RD600 first look and general questions

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Originally Posted by Kin Hell

Pull Everything...Power Conns, Floppies, CDROMS, CARDS, CPU, RAM. Then Set Reset CMOS Jumper to pins 2 & 3 & Flip the Battery. Go make a coffee. :)
Put CMOS Jumper to Run again on 1 & 2, Fit CPU, 1 stick in slot 3, fit graphics card, attatch bare essential power connectors & give PSU Juice. Be sure the Yellow LED by the ATX Board header lights up. Do the EZ Start up procedure. After you've let go of the 5 second RESET hold, you Should get a Double Post, but only Monitor Sync after you hear the second post. If you're alive here, power off & install Stick 2 in slot 1 & just turn it on. If it's dead, turn it off, take out the working Slot 3 Dimm & put the one u just tried in slot one into Slot 3. Then power on. If this is ok, repeat with the last stick into slot 1 again. If it kills it, the board aint right cos u just prooved BOTH sticks work in either channel but not with both together. I had to do this with board #2 & it lasted 3 days @ stock voltages.
Needless to say, if you're still dead, it has to be either the board or it fried your ram whilst it was in Spec voltages. Personally from what I've seen here & your explanation of it all your end, your board has rolled over & died!
Get on to NE & get your ass back in here asap! ;)

Good luck nealh, All the best,

Kin :)

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did not work:mad:

RMAing next week

Hey guys, forgive the horrible noobishness about to spew forth, but how the heck do I adjust the cpu multiplier? (Running a xeon 3060, once I get the board tweaked it'll all go in the sig) I was sure the Conroe P state Multiplier was the option to change, but no dice... Set to 7 in bios, once I get into windows cpu-z and and AMD manager both read it as 9.. What am I missing?

Also, I seem unable to push past 369 on the fsb, it works fine, but 370 and up and I bluescreen or reboot before getting to windows.

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Originally Posted by Suicide King

Hey guys, forgive the horrible noobishness about to spew forth, but how the heck do I adjust the cpu multiplier? (Running a xeon 3060, once I get the board tweaked it'll all go in the sig) I was sure the Conroe P state Multiplier was the option to change, but no dice... Set to 7 in bios, once I get into windows cpu-z and and AMD manager both read it as 9.. What am I missing?

Also, I seem unable to push past 369 on the fsb, it works fine, but 370 and up and I bluescreen or reboot before getting to windows.

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Try some settings that others have used. Nemesis posted a great chart of what worked for him.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=133423

Conroe P-STATE Multiplier is how you change the multi.

Thanks for the link, about the multiplier though.. no other option needs to be set before the conroe p multiplier takes effect? Because, in Bios, like i said, it shows up as 7, what I set it to, but once I get to windows, everything reads it as still being 9...

Could you share your settings using this template?

DFI ICFX3200-T2R/G 12/22 official bios:

Memory Clock Frequency: DDR-400
Current Memory Clock:

Control CPU Frequency: Manual
x CPU Frequency (Mhz):
NB FSB Strapping:
PCI-E Overclock: 100
Software Reset Clockgen: Enabled
Memory Overclocking: Enabled or Disabled
Overclock Frequency (Mhz):

CPU Vid Control:
CPU VID Special ADD: AUTO
DDR2 Ram 1.8 Voltage:
CPU VTT 1.2V Voltage:
NB Core 1.2V Voltage:
NB PLL 1.8V Voltage:
NB PLL 1.2V Voltage:
NB PCI-E 1.2V Voltage:
NB Core 1.2V convert from:
SB Core 1.2V Voltage:
Clockgen Voltage:
GTL REF Voltage control: Enabled
CPU Core 1/2 GTL REF Volt: 48
CPU Core 3/4 GTL REF Volt: 48
North Bridge GTL REF Volt: 128
CPU PLL Setting Overide: Enabled
PLL Override loop count: AUTO
Conroe P-State Multiplier: 9x
C1E Function: Disabled

CS Output Timing: AUTO
CK Output Timing: AUTO
Dual channel Split Mode: Auto
ADDR/CMD Driving Pre-AMP: AUTO or Disabled
ADDR/CMD Driving Strength: 5
Clocking Driving Pre-AMP: Always
Clocking Driving Strength: 5
Address/Command Timing: 1T/2T/3T/AUTO
Memory Timing Select: Manual

CAS Timing (TCAS):
Read RAS-CAS Delay (TRCDR):
Write RAS-CAS Delay (TRCDW):
RAS Precharge Time (TRP):
Cycle Time (TRAS):

Row Cycle Time (TRC):
Refresh to Active (TRFC):
Bank to Bank CMD (TRRD):
Write Recovery (TWR):

Read-Write Command (TRTW):
Write-Write CS (TWTW_CS):
Write-Read Command (TWTR):
Write-Read CS (TWTR_CS):
Read-Read CS (TRTR_CS):
Read Data Transfers:

Memory Auto-Calibration
Read Data Transfer: Enabled
Read Strobe Delay: Disabled
Read Strobe Arrival: Enabled

Northbridge Selections
Memory Channels: Channel A And B
Memory Power Management: Disabled
IGD Clock Gate: Disable
NB Channel Mapping: AUTO
Simple Addr Translation: Disable
Chip-Select Swap: Disable
Burst Length: 8
Bank0 Map GFX: 5
Bank1 Map GFX: 5
Bank2 Map GFX: 5
Channel Mapping NB: 5
Channel Mapping GFX: 1
Bank0 Map NB: 5
Bank1 Map NB: 7
Bank2 Map NB: 5

FSB IO Driving Control: Manual
1X NMOS Strength: 10h
1X PMOS Strength: 10h
2X NMOS Strength: 10h
2X PMOS Strength: 10h
4X NMOS Strength: 10h
4X PMOS Strength: 10h

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Originally Posted by hipro5

DFI is smart and professionals.....They WILL NOT release a board unless they have eliminated it's "weaknesses".....They where at the TOP as of AMDs and they won't jeopardize their fame with a "faulty" board - EVEN with it's bios....
They will release it as soon as it's TOTALLY ready coz if they hurry up and you buy it and start saying things, it's not good for them....
They will make it "perfect" (in a way - there's no perfection - ) and they will release it......Just be patient and I think that you will be reward.....;)

That's my words though....:)

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At last sense :toast: everytime this happens then the manufacturers get slated, they can't win.

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Originally Posted by kimandsally

At last sense :toast: everytime this happens then the manufacturers get slated, they can't win.

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well the board's quality control sure seems suspect to me ..alot of C1 issues

How can a board not have its CMOS cleared...never seen a bios get corrupted by making a change like I did..nothing extreme and board goes belly up

why market it to people who will tinker and have a board so fragile it craps out...I paid a premium for the board at launch...6weeks later it is dead..now I have to RMA and hope for a reliable board

I was very careful not to push too much voltage or what I thought were not too tight of 1:1 settings....

oh well..I paid a premium to newegg to get the mobo...so at least they have excellent CS...

