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2017/02/15 02:57:35 (permalink)
Hi All,
 
Looking for some help on what can be causing stability issues on a pair of 980Ti classifieds I recently purchased used.  But before I go on, I must say I love the performance of these cards in SLI.  I came from a pair of GTX 295's!  Mod bug recently hit me, and wanted to get back into gaming and overclocking.
 
Onto the problem.. short summary is when running Valley benchmark, it fails and computer restarts within 5-30 minutes (I was able to run for an hour once) when I'm running my CPU overclocked.  Event viewer doesn't say much, "The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly".  I stressed tested my CPU again recently with prime95 blend and was okay for 11 hours, tested ram with memtest, also okay.  I reset the BIOS and ran it stock everything, and was able to run Valley for an hour no problem in the first attempt.  What can it be?
 
Specs below (I can share bios settings if it will help):
Windows 10
X58 classified mobo
X5670 Westmere @4.2Ghz, water cooled
6gb corsair ram (12 gb of dominators pictured, has issue when testing with them as well)
2x Samsung 850 pro ssd in raid 1
2x 980ti classified, water cooled (temps are <60 deg C)
Silverstone ST1200 psu
 
 
Thanks in advance,
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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/15 06:44:39 (permalink)
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    Onto the problem.. short summary is when running Valley benchmark, it fails and computer restarts within 5-30 minutes (I was able to run for an hour once) when I'm running my CPU overclocked. 
     
    I reset the BIOS and ran it stock everything, and was able to run Valley for an hour no problem in the first attempt.  What can it be?
     



     
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    - Set RAM profile manually and not automatic with XMP ---> minimum set RAM voltage
     
    - Make sure your previous OC of MB was Not OC the front-side bus ---> as that also OC the PCIe lanes
     
    - Take your previous MB settings = OC and reduce by 10% --> is it stable ?
     
     
     
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    - X58 MB ---> you may have to turn some of the Energy saving and CPU features OFF in BIOS
     
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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/15 06:49:54 (permalink)
    I have experienced the same problem when I took my overclock 1 notch too high. I know you are Prime stable but what about Intel stress test or Intel burn test?  I use the burn test myself and let it run for at least 10 cycles. You might find you too are just slightly above your max. With the added stress of other components the system will crash.
    Just in case what GPU driver are you currently running? 376.53 is working very well in SLI; the prior driver had some SLI issues with COD Infinite Warfare.

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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/15 08:02:48 (permalink)
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    Thanks!
     
     
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    - Set RAM profile manually and not automatic with XMP ---> minimum set RAM voltage
     
    - Make sure your previous OC of MB was Not OC the front-side bus ---> as that also OC the PCIe lanes
     
    - Take your previous MB settings = OC and reduce by 10% --> is it stable ?
     

     
    -I have the ram set manually at 2:8, 8/8/8/24/74/1T, in bios 1.6v, hwmonitor shows 1.611 min, under load ~1.635, max at 1.658, I've actually tried increasing this but then couldn't get into windows, I think it made the ram unstable.
     
    -How do I know I'm not overclocking FSB?  Do you mean the MCH strap in bios?  I do have this one set to auto.  Or do you mean the QPI frequency selection in bios?  Currently set to auto.
     
    -I'll try taking my overclock down a notch to see if it's stable.  Currently at 21x201.
     
     
    Cool GTX
     
    These next suggestions are Based on MY X58 Big Bang-Xpower from MSI
     
    - X58 MB ---> you may have to turn some of the Energy saving and CPU features OFF in BIOS
     
             --->Such as: disable--> green power phase control, Intel Turbo Boost, EIST, C-State, C1E and Overspeed protection
     
    - Set VDroop to "Low VDroop" - enhance system stability during heavy loading




    -I've tried all energy saving featuress enable and disable with same results
     
    -I can try Vdroop setting, I have it currently at 'without vdroop', but this would only affect cpu vcore?
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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/15 08:05:47 (permalink)
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    I have experienced the same problem when I took my overclock 1 notch too high. I know you are Prime stable but what about Intel stress test or Intel burn test?  I use the burn test myself and let it run for at least 10 cycles. You might find you too are just slightly above your max. With the added stress of other components the system will crash.
    Just in case what GPU driver are you currently running? 376.53 is working very well in SLI; the prior driver had some SLI issues with COD Infinite Warfare.




