Never had any network problems with my board. If you installed the network driver off windows update that can cause issues
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Never had any network problems with my board. If you installed the network driver off windows update that can cause issues
Hello, all. Motherboards.org has a video up on youtube showing this mobo and a i7 980X along with Kingston 24GB RAM kit. I was wondering if anyone else had done a build with 24GB RAM? I know its pretty cost prohibitive but was wondering if anyone else has tried it? I figured if anyone has or heard of someone else doing it would be the Xtremers here. :-)
Hey, I have this board and like it a lot. I was having an issue with windows 7 ultimate 64 bit with the kernel power error 41 where it would just randomly restart a few times a day to once every 2 weeks with no minidumps just the event 41. I tested all my hardware and drivers it is fine. I researched everything for some time there is a billion threads on this error i finally found something that seems to fix it ill wait another month to be sure. All i did was change the voltage slightly for the CPU,ram and motherboard higher and everything seems to run smooth with no restarts if it doesn't restart for another month i will know thats the problem. Nothing is overclocked yet cuz of this, just wondering if anyone had this same issue with this board and windows 7 or vista or even xp. thanks!
Here is what I have achieved so far on this board. This is 24/7 stable.
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4.51GHz i7 920 D0 @ 1.424v
Asus P6X58D @ 215MHz BCLK
6GB Corsair XMS3 1333MHz @ ~1750MHz 8-8-8-20 @ 1.5v
3x Asus Dark Knight 9800GTX+ @ 740/2000/2412 @ stock volts
36GB Raptor
Corsair HX850 PSU
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Swiftech GTZ Waterblock (Pressure modded, dropped temps by 6c)
1x Thermochill P120.3 w/ 6x Sharkoon Silent Eagle 2000 120mm in push/pull (being upgraded to two of these daisy chained next week)
Swiftech MCP655-B Pump @ ~4400rpm
XSPC Bay Resevoir
Feser One + Deionised water
1x Sharkoon Silent Eagle 2000 120mm on CPU PWM
Nice. I got similar results with an i7 920 DO (4.53ghz@1.425v@78"C stable) fairly easy. I want to try to get it higher with some fine tuning, the cpu hit the wall it won't take even one more step in voltage or Bclock. This mobo is a good OC'er.Quote:
Originally Posted by kup
I heard that at higher clocks it helps to WC the mosfets and NB/SB chips to achieve even higher speeds. Do you know anything about that, or at above what voltages that would benefit us?
Dam it!! I'm gonna replace my 920 CO with a 930 this week. My 920 is on EBAY!!lol
Skott, not many people have 24GBs here. That would cost thousands just for ram.
Deviantsaint, use a stress test to check your system. It could be a PSU problem.
Do you live near a MicroCenter they have the 930 for $199, In Store Pickup only.
Nope, I live in Australia.Quote:
Originally Posted by Widowmker
Cheapest here is like $320. Thanks anyway.
I wonder what highest BCLK can be reached on this board on air or liquid (no kinds of more extreme cooling then these) .. as maybe i'll use some hexacore xeon in it .. and lower members of those have very low multipliers (fastest ones cost even more then 980x, so not worth the purchase). Can you guys give your highest achieved BCLKs? I'm planning to buy this board as evga-s don't have board with sata3/usb3 yet, so i'd like to find out if i won't be limited in o/c with this choice.
Very nice. Was that 24/7 or just screeny? I cool my mosfets as much as I can whenever I'm overclocking. I imagine above 1.375v or there abouts may be a nice place to add the extra cooling.Quote:
Originally Posted by Widowmker
4.53ghz was using IntelBurnTest at "max" and prime95 for a couple hours. Do you have your NB/SB and/or mosfets on water?Quote:
Originally Posted by kup
The highest Bclock I got so far is 216mhz @ 1.425v with the cpu WC'ed and the sock heatsinks on the NB/SB and mosfets. I'm kinda wondering the same thing, if WC'ing my NB/SB and mosfets will let me go higher or did my chip reach it's limit.Quote:
Originally Posted by churchy
Churchy - If you're thinking about getting the P6X58D Premium then check out the P6X58D-E. It's ~$60-$70 cheaper. It has SATA III 6gb raid capability (the Premium doesn't) and doesn't have a couple of minor things that the Premium has. I would have gotten that one instead of the Premium if it was available because what it doesn't have I don't use anyway and the SATA 6gb raid is a big plus.Quote:
Originally Posted by churchy
Widowmker:P6X58D-E has newer marvell(sata/raid) and firewire controllers, no reset button on mobo (but both have power & memok), also no optional fan. That's all not important for me.
But i've heard that it lacks one heatpipe between NB/SB, so i cannot anymore use one simple waterblock on NB, and have to buy fullcover, yes?
Though then again -E seems to have a bit reworked cpu power circuitry, dunno how/if will it improve/worsen o/c.
Hey!! yea i did a stress test with prime 95, memtest86 etc and other tests on every part and looked closely at the motherboard for any possible causes. Every test is coming up fine it seems if i don't turn up the voltages the cpu doesn't get enough power but its working solid now with slightly higher voltages. I think its just how windows 7 deals with hardware and power. In XP the lower voltage worked fine. IT's possible it could be a hardware problem but i tested it all of it with no errors which makes me believe its how windows 7 interacts with the hardware. no one else have this problem?!! Just by turning up the voltages it seems to work. If it doesn't restart for a month or 2 then i will conclude this is a permanent fix.
Churchy - In the review below it says that the E has more power regulation circuitry and it hit 4.6ghz @ 220mhz 24/7 stable on an i7 920 DO. Looks like the missing heatpipe doesn't have that much effect on OC'ing, if any.Quote:
Originally Posted by churchy
You could put one chipset waterblock on the NB and another one on the SB as long if the screw patterns match. That would be the way to go for you cause you already have one chipset block and if it fits the chip without the heatpipe, it's easy to install.
