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**profJim** · 03-07-2016, 01:51 AM

Re: Baby's First Overclock [Pentium E2160]

Are you also using a wireless mouse?
Can you temporarily use a usb or PS/2 keyboard and mouse?

If you have the 2201 bios version, there is one newer version; 2301.
There is also a modded 2301 bios version with the following changes:

- Replace memory table with P5Q Pro Turbo 602 table
- Update Intel RST O-ROM to v10.1.0.1008
- Replace P6 table with P6 table from P5Q Premium 2406
- Update JMicron to v1.07.28
- Update Marvell 88SE6121 to v1.1.0.L73
- Update Marvell Yukon to v6.6.2.3

Using the modded bios will probably help higher overclocks.
A web search using: ket asus p5q mod bios provides detailed P5Q mod bios information.

It looks like you haven't run any Prime95 stress tests with stock settings. It's best to run each of the three Prime95 tests for 8 hours or longer to ensure that your system is stable. A 3 hour test that completes with no errors indicates that your system might be stable.

It's best if you post a cropped screen shot that includes the following:

HWiNFO x64 sensor window.
Cpu-z CPU and Motherboard windows.
Memset v4.1 showing both memory channels where you press the ">>" icon and the SPD icon.

Include detailed information for all stability issues.

Once your system is stable with stock settings, we can go with a 25% cpu overclock with FSB Frequency = 250MHz.
Keep your memory speeds in the 700MHz - 1066MHz range using 5-5-5-15 primary memory timings.
Don't try for a 1:1 memory ratio, final tweaked memory timings will be applied after you've reached the best cpu overclock.
Using 2 x 2GB of memory will make overclocking easier for now.

Copy and paste the following bios template into Notepad or any plain text editng program where you accurately fill in your settings each time you make changes, and then include your full bios settings each time you make any bios changes.

Ignore the settings that are currently in the bios template, but RED settings are recommended.

Asus P5Q Deluxe Sample Bios Template

Code:

[SIZE=3][FONT=Lucida Console][B][COLOR="#0000FF"]Motherboard Model:
CPU Model:
Memory Brand/Model/Amount:[/COLOR][/B]

[B]JumperFree Configuration Settings:[/B]

AI Overclock tuner: Manual
CPU Ratio Setting: 9
FSB Strap to North Bridge: [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]200[/COLOR][/B] for starters
FSB Frequency: [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]200[/COLOR][/B] for starters
PCI-E Frequency: 100 <-- 101 should also be OK
DRAM Frequency: ????Mhz
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A2: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B2: AUTO
DRAM Timing Control: Manual

1st Information :

CAS# Latency: 5
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5
DRAM RAS# Precharge: 5
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : AUTO
Row Refresh Cycle Time: [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]62[/COLOR][/B]
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: Disabled
DRAM Read Training: Disabled
MEM. OC Charger: Enabled
AI Clock Twister: Lighter
AI Transaction Booster: Manual
Common Performance Level [10] <-- this wll change with higher overclock settings
Pull-In of CHA PH1: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHA PH2: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHA PH3: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHA PH4: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH1: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH2: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH3: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH4: DISABLED

CPU Voltage: 1.????? <-- more voltage will be needed with moderate to high overclocks
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (0/2): AUTO
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (1/3): AUTO
CPU PLL Voltage: [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]1.50[/COLOR][/B] <-- up to 1.59 might be needed with higher overclocks
FSB Termination Voltage: [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]1.20[/COLOR][/B] <--higher might be needed
DRAM Voltage: [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]2.00[/COLOR][/B]  <--higher might be needed
NB Voltage: 1.20 - 1.24 for 4GB of memory
NB GTL Reference: AUTO
SBridge Voltage: 1.20
PCIE SATA Voltage: 1.60

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

Advance CPU Settings
CPU Ratio Setting: 8
CPU VID: Default
C1E Suppport: Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Intel� Virtualization Tech: Disabled
Vanderpool Technology: Disabled
CPU TM Function: [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]Enabled[/COLOR][/B]
Execute Disable Bit: [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]Enabled[/COLOR][/B][/FONT][/SIZE]

**LivingNexus** · 03-07-2016, 08:17 AM

Re: Baby's First Overclock [Pentium E2160]

I took a moment to confirm that my BIOS version was indeed 2301. The Marvell STATA driver showed v1.1.0.L73, so I am assuming the rest are probably current as well. The last person who owned this motherboard was planning to do the X5460 mod so they must have made sure to update the BIOS before they sold it to me. I will go ahead and start Prime95 and run it for three hours, then come back with some screenshots.

