1 day old. Refuses to hold Aria overclock.

[dbuk44]

Help !

Tried calling customer support yesterday but apparently the right people were in a meeting, and no-one called back.

I had this bundle (https://www.aria.co.uk/Systems/Bundles/Intel+Overclocked+Bundles/Gladiator+Z68+Core+i5+2500K+4.30GHz+Overclocked+Bu ndle+?productId=45683) delivered yesterday. It refuses to hold its 4.2 overclock (4 fails in 8 boots), and in a heart stopping moment this morning... power up at all.

Cleared the CMOS so I`m now back at stock.

Here's the specs (http://speccy.piriform.com/results/CO8luuueX5JDVUpbm1m6T8Q). Powered by a 600W OCZ.

Do these bundles not get stability tested or something? :scratch

Minded to do the OC myself (allthough the point of having paid someone else to avoid messing around is a little frustrating) .. known good setting for this rig anyone?

[dbuk44]

Restored the Aria OC profile and have been good for 5 hours and 3 boots (fingers crossed)

Mem test was ok.

Just been looking at CPUID and noticed this... is this right (6 on a 5)

Voltage 0 1.04 Volts [0x57] (CPU VCORE)
Voltage 1 2.05 Volts [0xAB] (VIN1)
Voltage 2 3.01 Volts [0xFB] (+3.3V)
Voltage 3 4.96 Volts [0xF6] (+5V)
Voltage 5 -5.38 Volts [0x70] (-12V)
Voltage 6 -6.10 Volts [0x7F] (-5V)
Voltage 7 2.84 Volts [0x8D] (+5V VCCH)
Voltage 8 1.55 Volts [0x81] (VBAT)

[Finners]

you also have a -5 on a 12v and 2.84 on a 5v, personally i would say this is just reading errors.

unless you were going to use a multimeter you cant take these readings as being gospel

[gbh4]

It could be a case that something came loose during shipping such as the CPU fan etc? But good to hear you are running ok now with the overclock.

[dbuk44]

Thanks Finners, Thanks gbh4


good to hear you are running ok now with the overclock.

I was. Until 10 mintes ago when it failed again.

Back on stock. Arrgh.

Think I need Aria here. Will give them a call when they are in on Monday.

[UrKo]

Have you checked the cpu cooler. It may have cone a little loose in transit.

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[Spaceboy]

Sorry to hear your troubles... grab CoreTemp or RealTemp and check those cpu temps under load (prime95 is good for stress test) :thumb:

[redrooster303]

When my friends was doing this (well, bluescreening etc due to OC) I just knocked the multiplier down one. Alternatively if you want to keep it at 4.2ghz then up the volts a notch.
My friends PC has been sound since.

I would have thought most if not all 2500ks could do 4.2ghz easily.:)

[dbuk44]

Have you checked the cpu cooler. It may have cone a little loose in transit.

Thanks. Yep, and solid.


check those cpu temps under load

Thanks

On aria 4.2 OC prime doesnt run for very long. Temps throughout <66


[Sun Aug 14 11:38:21 2011]
Self-test 1024K passed!
Self-test 1024K passed!
Self-test 1024K passed!
Self-test 1024K passed!
[Sun Aug 14 11:53:34 2011]
Self-test 8K passed!
Self-test 8K passed!
Self-test 8K passed!
Self-test 8K passed!
[Sun Aug 14 12:08:43 2011]
Self-test 10K passed!
Self-test 10K passed!
Self-test 10K passed!
Self-test 10K passed!
[Sun Aug 14 12:24:21 2011]
Self-test 896K passed!
Self-test 896K passed!
Self-test 896K passed!
Self-test 896K passed!
[Sun Aug 14 12:39:45 2011]
Self-test 768K passed!
Self-test 768K passed!
Self-test 768K passed!
Self-test 768K passed!
[Sun Aug 14 12:55:00 2011]
Self-test 12K passed!
Self-test 12K passed!
Self-test 12K passed!
Self-test 12K passed!
[Sun Aug 14 13:10:32 2011]
Self-test 14K passed!
....die

knock the multiplier down/up the volts a notch.

Thanks. Does this affect any Aria warranty/support?

[marsey99]

90 minutes of prime isnt far off stable, which prime is that? blend or small?

im with the guys here and i think something has become loose during shipping and its the issue as these pc all pass a good stress test before they get sent out.

[dbuk44]

90 minutes of prime isnt far off stable, which prime is that? blend or small?

im with the guys here and i think something has become loose during shipping and its the issue as these pc all pass a good stress test before they get sent out.

Thanks.

Its blend. Is that right?

The CPU cooler is definately on firm. What else should I check?

[Alextheepic228]

The CPU cooler is definately on firm. What else should I check?

Have you got the latest BIOS, I know it's far fetched, but maybe Aria didn't update as it came out yesterday, that's feasible I guess :scratch

[redrooster303]

If he does update the bios that will definately knock the aria overclock off, the saved ones aswell probably. (I think)

About the upping volts/downing multiplier, call aria tomorrow because thats what I did and chris on customer services gave me the go ahead.

ONLY DO THIS AFTER ARIA GIVE YOU THE GO AHEAD THOUGH IF YOUR NOT SURE WHAT YOUR DOING.:)

[Koolpc]

I would remove the heatsink and cpu, clean and reseat. Try again and see what happens

[gbh4]

As it's almost Monday I'd wait to speak to Aria before going further. Loads of suggestions here, most are valid, but speak to the experts before removing components etc.

[spleenharvester]

If he does update the bios that will definately knock the aria overclock off, the saved ones aswell probably. (I think)

My Phoenix BIOS saves mine when I update, for the record.

[Juno]

how old is the psu?

is your gcard heavily oc'd/running xfire?

600w should be fine, but extra drain at heavy load could be ducking out your power phases.

not sure why you can run prime for 90 mins and othertimes can't even boot :-1 that would sound to most people like a bad fitting connector.

[dbuk44]

Aria told me to tweak it down to an OC of 4 and restest.


Prime still ran for 2 hours before I stopped it
Rebooted the system 8 times fine
Left it an hour and rebooted fine


All good! And then.... it went to sleep and wouldnt power back on.

Briefing pulling out the CMOS clears whatever is causing the problem, as well as the OC profile, and it then starts fine.

This is repeatable. Each time I force the machine into sleep same issue occurs.

So what the heck is my problem? I`m thinking not the Aira OC settings.



Is it a bad disk (I've done a scan, also have run Speedfans S.M.A.R.T)?
Is it windows 64?
Is it the bios or board?



:scratch

[dbuk44]

OK!

Think I have it pinned. Weyhey!

The Aira OC profile has 'core pll overvoltage' set to Auto

'Google says' that when this is on Auto a known intel Sandy Bridge problem causes reboot fail from sleep (something about impacting S3 functionality)

Should I turn it off in the bios? Should I just leave sleep turned off?

So happy that both these options minor stuff.. and nothing critically wrong

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Edit:

Contacted customer support

Turns out Aria know about this, or at least are unsurprised

I've just had a whole ton of vagueness about OC, unknown components I've added (think they mean my OCZ powersupply) and to expect issues with sleep

Said I could try setting PLL to enable rather than Auto, but didnt get the sense there was any confidence in this

Long of short of it... think I've been told either to return it or sod off

Grrrr

[Gman]

Hi dbuk44

PLL overvoltage does have an effect on the sleep functionality. It's usually set to Auto/Enabled for higher overclocks, so you can push through a multiplier limit. If you would like to use the sleep function, please set PLL overvoltage to disabled and try again.