Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 16 of 32

Thread: Q6600 Issues

  1. #1
    Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Posts
    104
    Thanks
    5
    Thanked
    1 time in 1 post
    • Forest's system
      • Motherboard:
      • XFX 680i
      • CPU:
      • Q6600
      • Memory:
      • DDR2 2GB OCZ SLI 1066MHZ
      • Storage:
      • Hitachi 300GB
      • Graphics card(s):
      • XFX Geforce 7800GT (overclocked) in SLI
      • PSU:
      • 700W Storm
      • Case:
      • Dominator C-90
      • Monitor(s):
      • SONY SDM-S76D_F
      • Internet:
      • Home Hub

    Q6600 Issues

    Hi

    I have recently purchased a Q6600 Processor, and after installing it, following instructions carefully i turned on my computer, all lights came on sounds started, but my mointer wont start. i check all connections from my mointer to graphics card and all are in , no bent pins, i then switch back to my old pentium D proccesor and computer works perfectly.......... im so counfused if any one could guide me would be so thankfull

    Forest

  2. #2
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Posts
    395
    Thanks
    2
    Thanked
    7 times in 7 posts
    • atmadden's system
      • Motherboard:
      • MSI P35 Neo2 FR
      • CPU:
      • QX9650@4.2ghz 420x10
      • Memory:
      • Crucial Ballisitix PC5300 C3@840 4 4 4 12
      • Storage:
      • Maxtor 250gb SATA
      • Graphics card(s):
      • MSI 8800GTS OC 512mb
      • PSU:
      • Corsair HX620

    Re: Q6600 Issues

    Are you clearing the cmos before installing cpu? Failing that can you test cpu in another machine?
    Core i7 860 @ 4ghz
    MSI P55 GD65 4gb Gskill Ripjaw 2xAsus 5770 1003/5600 Corsair HX620 psu http://trust.hexus.net/user_profile.php?user=10950

  3. #3
    Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Posts
    104
    Thanks
    5
    Thanked
    1 time in 1 post
    • Forest's system
      • Motherboard:
      • XFX 680i
      • CPU:
      • Q6600
      • Memory:
      • DDR2 2GB OCZ SLI 1066MHZ
      • Storage:
      • Hitachi 300GB
      • Graphics card(s):
      • XFX Geforce 7800GT (overclocked) in SLI
      • PSU:
      • 700W Storm
      • Case:
      • Dominator C-90
      • Monitor(s):
      • SONY SDM-S76D_F
      • Internet:
      • Home Hub

    Re: Q6600 Issues

    that would be it great thank you, prob a noobish fing to do but hey , ive just run cpu-z and its jumping from 1600.0 MHZ but the spec is 2.40. as u probably can tell im kind off new this game lol .... any help would be great. need sum enligthening

  4. #4
    Get in the van. Fraz's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2007
    Location
    Bristol
    Posts
    2,919
    Thanks
    284
    Thanked
    397 times in 231 posts
    • Fraz's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Gigabyte X58A-UD5
      • CPU:
      • Watercooled i7-980X @ 4.2 GHz
      • Memory:
      • 24GB Crucial DDR3-1333
      • Storage:
      • 240 GB Vertex2E + 2 TB of Disk
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Water-cooled Sapphire 7970 @ 1175/1625
      • PSU:
      • Enermax Modu87+
      • Case:
      • Corsair 700D
      • Operating System:
      • Linux Mint 12 / Windows 7
      • Monitor(s):
      • Dell 30" 3008WFP and two Dell 24" 2412M
      • Internet:
      • Virgin Media 60 Mbps

    Re: Q6600 Issues

    Power saving. Don't worry about it.

