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10-13-2006, 04:59 AM
Dublin_Gunner

The programs you're looking at, are probably reading the SPD, not the manually set timings
10-13-2006, 06:17 AM
chrisf6969

Flashed to F7 last night. MUCH BETTER results.
At least for FSB overclocking & memory bandwidth at the higher FSB.

My e6600 is kind of a dud. It will "only" do 3Ghz at 1.37v, but then needs like 1.5v for 3.2Ghz and still isn't 100% stable. So I had settled for 333 x 9 = 3Ghz before.
I had tried booting at lower multipliers before like 401 x 6, etc.. but I couldn't do it with the other BIOS's.

With F7, it boots right up at nearly any FSB. I ran Orthos last night at 429 x 7 = 3Ghz for 8 hours. I'll do some more testing when I get home this afternoon. But so far it seems to have removed the FSB wall problem I was having.

9 x 333 = 3Ghz (worked with old BIOS's)
7 x 429 = 3Ghz (only works with F7!)

going to try 2 more multipliers tonight which I know didn't work before F7.
8 x 375 = 3Ghz
6 x 500 = 3Ghz
10-13-2006, 06:28 AM
Donnie27

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisf6969

Flashed to F7 last night. MUCH BETTER results.
At least for FSB overclocking & memory bandwidth at the higher FSB.

My e6600 is kind of a dud. It will "only" do 3Ghz at 1.37v, but then needs like 1.5v for 3.2Ghz and still isn't 100% stable. So I had settled for 333 x 9 = 3Ghz before.
I had tried booting at lower multipliers before like 401 x 6, etc.. but I couldn't do it with the other BIOS's.

With F7, it boots right up at nearly any FSB. I ran Orthos last night at 429 x 7 = 3Ghz for 8 hours. I'll do some more testing when I get home this afternoon. But so far it seems to have removed the FSB wall problem I was having.

I'll give it a shot Sunday.
10-13-2006, 07:05 AM
GAM

F6 for DQ6.

FSB435@3.48GHz(44412), @1.42v vCore (1.38v), temps <55c max on both cores (Everest), 27c ambient, dual folding 10hrs, no problems since previous post.

F6 seems fine. Can't be sure that it is any better for overclocking, although I did have trouble hitting this speed before.
10-13-2006, 08:08 AM
mach82

Quote:

Originally Posted by therat

Yep saw that on the Geil website, however it doesn't explain that when I manually set all the memory timings so that it should be DDR2-800 5-5-5-15, why every diagnostic program around detects the RAM as GEIL DDR2-667 PC2-5300. If the DS3 was correctly detecting it so would the diagnostics.
cheers

"You will find a "CAUTION" card in every retail packaged DDR2 products mentioned above"
So your job is to set the timings manually. DS3 detects your sticks right, because in their SPD it's written, that they are DDR2 667 sticks. Geil has done so due to compatibility issues.
10-13-2006, 09:29 AM
Richard Dower

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=129749

This seems to be better for me right now, with other bios prior to F6 i needed more VCore to reach 2.9Ghz. Voltage set to 1.4250V in bios. Around 1.4V actual.
10-13-2006, 09:34 AM
Richard Dower

Quote:

Originally Posted by kenofstephen

anyone is having problem with DQ6 + X-Fi or Micron D9?

Please quote my post and reply here.

I'll send you the fix.:cool:

Yes Ken...moi.
10-13-2006, 09:35 AM
kenofstephen

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard Dower

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=129749

This seems to be better for me right now, with other bios prior to F6 i needed more VCore to reach 2.9Ghz. Voltage set to 1.4250V in bios. Around 1.4V actual.

Keep it on~:)
10-13-2006, 09:39 AM
Richard Dower

Ken, that F6 file you put on Radipshare...is it the same as the official F6 from Gigabyte?
10-13-2006, 12:30 PM
ConroeLover

Question......
Can someone tell me if a calculation time of 14.209S in super PI 1MB on my E6700 Overclocked to 3.5 Gig is a good time?
THANKS!!:toast:
10-13-2006, 12:51 PM
eXceeded

yes a very good time :)
10-13-2006, 12:57 PM
ConroeLover

Quote:

Originally Posted by eXceededgoku

yes a very good time :)

Thank you:D
I was not sure as there are a lot of issues with this MB:slapass:
Another thing I have just noticed is that super PI runs on 1 core.
That does not make sense:confused: No matter what I do it only uses 50% CPU power. Is this correct and is there a version that makes use of both cores?
Sorry for all the questions:slapass:
10-13-2006, 02:19 PM
eXceeded

yeah right now its only 1 core, which is why I don't understand why its the general consensus of performance here but ah well :). The motherboard is actually very good its just that it has a few qwerks and has a few problems with some CPUs. Namely week 24s like I got :( and I think Richard, really bad batch though I think...
Also just a note to everyone I got my GeIL PC6400 to 1Ghz today :) well chuffed atm its a couple of hours orthos stable. (btw couldn't do this before).
10-13-2006, 02:49 PM
Richard Dower

Just run two instance of Super PI, it'll stress both cores....anyways, i have decided to sell my 6600 and have almost done the deal.