Full coverage blocks look better but are expensive. I heard somewhere that at higher clocks and voltages WC'ing the NB/SB and mosfets helps to achieve higher speeds than the stock cooling but I don't recall or they didn't say at what clocks and voltages.
Let me shut my computer off and I'll measure the screw pattern on the NB/SB chips and I'll get back to you. That way you'll know if the block you have will fit.
http://itshootout.com/r-339/asus-p6x...rboard-review/
WOOT, just got my -E up and running with my 980x. Everything is stock right now with even the stock heatsink (man that thing is noisy). Just wanted to fire it up nice and quick for the WCG challange that everyone here should be helping out with!
Anywho, waterblock is in the mailbox and when I get home from work its all going together and the fun of speeding the sucker up can begin.
If anything, the lack of a heat pipe means you can get just a standalone northbridge block, leave the stock sink on the southbridge, and either watercool the mosfets or just get a nice forged copper one to slap on there.Quote:
Originally Posted by churchy
Blauhung - Will WC'ing the mosfets and NB/SB will let me give the cpu more voltage? I have an i7 920 DO 4.53ghz@1.425v@78'C stable and it hit the wall. It won't take 1 mhz or another step in voltage without locking up.
The chip still has more room in it temp wise, I want to OC this puppy to it's limit and am wondering if mosfet, NB/SB cooling is holding it back.
Do most of the mobo chipsets still use a "standard" (all the same) screw spacing? I've been out of OC'ing for a couple years, got back into it ~2 months ago and still getting rid of the "ring rust".
What's the WCG challenge?
I'll take the more important question first. This week we are working closely with the IBM run distributed computing effor World Community Grid, to see how much output we can achieve with just the computers of XS's membors along. IBM will be providing us with aproximate #'s of how many flops the XS "supercomputer" is putting out. Our hope is that we can show that the community here has a "supercomputer" somewhat equivilent to even some of the top10 in the world that are extremely expensive to buy time on, where as our system is all donated for free.Quote:
Originally Posted by Widowmker
Any computer that you can setup crunching no matter how slow it is will be a welcome addition to the team this week and hopefully for many weeks to come.
Feel free to click the link in my signature or the first announcement at the top of any section in the forum to learn more
As for this, yes to an extent. The more power you supply to the CPU, the more that is being channeled through the VRMs on your board some of which is being released as heat. Heat causes instability in the voltage regulation which leads to unstable power to the chip. Same for the chipset, higher bclk frequencies mean you're pushing more power through it (though not quite as dependent as the Northbridge was in the past when it had the FSB and the memory controller). BUT, this all depends if what your doing not being stable is due to these components and not something else. Could be your Uncore speed is too high as that is locked multi on your chip, or any # of other issues.Quote:
Originally Posted by Widowmker
South bridge cooling I have never really felt does anything for OC'ing, but can't hurt. As for chipset stuff. you will ether need something with a universal mounting bracket, or designed to work with this board.
Blauhung - Thanks for the info. So the NB doesn't benefit from additional cooling as much as it did a few years ago. I was more concerned about the VRM's being that the cpu volt is at 1.425v and I'm most likely going to have to raise that along with some fine tuning to find the cpu's limit.
The WCG challenge sounds good, I'll check that out.
Churchy - The screw spacing on the NB chip is 53mm. I couldn't measure the SB cause the screws go in through the back of the mobo into the heatsink.
Well i got my 930 and its much better than 920 CO. Got to 4.4ghz without much trouble.
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The chip needs less voltage as we know compared to CO.
Im sure i can get timings and voltage down lower but right now i need to install a new keyboard and reformat my computer.
Liking it sir! :D
What cooling are you running, Bugs?
Hey everyone. Well I just got my next build going and I am having a slight problem that I thought I would toss out to you guys because usually everyone on here is smarter than me when it comes to some of this stuff. I am running this board, a 920 and 6 gb (3x2) of G. Skill F3-12800CL8TU-6GBPI. I manually set some of the timing and voltages but I admit I have not played with them much yet. My problem comes with on cold boots BIOS and Windows (7 64-bit) only recognizing 4gb instead of 6. I have run memtest on all 3 sticks, and all sticks individually with no problems. If I reset the memory or cpu and do a warn boot it will come back up with 6gb but then the next day it will display 4. I was over at the asus forums reading about the same issue people are having with all different types of memory and one thing that I tried was starting it up without the heat sink/fan because the stock one can put too much pressure on it. Well I gave it a shot one morning and it did work. The BIOS showed 6gb and I have tried it consistently on cold boots with taking the heat sink/fan off and it will show 6gb. Does this seem logically to anyone?
If this is the case, I want to pick up an after market cooler for this board that will also fit with the 3 sticks (plus the annoyingly tall heat spreaders). Any thoughts? I know a couple of the really nice ones most likely won't fit but I don't need anything special as I already have my wc planned out I am just waiting the 2-3 weeks for my mountain mods case to come in but want this running in the mean time. Any thoughts, or comments would be most appreciated.
@Kup I'm running the TRUE, Its been on 4 different cpus and still a great performer.
Hi, i wouldnt do that if i were you. Starting up the PC without a heatsink is a bit dangerous for your cpu.Quote:
Originally Posted by Something Sexy
Anyway there is some guides around for troubleshooting this problem. Some guys can reseat the CPU and its ok but ye get a good cooler and you can adjust the tension. Might be enough for you.
I can recommend the TRUE or the new venomous version. Doesnt create problems with big memories and still one of the best air coolers around.
Other people might recommend others i think the megahalem fits ok too with big memories.