ok guys i need some help how do i install windows on my 2 raptors that i raided. windows setup doesnt read them and i dont see a floppy for the drivers so what should i do
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ok guys i need some help how do i install windows on my 2 raptors that i raided. windows setup doesnt read them and i dont see a floppy for the drivers so what should i do
You need to create a RAID driver disk from your cd.Quote:
Originally Posted by pablo
Now I Have A Usb Floppy And It Boots Up On Startup But Will It Work
Quote:
Originally Posted by aznboinghia
Yea ^^ ive been haveing the same problems. Pretty weird cause its not like it cant boot up into windows wit that voltage or anything. You just have to shutdown first....Y!!?
yea i have it at 1.5 volts and its reading 1.4 still so i guess you have to enable the overvoltage then?
we can't do nothing about it?! T_T this bug is rather very annoying ... dont want to return the best board on market lol
Where do you find the rev. no.?
In between the cpu and ram slot beside ASUS A8N32-SLI......rev 1.01
There is a new Clockgen version 1.0.3.8 that supports the 5/4 divider.
Now the reported ram frequency when i set 250MHz limit is correct.
CPUz still reports the wrong frequency though.
thanks dude.Quote:
Originally Posted by $JG Money$
Quote:
Originally Posted by $JG Money$
What is the latest spotted revision? 1.02????
any problems with the 1.02????
There is no 1.02. Only 1.01.
Has anyone tried any old school OCZPC3700EB ram in the board? I have 2x512 and it all gets put together tomorrow. I am curious if the ram will run with the board. I also have some Centon PC3200 TCCD sticks as well. Any input it very much appreciated. TY
:confused: huh? I am just pretty sure that in this now 41+ page long thread I saw a close up picture of the board where it said 1.02....Quote:
Originally Posted by Marios
:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:
The board will only give a tiny bit over stock vcore without the overvoltage option. If you put in a San Diego 3700 for example, i'm pretty sure you got max 1.55. Just use the overvoltage option. It's virtually the same thing as the percentage overvolting on all other boards. 1.350 + overvoltage gives 1.52-155 (fluctuates slightly), in both bios and the Probe. That's the sweetspot for this cpu and ram. 10X270 with a X2 3800 and EB4000 2GB. 48 hour dual Prime, 5 hours of 3dmark and countless of hours with gaming.
If you use Rivatuner, disable PEG link in Jumperfree setting, especially with SLI.
well i am happy with my opteron 170 now. it is the not so (in)famous 0541 RPMW and it needed quite a bit of vcore to get stable...basically needed 1.4v + overvolt = 1.6vcore roughly for 2750 and my temps on high end water were high:
idle = 36~37c
dual f@h = 43c
dual prime = 47~48c
dual cpuburn = 52~53c
i couldnt hack those temps so i popped the ihs this afternoon and things are SO much better!!
idle = 33~34c
dual f@h = 37~38c
dual prime = 38~39c
dual cpuburn = 39~40c
so just looking at my max load temps on cpuburn i dropped 12c !!! and my idle temps dropped 3~4c.
this cpu has been hot from day one and i mounted and remounted and remounted again before popping the ihs - but couldnt get a handle on the temps. my full load was so high that i thought there was something wrong with my water setup.
anyways - ihs removal may not be for everybody but it sure helped in my situation!!
also - i read in another thread people were noting a certain letter etched in the under side of the ihs and from what i read most people had an "H" underneath - on my cpu there was a "S" - not sure what it means....
:cheers:
anybody had any luck getting motherboard monitor 5 to work on the motherboard?
Not yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Webmonkey
Though I think ASUS might come out with a new version soon.
I saw a picture with a bit different heatpipes.
The one from the northbridge is going to the left group of mosfets while a second one started from the southbridge is going straight up to the mosfets over the CPU.
Is it ok to remove the backplate on these? It appears glued to the back of the board. Ive got a Zalman CNPS7700-CU so need to use the backplate that comes with that as it will just about fit on the board if I can get the backplate off. Obviously im looking to avoid damaging the board hehe, any ideas? Thanks in advance.
Ash
So If my 4000+ needs 3% more volts on my MSI NEO4 Plat to run at 218fsb at default multi what would set to on the Asus board to get the same volts...Being that I dont have the board yet and cant look at the bios...Just want to be ready thanks..
