Gigabyte DQ6 & Weird ICH problem while overclocked

H3nrY

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Aug 26, 2006
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Hi, I recently installed a new mobo, cpu, vga & ram for my workstation.

The components are :

Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (with f3e bios)
2*1024 PC6400 cas 5 XMS
1900XT
e6600

I unplugged all my hard drives etc, and came to a stable overclock on air @ 3,420mhz (380*9) on 1,49375 vcore. All the voltages otherwise are default. The ram runs @ 1:1 devider (timings are however 3-5-5-18 default ?) Any way, this was rockstable 24/24 prime mod.

I normally have in addition 16 hard drives to boot, a pci sata controlller, xfi, fancontroller, and a load of fans including the sata racks. I have always used a Dual Tagan PSU mod (480watts, for giving the first the power to all the hard drives & fans), and the second the power to all of the motherboard related. This should be ample for my setup.

My problem is now, When I first tried to boot it wouldn't, however it did @ 375. I restarted the comp and then saw at the ICH8 sata boot screen (in AHCI mode) the follwing error for one of my seagate drives = Device verify failed. the Recognizing for the rest of the hard drives went slow at that time too. When I unplugged the 2 seagates on the ICH, (the rest are maxtors on those sata ports), I could boot @ 380 with no problem. Also the error seems to be gone. I noticed also when I had the seagate drives in, and restarted the comp, The hard drive made a loud clicking noise! There isn't anything wrong with both hd's.

This is giving me some headache, and I feel as if there is something wrong with the ICH chipset. maybe voltage I thought, but why could I run a stable prime then? Had anyone experienced the same "Device Verify failed" problem like I have ? And maybe found a solution as well ?

edit: when i disconnect the 2 seagates, I can run again @ 380, pretty weird
 

H3nrY

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Aug 26, 2006
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Ok, I sorted out the problem and apparantly it was a power insufficiency problem.

i dumped the Dual Tagan 480w and bought an Enermax 1000 watts Galaxy, now the problems have fanished. This baby packs a punch. It powers at the moment:

Core 2 duo 6600 @ 3,42 ghz
1900XT @ XTX flash
2*1024 DDR2
15 Sata disks
1 optical drive
1 sata raid controller & xfi soundcard
3 sata Backplanes
2*12mm + 8*80mm fans