Windows 10: Yet Another thing to annoy you !!!

I lost my Dad in March 2020 :Since then I had to look through his computer. It was so sad and made me cry a lot.We were very close and I had to help him a lot over the years.I had to go back home for 7 months for work, but when I came back his machine needed a lot of updates.They stopped working, and although it was Windows 10 and we paid for it, it would not update.I tried all the methods recommended on the forums, but nothing worked. Why would Microsoft make it so difficult and cause me so much pain when I need the computer to settle his estate.They made me change the account and password,

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Phenom 9850BE low voltage overclocking results!

well if your going to continue with overclocking, i suggest doing the baby steps thing heh. good luck with the overclocking

 

Fan control for 4870X2 broken in 1.17

Fixed fan controls yes. Annoying profiles yes. Buggy code yes.

I'd rather just set it and forget it as the feature list of RBE suggested it was capable of doing.

 

What kind of quad.

I suspect you are at "the edge" of the power rating for the mainboard. Perhaps Q6600 wasnt listed due to TWO versions, C3 stepping at 105W and G0 stepping at 95W. Furthermore, if you OC the G0 Q6600 then it will use more than 95W. Since Q9300 is on a 1333 buss, then perhaps the BIOS doesnt give you scope to OC it, keeping it well withing the 95W envelope.

My suggestion is, if the mainboard is important to you and you dont want to blow the power regulators or caps, to NOT OC the Q6600. Take the thing out of design spec (by OC'ing it) and you may very well rapidly reduce the half-life of your board.

Also, as erocker suggests, there are 65W quads out now. I think those are better suited to this mainboard.

Good luck.