My K8N Neo Platinum findings... i've made some progress with the biatch!

[Richdog]

OK please read my thread on EOCF for a quick summary of what has been happening to me with my MSI then this thread will make a bit more sense... http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/showthread.php?t=110803&page=1&pp=20

OK people found something interesting!

I flashed to Official BIOS 1.1 and booted up with my good settings. Straight away I got to 230Mhz FSB without a hitch. Hmm, interesting I thought. Then I noticed in clockgen my PCI wasn't locked. Jumped from 200-230Mhz FSB a few times to see if it would freeze like usual... it didn't.

Going back into the BIOS I set AGP to 67Mhz to lock the PCI and booted back up. Set FSB to 212Mhz and instant freeze. Hmm, interesting I thought. So, I started thinking that maybe the PCI lock could somehow be causing a problem with the board.

Having just had an idea I rebooted and set the AGP speed to 68Mhz and booted up. Straight to 230Mhz using clockgen, no freeze. 235Mhz... no freeze. 240Mhz... no freeze. Im at 240 Mhz now and it hasn't frozen or given me a BSOD, I may be on to something methinks! Gonan try a lower multi and put my PC4000 to work in a bit, see if I can ramp the FSB up without it foobarring. But believe me folks, this is real progress. I'll keep you updated...

* BTW i'm running aggressive timings and what's interesting is that the Official 1.1 BIOS also has an option not in the others called DIMM Driving strength which can be set to Weak/Normal. It is also set to normal for me now. SuperPI just run and gave me 41 secs runing 9*240 speeds, 3-3-3-11 timings.

Quite excited now really... :D

FORGOT TO MENTION, RUNNING 2X512MB OCZ PC3500EB TOGETHER!

[Richdog]

OMG im at 10*240, 38secs SuperPI! I havent tested for stability yet but the very fact im here shows I may have cracked it! I was ready to throw the towel in on this board, now to try the PC4000, MUAHAHAHAHAHA! :D

[saaya]

only 240? :/

[WesM63]

Comon Rich, I know she has more in her ;)

//wes twidless his thumbs at 256mhz (7x256mhz, 3700EB)

[eclypse]

I'm kinda lost.. Is this news about the MSI or the Gigabyte board?

[eclypse]

Have you been able to get 2x512 mem stick to work on this board over 220 FSB?

[Richdog]

lol, elypse read the first post and all will become painfully clear, and if the thread title isn't obvious enough then you really do need help mate. :D

But anyway, WesM63 are you at 256Mhz FSB 1:1?

The reason im making suich a fuss out of this is because 95% of people that have this board are having SERIOUS problems getting ovber 230Mhz HTT 1:1, if you go to the MSI forums you'll see heaps of people in the same boat.

Strangely, with dividers I still dont get anywhere, and after changing my RAM from the EB to the Adata and back again my OC has deteriorated. Damn, I was so excited too! I must say that this board is a complete POS. I have tried EVERY BIOS configuration with EVERY BIOS version with EVERY type of commonly available RAM, EB, BH-5 and Adata PC4000, if it won't run good with the 3 most common types then you KNOW its a board fault. I'm, sick of it. My Gigabyte is going back in VERY soon prolly the next couple of days, and i'll sell this MSI or get a refund. ABIT or DFI here I come...

Mind you I have a 3400+ CG coming on Thursday so i'll see how that does before I completely can it...