Q9000 M17x overclock issue

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone can assist me. I have a Q9000 M17x and I am having issues overclocking this CPU. When I change the FSB to just 5 points, save the bios and reboot, all I get is a black screen then my caps lock indicator will just flash rapidly. Has anyone ever ran into this issue before? Thanks.

 

Yes that means you went too high and have to pull the cmos battery. When you say raise it by 5 you changed the fsb to 1071 and this happened?

 

Yes that is correct.

 

How many times did this happen at 1071? I would actually try setting it higher to 1100. If it still happens I would run OCCT against it with stock settings.

 

Wish someone would write an Overclocking guide for the M17x . Where to start , what to change , what not to change etc. This would be very helpful for many people im sure.

 

I thought there was one already.

 

Really ? i have not seen it ?.

 

@ 1071 I tried twice. I also tried 1080 but still could not get it to run. I'll try 1100 when i get home and the OCCT if it still has the issue.

 

I would probably go right for OCCT if 1080 didn't work either. Let it run for 30 minutes. Your other option is to use the Dell resource DVD and boot off of it. There are plenty of diagnostic options in there.

 

It's a thread rather than a guide and I just bumped it.

 

Yeah i saw that and thanks , there needs to be a straight up guide though from step one in the bios and then a few examples of CPUs people have like the p8600 and what it took to get 3.0ghz stable etc . This would save people from doing crazy things like pulling the battery out while the machine was running because they picked the wrong settings .

 

Here's the funny part. I was actually able to play COD4/5 for about 6 hours straight last night before I decided to overclock the unit. Not sure if COD will justify as a stress tool compared to prime95 or OCCT. But nonetheless, I'll still run OCCT as a peace of mind thing.

 

It wouldn't help the OP's issue. I thought Moo was going to be writing guides for the M17x.

 

Guess we will have to wait for Moo to write a guide then .

 

This look the same issue that airplaneman had... R u running on AC?.

 

Yea, I'm always on the AC adapter.

 

I changed the FSB on the Q9000 in bios to 1285 and left the memory at 1066. Ran Occt for 30 minutes. It is stable at 2.4ghz

 

Well, It looks like i fixed the issue. I changed the FST to 1285 FSB and it booted through windows fine. CPU-z has it @ 2.4ghz. OCCT has been running for 47 minutes. I guess the m17x doesn't like wimpy small increments for overclocking. I went from 1071 to 1080 then 1285 lol. Thanks everyone for the help.

 

[theory]
As M17x automatically apply divisors when you increase 1mhz not 1:2 it simply use a stupid divisor which make your system unstable.
[/theory]

 

i have a noob question, i'd just went into the bios and unlinked ,change the fsb 1333 and live the memory ram the same which is 1066, am i doing it right? anyhow, when i reboot my system it stll saying 2.4 (stock p8600)

 

Hey man dont trip.. im noob too and i'll back you up hommie..
it sounds about right from what i read, but use cpu-z to check if its OC
if you have problems, lower the numbers in FSB

Peace.

 

If you want to keep a 1:2 mem/fsb ratio change them to the same speed. That has been the most stable ratio for me.