So i will either get a week 29 6700 or another 6600 of unknown week...now if i don't get 3.4GHz i'll snap and be carted off to the looney bin!
10-13-2006, 03:17 PM
eXceeded

lol Richard, I really strongly advise against that course of action :S since it is a core 2 duo again and core 2 quad is soo close as well as K8L changing now is almost bordering on foolish :(.
10-13-2006, 03:25 PM
Jen

F7 bios i am impressed with . i have tried both the F5 and F6 previous to this and found i could not find memory stability above 460 . now i am testing memtest #5 for over 3 hrs with fsb at 480 . tomorrow i will try for 500 fsb my final test. then i will try to see if this e6300 can do more than 3200 at stock voltage

Jen
10-13-2006, 03:27 PM
Richard Dower

But quad core offers no real performance increase over dual core in regards gaming, if you're doing multi tasking then yes.

Also it's not native quad core, and native + Bearlake will drop in Q3 2007. So i plan to keep my current rig for at least another year from now, by October 07 they will be out and prices will have dropped a bit.
10-13-2006, 03:39 PM
Dazog

Any word on a F8 beta for the DS3.

I have a whole weekend to test....... :)
10-13-2006, 05:02 PM
Lestat

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jen

F7 bios i am impressed with . i have tried both the F5 and F6 previous to this and found i could not find memory stability above 460 . now i am testing memtest #5 for over 3 hrs with fsb at 480 . tomorrow i will try for 500 fsb my final test. then i will try to see if this e6300 can do more than 3200 at stock voltage

Jen

and what memory is that and what timings ? and voltage etc etc

and no F8 until next week....at the soonest
10-13-2006, 05:08 PM
chrisf6969

ok with F7 BIOS
it allowed me to boot past the wall I had been hitting before and lower the multiplier and it actually boot higher!

So I've tried
9x333 ( F6 & earlier BIOS's) @ 2.5:1 memory ratio
8x375 ( works w/ F7 only) - best full performance results
7x429 ( works w/ F7 only) - about the same as 9x333, best memory scores

I'm going to shoot for 6x500 later, after I thoroughly test everything at the current clocks.
10-13-2006, 05:14 PM
SnakeEyes

Quote:

Originally Posted by kenofstephen

sure, please be patient. :D

Ken I can't wait!!
Can't we get something?
10-13-2006, 05:43 PM
Lestat

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisf6969

ok with F7 BIOS
it allowed me to boot past the wall I had been hitting before and lower the multiplier and it actually boot higher!

So I've tried
9x333 ( F6 & earlier BIOS's) @ 2.5:1 memory ratio
8x375 ( works w/ F7 only) - best full performance results
7x429 ( works w/ F7 only) - about the same as 9x333, best memory scores

I'm going to shoot for 6x500 later, after I thoroughly test everything at the current clocks.

dude if you cant even boot higher than 333 x 9 than you got the sh|ttiest most horrible conroe i have ever seen. and i can almost guarentee you it has nothing to do with the baord its all your cpu.

what voltages are you using ? are you locking the pci-e at 100mhz ???

your doing something seriously wrong if you cant even go past 333 x 9 and i mean something very wrong
10-13-2006, 06:33 PM
kenofstephen

Quote:

Originally Posted by SnakeEyes

Ken I can't wait!!
Can't we get something?

once I got something, I will post up here.;)
10-13-2006, 06:55 PM
Jen

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lestat

and what memory is that and what timings ? and voltage etc etc

and no F8 until next week....at the soonest

memory crucial ballistix pc6400

timings useing at this time 5 5 5 15 2.2v , with F7 bios i now have option to go higher with voltage than previous bios. i havent tried higher voltages all attempts on previous bios was that the memory didnt like higher voltages.

note with F5 and F6 i could use 4 4 3 8 at 458 fsb , nothing higher could i obtain stable. i couldnt even use CAS 5 with previous bios's . dont ask me what they have changed here but i am finding i am needing to use CAS 5 now . still alot of testing to do here . over 5 hrs memtesting done so far with zero errors

mch .01 / fsb .01 , i have found that raiseing these didnt help me with stability so far.

cooling both the northbridge and cpu , again even with this previous bios didnt net me above 458 stable with this cooling.

Jen
10-13-2006, 07:14 PM
kenofstephen

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard Dower

Ken, that F6 file you put on Radipshare...is it the same as the official F6 from Gigabyte?

it should be, so you may get it from Gigabyte.

they said the F5f fixed the X-Fi issue, so you guys may try it.

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