    Thanks for the advice.  I can try other stress test software as you suggested.  To be honest, I couldn't get the prime95 blend or custom to utilize more ram.
     
    I just updated gpu driver to 378.66 last night.
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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/15 10:03:02 (permalink)
    If you have the x58 in your sig with 2 GTX9xx series card you have to set the "Low Memory gap" to 3g in the BIOS
    That should fix your issue.

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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/15 11:43:09 (permalink)
    Looks like PCI has it's own clock setting so OCing cpu should not directly effect that bus.
    If you want to squeeze out more you can try the Uncore setting. see here;
    http://forums.evga.com/Q-about-CPU-Uncore-Frequency-m993993.aspx
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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/15 11:52:53 (permalink)
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    If you have the x58 in your sig with 2 GTX9xx series card you have to set the "Low Memory gap" to 3g in the BIOS
    That should fix your issue.


    Will try it out, thanks for the tip
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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/15 11:55:07 (permalink)
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    Looks like PCI has it's own clock setting so OCing cpu should not directly effect that bus.
     


    Thanks for clarifying, was confused for a second.


    Also going to try a lower BCLK and higher multiplier.
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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/15 11:58:30 (permalink)
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    Looks like PCI has it's own clock setting so OCing cpu should not directly effect that bus.
    If you want to squeeze out more you can try the Uncore setting. see here;
    http://forums.evga.com/Q-about-CPU-Uncore-Frequency-m993993.aspx




    That is correct, I have run mine at 200 x 21 for 4.2ghz overclock and 1600 ram.
    The PCIE buss overclocking with the FSB (BCLK) started with the 2011 boards. LGA 1366 xeons are overclocked with BCLK (FSB)

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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/15 12:03:12 (permalink)
    When you rise the BCLK it does overclock the memory and the UNCORE and QPI link, not the PCI bus.
    Keep the UNCORE (VVT) voltage under 1.35 and 2 x ram speed.
    Set the QPi link to the lowest setting, not slow mode, it will rise with the overclock.
     
     

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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/15 15:40:17 (permalink)
     
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    When you rise the BCLK it does overclock the memory and the UNCORE and QPI link, not the PCI bus.
    Keep the UNCORE (VVT) voltage under 1.35 and 2 x ram speed.
    Set the QPi link to the lowest setting, not slow mode, it will rise with the overclock.

     
    There are 3 settings for QPI, I see 'QPI Link Fast Mode', I have this enabled.  There is also 'QPI Frequency Selection', also set to auto.  I've played with setting this to 4.8 to 6.4 in past overclocks I've done with my 920 cpu.  If this can affect GPU/PCI-e stability, can play with it too.
     
    I also previously tried setting uncore to lowest but 2x ram speed, doesn't seem to help.  I can also try lowering VTT voltage.
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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/15 16:21:15 (permalink)
    Did you change the low memory gap setting yet? Two GTX9xx series GPUs can make the system unstable, change the low memory gap to 3
     
    I would set QPi to 4.8

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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/15 18:38:29 (permalink)
    Going to try asap when I get home from work, can't wait to get these cards stable!
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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/15 22:03:18 (permalink)
    Sigh, failed <20 min in valley.
     
    Tried OC settings with changes:
    2x (2400Mhz) uncore
    memory gap to 3
    QPI Frequency Selection 4.8 GT/s
     
    Going to try above settings but back off my OC to 195x21
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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/15 22:35:02 (permalink)
    Dang.  For sure leave the low memory gap at 3G..and QPi at 4.8
     
    OK what ram sticks do you have?
    What speed it the memory at now what is it rated for?
    And what speed is the uncor at?
     
    I would try relaxing the memory timings, setting it to 9-9-9-25-2T and the CPU at 191 x 21 for 4ghz, see if it is stable there.

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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/15 22:41:05 (permalink)
    Also with 2 cards
    iOH set to 1.2v
    iCH set to 1.2 also
     
    If these setting do not help you may want to test each card on its own.
    Have you tried the cards one at a time?
     

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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/15 22:55:25 (permalink)
    Crashed at 21x195, 21x190, always around the ~15 minute mark
     
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    Dang.  For sure leave the low memory gap at 3G..and QPi at 4.8
     
    OK what ram sticks do you have?
    What speed it the memory at now what is it rated for?
    And what speed is the uncor at?
     
