Ah, no I seem to be ok when it's idling and such. I got a freeze during Deus Ex a couple of weeks ago, but investigating the error logs shows the sound card driver as the culprit (something to do with OpenAL, I think) so I found a newer version of PAX and installed that. That's the first I've had since I got the CPU in April. I had a 2500 (non-k) on loan from a friend before that with similar settings. Even had the BSCLK overclocked ot get to 4GHz without a hitch, though I wasn't using offset then
I'm on the latest BIOS revision too (updated it prior to the CPU)Does it affect the power usage with C3 and C6 off? I may well just turn them off if it doesn't affect my low power draw in idle. That was the bit winner for me... means the missus doesn't complain too much about my PC being on.
I'm going to join that club now anyways =D
Oh, it's not very active though. It used to get like a dozen or more posts per day, but now it's lucky to get just 1 per day. Still, people sometimes come out of the woodwork when someone posts. hehe
Disabling them affects the power draw, but only by a microscopic amount. It's just that having them disabled still allows the voltage to drop very low, but not low enough to allow the system to lock up or BSOD while idling.
Although, you may not need to depending on your other settings from what I've been learning from random posts lately. Which Load-Line Calibration setting are you using? I'm using Ultra High because it results in the smallest amount of vDroop without resulting in any vRise. I was told on more than one occasion recently that I could re-enable C3 and C6 if I used a lower Load-Line Calibration or something. I haven't tried it yet because I don't want to disturb my system.
