Q9400 3.4 ghz without 1.3 v

[Foristality]

I overclocked my q9400 to 3.2 ghz at 1.275 V it was very stable ran primetest95 for 8 hours, passed no errors. I need help getting it to 3.4 ghz. The only thing I changed in the bios was cpu voltage to 1.27500. The cpu frequency to 400(x8). and ram to 960 mhz. When I set the cpu frequency to 425 mhz, the desktop booted and I got bsod right after. raised the voltage to 1.285 and samething. I also had a blank screen one time after tweaking some voltages.

I dont want to get into 1.3 v. Is there anyway I could tweak other things to reach 3.4 without 1.3 v?

[_dangtx_]

a good idea would be for you,sir, to have the drop down 'my info' thingie setup or put it into siggie.

basically drop ram further, maybe give it a bit of juice, to the other voltage settings maybe bring up a notch

and dont be scared of 1.35 volts.

[Foristality]

I dont get that drop down my info thing, anyways what ram voltage would you recommend?

its ocz 4 gb ddr2 dual channel sli ready.

[_dangtx_]

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not sure what voltage its set to run at. put it to 2 volts to boot just in case, although if its on a lower divider and running in spec it shouldnt matter

[Foristality]

I was wondering if the pcie frequency matters?

[Foristality]

Ok. I set the voltage to 1.29 and and 425x8 and for some reason i get a blank screen. Its like nothing is hooked up to the monitor, the monitor light is just blinking. After a restart It say overclock failed. What does the blank screen mean?
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[_dangtx_]

pci-e,pci,must be locked in by default. sometimes you put 101mhz to be sure its locked, but thats old old school.

give it 1.35 .

put ram on 400 or whatever lowest divider you got there

give more juice, a notch to the other places where it lets you.

[Foristality]

I have a problem. I raised the voltage to 1.35 and ran just a quick stress test with intelburntest for 280 seconds.no problems.

The cpu i think is way too hot it jumps around a lot. There is like 10 C difference between the the first 2 core and the second 2. Once the first core (hottest) jumped to 69 for like half a second.

The real problem is my fsb is at 1700 mhz. but my motherboard is capable of max 1600 mhz. is that a problem?

and one more thing.

I have a coolermaster hyper 101i. Im in my basement. and its kind of cold here, but my cpu runs still hot.

idle

36 34 (28- 30) (28-30)C

[_dangtx_]

those temps are ok.

put the fans up if noise is no issue.


10c between cores could be normal, if the spread and contact is not quite proper

[Foristality]

what about the fsb?