CFX3200M2/G AM2 version

[ZL1Killa]

durnit... guys anyone got experience with this board and overclock?
the motherboard is a CFX3200m2/G am2 socket version? been having issues with this board

it has been running 260 @ 11xcpu fine but memory bandwidth tested with sandra was 56xx/55xx (5-5-5-14)

running stock 200x13 settings with 4-4-4-12 the memory bandwidth was 60xx/60xx
(Sandra tested)


doesn't want to run 1T at even 200 stock speeds even at 5-5-5-15 (stock ratings for my memory are 3-3-3-8)
here is my memory:http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-3338-p-1676.html

2 Gb Kit DDR2 (2 x 1Gb) 3-3-3-8 667 Mhz
TXDD2048M667HC3DC-M
Memory Chip Type: Micron D9GMH

also, anyone have overclocks with this memory?

I'm running into problems overclocking and such with this motherboard even though its supposed to be one of the best for settings and overclocking.

I'm to the point where i honestly am fed up with AMD boards... and I want to sell my whole setup and get the Intel Core 2 duo. as i can keep my watercooling kit.

[theelectic]

Increase max async latency to 8ns or 10ns.

Set the DRAM termination in BIOS manually to 50 ohms.

Those two little changes netted me another 38MHz with my 590 board, from 490 to 528.

Also running at 1T is a function of the IMC and motherboard, even if you RAM is spec'd for it, your CPU and motherboard may not be able to do it.

[ZL1Killa]

where in the hell are those settings???!!!??? ROFLMAO

i cannot find those settings anywhere. the only memory timing setting is the Txxx for DIMM1, DIMM2...etc etc.

DRAM termination ?? wtf is that ?? LOL

[theelectic]

If you can't adjust those settings in the BIOS menu, you're basically at the mercy of the BIOS. You should be able to do DDR2-1000 4-4-4 with your RAM, use the DDR2-400 divider to max out your CPU then start pushing the RAM.

[AzraelDarkangel]

Check this thread:
http://www.thetechrepository.com/showthread.phpt=66
I'm ordering this same motherboard next week.

[ZL1Killa]

Check this thread:
http://www.thetechrepository.com/showthread.php?t=66 (http://www.thetechrepository.com/showthread.phpt=66)
I'm ordering this same motherboard next week.


already got that and printed it out. guess i gotta overclock just 1 step at a time...

also, whats this: DDR2-400 divider to max out your CPU then start pushing the RAM. whats this divider? ddr2-400? does that mean set the DDR2 at the certain rate like 400/667 etc etc

yes, i feel stupid right about........now

[hstuehmeyer2000]

^^i felt the same way when i got my am2

[ZL1Killa]

^^i felt the same way when i got my am2

LMAO.

i previously had a 939 socket 3500+ and if it wasn't for lack of voltage i could have hit 3+ghz on it....i was sittin at 2.8ghz and thats all it would go without modding it...didn't want to mod it

[ozzimark]

already got that and printed it out. guess i gotta overclock just 1 step at a time...

also, whats this: DDR2-400 divider to max out your CPU then start pushing the RAM. whats this divider? ddr2-400? does that mean set the DDR2 at the certain rate like 400/667 etc etc

yes, i feel stupid right about........now

ddr2-400? that's 1:1
533 is 4:3
667 is 5:3
800 is 2:1

and memory speed is calcuated the same way as always with K8: cpu/x
x = ceiling( cpu multi / memory ratio)

so if i set 320x9 with the ddr2-800 ratio
320*9 = 2880mhz
ceiling( 9 / (2/1) ) = ceiling( 4.5 ) = 5

2880mhz / 5 = 576mhz

[hstuehmeyer2000]

when i had my am2 i could never get my ram to work on the ddr-800 divider for some reason, but the rest of them i could change fine, it was weird

[theelectic]

ddr2-400? that's 1:1
533 is 4:3
667 is 5:3
800 is 2:1

and memory speed is calcuated the same way as always with K8: cpu/x
x = ceiling( cpu multi / memory ratio)

so if i set 320x9 with the ddr2-800 ratio
320*9 = 2880mhz
ceiling( 9 / (2/1) ) = ceiling( 4.5 ) = 5

2880mhz / 5 = 576mhz

Not quite, it depends on the stock CPU speed and the CPU multiplier.

