Those 2 fields aren't list boxes with fixed values. you have to press enter on the field, then use the "-" and "+" keys to change them.Quote:
Originally Posted by mnemonik23
Those 2 fields aren't list boxes with fixed values. you have to press enter on the field, then use the "-" and "+" keys to change them.Quote:
Originally Posted by mnemonik23
of course I have to press enter - but it doesn't work :confused: nothing happens...Quote:
Originally Posted by gtj
EDIT: Guess what? my Enter button stopped responding :D the other Enter button works fine
3.89 around 1.4v? I am jealous, hold onto that CPU. Nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by C Stat B
470FSB at 1066 strap is mighty IMPRESSIVE for this board. what rev are you using?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ph03n1x
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I seem to have figured out my 400FSB and 1066 strap problem. as my memory was fine at 500MHz 4-4-4-4 @2,2V on the 1333 strap, then now on the 1066 strap it is able to do 500MHz CL5 @ 2,3V. the tighter the chipset is running the more unstable the memory gets.
so after relaxing the memory- 400FSB at 1066 strap seems to be no problem.
;) it seems I have a good boardQuote:
Originally Posted by heikis
Mine is also rev 504, and FSB 470 was reached with BIOS rev 2333...today i'll replace stock cooling with sonic tower and hr-05...
i'll submit results later...
try bios 2395 also :slapass:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ph03n1x
how to fit hr05 on this board? i cant see any hole around the chipset area
i just flashed bios to 2395, and mounted sonic and hr05...i'll submit results this afternoonQuote:
Originally Posted by heikis
with this:Quote:
Originally Posted by irenic
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/4...2804ub9.th.jpg
I had to slightly modify hr05, and now it fits perfectly.
It doesn't swing at all
Just got my board yesterday. (1) eVGA 8800 GTX, (1) wd150 raptor, e6600, 2x1GB 677 3-3-3-8 teamgroup, tuniq tower 120, 600w OCZ gxs ; x-fi, and a few more hard drives will be attached once I'm done configuring it.
Smooth overall, POST on first attempt.
The teamgroup (D9GMH non fatbody) ram, I must say, is not living up to its end. At 2.2 volts it won't post at the labeled 667 3-3-3-8 settings, nor will it post with 4-4-4-10 @ 800MHz as it is supposed to be able to. At 2.2v (max officially supported) the things near give me a 2nd degree burn, and I think I'm gonna need a northbridge cooler replacement if I want to keep OCing these. And they don't even come with heatsinks :slapass:
3.3ghz at 1.425v, idle 30, orthos 55 after an hour. Not too bad for a first time overclocker :D Simply couldn't be easier to OC in the bios.
All well and good, BUT
I do have a serious problem with the onboard ethernet (Intel PRO/1000 PL).
The thing half works. I can connect to the net directly and via my router, and it works for a few moments, then hangs and gives timeouts on everything. A separate PCI NIC plopt into the same motherboard works flawlessly.
UPDATE: I updated the bios, disabled the onboard 1394, and toggle enabled/disabled the "Onboard LAN" in BIOS, and it seems to have fixed the issue.
When I first got my board I couldnt find any info in the manual or on the net about which RAID to use. For some reason I chose the Marvell RAID and now I keep reading in this thread that the Intel is better, faster, etc. If I switch to the black SATA's will I have to completely reinstall my OS or will I be able to just load the Intel RAID drivers and be good to go?
Where are you booting from currently?Quote:
Originally Posted by chaotic646
I'm not sure if an array created by the Marvell controller will be read by the Intel controller.
If you give me a few hours I could probably test it for you.
For memory speed are you going by the settings in the bios or are you looking at the actual speed reported by cpuz, idcc, etc? If you're going by the bios then you're not looking at actuals if you're fsb speed is something other than 266.Quote:
Originally Posted by uberwurst
To get your actual speed, the formula is...
(Reference Frequency / (Memory frequency / 2)) / FSB Frequency
For Example:
If your Reference Frequency is 266 (the default) and your Memory Frequency is 667, then you have a 4/5 ratio which means that at a 333 FSB, your memory is actually running at 417.5 MHz or DDR2-835.
You have to adjust your expectations accordingly.
Im booting from the Marvell RAID array. I have two 74G Raptors set up on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by gtj
OK, let me try it.Quote:
Originally Posted by chaotic646
Thanks. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by gtj
Oops, RAID 0 or RAID 1?Quote:
Originally Posted by chaotic646
Raid 0
Cool. In work.Quote:
Originally Posted by chaotic646
Moving from 2333 to 2395 lost my raid 0 array :(, reinstalled and on first boot to XP it corrupted :(
Testing with a single drive here now to see if 2395 is better than 2333 for 200REF overclocking.
I have this RAM - http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16820145590 and I cant seem to get my e6600 stable at 3.6. My timings are 5-5-5-12. My v-core is 1.5, anything higher and it gets too hot. I know nothing about RAM timings, but is there anything I can change that may help? One thing I have noticed about this board is almost everytime I change one of the memory settings the BIOS locks up on me.
Bad news. The Intel controller won't recognize an array made by the Marvell controller. You're out of luck I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by gtj
What are the rest of your memory settings? ref frequency, memory frequency, voltage?Quote:
Originally Posted by chaotic646
So far so good. Currently at 377.9 FSB x9, Vcore @1.4v (BIOS says 1.34v, Core temp 1.325 Speedfan 1.34, don't have a multi-meter... don't know how to use one), Vfsb 1.3, vmch 1.550.
ATM. am using Corsair TWIN2x2048-6400 (my 6400c4 sticks are on RMA) @ 944Mhz, mem ref:333, mem freq: 667(4:5) 5.5.5.15 vdimm: 2.08
http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ent=temps3.gif
Before proceeding any further I'd like to understand memory timings. Now, I've googled memory timing guides but they're all old. Ok, that's a lame excuse.
Honestly, I'm not just getting it or maybe I'm not reading the right guides. Can someone please point me in the right direction to a guide that's easy to understand from a n00b's POV, or if someone
would be nice enough to take the time to explain things like they would to let's say a 9 yr old?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA.
I dont think you have to understand the use of every timing. There is way more then 4 timing that we use to see on ram sticks. Just open memset and you will see what im talking about.
The main thing you have to know is that lower timings means lower latency = better performance. But lower latency means higher voltage/better ICs (D9GMH, G9GHX...) if your ram is rated 5-5-5-15 ddr800 at 2.0 you can try to raise voltage and lower timings like 4-5-4-12 ... Its pretty much try and error, do some bench and you will see what timing is the best. It depends on other things like memory strap ans such things.
Ref - 266Quote:
Originally Posted by gtj
Freq. - 533
1/1
Voltage - 1.88
Oh well looks like I'm sticking with Marvell.Quote:
Originally Posted by gtj