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Originally Posted by nealh

well the board's quality control sure seems suspect to me ..alot of C1 issues

How can a board not have its CMOS cleared...never seen a bios get corrupted by making a change like I did..nothing extreme and board goes belly up

why market it to people who will tinker and have a board so fragile it craps out...I paid a premium for the board at launch...6weeks later it is dead..now I have to RMA and hope for a reliable board

I was very careful not to push too much voltage or what I thought were not too tight of 1:1 settings....

oh well..I paid a premium to newegg to get the mobo...so at least they have excellent CS...

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Don't wanna sound cheeky nealh, but I guess providing the Replacement board is a Live one...:rolleyes: you're gunno go for 1:1 with a lower FSB, like a safe 340 and work your way up!? ;)

I wouldn't blame ya for not wanting to tbh! By the time my 3rd arrived, I was beyond caring & now crave for a "smoke out" on any next-death scenario. Got a pointy-click camera ready just in case! :D

*Edit* Nice Chart from Nemesis..hadn't picked up on that with shallow trawling.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=133423

Nice one Nemesis. :toast:

Just messing with a bit of watercooling now.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...a/IMG_0608.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...eAqua/3900.jpg

These settings are working quite stable for me. More testing will continue.

BlueAqua it looks like u put the fans inside the Shroud?

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Originally Posted by Ten

BlueAqua it looks like u put the fans inside the Shroud?

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I did actually, just temporary as I didn't have any screws long enough to attach them correctly. Still works though.

yaeh it wrks but i looks strange but it's just temporary so;)

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Originally Posted by BlueAqua

I did actually, just temporary as I didn't have any screws long enough to attach them correctly. Still works though.

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Flip the fans so they Suck thro' the Rad, as opposed to blowing. This will help reduce the Dead Zone immediately behind the centre of the fan. :)

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Originally Posted by Kin Hell

Don't wanna sound cheeky nealh, but I guess providing the Replacement board is a Live one...:rolleyes: you're gunno go for 1:1 with a lower FSB, like a safe 340 and work your way up!? ;)

I wouldn't blame ya for not wanting to tbh! By the time my 3rd arrived, I was beyond caring & now crave for a "smoke out" on any next-death scenario. Got a pointy-click camera ready just in case! :D

*Edit* Nice Chart from Nemesis..hadn't picked up on that with shallow trawling.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=133423



Nice one Nemesis. :toast:

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Nope no more 1:1 ..IMHO this board is not made for it..way too finicky and fragile...

I will try to get back to 3500(9x 390):500 ram..and be done tweaking and screwing around

I just fear how voltage may need to be tweaked again..so ticked, i should have done as I promised myself...stopped and been happy

I did enjoy tinkering because the board seemed OK and it was interesting to see the effects....

But I am convinced it is just not up to be stressed much in any fashion

I may try a new bios if they but one out officially

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Originally Posted by nealh

Nope no more 1:1 ..IMHO this board is not made for it..way too finicky and fragile...

I will try to get back to 3500(9x 390):500 ram..and be done tweaking and screwing around

I just fear how voltage may need to be tweaked again..so ticked, i should have done as I promised myself...stopped and been happy

I did enjoy tinkering because the board seemed OK and it was interesting to see the effects....

But I am convinced it is just not up to be stressed much in any fashion

I may try a new bios if they but one out officially

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Yes, run your ram Async, the board loves that :)

currently @ 3.5GHz (390*9) at 1.4V set in BIOS, everything else at stock, dual orthos 14+hrs stable (and that's dual for stressing all the memory) and I'm very happy with it.
But anything over 400MHz FSB is getting unstable, with all voltages raised, I'll have to explore this... I'll be tweaking mem. later, here a screenshot of the benching: http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/3...7mhznr6.th.jpg

@ Blue Aqua


Here are my settings:

DFI ICFX3200-T2R/G 12/22 official bios:

Memory Clock Frequency: DDR-400
Current Memory Clock:400

Control CPU Frequency: Manual
x CPU Frequency (Mhz):3596
NB FSB Strapping:Auto
PCI-E Overclock: 100
Software Reset Clockgen: Enabled
Memory Overclocking: Enabled
Overclock Frequency (Mhz):400

CPU Vid Control:1.4
CPU VID Special ADD: AUTO
DDR2 Ram 1.8 Voltage:2.20
CPU VTT 1.2V Voltage:1.21
NB Core 1.2V Voltage:1.48
NB PLL 1.8V Voltage:1.93
NB PLL 1.2V Voltage:1.21
NB PCI-E 1.2V Voltage:1.22
NB Core 1.2V convert from:1.81
SB Core 1.2V Voltage:1.23
Clockgen Voltage:2.92
GTL REF Voltage control: Enabled
CPU Core 1/2 GTL REF Volt: 48
CPU Core 3/4 GTL REF Volt: 48
North Bridge GTL REF Volt: 128
CPU PLL Setting Overide: Enabled
PLL Override loop count: AUTO
Conroe P-State Multiplier: Set to 7 in Bios, showing up and acting as 9 , which is the problem
C1E Function: Disabled

CS Output Timing: Delay 1/4th
CK Output Timing: AUTO
Dual channel Split Mode: Auto
ADDR/CMD Driving Pre-AMP: Disabled
ADDR/CMD Driving Strength: 5
Clocking Driving Pre-AMP: Always
Clocking Driving Strength: 5
Address/Command Timing: 2T
Memory Timing Select: Manual

CAS Timing (TCAS):4
Read RAS-CAS Delay (TRCDR):4
Write RAS-CAS Delay (TRCDW):4
RAS Precharge Time (TRP):4
Cycle Time (TRAS):12

Row Cycle Time (TRC):24
Refresh to Active (TRFC):42
Bank to Bank CMD (TRRD):3
Write Recovery (TWR):6

Read-Write Command (TRTW):3
Write-Write CS (TWTW_CS):2
Write-Read Command (TWTR):3
Write-Read CS (TWTR_CS):2
Read-Read CS (TRTR_CS):2
Read Data Transfers:5

Memory Auto-Calibration
Read Data Transfer: Enabled
Read Strobe Delay: Disabled
Read Strobe Arrival: Enabled

Northbridge Selections
Memory Channels: Channel A And B
Memory Power Management: Disabled
IGD Clock Gate: Disable
NB Channel Mapping: AUTO
Simple Addr Translation: Disable
Chip-Select Swap: Disable
Burst Length: 8
Bank0 Map GFX: 5
Bank1 Map GFX: 5
Bank2 Map GFX: 5
Channel Mapping NB: 5
Channel Mapping GFX: 1
Bank0 Map NB: 5
Bank1 Map NB: 7
Bank2 Map NB: 5

FSB IO Driving Control: Manual
1X NMOS Strength: 10h
1X PMOS Strength: 10h
2X NMOS Strength: 10h
2X PMOS Strength: 10h
4X NMOS Strength: 10h
4X PMOS Strength: 10h

Thanks for the link, that allowed me to break the fsb limit I was facing before, but I really need to drop the multiplier before I push the fsb higher. As I mentioned, even though the Conroe P multiplier is set to 7 it's acting as 9. Only possible thing I can think of is it being a side effect of using a Xeon.. But I have yet to find anyone else encountering the issue.