Though it's annoying, I don't have a wired keyboard, and this little wireless travel keyboard has caused me interference issues in the past with my PS3. I just turn it on to type and then turn it right back off again. I did pick up a wireless Logitech keyboard for free but it's missing the little USB adapter, which of course doesn't work with the wireless mouse I bought. I read somewhere there may be a firmware update for this (they both use a "unifying" adapter) but have yet to find it.

**profJim** · 03-07-2016, 10:58 AM

Re: Baby's First Overclock [Pentium E2160]

The nickname I gave my E2140 cpu was Super Slug, but it met my needs when I decided to build an inexpensive, low end backup system years ago. Overclockng this system to 2.80GHz made its performance acceptable for basic use.

Your E2160 is marginally faster, but the E2140, E2160 and E2180 only have one MB of L2 cache. 12MB of L2 cache with my Q9550 is much better.

Checking the FutureMark E2160 PCMark 8 results shows that your 1472 score is well above the average for the Conventional and Accelerated e2160 results.
There were 24 results in the accelerated 3.0 test that ranged from 0 to 2652, and your score would be in 4th place.
There were 34 results in the conventional 3.0 test that ranged from 0 to 1966, and your score would be in 5th place.

My PCMark 8 results were somewhat better where my 3633 accelerated score was 58% better than all results and my 3138 conventional score was 63% better than all results. FWIW an overclocked Xeon X5460 should have similar results to my Q9550.

You can probably save yourself a lot of grief if you go to a thrift store and buy an inexpensive wired keyboard and mouse for the time being. Keep in mind that they probably don't have a way to test keyboards or mice to see if they are fully functional.

I gave up on wireless network pci-e adapters years ago when I found that attaching a decent usb wireless network device to a 6 - 10 foot long usb cable provides nearly unlimited flexibility when placing the usb adapter in an optimal place.

I'll do some checking later tonight to see if I can find a better wireless driver for your Linksys WMP54G adapter.

**LivingNexus** · 03-07-2016, 11:03 AM

Re: Baby's First Overclock [Pentium E2160]

Before you go looking too hard, I did end up finding drivers that work, but I think my USB adapter that I've been using is actually faster even though I think it uses a very similar chip. I will have to test its performance later, but the main reason I wanted it was because it came with a 7dbi antenna so that I could possibly use it in my workbench room instead of having to carry it into my room which is closer to the router that sits in another building.

Also, while I'm thinking about it, what do you think of buying a used Corsair H60 and upgrading the fan to something like a Noctua or beQuiet? I had my eye on the H80i because it has a thicker radiator and the fan is supposed to be really good but I'm not sure I could find one for $60, which is probably going to be my upper limit for a cooler. I know I'm just being paranoid but I never liked the idea of having a huge piece of metal hanging off the motherboard, even though I know they're supposed to be built for it, so I want to avoid huge air coolers if I can.

I will also be recording audio fairly close to my PC so I wanted the best balance between cooling and noise, but if it comes down to it I will choose performance and rely on sound foam to dampen the noise. I will probably end up going with an X5470 now that prices have come down and I want to get the most out of it I can so it can (try to) keep up with the GTX 960 I bought on sale. I'm fairly happy with the Enermax T.B. Silence case fans I ordered and I'd like to keep the noise down to around that level if possible. They're rated around 22dba at 1200-1500rpm.

**profJim** · 03-07-2016, 02:33 PM

Re: Baby's First Overclock [Pentium E2160]

From what I saw in Luke's Xeon mod 771 thread, Xeon cpu heat is a major issue.

X5470 (3.33GHz) ebay prices are about $65 - $80.
Q9650 (3.00GHz) ebay prices are about $75 - $90.
Is it worth the extra effort to save $10 - $20 on the cpu only to require much more effort to deal with the X5470's heat and higher cpu cooling costs?
For me the answer is no, but it's your call.

