100th reply!!!!! Anyhow, has there ever been an ASUS board that monitors DDR voltage in bios or otherwise?
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100th reply!!!!! Anyhow, has there ever been an ASUS board that monitors DDR voltage in bios or otherwise?
I dunno but I'm gonna call em up and demand it... cus I need it! Or if they can just tell me what cap it is...Quote:
Originally posted by gordon
100th reply!!!!! Anyhow, has there ever been an ASUS board that monitors DDR voltage in bios or otherwise?
sysfailur: now please test the PCI lock for us :)
Ok, this is gonna sound n00bish ..
But, DDTUNG only mentioned one pin on each controller..
What did you connect the other side of the VR to ? :)
Thanks in advance !
/Damir
Until I can find out what the DDR voltage is at, I am not gonna do anything w/ my comp. Safetey comes first.Quote:
Originally posted by CyNix
sysfailur: now please test the PCI lock for us :)
Also need to cut and add some heatsinks to mosfets... gonna go work on that in a few minutes.
A ground anywhere on the case.... I chose to use the fan pin ground (on the mobo). I use a baybus for fans, so it's not like they are of any use.Quote:
Originally posted by DJ_Datte
Ok, this is gonna sound n00bish ..
But, DDTUNG only mentioned one pin on each controller..
What did you connect the other side of the VR to ? :)
Thanks in advance !
/Damir
aight ! Thats what I was suspecting, but I had to ask :) So , are you running at the ohm's that DDTUNG recommended , or some other ? as I will be doing this ASAP, prolly tuesday :)
/Damir
SYS measure your DDR voltage on one of the mosfets near the 6520 chip.Quote:
Originally posted by sysfailur
Until I can find out what the DDR voltage is at, I am not gonna do anything w/ my comp. Safetey comes first.
Also need to cut and add some heatsinks to mosfets... gonna go work on that in a few minutes.
DDTUNG:cool:
Ok no problem..just remember to let us know the result :cool:Quote:
Originally posted by sysfailur
Until I can find out what the DDR voltage is at, I am not gonna do anything w/ my comp. Safetey comes first.
Also need to cut and add some heatsinks to mosfets... gonna go work on that in a few minutes.
sys, what do you use for MOSFET sinks? I usually hack up the heatsink off the back of stereo recievers, amps and the like. You hear of anything better suited?Quote:
Originally posted by sysfailur
Also need to cut and add some heatsinks to mosfets... gonna go work on that in a few minutes.
I've often debated about getting higher-capacity mosfets and soldering those in place of weaker ones, but never tried it yet.
I am using a thermaltake VGA ram sink (sliced almost in half). I also have many a black heatsink like the ones on my 4200.Quote:
Originally posted by Hallowed
sys, what do you use for MOSFET sinks? I usually hack up the heatsink off the back of stereo recievers, amps and the like. You hear of anything better suited?
I've often debated about getting higher-capacity mosfets and soldering those in place of weaker ones, but never tried it yet.
DDTUNG YOU OWN TOO MUCH STOP IT! *gonna go try finding the voltage right now*
:banana: :banana: :banana:
I found it! (Was talking w/ my dad for a while but I did find it rather quick.)
I'm still gonna call Asus though and demand a new bios. Right now I have it set for 2.95v stock so I can have 2.95v, 3.05, or 3.15.
Last question before I retire for the.. um today,
Are you able to check PCI frequency yet? Sandra? Sounds like things are going good so far man.
So that was 2 for 2, blindfolded, for DDTUNG. Not bad for an old man.:DQuote:
Originally posted by sysfailur
I found it! (Was talking w/ my dad for a while but I did find it rather quick.)
I'm still gonna call Asus though and demand a new bios. Right now I have it set for 2.95v stock so I can have 2.95v, 3.05, or 3.15.
DDTUNG:D
How the heck do you figure it out? Is it complicated? I'm interested in learning the innard workings. :) PM me if you want. You don't have to get too detailed, I'm just curious.Quote:
Originally posted by DDTUNG
So that was 2 for 2, blindfolded, for DDTUNG. Not bad for an old man.:D
DDTUNG:D
By the way everyone.... "na na na na poo poo!"
