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not really sure,it started first by not recognizing my harddrive at random then it just stopped booting.Shiranui-Gen-an,your right,but i think im getting the hang of it now.my quad seems to like 110/112/108 for a vtt of 1.37.

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******Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker (M.I.T.)****** Robust Graphics Booster.........................[ Auto ] CPU Clock Ratio.................................[ 9x ] Fine CPU Clock Ratio............................[ + 0.0 ] CPU Frequency 3.4GHz............................[ 400 x 9.0 ] ******Clock Chip Control****** CPU Host Clock Control..........................[ Enabled ] CPU Host Frequency (Mhz)........................[ 400 ] PCI Express Frequency (Mhz).....................[ 100 ] C.I.A 2 [Disabled] ******Advanced Clock Control****** CPU Clock Drive.................................[ 1000mv] PCI Express Clock Drive.........................[ 1000mv] CPU Clock Skew..................................[ 0ps] MCH Clock Skew..................................[ 0ps] ******DRAM Performance Control****** Performance Enhance.............................[ Standard ] Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)....................[ Auto ] (G) MCH Frequency Latch.........................[ Auto ] System Memory Multiplier........................[ 2.66C ] Memory Frequency ..............1066...... ...1066 DRAM Timing Selectable..........................[ Manual ] CAS Latency Time...............[ 5 ].........[ auto ] tRCD...........................[ 5 ].........[ auto ] tRP............................[ 5 ].........[ auto ] tRAS...........................[ 15 ].........[ auto ] ******Advanced Timing Control****** tRRD...........................[ 4 ]..........[ Auto ] tWTR...........................[ 4 ]..........[ Auto ] tWR............................[ 6 ]..........[ Auto ] tRFC...........................[ 72 ].........[ auto ] tRTP...........................[ 4 ]..........[ Auto ] Command Rate (cmd).............[ 0 ]..........[auto ] ******Channel A Timing Settings****** Static tRead Value [ 9 ] ................[ 10 ] tRD Phase0 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD Phase1 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD Phase2 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD Phase3 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD 2rd (Differnt Rank) [ 6 ] ................[ Auto ] tWR 2wr (Differnt Rank) [ 6 ] ................[ Auto ] tWR 2rd (Differnt Rank) [ 5 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD 2wr (Same/Difft Rank) [ 8 ] ................[ Auto ] Dimm 1 Clock Skew Control.......................[ Auto ] Dimm 2 Clock Skew Control.......................[ Auto ] DDR Write Training..............................[ Auto ] ******Channel A Driving Settings****** Drive Strength Profile..........................[ 1066 ] Data Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto ] cmd Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto ] ctrl Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto ] clk Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto ] Data Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto ] cmd Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto ] ctrl Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto ] clk Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto ] ******Channel B Timing Settings****** Static tRead Value [ 9 ] ................[10 ] tRD Phase0 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD Phase1 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD Phase2 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD Phase3 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD 2rd (Differnt Rank) [ 6 ] ................[ Auto ] tWR 2wr (Differnt Rank) [ 6 ] ................[ Auto ] tWR 2rd (Differnt Rank) [ 5 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD 2wr (Same/Difft Rank) [ 8 ] ................[ Auto ] Dimm 1 Clock Skew Control.......................[ Auto ] Dimm 2 Clock Skew Control.......................[ Auto ] DDR Write Training..............................[ Auto ] ******Channel B Driving Settings****** Drive Strength Profile..........................[ 1066 ] Data Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto ] cmd Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto ] ctrl Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto ] clk Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto ] Data Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto ] cmd Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto ] ctrl Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto ] clk Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto ] ******Motherboard Voltage Control****** Load-Line Calibration...........................[ Enabled ] CPU Vcore [ 1.25 ]...................[ auto ] CPU Termination [ 1.20 ]...................[ auto ] CPU PLL [ 1.50 ]...................[ auto ] CPU Reference [ 0.760 ]...................[ Auto ] MCH Core [ 1.100 ]...................[ auto ] MCH Reference [ 0.760 ]...................[ Auto ] MCH/DRAM Refernce [ 0.900 ]...................[ auto ] ICH I/O [ 1.500 ]...................[ auto ] ICH Core [ 1.100 ]...................[ auto ] DRAM Voltage [ 2.10 ]...................[ auto ] DRAM Termination [ ]...................[ auto ] Channel A Ref [ ]...................[ auto ] Channel B Ref [ ]...................[ auto ] *****************Advanced BIOS Features********* Limit CPUID Max to 3 ................. [disable] No-Execute memory Protect ............ [enabled] CPU Enhance Halt (CIE) ............... [enabled] C2/C2E State Support ................. [enabled] C4/C4E State Support ................. [enabled] CPU Thermal Monitor................... [enabled] CPU EIST Function..................... [enabled] Virtualization Technology ............ [enabled]