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Originally Posted by wangerin

OCZ tony confirmed and I doubt he got a hand picked... If he says it does 511FSB, it will. Most or all of his reviews / speculation has been on target before.,

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absoluetly spot on, I bought mine JUST because I read Tonys posts, in the past every time I have followed what he says I have had zero problems, it makes sense to follow him he knows 100% what he's doing and more to the point he kind enough to spread the word.

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Originally Posted by marauder16

currently @ 3.5GHz (390*9) at 1.4V set in BIOS, everything else at stock, dual orthos 14+hrs stable (and that's dual for stressing all the memory) and I'm very happy with it.
But anything over 400MHz FSB is getting unstable, with all voltages raised, I'll have to explore this... I'll be tweaking mem. later, here a screenshot of the benching: http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/3...7mhznr6.th.jpg

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Be very careful with Syncing memory on this board

I really think this is a bad thing and stress the chipset way too much...until a bios is released priven to work in sync mode...beware

I ran sync mode 4 time on my mobo...literally 4 times...the last one at lowest setting 380 1:1 ..killed it

I have no idea why or how

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Originally Posted by marauder16

currently @ 3.5GHz (390*9) at 1.4V set in BIOS, everything else at stock, dual orthos 14+hrs stable (and that's dual for stressing all the memory) and I'm very happy with it.
But anything over 400MHz FSB is getting unstable, with all voltages raised, I'll have to explore this... I'll be tweaking mem. later, here a screenshot of the benching: http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/3...7mhznr6.th.jpg

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very nice.. :)

bro Ive seen your rig on the water cooling case post.. :)

what blocks are you using?? have you water colled the chipset?? :)

I'm planning to water cool my setup.. :D

thanks :D

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Originally Posted by nealh

Be very careful with Syncing memory on this board

I really think this is a bad thing and stress the chipset way too much...until a bios is released priven to work in sync mode...beware

I ran sync mode 4 time on my mobo...literally 4 times...the last one at lowest setting 380 1:1 ..killed it

I have no idea why or how

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that's not sync, memory is just waiting on MB stock to be tweaked, I have no reason to run it at sync. ;)

@erwinz:thnx man, my w.c. setup is in my sig, I'm planning on putting a HR-05 on the chipset, but I'm not going to watercool it.

btw. got 3.6GHz stable, going to bench 3.7GHz, I'm not stopping before I get into the 4GHz club :D

My first under 13 second 1M super Pi.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ua/under13.jpg

and at 4.1Ghz

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ua/twelve5.jpg

So no one knows a fix for the multiplier issue I'm facing then?

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Originally Posted by Suicide King

So no one knows about the multiplier issue I'm facing then?

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Sorry, all of your settings look fine, I'm not sure what would cause the problem.

BlueAqua Nice clock, still on water?

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Originally Posted by Ten

BlueAqua Nice clock, still on water?

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Yeah, still on water. Still tweaking, getting ready for phase and DI.

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Originally Posted by Suicide King

So no one knows a fix for the multiplier issue I'm facing then?

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I saw similar cr4p on a Rev 505 BAd Axe 2 board. I have a stepping 5 2.4ES E6600. Multis are from 6-9 inclusive. BA2 bios wouldn't allow me to change Multi & reported it as 9. CPUz always said it was at 6 & the resultant Mhz was
2394. On RD600, If I drop the Multi to 8, 7 or 6, Orthos always says the CPU Mhz speed at whatever FSB I am at but as if I had a 9x Multiplier. I also noticed My Computer/Properties/General Tab showed the CPU speed to be based around a 9 multi.

So, with Bios settings of 464fsb x 7xmulti = 3248, but Orthos & "My Computer/Properties/General Tab" showed 4176 which is 464 x 9.

Whilst we all know Bill Gates s/w has holes in it, no way does Orthos report the same speed as Bill's General Tab, or even vice-versa.
Perhaps knowing where this info is collected from, might offer a solution to correcting this. I feel the RD600 is doing something horribly wrong with it's current Bios Code & don't feel to be in total control here.
I refuse to go over 1.48V for 24/7 use along with Tony's guidelines of 1.5 & I use Danger Den 1/2" NB cooling. I can manage 464 fsb with my own discoveries on ASYNC, but for the life in me, taking the CPU right out of things will NOT allow SYNC stable over 370Fsb. I'm gutted for nealh, especially when he ran benchies in SYNC (1:1) several times at 400 & actually blew something for reducing to 380??

Perhaps someone can offer some sort of explanation to these anomalies soon.

I tried to test my board today, but I only got a Celeron 346 (3,06 GHz). The PSU was Chieftec GPS-400AA-101A (ATX 12V 4 pin). So, I red in the board's book that it suports C2D, Pentium D and Pentium 4, but nothing said about Celeron. Today I asked M3kk if it should work with this kind of CPU and he said that it should be OK.
Well, I started the board, fans spin up and that's all. Nothing on the screen, nothing from the keyboards LEDs, nothing from the diagnostication LEDs on the board. It just runs like that, with no actioan at all. Any ideas? Was it the CPU or it can be the board?

Thanks.

Hi, managed to get to 4GHz, at 1.7V set in BIOS, I needed that much to run Orthos more than 2mins :P got a SPi 1M screenshot for you here, sub 13s ;) http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8...b13sqg3.th.jpg
I'll see how stable I can get it :D, here's a CPUZ validation link

What is the average chipset needed for 500FSB ?

Ive tried 1.8, but dont want to kill the board.

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Originally Posted by marauder16

Hi, managed to get to 4GHz, at 1.7V set in BIOS, I needed that much to run Orthos more than 2mins :P got a SPi 1M screenshot for you here, sub 13s ;) http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8...b13sqg3.th.jpg
I'll see how stable I can get it :D, here's a CPUZ validation link

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Very nice :toast:

Work on stability, post some settings :D

where to find drivers for windows vista ultimate 32bits for rd600??:confused:

regards

you guys are nuts putting 1.7-1.8v on the chipset..the chipset seems way too fragile ....

becareful and good luck

Help?

tough one...test the cpu in another mobo?

The CPU was good, memory was good, all components were good. I did this to test the board and I don't know what to think now.

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Originally Posted by korby

The CPU was good, memory was good, all components were good. I did this to test the board and I don't know what to think now.

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Get an 8 pin 12v PSU....while a four pin "may" work for awhile you are asking for trouble. I speak from experience...

This was just the testing and didn't worked. I know from M3kk (with his board) and another that tested this one that it works just fine with this 4-pin conector. But I'll build my "custom" adaptor and later buy a new PSU. :(

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Originally Posted by korby

This was just the testing and didn't worked. I know from M3kk (with his board) and another that tested this one that it works just fine with this 4-pin conector. But I'll build my "custom" adaptor and later buy a new PSU. :(

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I used a 4 pin on my RDX200 and it was fine for about eight months. Started gettin wiggy and died. Tried a few different things and decided the board had died and sent it off to DFI only to have it returned in the same condition. Dug up an 8 pin psu an voila. Back to folding 24/7 she went...