EDIT: That 3.29 is not ddr, it's the +3.3 line.
http://www.maximumoc.com/img/hardwar...nf2voltage.jpg
It takes some basic knowledge of electronics, careful study of the datasheets(that's what they are for, you know), a load of experience, and a few dead boards and cards(fortunately not many).:DQuote:
Originally posted by sysfailur
How the heck do you figure it out? Is it complicated? I'm interested in learning the innard workings. :) PM me if you want. You don't have to get too detailed, I'm just curious.
By the way everyone.... "na na na na poo poo!"
EDIT: That 3.29 is not ddr, it's the +3.3 line.
http://www.maximumoc.com/img/hardwar...nf2voltage.jpg
BTW I would like to know how high the Vcore can be pushed before OCP(overcurrent protection) kicks in. Whenever you feel brave(or are very drunk) would you try pushing it higher till the system reboots by itself?
DDTUNG:cool:
Bwahaha... umm.. Well I will try up to 2.35v when I have the cooling for it and I'll try up to 3.4v on the mem... no higher though! I dun wanna go frying anything. I need this system working :PQuote:
Originally posted by DDTUNG
It takes some basic knowledge of electronics, careful study of the datasheets(that's what they are for, you know), a load of experience, and a few dead boards and cards(fortunately not many).:D
BTW I would like to know how high the Vcore can be pushed before OCP(overcurrent protection) kicks in. Whenever you feel brave(or are very drunk) would you try pushing it higher till the system reboots by itself?
DDTUNG:cool:
Sleep time! Thanks for your help!
SO, whats the final verdict ? Are you running it, hows it flying ?
/Damir
Mmmhmm I am running it. But... I keep hosing my OS when I oc too high... :\ Dunno what's going on with that. I just did it again, so again I'll have to reinstall winders.Quote:
Originally posted by DJ_Datte
SO, whats the final verdict ? Are you running it, hows it flying ?
/Damir
Try disabling DMA in the BIOS and Windows while you test. I've found running in PIO mode makes Windows almost bulletproof. ;)
Alright will do.Quote:
Originally posted by Jeff
Try disabling DMA in the BIOS and Windows while you test. I've found running in PIO mode makes Windows almost bulletproof. ;)
OC'ing the bus or the MHz on the CPU ?
/Damir
The PIO mode trick is what you have to do when the PCI bus is overclocked to high. I thought the nforce2 boards were suppose to lock the PCI bus at 33.
Been hearing that its just the AGP bus being locked :(
So did everyone! :mad: It seems this isn't the case, but you can lock the AGP ok! :)Quote:
Originally posted by vmsrules
I thought the nforce2 boards were suppose to lock the PCI bus at 33.
Hmmm...HDD corruption. I'll bet the PCI bus is running out of spec.Quote:
Originally posted by sysfailur
Mmmhmm I am running it. But... I keep hosing my OS when I oc too high... :\ Dunno what's going on with that. I just did it again, so again I'll have to reinstall winders.
ya damn that just shows that there is in fact NO PCI lock or a 1/6 divisor on the board. WTF!
:upset: :upset: :cussing: :censored: :frag: :slash:
Well, I'm just guessing. But it could be that.Quote:
Originally posted by Emericana
ya damn that just shows that there is in fact NO PCI lock or a 1/6 divisor on the board. WTF!
:upset: :upset: :cussing: :censored: :frag: :slash:
The bus..... it locks up @ 207, 204 is semi-stable, and 200 is rock stable. I'm gonna work on it some more and see what I can come up with. I may try a diff. hard drive as well.Quote:
Originally posted by DJ_Datte
OC'ing the bus or the MHz on the CPU ?
/Damir
i did the v-mod:). i ripped off northbridge cooling, scratched off nasty thermal pad and used Arctic Alumina. it gave me +2fsb right off the bat. i'm currently at 13x193 with locked 2700+ on air. i need to buy new conductive pen... i'm very tired - time to get some sleep...
Most likely...And I know its OT but I live like 20 miles away from you ;)...Better not reply so we don't stray from the topic.Quote:
Originally posted by Emericana
ya damn that just shows that there is in fact NO PCI lock or a 1/6 divisor on the board. WTF!
