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i tryed all combinations of shift, alt, ctrl, f1 and f2 and couldn't get them to show up. ah well... back to 1.C3 :D
my bios is fried i think. Flashed back to 1.C3, after about half an hour, k/b stopped working, then rebooted and it hasn't booted since. PUlled out the battery and had the CMOS clearing overnight and no go. Either A) CPU is dead (unlikely), B) motherboard is rooted (hardware), C) bios is corrupt. GOing to try and get a new bios chip preflashed...
Yes TMM the 1.D bios is flakey at best. My bios also corrupted after a crash. Wouldnt even boot anything after. I had to switch chips to another chip that is also broken but has a working boot block then switch back and hotflash.
I wish all motherboards had dual bios like Gigabyte. I think 1.C3 is the best of the newer bios files for stability and it doesnt seem to fully corrupt like others have but still does glitch from time to time at high overclocks.
Im sure all bios versions are fine at stock speeds.
Yep. Tested everything in another motherboard and CPU, RAM and ,gfx card work. Its for sure the bios, but i'm setting aside the Neo2 for a bit and selling my 6800GT. Going to a pci-e setup, just for something new and interesting :P (DFI NF4 Ultra-D and 7600GT :)). After i've sorted everything out again i'll be sure to get the neo2 going again to build up a second rig :D
What would be best bios for a dual core chip (dunno if opteron or x2 yet) and pc4400 tccd@2.5-3-3-7? I also require the use of a promise ata133 pci card, which many bios past 1.8 have not played nice with. Getting my nvlan working again after one of the bios fried its mac address would be great as well. Currently on 1.8 rev3 by nfm, thank you!
Sideeffects 1.C3 TCCD would have been the best, but since you're limited to 1.8, NFMs 1.8 is really the best you can get. btw, you can manually change the nvMAC address the bios uses by using a certain switch while flashing (forget the details, just use the /? switch for more info i.e. "awfl833d.exe /?"). iirc, the orginal mac address in on a sticker somewhere, i think its on the parallel port.
limited to 1.8? is that because of the promise pci controller?? I thought I would need newer than 1.8 to support dual core? Also, i tried flashing with the switch to re-apply the mac, found on the website where nfm/se's bioses are hosted. it took the command fine, and the mac is detected with ipconfig, however the lan port still doesnt work. Think it fried soemthing :( Lets assume I can just keep using the gigabit lan (stupid thing likes to die if i use it too much tho) and I dump the promise controller, would 1.c3 tccd still be my best bet? My tccd doesnt like weak drive strength oddly, and it loves juice (2.85v nets the best results, steadily dropping down to 2.65 where i stopped going lower as results kept dwindling) Thanks.
I'm pretty sure DualCore is a-ok with 1.8 and above. 1.9 and above have problems booting off pci cards, but you could try one of the more recent ones (e.g. 1.C3 or 1.D1)
I am running a AMD 64 3200+ Venice with an XP-90 and silentcat fan (yeah the cat is going soon) at stock speeds and voltages. Now I want to over clock but can not seem to get accurate temps off different monitors. Any advise? Is this commen?
My BIOS reports 36c for the CPU temp in a 26c environment with plenty of ventilation idle.
MBM5 reports 40c (as bast as I can tell)
Fan Speed reports 38-42c (as bast as I can tell)
Now both MBM and FS just name the sensor''s with a language I do not understand. The 3 sensors report 40ish 32ish and 155ish. I have no clue what 155c is but assume 40c is the CPU and 32c is the case.
1.8 doesnt support Dual core so your kind of stuck. Do you really need an ide controller anyway? The motherboard has room for 4 drives + 2 satas will work even at overclock. Thats 6 drives. I bought myself ide - sata converters for my older hard drives to free up IDE space and they work brilliantly. No performance loss.
You can buy them for a few pounds as well.
Sideeffect, or another kind soul....I spent an hour reading this one thread, and have not yet found a list of complete settings and best BIOS to use for a SAFE BIOS setup....maybe with a little OC'ing for games like HL2/BF2.
I have had my K8N Neo2 Plat for 18 months with original A64 3500+, with stock air cooler, and OCZ matched pair Gold Rev2 500 x2.
I'm using the MSI 1.B Bios that MSI has on their site, and don't know if there is a better one to use. There are so many of the BIOS settings in the Cell section that I don't understand, it would be great if there was a more complete list of how to set them up.
I also have a XConnect 500W PSU, Audigy 2 X-Fi Fatality, ATI X800 XT PE, and 2 ATA Seagate Barracuda 160 GB drives. Running XP Pro. I am pretty much using default settings except these changes:
Advanced Chipset
AGP Aperture 256M
Fast Writes-Disabled
Integrated Peripherals
AC97 Controller Disabled
MAC Lan Auto
Onboard 1394 Enabled
Onboard LAN Controller Enabled (I have both Cable and DSL, so use both if one goes out)
IDE Devices Config all enabled except I disabled the 4 SATA items
RAID Config Disabled
I/0 Device Config FDC & Parallel Disabled
PnP/PCI Config
Primary Graphics Adapter AGP
Resources Controlled by Auto (ESCD)
Cell Menu
Current CPU Clock 2211 MHz (grayed out)
Current DDR Clock 400 MHz (grayed out)
DRAM Config
Timing Mode AutoHigh Performance Mode Optimzed
(Timings grayed out)
Bottom of 32-bit[31:24] IO [D0]
1T/2T Mem Timing [2T]
S/W memory hole Remapping Disabled
Aggessive Timing Disabled
Dynamic OC'ing Sergeant
Clock Spread Spectrum Disabled
HT Frequency 4x
Cool n Quiet Disable
Adjust CPU Ratio Startup
Adjust CPU FSB Frequency 200
Adjust AGP Frequency 66
Adjust CPU VID Startup
CPU Voltage By CPU VID
Memory Voltage Auto
AGP Voltage 1.50 V
I OC'd my older rig using a Koolance water cooling tower with Asus A7N8X with Athlon 2700, but just never had the time to follow all the recommendations for this air cooled Neo2 A-64 3500+, so was hoping to get a shortcut guideline from the experts in this thread.
