No way you're going to overclock a 6600 to 480 fsb on the 9 multi. Even if your cpu could do it, you'll need massive vcore volts and very good cooling. You may have all these, but the cpu to do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ph03n1x
No way you're going to overclock a 6600 to 480 fsb on the 9 multi. Even if your cpu could do it, you'll need massive vcore volts and very good cooling. You may have all these, but the cpu to do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ph03n1x
maybe..Quote:
Originally Posted by syl
thanks :toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by syl
btw, i have a chance to choose...between 29B and 31A...i'll probably take 29B
i know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zucker2k
i just said that because i think the board isn't the one that will be limit for oc.
don't worry...i'll try to find a good e6600 stepp ;)
You might also want to up the MCH voltage a little. It's working harder managing 4 sticks.Quote:
Originally Posted by sjoback
Okay
I had the SAME problem last night as I had with my first Badaxe 2. Here's the long and short of it:
I was at 3.2GHz, DDR2-1066, 5-5-5-15 (rated 1000, 5-5-5-15), 1.375vcore (tried up to 1.45v to rule out CPU), and Quake 4 would crash and cause a reboot. Orthos small FFTs however, was TOTALLY stable for 4 hours. Now, I was thinking it might be my RAM. So I upped volts to 2.36, then 2.4, and nothing helped.
Today I had to fix my new non-POSTing motherboard, so I set jumper to 2-3 (Config), went into Maintainence tab in BIOS, and disabled C1E the proper way, also disabled EIST, Legacy USB, parallel port (I'm not gonna use it), and some other useless things like VT and XD technology. This was with my 256MB stick of RAM, mind you, DDR2-667, 5-5-5-15. So I left everything at stock, saved and shut down. Set jumper to 1-2 (Normal), booted fine with the old 256MB stick. Shut down again, put my Ballistix back in at the proper voltage in the blue RAM slots...no POST. ARGH! So I switched them to the black RAM slots and, well, here I am in Windows typing this.
Could anyone explain this?
Should I update to 2507 BIOS, and do you think it'd fix these weird niggling RAM issues? Could anyone explain the changes in 2507 that I need to disable (like Watchdog, still not sure on its function)?
One last thing: what are advisable NB/FSB voltages for a 3.2GHz OC? I think the FSB is about 1443 with 356FSB, so what's safe? I ask because when I set NB/FSB up a couple notches from stock last night at 3.2GHz, I ran into this non-POSTing problem AGAIN. I'm confused as hell as to whether or not a new BIOS would fix this.
Help is GREATLY appreciated.
Does anyone here know what tool will read S.M.A.R.T. information off the ICH7R in RAID configuration? It does not seem possible... if not, how about in AHCI mode?
-sfxs
Yea I get the three beep errors also even when defaulting back to stock speeds and volts before flashing to any BIOS. But in my case, I have to remove the battery and let the system sit unpowered overnight before I can post again. I have tried everything from removing ram to shorting out the removed CMOS clear jumper, to BIOS recovery, to reseating cards and to throwing things across the room and jumping and screaming like an angry gorilla. The only thing that seams to help me is throwing things and jumping and screaming like an angry gorilla because it makes me feel less Piss'd off after I do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by heikis
This kinda thing happens about 25% of the time when I get a bad overclock also. Currently my XBX2 is being stupid again from simply changing the strap to 1333 and divider to 667 nothing else was changed.
Seams Intel needs some more intel on how to make a good OC motherboard that doesnt have the little stupid annoying problems that makes users want to destroy it with a large hammer.
If any one knows how to reset to factory defaults without having to remove the battery for half a day please let me know before I check myself into a mental hospital from frustration.
I've got a lot of the same exact issues you describe. I havent tried using the black memory slots though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Omastar
In my situation, I used to be able to do 425FSB 100% ORTHOS blend stable for 12 hours. Long story short, I'm now only doing 415 75% Orthos blend stable for an hour. Its definitely not memory, I just bought some more Ballistix and same exact problems even running memory at DDR624. Doubt its CPU because ORTHOS smalls FFT can still do 425fsb no problem. This only leaves the XBX2 to be the issue and from all the small problems this board is giving me, it doesnt suprise me.
I'll try the black slots tomarrow... If my XBX2 decides it would like to post
EDIT: Boosted Vmch to 1.7volts and Vfsb to 1.4volts yesturday and it did make a slight difference, but still highly unstable at 415Mhz FSB. Computer used to run perfectly stable with 1.65 Vmch and 1.35 Vfsb with 425Mhz FSB.
Had to leave the window wide open and increased Vmch to 2.1V :eek: Fingers are too cold to type but here are the screenies :D
CPU: E6600 L630A962
BIOS: 2507
Vcore: 1.61V
Vdimm: 2.32V
Vmch: 2.1V
Vfsb: 1.5V
Room Temp: 5C
Super-pi 1M @ 485FSB:
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/9851/4851msm6.jpg
Super-pi 32M @ 480FSB:
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/6350/48032mxi2.jpg
syl: very nice, don't you ever sleep... I'm having a hard time buying those temps... h20?
