Another board another day
Well.....the DQ6 is sitting in THE PILE. I ll get around to RMAing it later.
The GA-P35-DS3P is in. Rev 1.1 Bios F4 This board works with no issues. Given my finger test, I would say this board is overvolting the memory too.
Core temp says that my CPU is Idleing at 48C
The Bios reports almost 10 C lower.
Anyhow this is a major improvement over the scythe ninja I had in there.
My sig lists my hardware.
Later
still rolling towards stability
Well after overclocking, underclocking and checking everything out.
I can not get my memory to be 100% stable at its rated timings. This includes raising the voltage. The best I am getting is 5-5-5-12 @ 1066. This is stable at +0.2Volts. Raising the voltage slowly all the way to 2.35V doesn't get me to 5-5-4-12. Nor does changing any other voltage or setting.
5-5-4-12 seems to pass 12 hours of memtest on test 5.
But at 5-5-4-12 the computer can not resume from stand-by or pass 12 hours of Othos.
5-5-5-12 passes both.
I'm going to work with Mushkin to get another set of memory, becuase changing the motherboard is a pain in the ars. I do have another 7 GA-P35-DS3P's here to try if swapping the memory does not work.
Once I get the memory straightened out I m going for the [H]cp stability bench test. If it passes THAT, I'll consider it 100% stable
This is the test....condensed and ripped from [H]ardOcp.com
Run the following:
Prime95 (in duplicate for single core cpus and triplicate for Dual Core) [Or Orthos+ Prime95] for the CPU and RAM, IOMeter for the hard drive, and a looped 3DMark2006 for the RAM and GPU. All of the applications are run simultaneously for 24 hours. We feel it’s a good way to stress the components and simulate use of the system over a long period of time since it works all components at 100% for the duration of the test. It also allows us to find any defects in the build, as a weak component is likely to be exposed during our torture session.
Later,
Mackintire
Noctura NH-U12F w Scythe F fan
Guys I can not say enough good things about this heatsink.
I can run near 3.2Ghz on my quad core and only reach 73C. Considering the top of the case is registering 33C and the intake is registerings 31C. That is pretty impressive to me.
The case internal and external temps were taken from my Hardcano 13. The CPU temps are recorded with Core Temp
My previous Ninja was pulling 88-90C at 3.2Ghz with the same fan.
The thing is dead quiet. It may not be the best, but for the size, space and noise, it is definately up there.
I am only running a single fan currently. And my CPU fan is speed controlled by the BIOS. I ll do a full speed test later for you all.
GA-P35-DS3P and GA-P35-DQ6 Fix for mushkin XP2-8500.... Now mostly verfied
Hey all,
I was talking to Geoff, Greg, on the mushkin forums.
For most users updating their Bios to F5 and Resetting the bios by choosing the option "Load Optimum defaults" will allow XP2-8500 to work correctly.
I am not 100% sure as I am still running my Gmch at 0.1+ but I can now run all my mushkin sticks ( I have quite a selection here) at the correct timings.
I am currently running XP2-8500 2x1024MB at 2.25V 5-5-4-12 @1066
Be aware that updating your BIOS without Resetting to defaults or Load Optimum Defaults will result in an uncertain configuration that may not be stable.
I have 8 motherboards here and I can now verify that this was true for 8 out of 8 boards. 2 of those being DQ6s and 6 being DS3Ps.
Update...................
Standby now occasionally works..at least when tested 10-30 minutes. It fails when you leave the computer in Stand-By for an hour or two.
I noticed previously with the F4 BIOS that I could pass memtest, Othos worked and the machine was still semi stable at 5-6-6-15, but standby never worked.
Now with F5 memtest passes, othos passes, its stable at 5-5-4-12, stand-by is flaky.
Later next week I ll verify if adding voltage to the Gmch is required or not at the default FSB.
I suppose this is progress.
