The Conroe Overclocking Thread

[spazman]

Had mine at 3.25 but it wasnt stable, i have a feeling is the ram setting's but seeing as i still havent managed to get it to load the 'secret' page i cant get it any higher. Had it at 3 stable as a rock though. Link to screenie here.

Edit: My DS3 would only overclock on latest F3 bios all other version would result in a system crash.

[ExceededGoku]

ctrl+f1 does the secret page lol, I know for certain since my friend owns teh DS3, my DQ6 is here just waiting on my RAM still

[PanzerKnight]

all my stuff is at my girl's place, doesnt arrive till tomorrow

[Clunk]

ok my gigabyte DS4 board wont post at anything other than stock, any thoughts?

here you go mate

you lucky sods.

[Steve B]

heh clunk, ive just spend the better part of an hour reading over that thread, and trying to get things sorted. unfortunately, ive not got my pci graphics card to hand, therefore wont be able to sort it out until tomorrow. Ill also post some pics of the setup then too

over and out...

[spazman]

I realise it should be ctrl-f1 however mine refuses to do it i tried from every damn screen in the bios too.

[Steve B]

what bios are u on spazman?

[spazman]

F3 BIOS latest version. I've even tried different keyboards. When i try the screen will sort of flash then just go back to the main screen

[Steve B]

lol F3 BIOS moves the memory tweaks to the MB Intelligent Tweaker

[kempez]

Mine:

Max Stable OC 3.6GHz (400 x 9)



http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=111144



What I may run it t 24/7 is 3.375GHz (375 x 9)





http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=111180

Not bad

[Steve B]

curse nvidia and gigabyte

[charleski]

The Intel D975xbx isn't any better. When I first set up my system I had huge problems because the BIOS had got stuck in configure mode. Luckily leaving the battery out overnight fixed this, though I've heard from several other people who had the same problem with this MB.

Now that it's working I find that I'm stuck with a maximum 30% overclock, because my board is one of the new ones and has the IDT clock chip. I'm beginning to wish I went with the Asus, despite the problems I've had with their boards in the past.

[Max Tractor]

What does the idt clock chip do, does it limit the oc?

thanks

[spazman]

lol F3 BIOS moves the memory tweaks to the MB Intelligent Tweaker

Haha thats why it isnt working

[charleski]

What does the idt clock chip do, does it limit the oc?

thanks

It looks like it. Older D975xbxs had a clock chip made by ICS, would allow a 1333 fsb strap and go up to 50%. All the stuff I've read from people with an IDT say it can't go over 30%. Here's the original post by coolaler, who first noticed it, with pics.

[Edit]I've just discovered that SysTool allows pushing the FSB up above 30% on Bad Axe boards with the IDT clockgen. I got an FSB of 380Mhz (43% OC) with Vcore at 1.488 (measured in BIOS). Even with watercooling I have problems with CPU temp, so I'll be sticking at 30% with a much lower Vcore until I sort out the temps.

[Steve B]

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