Installed G0 6600 -YaY- Things seen fine but.......

[manimal]

So I replaced my venerable 6600 with a shiny new G0 6600Q


After the cmos reset and redoing all the settings in motherboard to stock I booted into windows-a recent install but not fresh for the Q- and core temp only reads two processes and the readings were really high. I immediately shut down and reseated the hsf a zalman 9700NT, and redid the AS5.


When I booted again in XPpro the readings were off in coretemp so I started up everest ultimate and things seemed much better. In that idle is at about 30ish and load doesnt go into the mid 40s at 1.375 volts. I tried to download a newer coretemp but the site is down at the moment.

Can I trust everest ultimate or do I need to reinstall XP.


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I did a quick oc and tested it stable at 3.2 at 1.375 with really loose memory timimgs.


Edit:

Does anyone know where the most recent core temp download can be found. The main site is down at the moment and I need core temp to figure out what I need to do.

Thx


Q6600Go
EVGA 680i MB P31 Bios
8800gt
4 gigs of DDR2 800 rev 2 ocz ram-it was really cheap lol
bunch of hds...etc
Silverstone TJ09
Corsair HX520

 

[manimal]

I am passing OCCT 20 mins test and I want to get core temp working correctly before I do a 4 hour stress test. Odd thing is according to everest my temps are fine-35ish idle and 45ish at load in occt. If anyone can repidshare or point me to the newest coretemp I would really appreciate it.

 

[kentsfield]

coretemp 0.95.4

 

[BonzaiDuck]

This doesn't make sense: despite different manufactures of mobos, we both have the same chipset; I'm running a B3 Q6600; there should not be any inconsistency between the B3 and the G0 stepping when it comes to reading temperatures; nobody with the G0 stepping has ever reported this peculiarity to my knowledge; and my B3 coretemp values seem right on the money.

Here's what I can tell you about Everest Ultimate versus CoreTemp.

Everest reads a whole S***pile of sensors -- voltages, temperatures, fan-speeds, clock-settings -- the entire enchilada -- enough to fill your screen with simultaneous real-time readings. Therefore, it loads up Core #0 and biases the temperature reading upwards. But the remaining three cores seem to reflect the values being read by CoreTemp.

I can't give you advice on this: go back and read through your BIOS settings (I gu-ess). I've been in correspondence (one exchange) with the author of CoreTemp, and he's both committed and savvy. I know there is a beta versiion out there, but I'm still using version 0.95, which I must have downloaded late last spring or early summer.

To give an example, with a 3.2 Ghz over-clock to my B3 Q6600 and at just under 70F room-ambient, my idle values range between 34 and 39C, occasionally peaking just above 40C. My load values with double-ORTHOS Blend Test (currently running as I type) are 51,51,46,48. With these room-ambients and my "air-cooling-enhancements," I'm showing a peak temperature between 60 and 61C on the "Small-FFTs-stress-the-CPU" test. I emphasize again that this is the B3 stepping, my system is over-clocked as stated with VCORE at 1.418V, I've "improved" my cooling without going to water, and your G0 should show lower temperatures -- although you'd have "give" for my cooling enhancements, and "take" for both your much-improved G0 stepping and stock speed settings.

You may want to check for BIOS upgrades to your eVGA 680i board. BIOS upgrades improved the accuracy of sensor readings on my Striker Extreme 680i, among other things.

 

[manimal]

Thx for the reply Kents. So I try both the beta and the .95 and I am getting rather odd readings. The tjunction is not listed and its only showing 2 cores. I didnt reformat this partition and reinstall xp going from the E6600 to this Q6600. Can that be the problem? Ive never used core temp on a quad since this is my first, am I assuming incorrectly that it would only show 2 cores and not 4.

 

[manimal]

Originally posted by: BonzaiDuck
This doesn't make sense: despite different manufactures of mobos, we both have the same chipset; I'm running a B3 Q6600; there should not be any inconsistency between the B3 and the G0 stepping when it comes to reading temperatures; nobody with the G0 stepping has ever reported this peculiarity to my knowledge; and my B3 coretemp values seem right on the money.

Here's what I can tell you about Everest Ultimate versus CoreTemp.

Everest reads a whole S***pile of sensors -- voltages, temperatures, fan-speeds, clock-settings -- the entire enchilada -- enough to fill your screen with simultaneous real-time readings. Therefore, it loads up Core #0 and biases the temperature reading upwards. But the remaining three cores seem to reflect the values being read by CoreTemp.