    I would try relaxing the memory timings, setting it to 9-9-9-25-2T and the CPU at 191 x 21 for 4ghz, see if it is stable there.





    I got corsair dominator 1600 (from when i bought this whole rig new), 3x2 gb
    Also got some corsair dominator GT 2000, 6x2 gb, but took them out for now, haven't had success with them (separate problem from crashing in valley, well they crash in valley too)
    I've always ran them fine at their rated speed 8/8/8/24/1T
    uncore is at 12x (~2284Mhz since running at 190 now)
     
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    Also with 2 cards
    iOH set to 1.2v
    iCH set to 1.2 also
     
    If these setting do not help you may want to test each card on its own.
    Have you tried the cards one at a time?
     




    will try to bump those voltages up along with relaxing the ram timings.
    A little difficult to test each card on it's own because of the waterloop.  However, able to run 1 hour of valley no problem with stock clocks.
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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/15 23:21:50 (permalink)
    If your ram is at 1600 the uncore should be set to around 3000-3200.
    I am sorry I did not see what you said the ram speed is at? CPUz will give both those speeds on the memory page.
    What is the VVT voltage? EVGA does that setting in BIOS like +150mv, what is it set at?
     
    How much overclock is on the GPUs?
     
     
     

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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/15 23:23:44 (permalink)
    Sorry about all the questions.
     
    Nice looking rig by the way.
     

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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/15 23:53:41 (permalink)
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    If your ram is at 1600 the uncore should be set to around 3000-3200.
    I am sorry I did not see what you said the ram speed is at? CPUz will give both those speeds on the memory page.
    What is the VVT voltage? EVGA does that setting in BIOS like +150mv, what is it set at?
     
    How much overclock is on the GPUs?
     





    Oops, forgot to share the ram speed, in CPU-z, Dram frequency is at 758 (base clock still at 190), so its at 1516Mhz (under clocked)
    VVT voltage in bios is set at +100mV, HWmonitor is showing 1.341-1.352V
     
    westemere CPU is similar to gulftown (?), if so, the uncore frequency help windows says "bloomfield must be at least 2x dram clock" and "gulftown must be at least 1.5x dram".  So 1.5 of 1516, is roughly 2274, currently my uncore is at 2284 in bios.  Should be okay, but can try for higher.
     
    GPU's aren't overclocked, when running valley, precision shows core at 1405, memory at 3500
     
     
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    Sorry about all the questions.
     
    Nice looking rig by the way.
     




    no worries about the question, should be thanking you for helping me out.  I've had thismobo for a while, but still have a lot to learn.
     
     
     
     
    just crashed with previous attempt with lower ram and upping the voltage a little.  lasted a bit longer at ~35 minutes.  going to keep on trying.
     
     
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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/16 00:07:35 (permalink)
    Yeah I know it says 1.5, but I never could run it that low. Gave instability when it was low.
    Bump that baby up to 3032, that is 2x ram speed.
     
    Base default Volt on Classified, classified3 and FTW3 VVT is 1.2v  so  +125mv should be 1.325  You can set it to +125 if we need to.
    Base default volt on non classified regular boards is 1.1V
    I do not trust the read out volts on HWM If it was me I would not worry about going to 125 or even 150MV.
     
    I have two FTW3 and a Classified3 and a couple Asus x58 all running xeons.
    Have had real good luck with these CPUs and boards.
     

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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/16 00:15:01 (permalink)
    Going over posts I do not see what your CPUv is set to? and what is it under load in CPUz?
    You have it set to no vdroop right?
     

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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/16 00:57:42 (permalink)
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    Going over posts I do not see what your CPUv is set to? and what is it under load in CPUz?
    You have it set to no vdroop right?
     





    vcore is set to 1.3375 in bios, under load cpuz reads it as 1.352, no vdroop.
     
    bill1024
    Yeah I know it says 1.5, but I never could run it that low. Gave instability when it was low.
    Bump that baby up to 3032, that is 2x ram speed.
     
    Base default Volt on Classified, classified3 and FTW3 VVT is 1.2v  so  +125mv should be 1.325  You can set it to +125 if we need to.
    Base default volt on non classified regular boards is 1.1V
    I do not trust the read out volts on HWM If it was me I would not worry about going to 125 or even 150MV.
     
