Help: Q6600 Stuck at 3Ghz?

[EarlGrey]

Why not take the memory out of the equation. Change the memory divider so it is running in the region of 667MHz. Then when you push the chip, if it fails you know its the chip. just because the memory is supposed to run at 800MHz you can't assume that it's not what is causing the problem.

How are you measuring the temps too, coretemp is best.

[s_kinton]

Why not take the memory out of the equation. Change the memory divider so it is running in the region of 667MHz. Then when you push the chip, if it fails you know its the chip. just because the memory is supposed to run at 800MHz you can't assume that it's not what is causing the problem.

How are you measuring the temps too, coretemp is best.

I ran the memory on a divider and got it up to 820mhz at 1.8v and then stopped, so I know its not the memory holding me back as I cant get anywhere near that running 1:1.

I've been using a few programs to measure temperature, but mainly coretemp. The chips idles at around 33c and loads at 45c.

I've just got my hands on a lapped QX6700 so I'm going to give that a try and see what happens. Its got a unlocked multi, so I should be able to get a good clock even if the board doesnt like a high fsb, as I can just up the cpu multi.