help with overclocking E8400 and ep43 ds3l

[therus000]

what best setting for bios to get overclocking or best options to my e8400 and ep43 ds3l
i got 2*2gb Hyper X Kingston
zalman cooler
any suggestions

[Chike]

Re: help with overclocking E8400 and ep43 ds3l

The best settings you will have to find yourself we can only suggest what you may try.
I wouldn't continue with overclocking untill the HD problem (or whatever it is) is solved.
Meanwhile, please follow steps 1-4 in this post to provide full information about your system.

[therus000]

Re: help with overclocking E8400 and ep43 ds3l

the hd problem solved with western digital program
it here in western digital site
WD Support / Downloads

[nfanis]

Re: help with overclocking E8400 and ep43 ds3l

try for starters 400fsb with memory timings/speed at stock with stock vcore and stock MCH voltage. Test for stability it will probably pass if you have latest stepping processor

[Chike]

Re: help with overclocking E8400 and ep43 ds3l

Good, did you clone your old HD to this one?
Please fill your forum signature with your system specs.

Try the following settings for 3.2GHz. Load Optimized defaults first if you have not done so yet, then apply the changes marked in red.

[B]MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)[/B]
Robust Graphics Booster -------------- : [Auto]
CPU Clock Ratio ---------------------- : [8]
Fine CPU Clock Ratio ----------------- : [0.0]
CPU Frequency ---------------------: 3.2GHz(400x8)
 
Clock Chip Control
Standard Clock Control
CPU Host Clock Control --------------- : [[COLOR=red]Enabled[/COLOR]]
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) --------------: [[COLOR=red]400[/COLOR]]
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) ---------- : [[COLOR=red]100[/COLOR]]
 
C.I.A.2 ------------------------------ : [Disabled]
 
Advanced Clock Control ------- [Press Enter]
CPU Clock Drive ---------------------- : [800mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive -------------- : [800mV]
CPU Clock Skew (ps) ------------------ : [0ps]
MCH Clock Skew (ps) ------------------ : [0ps]
 
DRAM Performance Control
Performance Enhance ------------------- : [[COLOR=red]Standard[/COLOR]]
(G)MCH Frequency Latch ---------------- : [Auto]
System Memory Multiplier ---- (SPD) --- : [[COLOR=red]2.00D[/COLOR]] <<< Try 2.00B if this does not work
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ------- 800 ---- : [800]
DRAM Timing Selectable ---------------- : [Manual]
 
Standard Timing Control
CAS Latency Time --------  ? ---------- : [[COLOR=red]6[/COLOR]] 
tRCD  -------------------  ? ---------- : [[COLOR=red]6[/COLOR]]
tRP ---------------------  ? ---------- : [[COLOR=red]6[/COLOR]]
tRAS  ------------------- ?? ---------- : [[COLOR=red]18[/COLOR]]
 
Advanced Timing Control <<< press Enter
tRRD  ------------------- ?? ---------- : [Auto]
tWTR  ------------------- ?? ---------- : [Auto]
tWR --------------------- ?? ---------- : [Auto]
tRFC  ------------------- ?? ---------- : [Auto]
tRTP  ------------------- ?? ---------- : [Auto]
Command Rate (CMD) -------------------- : [Auto]
 
Channel A
Static tRead Value --------------------- : [[COLOR=red]10[/COLOR]] << Try 11 if does not work
 
Channel B
Static tRead Value --------------------- : [[COLOR=red]10[/COLOR]] << Try 11 if does not work
 
Motherboard Voltage Control
CPU
CPU Vcore --------------- 1.?500  ---- : [[COLOR=red]1.25[/COLOR]] <<< a few clicks more if not enough
CPU Termination --------- 1.200V ----- : [[COLOR=red]1.2[/COLOR]]
CPU PLL ----------------- 1.??0V ----- : [[COLOR=red]1.??[/COLOR]] <<< set as the default value on the left
CPU Reference ----------- 0.805V ----- : [Auto]
 
MCH/ICH
MCH Core ---------------- 1.100V ------- : [[COLOR=red]1.2[/COLOR]]
ICH I/O ----------------- 1.??0V ------- : [[COLOR=red]1.??[/COLOR]]  <<< set as the default value on the left
 
DRAM
DRAM Voltage ------------ 1.800V ------- : [[COLOR=red]1.9[/COLOR]]
 
[B]Advanced BIOS Features[/B]
Limit CPUID Max. to 3 ------------------ : [Disabled]
No-Execute Memory Protect -------------- : [Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ---------------- : [[COLOR=red]Disabled[/COLOR]]
C2/C2E State Support ------------------- : [Disabled]
x C4/C4E State Support ----------------- : [Disabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2) ------------ : [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function  --------------------- : [[COLOR=red]Disabled[/COLOR]]
Virtualization Technology -------------- : [Disabled]

If settings fail the machine will start a boot loop. If it doesn't boot after 3-5 times, turn off the PSU, whait 20 seconds, turn the PSU on and try again. You may need to repeat this more than once. If this procedure fail you will have to clear CMOS, see how to in the second part of this post. Enter BIOS MIT again and make changes.
When you enter MIT with failed setting a red warnning will show on the screen. To be sure your settings did not fail, alwayd enter MIT once after making changes.

When settings fail or in question please use the above template to post your settings.

Run a few passes of memtest86+ before starting windows, then run 1-2 hour Prime95 small and large torture, and 8-12 hours blend torture.
Make sure core temperatures stay below 70C.
You may run 5-10 loops of IBT(Intel Burn Test) before you run Prime95 blend. This program cause much higher temperatures. If core temperaures get over 80C stop it.
Expected GFlops for 3.2GHz are 21+.
You can download the programs mentioned above from http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte...ity-tools.html