    I have two FTW3 and a Classified3 and a couple Asus x58 all running xeons.
    Have had real good luck with these CPUs and boards.
     




    just crashed at 2x ram speed, about 38 minutes in.
     
    I have all of the different settings in a spreadsheet, earlier was crashing about ~15 minutes, don't know if we can call it a trend, but after upping some of the voltages (IOH, QPI, ICH), crashing around ~30 minutes.  In other words, maybe upping some of the voltages is helping.  Well it was also the same time i loosened ram timings.
     
    Afraid of bumping VTT too high, read somewhere that 32nm cpu's shouldn't be ran more than 1.35V.  I know you said hwmonitor is not accurate, but at +100 VTT, seeing 1.341 right now (jumps to 1.352 under load).
     
    Going to call it a night, more testing tomorrow.  Below is where i ended it at:
     
    Frequency/Voltage Control
    Dummy O.C   =  disabled
    Extreme Cooling   =  disabled


    CPU Feature
    CPU Clock Ratio   =  21
    CPU Host Frequency (Mhz)   =  190
    MCH Strap   =  auto
    CPU Uncore Frequency (Mhz)   =  16x (3045mhz)
    CPU Clock Skew   =  0 ps
    IOH Clock Skew   =  0 ps
    Spread Spectrum   =  disabled
    PCIE Frequency (Mhz)   =  100
    OC Recovery   =  disabled
    Turbo Performance   =  disabled

    Memory Feature       
    Memory SPD   =  standard
    Memory Control Setting   =  enabled
    Memory Frequency (2:X )   =  8
    Channel Interleave Setting   =  6
    Rank Interleave Setting   =  4
    Memory Low Gap   =  3
    tCL Setting   =  9
    tRCD Setting   =  9
    tRP Setting   =  9
    tRAS Setting   =  25
    tRFC Setting   =  auto
    tREF Setting   =  auto
    Command Rate   =  2T

    Voltage Control
    EVGA VDroop Control   =  without vdroop
    CPU Vcore   =  1.3375
    CPU VTT Voltage   =  100
    CPU PLL Vcore   =  1.995
    IOH PLL Vcore   =  1.89
    QPI PLL Vcore   =  1.2
    DIMM Voltage   =  1.6
    DIMM DQ Vref   =  0
    IOH Vcore   =  1.2
    IOH/ICH I/O Voltage   =  1.6
    ICH Vcore   =  1.2
    NF200 Voltage   =  1.2
    VTT PWM Frequency   =  250
    CPU PWM Frequency   =  800
    CPU Impedance   =  auto
    QPI Signal Compensation   =  auto


    CPU Feature
    Intel SpeedStep   =  disabled
    Turbo Mode Function   =  disabled
    CxE Function   =  disabled
    Execute Disable Bit   =  disabled
    Virtualization Technology   =  disabled
    Intel HT Technology   =  enabled
    Active Processor Cores   =  all
    QPI Control Settings   =  enabled
    QPI Link Fast Mode   =  enabled
    QPI Frequency Selection   =  4.8


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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/16 01:45:09 (permalink)
    Model number of the motherboard, and the rev number?
    That is near the corner of the board. looks like rev 1.0  or 1.1......
    I agree time to sleep on it.
    One thing I did not ask you is about he PSU cables going to the GPUs. 
    Are you using 2 cables to each GPU or using 1 cable with 2 plugs for each GPU?
    If using 1 cable with both plugs to one GPU, for testing I would run 2 cables to each GPU and use only 1 plug on each cable.
    This way we are sure the video cards are getting the power they need.
     
    Also is Hyper thread off or on, my want to have it disabled for now to get it stable
     
    The other thing to try is setting everything for the CPU to stock and test the GPUs that way.
     
    I have a basic overclock for my xeons when I set them up. Always has been stable.
    I work my way backwards with the voltage to where it becomes unstable when I am ready to lower voltages.
     
