"Last Setting in Bios setup may not coincide with with current H/W States" quest

[nms499]

In my o/c efforts I have gotten this screen alot from my Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R, including my last o/c which ran stable for 10 hrs. I woke up and restarted my computer to copy down my BIOS settings, didn't change a thing and saw this again when I rebooted. So I must conclude after seeing this with my stable o/c that seeing this warning doesn't necessary mean my o/c is unstable. I've never tried to get my computer to boot whatever settings I have when I see this screen. It normally would boot use stock settings after seeing this screen but I could reenter the BIOS and resave my settings and try to load them again. Does anyone know of a way around this screen, would turning off one of the warning settings in my BIOS do it. Is my conclusion that this warning is not a reason in itself to not use the o/c settings that cause it?

I have had this computer for almost 2 weeks and it's my first o/c effort. I have spent many many hours of research in o/c, there is a ton of info out there. But I have a few more questions. I have had like 30 or so BSOD trying different things, is that in itself bad? Windows 7 64 bit has failed to load many times and I have had to do startup repair alot, how bad is that? I know these are obvious signs of a unstable o/c, but are they damaging anything? It's not like these unstable o/c's get used, it's always a boot problem so they never get implemented.

My RAM is what is causing all the instability. I just can't it to run much past stock settings if even that despite many reviews of the same RAM that say it is very o/c'able and give settings used. What is the best way to tell if I got some bumb sticks. They are reconized by Windows, CPUZ, and MaxMemm for whay they should be.

http://www.clubOverclock.net/reviews...4BA1339/p3.asp

I have tried so many different combination of setting, every suggestion I can find. I'm using these settings just because I want to give it break and use my computer. If this was your computer what would you do? Is there something you can tell me that I might not know? My rig and BIOS. Sorry for my novel length post lol!

i7 930
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
Radeon HD 5970
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache
Windows 7 64 Bit
Crucial 6GB (2x3) DDR3 PC3-10600 CT3KIT25664BA1339
ZALMAN CNPS10X Performa 120mm Long life CPU Cooler
Thermaltake Toughpower XT TPX-775M 775W ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V v2.9

Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [21x]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech .................. [Disabled]
CPU Cores Enabled ............................ [All]
CPU Multi Threading .......................... [Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ................... [Disabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support .................... [Disabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ......................... [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function ............................ [Disabled]
Virtualization Technology ................... [Disabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ..................... [Enabled]

Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed .............................. [Auto=6.87]
Uncore Frequency .......................... [16x]
Isonchronous Frequency ..................[Enabled]

Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control ................ [Enabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) .....................[191]
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........... [100]

C.I.A.2 [Disabled] Not sure what this is

Advanced Clock Control:
CPU Clock Drive ..............................[800mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive ................... [900mV]
CPU Clock Skew ............................. [0ps]
IOH Clock Skew ............................. [0ps]

Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance ...................... [Extreme]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ......... [Disabled]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........ [6x]
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) .......... [Quick]

Channel A + B + C

Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ......................[Auto=7 but sometimes 8]
tRCD .......................................[Auto=7 but sometimes 8]
tRP .........................................[Auto=7 butt sometimes 8]
tRAS .......................................[Auto=20 but sometimes 22]

##Channel A Advanced Timing Control##
tRC ........................................ [Auto]
tRRD .......................................[Auto]
tWTR ...................................... [Auto]
tWR ........................................[Auto]
tWTP .......................................[AUTO]
tWL ........................................[AUTO]
tRFC .......................................[Auto=86 but sometimes 92]
tRTP .......................................[Auto]
tFAW .....................................[Auto]
Command Rate (CMD) ................[AUTO]

##Channel A Misc Timing Control##
Round Trip Latency ...................[Auto]

B2B CAS Delay ..........................[Auto]

Advanced Voltage Control:

CPU
Load Line Calibration ................. [Level 2]
CPU Vcore ...............................[1.26250]
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v ............[1.34]
CPU PLL 1.800v .......................[1.88]

MCH/ICH
PCIE 1.500v ...........................[Auto=1.5]
QPI PLL 1.100v .......................[1.2]
IOH Core 1.100v .....................[1.2]
ICH I/O 1.500v .......................[Auto=1.5]
ICH Core 1.1v ........................[1.2]

DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500v ..............[1.64]
DRAM Termination 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-A Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-B Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-C Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-A Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-B Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-C Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]

[Dark Mantis]

Right well firstly stop worrying about the BSODs. The chance of anything other than an extreme overvoltage damaging your hardware is remote. It could screw up windows but you can always reinstall.
I haven't had time to check is your memory on the QVL for Gigabyte or Crucials QVL for the motherboard you have?
As far as whether the RAM is ok download and run Memtest86+ it is afree utility and will make a bootable disk to run from. Check one stick at a time a for several loops. If they pass with no errors then they are ok.

[nms499]

I ran memtest and everything passed. Didn't play around with it too much but didn't see a way to test the sticks individualy unless you meant by how much memory to test at a time. I did 1024 and after like 160% I stopped with no errors. I changes the RAM timing from Auto to 8-8-8-22 but still after another day of playing around with the settings I couldn't get it to boot with a SPD of 8.

[Dark Mantis]

Check one stick at a time a for several loops. If they pass with no errors then they are ok.

I meant just insert one memory module in the slot and then run the test.

my last o/c which ran stable for 10 hrs.

I wouldn't necessarilly call ten hours a stable overclock. A proper test is when it will withstand anything you throw at it including rebooting and behave as normal.

[absic]

I wouldn't necessarilly call ten hours a stable overclock. A proper test is when it will withstand anything you throw at it including rebooting and behave as normal.

I have to say that I totally agree with this statement and is one of the reason I do not feel extensive stress testing is always the way to go. Yes, it can give an indication of how the components are running but I have often found that a so called "stable" Overclock will fall down when doing even the simplest of tasks, ie opening a Web Browser.

The only real way of testing an overclocked system is to use it as you would normally and, if you crash, make some tweaks and try again.

[fatbobuk]

Try these for a stable 4Ghz clock

CPU Clock Ratio    [20 x]

QPI Link SPeed     [x36]
Uncore Frequency [x16]

BLCK Frequency [200]

Load Line Calibration [Standard]
CPU Vcore [1.375]
QPI/VTT Voltage [1.275]
CPU PLL [1.84v]
IOH Core [1.3v]

Make sure your Ram is within speeds and tolerances and at the manufacturers Vltage recommendations

My Rams is 1600mhz so i use

Extreme memory profile (XMP) [Disable]
System Memory Multiplier (SMP) [8] 1600mhz
DRam Voltage [1.64]

This provides me with a stable 4Ghz OC using i7 930 on the same board using BIOS FA with temps only about 5-10 deg above base using a Titan Fenrir cooler.