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Use floppy/DOS to flash N680i board.
All I have to say is lately I've been crossing my fingers as I load and play BF2142 (only game I'm playing right now)
I certainly hope that some Nvidia engineers are well rested after the 4 day holiday and get on this problem ASAP.
Same BFG engineer I worked with on the 7900 GTX fiasco is trying to assist me with this fiasco. If I had the choice I'd be running an Intel chipset in a heartbeat, I do think Nvidia knows this that's why they aren't allowing SLI to operate on another chipset.
I had zero issues with my P5WDH board ZERO, sure I couldn't clock my ram higher than 900 but that was a chipset limitation. I had no raid issues no sata issue and no installation issues. That board is in wife's case now and if I wasn't so jacked up on my 8800 GTX SLI I'd be returning this board like yesterday!
Not good Nvidia, not good, especially when so many are resetting to 100% defaults and still having issues.
This 680i is good RAM overclocker, i can get my Corsair up to 1200Mhz easily! On P5W DH was maximum only 1050Mhz! But this MoBo is horror ....
1. Max FSB only 350MHz ...
2. My PCI ATA controller does not work ...
3. Very unstable in load ...
4. PS2 mouse is jumping ... and PS2 keyboard is not working correctly too ...
5. Sound crackling with 1x 8800GTX too ...
6. Accidentally my RAID is falls and BSOD ...
Time to RMA and to buy Asus Striker ...
Can this chipset work with two different memory kits ?
Anyone with an EVGA board should flash to latest BIOS
The shipping BIOS was not recognising my X6800 & was setting the Multi at 6x
and the RAM SPD was all wrong
I flashed the latest BIOS & initial impressions look much better
odd, my shipping bios p19 booted up just fine with my X6800, and g.skills.Quote:
Originally Posted by mda96bjh
p20 got me a higher fsb and mem oc :)
On my BFG board it was just the other way around, shippping bios fine but update does not see my x6800:D Used floppy to flash by the way.Quote:
Originally Posted by mda96bjh
Also with shipping bios my corsair could do 1T now with update no way:eek:
Quote:
Originally Posted by palese
I saved the original Bios before I flashed it, I'll see if I can find it, hopefully it diend't get lost when I lot the 220GB of data in my External HDD.
Cool thanks:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis_GT
Seems it got lost, along with part of my data... I'm running a data recovery program see if its still salvagable. :(
found it. Mine came with the P17 bios dated 10/20/06
disclamer: I'm NOT responsible if you misflash your board/ brick your board. the bios works, I'm currently running it.
http://www.uploading.com/files/J9G6HS49/bios.bin.html
Anyone reboot a perfectly running machine, to find out that the bios is no more?
evga board...fans and lights come on, cpu heats up, but display on mb shows only 2 small horizontal lines.
reset cmos, unplug, rmove battery, you name in....till dead
help?
btw...changed cpu, memory, no go...:eek: :slapass:
Once.... when I flashed a DFI 478 mobo way back when using winflash. Needless to say, the board was broke into pieces short after :p
Sorry to hear about that, just hope you don't have the EVGA board, If so jacob will blame you for overvolting and killing the board. Again sorry to hear about you $450 investment go down the drainQuote:
Originally Posted by rjw
thanksQuote:
Originally Posted by X.T.R.E.M.E_ICE
it was $250 for the board and the vendor says that they will take it back. nothing else is damaged.
Thanks Luis:toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis_GT
X.T.R.E.M.E....Imo its enough of your information, You have your own thread here http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=124383Quote:
Originally Posted by X.T.R.E.M.E_ICE
I think you successfully conveyed your message that made peeps aware of potential problems with this board and we thank you for that:toast:
On the other hand, just leave this thread clean, so any member can post and compare results of 680i board overclocked.
hey, i was wondering if anyone has 680i with the tuniq tower in a case can tell me was there any problem mounting it. i'm currently using a thermalright ultra-90 in a lian-li v1000 case and i have every little room left on the side. i'm currently at 1900 fsb and i think i can go more if i can get better cooling on it. any info will be much appreciated.
I'm using the Tuniq Tower with the eVGA 680i board. Works fine. I've even seen the Tuniq mounted in the Striker Extreme which has heatpipes all around the socket area.
are you using your in a case, and if so can you tell me what case. i'm trying to get an idea how it will fit in mine. and did you had to mount yours sideway? and thanks for helping outQuote:
Originally Posted by sierra_bound
I'm not running the eVGA board in a case. But I have a second Tuniq mounted in another board that is in a case (old Enermax full tower that I've had for several years). I can close the side panel with no problem, if that's what you're wondering.
