How about overclocking - any better?
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How about overclocking - any better?
i got it as well but didnt get the board yet, wes said the next official release will have all those options as well iirc
still no option to increase the voltage? or is the option there but doesnt do anything?
What are the differences between the shipping bios and the beta one? Does the beta bios allow high HTT with 1T 1:1? What options are you talkin' about Saaya?
The option to overvolt CPU is there even in the shipping bios but only gives 0.1 more.
i dont know, i havent tried the bios wes sent me, as i said, i dont have the board yet, i expect to get it on tuesday...
wes said something about all the extra options in that bios beeing available in the next official release or something.
good news :)
beta bios link ?
well I've gotten back to 2.6Ghz but I can only get the ram to run at 2T, this is with the OCZ 2GB PC4000 Platnium Kit, oh well, maybe a bios update will fix my problems ( CPU and ram worked perfectly on my NF4 at 260 1T 1:1 )
the +0.2 vcore thing doesn't work with the bios Wes sent at least with the opteron.
i have a 3700+ SD that I will test next. will let you guys know.
Soon as I get the bioa I will test it
you have private message! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by althes
i'm not liking this board so far.
i keep getting mem errors in my games.
ram clocked at less than 200mhz, chip clocked at only 2.8 ghz while i know it is stable at 3.0.
also, mobo doesnt work with my 3700+ SD which worked on my ultra-d.
so far i'm gonna have to give this board a big thumbs down.
Anyone want to be a pal and email it to me?
I got the board installed last night and its been pretty decent so far. I can onlt get 1.45v on an opty 170 though. So im currently stuck at 2.6ghz which is what i got on my neo4.
yhpm
okay. the new bios is no good with bh-5/6 memory.
if this is true of anyone else, please post.
i've flashed back to the original one and errors are all gone now.
This is my first A64 adventure, so I'm a bit lost in overclocking right now. I'm working on figuring it all out, but I'm happy with the board overall. Anyone else notice some fairly bad interference on the audio, though? A large part of why I bought this board was the HD audio, as I didn't want to buy a sound card too. Maybe I will if they don't resolve this in future driver updates.
Still haven't got C&Q working either. lol
The board definitely clocks the ram with all 4dimms full to 2t and less than 1:1.Quote:
Originally Posted by shimmishim
Its to make the board actually run.
I dont like it because you cant force it to run no dividers.
Guess Asus decided no noob sending boardf back because it run ram.
Strange about the 3700+
Any updates concerning 1T @ 280Mhz and more 1:1?
I was using 2 x 512 corsair bh-6.Quote:
Originally Posted by althes
it defaults to 2T but you can manually change it to 1T.
I also disabled error correcting. did you?
i wonder if running 2T would solve my problem.
either way, this board is on the shelf for the time being.
also, this board killed my 3700+. :( (not sure exactly how). i put the 3700+ into my DFI board and the board wouldn't boot when I hit power. took it out and stuck in my opteron and board booted again.
sigh.
the cost of killing hardware is so expensive sheesh!
i hope the new official bios is more friendly to bh-5/6.
i even tried 1 stick at a time and it still gave errors :(
what the heck is going on with these new boards killing cpus?Quote:
Originally Posted by shimmishim
ati chipset is horrible..
...........................
you're certain its dead?
Guys...
Dont jump to conclusions.
not jumping yet, but the boards officially off my to-buy list if something else dies.
Well, if it never booted with the 3700+ I wouldn't jump to conclusions that it somehow killed it. Could be unsafe handling or something. I assume this is an isolated report which would lead to it being more chance/static than anything.
no, the thing that's horrible (and imo has always been horrible) is DFI's shoddy engineering (to the extent that even ATI recommends that users keep clear of their Xpress board). Sure they give you a lot of tweaking options and are at times innovative (such as teh 4 DS dimms at 1T) but you always get unwanted "bonus features" (like the killer CPU thing or flakey stability or pickiness with RAM an so on).Quote:
Originally Posted by calcal
Can someone who has done a vcore mod on this board, kindly list the steps to do one ?
Interested to try.
:woot:
yeah i agree. it was unexpected. it booted up a couple of times before the board shut off (as if the thermal protection was kicking in).Quote:
Originally Posted by Bar81
it might be possible that my waterblock didn'tmake good contact with the core and overheated and killed the chip (if that's possible).
i don't blame the board for that. i'm not angry about that at all to be honest.
its just that i couldn't get my bh-6 stable with this board. i ran superpi 1M with moderate overclock and underclocked mem settings and i still couldn't finish 1M even once. i tried 1 stick, 2 sticks, different slots, EVERYTHING.
i'm back on my dfi board and the chip is running flawlessly again with my mem.
overall, i'd rate this board a 7/10 but that's only after 1 day of use.
like i said, no one else has reported any problems with running bh-5/6 yet so it might just be my board.