How do you take a screenshot of your BIOS?

[1ManArmY]

I am having trouble holding my over clock. I had been using 8 X 388 for a 3.1 but the CPU host frequency keeps defaulting back to disabled thus causing my system to run at 8 X 266 = 2.1 (E6400). I am now using a 9 X 345 = 3.1 so if I restart or shut down it will at least run at stock 2.4. I have the voltage set to auto (optimized) so it increases from 1.375 to 1.40 when both of the stated over clocks above are in effect. Any ideas????????

I get into the Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker to enable the CPU host frequency which allows me to increase decrease my FSB but for some reason after I make my selections and save it reverts back to default settings. When the system is booting up it shows 345 X 9 initially but then it shows 266 X 9. Sometimes the oc will hold and I can benchmark it but if I restart my system after virus updates or msconfig changes it will lose the oc but the values are still there just not enabled under the MIT -à CPU host freq (disabled). How do you take a screen shot of your bios?
If my settings are being reset, is it either a battery issue or are there some Intel ?automatic? crap features on for bringing the CPU back down to the speeds it think it should be at? How do you turn them off?

sorry for so many questions and incomplete thoughts

 

[ColdFusion718]

Most people just take pictures of their BIOS screens using a digital camera. I'm thinking it's probably a CMOS battery or power supply issue. Try taking out the CMOS battery, bleed the power out of your system (unplug PSU, hold power button for 10 seconds), wait 5-10 minutes, put CMOS battery back up and try again.

 

[1ManArmY]

thanks for the tip, shouldn't the battery be brand new? The DS3 board is only a week old that's why I didn't suspect the battery as the culprit. The PSU is also brand new FWIW.

 

[Ricochet]

Did you follow the overclocking guides available out there? Most will have you disable a lot of stuff in the bios.

 

[1ManArmY]

I will need to double check and see if I disabled Limit CPUID MaxVal, C1E Function, and EIST function. I am not sure what the execute Disable Bit or Virtualization Technology does so they are at default settings.

 

[cprince]

Strange problem. I have the same board, and it did similar things to me when I tried to overclock my E6600. It turned out that my Northbridge is overheating because I did not put the aftermarket NB cooler on correctly. It's okay now. Also, check to see if your RAM can run at that speed.

 

[1ManArmY]

It appears that the Geil ram can run at 900 mhz with timings of 4-4-4-12, I am still running mine at < 800 mhz and you appear to have a little headroom left. I just need to up my voltage to 2.1 as the spec states that the working is 1.9 to 2.3v. I believe mine is still at the default 1.8. I haven't had a chance to check the settings running at default 9 X 266 for the time being.

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