Hi
Well I just messed some more with mine it seems 230x4 HTT is no problem now before I couldnt get over 220x4, we need to get a modded bios for this board. Ill try some more and see how it goes.
Menty
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Hi
Well I just messed some more with mine it seems 230x4 HTT is no problem now before I couldnt get over 220x4, we need to get a modded bios for this board. Ill try some more and see how it goes.
Menty
what video card are you running?
Hello, IvanAndreevich.
How did you make the determination that your board's system bus maxed at 4 * 220 = 880?
My figure of 800 max (4 * 200 [stock], or 3 * 266, 2 * 400, etc.) was taken from the Asus / nVidia specs for the chipset.
By the way, have you (or has anyone else) noticed that the Chassis Fan
and Power Fan are reported reversed in the BIOS?
I have a Swiftech MCX159 on my chipset, and even though
the fan is attached to the correct header, the BIOS (and Asus Probe) report the fan as the Power Fan.
Not that big of a deal, but thought I'd ask.
Anyway, thanks for the reply(ies).
Ivan and all,
Nevermind my question about "real life" bus max versus stated specs. I was brain- dead for a moment, I guess.
Anyway, my "real" max was around 218 HTT @ HT Ratio of 4.
I apologize for my stupidity. :)
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what video card are you running?
Hi
Are u asking me, if u are it says so in my sig under here ATI X800XT PE.
Menty
K8N
Yeah that's what I meant - the o/c max, not the official max :)
Mentaly
So even @ 4x HTT, the 1004 gave you a boost of 10 Mhz on the HTT?
Yeah dang it.. we need more volts here!
Hi
Ivan it posts now at 230x4 HTT I couldnt do that before, havent tested if its primestable yet, but we still need to unlock all the wonders of this bios, I asked for a little help from Bigtoe, he says he would look into it :).
Menty
If Bigtoe is on the case, then things are looking up :D
Nick
Mentaly
If Bigtoe can boost the voltages.. mmmmm :D
Phew good thing I looked at this thread!! I was about to throw this board away. I will try to do something with this over the weekend.
Well just got it.
I think the mods are about the same as with the SK8N since there using the same voltage regulators for both vdimm and vcore :) .
Will look at the mods after work, i dont think it will be much work though :)
Hi
yea smokey I know the mods are the same, but we also want all the hidden options in the bios unlocked, vcore is at 1.75 now but it can go to 1.85 like in the first bios, would be nice if memvolts could go higher too with out modding.
Menty
If someone can somehow combine the first biossen with the new ones than it would rock :DQuote:
Originally posted by Mentaly
Hi
yea smokey I know the mods are the same, but we also want all the hidden options in the bios unlocked, vcore is at 1.75 now but it can go to 1.85 like in the first bios, would be nice if memvolts could go higher too with out modding.
Menty
And LDT and 1.85 Vcore :D
I dont think the Vdimm will go higher through a bios update though ..... soldering is the only possibility im afraid :D
SmokeyTheBandit
>>soldering is the only possibility im afraid
Why do you think so? Are you saying the voltage regulator is incapable of producing more than 2.7V?
Nope thats not what i mean ....Quote:
Originally posted by IvanAndreevich
SmokeyTheBandit
>>soldering is the only possibility im afraid
Why do you think so? Are you saying the voltage regulator is incapable of producing more than 2.7V?
I meant i dont think that asus will release a bios with higher vdimm simply because its not necessary.
For 99% of their custumors its not a problem at all (oems etc).
The overclocking community are far to little customer part for them to focus on them.
Asus realy infests more time in stabalizing there products then make them more overclockable.
Abit/EPoX for example are more overclocking minded because they simply have far more overclockers as customers than normal users.
Since the overclocking community is so little they want to get the best overclocking power out of there boards simply because they have to if they want to sell ....
News from the vmods :
Vcore mod has been done :) more info tomorrow
Vdimm mod trying on the other hand fooked up my board :mad:
Thank god i work in a pc store or ill have some big problems RMAing and returning it :D :rolleyes:
HI
LOL smokey :), could some here enlighten me as im new to AMD, but i have been testing 200x11 with 4 HTT and 200x11 with 3 HTT and I get the same 3dmark, same Superpi times, isnt 3 HTT suppose to give u lower scores with same FSB ?.