CPU Water Cooling
Very important!!! Most AIO cpu coolers are NOT compatible with LGA775 motherboards.

Radiator thickness and their fins per inch (FPI) count affects how much cooling they can provide. When the FPI is high, the AIO cooler fans need a much higher static pressure rating. The fan's CFM rating is only part of the package, fan speed and fan blade design are also very important.

Is your computer case with 140mm radiators and/or fans?

A push/pull multi-fan setup can provide 2 - 4^o(C) more cpu cooling. Many report that when the fan(s) draw cooler room air through the radiator into the computer case this often provides several more degrees of cpu cooling.

I'm a fan (pun intended) of the reviews at HardOCP.

WMP54G Performance and Reliable Connections

Check out Linksys WMP54G - Review where they say:

Loose antenna, unreliable connection * itself * resolved ....

Reliability and stability

aw, here come the minuses; long had many problems with the antenna on the card. The connection between the (large, bulky) antenna and the card inside the comp. always went loose. It is this which is becoming unreliable connection was lost because the antenna did not make good contact with the card. Problem solved by soldering the antenna to the brass connection piece in the map, since then no more problems.

Here's my AIO setup wth my HAF XB computer case:

**LivingNexus** · 03-07-2016, 03:31 PM

Re: Baby's First Overclock [Pentium E2160]

So I finished running Prime95 with all default settings, here are the screenshots from that. The first two are from about two hours in, the next two are after the three hour mark. *Here are the test results from the actual Prime95 windows.

I have now made the suggested changes to my BIOS options, here is the changelog. The items in bold are options that I chose that either had question marks in the template or the closest thing to the suggestion I could manage. The CPU options I struck through are ones I couldn't find, though I remember seeing them before, I'm not sure what option I need to change in order to make them show up. It's possible I missed something. I'd also like to clarify that in the Jumper Free Config Settings you had CPU Ratio at 9, whereas in the Advanced CPU Settings you had it as 8. Is this correct?

My PC wouldn't boot when I set the DRAM Freq. to 800MHz, so I knocked it back down to 667. Other than that there were no issues, so I will probably begin the next stress test.

To answer your question, my case can only support 120mm fans, unfortunately, though I do have space for a

240mm AIO cooler if I decide to go that route in the future. I may take some pictures of my case later today. Now that I know what FPI means, I will start looking at those numbers.

*Here is a screenshot of about 15 minutes into a Prime95 test after I upped the CPU multiplier to 9 in the Advanced CPU Settings, which is what I imagine you intended. As you can see, the mildest of overclocks was achieved. I'm not going to stay up another three hours just to test this but I have a feeling it will probably be stable. If I have time tomorrow I will try upping some voltages and see what happens.

**profJim** · 03-08-2016, 03:50 AM

Re: Baby's First Overclock [Pentium E2160]

Check out **Official ASUS P5Q PRO Turbo/PRO/Turbo Owners Club** (All ASUS P45 Mobo Owners Welcome!) - Page 405, post #4042 for list of Asus P5Q general bios settings related to overclockng most Asus P5Q (P45) motherboards.

I copied and reformatted the author's original post to an M/S Word printable document. You can right click on the link below to download this document to your system.

Asus_P5Q_Recommended_Bios Settings_ (ver-2)_Overclock.net-turrican9.doc

**LivingNexus** · 03-21-2016, 04:39 PM

Re: Baby's First Overclock [Pentium E2160]

Alright. Sorry it took so long to get back here. I had an issue with Windows Update where my computer would hang at startup...don't know if I should have just waited an hour but I ended up reformatting and re-installing Windows. The reason it took so long was that I tried to repair it first, and none of my methods worked. Now I have a full image backup on another hard drive so this shouldn't happen again. My current install is fully updated now, I made sure to break it up in chunks this time so I didn't run into the same issue. Apparently you can't trust Windows to automatically apply updates in the correct order.

Another issue I re-encountered was that whenever I unplug my PC or clear my CMOS by taking out the battery, I get the "CPU Over Voltage Error." To be clear, this is before I've done any overclocking, right after I get the option to go into BIOS and change my settings (which I always leave at default on a first boot if I even go in there). Hell, I even undervolted it once and it still gave me the error. So I think it may be an issue with my CPU or motherboard. It only ever does this one time, until CMOS gets cleared again.