^^^ These settings DO boot (& its stable) @ 3.6, and i'm reading 1.30 vcore in windows

I set all the last one's to all disabled like all of you have, and it didn't work (that was the only change to the above settings).

I'm going to try upping it a bit more (3.8 maybe) and see if it'll boot with those enabled

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Same settings above, except multi @ 9.5 (9.5 x 400 = 3.8) and boots & runs fine. Seems to be adjusting fine as far as voltages go. vcore is around 1.33

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Originally Posted by firas

did you notice the 5-7-7-7-20 timings? this can't be normal right?

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Originally Posted by PortCitySlim

I am not 100% certain but I think that after you set the "Driving Strength Profile" to 1066 this will now show the timings in your bios. I noticed the same thing when I first started with this board and after I began enabling some things with my ram CPUZ began reporting the correct timings.

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Originally Posted by radaja

firas, try and set extreme memory performance to disable,it should help.my g.skills do the same if its on auto,but be careful when you change it to disable it will reset the cpu multiplier and fsb.i always start my OC by disabling this first then set up the OC.

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Originally Posted by dnottis

Change it to manual and set your timings manually. My GSkill 8800s got picked up as 5-7-7-20, they are actually 5-5-5-15 so I've manually changed them and havent had an issue.

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Originally Posted by SpeedEuphoria

Under the profile, if I set disable I see 5-7-7-20, my next option is "profile2" is I set that then it shows up correctly as 5-5-5-15@1066.

sorry it was my mistake, at the beginning I set the “DRAM Timing Selectable” to manual, but that caused problems, tried to change various settings but nothing worked! so I left it at auto.

now I discovered that when it was at manual it was like this:

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CAS Latency Time...............[ 5 ].........[ 5 ] tRCD...........................[ 5 ].........[ 5 ] tRP............................[ 5 ].........[ 5 ] tRAS...........................[ 15 ].........[ 5 ]

corrected it and everything is running smoothly now :up:

at this moment my “DRAM Performance Control” is:

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Performance Enhance.............................[ Turbo ] Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)....................[ Auto ] (G) MCH Frequency Latch.........................[ 333 ] System Memory Multiplier........................[ 2.40B ] Memory Frequency ..............1066...... ......1020 DRAM Timing Selectable..........................[ Manual]

first it was like this

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Performance Enhance.............................[ Turbo ] Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)....................[ Auto ] (G) MCH Frequency Latch.........................[ 400 ] System Memory Multiplier........................[ 2.0D ] Memory Frequency ..............1066...... ......890 DRAM Timing Selectable..........................[ Manual]

then I tried to follow what PortCitySlim said and what i was in the link I mentioned to higher my ram frequency.

2.4 multiplier wasn’t available when latch is @ 400, but it was @ latch 333 (and came with the letter B not D)

i'm thinking of giving 2.5 a shot to bring the frequency a little bit higher than 1066 since my memory voltage now is set to 2.1 (which my shallow knowledge gives me a feeling that my current frequency doesn’t require it :shrug: )

@PortCitySlim: you encouraged me to the 3600 idea and that’s what I did :up: but at lower voltages than you mentioned, I even managed to pass prime95 at less vcore but left it at 1.25 (in bios) since it’s already too low

