need some help - tried alot, little succes.

[OooIVANooO]

I'm trying to get this rig to 3.0ghz and here are my specs:

bios is : ASUS P5N32-E SLI ACPI BIOS Revision 1205

Case - Nzxt Apollo Gaming Tower Case w/420W Power Supply Black )

Case Lighting- ( Cold Cathode Neon Light Blue )

Power Supply- ( Standard Case Power Supply )

Processor -( [=== Quad Core ===] Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600 (4x 2.4GHz/8MB L2 Cache/1066FSB) )

Processor Cooling- ( [=== Silent ===] Extreme-Performance INTEL CPU Cooling Fan System Kit Silent & Overclocking Proof = Maximum cooling efficiency for quietness and performance )

Motherboard ( Nvidia NForce 680i SLI Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0 Dual PCI-E MB )

Memory ( 4096MB [1024MB X4] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module Corsair-Value or Major Brand )

Video Card ( NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT 512MB w/DVI + TV Out Video )

Video Card Brand ( === High Performance === eVGA Brand Video Card Powered by NVIDIA )

Hard Drive ( 250 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 8M Cache] )

CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive - LG GGW-H20L BLU-RAY Re-Writer & DVD�R/�RW Burner Internal Combo Drive Black --- [reads and burns High Definition Blu-Ray discs, as well as DVD and CD formats] )

Sound Card ( 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard )

Network Card ( Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100) )

USB 2.0 Accessories ( Build-in USB 2.0 Ports )

Meter Display ( Thermal Temperature LCD Display Black )

Flash Media Reader/Writer ( 12-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer Black )

Case Round Cable ( Professional wiring for all cables inside the system tower )

Please someone help , I have read countless posts around different sites and have had numerous scares(once I had to remove ram,turn on pc,turn off pc,install only 2 gigs instead of 4,get error message so that i could enter bios cuz system would not even go to bios)

I have been trying AI BOOST software as well as BIOS manually but cant get past 2.84ghz. without system crash.

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

 

[Jeddy]

Unfortunately the asus boards on the 6xxi chipsets were never great overclockers with quad coree cpu's.

You may want to update your bios, see if that allows you any extra mhz/functionality.

 

[Silentsnake]

lool BIG MISTAKE! in what you have purchased

i fell in to the same hole without doing any research

P5N32-E SLI + Q6600 = LOTS OF HASTLE AND AN OVERCLOCK OF AROUND 2.89

WELL THATS WHAT I COULD GET OUT OF MY Q6600 LOL THEIRS A WHOLE 50 PAGE THREAD IN A FORUM THAT I WAS SIGNED UP TO A WHILE BACK ABOUT THIS ISSUE

SOME PEOPLE GOT LUCKY USING THE VCORE and vdroop PENCIL MOD FOR THE BOARD I ATTEMPTED BUT DIDNT GET ANYTHING OUT OF IT (BUT THEN AGAIN I DIDNT USE A FULL GRAPHITE PEN (TO LAZY TO GO AND BUY ONE)

i have made thread with the instructions hope it helps mate

http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?p=268536#post268536

P.S. sory for the caps :wavey:

 

[Ham]

VTT and vmch are the key to OCing quads on the 680i.

I pushed a pretty poor Q6600 to 3.1ish (iirc...).

Grabing a P35 mobo with good power management would be a better option though...