Keep in mind the lowest divider is 5.

With a 1.6GHz CPU, the base HTT is 200MHz, and the CPU uses a 8x multiplier to get 1.6GHz.

The RAM uses a divider of the final CPU speed, in this example, 1.6GHz, to calculate the RAM speed.

To get 200MHz (DDR2-400) you have to divide 1.6GHz by 8. So with a 1.6GHz CPU the DDR2-400 setting uses a /8 on the final CPU speed.

To get 266MHz (DDR2-533) you have to divide by 1.6GHz by 6.

To get 333MHz (DDR2-667) you have to divide by 5. I know what you're thinking, 1600/5 = 320 not 333! Well even if there was a lower divider like /4, 1600/4 = 400 which is over the DDR2-667 specification, so the next higher number is used.

Anyway, the gist of it is, depending on the CPU used, the dividers will be different. Example with 2.4GHz CPU:

For DDR2-400, /12
For DDR2-533, /9
For DDR2-667, /8 (this is one of the weird ones, since /7 would result in a number higher than 333)
For DDR2-800, /6

The upshot of it is, with a 2.4GHz CPU that uses a 12x multiplier, the RAM speed ALWAYS depends on the final CPU speed. So if you overclock to 250x12=3000, the dividers stay the same but the RAM speed is faster, i.e.:

3000/12 = 250 DDR2-500 on the DDR2-400 setting
3000/9 = 333 DDR2-667 on the DDR2-533 setting
3000/8 = 375 DDR2-750 on the DDR2-667 setting
3000/5 = 500 DDR2-1000 on the DDR2-800 setting

Now it just so happens that those ratios listed in the quote above match up with the 3000 example. But it doesn't fit with a 1.6GHz CPU:

1600/8 = 200
1600/6 = 266
1600/5 = 320
1600/5 = 320

The situation is even more hairy with the newer AM2 CPUs that use 0.5 multipliers. The RAM ratios are messed up and in some cases, it is impossible to get true DDR2-800 performance at stock settings.

Check out this AM2 divider chart for more info:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=105798

[ZL1Killa]

that chart...how do you go about reading it exactly....LOL.

for instance if i was doing the x11 cpu multiplier ??

i also notice what your saying about the DDR2-xxx... as the DFI board tells you what speed your ram is running once you make the change
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/zl1killaws6/1-1.jpg



also, CPUZ 1.38 shows my Clocks as follows (so far):
Core Speed: 2861 MHz
Mult = 11
Bus speed = 260
HT Link = 1040 (this is then doubled correct?) cuz i remember its supposed to be around 2000

memory timings right now are 4-4-4-12-14 @ 2T
stable for 3days w/plent of gaming ;)

[theelectic]

The chart is easy to use. On the left, pick a HTT speed that's closest to whatever you're using to overclock. Say with the 11x multiplier you're using 230 HTT, so that's closest to 233. Move in the same row to the right, and you'll see if you set your BIOS to the different divider settings what you resulting RAM speed will be. So with 233 HTT, you get DDR2-466, DDR2-570, DDR2-732, DDR2-854.

The numbers picked in the leftmost column are simply convenient intervals, you don't have to set your HTT to those exact values.

[ZL1Killa]

what about getting this mobo to do 1T instead of dual channel... lol. try and start it at 200? cuz even that didn't work for me... i'll try again

[theelectic]

Forget about running 1T. If you can't make 1T at slower than stock RAM speed it's your CPU.

[ZL1Killa]

how would it be my CPU?

anyone got this motherboard with decent overclocks?

and what is the word on the 5200+ that i'm running...does it just stink at oc'in?

[|3ourne]

do a search for threads started by me. I have reviewed this board. if you need nemore pics pm me. I am out of town right now but will be back tomorrow and can help you out with anything you need. It works REALLY well ocing my d9gkx , so it should be good for d9gmh

[ZL1Killa]

i think i found your thread here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=142370&page=2

its where you are messing with the timings and such

what programs and such do i need to get to set all the timings for the memory?

