Vista OC'ing help needed

[lavaheadache]

OK, I got a weird problem here. I used to run my fx-60 in Xp at 2.8Ghz no problem. A few weeks ago I switched to Vista and a Raid 0 array at the same time. Here's the weird part, I was just checking things out and realized my processor was switching between 2.6 and 1.3Ghz depending on pc activity. I rebooted and checked the bios to and found everything to be normal(cool and quiet disabled). Doing a little research around the net I discovered that there is a performance setting in Vista that allows the processor to dynamiclly scale to save power. I was able to disable this and resulted in my cpu to stay at a constant 2.6GHz. Now I just cant figure out why I dont get 2.8 with my fsb 200 and the multi at 14. In fact I can change the multi to 9 and I still get 2.6, however, I did discover that 3dmark06 will recognize the clock speed change in the system details section under "internal clock" but I get exactly the same 3dmark score(give or take a few) regardless of the selected speed. I'm wondering if it has anything to do with the fact that Im running a raid setup? I really dont have another hard drive to run and install vista with on a non-raid config. In all reality I'm not unhappy with my rig or anything, just curious as to wht is going on. As, I stated earlier everything in the bios is setup as it should be and the only thing different from My Xp install is the fact that I'm running a Raid 0 array.

 

[myocardia]

Welcome to the world of Microsoft. Nearly every overclocker who's made the mistake of switching to Vista finds out that they can't overclock as high, even with the identical components/cpu. I wonder how much AMD and Intel paid M$ to make that happen?

 

[MADMAX23]

Ummmm.....I have both XP Pro and Vista Ultimate x86 (original) installed in my system....no problems at all....system (overclocked) is 100% stable and I don't have to change any parameter to run Vista with stability....running games and encoding/compressing video (HD) under Vista with no errors or problems so far...

I think your problem relates to the RAID driver....I have seen many people having issues with RAID arrays, I can't remember the webpage a guy suggested to solve the issue...look for "windows vista raid driver"

 

[myocardia]

Well, you're one of the lucky few, I suppose. Of course, with as many different versions of Vista as they have, that's likely to happen. Which version are you using?

 

[MADMAX23]

I'm using Windows VISTA Ultimate X86 32bit....no special OS tweaking at all.

I believe if your system is truly stable...it does not matter what OS you run...just a thought.

 

[lavaheadache]

Im using Vista home premium 64 bit. My sytem is totally stable. If I wasn't into oc'ing I never would have discovered this. I just feel as though that there is a bug related to raid use. I guess I'll take the drive out of my other rig, format it and install vista in a non raid config.

 

[MADMAX23]

OK, try the non raid install and let us know....

 

[mc866]

Just built a system using DS3 and E6400 I'm up to 3.2 with no major issues. Has been running Orthos stable for over 12 hours now. Vista has been the only OS on this system.

 

[SexyK]

Dual-booting Vista Home Premium 32-bit and XP Pro on my OCed E6600 system and it's rock stable in both OSes with identical settings. I would like some links to back up the assertion that "nearly every" overclocker is struggling with Vista... anyway, tot he OP, I also suspect your RAID setup is to blame, try it non-RAID and report back!

 

[aka1nas]

If you were passing long bouts of Orthos fine with XP, you ought to be fine in Vista. My OC'ability didn't change a bit.

The OPs issue isn't even stability related, he's saying his clockspeed is apparently being detected incorrectly by some apps. OP, please use a better utility like CPU-Z to measure your real-time clockspeed. If you are setting the FSB/Multiplier in the BIOS, then the OS shouldn't be affecting the clockspeed if you have C&Q disabled.

 

[lavaheadache]

First off I want to say that I was using cpu-z to identify that My cpu was switching speeds, and it was controlled by Vista's power saving mode even though CnQ was disabled in the bios. This should be noted as it was a default setting from a fresh install. I'm still getting around to setting up a second install of Vista minus the raid setup to verify that is a Raid problem in Vista. What I did do was install XP home on a drive with the raid array to double check that it wasn't a mobo problem, since I never had Raid 0 on my xp set up. Needless to say, xp had no problems with Raid or an OC on my harware. Right now the lady is coming over for some loving so hopefully later tonight or tomorrow I will get around to doing another Vista install