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******Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker (M.I.T.)****** Robust Graphics Booster.........................[ Auto ] CPU Clock Ratio.................................[ 8 ] Fine CPU Clock Ratio............................[ + 0.5 ] CPU Frequency 3.6GHz............................[ 425 x 8.5 ] ******Clock Chip Control****** CPU Host Clock Control..........................[ Enabled ] CPU Host Frequency (Mhz)........................[ 425 ] PCI Express Frequency (Mhz).....................[ 100 ] C.I.A 2 [Disabled] ******Advanced Clock Control****** CPU Clock Drive.................................[ 800mv] PCI Express Clock Drive.........................[ 900mv] CPU Clock Skew..................................[ 0ps] MCH Clock Skew..................................[ 0ps] ******DRAM Performance Control****** Performance Enhance.............................[ Turbo ] Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)....................[ Auto ] (G) MCH Frequency Latch.........................[ 333 ] System Memory Multiplier........................[ 2.40B ] Memory Frequency ..............1066.............1020 DRAM Timing Selectable..........................[ Manual] CAS Latency Time...............[ 5 ].........[ 5 ] tRCD...........................[ 5 ].........[ 5 ] tRP............................[ 5 ].........[ 5 ] tRAS...........................[ 15 ].........[ 15 ] ******Advanced Timing Control****** tRRD...........................[ 4 ]..........[ Auto ] tWTR...........................[ 4 ]..........[ Auto ] tWR............................[ 6 ]..........[ Auto ] tRFC...........................[ 72 ].........[ 54 ] tRTP...........................[ 4 ]..........[ Auto ] Command Rate (cmd).............[ 0 ]..........[ 2 ] ******Channel A Timing Settings****** Static tRead Value [ 8 ] ................[ 9 ] tRD Phase0 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD Phase1 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD Phase2 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD Phase3 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD 2rd (Differnt Rank) [ 8 ] ................[ Auto ] tWR 2wr (Differnt Rank) [ 8 ] ................[ Auto ] tWR 2rd (Differnt Rank) [ 7 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD 2wr (Same/Difft Rank) [ 9 ] ................[ Auto ] Dimm 1 Clock Skew Control.......................[ Auto ] Dimm 2 Clock Skew Control.......................[ Auto ] DDR Write Training..............................[ Auto ] ******Channel A Driving Settings****** Drive Strength Profile..........................[ Auto ] Data Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto ] cmd Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto ] ctrl Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto ] clk Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto ] Data Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto ] cmd Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto ] ctrl Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto ] clk Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto ] ******Channel B Timing Settings****** Static tRead Value [ 8 ] ................[ 9 ] tRD Phase0 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD Phase1 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD Phase2 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD Phase3 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD 2rd (Differnt Rank) [ 8 ] ................[ Auto ] tWR 2wr (Differnt Rank) [ 8 ] ................[ Auto ] tWR 2rd (Differnt Rank) [ 7 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD 2wr (Same/Difft Rank) [ 9 ] ................[ Auto ] Dimm 1 Clock Skew Control.......................[ Auto ] Dimm 2 Clock Skew Control.......................[ Auto ] DDR Write Training..............................[ Auto ] ******Channel B Driving Settings****** Drive Strength Profile..........................[ Auto ] Data Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto ] cmd Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto ] ctrl Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto ] clk Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto ] Data Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto ] cmd Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto ] ctrl Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto ] clk Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto ] ******Motherboard Voltage Control****** Load-Line Calibration...........................[ Enabled ] CPU Vcore [ 1.25 ]...................[ 1.25V ] CPU Termination [ 1.20 ]...................[ 1.20 ] CPU PLL [ 1.50 ]...................[ 1.50 ] CPU Reference [ 0.760 ]...................[ Auto ] MCH Core [ 1.100 ]...................[ 1.240 ] MCH Reference [ 0.760 ]...................[ 0.800 ] MCH/DRAM Refernce [ 0.900 ]...................[ 0.96 ] ICH I/O [ 1.500 ]...................[ 1.500 ] ICH Core [ 1.100 ]...................[ 1.100 ] DRAM Voltage [1.8]...................[2.1 ] DRAM Termination [0.9]...................[1.050] Channel A Ref [0.9]...................[1.050] Channel B Ref [0.9]...................[1.050] *****************Advanced BIOS Features********* Limit CPUID Max to 3 ................. [disable] No-Execute memory Protect ............ [enable] CPU Enhance Halt (CIE) ............... [disable] C2/C2E State Support ................. [disable] C4/C4E State Support ................. [disable] CPU Thermal Monitor................... [enable] CPU EIST Function..................... [disable] Virtualization Technology ............ [disable]

still concerned about the 2.1vram (here had similar settings @ 0.9) :confused: and same vcore with higher FSB

