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umm you need to put them into the YELLOW slots. the p5q pro user manual says:

When using two sticks of DDR2 RAM, use the yellow DIMM slots for optimal DDR2 Dual Channel Operation, and for better overclocking results.

quote from my user manual. ;)
 

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AI Overclock tuner: Manual
CPU Ratio Setting: 09.5
FSB Strap to North Bridge: AUTO
FSB Frequency: 430
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-861
DRAM Timing Control: Manual

1st Information :

CAS# Latency: 5 DRAM CLOCKS
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5 DRAM CLOCKS
DRAM RAS# Precharge: 5 DRAM CLOCKS
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: 15 DRAM CLOCKS
RAS# to RAS# Delay : AUTO
Row Refresh Cycle Time: AUTO
Write Recovery Time: AUTO
Read to Precharge Time: AUTO

2nd Information :

READ to WRITE Delay (S/D): AUTO
Write to Read Delay (S): AUTO
WRITE to READ Delay (D): AUTO
READ to READ Delay (S): AUTO
READ to READ Delay (D): AUTO
WRITE to WRITE Delay (S): AUTO
WRITE to WRITE Delay (D): AUTO

3rd Information :

WRITE to PRE Delay: AUTO
READ to PRE Delay: AUTO
PRE to PRE Delay: AUTO
ALL PRE to ACT Delay: AUTO
ALL PRE to REF Delay: AUTO
DRAM Static Read Control: AUTO
DRAM Read Training: AUTO
MEM. OC Charger: Enabled
AI Clock Twister: AUTO
AI Transaction Booster: AUTO

CPU Voltage: 1.36250
CPU GTL Reference: AUTO
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.50
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.70
DRAM Voltage: 2.10
NB Voltage: 1.26
SB Voltage: 1.20
PCIE SATA Voltage:

Load Line Calibration: Enabled
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
CPU Clock Skew : Auto
NB Clock Skew : Auto
CPU Margin Enhancement: Optimized

Having 2 systems really makes this faster to type:rockout:

This is my current stable system, though I prefer using 500x8. Any ideas on what to edit?
 
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umm you need to put them into the YELLOW slots. the p5q pro user manual says:



quote from my user manual. ;)

:eek: OOPS, never bothered to read the memory section :banghead:
 

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As I was fiddling with the bios (as always) I tried my hand at cpu clock skews, increasing it as an attempt at stability. Well at 100ps, 450x9.5, 1.36250V, I managed to get windows to post....until it blue screened seconds later. There are bunches of options (see above), but which one will help stability?
 
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Benchmark Scores They're pretty good, nothing crazy.
NB voltage needs a bump

FSB Termination is pretty high for that chip... 1.2 - 1.3 should be enough for that chip.
 

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Did you lower your ram speed yet?
 

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Benchmark Scores I overclocked, that's achievement enough :D beat crysis.
Tried that up to 1.4V (utmost limit on NB without active cooler), but nothing.

I have brought ram speeds down to 443, still failed :/

Would anyone kindly share their opinions on changing CPU GTL? Min->Max on asus boards: 0.61, 0.63, 0.65
 
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disabled load line calibration yet?
try different GTL calibrations...

just FYI intel rates maximum FSB term at around 1.3-1.4 on 45nm anything more can damage the chip.
 

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Benchmark Scores I overclocked, that's achievement enough :D beat crysis.
LLC is still enabled...I'll try disabling then phanbuey.

Still can't post to desktop, seems LLC isn't the case
 

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disabled load line calibration yet?
try different GTL calibrations...

just FYI intel rates maximum FSB term at around 1.3-1.4 on 45nm anything more can damage the chip.

Don't worry about FSB termination Volts, it's at 1.26.

I'll try out 0.61 for gtl, in a moment; there is a warning saying too much gtl voltage can damage hardware, but then again so can overclocking:eek:

at 0.61 GTL and 1.36V, I got to post screen, but it froze..

Increased GTL to 0.63 and then 0.65. Not even post screen

How exactly does GTL work?
 
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Huh....with 0.61 GTL and 1.38V in bios, I can post onto desktop and load cpu-z (says 1.36V idle)

With GTL auto and the same vcore, I crashed from desktop in a matter of seconds.

Gonna stress, fail, and increase GTL...

1 second after infinite occt testing...not blue but black crash. Changing GTL doesn't make a difference. Strange...
 