Update: I just opened the case to take a look. I would say there's a little over an inch of clearance between the top of the Tuniq and the edge of the case.
rjw.... There is a fairly high percentage of 680i reference boards out there with that defect. some say it's a defective bios chip. don't know. when you get one that works ,it worth it!http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=667921
mine with blue led only. reset cmos, swap ram, psu, cpu, vga. you name it... no respond. sending for rma.Quote:
Originally Posted by rjw
Quick question for all you Guru's. I am the somewhat proud owner of an Evga 680i motherboard. I have the latest Beta bios that solved the Xfi/8800GTX Sli issue. Currently, I am running into problems with freezing in 3dmark06. I can leave Oblivion, Flight Simulator X, BF2142 and many other games running all night without issue. However, I am experiencing issues with freezing in 3dMark06.
One thing I have noticed is that the voltage for PCI-E is sometimes set to 1.25v according to Ntune Monitor. I have noticed that slowdowns and freezes seem to occur while that voltage is displayed. I currently have the ntune monitor showing 1.35v for PCI-E voltage and am not experiencing the same lockups/slowdowns. So, Gurus of all gurus, please tell me what I do to change the PCI-E voltage?
@Cody...This is my nTune monitor with bios @ stock/default and 2X8800GTX.
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/449...shot171mf8.jpg
Try to use the newest Nvidia's chipset/vid.card/ntune that you can download from ...http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
Thank you Dumo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dumo
I have installed the 97.02 and nforce 9.53 platform drivers. My ntune is up to date. I have never seen anything higher than 1.35v in the panel. I have no settings for it in BIOS. I have the following voltages in bios currently:
CPU: 1.675v
MCP 1.55
HT: 1.55
SPP: 1.5
mem:2.1
FSB: 1.4
Any ideas? Does GPU eX affect the volts, as I have it off.
perhaps Linkboost? It is off and I can recall it showing 1.25 when I had it on..
Any other thoughts?
Try it with linkboost on.
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Originally Posted by CodyDewey
my 3dmark06 keeps locking during canyon flight but is Prime stable...It may be a driver issue??
although what does this linkboost actually do...?? I disabled it but then windows wouldn't boot???!!!!
I was finally able to get above 530FSB on the Asus Striker. :D
http://img464.imageshack.us/img464/8...er7x534rp1.png
what type of cooling did you use bingo, i'm stuck on my evga at fsb 1910 but i think there is still more potentialQuote:
Originally Posted by bingo13
I am sure that evga is hearing the not so rave review and a bios update will iron out alot of these missing fsb holes...
Tuniq 120, tried a small water system and it was worse. ;) I hit the wall on my Striker at 2140, 2141 was a no go into XP, no issue posting up to 2160 but anything over 2140 at any multiplier was just frustrating.Quote:
Originally Posted by htltwb
well...on to round 2
my first evga suffered the no boot death, so it's on its way back home to where it came from.
My second one is wierd as well...first , it's and older board serial numberwise
secondly, the first board booted to 1922 -24...somtimes it didn't like either, but liked 1923????:stick:
anyhow, I got this one only up to 1890, and it wants the voltages just right in some cases
here is what I got
FSB = 1.2...it goes to 1.45 if set on auto, but won't boot
nf spp 1.3
nf mcp likes between 1.6 and 1.75
ht spp likes between 1.35 and 1.55
if any of these are out of range higher or lower, this board won't boot
Is that strange or what?
btw s/n is 610068003784
the first board ended with 5857
hope this helps someone
I upgraded to P21 , but no difference
oh and also...to get 1890 to work, had to set mem to 666...667 was a no go
Heres another finding...
Tune system in Ntune control panel....instant oc:)
Start with default in bios, exept FSB/mem unlinked 1:1 1016...
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/8...shot195hv5.jpg
Coarse tuning 20 minutes with Nvidia Devils start dancing:D
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2...shot187ve4.jpg
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/4...shot188ge0.jpg
After 20 minutes....instant overclock lol..
