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Originally Posted by afireinside
Yeah, Im definately considering teh XBX2, only thing I dont like is the jumper nonsense but ehh I can live
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Originally Posted by afireinside
Yeah, Im definately considering teh XBX2, only thing I dont like is the jumper nonsense but ehh I can live
Jumper isn't all that bad as long as you have a bit of light and cables out of the way. (all depending on your case). A hell of a lot easier than the jumpers on seagate drives.
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Originally Posted by Teratism
Well I just pulled the trigger on XBX2 lets hope it runs good for me haha :thumbsup:
I've been reading about the jumper thing on and off this thread quite a bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teratism
Although this particular jumper being physically larger to your normal jumper is easy to use it is much easier to go to any electronics shop and buy yourself a switch that alternates the "midle" cable.
Plainly put this has 2 positions: 1 being the normal the other one being your maintenance for bad oclocks, or if you want to disable C1E, etc. It is very easy to setup - looks prety damn cool - and will make your ocking experience smoother to say the least ;)
Has anybody on water managed to stabilise QX6700 at or about 3.7 (orthos stable) ; and if so what settings.
I can boot up to about 3.9 - and run general purpose programs inc prime but can't seem to get it rite for orthos at 3.7 :( :(
Actually it has 3 modes, Normal 1-2 covered by jumper (what you use), Configure (fixing a bios and changing things around) 2-3 covered by jumper, Recovery nothing covered by jumper (getting a new bios from a recovery diskette after a failed bios attempt)
yep, you're right :) , but for all intents and purposes most people will be using just "1-2" & "2-3" combo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teratism
Do you have a picture of this switch you were talking about or are you referring to the switches from earlier in the thread that people hooked up?
Edit* I may have fixed my problem. I think it was C1E since I have shut that off I have run orthos priority 9 on blend for half an hour and still going good. Anyone know why C1E would create such a hassle if it is it?
I have a problem with my board.
When I am at the memory freq. page, if I adjust all the values at the same time then save and exit, some values will not be saved.
For example: 400fsb, 1:1, ref. freq. 266, memory freq. 533, memory with 4-4-4-8 timing and 2.2V. If I set them in one time then save and exit. After reboot the ref. freq. is 266 but with memory freq. 667 (4:5), other settings are correct.
So I need to set them one at a time then save and reboot then adjust another value. Anyone else experience this problem?
Also is there a way to force the iflash to flash the bios? As I am currently using 2395 and I want to flash it again to ensure the problem above is not caused by a bad bios flash, because iflash refuse to flash over same bios version. Or the only way is to flash back to 2333 then flash to 2395 again?
Thanks in advance.
I can't open the pc now as it is on memtest. Here you can see how it looks from outside
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Closeup
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When I finish with memtest i'll chuck out the cable and post close ups of the other end.
Its basically a normal 4 pin power cable (that i cut of from an old power supply); obviously only 3 out of the 4 wires used.
BTW i wouldn't dream of posting someone else's post as my own :D
I'm considering the BX2 and Xeon 3210. But I would need 400 or higher FSb. Shamino seems to have reached 400+... How high is possible on quad core?
How exactly would one make a jumper switch like that for this board?
Would I just need to get some wiring and a spdt?
i wonder, cant we just set C1E to disable when the jumper is at default position?
My english electronics terminology is crap..
Cut off the end from an unused fan (3 pin) or floppy power supply (4 pin)
Buy a standard switch with 2 positions that alternates the middle cable (that is what we want i.e. positions "1-2" and "2-3" ; the alternating cable being 2);
Or as per supertim0r's post get a 3 position switch (this would enable you to have "1-2", "2-3" or none(for a failed bios flash)
Connect the switch with the cable you cut (ok if the wires are not long enough you'll need to extend them). The normal position are the two pins closest to your ram.
Plug it on and you're ready to go.
BE VERY CAREFUL not to "switch the switch" while the computer is on... !
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Originally Posted by irenic
Nope you can't - it has to be done through the maintenance setup
So it's good to disable the C1E ?
and up:
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Originally Posted by Suge Knight
Direct copy from Intel White paper found here:
http://cache-www.intel.com/cd/00/00/...772_321772.pdf
4.7 Enhanced Halt State (C1E)
Enhance Halt State, also referred to as C1E, is an enhancement
made to the initial Halt state (C1) that Intel introduced
to better manage system power and thermal requirements.
It is activated when the Halt instruction is executed by the
processor during OS idle mode. Like the initial Halt State (C1),
C1E turns off 90% of the clocks, leaving the remaining 10%
running. C1E also reduces the remaining clock frequency
down to the lowest possible level, from 3.6 GHz to 2.8 GHz
for an Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 660 sequence. In addition,
processor voltage (dynamic VID) is decreased. Similar to
EIST, Enhanced Halt State is one of the key Intel processor
technologies that lowers power consumption and improves
system acoustic levels.
Figure 12 is a time diagram showing that when C1E is
turned on the power jumps down and goes back up when
the processor becomes active again.
If you want to be sure about your voltages, turn it off, although in theory you should not gain or lose anything when the system is under load.
My computer was crashing tons under any kind of stress or load, it would crash to blue screen and blame whatever program was going on at the time like a kernel, several different virus scanners (not installed at the same time), several different firewalls (also not installed at the same time) total instability so far I have shut it off and have had orthos blend on for more than 2 hours at priority 9 when orthos at priority 1 would crash the whole system within 5 minutes, even games or web browsing would cause a crash and so far since it has been off I have been stable. I personally say shut it off. Same with EIST, whatever that management utility is and turn on power slope to be stable and sure.
*side note alexankius I wasn't saying you were stealing other people's ideas and making it as your own post, I was simply asking if you meant for us to look back to what was going on far earlier in the thread. Not everyone re-reads all the posts so we may forget things.
sorry, my bad, overreacted, need more maners!
Me too, I prefer the 2333 Bios, the 2395 have too much bug.
I will test to disable C1E this evening.
I ordered my BX2 today. I will be running a performance on demand software when overclocking. Is anyone using Crystalcpuid or similar multi/vcore on demand software with this board?
Hi anyone an idea why my CPU Temp is so high too??
I have changed the scythe samurai HS to the scythe infinity with 2*120mm fans on it one with 1200rpm other with 1000rpm.
I´m now on 355FSB with 3.2GHZ - IDLE is 38-40 and full load 66-69 with an arctic silver 5 grease on it.
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Pushook: You can try remounting your heatsink to see if that lowers temps. Have you checked the contact to see if your chip or heatsink is concave/convex?
For one, BIOS over-reports CPU temperatures by about 10C, so disregard it. I use TAT to monitor temps and it works best.
Also, just to clarify, to disable C1E once and for all, I need to set jumper to 2-3, disable C1E in BIOS, save, then shut down, move jumper back to 1-2 and boot?
Does anyone know what XD Technology is in BIOS? It's right below VT Technology I think, but I forget its exact location. Should I disable this XD Technology? And could someone explain the Power Slope option?