Overclocking problem

[foxdie]

i fixed the problem by the way.

 

 

Well.. what was the fix.. and cause!?

 

Not sure on the cause.

 

I basically took the thing apart. Remvoed the cmos battery. Checked at the power connections. re-applied the thermal paste on CPU. Gave it good clean. Otherwise i didn't actually do anything.

 

When booted, i set the clocks striaght back to the old ones. Oh, and i manually set the voltage this time, instead of leaving it on auto, also gave the Northbridge +0.2v too to hopefully compensate for the 50% increase in FSB. And my memory is rated at 2.3v, so had to give that plus 0.4v to get the timings.

 

Its running a little hotter than i'd want... but within safe levels.

[Stu]

Those 65nm chips run too hot for me

 

This is where my Q9300 sits:

 

http://i42.tinypic.com/2e15f1k.jpg

[Simonez]

was goin to say reapply thermal grease and resit the Heatsink,

 

what thermal stuff you use? i used AC5 and mx2 paste depending which is nearer

 

and my Q6600 idles around 19-20 and doesnt go above 40 at full whack, at stock speeds

 

gets even lower with the old Aircon on!

 

glad ya sorted it paul!