e8400 wont overclock

zer0_c00l · 08-20-2008, 01:33 PM

so ive been trying to overclock my e8400 on my gigabyte motherboard..it wont budge..even when i put the fsb @ 334 stock 333 my specs are in my sig am i not setting somthing in my bios right? ive flashed the bios to latest please need some help thanks....

hackapelite · 08-20-2008, 02:18 PM

Maybe 1MHz increase in bus speed simply won't be reported... Bump it up some, say, 30-50MHz and see if that does it... even if it fails to boot (BSOD, whatever) at least you know that it's OCing since it's gone unstable, though that kinda increase should be easily achievable at stock volts.

bubblescivic · 08-20-2008, 08:49 PM

man the EP45 is a great clocker.

set the clock speed to 400x9, vCore to 1.375, vDIMM to 2.1V, all memory settings on auto except for the multiplier which should be 2.00

edit: you were running your RAM out of spec, run the memory multiplier at 2.00B or 2.00D

zer0_c00l · 08-20-2008, 09:45 PM

tried your settings bios just resets..wont post at 3.6 any other ideas like clockscrews? or any other bios settings

mikesrex · 08-20-2008, 10:15 PM

go through all the settings on the RAM and make sure they are set to auto.

when bubblescivic had problems with clocking his, I found that the advanced timing settings for the RAM had some weird settings.

zer0_c00l · 08-20-2008, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikesrex

go through all the settings on the RAM and make sure they are set to auto.

when bubblescivic had problems with clocking his, I found that the advanced timing settings for the RAM had some weird settings.

ok i put everything at auto and nothing..the only thing that sticks is my ram is set at 1/1 instead of 5/6

mikesrex · 08-20-2008, 10:43 PM

crazy, is there any way you could get pics of all the screens in the overclocking part of the bios?

zer0_c00l · 08-21-2008, 01:38 AM

ya will do

zer0_c00l · 08-21-2008, 01:55 AM

pics up hope you guys can help

[-0MEGA-] · 08-21-2008, 03:05 AM

Maybe I'm confused, but when you raise the FSB say 5MHz, what happens? Does it not boot or does it not register the overclock?

Try resetting the CMOS via the jumper, it worked on my X48 when the computer wouldn't boot when I changed the voltage.

08-20-2008, 01:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
zer0_c00l Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Louisville,Ky Age: 35 Posts: 1,181	e8400 wont overclock so ive been trying to overclock my e8400 on my gigabyte motherboard..it wont budge..even when i put the fsb @ 334 stock 333 my specs are in my sig am i not setting somthing in my bios right? ive flashed the bios to latest please need some help thanks.... __________________ Processor:Phenom II X4 720BE Mobo:Asus M4A79T-Deluxe Ram:Corsair XMS3 1600MHZ HDD: Seagate 250GIG 7200RPM GPU:ATI Sapphire 4870/Windows7 Ultimate x64 PSU:Corsair XT650/Case Antec 902 Last edited by zer0_c00l; 08-21-2008 at 01:54 AM.

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08-20-2008, 08:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
bubblescivic Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 163	man the EP45 is a great clocker. set the clock speed to 400x9, vCore to 1.375, vDIMM to 2.1V, all memory settings on auto except for the multiplier which should be 2.00 edit: you were running your RAM out of spec, run the memory multiplier at 2.00B or 2.00D __________________ Q9400 @ 3.80ghz \| TRUE \|Gigabyte GA-EP45-EXTREME\| 2gb G.Skill DDR2-800 @ 1040 \| 2x WD Velociraptor RAID 0 \| 1tb WD SATA \| Gigabyte GTX 260 896mb \| Seasonic M12 700w Q8200 \| Scythe Infinity \|GA-EP45-DS3R \| Team Xtreem D9 \| 200gb WD HDD \| Visiontek HD3870 \|Tt PSU QX6700 \| TTBT \| GA-P35-DS3R \| 2gb G.Skill DDR2-800\| 1x 160gb WD HDD 4x WD Caviar Black HDD in RAID 5 \| 9200SE AIW \| PCP&C 750w Last edited by bubblescivic; 08-20-2008 at 09:18 PM.

08-20-2008, 09:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
zer0_c00l Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Louisville,Ky Age: 35 Posts: 1,181	tried your settings bios just resets..wont post at 3.6 any other ideas like clockscrews? or any other bios settings __________________ Processor:Phenom II X4 720BE Mobo:Asus M4A79T-Deluxe Ram:Corsair XMS3 1600MHZ HDD: Seagate 250GIG 7200RPM GPU:ATI Sapphire 4870/Windows7 Ultimate x64 PSU:Corsair XT650/Case Antec 902

08-21-2008, 01:38 AM	#8 (permalink)
zer0_c00l Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Louisville,Ky Age: 35 Posts: 1,181	ya will do __________________ Processor:Phenom II X4 720BE Mobo:Asus M4A79T-Deluxe Ram:Corsair XMS3 1600MHZ HDD: Seagate 250GIG 7200RPM GPU:ATI Sapphire 4870/Windows7 Ultimate x64 PSU:Corsair XT650/Case Antec 902

08-20-2008, 10:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
mikesrex Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 276	go through all the settings on the RAM and make sure they are set to auto. when bubblescivic had problems with clocking his, I found that the advanced timing settings for the RAM had some weird settings.

08-20-2008, 10:43 PM	#7 (permalink)
mikesrex Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 276	crazy, is there any way you could get pics of all the screens in the overclocking part of the bios?

08-21-2008, 01:55 AM	#9 (permalink)
zer0_c00l Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Louisville,Ky Age: 35 Posts: 1,181	pics up hope you guys can help __________________ Processor:Phenom II X4 720BE Mobo:Asus M4A79T-Deluxe Ram:Corsair XMS3 1600MHZ HDD: Seagate 250GIG 7200RPM GPU:ATI Sapphire 4870/Windows7 Ultimate x64 PSU:Corsair XT650/Case Antec 902

08-21-2008, 03:05 AM	#10 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Goffstown, NH Age: 21 Posts: 28,898	Maybe I'm confused, but when you raise the FSB say 5MHz, what happens? Does it not boot or does it not register the overclock? Try resetting the CMOS via the jumper, it worked on my X48 when the computer wouldn't boot when I changed the voltage. __________________ Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.1GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 960 300GB 10,000K RPM // 750GB Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 22605 www.photosbygeoff.com

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