Gigabyte GA-EP45-EXTREME Living Review

[supershanks]

Have you tried manually setting rRD ?? depending on fsb you might need to use 10 . What bios are you using ?? F6H is better
Try 3.20B at stock fsb, start with tRD at 8 or 9 first and see how that goes , what voltages are you using ? for your ram & MCH ??

Thanks for posting specs

[Ace-a-Rue]

Originally Posted by terrornoize

Hi, i'm new user from italy!

I always have the same problem, ram (2*2Gb Corsair Dominator PC8500) do not succeed be either with the default frequencies just overclock cpu (qx9650) over 3000mhz. The last bios (f6h) does not improve the situation, he sets out for 1080 but the system is unstable under prime95 mt...

some advice?

Ps: sorry for my bad english...

a quad is difficult to overclock NOT like an E8400 or E8500...just think about it...dual L2 which has to talk to system memory...there is a very delicate balance to maintain.

[terrornoize]

Originally Posted by supershanks

Have you tried manually setting rRD ?? depending on fsb you might need to use 10 .

Yes, i tried to "relax" all timings without results...

What bios are you using ?? F6H is better
Try 3.20B at stock fsb, start with tRD at 8 or 9 first and see how that goes ,

I am using the last bios (f6h), but the system is even more unstable, seen that the processor does not hold more the frequencies of before with the same voltages... I have gone back to the old bios "stable" (f6a)

what voltages are you using ? for your ram & MCH ??

1.34 mch, 0.90 e 1.05 mch:ram

Ram @ 2.20v, 1.10v x channel


(I do not remember why I am in the office )

Thanks for posting specs

Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue

a quad is difficult to overclock NOT like an E8400 or E8500...just think about it...dual L2 which has to talk to system memory...there is a very delicate balance to maintain.

I have noticed!

[supershanks]

Best thing, when you get home, is probably is for you to copy the info from this postBios Template into a new post and enter your current settings. We'll be able to check all your settings then.

[eva2000]

SS, question have you found the DMM measure points for this board yet ? vcore, fsb, nb, sb, gtl cpu 1/2 and NB gtl volts ??

[supershanks]

SS, question have you found the DMM measure points for this board yet ? vcore, fsb, nb, sb, gtl cpu 1/2 and NB gtl volts ??

No not had the mm out on it. sorry

[Ace-a-Rue]

smart man...hehe

[supershanks]

smart man...hehe

Yes that did crtoss my mind

[eva2000]

Just testing E8600 Q820A599 **0464

[supershanks]

Hell Eva can't get over those temps
Looking good. Sold a bit of kit so have I kept the £ for nehalem , no chance E8600 should be here next week I sulked & told the wife all my mates are getting them

Talking about

DMM measure points for this board yet ?

just remembered
T.M's voltages although it is the T version of the Extreme