:upset: :upset: :cussing: :censored: :frag: :slash:
QuadDamage, I thought the board allowed all multis, probably am wrong. I look forward to seeing some results once you get it unlocked though, 2.5ghz aint bad on air :)
yep indeed, 2.5ghz@1.82V. i'm pretty sure it can go higher, but hsf just doesn't cut it. no data corruption, no hard lock-ups at this point.Quote:
QuadDamage, I thought the board allowed all multis, probably am wrong. I look forward to seeing some results once you get it unlocked though, 2.5ghz aint bad on air
Quad, do you have any old unlocked Palomino you could wring out to see if the PCI is overspec?
Its crazy. You have Epox claiming no PCI lock, sys here losing windows @ 207.
BUT:
Theres people with oscopes checking the clockgen which supposedly is still pumping out PCI @ 1/2 whatever AGP is locked at. And back during all the nF2 previews, nVidia claimed that the AGP, PCI, and FSB were all independent and could be tweaked at will. What gives?
So theres arguments back and forth, but theres only one way to find out so to speak.
Either sys' memory (a full GB) runs out of juice or PCI is out of spec. Or perhaps the Asus just isn't the star clocker of the nF2 set. I mean, how many people OC the crap out of A7V8X's? :D
Well guys here is a summary of my findings....
Problems:
- 207mhz causes corruption. 204 works, 200 is rock solid.
- In the bios the "run memory @ xxx %" doesn't work. It says that it is whatever I set it to in the bios but sisoft detects it at the cpu fsb speed.
- No ddr voltage monitoring in bios.
- MBM 5 doesn't work with it.
- Can't find pci/agp mhz frequency in sisoft (I checked) so still no one knows for certain (with proof) that the pci isn't locked/setable.
- Asus Probe displays in socket probe, whereas in the bios it shows diode.]
-Sound gives out from time to time.
-Odd black screen flashing @ certain FSB speeds.
Good things:
- #1 hexus pifast bench on AMD (with better cpu cooling I might get #1 overall) and I am quite a bit ahead of the KD7 @ 210mhz fsb (@ approximately same mhz as me). So obviously there is a performance gain there.
- #1 PCmark 2002 Mem Bench @ only 200mhz fsb cas 2-5-2-2
- The features on the board kick ass... all the stuff that's on it. The sound is amazing, dual lans, serial ata raid. Totally kick ass in my book ;)
- It's voltmoddable!! :)
- The board talks to you with it's status/problems. (When plugged into speakers it comes out of speakers so you can actually hear the message).
- Overall experience has owned the KT333/KT400 boards I've used.
NOTES:
I will be contacting Asus and seeing if we can sort out those problems I had mentioned above. I tried calling today but no one replied and eventually I just disconnected from waiting :(
The sisoft score may not be as high as what everyone might've expected but ya know, if it performs better, who cares about synthetic benches.s
For everyone wondering, the slots you use for Dual Channel are 1 on the left, and one on the right. The two dimms that are close together, it doesn't matter which you use on that. You just have to have one on each side of "the gap". I did notice that I get slightly higher sisoft score on the middle dimm though.
I will write a full review including answers to the problems stated above.
Hope this helps for those wondering.
Sys, can you take a pic of the clockgen on that board?
I dunno which that is.
Btw SKATAN my man, here is super pi for you @ 2505mhz (200x12.5).
http://www.maximumoc.com/img/hardwar...rpi2500mhz.jpg
i second that.Quote:
Overall experience has owned the KT333/KT400 boards I've used.
Hallowed,
i may have unlocked axp1800+ run some research.
Sysfailur,
I appreciate your valuable input my man
:toast: i can't match your o/c since i'm limited by few things like dead video and cooling. i broke 2.5ghz on air though:)
I am pretty sure that sisoft is detecting the FSB, not the MEM-Bus Clock, becouse SiSoft does not support nForce (2) and thats the same reason MBM5 does not work, this chipset is a tottaly different ball game. One way you could confirm if the % of FSB in BIOS works, is to run single-channel, and put memory much lower then the FSB, and see if the scores in SiSoft change at all. If they are same, doesent work, if they arent, well, there you go !
Well, have a good one :) and good luck with more findings ! /Damir
Nice going SYS.
You should really get some serious cooling for your chip.:D
DDTUNG:cool:
Lookin good so far, sys...don't stop now :)
:toast:
Cheers Sys .. thanks for all the feedback on this board. I think i've made up my mind about it .. and gona grab one to get along my 2400+. My 8k5a2+ is agp tearing above 192fsb, so i need a new one fast ... and this is a very good option!