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Dont go over 1.3v without active cooling on the NB, it WILL get very toasty. P45 chipsets do NOT need huge amounts of NB voltage for high FSB. I would notch your SB voltage to 1.2v, RAM to 2.2v. Icreasing your FSB termination to 1.3v may help too. download memtest to see where your memory gets errors. Sounds like your memory aint very good at clocking to me.
 

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Dont go over 1.3v without active cooling on the NB, it WILL get very toasty. P45 chipsets do NOT need huge amounts of NB voltage for high FSB. I would notch your SB voltage to 1.2v, RAM to 2.2v. Icreasing your FSB termination to 1.3v may help too. download memtest to see where your memory gets errors. Sounds like your memory aint very good at clocking to me.

:eek:... you made the bios i use!

Aside from the shock, would a downlclock/overclock in memory be required for proper testing?
 

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Yes, yes I did :D

If your aiming to find max CPU clock, reduce memory speeds as much as you can.
 

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Benchmark Scores I overclocked, that's achievement enough :D beat crysis.
Currently running memtest86+ with 500 FSB, going to run 266 FSB afterwards.

EDIT: 66% passed and no errors so far...should I just skip 500 FSB testing and move straight to 266? *stupid question it may be but asking questions is the best way to get answers :D
 
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500 FSB pass....is once enough? <--5-5-5-15 timings

266 FSB testing time <--5-5-5-13 timings (set by auto)
 

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266 and 500 both passed without err(or). What next?
 

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Back to Basics

Accidentally left memtest on for an hour....no errors.

Now with "confirmed" stable memory, I am following along with the fortunate websites that took time to review/overclock the P5Q PRO. So out of randomness, I set timings and every setting back to auto, excluding vcore (1.4V), LLC (enabled) and both spectrums (disabled). I'll see how far I can get without having to change these current settings, starting with 440x9.5 .

There is always another method to get the same overclock:toast:

EDIT: :p forgot Auto voltages=overvoltages; back to square one atm; going to jot down the batch number seeing how it's such a hit on xtremesystems
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=173999&page=216

Overclocking is too addicting!
 
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Achievement! 438x9.5 1.4/1.39V (working on this). With LLC on this, it never goes beyond 1.392V
1.5 CPU PLL voltage
1.26 FSB termination
1.26 (thank you Ket) NB voltage
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Thanks for all your help citizens of TPU, next I'll work on 4.2 :D
 

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For now keep your memory as low as possible to rule it out as a limiting factor. Your FSB will get tricky to get stable beyond 500MHz, it'll require playing around with various skews, which from my experience, made a difference to stability, but didn't make things 100% stable. Forget about the 400MHz strap as well, it may let you OC further, but its SLOW.
 
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hey everyone i just ordered my e8500 from newegg! cant wait to post some results
 
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try dropping vcore voltage down to as low as you can...1.32 would be ideal :)
 

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hey everyone i just ordered my e8500 from newegg! cant wait to post some results

Post them here or in your specs please, I have a feeling you will overclock it waaaaaaaaay better than mine :)

try dropping vcore voltage down to as low as you can...1.32 would be ideal :)

:shadedshu I agree with you Ninko, but doing so makes everything go down the crapper (pardon the language)

Is it possible for a c0 to be labeled an e0? Either it was the early bios at fault or the processor's, but first time I booted my pc it was a c0 in cpu-z...:confused:
 
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you might consider dropping the overclock then, Mr. A. My E8400 used to do 4.0ghz np @ 1.3 ghz, but after a while I started having random lock ups and reboots. lowered the clock down 200 mhz and that seemed to fix the problem. the point is, these chips _can_ degrade..and you wouldnt want that.
 

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you might consider dropping the overclock then, Mr. A. My E8400 used to do 4.0ghz np @ 1.3 ghz, but after a while I started having random lock ups and reboots. lowered the clock down 200 mhz and that seemed to fix the problem. the point is, these chips _can_ degrade..and you wouldnt want that.

Actually, I'm not so shocked about the degradation (if anything I was trying to drive it to the max up till it's grave:eek:)

But I agree, a 1 ghz overclock from stock sounds nice, but compared to 4.0 ghz, not much is lost...

Even though this oc is stable, it always boots in the strangest of delays...I may have to invest in an e0 e8400 if/when prices drop :toast:
 
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