Multiplier change not taking hold

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garyknowz1

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Hey folks!

I am trying to OC my PC; however, the multiplier setting doesn’t seem to be taking hold, even though when I check the BIOS, is says 9x. I’ve tried it three times now, and my system monitors (nvidia System monitor and CPU-Z) continue to tell show 6x. PC specs are in my profile.

This is frustrating as I should be at 3.3GHz but instead am barely surpassing 2.1GHz on a fairly decent machine. Any thoughts?

Thanks.
Gary K.
 
Sorry, I guess my signiture was not set to display.

Intel Q6600 Core 2 Quad
nForce 780i SLI mobo
x2 GeForce 8800 GTS 512mb GPUs
x2 Seagate 500gb SATA HDDs
4gb Corsair 6400C5DHX RAM
Koolance Exos2 750 Cooler
Asus DRW-1814BLT
Lite-on DVD-RW OEM

Not sure what you mean by BIOS model...it the Phoenix BIOS that comes with nForce 780i if that's what you mean?
 
The Q6600 has a 9x multiplier locked in from the factory. SpeedStep will lower it to 6x when 9X is not needed. If you are checking the multiplier with CPUZ while there is no load on the cpu, it will show as 6x. Put a load on the CPU and it will jump to 9X. Also, you cannot raise the multiplier on the Q6600. To overclock, you have to raise the FSB. You are looking at:
266FSB X9 = 2.4GHz (which is the stock Q6600 clock)
300FSB X9 = 2.7GHz
400FSB X9 = 3.6GHz
 
Mtag said:
The Q6600 has a 9x multiplier locked in from the factory. SpeedStep will lower it to 6x when 9X is not needed. If you are checking the multiplier with CPUZ while there is no load on the cpu, it will show as 6x. Put a load on the CPU and it will jump to 9X. Also, you cannot raise the multiplier on the Q6600. To overclock, you have to raise the FSB. You are looking at:
266FSB X9 = 2.4GHz (which is the stock Q6600 clock)
300FSB X9 = 2.7GHz
400FSB X9 = 3.6GHz
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What about if he just turned of speedstep?
 
Ambushed said:
What about if he just turned of speedstep?
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That certainly will do the job. I have talked with numerous ppl who have done that. However, I cannot see an advantage of doing it. SpeedStep only lowers the multiplier when the CPU does not need it. If you ask for more gas, SpeedStep will give it to you. Seems to me that doing that would be comparable to sitting at a stoplight with your car in neutral and pushing on the gas pedal.
 
I checked the BIOS and Speedstop was already disabled. However, I noticed that the CE1 WAS still enabled. I disabled it, and now I’m getting the 9X multiplier.

So, what should I do? Should I re-enable speedstop and keep CE1 disabled; re-enable both; or leave the both disabled. This is my first time OCing so I’m not quite sure how best to approach this.

Thanks!
 
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