first oc on AMD 1050t

[craig]

First, thanks to this site I was able to successively oc my AMD Phenome II 1050T to 3.5 GHz. 5+ hours of prime 95 shows no errors with top cpu temps between 46 - 49 c. (measured with core temp and open hardware monitor)

Steps taken to do this are follows:

uninstalled all gui/OS based overclocking utilities
flashed bios to latest
Disabled all power saving features
Upped FSB 200 MHz at a time testing testing with prime 95 in between for 20 min intervals
Once I showed errors in testing, reverted back to last best known setting and ran extended testing with prime 95
Saved settings to profile in bios
turned on all power saving features

Now my computer will clock down to about 1 GHz and up to 3.5 GHz no problem, I'm pretty happy with the results. However, I am unable to put my computer to sleep now. When I choose sleep in windows the monitors shut off but the computer stays on. If I hold in the power button for 5 sec the computer will hibernate. A mouse click or hit of the power button will bring it back. A look into event monitor shows that windows went to sleep and then comes back, reason unknown. I think I might have missed a setting in the bios to enable sleep, but for the life of me I can't seem to find it. Windows shows that sleep is enabled and event monitor shows no errors. Any one here have the same problem?

Next, where do I begin to push the oc further? I haven't played with any voltages yet and am unsure of how to start. I am going to keep the oc I have currently but would like to see how far it will go.(safely) Another question: Why would core monitor be reporting different temps than bios. Ex, core monitor says my idle temp is about 23 c, boot to bios shows 33 - 35 c. Is this normal?

Thanks for any advice!

Craig

EDIT:

After clearing cmos/reverting back to factory settings I am now able to put my computer to sleep. I also started noticing a blue screen on occasion only when trying to sleep/restart/shut down or returning from either of these states while oc'ed.

[Doctor_Death]

You should be able to hit 4GHz to 4.4GHz with your chip, try shoot for 4GHz and see what happens, if it's not stable try raising your v core a little at a time
and see if that works, then report back to us. It may be a good idea to send photos or screenshots of your bios once you hit 4GHz

[craig]

You should be able to hit 4GHz to 4.4GHz with your chip, try shoot for 4GHz and see what happens, if it's not stable try raising your v core a little at a time
and see if that works, then report back to us. It may be a good idea to send photos or screenshots of your bios once you hit 4GHz

3.5 was the best I could do without touching voltages, anymore and prime would start for fail or I wouldn't post. Hows about the sleep problem, it's defiantly related to the oc. After clearing cmos my computer now sleeps. any ideas there? As I don't have a second setup laying around I don't want to risk loosing my main rig. I do all of my development work on it. I'll work on getting some screens of my bios.

[Cyberburnout]

Try changing your multiplier instead of the FSB. Your OC you memory and everything else when you move the FSB. If you use multiplier you will hit 4ghz with no issues. Then move it back by one then up the fsb to get a little extra speed from memory. Adjust voltages as need. little bit at a time,

[craig]

Try changing your multiplier instead of the FSB. Your OC you memory and everything else when you move the FSB. If you use multiplier you will hit 4ghz with no issues. Then move it back by one then up the fsb to get a little extra speed from memory. Adjust voltages as need. little bit at a time,

My processor is locked, 14X is as high as it gets

[craig]

[Cyberburnout]

Yeah that will diffidently hinder your overclocking capabilities. Follow up with what Stan suggested.

[craig]

Yeah that will diffidently hinder your overclocking capabilities. Follow up with what Stan suggested.

who is stan?

[Steve]

who is stan?

That would be Doctor Death

[craig]

so to get higher I need to adjust only the vcore? Any thoughts on the sleep problem?

[Cyberburnout]

Power settings in Bios needs to be on ACPI to enable sleep and hibernate correctly.

[Solara2xb]

You are having VRM on demand power resumption irregularity due to the lower power on resume, Instead of changing the the vcore just yet, go into the CPU advance settings int he bios and there should be a setting for you to change the LLC and VRM boost, should have something like: normal high extreme, or it can be in percentages. Like 100% 110% 120%, try giving those a try and see if it helps for the resume from sleep issue. What those can do it give the voltages a slight boast during boot up and resuming.

However, if it needs more, then adjusting vcore is a must.
On a 1055t, you need something like 1.25v to 1.35v to give it a nice stable OC with anything higher then 3.6ghz, however this can also hinder your cooling if its not adequate. If you are on the stock cooler it may be limited, also the locked processor is going to be your bottleneck in OCing at this point. With such a good board, was there a reason you went with a 1055t?

Adjusting the Freq will OC the RAM which in turn can also be another cause of your OC instability. Some memory just don't OC well.

[craig]

Thanks for the reply!! Firstly I got the chip right after bulldozer let loose with crazy bad reviews and didn't see a huge need to spend 150$$ more for just a little more performance. I do plan on upgrading when issues with the FX line are resolved (and I have the cash). So I got a good board in preparation for a great chip. I was really disappointed that AMD didn't take the lead from Intel. For cooling I'm using the corsair H80 which seems to handle things well enough. This is my first build, been using it for about a year now and lovin every minute of it. I just figured I should try oc'ing some since I ponied up the cash for the board. Can you tell me where I might find the v core voltage setting in my bios? Maybe it's named something else, I couldn't find it in the bios or the manual that came with the board. Sorry I'm a total noob when it comes to overclocking and I wouldn't have gotten this far if it weren't some really good posts on this forum.

Craig

[Solara2xb]

Vcore adjustment is on the Tweak menu if I remember correctly.. I don't have my Crosshair board hooked up right now I can't log onto it to double check for.
I should say something along the lines of CPU Voltage.

Most boards have it on auto and can range from like 1.25-1.4 volts depending on chip. Not sure what your 1055t has it set it auto.
1.42volts seems to be the magic number for most overclocking in the range of 3.8ghz to 4.4ghz.

When I OCed my 8350 to 5ghz, for stability I needed 1.52 volts on CPU Vcore and 1.38volts on CPU NB...
This of course under custom water

[craig]

looks like I'm still having problems sleeping my computer. A hit of the power button usually either brings the computer back up or hibernates, depending on how long I hold it in. It like half goes to sleep, monitors and usb keyboar/mouse die, but the tower stays on. cpu voltage is stock 1.4 v. I'll try playing with that next. Adjusting the LLC and VRM didn't help the computer go to sleep, so that's not the problem there.

[Solara2xb]

Is you Bios settings for the hibernation and sleep set-up correctly??
Also try adjust the vcore now and see what happens.. 1.4volts should be ok at 3.6ghz.

If all else fails since its a locked CPU there isn't allot you can adjust unfortunately.
But I can't imagine the sleep being a issue for any OC under 4.0ghz