[mastercode]

Hi,

i have been trying to overclock my cpu - amd x6 1055t- for about 3 days and im having no luck atall.. could some one on here give me a heads up please as im getting stressed lol

the motherboard is - ASUS M4A88TD-M EVO
my cooler is - THERMALTAKE FRIO

thanks in advance if anyone can help me ... i must say aswell im a total noob at overclocking

 

[Exile324]

Read.. Then apply.. Then if you run into trouble come back and ask!

http://www.overclock.net/amd-cpus/88...ing-guide.html

 

[mastercode]

thanks you i will have a read now and see if i can manage not to fry my cpu lol

 

[Exile324]

You wont, Just make sure you stay within the rated volts. best thing for you is probably work with small OC's at first to get the hang of it but you wont mess with your volts at all if you are doing small OC. If you are a fast learner and you can handle messing with your Volts you can OC your CPU until it wont boot anymore at that point you can start raising your volts to what they need to be. But that entails messing with your ram, NB, HT link, and other stuff

 

[Devilmaypoop]

Is your ram 1333 mhz or 1600 mhz for starters? 1333 is crucial if you want to overclock your 1055T near 4ghz.

And run Prime95 small fft's test for 10 minutes, so we can get an idea about your temperatures and how much headroom you have. Just download HWmonitor and watch the CPU/Socket temperature, because the core temperatures are off in Thubans.

 

[Phobos223]

Also fill out your system specs so we know what other hardware you are using!

 

[mastercode]

spec is
AMD PHENOM II X6 1055T - RUNNNING AT 3.3GHZ - Turbo Enabled
10gig 1333mhz ddr3 (corsair)
M4A88TD-M EVO motherboard

MY TEMPS ARE : - 18C IDLE AND 33C 100% LOAD

is that enough info sorry if not youll have to bare with me as new to all this

 

[mastercode]

thanks all ive managed to get 4.1ghz stable on air with a thermaltake frio cpu cooler

 

[mastercode]

well sorry to say back again!!

heres the settings ive used:

cpu ratio - x14
amd turbo - disabled
cpu bus freq - 286
pci-e - 100
dram freg - 11400 (also tryd 1525mhz)
cpu/nb freq - auto
ht link - auto
cpu voltage - 1.45v and 1.5v
dram voltage - 1.65v
cpu load line - auto
cpu/nb load line - auto

with these settings i get the system to boot but when i try prime 95 i get blue screen!! (but only get blue screen when running prime 95 other than that seemed fine)

the thing is ive sat for days now trying to get this to work with all diffrent settings ect .. the one thing i was woundering would my cheap power supply stop me from doing a decent overclock aswell

thanks all

 

[hyujmn]

Ok, first of all, we need you to go to the Control Panel and fill in your system specs. That'll help us know what your system is capable of.

Couple of things, though...

1) You've tried both 1.45 and 1.5v for 4ghz? And it failed each time?
2) You need to manually set the CPU/NB Frequency and the HT Link. Try to keep the HT Link as close as possible to 2000. This will mean lowering the multiplier. Also, reduce your CPU/NB Frequency as well. For a 4ghz OC, you should aim for a 2800/3000mhz CPU/NB Frequency. You should also increase your CPU/NB Voltage. NOTE: This is NOT the NB Voltage. It is the CPU/NB Voltage.
3) What is your RAM frequency? I can't tell, because you say 11400, so I'm not sure what it really is.
4) Temperatures are gonna be very important. Make sure you watch them like a hawk.
5) Can we get some CPU-Z screenies so we can see what else you're doing?

 

[mastercode]

updated my system info and thanks for taking the time to help

 

[mastercode]

at the momment ive dropped everything back to stock speeds

 

[Atomfix]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Devilmaypoop;13111258
Is your ram 1333 mhz or 1600 mhz for starters? 1333 is crucial if you want to overclock your 1055T near 4ghz.

And run Prime95 small fft's test for 10 minutes, so we can get an idea about your temperatures and how much headroom you have. Just download HWmonitor and watch the CPU/Socket temperature, because the core temperatures are off in Thubans.

Curious.... When I'm at 4.0GHz and setting my RAM to 1333MHz, my computer won't boot and comes up with Overclocking failed, When I set it too 1600MHz, it boots fine

 

[hyujmn]

10 gigs? How are the DIMM slots populated?

Also, you'll need to manually set the timings for the RAM. If not, the mobo may assign some random timings that'll really screw with stability.

Your CPU may not even be capable of 4ghz though. Have you tried any other settings? It's not recommended to go diving into the deep end when you've never OC'd before. You gotta get a feel of what does what.

 

[mastercode]

thanks for that info .. ill change the timmings in future as for other tests ive tryd 3.8 and 3.9 the longest ive had it running was when i set to 4004mhz
it ran for about 1 hour on prime 95 then crashed!

 

[hyujmn]

A crash that earlier is usually indicative of a low VCore.

 

[mastercode]

ive tryd up to 1.5v vcore helped abit but still crashed ... im woundering weather to buy a better motherboard as that may be the problem!

thanks for your help ... this is doing my head in now lol