EP 45 DS3R and Quad 9300 overclocking help

[alexvr6]

Good morning,
After reading and reading the plethora of useful information on this forum, I have decided to take my 1st step into overclocking my system.

After following a set of settings found here on a similar system, i now get a red error message in the bios, warning about the system being overclocked.

Furthermore, CPU-Z does not recognize the "new" CPU speed, but rather the original (stock) performance.

I have tried to paste my BIOS setting in this thread, but I am told it is too large.

I hope you can land a hand to this newbie,

Thanks in advance for your guidance,

Alex

[Chike]

Re: EP 45 DS3R and Quad 9300 overclocking help

After all the reading you must know we need more details to make any educated advise.
Read this post, follow steps 1-4 for providing the required info and we'll try to advise as best wen can.

I can see one possible problem with your ram. Lowest multiplier is 2(1:1) so you will be limited to memory OC capabilities.

[alexvr6]

Re: EP 45 DS3R and Quad 9300 overclocking help

Hi,
Thanks for trying to help....
The screen shot required are below, however, I cannot post the BIOS setting since I'm told that they are over 30,000 characters and they need to be under 10,000 ......(what am I doing wrong here?)

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[alexvr6]

Re: EP 45 DS3R and Quad 9300 overclocking help

I have attached the BIOS setting in Word....

I hope this works,

Thanks again,

Alex

[Conners]

Re: EP 45 DS3R and Quad 9300 overclocking help

I assume you are running 7.5 multiplier @ 333 MHz FSB which make your ram as Chike says limits you OC ability. Given that your Ram is already at it rated speed without over clocking anything. You could possibly get a small overclock but not much to make that much difference IMO.

You may want to consider purchasing some DDR2 1066 memory.

After looking at your settings you say you have FSB @ 400 FSB and a 2.66B strap for a memory speed of approx 1064 MHz, so I can see why this doesn't work. You could try @ a 2.00B or 2.00D strap for a memory speed of 800MHz, which is about a 20% OC of your memory. Can it handle it?

[Chike]

Re: EP 45 DS3R and Quad 9300 overclocking help

Don't paste the template in word or other format, just as plain text, notepad is just enough for editing them.
Memory in MemTest SPD is different than what you have in your signature, it's a DDR-800(PC2-6400) and should hold up to 400FSB and some more.
Set manual settings suggested in that link, you can begin with setting them to the target valuess shown for them by EaesyTune.

[alexvr6]

Re: EP 45 DS3R and Quad 9300 overclocking help

Yeah.....I was only looking to get to around 3.0Ghz from 2.5Ghz.....not sure if that is considered a little or a lot....

I will skip the RAM upgrade......If I upgrade anything, it will be a i7 CPU/Mobo/Ram combo.....

Thanks,
Alex

[Conners]

Re: EP 45 DS3R and Quad 9300 overclocking help

My bad I missed he has 800 MHz memory...I was working with 667 MHz he had in his signature.. So ignore my post...

[Conners]

Re: EP 45 DS3R and Quad 9300 overclocking help

Here is a template you can use...

MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
Robust Graphics Booster ...............: Auto
CPU Clock Ratio ..........................: 7x
Fine CPU Clock Ratio.....................: +0.5
CPU Frequency ...........................: 3.01GHz (402x7.5)


Clock Chip Control 
Standard Clock Control
CPU Host Clock Control..................: [Enabled] 
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ............: 402Mhz
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) .........:Set to 100

C.I.A.2 .................................:[Disabled]


Advanced Clock Control [Press Enter]
CPU Clock Drive...........................: <<< [800mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive.................: <<< [900mV]
CPU Clock Skew (ps)....................: <<< [0ps]
MCH Clock Skew (ps)...................: <<< [50ps]  <--Make it 0ps

DRAM Performance Control
Performance Enhance...................: [STANDARD]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.).....: [Disabled]
(G)MCH Frequency Latch...............: [400MHz]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD)..............: [2.66D] <--2.0 B or D
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ..............: 800 1072 – cannot change
DRAM Timing Selectable ................: [Manual]

Standard Timing Control
CAS Latency Time........................ 6 [6]
tRCD ......................................... 6 [6]
tRP'...........................................6[6]
tRAS.......................................... 18[18]

