ahh, overclock problem!

[Rowan]

Just about 45 minutes ago I was attempting to overclock my processor (Intel Core2Duo E6600 stock @ 2.4Ghz) in the BIOS(Pheonix Award BIOS, I forget which version). Anyway, as I was increasing the FSB (the multiplier can't go past 9x, my mobo is an EVGA 680i), everything was going smoothly. I'd go up by small increments, restart, and see how things went, then if they went well I'd go back and continue in a similar fashion. Well, everything went well until it got up to 2.6Ghz. Upon restarting I got an message telling me that the BIOS has detected a new CPU, and that I should restart in order to continue. Well, curious, I restart, and upon restarting I see the same message. Over and over again, I couldn't access the BIOS or anything, so I took out the CMOS battery for about 40 min, and upon putting it back in I found that everything had reset to it's stock speed.

Now I'm kind of a total huge noob when it comes to this stuff, but if I may ask, what is wrong? And what can I do to fix it? My comp idles @ 27C after being on for a few hours, so I'd like to see some upped performance.

Any suggestions/help would be greatly appreciated

Thank you,

Rowan

 

[JN]

Hi Rowan,

It sounds like you was doing things the right way, but in addition to your cpu clockspeed you also need to keep tabs on what your ram is doing.

God knows why the board started saying that your processor had changed - maybe try updating the BIOS in case its a known problem.

 

[jabski]

The multi wont go past 9x on a E6600. The 'found new cpu' sounds strange. Check your the EVGA site and update the bios as said by XMS

 

[Mr. Smith]

Also worth mentioning nb/vcore voltages and the fact 680i mobo has lots of fsb holes, maybe try punching in at a higher fsb...