TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

[DarkEgo]

Crutial Values, clocked up to 1600 mhz cl6 1.5v on a dif board (UD3r) with my old CO.

 

[Fitseries3]

when OCing i7s...

leave memory settings on auto.

DO drop the memory multi to keep ram between 1100mhz and 1700mhz though

once you find your cpu clock then mess with ram timings.

 

[DarkEgo]

If i leave my mem volts on auto how do I know what to make my VTT?

 

[Fitseries3]

vmem shuold be set to 1.65 - 1.71

vtt between 1.2v - 1.25v

 

[DarkEgo]

I had these settings:
200 BLK
21 Multi
Mem auto
Cpu vcore 1.4
vtt 1.24
dram 1.68
Still failed to boot, I got the message saying my overclock wasnt stable and it has been reverted to stock.

 

[Fitseries3]

try 1.225 vtt
1.71v dram

 

[DarkEgo]

1.22 vtt and 1.72 Dram, still failed. It would turn on run for a few seconds with nothing on the screen, turn off. Then when it turned back on I got the not stable message.

 

[DarkEgo]

Just tryed 1.26 VTT and it turned on, came up with "Verifying DMI Pool Data.............." and it just stays on that screen.

 

[Fitseries3]

you have something thats dying.

 

[DarkEgo]

Any idea what? On stock it goes through linpack just fine. I also ran gputool at the same time, so I think that rules out most things.

 

[Fitseries3]

try switching your ram sticks around.

 

[DarkEgo]

I have them in the white slots right now, should they be in the blue? Or should I just switch there positions.

 

[Fitseries3]

switch them around. the board wont post unless they are in those slots

 

[Chicken Patty]

3849a860

very close to mine, although batches to me mean s**t, but if its by batches I can do 4.5 Ghz benchable at 1.350v. My batch # is 3849A866

384xA's are supposed to be GREAT clockers. Weird.

Are you sure you're not limited by your RAM?

Dark, what RAM divider are you running, can you get us a shot of CPUz, and CPuz Memory tab? Thanks.

 

[DarkEgo]

Ok I switched the ram arround I cleared the cmos and the only things i changed was:
set BLK to 200
set cpu volts to 1.4
set vtt to 2.4
set vram 1.7
it took me to a windows error recovery screen and wouldnt let me pick any options. Then it came to a screen that looks like when you are to the graphical part of installing windows that has a window in it that says "startup repair" and it has a progress bar and under that it says "Attempting rapairs...".

 

[Fitseries3]

"start normally"

vtt is WAY to high. 2.4v would cause the cpu to explode

 

[DarkEgo]

I ment 1.6, and i still cant get into windows. When i try I dont get any graphical display and 3 lights keep blinking on my video card.

 

[Chicken Patty]

hmmmm, dude something does not sound right. I think fit is right when he said something is dying. Would you have any other CPU to test or board?

 

[Fitseries3]

sounds like gpu

 

[DarkEgo]

GPU goes through GPUtool just fine at stock. I don't have another board or CPU CP

There is my CPUz at stock.
I think I may just have the worst i7 in history.

 

[Chicken Patty]

dark, did you try to lower the mem divider to 2:6 from 2:8? This might help tremendously, howerver the lights on the GPU turning on raises a concern. Try a lower ram divider for now dude, let us know. It's hard to have RAM running with that divider at high clocks.

 

[DarkEgo]

I had all of the RAM settings on auto. I'll manually set the devider tho.

 

[Chicken Patty]

I had all of the RAM settings on auto. I'll manually set the devider tho.

yeah, set the divider, my first time trying to clock an i7 I had the same issue, I dropped the divider, and bam! on my way upwards of 4ghz

 

[DarkEgo]

Droping the devider didn't help. I think my ram is the problem though, because I am trying to overclock just that now with no luck.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Droping the devider didn't help. I think my ram is the problem though, because I am trying to overclock just that now with no luck.

try running memtest, should error if that was the case.