90 minutes stress:
http://s5.tinypic.com/iyfo2e.jpg

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Originally Posted by firas

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******Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker (M.I.T.)****** Robust Graphics Booster.........................[ Auto ] CPU Clock Ratio.................................[ 8 ] Fine CPU Clock Ratio............................[ + 0.5 ] CPU Frequency 3.6GHz............................[ 425 x 8.5 ] ******Clock Chip Control****** CPU Host Clock Control..........................[ Enabled ] CPU Host Frequency (Mhz)........................[ 425 ] PCI Express Frequency (Mhz).....................[ 100 ] C.I.A 2 [Disabled] ******Advanced Clock Control****** CPU Clock Drive.................................[ 800mv] PCI Express Clock Drive.........................[ 900mv] CPU Clock Skew..................................[ 0ps] MCH Clock Skew..................................[ 0ps] ******DRAM Performance Control****** Performance Enhance.............................[ Turbo ] Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)....................[ Auto ] (G) MCH Frequency Latch.........................[ 333 ] System Memory Multiplier........................[ 2.40B ] Memory Frequency ..............1066.............1020 DRAM Timing Selectable..........................[ Manual] CAS Latency Time...............[ 5 ].........[ 5 ] tRCD...........................[ 5 ].........[ 5 ] tRP............................[ 5 ].........[ 5 ] tRAS...........................[ 15 ].........[ 15 ] ******Advanced Timing Control****** tRRD...........................[ 4 ]..........[ Auto ] tWTR...........................[ 4 ]..........[ Auto ] tWR............................[ 6 ]..........[ Auto ] tRFC...........................[ 72 ].........[ 54 ] tRTP...........................[ 4 ]..........[ Auto ] Command Rate (cmd).............[ 0 ]..........[ 2 ] ******Channel A Timing Settings****** Static tRead Value [ 8 ] ................[ 9 ] tRD Phase0 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD Phase1 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD Phase2 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD Phase3 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD 2rd (Differnt Rank) [ 8 ] ................[ Auto ] tWR 2wr (Differnt Rank) [ 8 ] ................[ Auto ] tWR 2rd (Differnt Rank) [ 7 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD 2wr (Same/Difft Rank) [ 9 ] ................[ Auto ] Dimm 1 Clock Skew Control.......................[ Auto ] Dimm 2 Clock Skew Control.......................[ Auto ] DDR Write Training..............................[ Auto ] ******Channel A Driving Settings****** Drive Strength Profile..........................[ Auto ] Data Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto ] cmd Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto ] ctrl Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto ] clk Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto ] Data Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto ] cmd Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto ] ctrl Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto ] clk Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto ] ******Channel B Timing Settings****** Static tRead Value [ 8 ] ................[ 9 ] tRD Phase0 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD Phase1 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD Phase2 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD Phase3 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD 2rd (Differnt Rank) [ 8 ] ................[ Auto ] tWR 2wr (Differnt Rank) [ 8 ] ................[ Auto ] tWR 2rd (Differnt Rank) [ 7 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD 2wr (Same/Difft Rank) [ 9 ] ................[ Auto ] Dimm 1 Clock Skew Control.......................[ Auto ] Dimm 2 Clock Skew Control.......................[ Auto ] DDR Write Training..............................[ Auto ] ******Channel B Driving Settings****** Drive Strength Profile..........................[ Auto ] Data Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto ] cmd Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto ] ctrl Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto ] clk Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto ] Data Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto ] cmd Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto ] ctrl Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto ] clk Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto ] ******Motherboard Voltage Control****** Load-Line Calibration...........................[ Enabled ] CPU Vcore [ 1.25 ]...................[ 1.25V ] CPU Termination [ 1.20 ]...................[ 1.20 ] CPU PLL [ 1.50 ]...................[ 1.50 ] CPU Reference [ 0.760 ]...................[ Auto ] MCH Core [ 1.100 ]...................[ 1.240 ] MCH Reference [ 0.760 ]...................[ 0.800 ] MCH/DRAM Refernce [ 0.900 ]...................[ 0.96 ] ICH I/O [ 1.500 ]...................[ 1.500 ] ICH Core [ 1.100 ]...................[ 1.100 ] DRAM Voltage [1.8]...................[2.1 ] DRAM Termination [0.9]...................[1.050] Channel A Ref [0.9]...................[1.050] Channel B Ref [0.9]...................[1.050] *****************Advanced BIOS Features********* Limit CPUID Max to 3 ................. [disable] No-Execute memory Protect ............ [enable] CPU Enhance Halt (CIE) ............... [disable] C2/C2E State Support ................. [disable] C4/C4E State Support ................. [disable] CPU Thermal Monitor................... [enable] CPU EIST Function..................... [disable] Virtualization Technology ............ [disable]