I don't have an extra CPU to test so I'm wondering if you know of any other way to troubleshoot a failing motherboard. Obviously I will test the PSU first since that could also be the issue. However I don't know that I want to spend the money on an X5460/70 if my motherboard is just going to fail within a few months. I have everything else that I need to finish this rig but I may end up just saving up to buy an i5 if this is more than just a faulty sensor issue.

Anyway, here is the screenshot of my latest stress test, it's not quite three hours because I didn't have that much time, but I have been using these settings for a few days for general computing and it seems stable. The question is, do I want to continue pushing this CPU on a stock cooler when there may be a serious issue with it?

**profJim** · 03-22-2016, 03:57 AM

Re: Baby's First Overclock [Pentium E2160]

You reported the CPU Over Voltage Error in mid-October in your other thread, so this isn't a new issue.

I did a web search using: CPU Over Voltage Error P5Q and only found one thread, Q9550 cpu over voltage error on post/BSOD - Overclockers Australia Forums that might explain the problem. In that thread, the OP had a Q9550 and Asus P5Q-Pro motherboard, where he reported that he found CPUv - 0.016v (in red) in his bios. He took his cpu and motherboard to the seller's service center where he says that they found a faulty voltage regulator on the motherboard. Could this be your problem? Maybe yes, maybe no.

Your HWiNFO screen-shows that during your 2.5 hour Prime95 test, the reported Vcore voltage was 1.352 volts for the Current, Minimum, Maximum and Average categories. This tells me that the motherboard chip that reports sensor settings doesn't have a problem with cpu Vcore. The rest of the reported voltages look fine.

Without special equipment, the only psu test that you can perform is a no-load or very low load voltage test and this test is only valid if one or more of the psu voltage wires reports voltages that are too low. The best psu test that you can run is to test with a different, high quality power supply that is known to be working properly.

There might be one or more loose psu wires that connect to the 24-pin connector or the 4-pin or 8-pin ATX_12V connector on the motherboard. To test these wires:

turn off your system
unplug the psu A.C. cable from the wall outlet
press and hold the front panel on/off power switch for 15 - 30 seconds to discharge residual power from your system
check each wire, one at a time by wiggling or pulling up to see if any of the individual wires are loose where each wire is connected to both of the above connectors

Also check to see if all of the screws that secure the motherboard to the computer case are snug.

Check page 2-23 in the motherboard user manual and make sure that the OV_CPU and OV_NB jumpers are connected to the default 2 - 3 pins.
You do NOT want to jumper the 1 - 2 pins for either of these connectors.

You really don't have anything to lose by continuing to use your computer, but based on your current Prime95 temperatures with the stock Intel cpu cooler you won't be able to try for any extreme overclocks. As long as the cpu core temperatures are below 80^o(C) your system should be OK.

Provide a list of all optional ASUS applications that you have installed.

In the bios EXIT Menu, select Load Setup Defaults and then only make needed changes for your SSD, hard drive and video card to see if this has any effect on the CPU Over Voltage Error message.

**LivingNexus** · 03-23-2016, 05:18 PM

Re: Baby's First Overclock [Pentium E2160]

So I popped open my case and sure enough, the OV pins were set to 1-2 instead of 2-3. I reset them and everything booted up fine, no CPU Over Voltage error. However, when I tried to reset my overclock settings, I got a black screen with the 1234F: _ prompt. Hitting any other number but 1 just gave me another line with the same prompt. Hitting 1 gave me the error message "MBR is missing". Changing my BIOS settings back to default did nothing. So I guess I messed up my boot drive again. And yes, I did power off my PSU and hold the power button again to reset everything, but I still got the 1234F error.

Other than updating my motherboard drivers and downloading the Marvell Windows Updates, I don't think I have any other Asus programs installed. I'm going to try to restore my SSD from the image I backed up. if that doesn't work I will switch to my other SSD and load windows onto that, and use the smaller one in my laptop like I intended in the first place.