[tictac]

where in the hell are those settings???!!!??? ROFLMAO

i cannot find those settings anywhere. the only memory timing setting is the Txxx for DIMM1, DIMM2...etc etc.

DRAM termination ?? wtf is that ?? LOL

try contact rebelsheaven... he can patch memory timing with bios patching...
he is really good on it... GL :up:

[ZL1Killa]

try contact rebelsheaven... he can patch memory timing with bios patching...
he is really good on it... GL :up:

alright sent him a message and going to try settings like |3ourne recommended

[ZL1Killa]

can't get this thing to do 1T AT ALL...it won't post..boot or anything... I set FSB to 200. DDR2 divider to 800mhz, CPU X 11, 4-4-4-10-12 (rated timings are 3-3-3-8)

[ZL1Killa]

.................this sucks...... can anyone modify or help me modify my BIOS so i can set my MAX async latency to 8ns?

[ZL1Killa]

won't even do 1T at 200mhz and all stock settings

[ZL1Killa]

anyone got any settings for this? I now have the 8ns,9ns,10ns BIOS's for this board... should I just load the 8ns and see what happens?

I'm to the point to where I want to order the M2R32-MVP due to the fact a friend not far from me had the cfx3200m2/g and at stock speeds it would give him errors and such. It would also not display on ALL of his 37 inch monitor, there was a gap all the way around it. He swapped out to the M2R32-mvp and it gets full screen and has no errors..... I had an old DFI board for my 32bit setup back in the day and i luved it...got an overclock from (800mhz mobile processor...1.8ghz loaded) to 2.5ghz and would have done more but that was too much heat on air cooling.. now I just cannot stand this freakin cfx3200m2/g am2 motherboard

[tux08902]

A lot of people have had problems with that board. The thing is that it uses an older chipset, and a lot of people have said that causes problems.

What RAM are you using? You may want to look into the board I have. It's in my sig. It's cheap and great.

[msimax]

most of the time its the sub timings that are to tight can you post a screen shot of systool am2 mem settings and drive strengths and also memset with it

if something is to tight we will see then you can request bios with looser sub timmings :)

[Tony]

I have seen 900+1T on the CFX3200, if I get chance I will post up some screenies it i can retest.

[ea6gka]

I have seen 900+1T on the CFX3200, if I get chance I will post up some screenies it i can retest.

oh please tony , that would be great

[|3ourne]

A lot of people have had problems with that board. The thing is that it uses an older chipset, and a lot of people have said that causes problems.

What RAM are you using? You may want to look into the board I have. It's in my sig. It's cheap and great.


WTF ???? Where are you basing your conclusions from ?? I was one of the first people on this forum to adopt this board and its running absolutely puuuurfect . And about the older chipset , not really , the SB600 performs better than the Nforce 5xx series chipsets for AMD and so does ATI RD580X . Look into it , it clocks a hell lot better than most boards out there .

Why Z1 cant get his computer clocking is really beyond me. I had this board for 2 days and already maxed my ram and cpu out. Its one of the simplest boards to oc. I am waiting for Tony to post some pics as I also have some questions about Dram strength settings in the bios and see if that helps me get some more clocks out of these Tracers .

[tux08902]

Check DFI forums, and you'll see the issues with this board that are piling up.

[ZL1Killa]

alright guys I want to first thank you for helping me!! even if its just hints on what to do. XS is where its at!! but ok, lets get into this. I currently haven't really clocked it to anything much over stock. its still running 2T, as it won't boot at all on default settings at all on 1T even with looser timings...the board just beeps at me. it currently also has the shipped bios. OHOHOH... also this is the ADA5200CSBOX...idk my other info as the Cpu is already installed but i do think i remember there being a program that can be used to look at that while running windows....anyone have it??

here is one of the screenshots from Memset... for some reason Systool doesn't work on my system..at least right now, it greys out my screen and freezes my computer...could be the ov'clock settings i currently have messin with that?? idk??

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/zl1killaws6/memset_windows_cpuzcpu.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/zl1killaws6/memorycpuz.jpg

[tux08902]

Have you tried switching memory slots? I had some issues with my Corsair and the DFI I'm running now. It came down to one setting that was causing real problems. You might have to go through the tedious elimination process to figure it out.

