(Solved) I7 3820 is not stable anymore on the Stock frequency

[MrGenius]

...a BIT TROLLISH AT TIMES.

Me too. And in all fairness, I could have picked on the other guy(since he wasn't any less miscommunicating the point IMO). And that was my point...to get to the point...if you will. By that I mean, let's just call it what it really is. Dynamic Frequency Scaling. Nobody seemed to be getting it categorized properly. So I felt the need to chime in.

No hard feelings.

 

[Bill_Bright]

Really, if you want to objectify what MY problem is, it's that I don't care if I'm wrong, or right.

Then that's where we differ completely. As an IT consultant, technical advisor and forum helper I stake my reputation on giving good, sound accurate advice to those seeking help. So I care very much about being right. In fact, I hate to be wrong (perhaps to a fault!), or to see wrong advice being given because I care about the reputation of the forums where I contribute my time at too. So perhaps that makes me a bit trollish at times as well. Though nothing personal is meant, apologies just the same if it at times seems that way. So no hard feelings on this side either.

 

[cadaveca]

Yeah, I hear ya. I mean, I gotta be right when it comes to the reviews posted on the front page, but I'm human, so whatevs. . Our proof reader and lead editor help me with that, for sure. There is a tonne of info about this tech and it's nearly impossible for anyone to know it all. But the forums are a place of discussion, so let's discuss. I gotta get my ideas from somewhere...

 

[Bill_Bright]

There is a tonne of info about this tech and it's nearly impossible for anyone to know it all.

IT is industries within industries and on top of that, they are constantly evolving so NO DOUBT it IS impossible, not "nearly" impossible, for anyone to know it all. Also, because these industries are constantly evolving, it is very likely what was a concrete fact of life 10 or even 5 years ago may no longer be true. This is a hard concept for many old-timers to accept and grasp. For example, what was common practice with XP to make it run better or more secure may actually be detrimental to performance and security with today's modern operating systems.

I started with IS/IT support in 1971 and if there has been one constant I have learned (repeatedly) over the decades it is that the more I learn, the more I realize there is yet to learn. That is part of the beauty of these forums - it is a gathering place where folks with expertise from many areas of IT, some very obscure, come and share what they know.

I love helping people with their hardware, security and networking problems and purchasing decisions, but the reward I get (besides an occasional "thanks") is I get to learn something new almost every day. And at my age, that's a good thing.

Though I have to say, learning everything there is to know about my new-fangled smart phone is not something I enjoy, nor am I in any hurry to master either. It's a phone and that's how I use it. The paranoid Luddite in me prevents me from moving all my secure computing tasks (shopping, banking, etc.) to my smart phone. That won't happen until they pry my full-size keyboard, mouse and two large widescreen monitors (and surround sound speakers) from my dead hands.

 

[vmidov]

Sorry guys I was offline last few days.

Thanks for every and each one of you for your helping, now am pretty sure the problem at one of two (CPU or Mobo) coz lately I installed all the PC components except CPU and mobo in another Board even HDD and SSD and all works fine with me.

Can you please only confirm with me is it could be CPU or it 100% the Board problem?

Thanks again guys for all support I got till now.

I don't know why people are arguing about stock coolers. The OP never got a cooler with the CPU if he has a 3820. The OP has a 3820 which isn't just not a mainstream platform but it also means the CPU didn't come with a stock cooler because it's a skt2011 CPU which doesn't come with a cooler. If the OP decided to buy a "stock" Intel cooler for skt2011, then... my condolences. Intel's stock coolers are fine at stock for <95-watt TDP CPUs but anyone who gets a stock cooler for skt2011 clearly didn't do research ahead of time. Also, Intel's stock cooler doesn't take much dust to make it suffer.

Side note for the OP: Was the CPU ever re-seated like I had recommended earlier?

I tried to reset all settings incl CPU but change nothing for stability, BTW I have Thermaltake FRIO for my CPU if you ask.

Did you guys scare OP away? His PC is dead anyway, oh well!

Sorry man just came back online again

 

[Bill_Bright]

Can you please only confirm with me is it could be CPU or it 100% the Board problem?

That would be nice if possible but the only real way to confirm one or the other is to try another CPU on the board and see what happens - while keeping fingers crossed in the hopes a bad board does not take out the second CPU.

 

[vmidov]

Guys
You can the problem has been solved or at least I certainly identify it and found a way to came over it.

Suddenly yesterday I remembered that comment from xorbe and that I wasn't tried it yet, so I gave it a shot.

My 2500k system no longer works at stock settings (dynamic speed/voltage), it simply freezes up. I had to set it to 4.0 GHz constant / no turbo. But that was after 3 years of heavy overclocking abuse.

Hey that's an idea op, what happens if you disable turbo in the bios and lower the cpu speed / bump the voltage a bit like +0.1v?

And surprisingly found that the problem from the CPU not the Mobo, because I tried ti down clock it a bet to be 3.4 GHz instead of Stock freq 3.6 GHz with keeping all other settings at default and............ boom it works perfectly stable.

So thank you guys for all your support You the best and big thanks to xorbe, it wouldn't came to my mind unless you mentioned it.

But I think it means that Intel kinda overclocked this CPU coz I have another AMD Quad CPU and works perfectly for more than 5~6 years on 3.0 GHz so they should not go this far with I7 tell 3.6 GHz.

Anyway thanks again guys for all support have a nice day you all.

 

[peche]

amazing ....
i was 30000% sure that was a motherboard fault...
thanks for sharing problem & solution here....!