Is the "raid controllers" bios directly related to the motherboards bios? I'm worried of the idea that a corrupted bios / something else would break my raid 5 setup.
Yeh, there's sticky gunk on it. I prised mine off very gently by sticking a flat-bladed screwdriver under each corner in turn and twisting it slightly. No damage at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashcrapper
Easiest and safest way to remove the backplate is to push on the threaded bolts that goes through with your thumb or a with phillips driver in those holes.
What program do you guys trust to give you the true memory frequency?
For example with FSB @ 250 and divider @ 166, BIOS reports 333 not 415. Almost like it wasn't really a dvider but instead a direct frequency input.
I must be doing something wrong, lol.
^^^ 1010 post
Thanks man, I missed that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marios
i dont like the layout of the pci and pci-e slots....:slapass:
Thanks for the help per usual around here in this forum...I will figure the fuking thing out myself..Quote:
Originally Posted by gmod
You've just effectively killed any chances of anyone helping with that kind of attitude. Look no one knows how ur hardware will clock, you just gotta try it out urself. Don't get all pissy cause no one knows how good or bad your hardware is.
I wasnt asking how my chip or hardware oc's cause I already know..I was asking since there is a couple more settings in the bios for cpu Vcore what I need to set it at to get the same voltage as my MSI....Doesnt matter anyway got my question answered at more helpful forum...Quote:
Originally Posted by situman
Good for you, say goodbye........
Everest will show correct values as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cisco
Which version? The one I got gives wrong MHz for 250MHz DDR with 5/4 divider. And I think it is the latest.Quote:
Originally Posted by ReelMonza
http://www.computerbase.de/downloads...systemanalyse/
Overclock tab
i've have been reading this thread since its inception and have not come across this problem of vcore flutuation my board fluxs about .025 and is causing oc problems i'm hoping that you kind folks may or maynot have an answer or is this an rma thing
help is very very much appreciated
tom
Yeh, I've seen fluctuations of about that much between idle and load on the dmm, but not while idle or while loaded.Quote:
Originally Posted by tommrussell
this is while im running occt and it really screws that up wonder if ther is a fix or just an rma
FYI...OCZ techs have been busy with this MB. They have now posted very detailed recommended settings for the A8N32 for just about all the OCZ ram worth having. Some of it running at 280 1:1 :D
http://www.bleedinedge.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17410
are u the same cisco as the one over at the asus forum for this board?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cisco
just want to keep the players straight thats all
and thanks for the heads up looking to buy that very same ram after i get my opteron
tom
Yeah that's me...work is slow and I'm obsessed with gathering real information about this MB :)Quote:
Originally Posted by tommrussell
Hey thx for that post cisco just one question tho srry if its stupid but i got the ocz platinum 3200 (not rev.2) so can i use the same settings ? or would my ram need different ones?
My A8N32-SLI seems to hate being flashed to the latest BIOS :mad:
I flashed it last night using a bootable USB stick with the AFUDOS method. Unfortunately it doesn't want to read the A8N321009.ROM file name so I renamed it to A8N32SLI.ROM which fixed it and it flashed fine. Then I get the infamous Bad Bios checksum error that has happened to me before on the same mobo using the ALT + F2 method which I fixed it by flashing to the previous latest BIOS.
This time it didn't want to flash at all and refuses to display anything no matter how many times I reset the CMOS :slapass: :slapass:. This motherboard seems to have its own mind and spits out the 1009 BIOS :mad:.
I've applied for an RMA which hopefully I can get a new one since the motherboard I got had its packaging damaged and the Northbridge Asus cover had a dent and lots of scratches :slapass:. Hopefully a new motherboard will solve my X1800 XT which overclocks poorly :rolleyes:
I'm not 100% sure where the 2X 1GB 3200 PT fits in there...I have a post over there asking them about that.Quote:
Originally Posted by $JG Money$
I do know I've had mine stable at 250 1:1 but with very loose timings for testing (from memory 3-4-4-7) but at 1T.
