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Recently I have been reading alot about overclocking q9550's and how it has been so successful so i decided to give it a try. I tried overclocking using the bios and i'm not real sure what happened but it restarted and had to reload default settings, gave me a message saying "Overclock Failed".
I then remembered that ASUS gave me some software with the mobo for overclocking so i tried that out. I used "AI Booster" and now have my cpu @ 3.2 GHz. With a stock cooler its temps are: idle: 39-40C and full load (Prime95):it got up to 76C before i decided to stop it.
I plan on getting an aftermarket cooler soon. Something like a Zalman CNPS9900LED (Copper) CPU Cooler.
1. Does anyone have any suggestions as to why i cant successfully OC in bios?
2. Are those temps right/safe?
3. Is that cooler any good?
Thanks
PS: sorry, new to this OCing stuff. I left the multiplier as 8.5 and tried to set the FSB to 376 and turned off speedstep. Didnt change voltage, left as auto. Enough info?

I then remembered that ASUS gave me some software with the mobo for overclocking so i tried that out. I used "AI Booster" and now have my cpu @ 3.2 GHz. With a stock cooler its temps are: idle: 39-40C and full load (Prime95):it got up to 76C before i decided to stop it.

I plan on getting an aftermarket cooler soon. Something like a Zalman CNPS9900LED (Copper) CPU Cooler.
1. Does anyone have any suggestions as to why i cant successfully OC in bios?
2. Are those temps right/safe?
3. Is that cooler any good?
Thanks
PS: sorry, new to this OCing stuff. I left the multiplier as 8.5 and tried to set the FSB to 376 and turned off speedstep. Didnt change voltage, left as auto. Enough info?