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The heatsink is lukewarm. Which means to me:
A) I'm not getting good contact - which I don't see how that is possible when I have double and triple checked it with at variety of tension settings. Also, the default Intel stock heatsink only got lukewarm.
B) the temperature that I'm getting is wrong
it could be just your cpu core that's hot.. i've tested 4x E6600 QPGE B1 on badaxe rev304 unmodded, 2 of the cpus are consistently 3-6C hotter idle and at load in bios and windows (via coretemp app) compared to the other 2
I dont see why this is coming as a surprise to people, it's been said time and time again. The bad axe temp sensors are off UP TO 20C TO HIGH.
The thing that scare me a little (and many others too I suppose) is that the top of the line retail Conroe isn't overclocking like all the ES we seen (at least in that case)
I just use the my laser temp gun on my stock intel HS (running an 805 @ stock) .. system temp says 47c and the heatsink (the outside) was around 38.7c. It was pretty warm to the touch, not something i would want to hang on to for too long. I also measure the heatpipe between the NB and Voltage Reg and it was 48.9c. Hope this helps maybe as a reference.
so are ES >>>> B2, retail in overclocking ability??
This place is showing the x6800 in stock:
http://www.nextdaypc.com/main/produc...px?PID=2864600
No reseller rating on them, though.
Shows they have 12.
Well, I'm not sure - I haven't been able to verify now if my voltage is sticking. My motherboard is acting a little weird, let's just say -
1333 fsb doesn't stick (processor ignores it)
multiplier changes occur but voltage changes are ignored (!)
How do I fix this?
I would hold back before saying that, never make a general statement based on 1 result.Quote:
Originally Posted by theteamaqua
have you shorted the oc debug pin ? i know X6800 are meant to unlock it all on badaxe but maybe you might need to short the pin anyway ?Quote:
Originally Posted by redpriest
i haven't shorted mine yet i just use custom 1304 bioses on my badaxe some at http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...7&postcount=57 if ya game
I ran out and bought a conductive pen. It didn't work.
Yep Eva, I got the idea after looking at one of your posts before xtremesystems went down to try using the Intel Framework again.
For some reason after rebooting and using it, it *really* unlocked my motherboard. I was able to set voltages/clock speed/bus at will. Before, I could only change the multiplier. Things are much better now!
I am rock solid stable at 3.466ghz at 1.35v, probably less, but I just picked this one for kicks.
I can now boot successfully into Windows at 3.733 ghz, but I need 1.45v to do it, 1.4 will quit out before I get in. I can run 2 instances of prime95 at 1.5-1.55v for about a minute before it reboots. Power consumption is *enormous* at 1.55v at 3.733 - I was seeing temps of about 85C under load (lol), before spontaneous reboot.
3dmark06 at 3.466 ghz
awesome... so you used one of my custom bioses and after conductive pen mod and reboot it all unlocked ? weird
nice see ya using APC Powerchute too.. same here with APC RS 1500VA UPS :)
I tried using the conductive pen, but that didn't change anything - I could already get into the protected BIOS. I wanted to see if that would make my changes "stick". It didn't. I used your method of creating custom BIOSes, and after I did that it worked.
I have an XS 1500 and a XS 800 =) I have my conroe box hooked up to the XS 800 and my Prometia Mach II GT cooled A64 X2 2.8 ghz on the XS 1500.
ah i see.. yup ITK is a very nice tool to customise the bios :)
When you overclock your FSB what are your northbridge temps like? Can you get some air on it?
Weird sh*t on the temps. I thought CoreTemp was actually rather accurate. You really should hook up that prommie and get the readings from there ;)
soo.... heat is holding you back? Because that chip should be well on it's way to 4GHz stable with 3466 stable @ stock.
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Originally Posted by eva2000
I compared using SS and it temps were at least 10-15C higher considering conroe's TDP
Quote:
Originally Posted by _JP_
That's just b-sh*t. Bad Axe reads temperature exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by cupholder2.0
With watercooling (water temperature @ 21°C) on a Bad Axe Rev 304 with latest bios, this is
X6800 idle
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/9...idle4rd.th.png
and this is
X6800 load (2x Prime)
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/6...load4hu.th.png
Don't try to tell me that Bad Axe reads out wrong. If it would read 10-20°C off than my real temp would be around 0°C ... that would be just stupid with ~20°C water temperature.
So just for the records: if Bad Axe reads out high, your temperature IS high.
Just do not forget it is the real internal die temperature, no off-die crap. Conroe basically gets hot (high efficiency and little die size) and air-cooling is not a proper cooling for overclocking.
Not to disagree with you there, but it's 20C in my house. If I leave my computer off all day and turn it on, Bad Axe is reporting my processor temp is 52C and my system temp is 37C before I even get into BIOS. This is with an undervolted 805 with a XP-120. I feel that reading is at least 10C high.
What is the max multiplier you can get with the X6800? Sorry if this has been mentioned bu I didn't read all the posts in the thread.
xmartin:
Core temp beta and bad axe bios or say Everest should show you different results
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,126403,00.aspQuote:
"The high performance, raw processing power and low power consumption will deliver a lot of value for consumers," said Liem Nguyen, a spokesman for Dell.
"We've been working closely with Intel on testing and development, and we saw a 40 percent performance gain and almost the equivalent for improved power consumption," compared to the previous generation, he said.
Most credible source for the date besides Intel imho.
we hope so dumo...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dumo