Just not worth skimping on one of the most important parts of your system...

I have a question.

Well my chipset idles at 52 C which is pretty sad, stock voltage. I cleaned it all up, AS5'd it up, still too hight for me.


What would be a good cooler? I have a tuniq Tower so yeah.


Whats the max I should let the temp get.


It's already in the red at idle in smart guardian. :(


Any suggestions?

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Originally Posted by Lord AnthraX

I have a question.

Well my chipset idles at 52 C which is pretty sad, stock voltage. I cleaned it all up, AS5'd it up, still too hight for me.


What would be a good cooler? I have a tuniq Tower so yeah.


Whats the max I should let the temp get.


It's already in the red at idle in smart guardian. :(


Any suggestions?

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Add an 80mm fan directly over the NB heatsink. I get 48 idle - 60 load with 1.42v in NB. I am using AS5 on NB as well.

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Originally Posted by nealh

you guys are nuts putting 1.7-1.8v on the chipset..the chipset seems way too fragile ....

becareful and good luck

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that was on the CPU, not the chipset :D the chipset didn't get more than 1.53V...

@metalman2785: thnx, no chance,the last stable setting was at 3.8MHz with temps going to 60C on the CPU, I'm going to leave it at 3.6MHz 24/7 till I get a HR-05 and maybe can use smaller volts, but now I'm going on tweaking the memory :)
Did anyone else on water make 4GHz stable (E6600) for 8hrs orthos, if yes please post your settings?

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Originally Posted by marauder16

Hi, managed to get to 4GHz, at 1.7V set in BIOS, I needed that much to run Orthos more than 2mins :P got a SPi 1M screenshot for you here, sub 13s ;) http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8...b13sqg3.th.jpg
I'll see how stable I can get it :D, here's a CPUZ validation link

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very nice clocks.. :) hehehe I'll be water cooling my cpu and chipset.. :D

i just discovered that my 3060 is concave :( waaaa.. its really sad.. I don't want to lap my processor.. :(

FWIW...newegg changed the return policy on the mobo...it is no longer getting a std return policy(ie refund up to 30 days, 1 yr replacement)..now only 30 days on replacement, non refundable

they must be getting alot of return/replacements

Thank gosh..mine came with std return policy

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Originally Posted by marauder16

Did anyone else on water make 4GHz stable (E6600) for 8hrs orthos, if yes please post your settings?

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I ran 425x9 (3.825) @ 1.5vcore for an hour last night. Load temps were hitting 70C with Orthos. I might leave it running tonight and see if I can get 8+ hours of stability. I don't think my cooling can handle anything above 1.55vcore without loading the chip too much :(

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Originally Posted by korby

... But I'll build my "custom" adaptor and later buy a new PSU. :(

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Hehe, bulit one out of an old PSU's ATX conector. Now all I have to worry is how do I solder this in the place of the actual 4-pin conector. :stick:

What drivers do you use with this board and Vista anyway??? I'm always trying to find drivers for my buddies Ati chipset based board, can't seem too find any chipset drivers on Ati/AMD's site???

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Originally Posted by nealh

FWIW...newegg changed the return policy on the mobo...it is no longer getting a std return policy(ie refund up to 30 days, 1 yr replacement)..now only 30 days on replacement, non refundable

they must be getting alot of return/replacements

Thank gosh..mine came with std return policy

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Thats good news to hear. Does this mean if it destroys itself inside the next 12 months, you get a straight swap out from newegg?

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Originally Posted by Kin Hell

Thats good news to hear. Does this mean if it destroys itself inside the next 12 months, you get a straight swap out from newegg?

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accrording to the return poicy on my invoice..I can get a replacement within 1yr..not sure what happens if a second one dies

Price at newegg is now $220( i paid $270 at launch..guess it is worth the extra money becasue otherwise I would have been screwed..I will call tonight to start the RMA process....you should see DFI RMA form...kinda BS to me...and they have 15 days to send out a new mobo...it would take upwards of 3 weeks with shipping both ways to get a new board from them)

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Originally Posted by Gambit_2K

What drivers do you use with this board and Vista anyway??? I'm always trying to find drivers for my buddies Ati chipset based board, can't seem too find any chipset drivers on Ati/AMD's site???

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Chipset drivers are inside the Catalyst Drivers no need to search. If u install Catalyst it will install drivers automatically.

I have had good luck sofar.
2- small quirks. warm reboots take a stab at the reset button and the cpu temp is off.
http://xs513.xs.to/xs513/07104/captu...562.png.xs.jpg

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Originally Posted by steelballzz

dfi club

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Where's it gone? Been trying for a few days.

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Originally Posted by kimandsally

Where's it gone? Been trying for a few days.

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Try here
http://csd.dficlub.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=50

I'm asking again (sorry for beeing rude :p:). Do you think my board is dead or it was just the (theoreticaly) unsupported CPU? :(

Thanks.

I think my board may have died... before it ever started. this board had c1's since it began. first died within a few days. maybe 3rd'll be the charm? I can't see another alternative but rma and that's another $20 for maybe 25% chance it will work. I mean honestly 1.8v ram should work!

well I live and learn. Time to see if I should just rma and try to sell it and then buy another board.

the board cost me around $240 and then an RMA cost $15 to ship around a little more actually and then another $15 to ship. So that's $270 I've spent on it. I'd be happy with a 975X/G right now.

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Originally Posted by Praxis1452

I think my board may have died... before it ever started. this board had c1's since it began. first died within a few days. maybe 3rd'll be the charm? I can't see another alternative but rma and that's another $20 for maybe 25% chance it will work. I mean honestly 1.8v ram should work!

well I live and learn. Time to see if I should just rma and try to sell it and then buy another board.

the board cost me around $240 and then an RMA cost $15 to ship around a little more actually and then another $15 to ship. So that's $270 I've spent on it. I'd be happy with a 975X/G right now.

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See my lovely experience above..all i did was change to synce mode and boom..I got C1 error and nothing brought it back

the bios/chipset seems so fragile

I paid $270...working on my RMA to newegg....

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Originally Posted by OldGuy

Too funny man...I swear to you I went to the beta section...web site won't load up right now so I can't prove I'm not senile and blind...I thought the date was a little stale :p:

On the not too funny part...You, my friend, and DFI do not mix. I still have my NF3 250gb and have had an RDX200 (still have technically, I sold to my company and it's still kicking folding 24/7 for over 9 months), NF3 Ultra D (pain in the ass but worked ;) ), NF4 ultra D, Expert and the RD600. All have worked out of the box without issue. Technically I still own the the NF4 Ultra D until this weekend and posting from it right now. Awesome board...I also have an Infinty NF2 and my trusty Infinity 975X/G...

