EP35-DS3R Q9300 Overclock help needed!

[cyberj]

Hi guys,

I'm new to the whole overclocking thing and need some help with it.
I cannot overclock my Q9300 more than 3105MHz on my EP35-DS3R mobie. It blue screens and is not stable on higher speed than that. My RAM is Transcend aXeRam TX1066QLU-2GK. I've installed a Thermaltake Frio cooler (and is awesome!!) I've overcloked my Graphics card GTX260 - no problem. I see guys overclocking the Q9300 to 3.7 - 3.8 GHz but I cannot come close to that. Where do I start?
This is what I have according to Everest:
CPU Clock 3105.0 MHz (original: 2500 MHz, overclock: 24%)
CPU Multiplier 7.5x
CPU FSB 414.0 MHz (original: 333 MHz, overclock: 24%)
Memory Bus 496.8 MHz
DRAM:FSB Ratio 12:10
Award BIOS Message EP35-DS3R F4


This is what I have done:

Robust Graphics Booster___________ [auto]
CPU Clock Ratio ____________ [7.5]
CPU Host Frequency (MHz)__________ [414]
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz)_______ [110]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD)____ [2.40]
RAM ____________________993.6MHz
DRAM Timing Selectable_______ SPD __ [Manual]
Performance Enhance = [AUTO]

CAS Latency Time________________ 5
Dram RAS# to CAS# Delay_________ 5
Dram RAS# Precharge Delay_______5
Precharge Delay (tRAS)__________ 15
ACT to ACT Delay (tRRD)_________ Auto
Rank Write to READ Delay________ Auto
Write to Precharge Delay_________ Auto
Refresh to ACT Delay______________ Auto
Read to Precharge Delay__________ Auto
Static tRead Value_______________ Auto
Static tRead Phase Adjust________ Auto

System Voltage Control____ [Manual]
DDR2 OverVoltage Control__ [+0.2V]
PCI-E OverVoltage Control_ [+0.1V]
FSB OverVoltage Control___ [+0.1V]
(G)MCH OverVoltage Control [+0.1V]
CPU Voltage Control_______ [1.368V]

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,
cyberj

[Chike]

Re: EP35-DS3R Q9300 Overclock help needed!

BIOS supporting Q9300 is F11 and above.
You may need higher MCH.
Try Ctrl+F1 in main BIOS screen and see if it adds GTLREFs options to M.I.T.

EDIT: oops that was BIOS for P35-DS3R... forget it.

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: EP35-DS3R Q9300 Overclock help needed!

Try this for 450 FSB,

Your issues may just be that your CPU doesn't like high speeds, or you are not giving it enough voltage :)

Robust Graphics Booster___________ [Fast]
CPU Clock Ratio ____________ [7.5]
CPU Host Frequency (MHz)__________ [450]
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz)_______ [100]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD)____ [2.00]
RAM ____________________993.6MHz
DRAM Timing Selectable_______ SPD __ [Manual]

Performance Enhance = [AUTO] Set Standard

CAS Latency Time________________ 5
Dram RAS# to CAS# Delay_________ 5
Dram RAS# Precharge Delay_______5
Precharge Delay (tRAS)__________ 15

ACT to ACT Delay (tRRD)_________ Auto
Rank Write to READ Delay________ Auto
Write to Precharge Delay_________ Auto
Refresh to ACT Delay______________ 52-62 if 4GB of memory, fine in auto if 2GB
Read to Precharge Delay__________ Auto
Static tRead Value_______________ Set to 9 for now
Static tRead Phase Adjust________ Auto

System Voltage Control____ [Manual]
DDR2 OverVoltage Control__ [+0.2V] Set to your ram voltage, +0.2 = 2.0V
PCI-E OverVoltage Control_ [+0.1V]
FSB OverVoltage Control___ [+0.1V] This may be ok or try +0.2
(G)MCH OverVoltage Control [+0.1V] If you have 4GB ram you may need +0.2-0.3
CPU Voltage Control_______ [1.368V] May need 1.35-1.45+

[cyberj]

Re: EP35-DS3R Q9300 Overclock help needed!

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the replies. I tried all the settings but the only way I could get to 450FSB was to set my CPU Voltage to 1.5V !!! And even then my Battlefield Bad Company 2 bombed out after 2 rounds... My CPU ran nice and cool and didn't exceed 32Celcius.

I am currently running at 440FSB = 3300MHz - but 1.45V on my CPU! Is this the best I can do? and is the 1.45V ok for my CPU or am I going to kill it?

Thanks,
cyberj

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: EP35-DS3R Q9300 Overclock help needed!

1.45 is fine, is that under load or idle, or just what you set in the BIOS?

[cyberj]

Re: EP35-DS3R Q9300 Overclock help needed!

1.45V in the bios. But it looks like it's only running at 1.42V under load. I still get the odd blue screen every now and then and Bad Company 2 just crashes, but again not all the time...

What else am I missing?

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: EP35-DS3R Q9300 Overclock help needed!

What is the BSOD Code? The last 3 digits are what's important, looks like 0x00000101

[cyberj]

Re: EP35-DS3R Q9300 Overclock help needed!

Lsd - sorry m8 but there is no BSOD error... - just this: "Crash dump initialization failed!"
So I realised that my System Failure Options weren't ticked!
I ticked it now and will hammer the pc so that it would crash and then I'll post it.
Thanks for all your help M8!
Talk to you later...

[cyberj]

Re: EP35-DS3R Q9300 Overclock help needed!

Yeah got it! - 0x00000109
RAM? I just got new ram!!! Or is it something else?

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: EP35-DS3R Q9300 Overclock help needed!

109 I have found to be Ram voltage actually, sometimes too much but often too little.

Try a bump both ways until you get rid of that BSOD, I'd test more first as I mostly run into this with too little dram voltage.