BSOD Error 101, secondary processor blah blah blah

[Claviger]

I was wondering if anyone has run into this where increasing voltage doesn't matter.

For example, at 5089mhz I get this error with 1.5v or with 1.6v. I downclocked the ram to 1333 from 2133ish to make sure it wasn't that. Then I disabled HT. Then I tried upping all voltages to their respective Intel recommended limits except Vcore of course which is way over the recommended limit, and still does it.

Just mean that my chip won't operate at that speed at those temps with that voltage? Is it an issue of more voltage or cooling do you think?

[Necrosan]

Could be either.
Only way to figure it out is upping the cooling and seeing what happens.

[HiVizMan]

Not all CPU's will clock. I have a couple that top out at 5.1GHz. Makes no difference what I put into them or how cold I make them. It is a pity because the one has the best IMC of all my chips.

[Claviger]

Today I started playing with some settings to see if I could effect the frequency of 101 errors. I have found that I can stabilize now at 5002 perfectly however, it took some very strange settings!

166 strap
153 bclock
LLC = Regular (aka OFF)
Offset Cpu Voltage @ +.570 for a total idle voltage of 1.568
Load vcore droops to 1.544.

I changed a couple of protection settings to off (except VRM/VCSSA protection they are on), and I have a feeling those are what allowed it to stay stable. During this testing I decided to see what my VRM temps actually are, so I installed a probe under the heatsink between two MOSFETs. After testing out variations from 1.52+Ultra High to 1.57+Regular, I have found the temperature max at 100% load, never varies by more than 1c, from 43.7c - 44.6c, water cooled VRMs. It would seem that my previous ascertation that total end loaded voltage is far more important to thermals than what vcore+LLC setting you use to get there.

This started making me think about error 101.

Is it only the CPU or can other devices (PCH/GPU) qualify as "secondary processors" to windows 7?
Can it be caused by a timing error from say GPU > CPU or PCH > CPU or CPU > RAM etc?
Could a voltage spike/drop during load/unload cause it even if it stays at stable loaded ranges?

[SirOli]

101 Bsods usually mean insufficent Vcore.
In some cases it helps to increase VTT/VCCSA Voltage or adjust the bclk and cpu skews.

You can try to set
Vcore / manual mode = 1,5V
LLC = high
VTT = 1,15V
VCCSA /manual mode = 1,15V

If your Cpu is not stable at this settings, you got bad OC-Chip.
Many of the 39X0 Cpus have this Wall @ ~4,8-5,0 Ghz.