Thanks again! :banana:
Nice SuperPi score there sys!!! :toast:
I didn't have to unlock the chip, and I have so far been able to use 9.5-12.5x... I'll try some of the other multipliers today to see if they work (like 13X and up and 9 and lower). ;)Quote:
Originally posted by MickeyMouse
sys!! is your 2600+ unlocked with use of all mulit's by defualt??? or did you have to unlock the chip and just have 5x-12.5x?? thanks alot and nice results so far :)
And thanks for the comments! (And yeah know all I need is some more cooling... Workin on it.)
Well got my XP2400 unlocked :)
Just seeing how hi the CPU FSB can get to on this A7N8X
here is a ickle pic for you with an 8.5x multipler....>
**PS soz in advance for the size of pic ?90something K gif.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pmmeasures/422.gif
Is that dual channel? What does Sandra have to say about it? ;)
Ditto, and on top of that, give me more info. Like your entire specs of your comp... I want to compare to what I have to isolate my problem of corruption (of some sort) past 207. I got it to bench sisoft ONCE @ 207 and got like 3280/3050 but haven't been able to do it again since.Quote:
Originally posted by Hallowed
Is that dual channel? What does Sandra have to say about it? ;)
Still in the middle of downloading Sandra will do so
once downloaded and I have had a chance to do a few benchies.
System erm well nothing special :)
Xp2400 week 42 (L5 mod)
Mb Asus A7N8X
2 sticks of Corsair 512meg XMS 3500 - C2 (Banks 1 & 3)
Stupied Asus northbridge removed and replace with P3 heatsink & fan
IBM buy & die HardDisk 30.7G EIDE Deskstar DTLA-307030
No other mods as yet. Will be doing Vcore once moved off my
desk and into my Prometeia.
Note: You may wanna use the middle slot and the other channel slot. I got best results w/ that.Quote:
Originally posted by PMM
Still in the middle of downloading Sandra will do so
once downloaded and I have had a chance to do a few benchies.
System erm well nothing special :)
Xp2400 week 42 (L5 mod)
Mb Asus A7N8X
2 sticks of Corsair 512meg XMS 3500 - C2 (Banks 1 & 3)
Stupied Asus northbridge removed and replace with P3 heatsink & fan
IBM buy & die HardDisk 30.7G EIDE Deskstar DTLA-307030
No other mods as yet. Will be doing Vcore once moved off my
desk and into my Prometeia.
Just been back into my bios
Mem was not set in sync - I forgot I set mem to 80%
& timings to optimal If I put in sync it won't reboot after bios
changes.
**P.S. Do us a favour put your finger on your Cmos Bat.
tell me if its warm to your touch?
Mine does - and that MCP-T chip at the side is rather hot.
Both are not very hot here, but there's a substantial amount of airflow over the mobo in my case.
DAMN! :( Oh well. I checked temps everywhere on my board and the only things that get hot are the mosfets and the cpu. ;) Mem is slightly warm... but not really. Mosfets though I have cooled... I will have pics in a little bit of what my setup looks like for reference ;)Quote:
Originally posted by PMM
Just been back into my bios
Mem was not set in sync - I forgot I set mem to 80%
& timings to optimal If I put in sync it won't reboot after bios
changes.
**P.S. Do us a favour put your finger on your Cmos Bat.
tell me if its warm to your touch?
Mine does - and that MCP-T chip at the side is rather hot.
:toast:
Photos!!! :D
Why sure!Quote:
Originally posted by gandalf027
:toast:
Photos!!! :D
http://www.maximumoc.com/img/hardwar...2/overview.jpg
http://www.maximumoc.com/img/hardwar...on_mosfets.jpg
http://www.maximumoc.com/img/hardwar...ce2/mem_vr.jpg
why no case?
Because I am testing multiple cpu's tonight, and also hooking up watercooling... my coolermaster case is too tight to remove the heatsink every time... i could keep it in the motherboard tray, but then when I wanna hook up WC'ing I can't easily. That'd be why. heheQuote:
Originally posted by Emericana
why no case?