So you could say DFI has had an excellent track record with me thus far...For you, I would never again even try one and could hardly blame you.

EDIT: Okay...I feel better. They have 12/8/06 in the beta section and it IS a beta. Shipping bios is 12/18/06...

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I have to agree old man, this is my 5th DFI, had a SLI D, SLI DR, Expert, CX3200 and now this RD 600, never had a problem other than the ones that are a learning problem, everytime there was something wrong it was something that could be fixed using BIOS options, don't want to sound nasty but these are for either people who know what they are doing or people like me who like to tinker and learn whilst having fun.

Sorry to say but DFI get blamed when a lot of the time it's user error, I bought the DFI Expert simply because there was supposed to be loads of problems and I like a challenge, how dissapointed I was when it worked right out of the box without a single issue.

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Originally Posted by kimandsally

I have to agree old man, this is my 5th DFI, had a SLI D, SLI DR, Expert, CX3200 and now this RD 600, never had a problem other than the ones that are a learning problem, everytime there was something wrong it was something that could be fixed using BIOS options, don't want to sound nasty but these are for either people who know what they are doing or people like me who like to tinker and learn whilst having fun.

Sorry to say but DFI get blamed when a lot of the time it's user error, I bought the DFI Expert simply because there was supposed to be loads of problems and I like a challenge, how dissapointed I was when it worked right out of the box without a single issue.

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Hmmm...I kinda resent you comments, you suggest most issues on this board are by less than smart users..I disagree(most here at least have some skills on tinkering and if not ask and get others experience)

Lets see I set my board to 380 1:1 sync mode, loosened timings that were known to work at 400mhz and good ram voltage...reboot twice and the board is gone....C1...no bringing it back and I tried everything people recommended, including my new cheapo 1.8v ddr2

Sorry, something wrong that the bios isnot/was not clearable ...somehow it corrupted with a change to sync mode...I never ran more than 1.42v on my chipset and had a 120 mm fan blowing on it load temps never exceeded 52/53C

How is my tinkering a bad user.....no sorry quality is sure questionable on this board marketed for people to tinker with and use the various options...no way it should not have been able to reset itself.....

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Hmmm...I kinda resent you comments, you suggest most issues on this board are by less than smart users..I disagree(most here at least have some skills on tinkering and if not ask and get others experience)

Lets see I set my board to 380 1:1 sync mode, loosened timings that were known to work at 400mhz and good ram voltage...reboot twice and the board is gone....C1...no bringing it back and I tried everything people recommended, including my new cheapo 1.8v ddr2

Sorry, something wrong that the bios isnot/was not clearable ...somehow it corrupted with a change to sync mode...I never ran more than 1.42v on my chipset and had a 120 mm fan blowing on it load temps never exceeded 52/53C

How is my tinkering a bad user.....no sorry quality is sure questionable on this board marketed for people to tinker with and use the various options...no way it should not have been able to reset itself.....

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Hi there my comments were not meant at any single user, just my opinion of how things have been for meand the amount of small issues at DFI street in the past, I just think it's par for the course to have difficulties with these boards, all the DFI's are more difficult to get right compared to other makes.

No offence is meant to ANY user it's jsut my opinion.

Moreover Nealh sometimes is a no luck with hardware. It seems you are the only guy here with this problem so it's hard to blame something other that misfortune:confused: .

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Moreover Nealh sometimes is a no luck with hardware. It seems you are the only guy here with this problem so it's hard to blame something other that misfortune:confused: .

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no same for me. jumped to ddr1000 with 2.6v on my fatbody and c1 error at 4-4-4-4-12 timings. I rma'ed it and then I get a board that will c1 with 1.8v ddr2 ram. it has never worked so I never even changed settings with it.

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Moreover Nealh sometimes is a no luck with hardware. It seems you are the only guy here with this problem so it's hard to blame something other that misfortune:confused: .

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Not sure I really understand what your saying...correct me if I am wrong...I have bad luck with hardware and its my fault/or bad luck

You are not looking very hard..look around numerous people are having trouble with C1 and other issues on the board...I thought i had lucked out on the board as it worked great till i tired a sync mode...I wish i had not

Board would never reset

kimandsally: sorry..I was not taking it as directed at me per se but...my comments were to point out many here at XS have had issue with the board..knowledgable users....

my point is the board has some faults(like many others) but the issue of a bios that will not reset after one attempt at sync mode..as me very leary that something is very fragile

I never said it's your fault i say it's misfortune.
U said that [b]many[/] had problems with this board i say that many here have no problems with the board. Here at xs thre is loads of threads for many and personnally i had before an ASUS P5W DH and you can look at the size of this board thread. And in ur personal case u said "the board has some faults(like many others) but the issue of a bios that will not reset after one attempt at sync mode". U are the only one it seem with this problem so u can blame ur board not u and i think not DFI. U have enough knowledge to know that each piece of hardware is unique...

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I'm asking again (sorry for beeing rude :p:). Do you think my board is dead or it was just the (theoreticaly) unsupported CPU? :(

Thanks.

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Eeerm? :slap:

Better try another cpu like a good P4.

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Originally Posted by nealh

damn..my board is overvolting...1.42 bios=1.44 bios reading..windows reports 1.39 but I never trust win software readings

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Hi there I'd say don't worry, here's the spec for the top of the range Fluke digital MM

Fluke 80 Series V Digital MultimetersSpecifications
Voltage DC Maximum Voltage: 1000V
Accuracy: Fluke 83 V: ±(0.1%+1)
Fluke 87 V: ±(0.05%+1)


So if you take tolerances into account its as good as it gets really.

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Hi there I'd say don't worry, here's the spec for the top of the range Fluke digital MM

Fluke 80 Series V Digital MultimetersSpecifications
Voltage DC Maximum Voltage: 1000V
Accuracy: Fluke 83 V: ±(0.1%+1)
Fluke 87 V: ±(0.05%+1)


So if you take tolerances into account its as good as it gets really.

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No my issue with bios reading is it accurate value...I was not able to get my DMM to check because of my storm retention plate....I reallize all methos have some variance but the bios could be just way off...


AbelJemka
your comment that many have issues and many do not...is a wierd statement.....very few should have any issues, if quality is good

go look at DFI forum....there are more users reporting memory related issues on the board and an inabiltiy to reset the cmos..not just me

our samples have issues...first no one knows how many boards are sold, how many really have issues

But it is clear this board is not up to snuff..sorry..just becasue you have a great experience means nothing

Kin Hell..had 3 board so far..2 were bad...he is not the only person on multiple boards

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Hmmm...I kinda resent you comments, you suggest most issues on this board are by less than smart users..I disagree(most here at least have some skills on tinkering and if not ask and get others experience)

Lets see I set my board to 380 1:1 sync mode, loosened timings that were known to work at 400mhz and good ram voltage...reboot twice and the board is gone....C1...no bringing it back and I tried everything people recommended, including my new cheapo 1.8v ddr2

Sorry, something wrong that the bios isnot/was not clearable ...somehow it corrupted with a change to sync mode...I never ran more than 1.42v on my chipset and had a 120 mm fan blowing on it load temps never exceeded 52/53C

How is my tinkering a bad user.....no sorry quality is sure questionable on this board marketed for people to tinker with and use the various options...no way it should not have been able to reset itself.....