     I see a lot of guys now at overclocker forum running 1.4v on CPU and VVT to get 4.7ghz clocks and they are not blowing up
    Can't say how long they will last but some say it is their 24/7 settings
    I will not go there unless I want to do one run to 5ghz and do nnot care if it smokes. I like my CPUs though so I don't do it.
    These are my starter settings that so far have never let me down.
    CPU 1.35v  
    UNCORE VVT 1.35  +150mv
    IOH 1.2v
    ICH1.2v
    low memory gap 3g
    QPi 4.8
    No vdroop on EVGA board. Different Mfg. have different names for the same thing.
    23 x 175 for 4ghz or 21 x 200 for 4.2   I have turbo on. My Asus shows 23x where as my EVGA show 21x but 23 when loaded up (x5660)
    ram at 14xx  Uncore at 28xx
    ram at 1600  Uncore at 3200
    Speedstep enabled
    c1 enabled
    c3 and higher disabled
    spread spectrum disabled
    Hyper thread off
     
    When I work on the ram I start at 9-9-9-25 2T and work my way down 8-9-8-25 2T  7-8-7-24 2T if stable I shoot for 1T
     
    Sure hope you get this stable, making me work for my money!!!
     
    What program are you using to overclock the GPUs? I like MSI afterburner better than the EVGA software.
     
     

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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/16 07:36:11 (permalink)
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    Model number of the motherboard, and the rev number?
    That is near the corner of the board. looks like rev 1.0  or 1.1......



    141-BL-E759-A1, rev 1.0
     
    bill1024
    One thing I did not ask you is about he PSU cables going to the GPUs. 
    Are you using 2 cables to each GPU or using 1 cable with 2 plugs for each GPU?
    If using 1 cable with both plugs to one GPU, for testing I would run 2 cables to each GPU and use only 1 plug on each cable.
    This way we are sure the video cards are getting the power they need.
      


     
    I have a 8 pin cable going to a different rail on the PSU for each connector on the GPU's.  Weird thing I've noticed with my Silverstone st1200 is the labels of the PCIe connectors, says "12V5", "12V5", "12V4", "12V3".  Not sure if the last two are rated lower.  Going to try and swap the last two to see if it makes a different.  If I don't get stable by end of week, will pick up a different PSU to test.
     
    bill1024
    The other thing to try is setting everything for the CPU to stock and test the GPUs that way.

     
    I did, Valley ran for an hour okay on first attempt, why I made this thread, heh.  I'll test again to see if this theory is true.
     
    bill1024
    Sure hope you get this stable, making me work for my money!!!
     
    What program are you using to overclock the GPUs? I like MSI afterburner better than the EVGA software.
     

     
    lol
     
    I'm using precision X, but it's on default right now.
     
     
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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/16 08:52:52 (permalink)
    squeezed in a test before work.  was able to run 1 hour Valley no problem!  only thing i changed was the 8pin connector to GPU's, swapped "12V4" with "12V3".  I'll do more testing tonight with swapping these two cables to ensure that it is the cause.  If it is, maybe the PSU is not delivering enough power on either the 12V4 or 12V3 rails, and one of the GPU's is sucking up more power than the other.  I checked the PSU manual, the 12V4 and 12V3 rail is rated for the same current/power.  Weird.
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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/16 09:10:18 (permalink)
    Also test / replace the PCIe power cable if you have any spares
     
    What are your CPU temps when benchmarking ?
     
    Fun Range of voltage, as they are above stock ---> user assumes all risk  ---- (Google your MB & CPU for OC guides)
    CPU Vcore 1.4 - 1.6
    QPI Voltage 1.35 - 1.45
     
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    CPU Vcore 1.6 - 1.7
    QPI Voltage 1.45 - 1.6
     

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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/16 11:57:56 (permalink)
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    Going over posts I do not see what your CPUv is set to? and what is it under load in CPUz?
    You have it set to no vdroop right?
     





    vcore is set to 1.3375 in bios, under load cpuz reads it as 1.352, no vdroop.
     
    bill1024
    Yeah I know it says 1.5, but I never could run it that low. Gave instability when it was low.
    Bump that baby up to 3032, that is 2x ram speed.
     
    Base default Volt on Classified, classified3 and FTW3 VVT is 1.2v  so  +125mv should be 1.325  You can set it to +125 if we need to.
    Base default volt on non classified regular boards is 1.1V
    I do not trust the read out volts on HWM If it was me I would not worry about going to 125 or even 150MV.
     
    I have two FTW3 and a Classified3 and a couple Asus x58 all running xeons.
    Have had real good luck with these CPUs and boards.
     




    just crashed at 2x ram speed, about 38 minutes in.
     