They tested those sticks with the A8N-SLI Premium but not the A8N32. On the premium they didn't fare very well and couldn't pass memtest any higher than 220. I tried their Premium settings on the A8N32 a couple of months ago and found that I didn't need to go to 2.5 like they did...the default lowest settings (once again from memory, 2-3-2-5) worked fine.
i would be glad to help out just tell me howQuote:
Originally Posted by Cisco
got my opty148 today and found this board will do 310 fsb or more wow is this the type of inf your looking for
I have been working with our EB 4000 2GB kit on this board for a while now and this kit did 277 24/7 3D stable on the DFI and they do 272 on this board, but with a different cpu so that could be a reason. 272 is pretty peachy at 3-2-3-5 though.
That checksum error, I believe, is caused simply by the name change...file that one under "strange but true." ASUS has to get its act together and make sure the BIOS file has a DOS-friendly 8.3 format before it generates its internal checksum. Guess why A8N32903.ROM doesn't have the same problem? let's see...could it be it was released with an 8.3 name? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Cybertronic
At any rate, if the bad checksum doesn't scare you off, going into the BIOS, loading the defaults and rebooting fixes it...fixed mine anyways.
That's pretty sweet!Quote:
Originally Posted by tommrussell
Most of my real, honest-to-goodness, no BS or superstition, info about this board is coming right from this great thread...just keep on posting :)
Cisco, it doesn't happen for me no matter how many times I load the defaults. Whenever I load the defaults this always comes up:
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/3...arge0nh.th.jpg
As said previously I fixed it by flashing to an older BIOS which also had the same problem but loading the defaults fixed it unlike for the latest BIOS :(
Bummer...sounds like you're just getting a real bad flash then, not just the file name change bug.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cybertronic
The screenshot was from a successful flash anyway :(
Did you try to download 1009 BIOS again and make a USB key bootable to flash this BIOS?
I did a couple of times. The flash utility did not want to read the original ROM name unless it was A8N32SLI.ROM. The USB stick was made to be bootable with the neccessary files :(
It's too late now as I wrote here :(
Thank you for posting that in there forums, pleasssseeee get back to me soon if you get any results or give me a link to the thread so i wont have to bother you :D. As for the ram, you have the same set as me???Quote:
Originally Posted by Cisco
just got my board the other day and it came with 0903. should i get 1009? is it better
anybody?
Yeah I have the very same ram. Over at the OCZ support forums there was a discusion just today about what this RAM can do. OCZ itself won't vouch for this RAM doing more than ~225.Quote:
Originally Posted by $JG Money$
Someone just did a review of these sticks on a lanparty ultra D and got it going stable @ 260 2.5-3-3-7 using 2.75v http://hardwarelogic.com/?a=1079&c=60&sp=1
Here's the discusion about that at the OCZ memory OC forum: http://www.bleedinedge.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17355
My quick & dirty 1:1 OC of it to 250 was with much looser timings 3-4-4-8 but it was stable enough to do 3DMark '05 and run games all night.
I'll be checking it out more this coming weekend to see if I can get stable with the better timings.
Just got the board up and running.Seems stable so far.Made a super pi run 32meg@26min38sec.
3700 san diego@2800
Swiftech watercooled
1gig xms 3200
6800gt
Ben805: I have just bought an A8N32-SLI and a Thermaltake Big Typhoon. Reading the installation instructions for the Heatsink it says that for Metal backplates not to take it off and to just use screws to mount the TTBT to the mobo. Looking at your pics it appears you took it off and used the TTBT mounting H bracket at the back and the longer bolts? Just want to make sure I install it properly so your guidance is greatly appreciated ;)
Don't want to speak for Ben805, but IIRC Ben's has removed his IHS so he chose to use thumbscrews so he could tighten each simultaneously and not put too much stress on one side of the naked core. I have a TTBT and with the A8N32 all I had to do was remove the retaining mechanism from the front of the motherboard (the black plastic square around the CPU socket), leave the standard Asus backplate in place, and using the two shorter mounting screws provided just put them through the H bracket and screw them into the threaded holes that will be sticking up through the mobo from the backplate. With the back plate Asus provides you could almost install the BT without removing the mobo from the case if you can get a screw driver in there at the angle it needs to be to clear the aluminum fins.Quote:
Originally Posted by ubern00b
I've had this mobo for almost 2 months now and after some instability I decided to run Prime/3dMark together again and after the 6th hour or so the system just shuts down. Happened twice so far. Temps are definitely fine. I'm lowering my CPU voltage and speed 50mhz and running this again.
