Phenom 9500 w/ MSI K9A2 Platinum

Achim, what did you measure for your X2 BE? YOu had an X2 BE EE didn't you?

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Yep, go 2MHz on HT up and once you're at or over 237HT ref, start small FFT priming for 15mins. If it passes, move on 2MHz more and then prime for 2mins, and keep going up and priming 2 mins until it doesn't even do 1min. Then you'll see where the chip limit for max MHz, benching and stabile operation is better. Once you get to an area where its failing below 1min, you know that you're max limit for screenshot/validation is very near. You can try after that for max MHz screenshot, max MHz valid, max benchable small apps (Pi), max benchable 3D or max 24/7 stability. It's your choice how you go about it, I did them all.
Otherwise it takes forever and just inaccurate guesses.

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ok sure..

i used AOD's auto clock feature and when i came back after a while, my explorer.exe crashed and when i reopened it AOD mentioned the max oc is 231HTT. which is just 1mhz above the highest stable oc i have (230HTT).

what abt SP2004 better?

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Achim, what did you measure for your X2 BE? You had an X2 BE EE didn't you?

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Did not yet measure the BE-2400 again. During my first measurements the BE required around ~2W less idle and ~10W less under load than an X2 3800+ EE.
X2 3800+ EE requires ~8W in idle.

Don't use autoclock. It is quite buggy. Use the manual oc. :yepp:

SP3 RC: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

Thaks Achim. Those numbers will come in handy. ;)

Hi There KTE, Compliments of the season to all. No news on a new BIOS for the MSI? How the system performing under SP3 would you say there is major improvements and worth going back. I know overclocking a person get more points on XP than Vista but what you reckon? And what about XP X64

Here's where to get the latest MSI K9A2 Platinum BIOSes from: http://www.msi-forum.de/thread.php?t...tuser=0&page=6

Move onto the next page and there is a new BIOS release: v1.22

I've not tried it yet but should do by Saturday.

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Hi There KTE, Compliments of the season to all. No news on a new BIOS for the MSI? How the system performing under SP3 would you say there is major improvements and worth going back. I know overclocking a person get more points on XP than Vista but what you reckon? And what about XP X64

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SP3 performs better than SP2, for me it is more stable too. XP 64b is better for K10 than XP 32b. Best wishes to you too! :)

Thanks KTE. I read the read but see this one has the Errata fix and cannot be turned off in the BIOS. It fixes the Phenom /1066 DDR memory isssue- so that good but the loss of speed due to the fix not good. I heard that with the new AOD the "fix" can be turned off, if so ,where

Swanie, At the top of AOD (tool bar) on the left hand side you will see a circle click on that, the outside of the ring will turn yellow (turbo, but not sure what it does)... Click on it again and the outside of the ring will turn red... I'm pretty sure that disables the TLB patch!! :)

I don't have a phenom yet, but I have read that that is how AOD disables the patch...

I hope it doesn't have the "fix" hard coded. As for the TLB turn off, I was thinking it is that button as well, but I'm not sure until I try it now.

@KTE....What Phenom are you currently using ATM?

ATM?
Blacker Edition...
Core 2 Duo :D

Where Prey Tell did you get that Old Boy:p:

I have the X2 BE-2300 here. Have to set it all up yet.
Then comes the other AMD CPU. Stock still non-existent for me, prices heavens high and I don't like paying a dime. ;)

They fly to me through my window while I lay to dream.
Eh?
Santa missed his train so he sent Peter Pan to bring them. :)

KTE, possible to try out the 122 bios for us please?

I don't have a Phenom to try it sorry. Only an X2 here.

Phenom I need to collect.

hi kte

thank u for your reply in http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...48&postcount=6 that helps alot..

if i set the AM2+ Custom P-States to what u said, could i then use AOD to do everything else? im asking because i can't use my hands has im disabled so its very difficult for me to do stuff in the bios...

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hi kte

thank u for your reply in http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...48&postcount=6 that helps alot..

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You're welcome. :)

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if i set the AM2+ Custom P-States to what u said, could i then use AOD to do everything else?

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Yes you should be able to do everything within Windows (AOD). AOD is the main tool you need here. Is your CPU on stock heatsink/fan?

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im asking because i can't use my hands has im disabled so its very difficult for me to do stuff in the bios...

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I didn't know. Had I known earlier, I'd have wrote more in the linked post. :)

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Yes you should be able to do everything within Windows (AOD). AOD is the main tool you need here.

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that's great.. thats one of the reasons why i got this motherboard..

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Is your CPU on stock heatsink/fan?

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no.. its a Akasa AK-922 EVO blue

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I didn't know. Had I known earlier, I'd have wrote more in the linked post. :)

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its ok mate :)

What are your stock core temps gareth170? (you can check in AOD tabs)

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What are your stock core temps gareth170? (you can check in AOD tabs)

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32c ida, between 37c - 38c load

Yep, about right. :up:

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Yep, about right. :up:

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btw thats on half speed on the fan...

on amd site it says the phemon 9500 max temp is 70c.. is this true?

Not sure if they're specifying case operating temp or internal core temp both of which can have a delta of ~15℃. You should avoid getting above 55℃ for 24/7 usage though.

Ah the BE is DOA! What a :banana::banana::banana::banana:n PITA!! More delays :mad: :mad:

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Ah the BE is DOA! What a :banana::banana::banana::banana:n PITA!! More delays :mad: :mad:

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:(

Any chances for quick replacement?

Do you have second board to test it?

PS. What is stepping and production week of these chip?