Well i use bh5 chips to this board dont seem to like them though.Quote:
Originally Posted by alz85
Well i use bh5 chips to this board dont seem to like them though.Quote:
Originally Posted by alz85
ok, I lost a new PIDE HD -- drivers or infant failure!? Did you have to rename (k8nn) it to flash BIOS?
Thank you
nope but you have to use the windows flash utility from gigabyte. force flashing in dos no worka.Quote:
Originally Posted by sauria
285 x 4 seems to cause northbridge issues so it seems i found nforce 3's limit with Htt. I wouldnt suggest going over 1100 htt speeds.
I'm thinking of volt modding the vdimm with the single wire trick. No adjuster just a wire with no mod to psu should give me 2.9 to 3.0 vdimm which should be safe enough not to kill memory controller on the a64.
Ok, thanks -- I'm wondering if my Antec True Control 550W is marginal for this setup with that BFG Geforce Ultra OC Video card? Sandra voltage shows =5V low but I don't trust the software.
You mean memory controller on your chip?Quote:
Originally Posted by chew*
this is the mod im going to useQuote:
Originally Posted by misteroadster
nah the nforce 3 chip i got a weird black screen with green lines it was definitly a chipset issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by sauria
never trust the software use a multimeter to check the rails on your psu.Quote:
Originally Posted by sauria
Thanks, what did you set your stripe size to on your RAID array (BIOS)? I set mine to 16K and now I'm formatting it to 16K cluster size off a spare IDE Drive (Computer Management in Windows) before I install windows (maybe 2000 or XP SP1?) I read that XP SP2 won't install on anything but a 4K cluster size?
Looks easy to do -- you good at micro soldering?Quote:
Originally Posted by chew*
ok its done although I made a little modification to his mod i intalled a toggle switch in between the wires so i can turn it off and on.gotta measure v dimm now then enable it and remeasure.Quote:
Originally Posted by sauria
cool. I await your result -- Can't seem to get windows to install on my Raptor Raid array off the Si. Any trick you used for this?
Yes, it's the locked controller, so it seemed logical and that is what is rcommended.Quote:
Originally Posted by sauria
ok with the mod my vdimm is now 3.0 so im gonna have to squeeze a little more out of the psu i had 3.3 stable on the line but after the mod my 3.3 v line dropped to 3.2 as of right now 3.0 doesntseem to be enough to get into windows at 250 fsb however my bios stability issue seems to have dissapeared. I used the gigabyte drivers that i copied onto a floppy via the way the manual said saura to install my raid array and get windows installed. after the install i put the new driver in
Hey spooky how much juice you gonna pump thru the TCCD? My sticks respond well to more voltage i just dunno how much is to much. My ddr booster should be here i a couple days!
also anyone here going to do the vcore mod? even at 1.7v my cpu doesnt go over 22c so im curious if 1.8v would be worth trying.
psu mod is gonna have to wait till tommorow but the board is running great with the mod as of right now. I'm hoping to get 3.3 vdimm.
Thanks, earlier in this thread it says the upper 2 nforce ones are locked -- but chew seems to run high on the sil just fine!?Quote:
Originally Posted by SPQQKY
"If those two ports are above the AGP slot then those are the 2 that are locked on my board (The ultra 939) - also the chipset has native support for SATA so no need to hit F6 when loading windows" :confused:
I'm running my 9NDA3J right now and it is very smooth, I want to play with it for a bit. IF it doesn't pan out I will go back to the K8NS, but so far I am liking the Epox board.
Cool, I just got a 9NDA3J too -- haven't built it yet -- I hope it is less fussy than this board?
ok even with the psu mod with 3.3v in set to 3.9 and vdimm reading 3.5 i could only do 1 stick of memory stable at 250 fsb. So after doing this i blame the board for holding me back from using 2 dimms in dualchannel at 250 however my memories max is 250 also.
Just flashed to the F8 Bios and we'll see if I get any stability? Also going to build a 9NDA3J
I dont see these "quirks"? I havent figured out 300FSB yet but 250 1:1 was rather easy.
Chew what ram timings are you attempting to get 250 with? Sauria is your setup really that unstable?
jes curuious, cuz the board has been a smooth clocker for me. Im sure theres faster but its far from slow or unstable here.
Good to hear that Jethro - I'm wondering if you have a late model nf3 ultra chip -- Mine is old.