[ZL1Killa]

Have you tried switching memory slots? I had some issues with my Corsair and the DFI I'm running now. It came down to one setting that was causing real problems. You might have to go through the tedious elimination process to figure it out.
so what was your one setting that was causing you problems?

[tux08902]

Actually, I don't remember that one timing, which is why I didn't mention it. I'm sorry.

[|3ourne]

its Trrd , you have micron chips and they like a looser Trrd settings to clock higher. Also increase your Async , I ran 6 ns minimum on mine ( ohhh btw the bios that I sent you works just fine , im current on an 8ns bios , try it out , its a painless flash using winflash and it helped me boot up with higher ram speeds than the original bios .

[ZL1Killa]

alright guys, i will try the 8ns bios ; the Trrd timing ; and msimax said to change my trc to 21 and mal to 9. so i will try this and post back!!! THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!! lol even if it doesn't work im tryin new stuff that might work compared to what i was trying!! :)


wait a min.... if memset can change all these settings why not just use it to change them? instead of flashing the bios MAL - max async latency right? (yep feel stupid) and all the other settings memset can change...so why flash it?

[ZL1Killa]

aight, i changed the settings with JUST MEMSET 3.3... computer boots fine. only thing is it doesn't like saving and exiting the bios...i have to cut it off after that then turn it on fresh and it boots fine...that doesn't bug me that much tho.

My voltages so far are :
Vcore 1.36 V
DRAM 2.35 V (on the high side i know, i have a fan on it and last i felt of it under full load at 2.3v it wasn't hot at all)
NB 1.19 V

memset settings are :http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/zl1killaws6/1sttry.jpg

also, what have been some of everyones settings? i probably should just run around and search for this...as i'm sure i would dig something up. i will look around, just wondering if anyone has quick access to post them up.

[ZL1Killa]

explain this one... i mess with the timings and such..reboot...mess with them some more.. reboot and then it said after just leaving all the post screen and such it said : windows boot.ini file incorrect...or something to that effect. so i attempted a recovery with using the windows boot disc and it gave me blue screen Fault _ page in non-paged area...

then i re-did timings in bios and booted fine... WEIRD..

[ZL1Killa]

what is the PLL chip or such used on this board... i have choices of
as this is an AMD board and K8 the two chips are :
ICS 950403
ICS 950405

[flips]

Oh, @ |3ourne can you send me the 6ns Bios, think it will help to overclock my D9GMH further more^^

Got the same board and that are my clocks so far:

http://tobias.ownagi.com/am2crucial.JPG

[ea6gka]

why dont you upload it somewhere so we can get it too? :D

[ea6gka]

alright something else , i ran last night Orthos and it did run succesfully for 5 hours , then crashed . error was "less than expected etc" . can i assume i am stable at the freq it is now?

[ZL1Killa]

any reason that the timings can cause windows to say the system folder is corrupt or missing AND say that the boot.ini file is bad?? LOL

SO FAR.... i don't think I'm going to get more out of it... I haven't tried 1T with these settings and this 8ns bios YET...but it won't hurt at this point
I tried 280 and it wasn't stable... anyone got any hints or such on what i should be doing next... my voltages are all up...DDR2 is at its max from what i have heard of 2.35V
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/zl1killaws6/clk1.jpg http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/zl1killaws6/smart.jpg

i have 8ns, 9ns and 10ns bios from journe.. i can upload them somewhere and link them here i reckon

any hints on what to do next to get higher/faster clks? i will try 1t and see later today




also, my buddy that had this board, went out and bought the M2R32-MVP and his boots WAY faster than mine....and his memory bandwidth is only 7/5 while mine is 10/10 in sandra and his timings are looser... maybe the ASUS has a better memory management?? idk how all that stuff works

[ZL1Killa]

what should the HT link stay at? isn't it doubled? so instead of the 1104 that its reading, its really 2208?? i forgot how all that works

anybody??

[|3ourne]

yes , HT is dual bandwidth , so its 2xthe rating shown in cpu-z. Your memory can take upto 2.45 V from the board. You should raise your vcore and the bootup time is because of the x1950xt that you are running. I bet your friend has an nvidia card. Its a known problem with the X1xxx series . Its got nothing to do with your board.