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/6...shot191vl3.jpg
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/6...shot190xj8.jpg
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/5...shot193lx4.jpg
Next I will try (boring) fine tuning preferably start @ 4Ghz...for 3 hours watching those drunk devils dance their butt out:D
wow interesting Dumo :)
The most important thing ....Its still alive and kickin, eva:DQuote:
Originally Posted by eva2000
Sanko... My third defective board did exactly the same thing on the first reboot I did. it nener came back to life. Forth works great! Bob
What do you gain by overclocking the PCI-e Bus? is that noticable in benchmarks or RL gaming?
hmm might be getting my grubby hands on Asus Striker 680i so that would be fun.. for now only SLI board i have is trusty DFI NF4 Ultra-D, so dusted it off for some 8800GTS SLI playtime http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?t=3388 :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dumo
Going to have to subscribe to this thread i guess :)
Has anyone tested OCZ PC 6400 Platinum DDR on a 680i mobo,
does it work? I tested this RAM on an Abit Ni8 and a
Abit AB9, didn't work (although it works on other 965/975 mobo),
so I don't want to buy a 680i board only to find
it won't even post.
Hey Guys,
Just got my eVGA 680i delivered today and I'm about to set it up! Man this thing is beautiful and I like that all cables are black! This will be my first ever Intel build and since I need to salvage the GTX and HDD from my current rig I'll probably be offline for a bit (which stinks because I'll probalby need help getting this thing up and running)! Thankfully the Owners Manual seems to be pretty decent and easy to read and I've tried to do as much research as possible up until this point so wish me luck guys!
Serial Number: xxxxxxx11453 (must be fairly new as this is high number)? I hope it's sorted for the most part, plus I guess I should update BISO ASAP to P21?
it should be very easy for you to set up. good luck, if your using the audigy 2ZS you wont need p21...p20 will work just fine. onboard sound is actually really very decent. killer rig you are gonna have there ;)
After a fair bit of tweaking I managed to get my BFG 680i to post above 400FSB. I had to "enable" Execute Disable Bit to do it and can now post at a max of either 479FSB or 459FSB, can't remember.
Also, leaving the FSB voltage at the "safe" 1.5v, as suggested in the Nvidia 680i overclocking guide, would result in system lockups after a few minutes, including a wierd super Pi issue where it would repeat the same loop time result from around the 4th loop. I actually got a 37second 8M Pi time, now that's gotta be a world record :D. It gave a checksum and all I just couldn't save a screen capture.
Reducing the FSB voltage to 1.4v seems to work as it ran 8hours orthos blend at 450FSB after that.
Does anyone have any tips on what is essential for 680i FSB clocking? I hear alot of people talking about "the steep learning curve of 680i" but not many people sharing that info to help others :down:
hmm cuz i think for one that almost every 680i is different from the other! haha~ but well one tip is spp and mcp volts plus ht must go up.. i put mine at 1.4 and 1.65 for mcp.. helps in stability and stuff.. tts for my board at least...
the disable bit dosent really do much for me so far.. with or without i boot over 400fsb~ maxing around 446... havent pushed further yet thou~
just found my cpu max on air...3.46ghz 1.55v
Ok, i must say im pretty happy so far. Since i know my chip was super stable at 3.4 on my last board, i went straight to 3.5 (391x9) I left the ram out of the picture for now, leaving it at a hella divider for 780 at 5-5-5-15. Nevertheless i was able to do a 14.813 1M pi, which would certainly be lower with not suck crap mem settings.
One compliant though is that fisrt off, ntune is crap. Random crashes for no reason, and it clocks my GPU at like 680/800. It maxes the mem slider out, but cuts me 40Mhz on the core of what i got on my old board using coolbits. Because of this i wasnt able to beat my old 06 score at 3.4 and 722/800. I will install coolbits and just not use ntine for anything anymore. Also, when i get more free time ill play with the ram and optimize the system. Would love to see 3.6Ghz+ and 13.xxx PI. :woot:
For some who are having problems, you may want to look at this
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=125329
This is a stupid question im sure but did you use the latest version of ntune? Also did you use windows or nvidia bus drivers?Quote:
Originally Posted by mr_knowitall15
easyrider, are your voltage shown by ntune correct?
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=132
finally got time to play with the eVGA & 400+ Fsb seems very easy..:)
interesting comment :woot:Quote:
Originally Posted by SLi_dog
lol looks like you'll have yours before i get my 680i......nvidia people ran out of stock and are sending one next week LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by eva2000
Consider yourself lucky. I had back to back sets of Corsair XMS (BH5) with a bad stick in each set back in the NF2 days.Quote:
Originally Posted by X.T.R.E.M.E_ICE
Viper
These are my settings & results using evga 680i. I'm stuck @ 465FSB no matter what kit of ram or how I up the voltage. What has impressed me most about this overclock, is it was easy to get, and all voltages were set to auto with the exception of ram, cpu, & FSB.