Yep, it looks pretty dinky but it works pretty good!!Quote:
Originally posted by MickeyMouse
wow sys those t-bred overclocks were with that vantec areo HS fan?? wow do oyu think an slk-800 + 80mm vantec tornado would have given you more overclockability?? also how do you check your ddr voltages and vcore with the v-mod's? vcore via the bios and ddr via multi-meter? and what corsair and what voltage are you running?? i have 2x256 pc3200c2 and 2x256 pc3500c2 just want to know if 2.8v will be ok to start or to do the vmod's ight away? thanks
I would say of course, yes it would.
I check CPU via bios, DDR via mosfet/multimeter.
Memory is 512mb xms3500 X 2. 3.05v @ 2.6v in bios, 3.15v @ 2.7v in bios, and 3.25v @ 2.8v in bios. I've kept it @ 3.05v.
2.8v would be ok to start yes.
Sysfailur, if you get a chance, can you explain how you check the DDR voltages? The connection points exactly, I think I know, but would like to be told for sure.
DDTUNG, amazing work figuring out the vmod points.
I have one of these boards, and going to vmod it later today. Just need to pick up the trimmers.
Hell yeah! I will download those asap! I'm just home for a break from work... gotta go back out for another 2 hours or so.
Just done a Super Pi @ 211fsb x 12x and got 42secs
for interest I have moved my ram to the same lots as in the
pics above and set bios as follows...
211
12x
user
agg
sync
user
6
2
2
2
vcore 1.85
32mb (Only set to that as only cheapo card in at mo.
agp : 66
disabled
disabled
2.8
1.5
Still Can't get 12.5x @ 211 I do not think it is mapping
correct when " that fsb- as when I have a Vmod linked and dial 211*12x
the prometeia temp rockets until it resets :( not a prob
at 12x:confused:
I'm still using the orginal Bios - has anyone flashed to a newer
one? did here there was one not check to see if its true.
/edit -- Sandra mem reporting.. 3202 / 3017
Do I smell a sub 2 hour SETI@home benchmark coming pretty soon??? ;)Quote:
Originally posted by PMM
Just done a Super Pi @ 211fsb x 12x and got 42secs
Your sisoft mem bench is lower than mine @ 207mhz fsb :\ Hrmm, yet you ARE stable @ 211mhz. Are you using 1 or 2 chips of ram? What slots? More info please... what hard drive are you using?Quote:
Originally posted by PMM
Just done a Super Pi @ 211fsb x 12x and got 42secs
for interest I have moved my ram to the same lots as in the
pics above and set bios as follows...
211
12x
user
agg
sync
user
6
2
2
2
vcore 1.85
32mb (Only set to that as only cheapo card in at mo.
agp : 66
disabled
disabled
2.8
1.5
Still Can't get 12.5x @ 211 I do not think it is mapping
correct when " that fsb- as when I have a Vmod linked and dial 211*12x
the prometeia temp rockets until it resets :( not a prob
at 12x:confused:
I'm still using the orginal Bios - has anyone flashed to a newer
one? did here there was one not check to see if its true.
/edit -- Sandra mem reporting.. 3202 / 3017
EDIT: And there is no new bios for it. 1001.C is the only one I think.
EDIT: Woops I missed what you said about the slots. NM
Vmods are in a thread in mobo vmod forum.
How bizzare.. theres a note that the Audio drivers are not for the Asus.. I guess its using a non Nforce APU. I'm getting this board Friday and thats kinda a let down.Quote:
Originally posted by Hallowed
New NF2 drivers:
XP: http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=nforce_udp_winxp_2.00
2K: http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=nforce_udp_win2k_2.00
98/SE/ME: http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=nforce_udp_winme_2.00
edit er..then again mabye not.. now I'm all confused. I think thats just for the non deluxe version of the Asus.
You beat me to it, and yes, I think its for the non-deluxe version, which doesent have the MCP-T , and so only normal audio, not SoundStorm :)
/Damir
Maybe this will help,
Windows 2000 - Unified Driver Package
Version: 2.00
File Size: 26.1 MB
Release Date: November 20, 2002
WHQL Certified
Release Highlights
11am PST update: kit updated to correctly recognized graphics driver WHQL logo
First full unified package for nForce and nForce2
Full localizations for all languages
Fixes audio DirectX BSOD issue on Windows 2000 systems
Adds ASIO driver support
Adds OpenAL driver support
Updated nForce Audio control panel
Incorporates performance improvements and other bug fixes
Notes
Audio drivers will not install on the following nForce2 products: ASUS A7N8X and Chaintech 7NJS. Please use the drivers that come with these products to enable audio functionality.