EDIT: You want to sell that chip?
he said room temp 5'CQuote:
Originally Posted by pcdoc1
What's the point? H20 gets you 5'C over ambient?Quote:
Originally Posted by heikis
wow no kidding, I'm on my 3rd mobo and 2nd 6600, and only the BX2 would take this chip past 385fsb! And my WC setup is damn near the best cooling you can get without TEC or phase. Up to 3.69 now, and it was a massive struggle. Apparently I have had crappy luck of the draw compared to some of you guys here, most of you can match my speeds on air and a lot lower volts. And this is better than my first one! I may have to try another 6600 or a Xeon when I do my taxes, there's a 4ghz chip waiting for me somewhere ;p
Have you tried disabling C1E in Config mode, under the Maintainence tab? I hear that's the only way to truly disable it. Also, make sure EIST and VT/XD are disabled (they're all pointless for your needs, anyway). I also have Enhanced Power Slope disabled for now, as it seemed to have been causing problems before, although I'm not sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by SPL15
What are your thoughts on 2507 BIOS, people? Should I flash?
damn it. well I knew that IDCC was too good to be: true/stable/always working :D
Please fix the bugs. After using any monitoring software the IDCC goes down. restarts dont help, shut down 10sec sometimes works. randomly the thing goes working and so on. just as stable as my e6400 @ 8GHz
I just flashed to the newest BIOS today, it seems fine so far. My overclock is stable at my best 2333 settings, possibly will go farther now but I haven't had time to play around. I thought the newer BIOS were no good for OC but PCdoc is right, they are as good or better. The problem is the :banana::banana::banana::banana:ing watchdog function they put in, when you flash to the new bios it enables the watchdog, which in turn destroys any chance of posting til you shut it off by pulling the jumper off completely and doing a service boot. The watchdog that's supposed to help overclocking is turning out to be our worst enemy, go figure.
Board is deciding to be stupid. Won't display video now, so I can't do anything. Clear CMOS did nothing either. Looks like a dead board. :(
what rev? what were your 24/7 settings? how long have you owned the board?Quote:
Originally Posted by Reinvented
Did you hear 3 beeps from the on board speaker? If yes, try to use another display card, it may help.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reinvented
Got my BX2 in tonight... so far it's been rock solid! At first I was having major issues because I didn't realize the memory divider was set to something like 5:4 by default, so I couldn't figure out why my computer wouldn't boot when I upped the FSB, lol.
Hopefully I can hit 400x9 tomorrow. At about 380x9 right now at 1.40vcore. How high do you guys take fsb and vmch? Trying to get a feel for of the general range I should be looking at.
great job.Quote:
Originally Posted by syl
you have a damn good e6600 ;)
Hi @all,
can any recommend a good and fast 2GB memory for Bad Axe
D975XBX2KR and E6600?
I'll use a Zalman 9700 LED as CPU Cooler and my pricelimit is
about $400 for the memory
Quote:
Originally Posted by pcdoc1
Thanks :) Yup, it's on water consisting of components listed in sig w/ 3x102CFM Sanyo Denki's running full blast. Room temp was 5C as stated with the intake air temp closer to 3 or 4C since the PC was closer to the window. The cold air not only benefits the CPU but also the MCH.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ph03n1x
The temps you see in the screenies are idle temps - didn't get a chance to check load temps but they would certainly be a good 30C higher.
Don't forget this was done on a V modded board using super high Vmch. Pre-mod and in normal air temp, the board tops out at 450ish with the best Orthos Blend 8 hrs+ OC at 435FSB - I run it at 423 24/7 at reduced fan speed to save my hearing :) As you can see, the mods and cold air made all the difference to me ;)
I just got the board the other day. I have installed two raptor drives on the main sata ctrl:er and turned of the secondary Sata (marvell).
When I later install the X-fi Paltinum Pro drivers from the driver disc and restart I get the "ntlrd is missing" on the reboot. Strange... I reboot again and my boot drive doesn't show in bios anymore. I then connect the other raptor (game drive) to this sata channel (top right) and connect the boot drive to the top left sata port. Then the boot drive shows in bios but the game drive does not. :mad: The top right Sata channel has gone bye bye it seems.. :(
It soon gets even worse... When I manage to boot the OS drive on the new sata channel after the X-Fi install, I get a message that there isn't any X-Fi hardware installed. :cussing: This it does no matter which pci slot I put it in. I'm not sure if windows could see the X-fi before the install. Probably not I think...
Windows seem to find the onboard audio even though I turned it of in bios. :confused:
What should I do? RMA? I'm knackered now as I've only slept less than 3 hours because of this...
I'm using Windows X64.
The drives are set as IDE in bios.
There is some marks on the chipset cooler as I wasn't that careful when taking it of to remove the white thermal paste and add AS5. I might have trouble to RMA it...
Thanks.
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I gotta be missing something here but...
Any ideas why my front left USB port doesn't work on my Antec P180 case? The right USB port works fine and the left one worked with my P5B...
Also, running 385x9 @ 1.412vcore (1.425vcore in BIOS). While that vcore drop is small compared to Asus boards, is that about normal for these BX2's?
So far so good... ;)
Edit: I notice my System Zone 1 Temp (I'm guessing this is the NB) is hitting 39c under load. Seems high compared to other motherboards I've used? Any recommendations on a different NB cooler or perhaps just apply some AS5?
I would go with either of these:toast: :Quote:
Originally Posted by detchaos
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820148047
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146563
To look more::fact:
http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=124283