  5. #5
    Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Posts
    104
    Thanks
    5
    Thanked
    1 time in 1 post
    • Forest's system
      • Motherboard:
      • XFX 680i
      • CPU:
      • Q6600
      • Memory:
      • DDR2 2GB OCZ SLI 1066MHZ
      • Storage:
      • Hitachi 300GB
      • Graphics card(s):
      • XFX Geforce 7800GT (overclocked) in SLI
      • PSU:
      • 700W Storm
      • Case:
      • Dominator C-90
      • Monitor(s):
      • SONY SDM-S76D_F
      • Internet:
      • Home Hub

    Re: Q6600 Issues

    kk as long as its normal was a wee bit scared gonna go attempt overclocking lol 1st time, ive read sum guides ....... sum made sense lol....... just gona go for it and try nt blow up my computer lool

    i see, Fraz u got the Q6600 any tips on overclocking it ?

    forest

  6. #6
    No-one's Fanboi Thorsson's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Location
    Neverneverland
    Posts
    2,750
    Thanks
    47
    Thanked
    93 times in 92 posts
    • Thorsson's system
      • Motherboard:
      • ASUS P8Z77-V PRO
      • CPU:
      • i5 3570k
      • Memory:
      • 2x8Gb Corsair Vengeance PC1866
      • Storage:
      • 256M4 SSD; 2Tb 7200RPM Barracuda; 2Tb Linkstation
      • Graphics card(s):
      • EVGA GTX970 SC
      • PSU:
      • Corsair HX650
      • Case:
      • Antec 300
      • Operating System:
      • Win10 64
      • Monitor(s):
      • Dell 2515H
      • Internet:
      • Fibre Optic 30Mb

    Re: Q6600 Issues

    Read Clunk.

  7. #7
    Get in the van. Fraz's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2007
    Location
    Bristol
    Posts
    2,919
    Thanks
    284
    Thanked
    397 times in 231 posts
    • Fraz's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Gigabyte X58A-UD5
      • CPU:
      • Watercooled i7-980X @ 4.2 GHz
      • Memory:
      • 24GB Crucial DDR3-1333
      • Storage:
      • 240 GB Vertex2E + 2 TB of Disk
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Water-cooled Sapphire 7970 @ 1175/1625
      • PSU:
      • Enermax Modu87+
      • Case:
      • Corsair 700D
      • Operating System:
      • Linux Mint 12 / Windows 7
      • Monitor(s):
      • Dell 30" 3008WFP and two Dell 24" 2412M
      • Internet:
      • Virgin Media 60 Mbps

    Re: Q6600 Issues

    Quote Originally Posted by Thorsson View Post
    Read Clunk.
    i.e. this.

  8. #8
    Ultra-Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    Monton, Greater Manchester
    Posts
    250
    Thanks
    5
    Thanked
    9 times in 9 posts
    • sjbuck's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Abit X38 Quad GT with watercooled VRMs
      • CPU:
      • E6600 @ 3.6Ghz
      • Memory:
      • 4GB Corsair 4-4-4-12
      • Storage:
      • RAID0 - 2x OCZ Solids, 1 x 74GB Raptor, 2x2x400GB Samsung, 1.5TB Synology 207+
      • Graphics card(s):
      • XFX GTX295 :)
      • PSU:
      • Hyper 880W PSU,(Was 480Watt Tagan (Powering ALL this!))
      • Case:
      • Silverstone Full Case with 'Loft cooled' External Koolance Exos 2 Water Cooling
      • Operating System:
      • XP/V64/2008
      • Monitor(s):
      • Dell 30"
      • Internet:
      • Be 24Mbps (15Mbps/2Mbps in reality)

    Re: Q6600 Issues

    Just crank the FSB up so your CPU is at about 3.2Ghz, you may need to increase voltage slightly 1.3v or so, should have any difficulty at that. easy peasy.

  9. #9
    Get in the van. Fraz's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2007
    Location
    Bristol
    Posts
    2,919
    Thanks
    284
    Thanked
    397 times in 231 posts
    • Fraz's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Gigabyte X58A-UD5
      • CPU:
      • Watercooled i7-980X @ 4.2 GHz
      • Memory:
      • 24GB Crucial DDR3-1333
      • Storage:
      • 240 GB Vertex2E + 2 TB of Disk
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Water-cooled Sapphire 7970 @ 1175/1625
      • PSU:
      • Enermax Modu87+
      • Case:
      • Corsair 700D
      • Operating System:
      • Linux Mint 12 / Windows 7
      • Monitor(s):
      • Dell 30" 3008WFP and two Dell 24" 2412M
      • Internet:
      • Virgin Media 60 Mbps

    Re: Q6600 Issues

    Quote Originally Posted by sjbuck View Post
    Just crank the FSB up so your CPU is at about 3.2Ghz, you may need to increase voltage slightly 1.3v or so, should have any difficulty at that. easy peasy.
    It's not that simple... the OP should read Clunks guide.

