Originally Posted by go4life

you can push your cpu even further now! Try to keep it under 65c, and you will be fine.
And many cpus have difference in c between the cores. I remember my q6600 loaded at 55-54-52-56 so, don't worry!

Originally Posted by squareshot

still want a better CPU cooler- thanks for getting back-LOL-

Originally Posted by Shifty

Alright. I recently built a brand new system and I've run into SEVERAL problems. I've tried all sorts of things to fix these, but to no avail. I'll just list them right here, if anyone can help me out.

1. e8400 REFUSES to OC to 3.6ghz, no matter how many voltages or tricks I attempt. Everything I try is usually stable for around 1 minute and 10 or so seconds of booting into XP and running CPU-Z and Orthos, then the system locks up.

2. My GSKILL ram timings are REALLY strange. I have the timings MANUALLY set in my bios to 5-5-5-15, like they're supposed to be. However, within around a minute of booting into XP, the tRAS switches itself to 31, leaving me at 5-5-5-31 timing on my ram. I sometimes see them switch to 7-7-7-31 as well... ????? I've ran memtest86 with no errors.

3. I tried running 3DMark06 to get some benchmarks. All of the tests run perfect EXCEPT the CPU tests. As soon as the CPU tests load, my FPS drops to around 2 and things move VERY sluggish.

Originally Posted by SpeedDevil

gratz on 1000th post as it stands to reason it is you who has to have it

I load kind of steady there 53-54-54-54 xD

Originally Posted by flyin15sec

I ran into problems where my memory timings went into the 100's. You should go ahead and update to the lastest 0801 BIOS if you have the E8400 E0.

After the BIOS update, load all the BIOS defaults.

Test your system to make sure everything is fine at stock.

Then start to OC from there.

3DMark06 CPU test is working as intended. You'll only get 1-2fps max.

Originally Posted by slickwilly

If you have installed any of the Asus O.C. software uninstall it, it sometimes has a mind of it's own

Originally Posted by Shifty

Bios is already 0801 and everything seems to be fine at stock.

Haha I feel a little dumb now that I know that the 3DMark06 CPU test is SUPPOSED to drop your fps (secrets out, I've never ran 3DMark06 in my life xD)

As for all the voltage settings, I guess you mean list the most stable voltages I've tried?:

Vcore - 1.3 (stock is 1.265v)
Mem - 1.85 (I've been told to leave my memory voltages at their defaults. GSKILL website says 1.8-1.9)
HT - Auto
NB - 1.32
SB - Auto


Yeah I noticed that the second I installed it all in the very beginning. That's all gone now, however.

Originally Posted by ljapilot

1000th post for this thread