Mine does that too. I think it started to do it after I disabled watchdog.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChaosMinionX
As far as the heatsink retention mechanism orientation goes on the 9700, I did flip it around to vertical and my temps are 1C lower, although maybe the ambient temp drifted a little bit.
PS, I don't recommend going vertical with the retention bracket on the 9700, it's a serious pain to install, I had to take the power supply out to do it. :slapass:
hmmm. i just re-read the instructions again and i guess i did it worng :nono:Quote:
Originally Posted by jmpage2
thats what i get for installing a heatsink at 1am, right? oh well, i aint changing it now... that thing was a pain to install (the wrong way)!!
sorry to have pointed you in the wrong direction.
Your current overclock isn't sitting at a "sweet" spot. Lots of verification taking place before actual bootup initialization.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChaosMinionX
Intel quick resume is the culprit. If you disable that, you should be fine. It's a pity since the technology sounds good on paper but my actual experience with it has been crappy.Quote:
Originally Posted by argylesocks
Where do you turn it off?Quote:
Originally Posted by Zucker2k
so shut it off in the bios? do i need to uninstall the drivers as well?Quote:
Originally Posted by Zucker2k
will i still be able to put my computer in 'sleep' mode? if so, whats the actual difference with or without QR?
where you having the same issues as me?
thanks!
Quote:
Originally Posted by ChaosMinionX
Could be extra overclock verification, but it could also be the USB ports. The two upper motherboard ports (directly below the ethernet and firewire) are very touchy and don't like hubs, the mouse, or the keyboard plugged in directly. Startup will hang for a long time, and the bios will lock up from time to time if the keyboard or mouse is plugged into one of these upper USB ports..
This was true with the 2507 bios and I believe it's still true. I had a long hang before booting and it was the USB port. It still takes a while to get to the Intel screen, probably the longest boot sequence of any board I've owned. One of the few negatives I've found.
I received my Bad Axe 2 a couple of days ago and I must admit I do not have good time overclocking with it. The Bad Axe replace the DS3 in my sig (with eveything else mentionned) and could'nt do the overclock I was doing before with the DS3. It simply not booting :( . I disabled watchdog, EIST, C1E, VT. Even 350 fsb is not booting. There must be something wrong. :confused:
Anyone try using either the OCZ XTC Memory Airflow Cooler or the Corsair Dominator Airflow Memory Fan on this board?
I am curious to see if they'll clamp on with the vid card and memory tabs so close to each other.
Thanks in advance....
What about coldbug on XBX2? I can't start it under Vapo the second day! With water cooling all is normal
How about a little more info...Quote:
Originally Posted by Charloz24
core, mch and fsb voltages.
ref/memory frequencies, timing, voltage
First, uninstall the driver, then reboot and go into bios, then disable it. QR takes over your power saving features in order to improve your viiv experience - ie. run your machine like a regular vcr with quick turn-off, turn-on times.Quote:
Originally Posted by argylesocks
This weekend I plan on starting my over-clocking attempts. I would appreciate suggestions on where to start, I will be going for 3Ghz then 3.2, 3.4 and finally 3.6. Right now I am at 2.8Ghz and stock volts. Coretemp = 20c & 19c idle.
My system is listed in my sig and is as follows...
Thanks.
e6600 (L628F028)
BadAxe2 rev 505 2333
Corsair 2x1Gb 5400c4 675Mhz 4-4-4-12
eVGA 7600GT KO 256mb
WD Sata II 320GB 16Mb
WD EIDE 160GB
FuZion>Maze4GPUAcetal>D5 @5>PA120.3 w/Yate Loon D12SM-12>MicroRes
U2-UFO
Problem fixed! it was a usb hub like it was said. Thanks guys.
Man, tried these settings, keep getiing the 3 beep memory error deal. Using 4x1024 OCZ ATI cert DDR2/800. I know this memory will run almost 900 on my old P5WD2-E, what gives???Quote:
Originally Posted by gtj
Go back to 266/533 and try it.Quote:
Originally Posted by screwtech02
gtj what do you think of the thermaltake cl-w0040 watercooling kit for the 975xbx2.