One thing to note:
Not all boards will hit the same clock speeds just like not all cpu's overclock the same.
This setting was used successfully on both the EVGA & BFG. The Hardware consisted of the Following.
CPU: E6400L628B194
HSF: Scythe Infinity w/SILVERSTONE FM121
Video: PNY 7900GS (For SLI 2 Evga 7900GT's were used)
Memory: 2GB Kit G.SKILL F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ's
Hard Drive: Western Digital 320GB Serial ata
Rom Drive: Sony DVD-RW 500a
PSU: OCZ Powerstream 520w
EVGA @ 465FSB 12 hours orthos stableCode:CPU Configuration
Limit CPUID MaxVal (Disabled)
Intel SpeedStep (Disabled)
CPU Thermal Control (Disabled)
C1E Enhanced Halt State (Disabled)
Execute Disable Bit (Enabled)
Virtualization Technology (Enabled)
System Clocks
CPU Multiplier (8 X)
PCIe x16_1, Mhz (Auto)
PCIe x16_3, Mhz (Auto)
PCIe x16_2, Mhz (Auto)
SPP<->MCP Ref Clock, MHz (Auto)
**HT Multiplier**
nForce SPP--> nForce MCP (5 x)
nForce SPP<-- nForce MCP (5 x)
**Spread Spectrum Setting**
CPU Spread Spectrum (Disabled)
HT Spread Spectrum (Disabled)
PCIe Spread Spectrum(SPP) (Disabled)
PCIe Spread Spectrum(MCP) (Disabled)
SATA Spread Spectrum (Disabled)
FSB & Memory Config
FSB-Memory Clock Mode (linked)
FSB-Memory Ratio (Sync)
FSB (QDR), MHz (1860)
MEM(DDR), MHZ (930)
Memory Timming Setting
Memory Timming Setting (Expert)
tCL (CAS Latency) (4)
tRCD (4)
tRP (4)
tRAS (12)
Command Per Clock(CMD) (2T)
**Advanced Memory Settings** (everything here to auto for starters)
tRRD (Auto)
tRC (Auto)
tWR (Auto)
tWTR (Auto)
tREF (Auto)
System Voltages
CPU Core (1.50)
CPU FSB (1.50)
Memory (2.250)
nForce SPP (Auto)
nForce MCP (Auto)
HT nForce SPP<->MCP (Auto)
http://img.techpowerup.org/061204/12%20hours.jpg
EVGA @ 465FSB 3DMark06
http://img.techpowerup.org/061119/E6...k06 465FSB.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/061119/E6...SB cropped.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/061119/ca... 465fsb716.png
BFG@ 475FSB 3DMark06
http://img.techpowerup.org/061119/E6...k6 475 X 8.jpg
BFG@ 465FSB 3DMark06
http://img.techpowerup.org/061119/E6...k6 465 X 8.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/061119/ca...475 X 8848.png
The evga board started out as a nightmare with my E6600. 473 was max right until the first board bit the bullit.
The second board only went to 465, so I was not to pleased , in that I ran at 495 x 9 on my P5B all day long, with occasional spurts to 520 x 9 for benching.
Then along came the quad core and WOW... while I have never been able to get it to run at ANY of the 9 multi settings that I had working with the E6600, and I can't get it to run UNLKINKED at all so far, with the multi set to 15, this board is pretty solid.
we are only talking under 300 fsb , but I upped the fsb and lowered the multi, and the system is slower.
I think that there is a strap issue with loose timings at higher fsb's similar to the P5B.
I ran super Pi , and a bunch of the 3Dmark stuff and in every case, the lower fsb was faster..
Just some food for thought.
Unfortunately, this isn't helping the lower multiplier chips, but this may be more of a 975 type board, with respect to fsb
I have an asus arriving tomorrow, so I'll check that one out and see if tweaking the fsb improves anything
My cheapo Gskill PC5400's are happy at 713 Mhz 3-3-3-8-20-1T on 2.3volts.
I only see 680i owner with non OCZ Memory. Why?
Is the OCZ Memory not good enough or maybe worse than a Corsair?
Last OCZ are not so good like latest Corsairs ....
But good enough?
help me !!!!!
saturday i bought a motherboard evga 680i but i have several problem ...
max stable fsb is only 375 mhz if i go up, my evga recognize only one core of my core 2 duo 6700.