I do 5-5-4-12 @ 2.15V on my ballistix at DDR2-1140 . So you should be able to do at least DDR2-1100 with lower voltages. Lower your multiplier to an even number and try ocing the ram in sync ( I know it will lower your speed but at least you will know what the max your ram can go to ? )

[ZL1Killa]

naw he has the same exact, EXACT setup that I have but with an ASUS board

[|3ourne]

here you go , my memset settings , these are set in the bios. I am just using memset to display them. No tweaking in windows.

http://upload.overclock3d.net/get.php?id=3527

[ZL1Killa]

ok, the only difference i do believe between our two systems (mine and my friends that has the ASUS) is he has a 3gb/s boot drive while mine is the normal 1.5... idk if it makes that much of a difference, both of us are running windows xp... thanks for the timings, what FSB mhz were u running on that?

[|3ourne]

300 mhz and yes a 300 mb/s drive will make a difference .

[ZL1Killa]

I do 5-5-4-12 @ 2.15V on my ballistix at DDR2-1140 . So you should be able to do at least DDR2-1100 with lower voltages. Lower your multiplier to an even number and try ocing the ram in sync ( I know it will lower your speed but at least you will know what the max your ram can go to ? )

300 mhz and yes a 300 mb/s drive will make a difference .
How would I be able to run lower voltages on my chips? the ballistix memory you have might be a special low voltage high performing memory
so you are running those timings on some TEAM value ram?? whats your exact model of ram? and is it the micron chips?

I'm going to try those timings you have shown soon and play with it a little... I ran 280mhz for 3 days..and then it decided to hate me....lol. but its now running at 276mhz fsb


ok i found out the exact boot drive that my friend has, I have the WD Raptor 37gb and he has the 74gb Raptor... thats the only difference. SOOO that leads me to believe that the motherboard is playing into the booting and speed of the system....the only difference in running processes is that I'm using ATI tool. I might try booting without ATI tool and see if it gets faster.

My friend is running MORE hard drives, a pci Creative sound card.

[ZL1Killa]

ok well ...i guess i fried my memory.. doesn't smell like it tho, but anything can happen, I turn it on and it just does a single long beep at me. tried each stick separetely and in different slots... no luck at all

[ZL1Killa]

yeh had to rma my chips... they didn't like 2.35 volts... and that was even with a fan blowing on them.

whats the PLL controller for this CFX3200m2/g board?

[|3ourne]

ICS 951462 . And i fried my ballistix too . They are in RMA right now. Thinking of getting rid of this setup and going for an ABit IP35 Pro and E6550/E6750 . But I dont know yet , coz there are rumours that Phenoms are launching pretty soon in Nov.

[ZL1Killa]

k, got that ICS save now, i thought i had it saved.

thats hilarious!!!! 2 of us!!! LOL. mine are currently at 2.24 volts and running fine so far at :
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/zl1killaws6/cpuz.jpghttp://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/zl1killaws6/memset.jpg
going to do some further testing tho

[ZL1Killa]

well i duplicated ur results of 1140mhz memory and she is running great.... but it seems as if i have hit a brick wall, as it won't go above 3080mhz and 1180 memory... :(

seems like the processor and/or board is limiting me... the memory wants to go more, i even tightened timings and it did it fine.. so..

AT LEAST I GOT GOOD MEMORY :)

[|3ourne]

well i duplicated ur results of 1140mhz memory and she is running great.... but it seems as if i have hit a brick wall, as it won't go above 3080mhz and 1180 memory... :(

seems like the processor and/or board is limiting me... the memory wants to go more, i even tightened timings and it did it fine.. so..

AT LEAST I GOT GOOD MEMORY :)


i bet the board goes on and on . its the processor thats holding you back. Maybe cooling ?? One of my cores runs about 7C hotter than the other. I just want to get a screw down hsf so i can pop the ihs .

[ZL1Killa]

i bet the board goes on and on . its the processor thats holding you back. Maybe cooling ?? One of my cores runs about 7C hotter than the other. I just want to get a screw down hsf so i can pop the ihs .

