can over/underclock my CPU through EPU six engine of my Asus P5Q motherboard. I was able to add Frequency about 15-20% without any problems but If I added more like 30% my computer tilted and restarted. I have read that it is possible to overclock Wolfdale from 3.167 up to over 4GHz without stability issues so what should I do to achieve that? EPU doesn't let me to change the vCore voltage, could that be the reason or is basic P5Q too sh***y to handle it?

I also tried, with trial and erro style, to underclock my computer and it let me to drop about 25% percent frequency without failing. Epu lets me to also drop vCore voltages (three possible levels: small, medium, high) but putting it to small computer tilted and restarted. So should I drop both vCore voltage and frequency to achieve the -50 percent frequency without failing?

Its best to overclock/underclock through BIOS. Software apps are not ever remotely as good. (Unless you have a low end board which doesn't have those BIOS options or you know exactly what your doing).

Have a look at the sticky guide on C2D and C2Q overclocking. Link