Anyone else have a similar problem?
I Just bought a A8N32 SLI Deluxe, and i have a 2 x 512 Patriot XBLK , and a XFX 7800GT.
It's my first time with a bios like this one.... and i cant understand very well this settings.
Can anyone help me to say what settings do i need to change in Bios to overclock my AMD X2 3800+ ?
BTW...i cant boot with RAID 0....doesnt have the option in F10 (nvraid utility) to boot from RAID...its in grey.
I Have the 1009 Bios.
What is you NB to SB/pclink frequencies? If you are OCing you need to turn them down to 3 or 2 depending on how high you go. Take you FSBxHTT and it needs to be around or less than 1000. I had the same problem when I was running it at 4X Auto 4X 16UP. My htt is at 268 so 4x gives me 1072 which will boot/run prime but fail 3dmarks. Dropped to 3x Auto 3x 16 and all is fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deus Excalibur
I like the board so dont give up. I an run as high as 370HTT if I want to and it is more stable than my Old A8V after I got it all tweaked. GL
I CANT SET THE OPTION "[B] SET BOOT" IN THE NVRAID BIOS !! ITS GRAYED !!! anyone know why ??..i already tested everthing with no sucess... dont know what to do now...
Make sure you are plugged into the 1 and 2 Nvidia SATA ports that are the topmost and side by side. Under IDE Configuration set: Serial ATA 1 enabled. set nVidia Raid function to enabled and then enable SATA1 Controller. That should do it. Hit F10 when it detects the drives and set up your configuration. GLQuote:
Originally Posted by Brave
Already did that.....
Im using RAID 0 for ages !!! in other Asus boards.
This one...doesnt enable the option SET BOOT. I cant boot from my RAID 0...
Are your drives being seen in the main IDE config as the 4th, 5th or 6th drives? Make sure they are set to enabled as well. I had some trouble with powersupply to my drives at one point. Try just the drives being plugged in and DC anything else you can to rule that out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brave
Do you have the Nvidia raid driver installed? When you say boot you mean getting into the config utility right? You know you will not be able to boot windows off a raid that does not have the right controller driver in the INF's?
This is not a problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brave
You should be able to boot from your RAID.
The bootable option is dissabled by default because it auto detects the BIOS setting, so you do not need to set it by pressing F10.
If you cannot boot then you should check your memory.
In my case with Ballistics DDR500 I had to increase the volts above 2.7.
This is because with the new BIOS' dividers my memory is at 250 MHz when I am not overclocked.
Check your BIOS settings and enable 32bit transfer rate on each hard disk on the RAID.
Did you also set the BIOS boot options to boot from your RAID?
Then you need a floppy disk or a usb key with the OEM RAID Nvidia drivers v6.82 and your original Windows XP SP2 CDROM.
You set to boot from CDROM with the RAID0 as second boot device and you should press F6 to load the drivers the first time you install Windows.
I have a bootable RAID0 with 1009 BIOS and it is OK.
Had my first real scare with this board last night.
After pushing the memory timings/fsb too far ( 2-2-2-5, 310x9) I got the 'bad bios checksum' error.
Usually the board would just give me the option to f1 - setup or f2 - restore defaults. This time however it searched for floppy and then when no floppy found, the CD and kept searching continuosly. Not panicing at this stage I thought I would just reset the cmos (battery method) - same error reported. Slightly concerned now I tried the jumper method, still no go. Tried flashing back to the original bios (703) that came on the mobo CD and it got so far as erasing the bios then started to program the bios but stalled halfway through!!!!!!!:eek:
In a serious state of panic now I had no option but to hard reset (even though the bios is now wiped and manual says this should not be done??). Rebooted ok (after a tense few seconds) but still got the checksum error.