Cooling I'm fine on, even my swiftech mcr 220 ultra plus kit with two 78cfm fans is handling that fine along with cooling my memory chips is fine. She will get about 45 C on both cores, and both of them seem to be staying within 2-3 C of each other. My video card is overclocked and I'm going to tweak that some more, that peaks out at 57 C and idles at 38-40 C. It also helps to have ambient temps of 68-70 degrees ;) , its cold at my apt

Currently my dram voltage is 2.24 and my cpu voltage is only 1.425 i think or a little above that, HT voltage is up... I'll post a screeny

The processor is definitely holding me back. Since my water cooling kit is compatible with everything I'm going to just upgrade it as I will be going to higher clocking things eventually.

I'm going to lap my GPU and CPU waterblocks, as I haven't, and install a Black Ice Pro III radiator with 3x120mm 85cfm fans on it. I will probably save up and when something good comes out just upgrade my motherboard, memory, cpu.... or just my cpu and memory. This memory could do more but I doubt it could go to 1300mhz or higher....which idk, how high have the highest sticks clocked to?? LOL

[|3ourne]

i would love to see someone try the 5000+ black edition on that board ! If you wanna give it a shot go ahead !

[ZL1Killa]

i would love to see someone try the 5000+ black edition on that board ! If you wanna give it a shot go ahead !

actually... someone is in the progress that helped me overclock and tweak my board ;) already got you covered LMAO!!!! cuz he thought of that too

[ZL1Killa]

possibly...after he mods it and does the 5000+ black edition... i will be buying it off of him along with whatever else... lets just say the person doing it knows his stuff and this should be good

Here is what I'm currently running:
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/zl1killaws6/currentsettings.jpg

I also got the 10% extra current working for the video card and set my max watts to 175. It previously wasn't working at all with the extra current...and the motherboard for some reason doesn't like posting....I have to either hard reset it or power off and power back on...it won't leave the bios and then repost...but it does save and exit...just won't post

here is my video card so far...its not much but the limits 803 and 1080 i believe...i will double check that.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/zl1killaws6/x1950xtxocresults.jpg

[tictac]

i fried my rd580 board as well couple of month ago... then i switch to i965 mobo... fried it as well... the i wonder how can 2 board died on me....then i open up my PSU and found the Caps on my PSU leaking pretty bad... If i only know i would change my PSU before it died... :shakes:

my previous RD580 board.... :(

[ZL1Killa]

well i think since I ran into a little bit of $$ I'm going to spiffy up my watercooling kit with my own custom box and a 3x120mm radiator with my current 2x120mm radiator and also buy the BE 5000+ CPU... and if i have any left after that i'm going to invest in some better memory (higher binned, and higher MHZ)

[ZL1Killa]

just picked up this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146677
mushkin Extreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) with EPP Profile Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 996535

and this:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103194
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz Socket AM2 65W Black Edition Processor Model ADO5000DSWOF

so we will see what she can do on my WC setup and this memory... AND my current memory in my signature ;)

[ZL1Killa]

well coretemp doesnt read the 5200+ BE correctly either...says 2 and 7 C

but lets start playing :)

[|3ourne]

sweet!!! Cant hardly wait. Im going Intel soon though. Getting a sweet deal that I cant pass up. So my board + Processor are in the market. To those who do not know , I have the same board. Actually I had it before ZL1 :D . Neways , should be nice to see how high u can get the black edition. I have no problems pumping the fsb up but my 3600+ only wants to play at 3.0 ghz ( one core fails coz its having a bad contact. )

[ZL1Killa]

well this black edition is givin me crap too, thats just luck. Wish i could get a handpicked cpu thats decent from AMD... i got the time to review and write up things but always get crap.

currently she is running 3.3ghz @ 1.62v
ram is running 2.24v (mushkin d9 chips, 5-5-4-12 @ 240fsb = 1200 HT)
ram is doing good...

but simply at 1.5v @ 3.3ghz it just restarted on me. did 3dmarks and superpi fine... even played Hellgate london all night...went to play timeshift this morning and Nero recode another dvd and BAM..restart... so i'm trying this new voltage... and CPU temps are somewhere in the 43-52C range

[ZL1Killa]

3.1 stable mem at 240

no memory errors at all, i believe these new mem sticks i have will absolutely just fly if i turn them up more

[|3ourne]

i work at Fry's . If you want I can get a cherry picked cpu for you. Tell you the dates and the batch. I wont get any discounts but at least you can get a cpu with a decent stepping if you want. Im going C2D soon. Tired of this AMD crap. Might switch back to AMD soon. Right now , looking for money to upgrade gfx/cpu/mobo. I already have good ram with me.