I can't give you advice on this: go back and read through your BIOS settings (I gu-ess). I've been in correspondence (one exchange) with the author of CoreTemp, and he's both committed and savvy. I know there is a beta versiion out there, but I'm still using version 0.95, which I must have downloaded late last spring or early summer.

To give an example, with a 3.2 Ghz over-clock to my B3 Q6600 and at just under 70F room-ambient, my idle values range between 34 and 39C, occasionally peaking just above 40C. My load values with double-ORTHOS Blend Test (currently running as I type) are 51,51,46,48. With these room-ambients and my "air-cooling-enhancements," I'm showing a peak temperature between 60 and 61C on the "Small-FFTs-stress-the-CPU" test. I emphasize again that this is the B3 stepping, my system is over-clocked as stated with VCORE at 1.418V, I've "improved" my cooling without going to water, and your G0 should show lower temperatures -- although you'd have "give" for my cooling enhancements, and "take" for both your much-improved G0 stepping and stock speed settings.

You may want to check for BIOS upgrades to your eVGA 680i board. BIOS upgrades improved the accuracy of sensor readings on my Striker Extreme 680i, among other things.

I have checked evga's site and the P31 bios is the latest available for the 680i that I have. Is there some temp file or setting file that core temp uses outside the program folder that would make it think that I still have a dual core and not a quad? its funny I had just reinstalled this OS when on a lark I got that quad deal from frys on black friday. I guess I should reinstall again but the 4 hours of reloading all my progs and games would ruin my night off from work.

Thx for the replies

 

[manimal]

Been trying to figure this out all night, Ive tried both the beta and the .95 version of core temp. The odd thing is is when its idle the temp is higher than when its at load, for instance its running occt right now and showed 60 at idle and dropped down to 44 at load. the 44 does match what everest says my temp is at load as well. I ran 3 occt 1 hour runs while I was doing other things and it seems stable at 3.2 at 1.325. I am hesitant to add any more voltage till I can figure out what the deal is with core temp, ive come to rely on that prog for the last few years.

hmm, I just crashed playing TF2...... maybe the horror stories people have with 680i boards with quads and 4 sticks of ram installed are true.....

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: manimal
I didnt reformat this partition and reinstall xp going from the E6600 to this Q6600. Can that be the problem?

Yes, but you don't have to reinstall Windows, usually. You just have to go to Device Manager, and delete your processor (under Computer), then reboot.

Originally posted by: BonzaiDuck
This doesn't make sense: despite different manufactures of mobos, we both have the same chipset; I'm running a B3 Q6600; there should not be any inconsistency between the B3 and the G0 stepping when it comes to reading temperatures; nobody with the G0 stepping has ever reported this peculiarity to my knowledge; and my B3 coretemp values seem right on the money.

You obviously don't get out much.

 

[manimal]

Originally posted by: myocardia

Originally posted by: manimal
I didnt reformat this partition and reinstall xp going from the E6600 to this Q6600. Can that be the problem?

Yes, but you don't have to reinstall Windows, usually. You just have to go to Device Manager, and delete your processor (under Computer), then reboot.



I went into device manager and looked at my processor, its listed as an acpi multiprocessor pc, I do not see a way to delete it sadly.I looked at the file menu, action view, etc and dont see it.I feel very noobish.....

 

[manimal]

Figured it out, I guess when I cleared the cmos I didnt keep the battery out long enough, the 3 and 4 core were disabled in the bios and that was fudging the readings in core temp. Everything is good now ^^ thanks for the replies.


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[BonzaiDuck]

If you're sure about this, I find the information beneficial.

At 5:21AM, I discovered I was still logged on here, and read through the subsequent posts.

I was thinking that it might be something like that, or I was wondering if you forgot to clear the CMOS before you swapped the CPUs.

 

[manimal]

Originally posted by: BonzaiDuck
If you're sure about this, I find the information beneficial.

At 5:21AM, I discovered I was still logged on here, and read through the subsequent posts.

I was thinking that it might be something like that, or I was wondering if you forgot to clear the CMOS before you swapped the CPUs.

Ya that was definately the problem, what was very odd was that I cleared the cmos and kept the battery out for 5 mins or so after pressing the power button. I guess kids should be patient and not try to break their new toys when they first get them. I am still confused as to why the motherboard would think turning off 2 cores would be a good thing lol


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