  10. #10
    Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2005
    Posts
    89
    Thanks
    25
    Thanked
    0 times in 0 posts
    • R0xy0urs0x's system
      • Motherboard:
      • x38 Asus Maximus Formula
      • CPU:
      • Q6600 SLACR g0 @ 4.03ghzs
      • Memory:
      • 4gb DDR2 PC 8000 @ 5-5-5-15 1066mhzs
      • Storage:
      • 2x36gb Raptors Raid 0, 1x200gb, 2x500gb IBM Raid 0
      • Graphics card(s):
      • x1900xtx @ 700mhzs GPU, 800mhzs Memory
      • PSU:
      • Antec 1000w Quatro
      • Case:
      • Modded Coolmaster Stacker
      • Monitor(s):
      • Asus MW221u with firmware mod
      • Internet:
      • Hallnet (10mb Up and Down)

    Re: Q6600 Issues

    Quote Originally Posted by Forest View Post
    that would be it great thank you, prob a noobish fing to do but hey , ive just run cpu-z and its jumping from 1600.0 MHZ but the spec is 2.40. as u probably can tell im kind off new this game lol .... any help would be great. need sum enligthening
    That sounds like you have your multplier at 7 or 8x rather than the normal 9, change it in the bios usually under "CPU Ratio or CPU Multiplier"

    As with overclocking, you want to try and raise FSB while keeping an eye on your DDR2 frequency, increments of 2-3mhzs fsb per restart and check stability with 4 instances of prime 95 then 3dmark 06 it. Once you've reached your limit on that start overvolting cpu core.

  11. #11
    Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Posts
    104
    Thanks
    5
    Thanked
    1 time in 1 post
    • Forest's system
      • Motherboard:
      • XFX 680i
      • CPU:
      • Q6600
      • Memory:
      • DDR2 2GB OCZ SLI 1066MHZ
      • Storage:
      • Hitachi 300GB
      • Graphics card(s):
      • XFX Geforce 7800GT (overclocked) in SLI
      • PSU:
      • 700W Storm
      • Case:
      • Dominator C-90
      • Monitor(s):
      • SONY SDM-S76D_F
      • Internet:
      • Home Hub

    Re: Q6600 Issues

    ive had a look at the guides, which make sense but when i go onto my bios .... xfx (680i) ... its alien to the guide the wording aint even similar...... the fsb and cpu freq are greyed out and un changable..... :S im lost

  12. #12
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2006
    Posts
    748
    Thanks
    14
    Thanked
    25 times in 25 posts
    • DratUK's system
      • Motherboard:
      • ASUS P877-V Pro
      • CPU:
      • I5 3570K with Antec Kuhler 920
      • Memory:
      • 8Gb Corsair Vengance
      • Storage:
      • 120Gb OCZ Vertex 2 Sandforce, 1TB WD
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Palit Jetstream 670
      • PSU:
      • Enermax 720
      • Case:
      • Lian Li A10B
      • Operating System:
      • Win 7 64
      • Monitor(s):
      • Dell 24" 1900x1200
      • Internet:
      • VM 100

    Re: Q6600 Issues

    Have a look at Nvidia's own overclocking guide.
    The Intel set up is somewhat different, but this should help you.
    Official NVIDIA 680i Overclocking Guide - VR-Zone IT & Lifestyle Forum!

    Click on the Nvidia link in the first post.
    Space in my skull

  13. #13
    Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Posts
    104
    Thanks
    5
    Thanked
    1 time in 1 post
    • Forest's system
      • Motherboard:
      • XFX 680i
      • CPU:
      • Q6600
      • Memory:
      • DDR2 2GB OCZ SLI 1066MHZ
      • Storage:
      • Hitachi 300GB
      • Graphics card(s):
      • XFX Geforce 7800GT (overclocked) in SLI
      • PSU:
      • 700W Storm
      • Case:
      • Dominator C-90
      • Monitor(s):
      • SONY SDM-S76D_F
      • Internet:
      • Home Hub

    Re: Q6600 Issues

    hey right ive looked at the guides and given it ago....

    i disbaled all the jazz which needed to be, i played with it and go to the point were ive hit a wall trying to up the fsb.