I tested with every bus moltiplicator 6x 7x 8x 9x 10x but with all setting if i increase over 1500mhz bus only one core are recognised ... i have proved to increse every voltage fsb to 1.4 -1.5 volt, mcp 1.7volt, ht 1.45 and spp 1.55
i had tested two different bios p20 and p21 but with all two bios there are same problem..
there are one solution to my problem ?
are you setting your mem linked or unlinked
i tested linked with setting meme sync and unlinked but in every situation max stable bus is 375, over this don't find two core but only one,Quote:
Originally Posted by icon57
SURFING IN INTERNET I FOUND THIS INTERESTING REVIEW
"Overclocking
Nvidia is quick to push the nForce 680i SLI's overclocking potential, so we spent a considerable amount of time abusing the chipset's front-side bus. After lowering the CPU multiplier to take it out of the equation, we were able to hit a maximum stable front-side bus speed of 360MHz. Above that speed, the board refused to post, even with higher front-side bus and north bridge voltages. We even tried front-side bus speeds between 360 and 560MHz in 20MHz increments to see if skipping to higher speeds would work, to no avail.
Frustrated, we wondered if the engineering sample Core 2 Duo E6700 we were using for testing could be the culprit, so we picked up a retail E6300. That chip did the trick, and we were soon running our board with a blistering 445MHz front-side bus. """
at this adress
http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q4.../index.x?pg=21
DO you think this is my case ?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Terminator82
wow i finally found someone that has the same problem as i do...i have the e6600 and have the very same problem...i cant overclock anything over 1500 fsb or it will not recognize my second core!!! it really sux an d pisses me off honestly...if you hear of anything let me know and ill do the same...mine did it from the get go even with the p19 bios....its really lame im going to try to get my other processors and install them and see if that helps anything ill keep you updated
hmmm ok this is really wierd....i just tried replaceing my other e6600 with the one that i was having troubles with...and it stopped having problems with the 1500 fsb strap.....very weird...i can go up to 1700 fsb with it now...however my cpu cant go that hight booting into windows....very very crazy....my first one is a 625a*** batch and the other that has the 1500 fsb strap problem is a 628b*** that makes me wonder if that could be what is having problems with this strap problem at 1500 fsb...anyone heard anything about this problem...and hey terminator have what batch is your cpu is a b by chance??? maybe those are that processors that have that problem?????
EDIT: sorry it really isnt a cpu strap its jsut a problem with the motherboard only using and alowing one core when it goes over 1500 fsb...a strap is a motherboard that cant go over a certain fsb
Any chance someone would be willing to explain what this "CPU Strap" is all about guys? I'm not familar with the terminology so it would be helpful. Plus my E6600 is a L630 A9, I wonder if mine would exhibit the same problems at 1500Mhz or higher? I'll check it out and get back....
You could consider you self lucky, my BFG maxes out at around 453FSB with an E6600 and even then it crashes when running 3DMark03 or higher.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Nemesis
I found that it was the SPP voltage that allowed me to get higher FSB. Also, if CPU FSB was set to 1.5V the system would crash after a short while. It seems to run fine even at 1.3v so in my experience, it seems to be the SPP voltage that helps most with FSB.
Also try setting the tRC to a higher value (mine maxes out at 31)
(I'll have to try enabling the Virtualization technology, thanks)
PS: Can ya crop your screen captures a bit too. Not all of us have 24"+ widescreen monitors heh
We just got the SciFi channel here is Australia. It rocks, Battlestar Gallactica is awsome. :)
OCZ Titanium Alpha VXs here.Quote:
Originally Posted by GNU
well I got this board a couple days ago and I can push my E6600 pretty well. My real issue right now is that my FSB won't top 1576 (394QDR). I've tried dozens and dozens of combiantions of voltages and I just can't get any faster. I've tried keeping my RAM at 533Mhz to take it out of the equation ( I have D9 GSkill) and I'm at a 6X multi to ensure I'm not being held back by the core. I just don't understand what the problem is had I gone 975X I'd be sitting over 500Mhz right now.
Here are my timings and voltages:
CPU Core 1.29375 which reads 1.25
CPU FSB 1.2 which reads 1.2
Memory 2.2V which reads 2.2V
SPP 1.40V
MCP 1.65V
SPP-MCP 1.3V
Unlinked
FSB 1575FSB
MEM 533
Timings
tCL 5
tRCD 5
tRP 5
tRAS 15
CMD 2T
Advanced MEM
tRRD 3
tRC 20
tWR 5
tWTR 9
tREF 3.9us
I've gotten it to post occasionally at 1580FSB now still that's my brick wall, just shy of 400Mhz.