The first thing that catches my eye is your MCH/DRAM Reference. I would adjust this to 1.050 like your channel A/B reference. These settings I gave you last night for 2.1v RAM are exactly the same settings that Hoss331 is using for his overclock stability and they are passing 8+ hour Prime95 blends. I use a lower ram voltage but it lowers down easily enough, for every .02v you lower your RAM you will notice that the reference for that lowers .01v. I am at 2.00v RAM and a 1.000 reference.

Leaving your CPU TM and No-Execute might not cause you problems(I used to run with them enabled). But remember down the line when you try a blend/OCCT RAM large ftt packet test that disabling these can sometimes solve buggy instability problems.

Setting your performance enhance to turbo might not improve your performance overall, after tweaking you might get better settings to boot on standard. I would say that you should start with Standard and after your finished tweaking everything see if you can run on Turbo. My RAM settings are exactly as follows...

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******DRAM Performance Control****** Performance Enhance.............................[ Standard ] (G) MCH Frequency Latch.........................[ Auto/333 ] System Memory Multiplier........................[ 2.40B ] Memory Frequency ..............1066.............[ 1128 ] DRAM Timing Selectable..........................[ Manual ] CAS Latency Time...............[ 5 ].........[ 5 ] tRCD...........................[ 5 ].........[ 5 ] tRP............................[ 5 ].........[ 5 ] tRAS...........................[ 15 ].........[ 15 ] ******Advanced Timing Control****** tRRD...........................[ 4 ]..........[ Auto ] tWTR...........................[ 4 ]..........[ Auto ] tWR............................[ 13 ]..........[ Auto ] tRFC...........................[ 68 ].........[ 54 ] tRTP...........................[ 4 ]..........[ Auto ] Command Rate (cmd).............[ 2 ]..........[ 2 ] ******Channel A AND B Timing Settings****** Static tRead Value [ 8 ] ................[ 8 ] tRD Phase0 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD Phase1 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD Phase2 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD Phase3 Adjustment [ 0 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD 2rd (Differnt Rank) [ 8 ] ................[ Auto ] tWR 2wr (Differnt Rank) [ 8 ] ................[ Auto ] tWR 2rd (Differnt Rank) [ 7 ] ................[ Auto ] tRD 2wr (Same/Difft Rank) [ 9 ] ................[ Auto ] Dimm 1 Clock Skew Control.......................[ Auto ] Dimm 2 Clock Skew Control.......................[ Auto ] DDR Write Training..............................[ Enabled ] ******Channel A AND B Driving Settings****** Drive Strength Profile..........................[ 1200 OC ] Data Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto ] cmd Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto ] ctrl Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto ] clk Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto ] Data Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto ] cmd Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto ] ctrl Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto ] clk Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto ]

And this is what I get when I run Everest....
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/6550/everest1w.jpg

Does anyone know whether separate NB watercooling is an option?

Or does the whole sink needs to be removed thus the MOSFET's need an extra cooler too?

Thank in advance,

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Originally Posted by Allubz

Does anyone know whether separate NB watercooling is an option?

Or does the whole sink needs to be removed thus the MOSFET's need an extra cooler too?

