it has to leak out the o-ring first to get to the threads. i think i'm gonna forgo sending it in, even though they gladly sent me an RMA for, it would be quicker to reseal it myself, even if i do void warranteeQuote:
Originally Posted by iddqd
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it has to leak out the o-ring first to get to the threads. i think i'm gonna forgo sending it in, even though they gladly sent me an RMA for, it would be quicker to reseal it myself, even if i do void warranteeQuote:
Originally Posted by iddqd
personally, i would send it in. the company that made it will probably investigate the block and see what critical part failed. the assessment will allow them to fix the problem on future parts so that others dont meet similar fates. but thats just me...
but i don't want to wait that long without water.. i'm an impatient guy :p:
yah cleared bios proper way dfi recomends and all that, stick is just bad..
Sucks that in bios settings i was fine once i went into windows and changed some things with clock gen and athlon tweaker then found stable went to bios and set em thats when it all went wrong..
Ima hate to have to wait for rma to come back to me and alkl but i wanna hit 3 ghz on air :)
right now im at 2800 at 1.6 even
im thinkin i might be able to hit maybe 3 with 1.675 or mat=ybe 1.7
What are the odds of blowin the chip with 1.7?
Ive been told by vandi not to go above 1.6 on air and i have been listening but i want more speed, and only way to get it is with more volts...
So far at 1.6 load temps are only 37-38 so im willing to go to 45 max
Well, let's put it that way their "tweaks" are actually just a different way to bin the cores. Otherwise the cores are 100% identical, they even come off the same wafer. Of course, you can't tell anyone I told you thins. :nono:Quote:
Originally Posted by frostedflakes
lol ozzi, i know what you mean. im actually "impatiently" waiting for my new digicam to come by way of the fedex man. i was hoping it would be here yesterday, but alas.... o well, ill have it tomorrow at least.
anyone else gettin tortured by the summer heat? or is just me here in socal? ive dumbed down the oc to 2600mhz running 1.4v thru proc, 2.9 thru ram. i got some active cooling on the new ocz ram cuz it gets pretty damn hot. the chip is stayin nice n toasty lately at 33c to 34c and occasionally hits 35c. folding 24/7 sure is keepin my room warm unfortunately.
Don't worry DmatkO, 35C is far from toasty, that's not even body temp lol. :p: I understand you want to keep your Newark cool, because it may scale higher when kept cool, but having it @ 35C in the summer heat while folding is actually pretty awesome. :toast:
IMO, no reason to "dumb down" until your higher oc causes instability.
I had the same question just last night.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philosophy
My system has been running fine @250x11 since I got this chip June 1st (3700 Newark). I had to do some tweaks here and there to make my Cosair happy, but overall excellent stability at that speed.
That is.... until last night.
Booted up to blue screens like crazy. Nothing changed recently except new 5.7 ATI cat drivers so I thought that was it, but no. Did the clear CMOS & reflash BIOS routine and still saw nothing but blue screens.
After hours of trying different things I finally got my old settings back except I have to run at 2T now. First thing I thought of was blown mem controller, but I hope not. :confused:
I just ordered a pair of GSkill GBLE to replace my Corsair 3200XL. I really hope that fixes the problem. If not, then the new RAM will find a new home in a 939 board and I'll scrap the 754 stuff.
Anybody else had that with these 3700's, where your stable OC just falls flat for some reason?
What makes you think clearing CMOS or reflashing your mobo's BIOS is going to solve a vid driver issue? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Spartacus
If the BSOD's happen right after a vid driver update, I'd seriously suspect that, and roll back to the old vid drivers. Use XP's system restore if you can.
agreedQuote:
Originally Posted by xenolith
mine happened while tryint go get to the 3 gig mark in a64 tweak and clock gen in windows :(
now only one of my sticks will do 240ish and not even 250 period....
did you use the proper mothod of clearing the bios?
I should have given you more info I guess....Quote:
Originally Posted by xenolith
Already tried rolling back to the old driver among a hundred other things. It was not driver related. I work on computers for a living and I always try to find out what recently changed when a system goes belly up. In this case, I think the driver upgrade is sheer coincidence. The box is running totally stable again (no BSODs at all), just at 2T instead of 1T. :confused:
I've had pretty good luck with my DFI boards, but I know clearing the CMOS and reflashing the BIOS is just part of the "DFI Dance" when things go fubar in a big way.
Something changed in my box hardware wise. It's like a night & day difference. Just seems like the mem controller is throwing a temper tantrum.
:slapass:
Not sure what the problem is yet. Could be CPU, RAM, or mobo.