I'm planning on putting this under a MKII GT but not if this board can't muster anything past 393FSB. That'll run on air at default volts all day....
Here's my question what am I missing?
I have everything like audio FDC Controller and Firewire disabled.
I had the same problem until I changed the Execute Disable Bit setting to "enabled". Try setting to the below.Quote:
Originally Posted by pablo906
CPU Configuration
Limit CPUID MaxVal ________(Disabled)
Intel SpeedStep___________(Disabled)
CPU Thermal Control_______(Disabled)
C1E Enhanced Halt State___(Disabled)
Execute Disable Bit________(Enabled)
Virtualization Technology___(Disabled)
Try raising the FSB voltage to 1.4v and see what raising the SPP voltage does for your max FSB ;) Also, try raising your tRC advanced memory timming value. You'll need more vcore too.
Edit: make sure these are disabled also.
CPU Spread Spectrum _______(Disabled)
HT Spread Spectrum ________(Disabled)
PCIe Spread Spectrum(SPP) __(Disabled)
PCIe Spread Spectrum(MCP)__(Disabled)
SATA Spread Spectrum ______(Disabled)
Default multi and FSB>1699 seems faster.....Heres quick comparo (pretty sure longer bench will yield the same results).
Mobo retail BFG N680i unmoded, NB watercooled and SB with fan (its an old MSI Neo2 NB hsf)...
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/3...shot270az7.jpg
FSB 1492 and mem @1066
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/6...shot268mv8.jpg
FSB 1825 and mem @1318
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/4...shot269ao8.jpg
Quote:
Originally Posted by pablo906
i am not telling you what to do, but i would certainly think you are gonna need way more volts to your cpu to get it to post at higher fsb..imho
He's tried that :)Quote:
Originally Posted by icon57
Quote:
Originally Posted by pablo906
so 680i NB is one that gets hot not SB ? i ordered 2x more radiical chipset waterblocks for when i get Asus striker board planned for SB/NB water cooled but if only need NB cooled would be much simplier :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dumo
@Eva....w/out heatpipe hs, sb needs to be cooled with low profile active hs.
ah so probably Evercool Twink VGA Cooler (VC-RE) would do http://www.bigbruin.com/html/evercool-vcre.htm ?
Wonder if a pair of swiftech blocks over the nb/sb would cool better then the stock heatpipes... am i nuts for thinking this???
http://www.cluboverclocker.com/revie...9-cu/index.htm
So I started playing with my settings last night, trying to get a fast real world overclock. I didn't care what my final FSB numbers were, or what not, I just wanted to see what I could get the system to run smoothly at, and what combo of settings gave me the best real world overall performance. I was a bit shocked when I get these settings to blow away my old stuff in Everest (not that I am saying Everest is real world performance, but it's a good baseline to start from in evaluating changes to your settings):
FSB: 333 (1334 QDR)
RAM: 333 (667)
Timings: 3-3-3-10-1T
My final OC is only 3ghz, but these settings are smashing what I was getting at 3.3 and 3.4ghz in Everest, with much looser timings and no 1T. *shrugs* Just something to think about. It seems to me the C2D's are so fast once you get up above 2.8ghz, if your memory isn't timed tight enough to keep up, you start to bottleneck. It seems to me keeping the FSB and the final CPU speed in moderation, but tightening up your memory quite a bit, yields serious real world performance. Considering that's why I am OC'ing this machine, rather than to just get a swank FSB number, I am happy with this.
I am curious to see what I can get the system running at once I have my D9 based Dominator's in the box. Right now I am using some value level OCZ RAM and it's doing 3-3-3-10-1T @ 667 on stock volts. I am hoping I can get near those kind of timings with the C5D at 800mhz.
my processor is core 2 duo 6700 l624a but i don't think the problem is ours motherboard that don't run over 1500mhz, all motherboard evga that i saw go over 1500.Quote:
Originally Posted by tylerw13
I think there are the bus problem with ours processor nforce 680i was tested by nvidia over x6800 platform with this cpu bus go up 2100mhz.
