Overclocking Gigabyte G-41-ES2L with Q8200

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Dear bros, i watched a lot of people overclocking with Gigabyte G-41.I have problems overclocking my Q8200.Whenever i changed my CPU host frequency 333 to 360-380 and saving out i see a note "The system has experienced boot failure because of overclocking or changes of voltages.Last settings in this page may not coinicide with current H/W states."What should i do now?Increasing voltage of CPU Vcore or something?Help bro who have done it.
No offenses are allowed.Only directions nothing else.

[Dee]

You don't overclock your motherboard with your CPU, you overclock your CPU on your motherboard.

If you are not experienced with overclocking, I would recommend you not to tweak voltage at this stage. Change the CPU Host frequency by small increments at first if you really need to OC. Remember, there will not be any significant changes in most games. There are lots of C2Q overclocking guides on different forums, you can check those.

[Camouflage]

I never meant overclocking motherboard LOL.............I just want to know the voltage tweaking what u have said........cz increasing by small amount is not working.................Any1 who have experience doing this help...........

[Arif69]

I am not expert in overclocking as I don't like/support overclocking so much.Still here is some tips form me - Don't change the voltage,keep it auto,only change the host frequency .

And by the way Q8200 is not so much good for overclocking ."amateur_geek",he is a BG member.He was able to make highest 3.2 GHZ with q8200.

[Rakin7]

I am not expert in overclocking as I don't like/support overclocking so much.Still here is some tips form me - Don't change the voltage,keep it auto,only change the host frequency .

And by the way Q8200 is not so much good for overclocking ."amateur_geek",he is a BG member.He was able to make highest 3.2 GHZ with q8200.

that too with a Megahalems.

[shaikh_imtiaj]

For overclocking u have to check out 3 things.

1. Core voltage
2. Bus speed
3. Memory multiplier

First change the bus speed a little. I will advice u to go for 10mhz . Then see if the system is stable through some stress making software like prime95 (http://www.eocfiles.com/bdc86eb1ed29...s/p95v2511.zip) or OCCT (http://www.ocbase.com/download.php?fileext=zip)

U have to increase the fsb speed to oc ur processor. After a certain increasement u will face stability issues. At that time increase the voltage a step higher. Then check the system stabilty with softs I mention above and also check the temp with realtemp( http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads...alTemp_360.zip ) . If it isnt stable then raise the voltage another step higher. Check system stability and temp each time. But dont let the temp more than 70'c during the system stability test.


Note if u increase ur bus speed it will also increase ur memory bus speed. As for local rams it cant handle too much bus speed more than rated one. So if u increase ur bus speed much than u should change ur memory multiplier so that ur memory frequency will be within range. As for example ur default multiplier will be 2.4. But when will set ur fsb at 360 it will run the memory at 865mhz which higher than the rated one(for 800mhz ram). If u dont lessen ur memory multiplier it will cause system stability issue as well as may damage the ram. So don't rise the fsb too much. Keep it within 900mhz.

And mind that oc with stock cooler isnt the safest thing ( Except some) . And q8200 is a bad ocer. I made 3.2ghz with q8400 at at stock voltage with Arctic cooler freezer 7. Dont know how much ur one can go. Just have a try.

[Mahfuz]

seriously, try other processor aside from Q8200 ... how should i put this delicately :/ Q8200 is just an uber bogus for oc ... with a stock cooler u can't go over 2.80ghz, be assured about that ... the ultra low multiplier (7x) makes the q8200 impossible to get a satisfactory clock ... yeah, u can always increase the fsb regardless of whatever the processor multiplier is but then, ur mobo can't handle over 420-430fsb which will show the same note u're observing right now ...as a matter of fact, not much mobo are meant to be handled that amount of fsb either ... however, if u just intend to try the oc thing then it's okay ... imtiaj has given a good tutorial of how to make things work ...

[Camouflage]

Thanks to allz for helping especially Imtiaj.........i have also searched core2quad overclocking sites...........and what i have found is that neither q8200 nor g41-es2l is good for overclocking..............my mobo can support can support fsb 1333 & my processor is also 1333............i found in those websites specially overclockers club that mobo has to support more than fsb 1333.....................if i have a q6600 i can easily overclock that cz itz is 1066...................And if i overclock q8200 i can highest make the host frequency 333 to 345 where it stays stable............i have other issues too...........my ups backup is only 5-7 minutes(650VA)..............if i overclock i need upgrade 1200va ups cz ups then has no backup............once i make the host frequency to 400............then suddenly loadshedding started & computer is restarting twice or thrice times.......And then when i make host frequency stock again everything is normal and not that text found in bios "bla bla bla"........And lastly & most important i mainly a die hard fan of FIFA............i had running pentium d with 4870 like 15 days ago..........cz of bottlenecking i was anxious of getting out of it.............but allah has another fate for me............that crappy pentium d was burned for failure of cooling fan stability............and using q8200 Fifa 11 is playing very much well(only 35 percent usage of system which was reaching 90 to 100 percent with crappy D).....................

[Camouflage]

I was desperate to have some overclock in my q8200 with G41 with both the mobo & pro not good for overclocking.After bios update i got FSB of 343(2.4Ghz) from stock 333(2.33Ghz).I was also googling overclocker forums for help.Atlast from googling i can make FSB357(2.5Ghz).If i make further more itz dont boot.But i have to make the ram timing from 5-5-5-15 to 5-5-5-14 for that overclock using system memory multiplier 2.00B.Just tested with prime95 itz all ok & stable .

[dipanzan]

If it doesnt boot, you may need a higher voltage! But dont go above 1.35V! & high FSBs with quads aint that easy, your best bet would be to try a different FSB : DRAM multi, though it's recommended to keep it at 1:1
You can also see the NB voltages, they might need a little boost!

If there are reference voltage options in your motherboard, you may try tweaking that to stabilise the OC!

[Camouflage]

If it doesnt boot, you may need a higher voltage! But dont go above 1.35V! & high FSBs with quads aint that easy, your best bet would be to try a different FSB : DRAM multi, though it's recommended to keep it at 1:1
You can also see the NB voltages, they might need a little boost!

If there are reference voltage options in your motherboard, you may try tweaking that to stabilise the OC!

Well bro tx bro for suggestion.............But G41 is really a crap mobo to overclock................I have tried 1.3V previously but still i was not getting past 343............Then in overclockers forum i have found if i keep pci-e frequency 104 then i can make fsb to 357.And then i have tried 357.It worked.Anything higher than 358 wont boot.Well after trying so many times i have finally have found something from th8 crappy g41.

[mmrozibul]

I overcocked my Dualcore e5300 clock 2.66 to 3.9 well in gigabyte g31 motherboard

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I overcocked my Dualcore e5300 clock 2.66 to 3.9 well in gigabyte g31 motherboard