My last option was to attempt to re-instal the bios that I had when things originally went wrong(1009). Did this via floppy method, worked fine, rebooted - Bad checksum error...noooooooooo!!! I did however get 5 beep error codes...hmmmm - 5 short beeps on ami bios = Processor error The system CPU has failed :(
In dispair I rebooted three more times and on the last reboot I tried just booting with a single stick of ram...single beep...all ok:woot: :banana: Replaced the other stick of ram to see if that was causing the problem(not that it should as I wasn't getting any beep error codes now and again it booted fine.
Can't for the life of me figure out why removing one stick of memory should enable the thing to boot (especially if the beep codes were correct in saying a processor error) and why the bios recovery didn't work this time round but I thought I'd let everyone here know all is not lost if you end up in the same boat as I was last night, just try everything.
Well done Ic3man.
The easiest way to clear the RTC (real time clock) when the system hangs due to CPU OC (overclock) is to shut down (press the power button for a few seconds during start up) and reboot the system. Then we need to enter BIOS and load setup default values, reboot and set the desired settings.
This only works with CPU failures. In case of memory failures we need to clear the CMOS.
The right way to clear CMOS is to unplug the power cord, remove every extra USB cable and all PCI cards (this is optional in case a USB device or PCI card mulfunctions), remove the battery, change the position of the BIOS reset jumper to 2-3 pins for a few seconds, put it back to 1-2 pins, install the battery, plug the power cord, turn on the PC, press Alt F2, insert the original ASUS CD, enter BIOS, load setup defaults.
Then you may flash another BIOS from a floppy or USB key.
This resets the BIOS. But without the Alt F2 with the original ASUS CD, the old corrupted BIOS remains.
By removing one stick the BIOS was forced to reconfigure the memory.
What is a hard reset?
...Pressing the reset button (not really 'hard' is it:D ). A soft reset is by going into windows/rebooting, at least thats how I interpret it.
As stated I tried installing the orignal bios (703) over the corrupt bios (1009) but for some reason the system just hung on 'programming'. Installing the 1009 bios over the corrupt 1009 bios is what seemed to do the trick for me.
Wish I had another way to access the net last night so you could have helped me out with that post marios, you feel so alone when times are bad with no help except the wife asking 'is it plugged in' :slapass: .
Quote:
Originally Posted by Marios
Well...im going to specify everthing that i have done.
With everthing in default in BIOS, i enabled the NVRAID, put the SATA 1 and SATA 2 as RAID ENABLE. I can see the HD Drives in the First Bios Menu. I Save and Exit. I go to the NVRAID BIOS (F10), configure the RAID0, F7 (Accept), and in the main menu of the NVRAID Bios...the option "[B] Set Boot" is grayed. ok... CTRL-X ...i exit. Im going to the Board Bios again, and put in the HARD DRIVES BOOT, i put NVIDIA STRIPE in first place. Save and Exit.
OK....everthing fine.
I put the WinXP SP2 CD, F8 to choose to boot from CD...F6 to install third part drivers. I put the Floppy.....i choose the 2 drivers, etc etc....when it copies all the files...reboot.....and.....and.....it shows a message saying, please insert a boot media...or something like that.
I already tried to put the jumpers in the Hard Drivers to Force it being in SATA1, i already put in SATA 3 and SATA 4, and SATA 1 and SATA 3...etc. I flashed the Bios with the 903 version.
And i find in Asus Forums another 2 people with the same problem.
http://vip.asus.com/forum/bbs_view.a...nt=29&recc=288
http://vip.asus.com/forum/bbs_view.a...nt=29&recc=288
I need to put this machine working as fast as possible.....i already didnt sleep nothing, trying everthing.....i need to sleep.....i need to rest... :(
Please help !!
Sure.
I cannnot even think right when something goes really wrong.
This is why we need someone else to help us in those cases.
Now I had another question about optimal BIOS configuration.
What happens when we use AiNOS 10% with auto SB to NB overclock, auto FID/VID Change (vcore and multiplier) and X5 K8 to NB?
AiNOS overclocks just the FSB on demand.
When there is no stress the CPU works at 200X11=2200MHz (FSB=200).
On demand (ie. SuperPi) the FSB overclocks up to 10% in a range from 200 to 200+10%=220.
This is 220X11=2420MHz for the CPU.