Advanced Timing Control
tRRD........................................... 3 [3]
tWTR.......................................... 3 [3]
tWR............................................ 6 [4]
tRFC........................................... 46 [52]
tRTP...........................................3 [4]
Command Rate (CMD) .................... 0 [ 2]

Driving Strength Profiles
Driving Strength ............................all AUTO

Channel A
Static tRead Value.........................:8 [8]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment...................:Auto
tRD Phase1 Adjustment...................:Auto
tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................:Auto
tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................:Auto
Trd2rd(Different Rank)....................:6 [6] 
Twr2wr(Different Rank)...................: 6[Auto] 
Twr2rd(Different Rank)...................: 5 [Auto] 
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank)..................: 8 [Auto] 
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............:Auto ps
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............:Auto ps

Channel B
Static tRead Value.........................: 8 [8]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment...................:Auto 
tRD Phase1 Adjustment...................:Auto
tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................:Auto
tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................:Auto
Trd2rd(Different Rank)....................: 6 [Auto] 
Twr2wr(Different Rank)...................: 6 [Auto] 
Twr2rd(Different Rank)...................: 5 [Auto] 
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank)..................: 8 [Auto] 
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............:Auto ps
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............:Auto ps

Motherboard Voltage Control
Voltage Type.………... Manual
CPU
CPU Vcore….……….........................: 1.22500V [1.32500V]
CPU Termination…..... 1.200V.......[auto)
CPU PLL…………………....1.500V.......[auto]
CPU Referen.…………....0.760  …..[Auto]


MCH/ICH
MCH Core…………….....1.100V...........:[1.200V]
MCH Reference….…….0.760V...........[Auto]
MCH/DRAM Ref.…......0.900V.......... [Auto]
ICH I/O……………….....1.550V.........[Auto]
ICH Core…………...……..........[not in list]

DRAM
DRAM Voltage ……....1.800V............: [2.000V]
DRAM Termination .…0.900V……. [Auto]
Channel A Reference 0.900V…….. [Auto]
Channel B Reference 0.900V…….[ Auto]
Advanced Settings
Limit CPUID Max. to 3.....................: [Disabled]
No-Execute Memory Protect............: [Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E)................: [Disabled]
C2/C2E State Support....................: [Disabled] {not listed}
x C4/C4E State Support..................: [Disabled] {not listed}
CPU Thermal Monitor 2(TM2) ...........: [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function.........................: [Disabled]
Virtualization Technology................: [Disabled]

[alexvr6]

[alexvr6]

Re: EP 45 DS3R and Quad 9300 overclocking help

Great, the past worked..

So, these are the setting that i set-up under a separate BIOS profile. I keep going back into them and adjust as I see/read on forums.

But, it still does not work very well. If I need to use the machine, then I used the "stock" BIOS profile, load those settings, and all is back to normal.

Only once I made a change and it kept on re-wanting to re-boot but never did......so I did a battery pull to re-set the BIOS...

Thanks,
Alex

[Chike]

Re: EP 45 DS3R and Quad 9300 overclocking help

Set memory multiplier to 2.00D, leave advanced timings auto for now, increase tRFC if needed, spec is 46 for DDR-800, see how that go.
Not clear if Vcore si default 1.225v or 1.325v, you'f probably need more than default.

EDIT: leave Static tRead Value auto or 11/12 for both channel for now, try to set it lower later.

[alexvr6]

Re: EP 45 DS3R and Quad 9300 overclocking help

OK, thanks...
changed multiplier to 2.00D
tRFC is now 52 (default is 46)
Vcore at 1.325v

re-booted on the 3rd attempt.....

[Conners]

Re: EP 45 DS3R and Quad 9300 overclocking help

Do you have a link to your memory? Also I made a few suggestions for you in my previous post with the template... Again late on the draw...you must have posted while I was writing...lol

[Chike]

Re: EP 45 DS3R and Quad 9300 overclocking help

Any multi reboots are no good, meaning settings did not take and BIOS chose something that works.
At default everything was working OK no multi boots?
Try to go up more with MCH Core up to 1.24v, if no go try to set MCH Core back to 1.1v, DRAM Voltage 1.9v.