[ZL1Killa]

i might get in touch with you on that. i will be around man, thanks!

[ZL1Killa]

well either the board is dead after running perfectly fine for months or something is wrong somewhere.

the computers off. I go and hit the power button to turn it on, and then it powers up everything for a split second...and then OFF and my enermax galaxy 850 beeps at me saying somethings wrong.

used to, i could turn it completely off (psu switch off), wait for a full power down (all lights off) and then flip the psu back on and power the computer up fine.
now it just won't cut back on...so i'm on my laptop right now....

I got NFS pro street, hellgate london, and crysis...and now i can't play any of them....

[|3ourne]

THAT SUCKS dude ! Thats really weird. My board did that to me only once , and that was when it killed the ram. Neways I am taking my machine down today and selling mine. Want it ??? Drop me a pm .

[ZL1Killa]

i know for a fact my ram is fine. its gotta be something on the board and the cpu never got too hot either...so idk. its gotta be the board.

now to invest in a GREAT board... even if it means buying one of the new ones 7xx version of the AMD boards that are 170+ up to 270$$
DFI really disappointed me with the QUALITY of this board.

i guess im going to check into that Gigabyte 270$$ board at newegg since thats what AMD is going to....

[|3ourne]

before you do that , i would highly recommend checking out MSI's 7xx chipset board. I have had nothing but good luck with MSI boards in the past. DFI , MSI and biostar are the only board makers that I usually even think about buying from.

[ZL1Killa]

well, money isn't as issue. I saw the gigabyte board and they say with memory speeds above 1000mhz its not stable or doesn't like it, so screw that.

my previous MSI board for my 939 socket was a POS.
my WAY long ago with a barton core DFI board was the ****!!!! it ROCKED worlds :) ...but thats when things were simple... :(

I will see how things go but I'm seriously looking at getting my desktop up and running again SOOOON! as school and work require me to have a decent computer to run programs and such

[ZL1Killa]

well, im not quite sure yet BUT, this weekend I will be able to check it out. I think that my PSU..yes i said it, my PSU not the motherboard is messed up.
and why my Enermax 850W PSU might be messed up is beyond me... i love the durn thing and heard so much about it!!!!


1 problem tho, i can't seem to find my reciept for it online or in my email and why i would have deleted it, and just it when i bought all my new hardware at the same time. can't even find a log of it on newegg....hhhhhhmmmm...might be able to get it RMA'd, cuz i definitely bought it a year ago and its a 3yr warranty

[|3ourne]

did u buy it brand new or from someone else. Wouldnt matter though , the company should be able to give u an RMA for it. I spoke to DFI the other day asking as to when we will get a bios for Phenoms to work on the board that we have and it doesnt look good. They say bout January at best since they are busy making the bios for the upcoming boards. Typical DFI. Great products , :banana::banana::banana::banana:ty support.

[ZL1Killa]

yeh, that comes with most companies. support lacks, BUT there are those great ones out there that do great service and great support!

I'm probably not going to be able to check to see if its my PSU or my mobo until Friday or saturday night....so i will post my results when i get them

[ZL1Killa]

IT WORKS!!! using another power supply...a POS OCZ 600gamestream..that is having to struggle to keep this thing on...the LEDs on the fan slowly lit up bit by bit....now to try it with the enermax 850w... I bet ITS DEAD THO!!!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[ZL1Killa]

yep...my high quality enermax galaxy 850Wpsu has died. I have no idea what happend but thats the cause.

THE CFx3200M2/G Motherboard is FINE !!! sorry guys

The Enermax Galaxy 850W PSU is a goner here.

going to RMA

[ZL1Killa]

this makes the 2nd power supply that has died one me... at this apartment... do you think that I need to invest in a power filter and plug my computer into it?? right now my computer just plugs into a pretty good surge protector.

i mean 2 power supplies....what in the hell is going on? LOL.. just my pure luck or what?