Thank in advance,

you can take off the NB and heatpipe hold the MOSFET's HS and hold the heatpipe and twist heatpipe it and it should pop lose, i did it with mine and it worked need to take off the v-card to slide out the heat pipe :up:

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Originally Posted by firas

at this moment my “DRAM Performance Control” is:

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Performance Enhance.............................[ Turbo ] Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)....................[ Auto ] (G) MCH Frequency Latch.........................[ 333 ] System Memory Multiplier........................[ 2.40B ] Memory Frequency ..............1066...... ......1020 DRAM Timing Selectable..........................[ Manual]

first it was like this

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Performance Enhance.............................[ Turbo ] Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)....................[ Auto ] (G) MCH Frequency Latch.........................[ 400 ] System Memory Multiplier........................[ 2.0D ] Memory Frequency ..............1066...... ......890 DRAM Timing Selectable..........................[ Manual]

then I tried to follow what PortCitySlim said and what i was in the link I mentioned to higher my ram frequency.

2.4 multiplier wasn’t available when latch is @ 400, but it was @ latch 333 (and came with the letter B not D)

i'm thinking of giving 2.5 a shot to bring the frequency a little bit higher than 1066 since my memory voltage now is set to 2.1 (which my shallow knowledge gives me a feeling that my current frequency doesn’t require it :shrug: )

At 425fsb you should be using the 266/2.50A. If port sent you my template the only reason its set to 2.00 is because this ram will not run with the 2.40B strap at 482FSB. For me 2.00D at PL9 gives me slighty better everest scores than 2.00B at PL10. Also am I seeing that correctly you have PLL set to 1.15?

Heatpipe logo

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Originally Posted by Dom7184

you can take off the NB and heatpipe hold the MOSFET's HS and hold the heatpipe and twist heatpipe it and it should pop lose, i did it with mine and it worked need to take off the v-card to slide out the heat pipe :up:

It is recommended to uninstall the Heatpipes from the motherboard then use a hair dryer to heat the double sided tape that hold them together and then twist them out.

Never do this with the heatpipes attached to the mobo.

i've just bought another ud3r, now i've a pair.
just a question at the moment: how does work xmp? is it really useful?

@jor3: does domino liquid cooling works well? maybe i'm going to buy it ;)

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Originally Posted by Jor3lBR

It is recommended to uninstall the Heatpipes from the motherboard then use a hair dryer to heat the double sided tape that hold them together and then twist them out.

Never do this with the heatpipes attached to the mobo.

well it worked and i didnt feel like taking out the mobo to take off the mofest hs off :p:

thats why i like my Danger Den Torture Rack :up:

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Originally Posted by PortCitySlim

The first thing that catches my eye is your MCH/DRAM Reference. I would adjust this to 1.050 like your channel A/B reference. These settings I gave you last night for 2.1v RAM are exactly the same settings that Hoss331 is using for his overclock stability and they are passing 8+ hour Prime95 blends. I use a lower ram voltage but it lowers down easily enough, for every .02v you lower your RAM you will notice that the reference for that lowers .01v. I am at 2.00v RAM and a 1.000 reference.

aha ... so the "MCH/DRAM Reference" is somehow connected with A/B reference?
I’ll set it to 1.050, but do you think I should try to lower the ram voltage a little bit?
2.060 with 1.030 A/B reference and MCH/DRAM Reference? like what you gave Hoss331 here ?

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Originally Posted by PortCitySlim

Leaving your CPU TM and No-Execute might not cause you problems(I used to run with them enabled). But remember down the line when you try a blend/OCCT RAM large ftt packet test that disabling these can sometimes solve buggy instability problems.

ok I’ll disable it, I just thought that those would help me not frying CPU or Memory

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Originally Posted by PortCitySlim

Setting your performance enhance to turbo might not improve your performance overall, after tweaking you might get better settings to boot on standard. I would say that you should start with Standard and after your finished tweaking everything see if you can run on Turbo

will set it to standard, I just kept it to Turbo cuz that’s what it was when everything was at stock

do you think I should set “Static tRead Value” at 8 instead of 9 like your settings? Specially that mine already shows 8 as a default value!

