I'll post my problem here since it's fundamentally about the mainboard (or my lack of expertise regarding it)
Firstly my specs.
P5Q Pro (BIOS latest from Asus)
Q9550
2x2Gb DDR2 OCZ Reaper 1066 http://www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-ddr2-pc2-8500-reaper-hpc-4gb-edition-eol.html
I'm trying to OC this board for the first time after receving it as an replacement for my old busted MSI one. Sadly I ran into a wall immediately. I just can't get the memory stable no matter what.
I know this particular CPU chip OC's well since I ran it at 3.8GHz with my old inferior mobo and even then it was only limited by my former 800Mhz budget memory. Also I just tested this Reaper memory stick by stick with Memtest86+ (3 passes and about one hour per stick) on stock settings and it gave no errors. So I'm pretty sure the fault is in my bios settings.
I started to OC with the steps in this post: http://www.overclock.net/t/773046/official-asus-p5q-pro-turbo-pro-turbo-owners-club-all-asus-p45-mobo-owners-welcome#post_9952617 and started to search max settings with 6x CPU multiplier to eliminate the CPU that out of the equation.
The problem, in nutshell, is that when I reach the point in the process when I have to start tweaking the memory settings it immediately becames unstable if I touch any of them. If I touch the divider, FSB strap, frequency or memory voltage it just BSOD's blend test immediately. Small-FTT test is always fine. With 400 FSB, I have tried 1:1 and other dividers while keeping the frequency underlocked or just slightly overclocked, I have tried both 333Mhz and 400Mhz straps, I have tried memory voltages between 2.1 to 2.3, I have tried NB voltages from 1.16 to 1.3, and VTT voltages from 1.16-1.35. Also very first I tried as much as possible on [auto] but no luck: The memory just doesn't stay stable with higher-than-stock FSB regardless of if its underclocked, overclocked or stock speed.
Any tips? Is there some major setting I have overlooked that totally hinders the memory from being stable?
Edited by Foucault71 - 4/10/12 at 11:26am
Firstly my specs.
P5Q Pro (BIOS latest from Asus)
Q9550
2x2Gb DDR2 OCZ Reaper 1066 http://www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-ddr2-pc2-8500-reaper-hpc-4gb-edition-eol.html
I'm trying to OC this board for the first time after receving it as an replacement for my old busted MSI one. Sadly I ran into a wall immediately. I just can't get the memory stable no matter what.
I know this particular CPU chip OC's well since I ran it at 3.8GHz with my old inferior mobo and even then it was only limited by my former 800Mhz budget memory. Also I just tested this Reaper memory stick by stick with Memtest86+ (3 passes and about one hour per stick) on stock settings and it gave no errors. So I'm pretty sure the fault is in my bios settings.
I started to OC with the steps in this post: http://www.overclock.net/t/773046/official-asus-p5q-pro-turbo-pro-turbo-owners-club-all-asus-p45-mobo-owners-welcome#post_9952617 and started to search max settings with 6x CPU multiplier to eliminate the CPU that out of the equation.
The problem, in nutshell, is that when I reach the point in the process when I have to start tweaking the memory settings it immediately becames unstable if I touch any of them. If I touch the divider, FSB strap, frequency or memory voltage it just BSOD's blend test immediately. Small-FTT test is always fine. With 400 FSB, I have tried 1:1 and other dividers while keeping the frequency underlocked or just slightly overclocked, I have tried both 333Mhz and 400Mhz straps, I have tried memory voltages between 2.1 to 2.3, I have tried NB voltages from 1.16 to 1.3, and VTT voltages from 1.16-1.35. Also very first I tried as much as possible on [auto] but no luck: The memory just doesn't stay stable with higher-than-stock FSB regardless of if its underclocked, overclocked or stock speed.
Any tips? Is there some major setting I have overlooked that totally hinders the memory from being stable?
Edited by Foucault71 - 4/10/12 at 11:26am