Yeah sure! :slap: ---> (to myself)Quote:
Originally Posted by gtj
vcore: 1.4625V (that was the stable voltage on my DS3)
vmch: tried up to 1.6V (didn't tried higher, because it's only 400 fsb)
vfsb: 1.4V
mem:
ref 266/ 533
4-4-4-11
2.3V
So that's about it tried for 400 fsb no more and no boot at all.
Not something I'd go with. For one thing, it mixes aluminum and copper which is generally not a good idea. For about the same money you could put together a better solution. Check out the Liquid Cooling section for some good ideas. Think about what your objectives are though. How aggressive do you intend to overclock, which video solution are you going to use, how much noise will you tolerate, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by scorpion
Just FYI, my 3 systems are equipped with Swiftech Apogee GTs (cpu), MCW60s (video) and MCW30s (chipset). A set of those will run around $150. Maybe another $150 for reservior, radiator, pump, fans. The cl-w0040 is at least $300 isn't it?
My advice would be to go up to 1.5500v on the vcore and try it. Not suggesting you stay there, just try it and see if you can at least boot. Watch your temps of course. You might also try relaxing the memory timings a little. Again, not suggesting you stay there but get the system to boot and be stable first.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charloz24
It's not even working at 1.550V, 1.625Vmch, 1.4vfsb, 266/533 5-5-5-15 2.2V :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by gtj
Also, I was wondering, my board never beeps during boot-up, but I do notice that there is a speaker, so is it normal or not? Maybe getting the non-boxed version wasn't a great idea...
Normal boot = no beeps. Clarify though... Does no boot mean the POST is successful but the OS doesn't boot or does it mean no POST either?Quote:
Originally Posted by Charloz24
Are you completely removing power from the motherboard (I.E. unplug or turn off the PSU) when you make voltage changes?
a bad dvd rom or writer on the ide channel can also causeQuote:
Originally Posted by ChaosMinionX
very slow boot up time. thats what caused mine to
sit at blinking cursor replaced it, now boots up without
even seeing intel splash screen:toast:
Sometimes it helps to ease off the voltages a bit. I have a strong suspicion you're feeding your cpu too much juice. Keep all settings at stock and raise fsb to 333, set memory timings to 4-4-4-12 (I strongly recommend 5-5-5-15 to eliminate RAM instability as a factor) 1:1. I'm pretty sure your cpu would do 350 fsb on stock vcore. My voltage hogging E6700 posts with stock settings at 340fsb x10 @ 3.4Ghz.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charloz24
Another thing, those team group rams need high voltages to run stable at DDR2 1000 cas 4. mine needs 4.8v to ran at DDR2 1000 cas 4. I have the PC2 6400 rated at 4-4-4-10. It is supposedly the same as the PC2 5400 or DDR2 667 rated at 3-3-3-8. So you may wanna feed those sticks some more juice too. Goodluck.
OK, I found out what the problem was with my RAID5 config. I have *not* tested this with another RAID configuration (i.e. RAID0,1,10, etc), but I am confident what caused my RAID5 to go in a degraded state was Apple iTunes.Quote:
Originally Posted by scaryogre
Yes, I know it is odd, but my RAID5 has been fine since I installed it 3 days ago. Nothing has been causing me problems until tonight. Once I installed iTunes, immediately everything went to hell again. This is the same thing that happened 3 days ago. I installed iTunes, downloaded a music video and BAM....RAID problems.
Tonight I was simply installing it and after installation it was "importing" music files from my hard drive and again my RAID array was immediately degraded. I am 100% positive that iTunes is the problem. Keep in mind that this is AFTER transferring many GB worth of other types of files from my old PC. Never an issue...things were going well. As soon as I installed iTunes and allowed it to "import" files it bombed.
I have no idea how to fix this (or IF I can fix it), but that was the culprit...I'm feeling pretty pissed at the moment since I have spent many hundreds of dollars on my iTunes music.
This may be a problem with iTunes and Windows Vista32 or it may just be a problem in general. I am not an Apple basher...I own 3 Macs...but this is really ticking me off. I burned 3 days on thinking my system was good...and after installing iTunes it completely took a digger on me. NO overclocking or anything else that could be blamed for the problem...it is solely iTunes (and probably RAID5 since not many people use this configuration).
-scaryogre