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Originally Posted by Hoss331

At 425fsb you should be using the 266/2.50A. If port sent you my template the only reason its set to 2.00 is because this ram will not run with the 2.40B strap at 482FSB. For me 2.00D at PL9 gives me slighty better everest scores than 2.00B at PL10. Also am I seeing that correctly you have PLL set to 1.15?

didn’t really understand but I’ll give 266/2.50A a shot
you mean "CPU PLL"? it's @ 1.50 not 1.15

manny thanks for all the help everyone

Sounds perfect, thank you a lot!

Finally...had to use 333 strap and GTLs needed to be .838, its prime blend, small and LinX stable over 4.0Ghz.

http://3dxtreme.net/other/Q9550%20L8....312v-UD3P.jpg

very well. what about vcore settng in bios? does it vdrop a lot?

if any one is interested im selling my two g.skill pc8800 kits 2x2gb for a total of 8 gigs and my E8500 EO Q827A272 in the F/S section.i just got my first set of g.skill 9600's and soon to be getting another,so no need for the 8800's.

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Originally Posted by dnottis

It came with F6 but so far F8F has been better to me. If I run into issues I'll try F4. What were you able to do with F4 that was giving you problems with the newer bioses? Higher Fsbs? Stability?

Better stability and higher FSB. As a reference test, I used F4 and kept everything on auto except vcore, PLL, and VTT. I was able to run 471x8.5 P95 stable for an hour. Every other BIOS with the exact same settings (vcore, PLL, and VTT were manually set to the same options as I did in F4) failed P95 within 10 mins.

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Originally Posted by ghost_recon88

Better stability and higher FSB. As a reference test, I used F4 and kept everything on auto except vcore, PLL, and VTT. I was able to run 471x8.5 P95 stable for an hour. Every other BIOS with the exact same settings (vcore, PLL, and VTT were manually set to the same options as I did in F4) failed P95 within 10 mins.

I switched to F4 to hit what I did above. Thanks for the tip seems to be working well for me!

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Originally Posted by dnottis

I switched to F4 to hit what I did above. Thanks for the tip seems to be working well for me!

hmm... i think i wanna try it out also mine cam with the F6 for my Q

cuz does it flash back easy or i need to do the same crap with asus mobo to flash to an older bios ?

also anyone know which one os good for dual cores [E8500] ?

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Originally Posted by Dom7184

hmm... i think i wanna try it out also mine cam with the F6 for my Q

cuz does it flash back easy or i need to do the same crap with asus mobo to flash to an older bios ?

also anyone know which one os good for dual cores [E8500] ?

Put F4 on a flash drive, reboot, go into bios hit F8 for Qflash and flash it like using AltF2 on an Asus, was cake and no issues going back either.

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Originally Posted by dnottis

Put F4 on a flash drive, reboot, go into bios hit F8 for Qflash and flash it like using AltF2 on an Asus, was cake and no issues going back either.

thanks right now im on F7 but wanted to try F4 since it should be better for Q BRB :up:

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Originally Posted by ghost_recon88

Better stability and higher FSB. As a reference test, I used F4 and kept everything on auto except vcore, PLL, and VTT. I was able to run 471x8.5 P95 stable for an hour. Every other BIOS with the exact same settings (vcore, PLL, and VTT were manually set to the same options as I did in F4) failed P95 within 10 mins.

i've a xeon x3370 under bios F5. i should try to flash F4 for some tests :)

@dnottis what are your settings ?

also can you try 8X500 ?

Load-Line Calibration
CPU Vcore
CPU Termination
CPU PLL
CPU Reference

MCH Core
MCH Reference
MCH/DRAM Refernce
ICH I/O
ICH Core

DRAM Voltage
DRAM Termination
Channel A Ref
Channel B Ref

I also am currently trying F4

So far its good

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Originally Posted by PortCitySlim

If you benchmark under disabled and then under enabled and compare that to your results on auto you should be able to detect what the auto setting is doing.

I've just benchmarked with Everest and there's absolutely no difference between enabled/disabled/auto.

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Originally Posted by Touche

I've just benchmarked with Everest and there's absolutely no difference between enabled/disabled/auto.

i've tried too. no difference.