So the HTT should be 220X5=1100
The FSB label on AiBooster is actually the hypertransport in this case but it is all wrong.
http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/mloupos/HTT1000.png
AiBooster reads FSB 802.41 at 200.6X11.
The real HTT reported by Everest is 1000
http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/mloupos/HTT1100.png
Under stress AiBooster reads 879.96.41 at 219.99X11
The real HTT reported by Everest is 1100
AiBooster gives us false info about the HTT (marked as FSB).
In this case I have enabled both the CPU and the NB Vcore overvoltage just for testing purpposes. My PC works ok without those enabled.
Is this card, A8N32, compatible with OCZ Booster? 3,2V on the ram is not good enough for my Redlines :(
Try setting your CDrom to boot before you RAID.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brave
A few OC hints
Here I checked the SB HTT speed at 250X4=1000 and the NB HTT at 10%X5 which gives a range from 200x5=1000 to 220x5=1100 (2200Megatransfers/s)
I did not enable overvoltage on the Hypertransport.
This shows that AiBooster reports the wrong HTT and that NB and SB hypertransports can be set independently.
Though in case of an SLI rig both SB and NB Frequencies and HTTs should be the same for optimal scores.
This also helps Super Pi scores.
HTT values over 1000 are overclocked and need the overvoltage Hypertransport enabled.
A 250X4 setting for both SB and NB is the best setting.
We may use the proper "FSB multiplier" for our CPU by setting AI Overclocking and the FID/VID Change to manual.
I saw better results by setting the linkwidths to 16 compared to 8 with SuperPi. Did anyone else check this?
The "HT multiplier" for the HTT
http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/mloupos/chips.png
The SB to NB Frequency
http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/mloupos/AiNOS.png
A double SPI with clockgen FSB and everest HTT reports on stress.
http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/mloupos/HTT1100b.png
Your discription on how to set a RAID was great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brave
I only write here the same things with pictures, so check them just in case you forgot something.
First of all remove any floppy disk, PCI cards and USB devices (ie. a USB key).
USB devices become first in boot order when the floppy is the first boot device and without a bootable operating system you get the error you said.
You may overcome this by pressing F8 at boot time to chose your boot device.
Enter BIOS MAIN - IDE configuration to enable SATA1 and SATA2, the nVidia RAID Function and SATA1 SATA2.
http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/mloupos/DSC00183.png
Select to open each hard disk at MAIN - IDE configuration
http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/mloupos/DSC00181.png
Set 32bit Data transfer to enabled
http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/mloupos/DSC00182.png
Check you memory clock. It should be 200MHz
http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/mloupos/DSC00186.png
Save restart press del and F10. You should see something like this
http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/mloupos/DSC00185.png
and this
http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/mloupos/DSC00184.png
Set your RAID as your first booting device.
Good luck.
Quote:
Originally Posted by thinkingbear
ubern00b,
Thinkingbear is correct :D :D
I haven't touch any setting ever since I had this board up and running, basically use it as my file server and HTPC, I'm still using the older 703 BIOS and it has been rock solid so far ;)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Marios
I already tried to take out every USB's, ..i notice that you dont have the SET BOOT enabled aswell.
The only thing that is diferent....its the 32Bits transfer mode in the HardDrives config...i think i have that option disabled.
Going to confirm :)
Brb :P
Ok...back.
I had everthing ok. 32 bits transfer enabled.
I keep problems install windows ....keeps freezing all the time...when is formating the HD or after copying the windows files...i got a bsod with error saying "unnmountable boot volume"
I disconnect my DVD-RW from ide cable and power, and use the dvd reader asus to install. Put all the jumpers of the IDE drives in Cable Select, i disconnected the other SATA HD that is not in raid, and i GOT IT !!
Windows installed with no probs, im in the machine now.
Now...i have to see what is the problem...if it is the jumpers in IDE drives or the other SATA HD, or if the my DVD writer have some problems.
:P
Good. I am glad you made so progress.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brave
Still some problems at booting....sometimes....i have to force with F8 to boot from RAID...and sometimes freezes. Still dont know why.
But yes..some progress were made.
This sounds like a memory problem.
Check with memtest96+.
You may also try one dimm only.
Do you still have problems with one Dimm?
Is your memory clock set at 200MHz or 250MHz?
yeah...i though that option to.
