oliverw92

I'm using it, but i didn't ever use it wihtout. I havn't put the fan on it that came with it, it wouldn't fit because of my HSF. It doesn't interfere with my airflow because mine is a down-draught cooler.

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cruisant

The cooler harbour that comes with mb is pretty much useless You're better off with a small fan ontop of the mosfet/nb hs I even lapped mine and using it right now without any noticeable improvement to nb temp. Still ran the same without it.


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oliverw92

Lmao maybe i will get rid of it lol.

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FREELINE57

Thanks Oliver & cruisant......just as i suspected, *WORTHLESS*!
+1 Reps to you guys for your input.

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I agree it didn't even get warm on mine, even though the rest of the pipe and heatsinks were warm. Want to remove it soon and mod it for better cooling like lapping it, permanent fan mounting, and bolt through if its worth it.

Is there anyone of you i45 owners that did the bolt through mod to the heatpipe? If so have any pics and/or was it worth it? What bolts and nuts did you use?

Got the stock cooler strapped on now selling TRUE120 to go water. Stable at 1.080v 24/7 at stock clocks with temps maxing at 56-58c prime smallffts. Gonna try to go lower see if it boots at -.200v. Room temp is warm now winters here heats on around 74-76 average.

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shaun2k

Right then.... firstly

Ive been doing some research, and it seems that cruisant is correct in saying that the later bios updates are playing up with win 7.

I'm using the latest bios supplied and it just re-boots or gets to the post page of the bios, then hangs around where it loads drivers.

but it will boot second time around after a restart.

even so its irritating, if you have a failed overclock, it hangs before you can re-enter the bios for changes so your stuck in a loop.



secondly..

i'm becoming more aware that my system is not running as it should, my previous E8400 is seeming to be a bit faster at load times to desktop, and more responsive on cheaper ram too..

at present, i can only clock my q9550 CO to 3.4 with high temps (one core higher then the rest)

34 39 *48* 41 alarming wouldnt you say!!, and when under load, this core likes to be ahead of the game.

at present, all my settings are at stock bar the fsb (400)



RAM

i'm having difficulty with the ram setup here also, with my kingston hyper x 1066mhz 8gb paired kits.

they run at 800mhz fine, with normal timings 5-5-5-15, but i'm getting around 8321-8734 mbs bandwidth in everest mem read, write, etc. and a copy of 54125 !!....lol..

when i got this chip new, and had geil dimms, i could get 10137mbs on the read/write at 1003 mhz in everest. (although i never ran the geil at 1066 either)

my ram is rated for 2.2v, although, people do say they need 2.3v however on *either* these dimms do not want to play at 1066.

Not at stock everything, not overclocked, not anything, they go to 960mhz at 400 fsb at some crappy multiplyer ratio 12:10 and then re-boots commence.

there are some settings in the bios that i dont know much about...like the fine tune ddr

i can get them to 960mhz at 400 fsb by using the frequency setting in the bios, and it runs, but i want to go up and beyond to at least the dimms rated speed, any further and it plays up.

everything seems to get hotter these days, with my idle temps creeping up over the months, its time for a more pro approach then just rubbing the bus up the wrong way.

i'm going to follow the scew settings and others that cruisant put up and will report back here later.

i just hope my third core isnt playing up!!! with its temps being what they are.

*Update*

i just used 8 as a multiplyer with a front side bus of 450mhz which gives me 3.6ghz i used the config earlier in this thread by cruisant and its booting, however the ram speeds are all over the place

71** on the read, 98** on the write, and 51** on the copy

i had it better with the same clock earlier with a newer bios, and with the bios p45aab03 it seems more stable but i still have my double reset issue.
and ram has defo changed.

the tread value of 9t is crucial on those settings, as it will not boot any other way.

somehow i managed to get 90's all across the board on the ram earlier in everest mem and cache test...tut...now its seemed to of changed to more staggered results. onward...

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Q9550 :~Overclocked~:

Tpower I45 Board

8GB of Kingston HyperX 1066mhz 5 5 5 15

3 x 7200 WD Drives 2 x 80gb 1 x 500

GTX 260 Overclocked at Bios Level

Zalman Copper Heatsink

Max Overclock + 4.1ghz 8.5 and 14secs to do prime number Crunch
Max Ram Speed achieved + 960mhz current

Current settings + 3.4ghz at 400 fsb 960mhz ram

oliverw92

Oh my god your problems are identical to mine... except two of my cores are higher.

At the moment, Core Temp reporting 26,25,38,37. Maybe my HSF is putting more pressure on one side, dunno how the cores are laid out in the q9550. I can't get over 3.4ghz either (400 FSB). My memory also won't go above 800mhz in the bios, although for some reason everest keeps saying i am at 400mhz on the ram?

I plan to flash the bios, never done it before though, any tips on doing it cruisant?

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CorpussStalker

A710 is the best by far, I have tried them all now

When flashing make sure you reset every in bios to default and using their app its pretty nerving but easy

Edit: You can get every bios HERE

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oliverw92

I just flashed to 710 bios, decided to try and get better memory speeds. In the bios, i put the mem speeds at 960mhz, but when i boot into windows, it says 445 mhz? Why does it do this?

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shaun2k

yeah thats because its 2x as in dual channel 445 x2 is 960mhz...

so it will say 960 in the bios and 445 in cpuz or similar :P

i'm noticing that we all have similar things when it comes to ram troubles.

lower your multiplyer to 8 put your front side bus at 450.

turn speed step off

put the northbridge latch at 1333mhz

set your ram at 900 in the frequancy section

do these timings of:

(top)5,5,5,15,8,54,4,4,4,14,5,5,5,9,5,5,11,8,7,8(b ottom)

(in logical order from the top) (deselect auto on the extra timings and enter them too)

actually turn all cpu functions off except multithreading.

voltages need to be

cpu + 0.25v
ddr + 0.100v
chipset + 0.175v
northbridge pll to 1.50v if its not already
fsb + 0.100
cpu 1,2 ref voltage and cpu 2 ref to + 67 vtt (both)
mch to + 64 vtt
cpu pll at + 1.5v

at this point it should boot ok with ram at 900 mhz

now increase the fsb in 5 increments until you get a happy spot where it boots everytime 5 times or more.

then memtest it...it should bring your mem up on the write, the read will be normal ish, and the copy will be crap.

all this done and theres no change, then put your timings to normal and see if boots...it should do mine does, but leave the tread value one in the timings section to 9t...
tread value works on the lower the faster higher the slower.

you should get 80,98,89 on the timings, but that said each ram dimm is different.

i did have all mine at 95 + bar read

what i dont get is the ram voltage....

i mean its reporting a 800 mhz voltage speed of 1.85 or near

i increase the voltage to make 2.2 so 0.350v but it reports 2.044v when i successfully re-boot next (how can that be!!!)

just got 3.89 ghz!! yeah but ram is still crap speeds...lol...starting to think my outlay of 129.99 for 8gb of 1066 is noobish, as my 2 dimms of 800mhz (brand unknown) and 2 dimms of 667 (brand unknown) = 4gb out perform this blue kingston crap

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Q9550 :~Overclocked~:

Tpower I45 Board

8GB of Kingston HyperX 1066mhz 5 5 5 15

3 x 7200 WD Drives 2 x 80gb 1 x 500

GTX 260 Overclocked at Bios Level

Zalman Copper Heatsink

Max Overclock + 4.1ghz 8.5 and 14secs to do prime number Crunch
Max Ram Speed achieved + 960mhz current

Current settings + 3.4ghz at 400 fsb 960mhz ram