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Hi Nealh

I've been reading from page 1, when I wrote the bit that upset you O hadn't reached this;

"I did not push any farther than I did earlier...(I tired 9x 390 1:1..without this)
this time was I went 380x 9..with auto strap, sync....crap

No more for tweaking until they get a better bios....."


Now I understand, me old smarty pants doing my bit when your board had died,

I'm REALLY sorry if I had read that far ahead my post wouldn't have appeared, foot into mouth comes to mind.:slapass:

Hope you get sorted soon, I've pretty much read the whole thread now and you have been a major contributer which helps the like of me, then have the horrible luck, you certainly do not deserve it you seem a fine gentleman that tries to help others.

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Originally Posted by Lord AnthraX

I have a question.

Well my chipset idles at 52 C which is pretty sad, stock voltage. I cleaned it all up, AS5'd it up, still too hight for me.


What would be a good cooler? I have a tuniq Tower so yeah.


Whats the max I should let the temp get.


It's already in the red at idle in smart guardian. :(


Any suggestions?

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I think this board misrepresents the actual temperature of the CPU and chipset. I have used the same CPU and HSF on a Gigabyte DS3 and ASUS
P5N-E SLi and on both of those boards both the included monitoring programs and speedfan32 reported 33C idle and 49C load with 1.5vcore. When I put the same hardware in this board it reads 43C idle and 62C load. The chipset temps appear to track similarly. This is my 2nd DFI RD600 board and both do the same relative to temps.

Hi,

The new bios, I can't seem to enter setup at all?

Someone earlier in the thread said you need to hit DEL at the right time and not to spam it. Tried it loads of times and I'm still not getting into the Bios and also it doesn't load the OS after hitting DEL.

What kind of time does DEL need to be pressed?

Pretty hard to overclock in the bios if I cant enter it.

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Better try another cpu like a good P4.

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Ufff... not realy possible. :( :slapass:
I guess I'll have to try to be lucky... buy a CPU and hope it works. :slap:

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No my issue with bios reading is it accurate value...I
your comment that many have issues and many do not...is a wierd statement.....very few should have any issues, if quality is good

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So looking at all thread board here i can say that all board have bad quality cause all threads of full of people with issues.

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go look at DFI forum....there are more users reporting memory related issues on the board and an inabiltiy to reset the cmos..not just me

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I say i have no issues and i don't post my results too much why? Cause i have no issues and only to help ppeople who have. 75% of forum post for board are from people who have issues cause people without issues don't post. It's like this and that will always be like this.

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our samples have issues...first no one knows how many boards are sold, how many really have issues

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Controversal sentence?

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But it is clear this board is not up to snuff..sorry..just becasue you have a great experience means nothing

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But cause u have a bad experience that means all?

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Kin Hell..had 3 board so far..2 were bad...he is not the only person on multiple boards

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I can go on P5B-Slx thread and easily find some guy with multiple boards. Moreover i know one on my friends with 3 boards which get rma. So with your logic P5B-Dlx is a bad board...

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Hi Nealh

I've been reading from page 1, when I wrote the bit that upset you O hadn't reached this;

"I did not push any farther than I did earlier...(I tired 9x 390 1:1..without this)
this time was I went 380x 9..with auto strap, sync....crap

No more for tweaking until they get a better bios....."


Now I understand, me old smarty pants doing my bit when your board had died,

I'm REALLY sorry if I had read that far ahead my post wouldn't have appeared, foot into mouth comes to mind.:slapass:

Hope you get sorted soon, I've pretty much read the whole thread now and you have been a major contributer which helps the like of me, then have the horrible luck, you certainly do not deserve it you seem a fine gentleman that tries to help others.

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No sweat at all...I RMAed the mobo back to Newegg

I hoping to have the replacement ..middle of next week..2 weeks away from my main setup..Blah

I only hope I can get things back up and running at 3500 cpu:500 ram...I was 20hr blend stable..got all that testing to prove it is stable

I have seen several report the beta bios may have issues..one person flashed and could not get a post..several have had issues trying to get into the bios to change settings

I am disappointed to see no new official bios updates but I will say a warning was suggested there maybe little support for this mobo(I think more from ATI than DFI)

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Originally Posted by sofarfrome

I think this board misrepresents the actual temperature of the CPU and chipset. I have used the same CPU and HSF on a Gigabyte DS3 and ASUS
P5N-E SLi and on both of those boards both the included monitoring programs and speedfan32 reported 33C idle and 49C load with 1.5vcore. When I put the same hardware in this board it reads 43C idle and 62C load. The chipset temps appear to track similarly. This is my 2nd DFI RD600 board and both do the same relative to temps.

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did you check temps with TAT and core temp...I found Smartguardian to read about 5C higher than Core temp and 7-10C higher than TAT

just something random
this is a screenie for my countries new overclocking league
the aim of the league is percentage overclock from cpu, mobo, ram, gpu and gddr - a little formula applied to try weight the more important items directly.
we chose this percentage method so as not to exclude those with lower end tek since benching rigs these days are very expensive imo

the phase section is going to be fun - goal 100% overclock on all 5 items when averaged

http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za...ubmit-rign.jpg

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Originally Posted by flytek

just something random
this is a screenie for my countries new overclocking league
the aim of the league is percentage overclock from cpu, mobo, ram, gpu and gddr - a little formula applied to try weight the more important items directly.
we chose this percentage method so as not to exclude those with lower end tek since benching rigs these days are very expensive imo

the phase section is going to be fun - goal 100% overclock on all 5 items when averaged

http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za...ubmit-rign.jpg

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nice clock you got there.. :) what NB vltage you use??

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I have had good luck sofar.
2- small quirks. warm reboots take a stab at the reset button and the cpu temp is off.
http://xs513.xs.to/xs513/07104/captu...562.png.xs.jpg

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hey, what BIOS settings are you using, I'm having difficulty getting over 400FSB with my E6400/DFI-ICFX3200, and i have room to play with regarding temps.

425FSB would be nice..... 3400Mhz on air is my aim, and i can sync my RAM nicely up to there (bandwidth seems to drop a bit with ASYNC).

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Originally Posted by erwinz

nice clock you got there.. :) what NB vltage you use??

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1.66 for NB and 2.03 for one of the pll's...just for max overclock and short benches.
NB strapp 333.
also i found fo max ram clocks i needed to boot the ram as high as possible before clocking up
normally i just run 400 1:1 sync mode.

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Originally Posted by flytek

1.66 for NB and 2.03 for one of the pll's...just for max overclock and short benches.
NB strapp 333.
also i found fo max ram clocks i needed to boot the ram as high as possible before clocking up
normally i just run 400 1:1 sync mode.

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Man changing to sync mode killed my bios/board..it may have had to do with ancillary voltages

I guess in retrospect..I would recommend increasing some voltages prior to sync mode abit...ie NB 1.8 PLL, convert and pci-e voltage

Btw guys, I know what my multiplier issue was... Oddly enough it was running windows Vista. But back on XP x64, multiplier acts like it should.

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Btw guys, I know what my multiplier issue was... Oddly enough it was running windows Vista. But back on XP x64, multiplier acts like it should.

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Good deal, I was wondering what that was.

I´m just playing with some 3060´s here and while testing i did see my "old" nF4 DFIs on the shelf. Dunno why - but after one 3060 would not play over 3825MHz - i remembered the VCore Add % Option on the nF4s. This Option helped a lot during the "good old" nF4 times, "so what the heck" i thought and adapted the settings on one of my ICFX3200`s and ->

Findings:
"old":
3.80 100% stable with 1.5125V (Bios) - SG 1,42V - no %
3.85 No-Go with up to 1.6V (Bios) (reboot after ~ 2 mins)
3.90 No-Go (reboot after ~ 2 mins)

"new":
3.90 priming since ~ 30min with 1,5000 (Bios) + 5% :woot:
SG shows 1,47V under full load :clap: :clap: :clap: - Coretemp reports 74c :eek: - but no worry - it`s a very tiny h2o setup with a dual-radi.
If that works, i try to get the vcore down a bit and test again - looks like S775´s react kinda the same way the S939`s did in the past.

Dunno why :D - but so far i`m more than happy :banana: with that finding :toast:

Sometimes it´s good to look back and bring back some memories :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Pete@X

I´m just playing with some 3060´s here and while testing i did see my "old" nF4 DFIs on the shelf. Dunno why - but after one 3060 would not play over 3825MHz - i remembered the VCore Add % Option on the nF4s. This Option helped a lot during the "good old" nF4 times, "so what the heck" i thought and adapted the settings on one of my ICFX3200`s and ->

Findings:
"old":
3.80 100% stable with 1.5125V (Bios) - SG 1,42V - no %
3.85 No-Go with up to 1.6V (Bios) (reboot after ~ 2 mins)
3.90 No-Go (reboot after ~ 2 mins)

"new":
3.90 priming since ~ 30min with 1,5000 (Bios) + 5% :woot:
SG shows 1,47V under full load :clap: :clap: :clap: - Coretemp reports 74c :eek: - but no worry - it`s a very tiny h2o setup with a dual-radi.
If that works, i try to get the vcore down a bit and test again - looks like S775´s react kinda the same way the S939`s did in the past.

Dunno why :D - but so far i`m more than happy :banana: with that finding :toast:

Sometimes it´s good to look back and bring back some memories :rolleyes:

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great results there man, can you please post your detailed settings on that 3.9GHz new setting? thnx ;)

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Originally Posted by Pete@X

I´m just playing with some 3060´s here and while testing i did see my "old" nF4 DFIs on the shelf. Dunno why - but after one 3060 would not play over 3825MHz - i remembered the VCore Add % Option on the nF4s. This Option helped a lot during the "good old" nF4 times, "so what the heck" i thought and adapted the settings on one of my ICFX3200`s and ->

Findings:
"old":
3.80 100% stable with 1.5125V (Bios) - SG 1,42V - no %
3.85 No-Go with up to 1.6V (Bios) (reboot after ~ 2 mins)
3.90 No-Go (reboot after ~ 2 mins)

"new":
3.90 priming since ~ 30min with 1,5000 (Bios) + 5% :woot:
SG shows 1,47V under full load :clap: :clap: :clap: - Coretemp reports 74c :eek: - but no worry - it`s a very tiny h2o setup with a dual-radi.
If that works, i try to get the vcore down a bit and test again - looks like S775´s react kinda the same way the S939`s did in the past.

Dunno why :D - but so far i`m more than happy :banana: with that finding :toast:

Sometimes it´s good to look back and bring back some memories :rolleyes:

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well I thought about this as well because of the DFI SLI DR mobo I have but trying to figure out what combos might seemed impossible

many seem to say the DFI SLI DR/Ultra D like 104%/110%/113%....but I did seem to get anything that helped me

How did you choose 5%..trial and error....I guess you are finding this is providing a more stable vcore under idle and load conditions?

@nealh: yapp - VCore is more stable ... and how i found the 5% :rolleyes: , was just a 1st Test if it helps is some way ... neeed to dig a bit deeper into the % settings ....;)

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great results there man, can you please post your detailed settings on that 3.9GHz new setting? thnx ;)

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Here we go:

(Bios 12/02/07)
Performance Options

Memory Clock Frequency:AUTO
Control CPU Frequency: Manual
CPU Frequency(MHz): 435
NB FSB Strapping: 333
PCIE Overclock: 101
Software Reset Clockgen: Disabled
Memory Overclocking: Enabled
Overclocking Frequenca: 433
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NorthBridge Selections

Memory Channels: Auto
Memory Power Management: Disabled
IGD Clock Gate: Disable
NB Channel Mapping: Auto
Simple Addr Translation: Disable
Chip-Select Swap: Disable
Burst Length: 8
Bank0 Map GFX: 4
Bank1 Map GFX: 5
Bank2 Map GFX: 6
Channel Mapping NB: 5
Channel Mapping GFX: 1
Bank0 Map NB: 5
Bank1 Map NB: 11
Bank2 Map NB: 7

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Memory Timing Menu

CS Output Timing: Delay 1/4
Dual Channel Split Mode: Auto
Addr/CMD Driving Pre-AMP: Disabled
Addr/CMD Driving Strenght: 5
Clock Driving Pre-AMP: Always
Clock Driving Strenght: 13
Address/Command Timing: Auto
Memory Timing Select: Manual
...
...
Read Data Transfer: Enabled
Read Strobe Delay: Disable
Read Strobe Arrival: Enabled

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FSB IO Strenght

FSB IO Driving Control: Default
1X NMOS Strenght: 10h
1X PMOS Strenght: 10h
2X NMOS Strenght: 10h
2X PMOS Strenght: 10h
4X NMOS Strenght: 10h
4X PMOS Strenght: 10h

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CPU VID Control: 1.50000V
CPU VID Special Add: 105%
DDR2 RAM 1.8V Voltage: 2.10V
CPU VTT 1.2V Voltage: 1.44V
NB Core 1.2V Voltage: 1.48V
NB PLL 1.8V Voltage: 2.13V
NB PLL 1.2V Voltage: 1.38V
NB PCI-E 1.2V Voltage: 1.34V
NB Core 1.2V Convert From: 2.14V
SB Core 1.2V Voltage: 1.34V
Clockgen Voltage: 3.40V
GTL REF Voltage Control: Enabled
CPU Core 1/2 GTL REF Voltage: 48
CPU Core 3/4 GTL REF Voltage: 48
North Bridge GTL REF Voltage: 128
CPU PLL Setting Override: Enabled
Conroe P-State Multiplier: Auto
C1E Function: Disabled

thnx man ;) will try to test this.