I tested with 1 Dimm only (Patriot XBLK) , in Slot 1, 2 and 3.
I tested with a GEIL PC3200 ...same thing.
Memtest doesnt give me any errors.
Even with everthing in default in bios....the PC freezes at boot sometimes.
Really dont know whats going on here.....
I turned off the RAID and im using a diferente SATA HD ...no probs till now...i think.
Im at work...cant test more now. But im beggining to think that some HD of the raid have some problems......
I have to test another 2 SATA HD that i have in another PC in nVraid 0 ...to see if there is some problems.
:(
I'm confused about memory dividers of this board (BIOS 1009)
I have OCZ ram that isn't supposed to go very high, 2 GB of PC3200 OCZ EL Platinum--not rev. 2. Even so, I've run on "Auto" with 10 X 250 CPU and it was reported in Everest at 250 3-4-4-8. I saw a review by someone who got it going on a DFI board at 2.5-3-3-7 @ 260 so I decided to try tighter timings yesterday @ 250. Here's the problem:
I set the FSB at 250--both FSB and SB>NB-- LDT and chipset multipliers at 4X and then set memory to limit and 200 for 1:1. I used the 2.5-3-3-7 timings and booted into memtest which ran tests 5 & 6 fine...however, the BIOS POST reported a DDR of 400.
Is the BIOS post misreporting the speed or is there something weird going on with the divider settings on this board? I've also noticed that if I set the mem divider to 166 with a FSB of 250 the BIOS will report the DDR at 333. It's like the dividers are not working like dividers...like they were direct frequency settings independent from the FSB setting.
Anyone else noticed this?
i think the board steps in and changes settings even if you force it not to...
i have manually typed in timings and the board will over ride those timings and select its own based on fsb speed!!
OK...I'm answering my own question here, I think :)
Used the same settings and this time I skipped memtest and went straight into windows and everest and CPUZ. It's reported as DDR500 by both although BIOS reports it as DDR400...must be BIOS Post misreporting...and my memory doing speeds that OCZ says it's not suppose to do...220 should be the max according to them...go figure.
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The BIOS reports the limit you set.
This actually is the CPU memory controller nominal speed.
So when you set the limit at 200 this is DDR400 for the CPU controller or a 1:1 state. Your memory runs at the same speed as the K8 to NB speed.
When you set a limit of 166 the CPU memory controller is programmed to accept and establish a conversation with DDR333 Dimms.
We say we use a divider of 400/333.
In this case there are programs to show the actual DIMM's speed depending on the FSB.
I have also posted a similar program on this thread.
Your memory actually works at 250 MHz and is not limited with this board.
Cheers !!!
EDIT
I checked 220 X3 X4 and x5 and Xauto K8 to NB hypertransport speeds (16up 16 down) with super pi and I got the same scores.
Does anyone know which benchmark might show different results according to the hypertransport speeds?
I know PCMark05 does this but it takes a long time to finish.
Did anyone ever find a fix to the warm boot(restart) problem? It's really beginning to tick me off when my system doesn't POST 90% of the time I reboot. I've tried every single BIOS and bumping up the CPU voltage like HK Police suggested doesn't even increase the chances of it booting.
Blast, I was hoping a newer BIOS would fix this; I'm still on 703 because I've just started using the board again, and the warm boot failure is getting old. Do the newer BIOSes fix the voltage problem, as in the 0.2v overvolt not kicking in from the get go?Quote:
Originally Posted by Deus Excalibur
I don't think it has to do with CPU voltages. I turned off the .2v overvolt w/ 1.275v and just cranked the main voltage control up to the max(1.5625 I think) and I still had the warm boot bug. The CPU is 24 hours dual prime + 3dmark 2k5 stable @ 1.47v so 1.5625v should be more than enough to get it to boot if that was the issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by stone_cold_Jimi
I think it is your CPU.
DO not enter Windows and check the BIOS everytime you increase the FSB.
Ie. You give 270X10=2700. Your BIOS reports 2700. This is OK
Now you give 276x10=2760 and your BIOS reports 2740 for your CPU.
Isn't it obvious that your CPU mulfunctions now?
In case you enter Windows you may be able to work but ...
on reboot the BIOS detects the problem and resets to defaults.
