Q9450 oc

So I ended up resetting my overclock since I'd get a BSOD during bootup every now and then. After resetting it, it stopped. So I was thinking maybe it wasn't getting enough power? I went in and changed the Memory to Unlinked, FSB to 1650 this time (3.3), and CPU Core to 1.25625, (since it was at 1.25 before). I booted up just fine, and went into BC2, and froze. Assuming it was an overclock problem and not the game, I just upped it one more, to 1.26250.


Does this all seem normal? What should the good voltage spot be?



Thanks.
 
g4m3rof1337 said:
So I ended up resetting my overclock since I'd get a BSOD during bootup every now and then. After resetting it, it stopped. So I was thinking maybe it wasn't getting enough power? I went in and changed the Memory to Unlinked, FSB to 1650 this time (3.3), and CPU Core to 1.25625, (since it was at 1.25 before). I booted up just fine, and went into BC2, and froze. Assuming it was an overclock problem and not the game, I just upped it one more, to 1.26250.


Does this all seem normal? What should the good voltage spot be?



Thanks.
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You probably need more cpu voltage, you should be stressing with LinX for at least 20 if not 50 passes, and keep upping the voltage until it doesnt fail. On a V8, you should be safe easily to 1.4 on the vcore, so i wouldnt worry too much there.
 
bomberboysk said:
You probably need more cpu voltage, you should be stressing with LinX for at least 20 if not 50 passes, and keep upping the voltage until it doesnt fail. On a V8, you should be safe easily to 1.4 on the vcore, so i wouldnt worry too much there.
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Alright, where should I begin testing? I already know three voltages that are too weak.


Thanks.
 
a safe point for me was always 1.35v. its not enough to start damaging the processor, but it will allow for good overclocks.
 
I tried 1.35 and it froze during boot up, so I upped it to 1.36something, and booted up just fine. Before I start stress testing, I'd like to know if I should change the other option too. It's set to Auto, but after I changed the voltage, next to Auto it showed 1.30v in red, so not sure if I should change it or not. I totally forgot what it's called, I can go check if needed.



Thanks.
 
g4m3rof1337 said:
i tried 1.35 and it froze during boot up, so i upped it to 1.36something, and booted up just fine. Before i start stress testing, i'd like to know if i should change the other option too. It's set to auto, but after i changed the voltage, next to auto it showed 1.30v in red, so not sure if i should change it or not. I totally forgot what it's called, i can go check if needed.



Thanks.
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vtt? Spp? Mcp?
 
The 1.35 setting I had it at was working fine until WoW froze about 2 hours in, so.. Not sure if it's related, guess I should run a stress test, though I want to know what to do about the FSB.



Thanks.
 
If you can, set the voltage to 1.38v and do some prime95. I'd let it run overnight or while you're at work or something.

If you do this make sure the BIOS option for shutting off the system once the CPU reaches 70c or another temperature (you can set it) and if prime95 bsods or fails, worst case scenario is seeing the windows logon screen when you get home :D
 
So I overclocked my processor, FSB - 1650 and CPU Core - 1.38v. These seem to be the most stable clocks. I also overclocked my GPUs to 700/1730/951. I am starting to experience problems though.. It's happened twice so far, while playing BC2, out of no where, the game will just freeze. Then it will blue screen. It says something about a clock interrupt was not received on a secondary processor. I ran Prime for a little and it was fine, I didn't test my GPUs though, but these clocks were stable in the past..


So I don't know what to do.. Should I reset my clocks at up the voltage once more?
 
How long did you let Prime run? And did you do smallFFT? smallfft is the most intensive to make sure your CPU is stable.

Are your ram clocks in check? Or do you have an unlinked option?
 
87dtna said:
How long did you let Prime run? And did you do smallFFT? smallfft is the most intensive to make sure your CPU is stable.

Are your ram clocks in check? Or do you have an unlinked option?
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I didn't run it for very long, like 10+ mins or so. I figured I'd test it some more with some games, and it's been doing just fine except for those 2 random times. And even before it happened, it was fine for a few days of gaming. And my ram is set to unlinked.
 
Did you just run blend though? If so, run smallFFT for 20 minutes and that will tell you the story if your CPU is stable for gaming or not.
 
I tested it on the setting that I think you had mentioned earlier in this thread. I think it was the top option. I'm going to up the voltage a little, and see what happens. Do you think I can up my FSB a little more as well?
 
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