[ZL1Killa]

well ordered new PSU from enermax...and i got my power filtern now... also since specials were going on

going to sell my 5000+ BE and i got my 6400+ BE :)

[AonMar]

After reading your experiences with this board (thanks for sharing) I bit the bullet and put together the combo. in the signature.

It looked as though everything would be still-born at the start when it wouldn't post, but eventually got things moving on a stick of cheap ValueRAM. Still running the ValueRAM and waiting for the Team sticks to come back from RMA - perhaps they need more voltage to work. So much for the general idea that DFI boards spit on cheap RAM!!

Before winding things up, I brought the NB temperatures down by fitting the HR-05 (now running up to about 28-30 degrees under load).

Tonight I acheived my first overclock. I used Clock Gen to take the CPU frequency up to 3.05 GHz while running 2 instances of SuperPrime for 30 min. Only thing stopping me for now is caution! And, yes, I need to start playing in the BIOS to see if it will post at that frequency. Small steps, as I'm gaining confidence as I go.

Like |3ourne I've noticed core0 running about 6-7 degrees hotter than core1 (based on Core Temp 0.95 readings).

Even for a noob, this board is working out very nicely, thank you! :)

[ZL1Killa]

the board itself is ok. what i'm experiencing now is that i can turn it on from the front power switch. then it comes on, makes its clicking noise twice; then it is supposed to beep and post but it doesn't. just stays on and does nothing.

i hold the power switch in, it cuts off. then cut it back on, and after clicking noise twice, it then beeps and posts and boots like nothing was wrong.

current clocks are 250x12 =3ghz and it does this
HTT is 1250mhz i think

it is also perfectly stable in windows and playing crysis and pro street for 2hrs at 260 fsb
1350 HTT mhz

[r@msink]

nice ht speed you have my ht speeds stocks at 1088@1,4volt with the same board as you.

it runs now 13x250 3250Mhz@1,477volt (amd athlon x2 6000+)
4x250 1000Mhz Ht speed
Dram 464 5-5-5-12-18@2.04 volt (ocz ati crossfire kit)

[AonMar]

That double-click was what I was getting when I first tried booting, except in my case it kept on repeating.

Occasionally it would fire up and run perfectly for hours on end. Then, next time I tried to start it ... "click-click ... click-click ...". I thought it may have been PSU and swapped from the Corsair PSU to an OCZ 520W unit I had on hand, but without success.

On the cheap RAM it fired first time and been there's no problems since. Perverse! I'm looking forward to getting the Team RAM returned to see if the problem returns and if it can be resolved.

[binormalkilla]

So any updates on your final OC? I have a buddy at work that ordered this with the 5000+ black edition and 2 Gb of OCZ Gold DDR2-800....We're going to build it this weekend.
He also got an X1950 Pro and he's planning on keeping his old Antec 380W, however I told him that I doubt it will run it......

[muzz]

So any updates on your final OC? I have a buddy at work that ordered this with the 5000+ black edition and 2 Gb of OCZ Gold DDR2-800....We're going to build it this weekend.
He also got an X1950 Pro and he's planning on keeping his old Antec 380W, however I told him that I doubt it will run it......

By buying that 5000+BE, and 2gb of ram it seems like he has intentions of overclocking it...

It seems you are ready for complaints, considering that PSU...

GL with that!!

[ZL1Killa]

So any updates on your final OC? I have a buddy at work that ordered this with the 5000+ black edition and 2 Gb of OCZ Gold DDR2-800....We're going to build it this weekend.
He also got an X1950 Pro and he's planning on keeping his old Antec 380W, however I told him that I doubt it will run it......

tell em to get a new PSU.... LOL.

my 5000+BE went to 2.8ghz with my ram at 1140mhz.... and she wouldn't clock higher than that. my friends 5000+BE is doing 2.9ghz and 1100mhz.

since i upgraded my watercooling kit
:http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/zl1killaws6/jpg049.jpg

I have already got me a sanded and lapped (IHS) 6400+ BE cpu (125W factory) and my 1950xtx GPU. time to start some overclocking. at 1.35v this processor will do 3.4ghz. I'm going to up it to about 1.45 maybe 1.5v depending on temps. and overclock the piss outa my video card.

will have updates by this coming weekend.