    FSB=1276
    Memory= 700

    so i thought ok thats fine, this is where i need the added volts, to give me a bit more power. so my default is:


    core=1.21
    fsb= 1.4
    memory = 1.800
    ssp = 1.40
    MCP= 1.500

    so i start to increase the core, i increae it in stages, 1.225... then my fsb i move it from 1276 along to 1278 the system restarts, ok needs more power, i keep going up, nothing happening, i change the fsb to 1.5 beacuse nothings happening, i then start to change the memory setting, still nothing, so i say what the heck, and put them all up high

    core=1.46
    FSB= 1.5
    memory =2.000 and then to 2.250

    nothing still wont go up 2 fsb and the system restarts every time i go into windows, i get a brief second of the desktop then restart. ive maged to get :
    2871 MHZ= 2.8ghz......... i would like to get into the 3 ghz area.... can any 1 show me what im doing wrong or what im not doing thanks

    Forest

  14. #14
    Senior Citizen.
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Location
    isle of wight
    Posts
    678
    Thanks
    8
    Thanked
    21 times in 14 posts
    • daza's system
      • Motherboard:
      • DFI P35 (the green one)
      • CPU:
      • X3210 @ 3.6ghz 1.38v
      • Memory:
      • OCZ Sli PC8500 @ 1050 mhz
      • Storage:
      • 6x 160gb hitachi Deskstars.
      • Graphics card(s):
      • 8800GTS (640mb) @ 630/2000
      • PSU:
      • 750w Corsair PSU
      • Case:
      • Lian LI V2000
      • Monitor(s):
      • 2x 19" daewoo @ 1440x900
      • Internet:
      • 8meg BT.

    Re: Q6600 Issues

    You could also look at my simple guide which can be found here. http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-hardwa...6k-killer.html

  15. #15
    Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Posts
    104
    Thanks
    5
    Thanked
    1 time in 1 post
    • Forest's system
      • Motherboard:
      • XFX 680i
      • CPU:
      • Q6600
      • Memory:
      • DDR2 2GB OCZ SLI 1066MHZ
      • Storage:
      • Hitachi 300GB
      • Graphics card(s):
      • XFX Geforce 7800GT (overclocked) in SLI
      • PSU:
      • 700W Storm
      • Case:
      • Dominator C-90
      • Monitor(s):
      • SONY SDM-S76D_F
      • Internet:
      • Home Hub

    Re: Q6600 Issues

    tried your guide, no good set set the values u said, started windows and came up with a blue screen and had to restart, i am using an XFX 680i , maybe thats the problem, xfx 680i cnt OC well,...... can any 1 give me any tips on how to get from my 2.8 too 3, beacuse everything im chaging isnt effecting my stystem, and i just start it and it crashes.....

  16. #16
    No-one's Fanboi Thorsson's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Location
    Neverneverland
    Posts
    2,750
    Thanks
    47
    Thanked
    93 times in 92 posts
    • Thorsson's system
      • Motherboard:
      • ASUS P8Z77-V PRO
      • CPU:
      • i5 3570k
      • Memory:
      • 2x8Gb Corsair Vengeance PC1866
      • Storage:
      • 256M4 SSD; 2Tb 7200RPM Barracuda; 2Tb Linkstation
      • Graphics card(s):
      • EVGA GTX970 SC
      • PSU:
      • Corsair HX650
      • Case:
      • Antec 300
      • Operating System:
      • Win10 64
      • Monitor(s):
      • Dell 2515H
      • Internet:
      • Fibre Optic 30Mb

    Re: Q6600 Issues

    680s don't OC as well as P35. XFX are not a top-tier or even a medium tier manufacturer. You just may not ne able to OC very well with that board.

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads

  1. Q6600 System Advice, Opinions etc
    By alexkoon in forum PC Hardware and Components
    Replies: 13
    Last Post: 01-09-2007, 09:12 PM
  2. Get 3 issues of Men's Fitness for just £1
    By 0iD in forum Retail Therapy and Bargains
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 03-11-2006, 06:00 PM
  3. Shuttle ST61G4 - Stability Issues.
    By DJWillis in forum PC Hardware and Components
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 23-01-2005, 07:56 PM
  4. Wanted - Custom PC back issues
    By sirelmo in forum Retail Therapy and Bargains
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 28-07-2004, 08:30 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •