Is the 1005 beta bios newer than the one on the website dated 6-7-04 but only # 1003?
Is the 1005 beta bios newer than the one on the website dated 6-7-04 but only # 1003?
I can't find that da*n review.... it's the one with the flow chart describing how the pci/agp lock works.... something to do with the need to run asynch to allow the controller to generate multiplle different clock frequencies....
Synch = controller sending the same frequencies everywhere, relative to what HTT is set to.... Asynch = sets controller to send out multiple clock frequencies, telling agp/pci 66/33 and HTT as set.
C
Are you referring to the Anandtech article? http://www.anandtech.com/chipsets/showdoc.html?i=2069Quote:
Originally posted by charlie
I can't find that da*n review.... it's the one with the flow chart describing how the pci/agp lock works.... something to do with the need to run asynch to allow the controller to generate multiplle different clock frequencies....
Synch = controller sending the same frequencies everywhere, relative to what HTT is set to.... Asynch = sets controller to send out multiple clock frequencies, telling agp/pci 66/33 and HTT as set.
C
I don't see anything in the bios like a memory "async" option.
Sync
http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/...t939/synch.gif
Async
http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/...939/asynch.gif
Async uses two clocks that are fed into the NB. The 66MHz clock is supposed to remain constant.
bmg, you beat me to it. :D
YES that's it!
ripped from anandtech.com:
How Does the VIA PCI/AGP Lock Work?
As we talked to more manufacturers at Computex, we became concerned about what might become a serious problem for many of our readers - a VIA AGP/PCI lock on the K8T800 PRO that either does not work at all or one that does not work as intended, providing only very limited overclocking abilities. Anand contacted VIA and talked with engineers to try to find out how the lock was constructed and to try to determine what might be wrong with the K8T800 PRO chipsets that were starting to find their way to manufacturers.
The K8T800 PRO is capable of operating in two modes: synchronous or asynchronous. In synchronous mode, all of the clocks in the system are derived from one external clock generator producing a 66MHz signal. The diagram below can help explain this:
The external clock generator actually produces two clock signals: a 200MHz and a 66MHz signal. The 200MHz signal is used for the initial handshake with the CPU, but the actual running HT frequency is derived from the 66MHz clock input to the North Bridge. The K8T800 PRO North Bridge has an internal clock generator that takes the 66MHz input clock and produces a 200MHz clock, which it then feeds to the Hyper Transport interface within the chip (which in turn sets the CPU clock frequency).
The AGP frequency in this case is also derived from the 66MHz input clock, as is the PCI frequency. When you increase the HT frequency of your K8T800 PRO motherboard operating in synchronous mode, the 66MHz clock is actually what's being adjusted, and thus, all of the clocks including the AGP and PCI clocks are adjusted as well. Obviously for overclocking, this isn't desirable, since the max attainable overclock is now limited by how high your AGP and PCI devices can be overclocked. To put it in perspective, in synchronous mode, most systems will be limited to a 219MHz Hyper Transport overclock, while a working asynchronous mode (AGP/PCI lock) can allow overclocks of close to 280MHz (see nForce3 250 overclocking tests).
One feature of the K8T800 PRO is its support for asynchronous operation through the use of an AGP/PCI lock. The diagram below describes what happens in asynchronous mode:
Here, you see that a second 200MHz clock is generated externally and also fed into the North Bridge. This 200MHz clock is used solely for the Hyper Transport interface, while the 66MHz clock remains present to drive the AGP and PCI interfaces. >>>>>>Thus, when you increase your HT frequency in asynchronous mode, only the 200MHz clock is touched, while the 66MHz clock remains constant.<<<<<<<
So, why is it that VIA's AGP/PCI lock doesn't work all the time? Architecturally, from a high level, everything seems fine. But as simple as our explanation here may be, actually implementing a multi-clock environment is quite difficult. Designs like this require very complicated clock trees that ensure all parts of the chipset receive the same clock signal at the same time. Introducing a second clock to some of the components complicates things even more, as you now have multiple clock trees to deal with and the components running off of different clocks still need to communicate with one another as fast as possible.
Without having low level access to the chipset, your guess is as good as ours as to what's wrong with VIA's AGP/PCI lock. VIA just recently started working on the problem and is searching for a solution, but without even knowing the solution themselves, it's hard to tell whether it can be fixed via a BIOS update or if it will require another revision of the chipset.
LOL,we're all tapping the same article
Unfortunately that tell us what is needed to make the locks work, but doesn't tell us how to get the locks to work on this board. anyway, board is here waiting for the cpu
So, if you put it async mode, how far can you up your fsb?
OPP
uhhh, so can we set this locked or not right now?
So has anyone set Asus support e-mail addy on fire, yet??
C
I e-mailed my Asus contact yesterday about the issue.Quote:
Originally posted by charlie
So has anyone set Asus support e-mail addy on fire, yet??
C
No word back yet.
OPP
Opp,
You tried your Promise card to see how the FX53/939 clcoks?? Better than 940??
C
I called tech support, we'll see what they say. I'll try a highpoint card when the cpu gets here
I'm trying that route too. Maybe someone can detremine if the frequencies are auto locked if you stay in sync mode but up thevfsb. I somehow really doubt it though. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally posted by OPPAINTER
I e-mailed my Asus contact yesterday about the issue.
No word back yet.
OPP
I don't have a 939 chip yet;)Quote:
Originally posted by charlie
Opp,
You tried your Promise card to see how the FX53/939 clcoks?? Better than 940??
C
So I have never fired up this mobo. I'm just going by you guys here:D
OPP
I'm going to fire mine up tonight. I hope we get this lock working or I don't see any point over the sk8v really.
I don't plan on running the 4 sticks. The fact is I bought the 4 sticks so I could find the best 2 of the bunch and then let it rip.Quote:
Originally posted by µnrealneo²
http://www.x86-secret.com/pics/cpu/s939/banks.png
That's gonna be VERY stressful to the mem controller. :eek:
Good luck getting 4 sticks working nicely together. :)
OPP
If the lock doesn't work, then it's RMA-time for me. By the way, Gigabyte's new 939 nForce3-250Gb board is on its website. Link
Looks nice. Haven't seen it for sale yet.
If the Via doesn't lock then the nVidia 250 chipset will be the way to go.
OPP
I see you are already preparing yourself for the letdown. ;)Quote:
Originally posted by sierra_bound
If the lock doesn't work, then it's RMA-time for me. By the way, Gigabyte's new 939 nForce3-250Gb board is on its website. Link
Looks nice. Haven't seen it for sale yet.
Heh. Well, I'll give the board a try first. We'll see. :)Quote:
Originally posted by xgman
I see you are already preparing yourself for the letdown. ;)
seems to be the same. same chip and read point.Quote:
Originally posted by LilGator
Is the mem volt mod the same as the SK8V ?
well , i can't quite decide if i wanna splash the cash yet on a 939, but might get a 3500+ sell my 3400+ and not be too outta pocket. If so i can get a a8v and mess around with it, can have teh chip on the 16th.
I got a k8v with locks working, well ati card and stable at 250Mhz 1:1, apparently the lock might work some boards, and not on others. Bios and cpu z shows no indication of locking, but still very stable at high fsb's with ati card would indicate it is locked.
Will hopefully find out soon when teh gigabytes will be available in uk, and what other boards will be out soon. Gonna try to our dfi contact from work and see when dfi boards will be available, i want voltages ++
are there volt mods for the GA-K8NSNXP? because the GA-K8NSNXP-939 is the same board just with a diffrent socket.
LonG
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...131-499&depa=1
The A8V is now at Newegg
Called Asus tech support and they looked at the system they had running it and said, you're right it doesn't have agp/pci locks like the manual says. We don't know why we'll call the bios writers and call you back. Haven't heard from them since.
lol!!!!!!!!!!!!1Quote:
Originally posted by pkrew
Called Asus tech support and they looked at the system they had running it and said, you're right it doesn't have agp/pci locks like the manual says. We don't know why we'll call the bios writers and call you back. Haven't heard from them since.
How can they be SOOOOOOOOO amateurish??
C
Well they said it was the first time they had looked at the board.
Anyway, it loaded windows at 220 using bh-5 hyperX and 2.8v. Anything above that and got bios corruptions. Luckily I had the Asus cd in the cdrom and it automatically reloaded the bios. It looks like the cd has bios version 1002. It doesn't have locks either. I'll try the beta bios soon
BTW, it looks like they glued the back plate to the mb. I was going to put it on the LS, but didn't want to try and pry that thing off yet.
Well, same thing with the beta bios. :mad:
I found with my system that I had to bump the processor voltage up slightly for complete prime95 stability at default 200/2400. I've got the rma set up with Newegg so the FX53 will go back tomorrow (one reason I didn't want to order one until I had a board on the way, processor rma's must be within 7 days). I dropped the multiplier down to 11X and tried fsb=215 with complete stability. I'm current just aircooled using the mcx6400-v heatsink and highspeed panaflo fan. Temps are ok for air. I'm back to the FX53/SK8V.
I've got the MSI 6702e(MSI's VIA KT800 Pro SKT939 board), a FX53 and 1GB of Corsair PC3200XL.
The PCI lock definitely works on this board as I have my IOSS Geiger at hand :D
Got the CPU aircooled and a 9800XT watercooled @ 480/414~.
Currently got 26100 in 3DMark2001, which is not bad for me. 26100
Unreal. Kinda scary when you consider this is the world's number one mobo maker. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally posted by pkrew
Called Asus tech support and they looked at the system they had running it and said, you're right it doesn't have agp/pci locks like the manual says. We don't know why we'll call the bios writers and call you back. Haven't heard from them since.
thats asus for ya. at this point im just hope'n that it boots. I'll get a months~ish useage out of it worst case if they dont fix it and get something better when i order my x800xt in august
Well, testing isn't so great with this MSI board....
I had the BIOS 3.0 b10, which was fast, but had no CPU multiplier adjustment, and so overclocking was a dog. I asked MSI for a new BIOS and they sent me 3.0 B18. Now although it's got the CPU multipliers working, performance is lower as the Turbo and Ultra performance modes don't work :(
Overclocking is still a dog too. I know it's not the RAM as I've tried Corsair PC3200LL, Corsair PC3200XL and TwinMOS PC3200 with Winbond BH-5s, ran the FSB and RAM asynch with RAM running slower..... It just seems that as you go over about 230MHz FSB the board/chipset gets very flakey, just loading 3DMark2001 causes Windows to bring up a device error and send my desktop into 16 colour mode :(
PCI lock is definitely working with both BIOS though, I guess that's good. Shame these boards aren't FSB clockers yet :(
I'm just using the stock hsf from a 3200+. Just now checking stablility at stock. Was able to boot into windows and run spi at 215X12 and 200X13 with 1.7v
Yeah, this one here needs about 1.7v for 13x200. Load temps are in the region of 62C~Quote:
Originally posted by pkrew
I'm just using the stock hsf from a 3200+. Just now checking stablility at stock. Was able to boot into windows and run spi at 215X12 and 200X13 with 1.7v
Seems about right I'm getting about 52C load at stock using asus probe.
DFI will show 'em all how its done ;)
I hope...
I pushed the plate off from the top side with a screwdriver handle, it came right off, with a little pressure.Quote:
Originally posted by pkrew
Well they said it was the first time they had looked at the board.
Anyway, it loaded windows at 220 using bh-5 hyperX and 2.8v. Anything above that and got bios corruptions.
BTW, it looks like they glued the back plate to the mb. I was going to put it on the LS, but didn't want to try and pry that thing off yet.
I have it running at 225fsb.
Huge performance hit by setting CPU voltage to auto!!
lets see some benchmarks! 225 1:1? how far can you push with a divider? im interested to see what kind of performance diffrence there is runn'n 275x9 5/4 vs 225x11 1:1.Quote:
Originally posted by Rukee
I pushed the plate off from the top side with a screwdriver handle, it came right off, with a little pressure.
I have it running at 225fsb.
Huge performance hit by setting CPU voltage to auto!!
also does the the supplied monitoring software give vdimm measurements?(if not mbm5 should as core 2 if the chip reads vdimm) If so does it overvolt on the vdimm? my khx3200/512 sticks are only good for about 220~225 at 2.8vdimm on my nf7-s. I guess i'll actualy have to try ras-to-cas 3 to see how far they go when the board gets here as 220fsb just isnt enough:p:
I don`t know how far it`ll go with a divider...I`m just trying to figure out the BIOS settings as all I`ve seen for the past year and ahalf has been a NF7-S.
Whipped these out quick for ya..
http://www.justwebit.com/sites1/42124/226.jpg
at 228fsb..
http://www.justwebit.com/sites1/42124/228fsb.jpg
*EDIT* the pics were way too large...changed to links
Just read the past two days of this thread and found it very depressing. My motherboard and memory was trashed by a bad power supply (long story) and I am literally using a borrowed pc to type this.
I was just getting ready to pull the trigger on purchasing an A8V pending your results and this isnt looking good. Given the fact that I have an urgent need for the board and processor right now, if the A8V isnt the answer, then I'm in real trouble. There isnt anything else out there to buy.
JC
very nice. memory bandwidth looks tasty. that 73xx 3dmark03 run with a stock 9800xt:confused:? Took 440/400 and 2.67ghz 231fsb to get close enough to 72xx to smell it with a barton. Tomarrow, i cant wait for tomarrow.
btw is that with the factory cooler? what kinda temps?
john clark, i wouldnt buy a asus board if i had to have a computer running even if it wassnt brand new and basicly untested tech. Drivers are aparently a little buggy, aparently no locks and a memeber over at my native futuremark server allready recieved a DOA(could be chip or board but). Honestly the only reason i ordered mine now is that my nf7-s 2.0 recently died so my benchmarking rig was reduced to a crapstick DFI nf2 infinity.
Your chip still working?, if you can test it? If so i would pick up a gig of corsair XL a new board for your old platform and a antec truepower 550 given the fact that you need this PC to work and now, you got prime memory/power for a64 later. That gives you what should be very capable ram(expecialy for a64's now that they all seem to be 2.8vdimm) that should do close to ddr500 at 2.8v, a quality PS(i love mine) and your good to go. Give the trigger finger a rest for a month or two untill prices drop or amd comes out with more budget oriented s939chips. I think them not bringing out a s939 3300 at $300 bucks was a stupid move. But thats if i were in your shoes, and its about $600 bones to be basicly where you were before+around $700 more when you do pick up a64 if something doesnt change with the price structure.
Ok, well all doesn't seem lost. Put in on the LS and lowered the LDT to 3x and set it to 2t enabled and was able to boot into windows at 233 x 12.5. This was on an unmodded board at 1.8v vcore and 2.8v on the ram. Timmings were 2225/7/16. pc3500 lvl2 dual channel. Ran spi for 30s at this setting. So things are looking up. Time maybe for some mods.
Your memory bandwidth is REALLY low!!! I've been getting in the 6500~6800 regions at 220MHz FSB or so.Quote:
Originally posted by Rukee
I don`t know how far it`ll go with a divider...I`m just trying to figure out the BIOS settings as all I`ve seen for the past year and ahalf has been a NF7-S.
Whipped these out quick for ya..
http://www.justwebit.com/sites1/42124/226.jpg
at 228fsb..
http://www.justwebit.com/sites1/42124/228fsb.jpg
*EDIT* the pics were way too large...changed to links
Yeh, enabling 2T or setting it to auto kills the memory bandwidth.Quote:
Originally posted by Walrusbonzo
Your memory bandwidth is REALLY low!!! I've been getting in the 6500~6800 regions at 220MHz FSB or so.
Looks like 2t cost about 1200 in buffered sandra and 1 sec in spi. About 5600 vs 6800 at 233
Yeah, I had a play too.... enabling a command rate of 2t knocks about 10% of bandwidth efficiency :( And didn't help me get higher stable FSB. I'm almost certain either the board or this VIA chipset is crap.
Well, I'm a little happier atm. I need to find out how to do the vcore and vdimm mod and see if I can get something better going. Looks like lowering the LDT kept me from getting bios corruptions. Don't know why I didn't think about that sooner, must have been too excited.
I decided to wander on back to XS and get in on the fun:
http://home.comcast.net/~mdzcpa/a8v.JPG
It might be tough to make out, so:
Asus A8V (awesome board indeed)
FX 53
X800 Pro (already modded to 16 pipes and under the TEC:) )
1 Gig of Corsair XL 2.0-2-2-5
It's all up and running and under the Mach II.
The memory does at least up to 215 at 2.0-2-2-5 1T...haven't tried for more yet.
Hafta work now....benches tonight.
mdzcpa ... you really wanna make me cry, don't you ?
Good luck guys. Me just drools.
oh yea, oh yea. my 3500+ and asus a8v will be here today matched up with my khx3200 bh-5 and my crappy overclocking 9800xt. so there :slapass: :rotf:Quote:
Originally posted by mdzcpa
I decided to wander on back to XS and get in on the fun:
http://home.comcast.net/~mdzcpa/a8v.JPG
It might be tough to make out, so:
Asus A8V (awesome board indeed)
FX 53
X800 Pro (already modded to 16 pipes and under the TEC:) )
1 Gig of Corsair XL 2.0-2-2-5
It's all up and running and under the Mach II.
The memory does at least up to 215 at 2.0-2-2-5 1T...haven't tried for more yet.
Hafta work now....benches tonight.
Thanks!! Dissabling 2T helpped a bunch!!Quote:
Originally posted by bmg
Yeh, enabling 2T or setting it to auto kills the memory bandwidth.
..any other special settings on this board??
http://www.justwebit.com/sites1/42124/6566.jpg
mdzcpa, what were the codes on your core ?
Specifically the lines like this:
GA9000.1
0416AA
Can't wait to see how these 3500s OC :D
:slobber: only 6 more hours. you guys are killing me:toast:Quote:
Originally posted by Rukee
Thanks!! Dissabling 2T helpped a bunch!!
..any other special settings on this board??
http://www.justwebit.com/sites1/42124/6566.jpg
I'll pull the pelt and take a pic of the core when I get home from work tonight. I saw your thread just now...I'll add my numbers to the list.Quote:
Originally posted by LilGator
mdzcpa, what were the codes on your core ?
Specifically the lines like this:
GA9000.1
0416AA
Can't wait to see how these 3500s OC :D
BTW, I heard the gigabyte x800 had "a better chance" to be modded...that's why I chose it. Hopefully someone else can confirm shortly.
This looks to be the max I can go without mods and finish spi. Tried 236 x12.5 but would only get though 15 loops.
excellent... and your cooling is: ??
C
It's on an LS Charlie. You should really do well on DI or cascade.
mdzcpa
Glad to see you back at XS my friend:)
OPP
29s SuperPi..... nice.Quote:
Originally posted by pkrew
It's on an LS Charlie. You should really do well on DI or cascade.
My last Prescott project ran 32s @ 4271mHz
If you could loop 15x @ 3gHz+ then I'm sure it'd be 3D stable on your LS at about 3030mhz.... very nice :D
C
my a8v is here! now where is that damn fedex guy with my case and my 3500+:D
Yeah, I'm a happy man atm. I'm going to try the vdimm mod later today and see how high I can get the fsb. Right now I'm starting to think that the locks are functional despite the lack of control in the bios. After that I'll try to figure out the vcore mod, but my electronics skills are pretty rusty.
what chip do you have pkrew?
and what voltage?
have any of you guys done any testing with win64 beta? from the sound of a poster yesterday about the buggy drivers that they support that OS even tho its not spec'd in the manual.
Some info from Jason on A8V volt mods. LinkQuote:
Originally posted by pkrew
Yeah, I'm a happy man atm. I'm going to try the vdimm mod later today and see how high I can get the fsb. Right now I'm starting to think that the locks are functional despite the lack of control in the bios. After that I'll try to figure out the vcore mod, but my electronics skills are pretty rusty.
Its a OEM FX53 I picked up from gameve. I don't remember the stepping, but I'll look at it next time I tear it down.Quote:
Originally posted by Rukee
what chip do you have pkrew?
and what voltage?
I have it set at 1.8v. It seems to undervolt a tad. mbm reads 1.79v. cpu-z fluctuates between 1.72-1.808v.
Thanks, that does the vdimm. I need to know what resistor for the vcore.Quote:
Try the one I posted, see what happens:DQuote:
Originally posted by pkrew
Thanks, that does the vdimm. I need to know what resistor for the vcore.
OPP
Another review of the A8V. Link
Will they be selling a stripped down version of this board without all the junk ? Wireless crap and such ?
It may be that I just got a bad board, but this A8V is the biggest POS board I have ever owned. 90% of the time I can't even get any bios to save any settings. My Fx53/940 blows this away so far. I may try one more to give it a chance, but it doesn't look good. :( Trouble is there isn't much choice right now)
I'll take a look at it OPP :DQuote:
Originally posted by OPPAINTER
Try the one I posted, see what happens:D
OPP
Also, Asus tech support called me back. They told me that they had some stability issues with the pressent bios, but needed to get the board to market and so they took out the lock in the bios. He said the the next release will have that feature back in.
Beautiful.... we'll all look for that future BIOS then.Quote:
Originally posted by pkrew
I'll take a look at it OPP :D
Also, Asus tech support called me back. They told me that they had some stability issues with the pressent bios, but needed to get the board to market and so they took out the lock in the bios. He said the the next release will have that feature back in.
And about your 12.5 x 235 OC, that's a more than decent 1:1 OC...no BIOS corruption? What VC? What HDD?
C
I'm running it right now with a ati 9800np and using a highpoint 1520 sata raid adapter with 2 74G raptors. I was going to try the promise controller, but everytime I tried to load windows it said I didn't have any drives in the system. I didn't have the via raid driver on floppy. I'll try that again later
Edit: no bios corruption at all. Have one bank interwieve set to enabled, the other set to auto and using 1t setting.
So OPP, how certain are you about that resistor? I'd hate to remove the wrong one and fry both the board and the chip
it's the only "0 value" one in the vicinity ;)
C
LOL, that should narrow it down, thanks:DQuote:
Originally posted by charlie
it's the only "0 value" one in the vicinity ;)
C
Well put it this way, I know its connected to pin 6. Its a 0ohm resister, if you put a VR set to 0 ohms it's the same thing. just increase the resistance very slowlly and moniter the voltages and see if anything happens. If it doesn't work you can set the vr to 0 or just use a line of solder on there as a 0ohm.Quote:
Originally posted by pkrew
So OPP, how certain are you about that resistor? I'd hate to remove the wrong one and fry both the board and the chip
Thats what I would try anyway.
OPP
Good enough for me. Thanks, I'll let you guys know what happens.
Hi there guys,
I was planning to get an AMD64 FX-53 s939 this summer.. But I wont buy it if there aint no good mobos to oc it..
So how is the ASUS A8V working ?
The PCI lock working ?
And the chipset.. in the nvidia chipset coming this summer ?
Then there is that PCI-E issue.. you know when it comes ? If it comes next year.. noway I'll wait..
Im cooling my p4 3.0c with Vapochill LS, but I want more :)
Not to crap on your parade dudes, but this board hasn't really performed at all just yet?
I know this is a pretty wimpy question, but they're 3 lm324's on the board. I tried the one by the ATX connector. Thought that'd be it. Pin 6 to ground, but no increase in vdimm. Any Ideas
It's the one near the corner of the board just below the memory slots. The 3.0 v mod that was on my sk8v moved over without adjusting gives 3.1v on the A8V, but it seeems that the Corsair XL's (samsung 4's) didn't like 3.1v and refused to post there.
I'm thinking that the fact the absolutely NO ONE responded to this means my worst fears are true. This board wont play.
John
Quote:
Originally posted by JohnClark
Just read the past two days of this thread and found it very depressing. My motherboard and memory was trashed by a bad power supply (long story) and I am literally using a borrowed pc to type this.
I was just getting ready to pull the trigger on purchasing an A8V pending your results and this isnt looking good. Given the fact that I have an urgent need for the board and processor right now, if the A8V isnt the answer, then I'm in real trouble. There isnt anything else out there to buy.
JC
JC,
It's still new, give it a chance... BIOS engineers are working on the issues....the lack of a pci/agp lock is the only negative. Even with this handicap, it's STILL faster than FX/sk8v.... and we're still early. I was an early adopter of fx51/sk8n, now THAT was an EVIL motherboard and a complete POS with the shipping/Early beta BIOS'es....a few months later and it was ok...
be patient.
C
Completely OT, but here's what I did today....
hat's off to big #40, now HE was an XtremeOverclocker....
There are two in the upper right part of the board. One next to the memory slots and one up in the corner next to were you measure vdimm. I tried the one next to the memory slots are you saying its the one in the corner?Quote:
Originally posted by xgman
It's the one near the corner of the board just below the memory slots. The 3.0 v mod that was on my sk8v moved over without adjusting gives 3.1v on the A8V, but it seeems that the Corsair XL's (samsung 4's) didn't like 3.1v and refused to post there.
JohnClark, I think that there maybe potentional for this board. Give it a few days. See what happens with the mods and new bios.
well while you guys are talk'n about vmods i got some benchmarking done(after a long struggle over a IDE cable, dont ask)
3dmark01se bone stock
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7899783
best i could get with my barton
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7851075
http://www.mechwarrior.tv/pictures/SS/939pifast1.jpg
http://www.mechwarrior.tv/pictures/SS/s939-1.jpg
http://www.mechwarrior.tv/pictures/SS/s939ss2k41.jpg
For some reason this chip doesnt show as well in non 3d benchmarks as it does in 3dmark01se. I should have aquamark 3 and 3dmark03 results before i go to sleep. stay tuned
Good for you, charlie. It's something you can show your grand-kids one day.Quote:
Originally posted by charlie
Completely OT, but here's what I did today....
hat's off to big #40, now HE was an XtremeOverclocker....
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=2203538
Aquamark3 is being a pain about give'n me a link
aquamark: 47770
CPU:10317
GFX:6216
I think thats all for me today.
I'm purchasing this board and a 3500+ this weekend myself. I've had enough of Intel :P
And once the 6800 ultra hits newegg, it also shall hit my doorstep. Done with ATI :P
Just playing with the dividers trying to see how high of fsb I can get. Looks like my max is 245. After that I started to get oc failures.
Only 158MHz on the mem??? :eek:Quote:
Originally posted by pkrew
Just playing with the dividers trying to see how high of fsb I can get. Looks like my max is 245. After that I started to get oc failures.
max 245FSB is sad, unless the PCI locks aren't working...
Wha? That don't look right at all pkrew. :confused: You should at least be able to take the mem to 200mhz even with a lower divider. Try a lower multi to make sure its not the chip maxing out.
I can run 8x multi, with the max mem clocks set to 150 (~146windows) and take it up to 213mhz mem for around 2.3ghz. This is on a C0 cored A64 3200+ and K8N-Pro. Don't see why the FX-53 shouldn't be able to do the same. Plus i'm sure you have better ram than my crappy XMS C2 Pro Pc-3200.
Who knows thou, maybe i'm way off with my assumptions.
I can take the memory to 235. I just set a low multi/divider to see how high I could go with the fsb. Look at a few post before this and you'll see a screen of 235 1/1 at 2.93
try lowering LDT
Tried that charlie, went to 2x and it didn't seem to matter. I'll play with it more. I did try 250 and the board flaked out. Got it to reboot once and then wouldn't power on until I cleared cmos
Ahh I see.. Well good luck with it :D
(What rams are you using? Mushkin lvl2? or OCZ EB?)