I sure appreciate any help you can give me!
Apologize, I've been digging through this thread I'm still missing something.
I'm sure this is a lame question.
I'm running Sideffects 1CB3 bios and can't figure out how to increase memory clock above 200Mhz? Memory speed choices don't go above 200 in the Memory clock section and I don't see an obvious ratio or multiplier option for memory clock. Just changing CPU clock doesn't adjust the memory clock.
Can someone help a blind man here?
Thanks
The RAM speed scales with the HTT speed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Signal64
With the proposed price drops what CPUs does this board run? I see people with dual cores in the search but MSI only reports a few of them. Do it violate the warranty installing a non-supported CPU?
Will this run an X2?
It will run :-Quote:
Originally Posted by Sleepy Samurai
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/produc...UID=650&kind=1
All of them ;)
Darn, I was hoping someone could help me know how to choose the best BIOS and settings in my post above. Any help would really be appreciated.
Mike:
i use 1.C3
Cell menu settings:
270mhz fsb
4x ht multiplier
Cpu voltage 1.550v+5% overvid
Memory latency: 2.4.4.8 with 1T
Memory divider at 166mhz and real memory frequecy is 220mhz
CnC disable completly.
Memory voltage default
Agp voltage default.
This is my OC settings for my system in signature.
DRAXX: 280 is your max stable FSB with those OCZ? Is that 1:1 ?
Hell no, I can't fit the OCZ booster in due to the XP90-C, so the max I can run is 2.9v which is no way near enough to even get 205Mhz windows stable. I use the 133 divider to get the RAM at 180Mhz 2-2-2-10-1T with all other timings super tight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Losphoron
Even the 150 divider which sets the RAM at 210Mhz will not be windows stable :(
The HTT will goto 315Mhz ish, but not done enough testing to be 100% sure.
Losphoron, thanks for the reply. I'm not sure when I look at SideEffect's list of BIOS versions which one would work best for my CPU and OCZ which is rated to run at 2-2-2-5
It seems that your timings are pretty high to use the A-64's capabilities....maybe your RAM has that limit? I'm about to flash with S.E.'s 1C BIOS. Still not sure of all the settings, like should I choose 256 for AGP Aperature with my card, and tighter timings?
IPCONFIG /release does not work with vista unless you disable these features
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...1&postcount=29
thanks lestat:) .
Ubuntu/linux=
sudo dhclient -r eth0
sudo dhclient eth0
Instead of posting a new thread and if someone uses the search button under ipconfig /release it will be here. -- This will be very helpful to dsl/cable users with no router who serf or crunch one pc at a time.
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/pike444/OC1.jpg
Well I got it to load after flashing with default BIOS, but anything I tried to adjust in BIOS to bump up settings even a little bit over the default 2210 MHz would not let me startup on reboot. Obviously, there's some setting I'm not doing right. It would be so great if someone could list all the changes I should make over default.
Any other ideas and suggestions would be great.
Mike - are you saying you cant even get 205MHz HTT?
All the ways I tried to put any adjustments beyond SE's default settings, even just a little bump up (like 10x225) would not post on reboot. I know I have the older NewCastle higher voltage core, but again I'm not sure what settings to put to have the best chance. Maybe I'm not using the right voltage, or don't know the right timings from the BIOS. I know this is a decent matched pair RAM that normally runs at 2-2-2-5, so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. MY BIOS temps when I look are always 34-39C....so my Arctic Silver seems to still be working even with this stock air cooler.
I think your timings are too tight.I have Kingmax sticks.Those are not high end.I tested the performance in Sisoft sandra and the best settings Timings vs 1T is using 1T.The diference betweeen 2.4.4.8 and 2.3.3.6 (the lowest in PC3200 standard and default settings for 2T) is about 150-200MB/s at bandwidht tests and with 1T vs 2T is 1000MB/s so i prefer staying with 1T.I will not go down more than 166mhzx2 (333mhz) divider at memory.Anyone in real gaming the diference is 1fps or 2 with those timings like 2.3.3.6.
Offtopic: Any program that change device id in bios for my X850pro?. I want to put an X850XT PE ID maybe i can unlock it.
Will a pci sata card work? It looks to be much cheaper to pick one of those up, versus the adapters and cables (in my case i would need 90 degree cables and these adapters - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812206002 to close the side of the case). If I must go the adapter route, anyone suggest a better place to buy/model of adapter to use? I cant use the ones that stick out, this one was the only one I found thats pretty much flat. Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by sideeffect
*edit* I am in fact a moron. Must of been tired this morning, I have no choice but to use the little bridge adapter. I guess a new question would be for tccd that likes voltage (mine does better with 2.85v than less), would bios 1.c3 regular or tccd be best? its g.skill 1gble pc4400, thanks.
Mike - download and run A64Info - it's made by a guy on XS Forums =]
post a screenshot of your max settings and we will get a better idea how to help you because it has more info than A64Tweaker