EDIT: lol, those settings didn't even get me to windows, it's so weird how same settings work on different systems, now testing at same but 3.8GHz
EDIT2: ok, I give up until I get a HR-05, crashed at 3.8GHz after a few minutes, lol...

I tested the board today with an Intel Pentium 630 SL729 and had exactly the same problems. I've tried different combinations with the power conector (floppy on/off, switched, etc). I also noticed that:
- the RAM L.E.D. doesn't power up, but the modules are good (tested on ECS mobo :D).
- if the beeper is ON, it makes a very low noise when starting/shuting down the board, something like a little "poc".


So, I bealive it's dead before I even started it. Good. NOT. :mad:

So being as you GTREF settings are still 48, you ain't played around with these? They seem to be key settings from what I have read.

hey all anybody have use.. Team Xtreme 667 cas 3 on the DFI RD600 board.. :) can anybody post there highest orthos stable results.. :)

thanks.. :)

Since forking out for a RocketRaid 2310 PCI-e Controller, this board absolutely Flys compared to using the boards ATI or Promise. I was getting fed up with courrupt files off the ATI headers & almost Clockwork-like speeds from Promise. It`s a shame they left 8 month old technologies on the board on it's release date & we might have AMD to thank for that. (not that I blame them)

Anyway, I still havn't blown board number 3 yet, not that I did with board number 1 or 2, but the day this board dies is the Day it gets posted to DFI with a simple letter telling them where to put it. £206 for a board with sh1t slow Promise or Corrupted files off ATI takes the pi$$ at any level in this Industry. Whilst we have talented people like Oskar doing the Bios scene, I would suggest we need better board testers in the Industry that can actually conduct tests properly. Having read some earlier posts about RD600 Raid being fine & without issues, I'd suggest these people look for another Job! :slapass:

Equally, whilst having had 8 DFI boards across 2 platforms, to get ONLY 2 boards to work...Help-a-fella....I`d say DFI need to do summat big-time about their cr4p components supplier or manufacturing process or even both. 75% failure is just sh1t.

mm.. hope there is a new bios.. :) DFI this is a Landparty BTW.. cough DFI new bios please.. and options for promise raid..

I need some help guys I got my new RD600 from RMA

my idle cpu temp at same vcore of 1.52 is 40c(about 3-4 lower(ambients are couple of degrees cooler this am)
BUT my NB temp suck..at stock 1.3v..with a microcoo whisper XE it was 59C....
just could not seem to get good heat transfer(contact did not look really bad when I looked at TIM on the HS..

I switched back to stock HS and added a 50mm fan on top...idled at 55C at 1.3v
at 1.42v(that I needed befroe to run at 390 fsb) I idle at 59/60C...quick 3 min Prime blend and I hit 64C!!!!!!

I am going to go back and remove the 50mm and use a 120mm fan blowing on chipset....but that means I have to remove my new corasir memory cooler

what are the safe temps on this chipset

BTW my cpu did seem to load Prime 95 higher also on the new board(generally on old board I hit 56C max on coretemp....quick run and coretemp hit 53C...also it seems SG and coretemps seem a little closer off this board..generally at least 5C difference...but now 2-3C..load temps...idle temp all 3 are just about equal)

I have no idea if this board has a better temp reporting....or another other dead board???

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Originally Posted by nealh

I need some help guys I got my new RD600 from RMA

my idle cpu temp at same vcore of 1.52 is 40c(about 3-4 lower(ambients are couple of degrees cooler this am)
BUT my NB temp suck..at stock 1.3v..with a microcoo whisper XE it was 59C....
just could not seem to get good heat transfer(contact did not look really bad when I looked at TIM on the HS..

I switched back to stock HS and added a 50mm fan on top...idled at 55C at 1.3v
at 1.42v(that I needed befroe to run at 390 fsb) I idle at 59/60C...quick 3 min Prime blend and I hit 64C!!!!!!

I am going to go back and remove the 50mm and use a 120mm fan blowing on chipset....but that means I have to remove my new corasir memory cooler

what are the safe temps on this chipset

BTW my cpu did seem to load Prime 95 higher also on the new board(generally on old board I hit 56C max on coretemp....quick run and coretemp hit 53C...also it seems SG and coretemps seem a little closer off this board..generally at least 5C difference...but now 2-3C..load temps...idle temp all 3 are just about equal)

I have no idea if this board has a better temp reporting....or another other dead board???

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Seems about right all round. I'm on water NB & CPU & can confirm 55 Deg idle on NB with Stock Cooler @ 1.3V. I had to wait for my NB Block to arrive.
Where are you taking your Temp readings from & using "what"? .....if software!

Well, I thoght I'd killed summat today! Board started randomly crashing. IE errors, corrupt ini files......All for trying a 200 STRAP on a lower FSB & playing with AMD System Manager & Yes, Allow Software Clockgen Option was ENABLED in Bios!
RESET CMOS, load saved Bios settings...NO POST?????
RESET CMOS, change ONE fkin Item like no BOOT PIC....NO POST?????
Had to pull all USB out of the Back, plug in PS2 keyboard, EZ RESET CMOS & Re-flash Bios from DOS Session using the EZreset defaults. Thank JFK I had original BIOS on floppy otherwise I'da been totally JFK'd.

Being quite honest about this RD600, it's a piece of sh1t when it goes wrong!

Maybe I'm lucky to have gotten out of this mess cos I'm now back at 370fsb 1:1 but ffs & wtf?

Support from ATI & DFI is poor.....ICFX3200 T2R/G...Released as an alive Donkey but only with 3 legs. :rolleyes:

JD & Coke anyone? :D

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Man changing to sync mode killed my bios/board..it may have had to do with ancillary voltages

I guess in retrospect..I would recommend increasing some voltages prior to sync mode abit...ie NB 1.8 PLL, convert and pci-e voltage

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Reading back over the thread m8, I'm at stock Voltages 1:1 370fsb. ;)

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Seems about right all round. I'm on water NB & CPU & can confirm 55 Deg idle on NB with Stock Cooler @ 1.3V. I had to wait for my NB Block to arrive.
Where are you taking your Temp readings from & using "what"? .....if software!

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Are you getting 55C on NB at idle with water

I only have SG as a guage for chipset temps....idle with 1.42v at 59/60..seems much hotter than the first mobo...quick load temp was 63/64 C

Sounds realy high, i used an MCX 159-cu on n-b 1.42v @ load ~46c idle ~43c

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Sounds realy high, i used an MCX 159-cu on n-b 1.42v @ load ~46c idle ~43c

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what are your ambient temps.....

are you using the shims from swiftech?

about ~22 ambient and yes i used the shims from swiftech. Fits like a glove:) but i used a e67 and not so high fsb just 370 if that matters?

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about ~22 ambient and yes i used the shims from swiftech. Fits like a glove:) but i used a e67 and not so high fsb just 370 if that matters?

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very nice temps..my ambients if Florida tend to run 25/26C

I would guess a higher fsb will add more heat...not sure though