----------------

So, by some unknown means I was able to boot to Windows again. I think it was trying to boot to one of my other drives for some reason. I will troubleshoot this later to make sure, but for now it seems like the mysterious Over Voltage error has been defeated, thanks to your help.

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I bumped up the FSB to 270MHz and the system seems stable after 3.5 hours. Temps got up to 63C but it seemed to hover around 50C for the most part. Once I push the CPU as far as I think it can go, I'll work on getting a 1:1 ratio and possibly pushing my RAM down to CL4. Then I'll scale it back a bit, add the other 4GB of RAM back in. I updated the imgur album and gdoc changelog.

**LivingNexus** · 03-26-2016, 11:52 AM

Re: Baby's First Overclock [Pentium E2160]

So I hit a hard wall jumping from 300FSB to 330. No matter what I did I couldn't get it stable, so I rolled my settings back found that the wall is actually at 313, meaning my highest stable overclock right now is 312FSB at 2.8GHz CPU and 519MHz DRAM. Here is the imgur album with the latest Prime95 screenshots added. Here is the gdoc changelog with my latest settings added -- as usual, the items in bold are the ones I changed. Just for gigs I ran a Futuremark test and got a score of 1815. A marginal improvement but you can't expect too much when I haven't even tried to overclock the video card yet.

Even though these settings were stable, as you can probably see, temperatures were as high as 67C. My assumption is that with higher settings, as temps reached 69-70C, the system would fail. I will probably set it back to 300FSB and use that as my standard overclock. It's too bad I couldn't push it any higher. That said, I have to admit that a 1.0GHz overclock on stock cooling is pretty amazing to me.

So I guess my question is..what's next?

**profJim** · 03-27-2016, 02:36 PM

Re: Baby's First Overclock [Pentium E2160]

Your current 56% overclock isn't too shabby especially with your stock Intel cpu cooler.

From the HWiNFO sensor information, your cpu has a Tj Max setting of 90^o(C) and to avoid cpu throttling the cpu core temperatures should be at least 20^o(C) below the Tj Max setting for your cpu.

The wall that you hit might be due to using the 200MHz memory strap.

Try the following settings to see if you can easily O/C higher than 312MHz:

Code:

[FONT=Lucida Console][SIZE=2]CPU Ratio Setting: 8 or 8.5 if your bios lets you use the .5 multiplier  
FSB Strap to North Bridge: [B]333[/B] MHz 
FSB Frequency: [B]333[/B]
DRAM Frequency: 1066MHz[/SIZE][/FONT]

The goal is to see how high you can overclock with a higher FSB with "reasonable" core temperatures by keeping the overall cpu speed close to 2.80GHz.
Some other combinations that might work include 8 x 350MHz and 7 x 400MHz.

CPU Voltage might need a small increase
Row Refresh Cycle Time: 64 might help with stability
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.24 <--- slightly higher might help, but keep it at least 0.05 volts lower than the CPU voltage setting

FYI, I right clicked on the last, small screenshot at your imgur.com site, selected the Copy image location, and used the forum editor's Insert Image (from URL) option.

For your latest bios settings I copied and pasted from your Log 4 settings into this post. From the forum's Advanced editor window, after you select/highlight all of the pasted bios settings, you can click on the Wrap Code option (the # key) to include all of the settings in a smaller, scrolling window.

Providing this information directly in the post cuts down on possible errors and makes it much easier to quickly find the information.

Code:

[FONT=Lucida Console]LOG 4

JumperFree Configuration Settings: 

AI Overclock tuner: Manual 
CPU Ratio Setting: 9 
FSB Strap to North Bridge: 200 
FSB Frequency: 312
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: 1041MHz
Mhz DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A1: AUTO 
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A2: AUTO 
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B1: AUTO 
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B2: AUTO
DRAM Timing Control: Manual 