I'll see how it runs with the GSkill RAM in a couple of days.
I've been overclocking since it was cool to have a 8Mhz 286 running at 12Mhz, so I'm not missing the obvious stuff. Anybody remember changing clock crystals? :)
Very interesting, thanks for the info. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by iddqd
Hm. Well, I got 6/28 beta bios, and so far it seems to work well with my Newark. Haven't tried overclocking it yet. One thing I don't like is it would boot at 0.93vcore after clearing BIOS. Thank God it's stable enough to boot into BIOS at that voltage. I wouldn't know what to do otherwise.
If I'm not mistaken, I think it'll always do that with the mobiles, so it's not BIOS version related.Quote:
Originally Posted by iddqd
Yep, after BIOS clear it always defaults to low volts and 900mhz iirc.Quote:
Originally Posted by xenolith
Got the Gskill RAM and didn't have much luck with it, could not get it stable wihout seriously detuning the system. I even got desperate and did the Vsense mod on the AX500 to give me more volts (back on the Corsair), but no good. The mod worked, but I could not get Memtest to run for more than 10 minutes or so error free. A few times I thought it was fixed and then I'd get 2 errors on like the 12th pass of test 5. :mad:
The system runs pretty well when I run the RAM around 200FSB, but what fun is that? :rolleyes:
It appears that either the mobo or the CPU took a dump. Kind of a bummer since it was running just fine at 250x11 for about 6 weeks (the mobo much longer than that).
Oh well.... on to new socket 939 stuff for me. I need a fast & stable system.
Best of luck guys.
yah im hoping its my ram because ive already rmad the old mobo and now the gig of speed premium is on its way as we speak, if new gig gets here and i cant do 2.9 like i did b4 than i know its a cpu issue as well, bad part is i never took it aboive 1.6 i think one time i got it to like 1.62 but temps with this 90c and tornado are verry impressive (definately glad i went this route instead of other alternatives others were telling me to go !)
Im currently at 235 1:1 2-2-2-5 at 2820 but only on one 512 :(
i want my gig runnin in fast settings and going for 35k in 2k1
right now im at 29.5 with nothing on vidoe card as of yet. Ill be compoletely happy with a 35k all in wonder x800xt pc with a gig of ram in it..
Lets pray its this stinkin ram..
Heres my question..
Should i go for a gig of the speed premium bh-5 again or try for the ocz gold bh-5 old skool the egg has for dirt cheap?
auto = .95v and 4x multi actually :DQuote:
Originally Posted by twilius_basic
i did some testing that puts my newark somewhere around 1.6ghz with .95v.. i wouldn't worry too much about stability
my opinion would be to go for the gold philos. im running 1gig of it at 2.9v/220/2.2.2.5/1:1. the farthest i can get on it is 230 but with 3.1v. im not pushing anymore Volts thru it, but i hear that it can hit 250 and change with some extra juice. its been stable enough to fold for the past 2 weeks 24/7, so i have no complaints. im sure someone at the ocz tech forums would easily give you some optimized numbers to setup with your system as well. only thing is make sure you get some active cooling on that stuff, cuz it gets WARM!!!. i put an 80mm fan on them and it seems to be doing an ok job in cooling them for now. g/l
>>bad part is i never took it aboive 1.6 i think one time i got it to like 1.62
These things aren't THAT sensitive are they? :eek:
I mean, I know very small voltage tweaks can make a big difference with stability, but I certainly wouldn't think running at 1.62v would damage the CPU. (???)
I've probably run Vcore up to around 1.65v or so during testing, but never left it there very long as Prime would always die quickly at those higher volts even when the temp looked fine. My CPU seemed to run fine in the 1.57-1.60 range since I got it. Great error free performance and temps of around 39C at idle. I can't imagine those conditions somehow crippled the mem controller for life. :confused:
I look over at the box and it's done 20 loops of test 5 error free now but at a bone stock 200x12. At least I guess I can throw together a nice running stock A64 system for somebody. At least it's not really "smoked". Not quite what I had in mind when I put out for this $360 mobile chip though. Doh! :)
Best of luck there Philo.... hope you get your prob sorted out.
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i've benched at 1.65v and screened at 1.7v on my newark.. didn't seem to hurt it much
Yep, now I know these chips are female....Quote:
Originally Posted by ozzimark
Baby them and threat them nice and they dump on you.
Treat them like crap and they love you forever. :)
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What are your idle/stock temps? Mine are ~29-32(depends on ambient). I still think my diode is a lying communist, though. Need a thermoscouple...Quote:
Originally Posted by ozzimark