the best processor for overclock bus in this motherboard are 6300 6400 x6800
in this review is explicated that their tested one evga 680i on 6700 processor and bus don't go up 360mhz but when on the same board was mounting core 2 duo 6300 bus go up to 490mhz
http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q4.../index.x?pg=21
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
i had tested with beta bios p17 p20 and p21 but there is the same situation don't go over 1500 if go don't recognize second core
do you think this problem'll resolve with new bios uprgade ?
quad core does pretty well on this board, becayse multi set to 15 = easy 4.3Ghz
Take in to account the difference in multipliers between the 6300 and the 6700. I bet if you stepped down the multiplier on that 6700 to the same as the 6300 (which is what, 7x?) it would also reach 450+ FSB. As you step that multi up, your FSB "ceiling" for your current voltage is going to drop. I can barely do 375 FSB on my E6600 if I stick to 9x multi, but if I drop the multi to 8x, I can do 425 or so stable. I think memory is the limiting factor in my case, but it still demonstrates what I mean.Quote:
Originally Posted by Terminator82
(Also, he is running an engineering sample E6700 in that test...not exactly a clean test of retail vs. retail chips. Hard to draw conclusions from that.)
I recently got a Striker and have an encountered a weird problem: I cannot use all four DIMM slots without stability issues.
I discovered this while trying to install XP, and it kept crashing at random points with all four DIMMs installed. But when I use just 1 or 2 DIMMs, everything is beautiful. I am using a pair of Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4D sets. I tested dozens of combinations, and all four DIMMs work individually and in pairs fine in any of the four slots (both blue, both white, one of each, etc). So it is not the DIMMs themselves, and it is not the slots themselves, it is only an issue when all four are in use at once.
I was running them at 2.1V and also tried 2.2V, and tried a variety of timings (including extremely loose, extremely low clock rates). :confused:
Any idea what might be the cause of this, and any solutions to try? I would like to be able to run with 4 GB, but I would like to avoid having to return a board that is so scarce at the moment. :)
@ Vol...i know this does not help ya now, but always better off with 2 x 2 gb, as opposed to 4 x 1gb
maybe they need more juice...try the volts a lil higher see if that gets ya stable on the rams...good luck
icon57 is right, it's always better to use two modules than four. I can't think of many boards in the past year or so that haven't had some kind of issue with 4 DIMM's, even it was an automatic down clock or something of that nature.
Tried 2.3V, 2.4V and 2.5V and couldn't boot to Windows. Went back to 2 DIMMs and no problem.
Thanks for the tips. If anyone else has an idea, please pass it along.
do you know what though i put in my other e6600 that i have and it works fine....it overclocks clear up to 450 fsb and it recongnizes my 2nd core every time...its really weird...its like it doesnt like my other processor or something...then when i put in my other...its goes back to only seeing 1 core...its very weird and nothing explains it...ive tried lowering mutis and everything....it sux bad...i freakin have gotten really frustrated with this thing:slapass:Quote:
Originally Posted by Terminator82
to me a bios update isnt going to fix it...at least that is how i feel!!!
but is normal that at default bus speed 266 and memory gskill hz 800mhz 4 4 4 10 2.050volt i' must increase chipset spp voltage from 1.2 volt to 1.25 because at 1.2 volt freeze windows?
Do you have a bios screen shot of what your talking about?
Ive got a whole bank of DIMMs not working and am hoping i can avoid an RMA.
Terminology may be incorrect so here is what I mean:
Bank1: Dimm slot a1 Blue and dimm slot b1 white (This bank is out if i put a stick in either slot and boot I get a continuos beep)
Bank2: Dimm slot a2 Blue and dimm slot b2 white (This bank work fine I can populate a2 and b2 and overclock like heck but of course no dual channel)
Quote:
Originally Posted by sdumper
i must setting (for stability at default ) voltage of SPP at 1.25 volt standard voltage at default fsb speed is 1.2.
is that normal ?
CPU Core auto
CPU FSB auto
Memory 2.1V
SPP 1.25
MCP auto
SPP-MCP auto
E6600, evga680i.
Max FSB: 437,5 x6, super pi stable.
Max CPU: 425 x9, super pi stable.
Vcore 1.58
Because I'm new to Intel setups I've been concerned about my CPU temps. With that said would you guys take a minute and post your Idle/Load temps if you would along with CPU votlage and cooling method?