I think this might help a bit.
Hey Cisco, you mind sharing what your settings were for the memory? As you know i have the same kit but dont know jack about how to make them run at optimal speeds/settings..whenever i try i cant bootup at anything above 133 divider. I have it running at 313x9 i have both my frequencies running at 3x. Any idea how i can get my memory at the same level as yours? Is there any harm/advantage from changing the SB to NB frequency to like 300x3=900 (the goal is to reach 1000 without going over rite)
Hi all
i'm new to the forums (have been an FM'er for years) and could do with some advice on my new set-up:
A8N32 (shipped with 902 bios - now trying 702)
opteron 165
gf6600gt
seasonic s12 600
antec p180
seagate sata 80gb
have not bought any RAM as yet so am using crappy old PC3200 generic ram just for testing (2x512) using 133 divider
inititially couldn't get past 2.25ghz on stock volts without problems. Seemed a little too hot (56c load - 1 instance of prime on each core)
tried it with 1 stick of memory instead of 2 and now its prime stable at 2.4ghz (266x9) at 1.4v
Does this mean the memory controller on the CPU is crappy or just that the ram is ???
thanks in advance guys.
This thread is why I got the ASUS and you guys seem really knowledgable about your overclocking.
Particular thanks to Ben for such informed posts.
Ah, but the trouble is (at least with my Opty 146) that although the normal voltage range goes right up to 1.7v and beyond, in practice it limits to 1.5v without the overvolt. I have the same issue with a K8N-E and a s754 Venice, where despite a large theoretical range, 1.44v is the limit. To get the Opty over 2.8 GHz, I need the overvolt. This is where the warm boot problem kicks in. It seems to be an Asus thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deus Excalibur
So what is your limit?Quote:
Originally Posted by stone_cold_Jimi
1.5v?
Hello Again
Marios...i think i found the problem. One of the HardDrives doesnt work very well.....i deleted the Array Stripe, and tested installing windows xp in each HD.
In one of the HD, the windows refuses to start installing....the first imagem when i boot with windows xp CD...doesnt show up at all.
I tested now with SeaTools and the program cant start reading the disk...it gives a error. So...this HD is going to RMA.
By luck i have one HD iqual. Going to try now with this one, to see if still there are problems. :P
Ok, I was looking in the BIOS a little deeper today and felt completely lost as I have not been tampering with BIOS's that much since my Athlon XP was kinda new...
Was going to tighten the timings of the memory and test what my new A64 E4 3700+ could do. As I said I got completely lost...
First of the memory timings.. If one goes to where the settings can be changed and sets it to manual they do not have names I am familiar with (of course CAS is simple but the others)... Or more like, what would I change to set my RAM to the specified timings without f*cking something up?
I have Corsair TWINX2048-3200C2 memory pack, its specified for 2-3-3-6 (CAS, RTC, RAS PRE, TRC) according to Corsairs site. But in the memory config there is nothing named RTC or something close...
Please help me out here, I feel totally lost. Had been looking forward to get going again with overclocking.... :(
Then about FSB overclocking, I know as much as limiting the HTT so that it stays under 1000 (but aren't regular A64's made for 800 or am I thinking of something else? Would I need HT overvoltage if going above 800?).
I am not going to do any insane overclocks, but just get the feel of it to begin with and maybe later I will get going a little higher...
God I feel like some overclocking beginner here... Why must they change so much from SocketA to Socket939... :p:
If you can give me some tips to get started that would be great.... :toast:
i have the same cooler on an opty 165 on the A8N32 and am getting 43c idle, 55c load at 1.4v:(Quote:
Originally Posted by AppaYipYip
HTT up to 1000 is ok without HT Overvolt (the limit is 1000, not 800).Quote:
Originally Posted by koSmiQ
http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/mloupos/DSC00186.png
Set them the way they appear when you have auto settings (actually this is your SPD readings).
This should look like this.
CAS (Tcl) =2
RTC (Trcd) =3
RAS (Tras) =6
TRP=3
Trc =10
Trfc=14
This is my latest OC
http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/mloupos/2658.png
Yes Marios. After that, I go to 1.3x + 0.2, and that's when the trouble starts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marios