    I have all of the different settings in a spreadsheet, earlier was crashing about ~15 minutes, don't know if we can call it a trend, but after upping some of the voltages (IOH, QPI, ICH), crashing around ~30 minutes.  In other words, maybe upping some of the voltages is helping.  Well it was also the same time i loosened ram timings.
     
    Afraid of bumping VTT too high, read somewhere that 32nm cpu's shouldn't be ran more than 1.35V.  I know you said hwmonitor is not accurate, but at +100 VTT, seeing 1.341 right now (jumps to 1.352 under load).
     
    Going to call it a night, more testing tomorrow.  Below is where i ended it at:
     
    Frequency/Voltage Control
    Dummy O.C   =  disabled
    Extreme Cooling   =  disabled


    CPU Feature
    CPU Clock Ratio   =  21
    CPU Host Frequency (Mhz)   =  190
    MCH Strap   =  auto
    CPU Uncore Frequency (Mhz)   =  16x (3045mhz)
    CPU Clock Skew   =  0 ps
    IOH Clock Skew   =  0 ps
    Spread Spectrum   =  disabled
    PCIE Frequency (Mhz)   =  100
    OC Recovery   =  disabled
    Turbo Performance   =  disabled

    Memory Feature       
    Memory SPD   =  standard
    Memory Control Setting   =  enabled
    Memory Frequency (2:X )   =  8
    Channel Interleave Setting   =  6
    Rank Interleave Setting   =  4
    Memory Low Gap   =  3
    tCL Setting   =  9
    tRCD Setting   =  9
    tRP Setting   =  9
    tRAS Setting   =  25
    tRFC Setting   =  auto
    tREF Setting   =  auto
    Command Rate   =  2T

    Voltage Control
    EVGA VDroop Control   =  without vdroop
    CPU Vcore   =  1.3375
    CPU VTT Voltage   =  100
    CPU PLL Vcore   =  1.995
    IOH PLL Vcore   =  1.89
    QPI PLL Vcore   =  1.2
    DIMM Voltage   =  1.6
    DIMM DQ Vref   =  0
    IOH Vcore   =  1.2
    IOH/ICH I/O Voltage   =  1.6
    ICH Vcore   =  1.2
    NF200 Voltage   =  1.2
    VTT PWM Frequency   =  250
    CPU PWM Frequency   =  800
    CPU Impedance   =  auto
    QPI Signal Compensation   =  auto


    CPU Feature
    Intel SpeedStep   =  disabled
    Turbo Mode Function   =  disabled
    CxE Function   =  disabled
    Execute Disable Bit   =  disabled
    Virtualization Technology   =  disabled
    Intel HT Technology   =  enabled
    Active Processor Cores   =  all
    QPI Control Settings   =  enabled
    QPI Link Fast Mode   =  enabled
    QPI Frequency Selection   =  4.8






     
    Okay.....Set your VTT to +150 (it's fine for 32nm. Don't go higher than +175 for longevity of your CPU) and your CPU PLL to 1.775. (slightly lower CPU PLL usually helps when overclocking) If your memory is actually specc'd at 1.65v set that to 1.65. There's not much way around needing higher VTT when overclocking the BCLK that far unless you're extremely lucky with a GOOD IMC. 32nm Gulftown/Westmere were known for having somewhat weaker memory controllers. The 1.5 uncore helps versus the 2x uncore for Bloomfield etc...
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    Re: 980Ti Classified SLI Not Stable with Stable CPU OC 2017/02/16 23:48:13 (permalink)
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    Also test / replace the PCIe power cable if you have any spares
     
    What are your CPU temps when benchmarking ?
     
    Fun Range of voltage, as they are above stock ---> user assumes all risk  ---- (Google your MB & CPU for OC guides)
    CPU Vcore 1.4 - 1.6
    QPI Voltage 1.35 - 1.45
     
    Danger Range of voltage - your pushing hard with these
    CPU Vcore 1.6 - 1.7
    QPI Voltage 1.45 - 1.6
     




    a few runs of cinebench, hottest core goes to 56C max
     
    I ran valley again but crashed even after leaving the 8 pin cable the same when it passed for an hour earlier this morning.  Since it's not consistent, ruling out the cable as an issue for now.
     
    Will keep playing with the voltages until something works, sigh.
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