Bios...the measurement points are a page or two back. I believe Johnny Bravo posted em'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spazilton
Bios...the measurement points are a page or two back. I believe Johnny Bravo posted em'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spazilton
Thanks,
Based on your help,
Ive at least gotten it up to 380x9 @ 1.5v BIOS 1.55 NB. I did put a 92mm fan over the NB so I think even though the temps are reporting OK, I was having heat problems.
According to UGuru my processor temps are around 46c loaded.
15 Min Orthos stable so far. Ram is running at 494 4-4-4-5-12-2T @2.2
Was fine in Orthos for 30+ min.
Restarted Windows.. Did a Bios Loop of C1-->>A0..
This board is really starting to piss me off..
Finally got it to restart without a bios reset by unplugging the PS and waiting 10 minutes.
Run your memory linked and synced till you get a feel for her (other than feeling like you want to stomp on her ;) ) I'm finding it hard to run a good clock on the cpu at the same time as the memory and unlinked is a bit of a hit or miss. I'm hoping a bit of cooling and an eventual bios release will settle things down a bit...Quote:
Originally Posted by Spazilton
EDIT: Oh and usually when she won't reboot after going too far it's always memory. You will find that pushing too far on the buss will usually just require a powerdown. Turn it back on and it reverts back to the last bootable state. When you start monkying with the memory is when you will be using the nifty little switch on the back...
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Originally Posted by OldGuy
I don't think Ive pushed the memory too far. Ive had no problems with them at 500 4-4-4-5-12 2.25v
So far I'm up to 3.55 @1.52 9x395. Orthos Failed after 5 min at 1.5v BIOS. Getting ready to break out the Multimeter to find out actual Vcore.
5 mins of orthos blend puts you into large fft's...memory. My memory will do 500 as well...in other boards. I've tinkered up in the 1100mhz range but have not been able to stabilize it. Just saying don't go by what your memory has done in other boards right off the bat with this board. You will become very frustrated very quickly...Quote:
Originally Posted by Spazilton
Help! I can find Linked OK but not synched, I had it in the original BIOS but I haven't come across it in Beta6, having problems here - thanksQuote:
Originally Posted by OldGuy
If it aint there then you got serious problems :D Should be right around where it is in the original...aint at home to tell you the exact field name.Quote:
Originally Posted by mark0326
Thanks OldGuy, I have it now - can't have been pushing the right buttons here.
Ok, I went back to the drawing board so to speak on this board. I am going to run it a while Linked and Synched at 1333 FSB. Its a small OC, but I am going to really make sure thats stable before I push it any further.
I've spent a long time running around in circles with this one...1333 doesn't seem to be fully functional to me at this point. I've benched at 1066 and 1333 and cannot descern any performance hit or increase in stability so I just stick to 1066. Just finished up a 21+ hour orthos run at 378 X 9 with memory unlinked at 464/928 4-4-4-12 2.1v. Once I post up those numbers I'll be pulling the board and attaching some thermalright HR's to NB and SB with some HS's stuck to the PWM's. I had what I thought was a good OC at 3.72 the other night but I could not for the life of me get orthos to be kind to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spazilton
Hoping the improved cooling will let me get where I want to go...killed my first board messing with the PWM's so I got a serious case of butt pucker going :p:
I meant to say, Im running 333x9 Linked and Synced.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldGuy
I also dropped the Proc and Board Voltages down to stock.
PWM temp is going to be one of my top priorities.
Orthos is at 1hr now 350x9 Linked Synched, at all stock voltages.
Up and running on the shipping bios getting some baselines.
157XX in 3d mark 03.
13365 in 3d mark 05.
Do those seem about right?
That's how I settled down...I left all the voltages at stock until I had to increase them. Made it somewhere into the 3.3~3.4 range before I had to touch them...even the memory was left at 1.85v. It's not all bad once you stop trying to force it and get a feel for what is working and what is not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spazilton
Be careful with those PWM's...they are very fragile. Don't know if I actually applied to much pressure and cracked it or shorted a heat sink on the surrounding electronics. Either way, PWM #5 is chipped (actually chunked) with some melted copper flash around it. Not pretty :eek: I'm hoping it can be repaired...
Coming to find out my processor isn't all that wonderful. Its a fairly new week, and has problems even doing 3.15 at stock volts. Orthos blend failed after 1.5 hrs.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldGuy
Your motherboard can probally be repaired. You might have to look up the part number from Digikey and replace it. You will have to know your way around a soldering iron though.
We had a guy do the same thing at the abit forums. Seems a few are having luck just leaving the POS heatsink on the PWM's and putting a fan on it, seems to help keep the temps under control.
Same guy LV :p: MarcusDelirious reporting for duty sir!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lvcoyote
Placing a fan on the south bridge caused my pwm temps to lower as well. I already had a fan on the north bridge using the supplied hooks. I like this board alot aside from the usb keyboard issue. It just seems some of these issues we shouldn't have to put up with after waiting so long for this board to be released.
I was able to increase my 3d mark 05 score to 153XX @ 3 ghz and a bit of an overclock on the video card. I am running those settings in orthos overnight and while i'm at work tomorrow. If things hold up, I'll raise to 3.2 for keeps and then work on tweaking the ram timings.
Oh, hey Marcus!! LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by OldGuy
i chopped up the stock heatsinks to keep the pwm`s cooled and im rocking to 4275 with pwm`s priming @ 55c
also i have no problems with just the usb keyboard enabled for bios in bios but mouse usb will f*ck me all day long so i leave that to OS
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I have a multiple personality disorder :party:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lvcoyote
Dont we allll LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by OldGuy
i cant find any information on these settings
DDR2RefV +2% 0% -2% -4%
NBDDR2RefV +2% 0% -2% -4%
what do these settings do
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So can anyone point me in a good direction on where to start for OC'ing my beast? I've read through this forum and I've found some settings, but they are for different CPU's. My Xeon 3060 is similar to the E6600 from my understandings.
Also, is it possible to work on OCing the memory and CPU seperately? My mem is listed at 1000Mhz although it is currently running way below that.
TIA.
As stated before, my old OCing days with my PIII and Old P4 were a lot more basic with options compared to this motherboard. I was dumbfounded by all of the different variables that could be manipulated.
Also, my ThermalRight Ultra-120 slightly covers the, I believe NB heatsink. I can get a small 40mm fan on it that does about 5CFM, but I'm guessing that may be an issue later on. Also, my 8800GTS covers the SB (?) and there doesn't seem to be ANY room for a fan on that boy.
As far as the PWM's, are there any custom fans (similar to what eVGA ships with their MOBO) that would clip on to it?
TIA again.