simply cannot overclock.

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linkin

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Okay, this has me stumped. I decided "screw warranty, i want better performance" so i went trying to overclock my cpu in the bios. i set the new FSB (QDR for my board) hit F10 to save, and it boots with the original settings.

I'm using the latest BIOS, revision 1406. I could overclock my E4500 but not this E6300.

FYI: there are 2 different E6300 processors. an older, Core 2 Duo, 65nm, 1.86ghz one, and the newer Pentium Dual Core, 45nm, 2.8ghz one.

The newer one was only released half way through last year so don't be surprised if you haven't heard about it. Also blame intel for their stupid naming process :rolleyes:
 
Why do you hit F10 to save? Thats weird, I never had to do that in any bios, you just select exit and save changes.

How much did you increase FSB?

IIRC, I could get 3.4ghz easily on stock voltage, and I got up to I think 3.8ghz with an E6300.
 
yeah, you can hit f10 and it says save and exit, or navigate to save and exit. no matter how i choose to OC (manual, auto and ai overclock) it just reverts to stock settings. fiddling with the fsb:dram ratio does nothing either, nor does linked or uninked mode.
 
wait, i got it! had to fiddle with cpu voltage and the ratio. i set the FSB to 1333mhz, on stock voltage, that's 3.5ghz already. hasn't crashed yet, i guess i will download prime95 again!.

I had a good setup with my E4500, i could keep the ram at stock clocks and up the fsb on the cpu without a problem. that's why unlinked mode is good, but it appears not to work with this cpu. hence the resetting.
 
Well I've never owned that motherboard so I had no idea how it works. Not a big fan of Asus' bios layouts.

To be prime stable you *may* have to add just a slight amount of voltage, but probably not much.
 
well i'm at 3.8ghz now, 1.38v... i would like to go 1.35v but there's no option for that, and anything under that, the first worker in prime95 will die after ~45 minutes. no bluescreens yet :)

Tried going to 4ghz at 1.4v, not stable. i don't want to go over 1.4v either, because of temps and because 45nm can't handle as much voltage as 65nm or higher.
 
I own that Mobo and i signed up here just because i am buying a e6300 2.8ghz 1066fsb off cl right now, i also have the p5ne-sli so i cnt wait to oc it, my older cpu e5200 was holding back my graphics and ram and FSB.......i heard u can get these new e6300's up to 4ghz easly. always trial and error, change the FSB speed slowly until it gives an error, or somthign else, then give it eather more vcore or nb core, try one at a time.. iv had my 45nm close to 1.49 idle volt and 1.39 load temp (linx). so i am wondering how the e6300 will perfom,
Also i have a 40mm fan installed on my Northbridge iv pumped .156 though it at 1333 before on a non stable run on my old CPU, (bad fsb holes) temps are only 30 idle and 40-42 c load.
Alos today i reseted my pny 9800gtx with new thermal paste and got all the dust chunks out. a good way to clean it is with a leaf blower!!!
 
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87dtna said:
Why do you hit F10 to save? Thats weird, I never had to do that in any bios, you just select exit and save changes.
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Maybe you should look at your BIOS again.

Every BIOS I've seen has "F10 to Save" which prompts you to "Save and Exit?".

Your BIOS actually states "F10 to Save and Exit".

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87dtna said:
Maybe you need a V8 :eek:
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maybe you need to grow up?

eminded said:
I own that Mobo and i signed up here just because i am buying a e6300 2.8ghz 1066fsb off cl right now, i also have the p5ne-sli so i cnt wait to oc it, my older cpu e5200 was holding back my graphics and ram and FSB.......i heard u can get these new e6300's up to 4ghz easly. always trial and error, change the FSB speed slowly until it gives an error, or somthign else, then give it eather more vcore or nb core, try one at a time.. iv had my 45nm close to 1.49 idle volt and 1.39 load temp (linx). so i am wondering how the e6300 will perfom,
Also i have a 40mm fan installed on my Northbridge iv pumped .156 though it at 1333 before on a non stable run on my old CPU, (bad fsb holes) temps are only 30 idle and 40-42 c load.
Alos today i reseted my pny 9800gtx with new thermal paste and got all the dust chunks out. a good way to clean it is with a leaf blower!!!
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All chips are different. It may hit 4GHz+, it may only be able to reach 3.6GHz, it may not even get that high, can't say, lots of factors come in, your CPU, memory, motherboard, all have influence on the end result.

And I don't much agree with the leaf blower idea to get rid of dust for the same reason as not using a hoover, it causes static, enough to fry the card. Nothing beats a good ol' can of compressed air :)
 
there's nothing wrong with a v8 and i'd like to own one, but they are a bit overrated and expensive i think. i guess i wil search ebay for a used one ;)
 
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