USB keyboards and/or mice will be disabled during the installation of this package. Please connect PS2 devices before starting the installation process.
Driver Versions
Audio driver 3.06 WHQL
Audio utilities 3.07
Network driver 2.81 WHQL
GART driver 2.78 WHQL)
SMBus driver 2.75 WHQL
Memory controller driver 2.75 WHQL
Display Drivers 40.72 WHQL
BTW, sysfailur
This thread is the best HardWare review that I have read about the Asus nFORCE2. Thanks for throwing your money and time at the platform. Great for guys like me with to many kids and not enough dough.
GREAT JOB, THANKS
Well I am over the moon now :)
Got to 12.5x by 211fsb
And best of all it has got me all the way to a 2hrs SETI Benchmark
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~mu.../benchmark.htm
This AMD Combo + A7N8x rocks :banana:
Hell yeah, can't wait to see results ;)
sysfailur:
Any luck getting to 211 yet?
*nod* :) What I'd like to have is 211x12.5 Prom cooled... that would be my optimal configuration... I could live with that.Quote:
Originally posted by Hallowed
sysfailur:
Any luck getting to 211 yet?
http://www.maximumoc.com/img/hardwar...al_channel.jpg
http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1800
theres a picture about the pci bus on the a7n8x
HELL YEAH!
Yeah I know. It's 100-200 in 1mhz stepping, and then 204, 207, 211. :\ Kinda stinks.Quote:
Originally posted by MickeyMouse
sys where the hell is 201,202 fsb??? it jumps from 200-204 why??
They ever get back to you about a BIOS with more FSB options / Vddr readout?
Its still rather weird hearing about an Asus board @ 211 FSB :stick:
jason, cant you hit 204? CPU cant take it?
Well, it shows that your Asus board is stronger than your Abit by a mile (3d Markwise) because your car high is 3 fps above your higher clocked KX7, and if I remember right youre on the older driverset.
You sure your memory cant handle 207? Its rated for 217.
Until I see proof that PCI is locked independent of selectable AGP, I would really stay away from setting AGP to anything higher than 80-ish. Most clockgens divide the AGP frequency in half to get PCI frequency. So some caution there.
50 MHz PCI with an 800MB/s Hypertransport is a recipie for HDD death.
I've tried calling like 3 times and to no avail. I will continue to call until I get a response :\Quote:
Originally posted by Hallowed
They ever get back to you about a BIOS with more FSB options / Vddr readout?
Its still rather weird hearing about an Asus board @ 211 FSB :stick:
The 2.00 drivers from nvidia.com gave me stability @ 207 no prob... 211 I'm not sure in 3d... haven't run it yet on that.Quote:
Originally posted by MickeyMouse
i think its my ti4600 that cant handle the fsb over 203mhz as itr never really could when overclocking it.. stock is fine but if the v-modddddd's hooked up the 202 is max and this mobo is pissing me off becasue it only has 199mhz and 203mhz niothing inbetween i could grap another 100-200 points right there..
http://service.madonion.com/compare?2k1=5120647
up 20 more point :)
Looking good though!
Hi everybody
Does anyone know where I can read the memory voltage ? I would like to mod by board but not without control...
Thank you !
Altharion,
Welcome to Xtreme :)
You'll have to read them w/ a multimeter right off of one of the caps on the board. You'll have to ask sysfailur for the exact cap, I'm not sure. Perhaps he's already said which, might want to check earlier in the thread ;)
Thank you N8 :)
I will re-read all the thread.. but I hope that there will soon be a software to read that !
okay found it... I have to find a multimeter now :D
Jayson my man:0
i did Arctic lumina on my northbridge. it helped stability at 193fsb. tried new nForce chipset drivers yet?
No updates really.... except for what I've posted in xtreme overclocking. I put some silicon normal thermal goop on the northbridge... I don't like wasting AS2/3 on that. The chipset like I said isn't very warm, only 27C or so.
