Am I missing something?

[jamesjohnson88]

Ok, for some reason I am not able to change the FSB/Frequency on my rig. The only thing I can change is the multiplier (between 6 and 9).

Heres some of the vitals in a screenie -

The screenie shows me running a MP of 6 with the bus at 266. The MP is normally kept at 9, I was just messing around and forgot to turn it back. Not that it makes a difference to the situation.

Here's the rig itself -

Vista 64 Ultimate

Intel Q6600 2.4GHz

XFX 680i SLI LT

EVGA e-GeForce 9800GX2

4 GB OCZ Reaper DDR2 PC-6400 800mhz Ram

OCZ StealthXStream 600w PSU

500gb Samsung Sata-2 Spinpoint HDD

Theres plenty of people who have the same mobo and cpu combo I have who have been able to overclock...there has to be something I'm missing.

Please help!

 

[Pseudonym]

I haven't a clue. Was gonna be deliberately unhelpful, but i don't want to be like the bunch of

s that just played knock out ginger (knock on someone's door and run away) at 1/4 to 3, so i'm gonna have a guess instead.

Have you had a look through your bios. It could be that the options are locked or something.

 

[jamesjohnson88]

turns out I just needed to set my memory configuration to manual, then I could change the FSB through there.

Problem now though is that it turns out that I didn't forget to switch the MP back to 9. Its set at 9 in the BIOS, yet Nvidia monitor and CPU-Z both show it at 6, meaning a 1.6ghz speed (yuck!) Any idea's as to what has caused this? I want to get it fixed before I start upping the volts and cranking the FSB up.

 

[Pseudonym]

If worst comes to worse and you can't fix it in options, you can always reset it. You'd have to change the option back to manual.

Actually, have you set it back to automatic and then changed the multiplier back to 9. Then put it back to manual and up the fsb. That might work. Just reverse all the steps then start again.

 

[jamesjohnson88]

Thanks, I'll try that in the morning. Too tired to be pressing that reset button anymore...

 

[Toxcity]

Have you turned off speedstep? Or have you not turned off the Vista powersave settings?

 

[da2ca]

Have you turned off speedstep? Or have you not turned off the Vista powersave settings?

I agree, Its probably speedstep (in bios) Turn it off.

Hope this helps.

 

[jamesjohnson88]

Ok, I reset everything and the MP is now back at 9. I then switched my FSP to 1111 (2.5GHz) and put some more volts on, loosened the RAM timings etc. The problem is that neither CPU-Z or nTune recognise this OC. The BIOS and Startup recognise the OC though, are either of these programs liable to being finicky? I am on Vista Ultimate 64 after all...

 

[da2ca]

In the bios (where you found speedstep) you will find other options that need to be turned off. I can’t remember them off hand and your bios will be slightly different than mine but along the lines of; Limit CPU, CPU EIST Function and a couple of others beginning CPU.

Sorry if this is not very clear, I’m sure someone will be along shortly to explain a bit better.

Dave.

Ok, I reset everything and the MP is now back at 9. I then switched my FSP to 1111 (2.5GHz) and put some more volts on, loosened the RAM timings etc. The problem is that neither CPU-Z or nTune recognise this OC. The BIOS and Startup recognise the OC though, are either of these programs liable to being finicky? I am on Vista Ultimate 64 after all...

 

[jamesjohnson88]

They're off. I have a 680i OCing guide bookmarked, so i'll go through my BIOS later and double check everything that needs to be is off.

 

[The Computer Council]

Hi there, try:

Making sure you're BIOS is up to date (not sure the latest stable version for your board, but worth looking into it).

Unlink your memory speed and set to 800Mhz

Set your FSB to 1334Mhz with a multiplier of 9 (3.0Ghz)

Disable Speedstep (EIST)

Set CPU core voltage to around 1.400v - 1.425v (depending on the chip)

Set your memory voltages and timings according to manufacturers spec.

If that works and is stable, try lowering your Vcore voltage (chip) until you reach the lowest stable voltage.

If at any point your settings lock you out of the BIOS, just clear the CMOS and start again, but those settings should see you right.

Let me know how you get on.