I ask becasue my CPU is running at about 2.924Ghz on 1.4v (BIOS setting) and my Idle temps hover right about 36C-42C and my Load temps jump upwards of 55C-58C. This might now seem horrible but I'm using the following cooling,
Thermochill PA120.3 w/ 3x Scythe 120mm fans (1200rpm)
Swiftech MCP655 Pump
1/2" ID all around
Swiftech Apogee block
Ambient Temp: 20C-23C
My CPU is the only block in the loop and I'm currenlty running a T-Line. I've worked very hard to get all air out of system so I don't think that is causing the problem. Then last night I went back to my old radiator which is BIP 120.3 and after purging all the air I still get the same exact temps and I'm positive all air is also out of this system. Anyway just curious if these temps are resonable or are they too high for current cooling method?
Have you tried reseating the waterblock on the CPU? Make sure you clean the block and CPU well, then reapply some Arctic Silver 5 or something (just a pea size drop in the middle of the CPU. Are you sure you're getting good water flow through the system?Quote:
Originally Posted by Roger_D25
Thanks for the reply Trellame, much apprecaited! Since I wrote the post above I've tried a couple different things. I had been getting my temperature from nTune (didn't use any of the overclocking aspects of it), just used for voltage/temps. I found and downloaded both "Core Temp" and "TAT" which from what I've read should be more accurate than nTUne (but I could be wrong)? Anyway these two programs read my temps as,
Idle: 29C-31C
Load: 42C-46C
Am I right in thinking that these two programs are more accurate than nTune is? I truly hope so because it seems to fall in line with the tempersture other E6600 users are getting on water with around 1.4v? Thanks again guys!
I got 4GHz on my E6600, and 12,953s in Super-Pi. But vcore is at 1.775 in bios, so I should turn of now. 58C in Core-Temp while superpi is running, 50C idle.
4 GHz
ok so its safe to say the bios is not reporting the correct voltage lol.
Check your voltage using Speedfan 4.31.
Don't know if this is common knowledge or not but the things that helped me hit what I assume to be the max FSB (~470Mhz) on my BFG 680i are:
Enable "Execute Disable Bit"
Set nForce SPP voltage to 1.55v
Set HT nForce SPP <-> MCP voltage to 1.55v
I set vcore to 1.775v, bios reports 1.73v and speedfan 1.74v.Quote:
Originally Posted by sdumper
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t was found that the GTL Reference Voltage, derived from CPU VTT/FSB Voltage, on the 680i SLI Motherboard, needed a little boost for better FSB overclocks on Kentsfield Processors. About a 0.03v-0.05v boost should yield better FSB overclocks on a Kentsfield Processor. Current boards do not have this implementation, but newer boards should be tuned with a little more GTL Ref Voltage with Kentsfields. Perhaps we can expect a Revision 2 of 680i SLI Motherboards...
Where can i change the fsb voltage?
I need more oc on my 6600 , it runs on standart core @ 3,0..
now i have waterchilling setup,what is a possible value to these hardware??can i get 4,0 without Nitrogen ?? best changes in bios for o clock??
please help!!
greets from germany
jAnBAtos2142
Has anyone figured where the actual voltage read points are on this board yet? I realize it just came out but I'm very curious to know what the actual voltages are as I've pretty much never had a board which showed accurate CPU/Chipset/RAM voltages. Plus I just feel better knowing exaclty what voltages really are!
That could be the problem, I don't know that any of them can really be trusted but those second numbers seem more likely. If your CPU was really getting as hot under load as you said in your first post, you should be able to feel the tube flowing away from your CPU block being very warm. I have an E6600 also, but I'm posting from work, when I get home I'll check the temps, I haven't looked for a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roger_D25
VR-Zone has some. On my board the memory meters .048 volts higher than set or indicated in bios. Looks like unless Vcore is set to "Auto" the true Vcore is is way the hell off (way low on my MB) from what you set.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roger_D25
Just pulled the Vcore mosfet heatsink off on mine too. There are 16 Vcore mosfets and the only ones the stock heatsink was making contact with were the 2 at each end. The 12 mosfets in the middle were not even touching the heatsink pad at all!!!
Viper
That would be greatly apprecaited Trellame, if you do get a chance to post would you also include what monitoring program you use along with CPU voltage?
ViperJohn,
Excellent, I'll have to go check VR out, their usually pretty good about getting that info posted quickly! I'll also post my actual voltages once I check along with what I had the voltages set to in BIOS to show the differences. Too bad about the VREG heatsink, although I'm not suprised unfortuenlty! Are you going to try and mod the heatsink to better make contact with the mosfets, if at all possble? Your talking about the larger of the two heatsinks next to CPU correct?