Mickey, the only other "mods" I'll be doing is trying to get in contact with Asus and see if they'd be so kind as to answer some questions that I have. I will update in here with any new findings of course :)
Sys,
instead of wasting ASIII you can always use AS Alumina thermal paste part "a" which is as good as ASIII:)
I'm going by what this guy said: http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1800Quote:
Originally posted by MickeyMouse
so is the pci bus locked all the time or at stages like at 133 then again at 166 or is it always 33mhz and only the agp bus increases with or along side the fsb??? explain sys explain :)
I don't have that though. I have shatloads of regular thermal goop... works plenty fine.Quote:
Originally posted by QuadDamage
Sys,
instead of wasting ASIII you can always use AS Alumina thermal paste part "a" which is as good as ASIII:)
I just got myself the A7N8X, and have my 2400 unlocked. I know I did unlock the chip, since at 166fsb i can use all the multipilers below 12.5x, but the thing is that no matter what i do, I cant POST at 200fsb!!! I Vmodded the vcore to 2.1V already, so its not the voltage problem. The system is in my sig, any idea guys?:(
how about v-mem? ram timings?
I'm already using the optimal setting, not evern the aggressive one. My ram should do 200fsb np, and I've already tried 2.8V too:(
Damn it, problem solved.
The bios that came with the mobo was bad. After I flash it again, everything is fine now...running 200x11.5 now:D
Thanks guys:D
where did you get the bios from Kato?
Gah I am going mad now...
Got my XP2700+ at 190fsb mem at sync (anything else is horribly unstable)
Still getting random instability and general nastiness temps arent an issue (prometeia), and its got 1.84v actual up the batty... (1.8v in bios)
Pifast in 64 seconds, Mem BW at 2950, 6757 MIPS
Is there any program I can use to check PCI bus speed? Sandra wont tell me...
I don't believe there is a prog. that will show ya :\ But there are hardware utils that you can check with.Quote:
Originally posted by Galifrey
Gah I am going mad now...
Got my XP2700+ at 190fsb mem at sync (anything else is horribly unstable)
Still getting random instability and general nastiness temps arent an issue (prometeia), and its got 1.84v actual up the batty... (1.8v in bios)
Pifast in 64 seconds, Mem BW at 2950, 6757 MIPS
Is there any program I can use to check PCI bus speed? Sandra wont tell me...
yep,
the only sure way to check PCI clock one of those things:
http://www.techno.ru/txt/4/pic/28.jpg
i dont know where to get them or how much they cost though.
The "lonely" memory slot nearest the right edge of the board (#3) is connected to MC0. The two paired memoryslots closest to the SPP (#2 & #3) is connected to MC1, meaning you should fill up DIMM#1 & #3, or #2 & #3. Just for the sake of it I woud choose #1 and #3 because there is a slightly shorter way from DIMM#1 to the SPP, than DIMM#2.Quote:
Originally posted by SKATAN
2815-----> the best
sysfailur
acordign to Tbreak.com
3 dimm on a nforce2 yelds the best results in performance
but im thinking that to achieve the optimul results of performance using both channels one should use ram slots 1 & 3 (black--#2blue)
ohh and to take advantage of dual channer DDr on nforce 2 one should use one dimm in a black slot and the other on a BLUE SLOT
black slot ---> dimm1
(each color for a diferent channel)
so im guessing you havent been using the double channel yet ;)
http://www.tbreak.com/reviews/articl...7&pagenumber=5
http://www.tbreak.com/mira/imageview.php?image=847
another review of the leadtek nforce 2 , its faster than asus but with poor features
http://www.amdmb.com/article-display...D=212&PageID=2
IIRC DIMM#2 & #3 is coloured blue, and DIMM#1 is black. So you're right about choosing the black and the blue longest away from the black. Just providing a minimum of background knowledge... ;)
Have you solved your instabillity problems yet, sys?
I just read the whole thread and noticed that the VR is located on top of your MCP-T. Although the MCP-T don't need cooling for itself, I don't think applying a heatsource like a resistor on top of it is the best idea ever! :D
Yeah, I think I saw one of those in an older Maximum PC article... they have the link in the article too, where to get em, but I dunno where it is :\
Can't someone purchase a PC Geiger, if you cannot find that other item, or is it too expensive?