How much more current do TCCD draws? I an worring that the ram will not run nice at all on my Asus A8V rev. 2. Just read so in another tread... Can you please tell me that they will run as good as on any other A64 board...
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How much more current do TCCD draws? I an worring that the ram will not run nice at all on my Asus A8V rev. 2. Just read so in another tread... Can you please tell me that they will run as good as on any other A64 board...
I thought BH-5/6 was approximately 1amp per chip at ~2.9v? TCCD really has to be power hungry to beat that!
Where there is heat.... there is a custom water cooling solution. Get ye to work, lads!
Manual? I got one sheet of paper saying what voltages I could use with different boards and that was it :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by saaya
JWB
I think a copper pipe soldered to a copper heatspreader work work fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by LANjack
I dont think you will gain anything over a fan though.
I did use freeze spray on my ram once, but didnt gain anything.
so what is "tolerant" fluctuation with the booster, im getting up to 0.2v drops when using it. Few ppl asked the same but nobody answering :( btw my rails are really strong
could relpacing the pot solve the drops?
ps: I already tested couple PSU modded enermax 460 with strong rails and stock chieftec 360w, oh ya mobo is AN7
Ballistix are back to a 2-2-2-6 200MHz rating now...
How are you measuring the .2v drops?
I would use a dmm to measure at the power connectors of the booster to be sure that you arent suffering from line restrictions between the psu and booster.
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Originally Posted by STEvil
Thats measured with MBM under load, it even showed 0.00v for the vdimm in the mbm log, in Bios it fluctuates much less, about 0.05v
thats a good idea ill try that, you mean just measure the 5 and 12 rails of the booster molexes?
K i measured 5 and 12 rails of the booster molexes, all 5v connectors are 5.45v to 5.44v under load but the 12v rail is 12.42-12.46 idle and it goes down to 12.31v under load.
I didn't measure the -5v rail is it safe to stick the dmm in there set at 20 DCV on the dmm or if not how is that measured.....
never trust software or the bios.
yes, as close to the booster or directly on the molex connections if you can. If any droop is happening it is most likely due to line restrictions, psu fluctuation, or an improper connection.
well i edited my post above with my findings..... i would measure of the mobo but i don't know the measure points for the AN7, but it does seem that the readings are real from my initial stability tests, better instability
When i run the booster at 3.2 v, my ocz 520 lights up a red led.Is this normal?
If you are carefull you can measure directly at the dimms. There are small square slots in the sides of the dimm slots and if you test a few of them you will find one that should be equal to what you have the booster set at assuming your booster has been calibrated.
bwanaaa - which one goes red? 5v? 3.3v? 12v?
the 3.3 v one
The vdimm circuitry may be backfeeding current from the booster.
I would take a vdmm and see what your +3.3 line is doing under system load and as you adjust the booster.
What motherboard?
Do you mean i have to get a multimeter and stick the points somewhere near the ram? That scares me-like i would probably short out something.Quote:
Originally Posted by STEvil
Using a DFI lanparty UT nF3 250gb with 10/15beta bios.
No, just at the molex connectors on the booster and on a +3.3 source, either the atx header or the extra connectors that some PSU's have..
You can test on the back of the large mosfet in the top right of the board too, if you have room to do it carefully.