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Well, the first problems are already showing their heads, but thankfully its nothing a dremel can't fix; PSU won't fit into my V1100, and my old Maze4 doesn't fit onto the 7800GT. Looks like i'll need to order mounting hardware, or wait on DD's new 7800 block.
And....the fun begins.
Everything installed, all connections checked (twice!), and I power it on...
...POST!
Sorta.
It just goes to the DFI NF4 logo, then stalls out there. So I turn it off, try again, same thing. I turn it off, move my memory from slots 2/4 to just slot 4, and turn it on. Now I just get a series of long beeps. LED status shows it at 3/4; CPU.
Is this thing getting angry over the fact that I have an X2?
are 3 of your red LEDs lit???
if so reseat your video card and you might need to tilt it back ever so slightly.
Mine did that when I changed out water blocks and the stupid card was the problem.
Just put 1 stick in the second orange slot! That will fix it (I think). I have had this problem several time. If you are able to boot with the 1 stick then loas all your settings then save. After it posts shut it down and put the other stick in. If you are using a new bios and have stuff saved in the cmos reloaded then load optimized defaults and save over each bank in the cmos reloaded. NEVER use settings from another bios on your new one cuz it will cause problems for you.. Hope this helps!Quote:
Originally Posted by OperativeSix
aaaaannnndddd....
Successful POST! Going into the BIOS now to get the drives ready to install windows, then install; make a backup image, and flash the BIOS to a newer version.
PS: Looks like you were right; second orange slot and it goes right to the correct -POST screen. This board really is as finicky about memory as i've heard
GREAT, I am glad to see that it worked~!Quote:
Originally Posted by OperativeSix
Good advice helps, ppl who gladly give good advice is a rare commodity :)Quote:
Originally Posted by njkid32
(Though @ XS good advise is generally the norm ;) )
does anybody know how to calculate these X2 heat load? mine is running at 3.04Ghz @1.67~1.70v and wondering how many watts it's drawing
Sandra's burn-in test, I believe, was calculating how many watts were used...
that's theoretical though.
I'm not sure if this has been discussed already, but how does one get pcmark 05 to run on a dual core?
I tried, and i got a mighty score of 1355. Since i got around 4200 on my old system, i suspect this isn't right. Other people have had this problem as well, so any tips would be appreciated
cheers
by the way, these chips are awesome. I was gonna get a 3000+ venice but i saw this for £200, and couldn't resist. Pretty pleased about that now.
My guess based on various sources, calculation, etc (keep in mind I am on stock vapochill now so there is nice review at XR which I can look at and semi compare) as well as kill a watt saying how much power is being drawn (300 watt dual prime -> 80 efficiency of PSU -> about 240W used inside computer -> bunch of stuff taking about 90 watt be it memory, PWM, HDD, etc since idle this machine is using up about 120w from line -> 80-90 watt idle)...Quote:
Originally Posted by ben805
indicates about 140-160W. I get a feeling I am darned close on this one.
Even highly overclocked clawhammer FX-55 wasn't even close to this from what I have expeirenced early this year. (1.75 or 1.8v 3.2+ghz)
njkid32 i have try this config ... but nothing ... prime give error at 0 min ... superpi 1, 31s
... but superpi32m give error to ... :S so i try with same config but at 260x10 ... the same ... error in prime and superpi32m ... :S i realy dont understand ... :S :( my cpu at 2200 gice don t pass prime ... :S i dont know what to do ... if somebody knows something please say ... thank you njkid32 ...
thank you all
Running SP2004 right now @ 2.4ghz (240x10) @ 1.42v vcore. For some reason, the DFI seems to be undervolting; I had set the CPU in the BIOS for 1.475v, although VID special is set to "auto"...perhaps change it to 104%?
CPU is only at 42C though, and PWMIC is at 44. Ambient is kind of warm here today, so not too bad.
Do me a favor and list all your settings and hardware. It would help me a little more. From what I see you may need to increase your voltage to either your ram or cpu.Quote:
Originally Posted by leita0
Your final Vcore depends on which bios you are using but as a general rule I always subtract .0535 from the Vcore you set in bios to what will be displayed in windows :)Quote:
Originally Posted by OperativeSix
Just watch those temps if you turn the voltage up anymore. For some reason the temps really jump with very little voltage. I think the most important thing for stability is the PWMIC area. This will get really hot with a little more volts so you may want to throw a fan on it. I hit a wall at around 2.8ghz at 1.5v cuz my PWMIC was hitting 60+. As soon as I put a little HS on it and a fan my temps went down to load 47c for the PWMIC. I am now at 2.95ghz at 1.58v (oh I have since lowered that to 1.55v)Quote:
Originally Posted by OperativeSix
wherabouts is the PWMIC on the board?
That sounds like a crazy amount of volts no???? I was running 1.61 and I thought that was a bit much.....Quote:
Originally Posted by ben805
Here is a couple of pics for you off another post of mine. In one of these you will see where I have put a small HS over the PWMIC and its location.Quote:
Originally Posted by don_vercetti
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=211
cool cheers thats what im hoping to do.
is that a gigabyte hs?
No it was from a GPU heatpipe kit. I had to cut it in half. I have ordered some of those copper HS's from OCZ so as soon as they come I'll get them on. The OCZ's are really good so if your going to put something on I would get those. Or just do what I did either way it will help!Quote:
Originally Posted by don_vercetti
yeah i think ill get some. cheers for the advice.
My power/chipset temps are fine, it is only that CPU takes itself above 50C at about 2.8 and nothing I can do here than get better cooling.
tried a bit of burn in?
No, I never believed in that. I don't even know what that means. :D