1st Information :
 CAS# Latency: 5 
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5 
DRAM RAS# Precharge: 5 
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: 15 
RAS# to RAS# Delay : AUTO 
Row Refresh Cycle Time: 60
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: Disabled 
DRAM Read Training: Disabled
MEM. OC Charger: Enabled 
AI Clock Twister: Lighter AI 
Transaction Booster: Manual 
Common Performance Level [10] 
Pull-In of CHA PH1: DISABLED 
Pull-In of CHA PH2: DISABLED 
Pull-In of CHA PH3: DISABLED 
Pull-In of CHA PH4: DISABLED 
Pull-In of CHB PH1: DISABLED 
Pull-In of CHB PH2: DISABLED 
Pull-In of CHB PH3: DISABLED 
Pull-In of CHB PH4: DISABLED 
CPU Voltage: 1.: 1.325
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (0/2): AUTO 
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (1/3): AUTO 
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.56
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.24
DRAM Voltage: 2.1
NB Voltage: 1.14
NB GTL Reference: AUTO 
SBridge Voltage: 1.20 
PCIE SATA Voltage: 1.60 
Load Line Calibration: Enabled 
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled 
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled 
CPU Clock Skew : Auto
NB Clock Skew : Auto 
CPU Margin Enhancement: Optimized

Advance CPU Settings :
CPU Ratio Setting: 9
CPU VID: Default 
C1E Suppport: Disabled 
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled 
Intel� Virtualization Tech: Disabled 
Vanderpool Technology: Disabled 
CPU TM Function: Enabled[/FONT]

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**LivingNexus** · 03-28-2016, 11:50 AM

Re: Baby's First Overclock [Pentium E2160]

My BIOS wouldn't let me use 8.5 so I tested 8 x 333FSB first to make sure it was stable, then I kicked it up to 8 x 350. When that was stable I tried 7 x 400 but my system failed to boot.

Code:

[FONT=Lucida Console][B][U]LOG 6[/U][/B]

JumperFree Configuration Settings:

AI Overclock tuner: Manual
CPU Ratio Setting: [B]8[/B]
FSB Strap to North Bridge: [B]333 [/B]
FSB Frequency: [B]350[/B]
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: [B]AUTO[/B]
Mhz DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A2: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B2: AUTO
DRAM Timing Control: Manual

1st Information :
 CAS# Latency: 5
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5
DRAM RAS# Precharge: 5
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : AUTO
Row Refresh Cycle Time: [B]65[/B]
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: Disabled
DRAM Read Training: Disabled
MEM. OC Charger: Enabled
AI Clock Twister: Lighter AI
Transaction Booster: Manual
Common Performance Level [10]
Pull-In of CHA PH1: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHA PH2: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHA PH3: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHA PH4: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH1: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH2: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH3: DISABLED
Pull-In of CHB PH4: DISABLED
CPU Voltage: [B]1.33750[/B]
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (0/2): AUTO
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (1/3): AUTO
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.56
FSB Termination Voltage: [B]1.28[/B]
DRAM Voltage: [B]2.14[/B]
NB Voltage: 1.14
NB GTL Reference: AUTO
SBridge Voltage: 1.20
PCIE SATA Voltage: 1.60
Load Line Calibration: Enabled
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
CPU Clock Skew : Auto
NB Clock Skew : Auto
CPU Margin Enhancement: Optimized

Advance CPU Settings :
CPU Ratio Setting: 8
CPU VID: Default
C1E Suppport: Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Intel� Virtualization Tech: Disabled
Vanderpool Technology: Disabled
CPU TM Function: Enabled
Execute Disable Bit: Enabled
[/FONT]

**LivingNexus** · 04-10-2016, 09:32 PM

Re: Baby's First Overclock [Pentium E2160]

So I'm thinking maybe my computer doesn't like the x7 multiplier because I could only get the FSB to between 360-370. Increasing the voltages didn't help. I tried it with the strap at 333 and 400 and it didn't seem to make a difference. I seem to have hit a hard wall again. Other people with E2160s seem to be able to break 3GHz pretty easily, sometimes at stock voltages. Did I just get a lesser chip? I'm fine with that, just wondering if there's anything I can do to hit that 7 x 400 sweet spot.

As a side note, I did increase my DRAM Freq. to 842, meaning I'm running at a 5:6 ratio now. Subjectively, my system seems to be performing much faster in terms of loading videos and image galleries, although that's partially a function of my internet connection. I'll have to see if this keeps up over the long term.

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Baby's First Overclock [Pentium E2160]

Baby's First Overclock [Pentium E2160]

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