Motherboard forgets overclock

[Lemon]

I have had this problem for around 6 months and just put up with stock speeds becasue of it. I can get a stable 3.4ghz form my q6600 which is more than enough for what I need, however my motherboard will only remember these settings for around a week before it reverts back to stock. At first I thought it was throttling back, but it just forgets them completly. Since gettign back into gaming and computers recently, I want it to remember my overclocks :neutral:

Specs that concern are as follows:
Q6600 and Gigabyte P35 DQ6

Have tried resetting CMOS, removing battrey for like 24 hours etc. getting fed up with it now... Prehaps its an exscuse to get a new computer :p

Any ideas?

Thanks, Lemon

[sniperdude]

how much ram do you have

[Rappsy]

I had a P35 Foxconn that did the same thing, its to do with booting from cold, check your voltage settings, I'd try putting NB Voltage up slightly and CPU voltage up slightly. Also try and relax your memory timings (this is a seperate P35 issue) but see if it still does it. If it was "forgetting" then you'd end up with failsafe defaults which would be something stupid slow not stock

[Lemon]

how much ram do you have

4gb Crucial Ballistix 1066 running at 1150mhz


I had a P35 Foxconn that did the same thing, its to do with booting from cold, check your voltage settings, I'd try putting NB Voltage up slightly and CPU voltage up slightly. Also try and relax your memory timings (this is a seperate P35 issue) but see if it still does it. If it was "forgetting" then you'd end up with failsafe defaults which would be something stupid slow not stock

NB voltage is +0.1, ran at +0.2 for a while with no difference, Adding voltage makes little differnce except a bit more heat.
Haven't tried anything with memory, it doesnt seem to forget that overclock, hence they are always overclocked.

Will continue fiddling...

[Jonny2Bad]

Always worth checking the bios updates etc for any fix on this, and dont forget maybe your overclock isnt that stable and the bios could be resetting itself because of the overclock, not a common thing but a possiblilty.

[Lemon]

Always worth checking the bios updates etc for any fix on this, and dont forget maybe your overclock isnt that stable and the bios could be resetting itself because of the overclock, not a common thing but a possiblilty.

Hmmmmm, good call on the BIOS, haven't checked for about 8 months.

After a bit of googling, seems I'm not the only one to have had this problem. Oh well, couple of months and will probably get a new computer.

Lemon

[Jonny2Bad]

I wouldnt bother really upgrading the whole pc A new mobo would suffice. The q6600 at 3.4ghz is fast enough for any app or game on the market, a nice new p45 board new gpu would be ample imo.

[sniperdude]

i had the same problem with mine it can be solved

this is how i done mine

lock the PCI Express Frequency to 100mhz
MCH OverVoltage Control to +1.50
FSB OverVoltage Control___ +0.1


i am only clocking to 333x9 3ghz so i would think you would need to add some core voltage on top

but to be totally honest no offence to anyone here but the best place you could go
is tweaktown forums official Gigabyte support forum

a Mod there called Lsdmeasap will tell you every setting from ram timings
to voltages

he has helped me get my ds3p and a GA-EP45-UD3R overclocked
and both have been solid since

[Jonny2Bad]

Totally agree sniper, they will have a far better knowledge of the fix for this over there as they will have dealt with it before, but i would ask that you report back with the fix (if there is 1) so we can all learn and there for help someone else with the same problem that may pass through.

[Lemon]

Cheers for help guys, will pay a visit over there tomrrow and report back with my findings.

PS. Anyone know how to get a signature to show up?

EDIT - DW, its showing now :)

[Jonny2Bad]

Ive never got on with the gigabyte p35 myself, just wasnt as user friendly as the asus models. But as with all things its what your used to i suspect.

[sniperdude]

i never get anything other gigabyte its just what you get used to i agree

i had a dfi board once omg i hated it 1000000000000000 setttings :rolleyes:


this is really the first time overclocked seeing as everyone was oc the q6600
to 3ghz i done mine and done a build for my cousin and done his he is well happy with his rig :D


i tell a lie i overclocked my amd 3200 barton core years ago lol

[system7]

4gb Crucial Ballistix 1066 running at 1150mhz

NB voltage is +0.1, ran at +0.2 for a while with no difference, Adding voltage makes little differnce except a bit more heat.

Haven't tried anything with memory, it doesnt seem to forget that overclock, hence they are always overclocked.

Will continue fiddling...
djgandy was kind enough to post his Crucial ballistix DDR2-1066 data in the memory thread.

Stock speed your FSB 1066 Q6600 2.4 GHz is running memory at SPD setting of 5-5-5-18-23 DDR2-800 (400 MHz) 1.8V which is a FSB-RAM ratio of 2:3. Look with CPU-Z to confirm.

If you run at 3 GHz FSB 1333 (333 MHz), your memory should be set at EPP setting of 5-5-5-15-30 DDR2-1000 (500 MHz) 2.2V. Though 2.0V would probably do for starters.

I don't fancy your chances of getting much above that on a P35 chipset no matter what voltage tweaks you do to the North Bridge. Your bios is crashing out because running memory at 1150 (575 MHz) without a lot of memory tweaks is unrealistic, and I doubt if the NB can hack a FSB much above 1464 (366 MHz) anyway. In other words, 3.3 GHz with a bit of memory tweaking is probably the limit. You might even have to drop to a 1:1 ratio on the memory, which would be a shame and partly undo your CPU improvement.

Should you care? Well 3.3 GHz is probably only getting you 7% more CPU performance than sniperdude's 3 GHz due to cache limitation. And probably none in graphics limited games. Is it worth it?

[Nox]

heh, my motherboard does this too sometimes, but have the oc profile saved so it's no biggy - about once a week or longer - it's usually after it seems to hang on detecting usb devices hmmm, maybe my usb hub is acting up...

Nox

[Lemon]

Ok, after a quick bit of fiddling, this is running pretty stable (liek 10 mins Prims stable ;)) and heres what I am set on. Will see how long it lasts. Any thoughts on the following...

Edit, new screeny that is readable... :)
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/7568/overclocklp9.jpg

[Jonny2Bad]

I run my ballistix at 2.1v for extra stability, at 3.4, my multi is x9 though and the vcore is 1.36v and my vid is lower than yours at 1.2375v.

[Lemon]

Ballistix run at 2.1v. CPU-z reports Vcore differently, its runing 3.25 Vcore in Bios.
What is VID? and what impact does it have? Also, what are your memory timings like? Are they even going to make that much difference...?

[Jonny2Bad]

No Memory timings and speeds at this dizzy height lol arent that much of performance boost tbh, what your bios is set to and the diiference that cpuz reads is called droop so you have to allow for the difference in your oc, make notes on your settings and what they are actually reading and make the next adjustments accordinly. VID is in th simplest way of describing it is what your cpu needs voltage wise to boot up at factory levels, so if you have low vid then in theory it could mean that you need less volts to reach the higher clocks, but doesnt always work out like that ;) Its a good oc you have there test it and run it for a while under pressure of gaming etc and prime95 if you like. Keep an eye on temps also etc etc.

[Lemon]

So is VID adjustable? or does it work it out for you based on your settings?

[Jonny2Bad]

So is VID adjustable? or does it work it out for you based on your settings?
No its factory set and cant be changed.