Very frustrating problem with easytune 6 (OC help needed)

[WillSK]

Hi all,

So i've decided to raise my overclock a little bit from 4.0 to 4.2 . as before i've left everything on auto and just upped the multpiler to 42. I've left all the power savings on because no one's ever really given me a reason not to have them on but do tell me otherwise.

Anyway my problem is that everytime i open up easytune 6 to see the voltages i'm getting everything gets downclocked or the blck gets changed. It's like easytune is changing loads of settings without me telling it!

Any help would be really appreciated guys

Also if there are any other voltage reading programmes that work on gigabyte boards let me know please!!

thanks

 

[SieB]

If you have power savings enabled when you are not doing anything that stresses the CPU it will downclock.

You can use Cupid Hardware Monitor or Cupid CPU-Z to monitor voltages.

 

[Firat]

It's better to have speedstep off, your OC will be more stable

 

[WillSK]

If you have power savings enabled when you are not doing anything that stresses the CPU it will downclock.

You can use Cupid Hardware Monitor or Cupid CPU-Z to monitor voltages.

Yeah i realise this. what i mean is it will lower my turbo so i open cpu-z and it is running at 4.2Ghz then i open up easytune6 to check my voltages and it reconfigures everything so i max out at 3.3 again it's very strange and google isn't brinign up anything similar

 

[WillSK]

It's better to have speedstep off, your OC will be more stable

to be honest mate i would do this if gigabyte's voltage settings weren't so bloody confusing. LLC makes it jump around just as much as having power saving enabled. i have followed countless guides to get the dream 4.5ghz but i always seem to do something wrong..

Edit: If you could give me a starting settings to work from to get 4.5 on a gigabyte board i would be hugely greatful!!

 

[Firat]

to be honest mate i would do this if gigabyte's voltage settings weren't so bloody confusing. LLC makes it jump around just as much as having power saving enabled. i have followed countless guides to get the dream 4.5ghz but i always seem to do something wrong..

Edit: If you could give me a starting settings to work from to get 4.5 on a gigabyte board i would be hugely greatful!!

Try 4.5ghz @1.33-1.35v at load line calibration level 6, you may have to fiddle with the vcore as my 2600k is stable with this setting @ 1.3v.

at LLC 6 vcore wount fluctuate much! @ idle or load vcore will remain the same

i gurantee you this will work!

but disable everything is the bios, C1/3, thermal protection, EIST, turbo.....

 

[WillSK]

Try 4.5ghz @1.33-1.35v at load line calibration level 6, you may have to fiddle with the vcore as my 2600k is stable with this setting @ 1.3v.

at LLC 6 vcore wount fluctuate much! @ idle or load vcore will remain the same

i gurantee you this will work!

but disable everything is the bios, C1/3, thermal protection, EIST, turbo.....

thanks man will give it a go. what about the PLL over voltage. enable or disable??

and what should i use to read the voltages as for some reason eassy tune 6 seems bugged on my pc??

 

[Firat]

thanks man will give it a go. what about the PLL over voltage. enable or disable??

and what should i use to read the voltages as for some reason eassy tune 6 seems bugged on my pc??

use CPUZ version 1.60 >>>> ftp://ftp.cpuid.com/cpu-z/cpu-z_1.60-setup-en.exe

Leave PLL OV on auto, on my GB board i have it on auto, so the option should be there, if not try it disabled, if no luck enable it.

 

[WillSK]

use CPUZ version 1.60 >>>> ftp://ftp.cpuid.com/...60-setup-en.exe

Leave PLL OV on auto, on my GB board i have it on auto, so the option should be there, if not try it disabled, if no luck enable it.

ok cheers. i am running 1.6 cpu-z at the moment we'll see what it shows. i'll report back. thanks mate!

 

[WillSK]

Ok well i think i'm cursed with regards to overclocking as despite my bios saying 4.5 and holding the settings you said cpu-z is still showing my previous 4.2

Restarted and it clocked it back to 3.3 even though bios still says 4.5... I have a feeling my motherboard is messed up or the problem i was having previously with easytune has somehow messed up my board despite the fact i've uninstalled it now.

Would clearing my cmos get rid of any settings ever on the motherboard including saved bios's etc.??

 

[Firat]

this is because easy tune still has control (happened to me aswell), remove it then go to bios, "restore optimal settings" then load windows and check if evrything is normal, orginal clock speeds i.e. 1.6ghz idle and 3.3 load. once you have done that go back into bios, put in the setting i said, disable the other stuff then reboot.

it should work

 

[WillSK]

So do i clear the cmos first or just load up once with optimal settings?? Does it matter that optimal settings will put HDD to IDE etc. when im runnning an SSD?

 

[Firat]

when you installed windows, did you use IDE or ACHI, which every you used you must implement after restoring the bios, so if you installed windows using IDE make sure its on IDE and so on.

you can clear the cmos, good idea, do that first , then when you go into the bios everything should have gone baqck to the original, then only change the sata controller and save & exit, no need to do the "optimal settings" if you clear the cmos.

 

[WillSK]

Ok cleared the cmos and everything appears to be right as rain again. i'm going to try those settings you suggested and see what happens. I'll start with 1.33 volts LLC level 6 everything else left on default and power saving options off

 

[WillSK]

Back to square one again... despite all those settings put into the bios i am just getting the standard 3.3 when in windows...

 

[Firat]

did you remove easy tune (uninstall), did you overclock in the bios? clear cmos? or restore bios defults?

 

[S_I_N]

did you change the multiplier ???

 

[WillSK]

Ok went back into bios and saved it to the saved bios list and restarted and it appears to have taken hold this time! now to run a bit of prime whilst i sleep. fingers crossed!!!

 

[SmoulderingCircuits]

Have you considered maybe you just need to edit your ET6 config profile then open ET6?

Even if it isn't ET6 as such, it sounds like you have an outdated profile or readings sheet floating around causing things to play up.

 

[WillSK]

Just one note before i go. the bios is set to 1.33 vcore with LLC level 6. In windows i appear to be at 1.37-8 idle and 1.39 running prime. is this ok/normal??