Menty
Mentaly
>>isnt 3 HTT suppose to give u lower scores with same FSB
Guess not ;)
SmokeyTheBandit
>>I meant i dont think that asus will release a bios with higher vdimm simply because its not necessary.
Including the htt mutli isn't necessary either, yet they did it for us.
I understand Smokey's point of view, but I am wanting to believe that Ivan may be correct in comparing Asus' behavior regarding the HT Ratio update and what they might do to update / increase the vdimm.
Plus, more memory is coming out that has stated stock requirements of 2.7+, which is pushing the BIOS all the way to its max right off the bat.
The OCZ EB memory I'm using "suggests" 2.8v, but I can't even set that in this BIOS.
By the way, I wonder if setting the BIOS memory voltage to "auto detect" will actually run the memory at 2.8v or if it is really limited to the same voltages as the manual options settings?
Hi
Yes the Ballistix I have also states 2.8, but what the heck it does 250 at 2.5volt right now with 2.5-3-3-10 im gonna try lowering it more, Regarding the vdimm well they can only do it if the controller supports more than 2.7 volts, maybe we can find a specsheet for the memcontroller, im gonna see what i can find.
Nope thats not what i mean ....
I meant i dont think that asus will release a bios with higher vdimm simply because its not necessary.
For 99% of their custumors its not a problem at all (oems etc).
The overclocking community are far to little customer part for them to focus on them.
Asus realy infests more time in stabalizing there products then make them more overclockable.
Well thats the reason why need to get in this bios and see what is hidden right :), well we might be in luck as they released a bios with HTT options, who knows they might be thinkind a little more in OClanes than they use to.
Menty
Let's all email them and ask for move VDIMM. I'm sure they could give us at least 2.8 (K8V has that).
Well im not waiting for that bios if it will ever come :D
Im going to vmod it since i realy want 3.3V + to have a little bit of fun :D
Need....a....new.....stable.....mobo....to....repl ace.....my....crap.....8kda3+......right....now !!!!!:D :banana:
Hi Smokey
Post pics when u have done the mods plz :), Ill test some tonight, im currently at 250x9 1/1 mem (2250), 2.5-2-3-8 with 2.5 volts on mem scoring 26900 in 3dmark01 with out overclocking anything but fsb.
Menty
With the same ballistix I'm happily running 275*9 5/6 mem (makes 225 mhz) 2.5-2-2-5 with 2.7 v (same MB but newcastle 3200 proc.
-Stability question-
Still sticking with the following OC for now:
260HTT @ 1.675v
Ram @ 333 / 2.7v; 2.5-2-2-10-1T
I am not aware of any real world glitches with these settings while running the PC / software / OS.
However, here are my Prime95 results:
Test1 = Small FFTs = 8 hours , no errors
Test2 = In Place Large FFTs = Fatal error after 3 minutes (rounding error was .5; expected less than .4)
Test3 = Blend = Fatal error after 4 minutes (rounding error was .5; expected less than .4)
Temps during these tests were:
CPU max = 52C mostly constant (idle = 39C); temps slightly lower for Tests 2 & 3 (failed tests)
Chipset max = 39C constant (idle = 36C)
Raising CPU voltage to 1.7v did not change results but did raise CPU max temp to 54C.
Lowering HTT to 255 allowed Test3 to run for 3 hours after which same fatal "rounding" error occured.
Since Test 2 & 3 are stated to more aggresively test memory than Test 1, my immediate thought is that memory is the culprit. How so? Timings or voltage? Probably both? :)
By the way, Memtest86 3.1a was run without error overnight with the same settings as above. So, what does this say about any conclusions that Prime95 is uncovering memory issues?
Currently running DDR480 @2.5-2-2-5-1T 2.7V with CPU at 2520 1.6V, stock cooling. No prob on prime95. Next step is try to get DDR500. I tried but it seems to require some more voltage, or increased timings. I'll also try to reach 2.6 Ghz on CPU, with air cooling this would be amazing (for me), I'm just a noob in overclocking) !!!