The 3500LL memory can do 300 MHz even, but with loosened timings.
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The 3500LL memory can do 300 MHz even, but with loosened timings.
To everyone... Windows XP without SP2 Instalation CD brings ACPI error after the preparation of the disk for the instalation. Also USB mouses bring USB error in a file... Use an updated version of the CD... That erros happens with the last Bios available for this board...
Hey alfaunits what settings did u use to get the 3500ll to run at 300mhz?
Also does anyone have their max oc for the 3500ll without loosening the timings?
I'm getting a lot of warm boot issues. They seem to go away if i add vcore but why would I add vcore if my proc can handle lower vcore. Any1 else know something that can help?
I had the following speed/latencies:
2-3-2-5 215Mhz
2.5-3-2-5 245Mhz
(you can do 2-3-2-6 but Memtest would fail, CAS needs to be 2.5 for 245+)
2.5-3-3-6 260Mhz
3-4-4-7 does near 300Mhz (problem is the CPU at this point :D)
This is Auto VDimm, increasing VDimm voltage has no effect.
Above are Memtest stable (Memtest boot CD, all tests passed).
Max for SPD 2-3-2-6 forme was around 230 Mhz.
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Originally Posted by ineedaname
BTW, I was about to say I have high quality PSU, but then I noticed you have 600W ;-)
According to my UPS, my system uses a maximum of 270W (that's with 6 Raprots, DVD-RW, 6600gfx)
I'm having problems with my motherboard since I got a new one from my RMA after so many months :rolleyes:
Here are the problems I'm having:
1. Sometimes when I turn on the PC, nothing appears on the screen and the stock CPU fan it constantly spinning at full speed.
2. Sometimes the BIOS appears on the screen, whenever I saves my BIO's configuration (just disabling things and enabling RAID without any overclocking), the PC doesn't display anything after that.
3. Sometimes it'll say no boot device found (RAID 0 wasn't enabled at this point) or ctrl, alt, and del to restart. As number 2 says, when the screen does display with RAID 0 enabled, I managed to get it to the Windows recovery where it gave you some choices as I'm still using my partition from my previous RAID 0 setup, after I said I wanted Windows to boot normally, the screen decides to display nothing!
4. Whenever I clear the CMOS, it seems to boot when the jumper is in the clear CMOS position, is this normal? Continuing from there, I apply the BIO's settings and it does the same thing after that, blank screen!
Can anyone please provide me any solutions to my problems please? :(
I'm getting so annoyed with this motherboard and I wish my previous motherboard didn't develop any problems after usage as I thought it was fantastic!
Similar problems here :(
I didn't try booting with Jumper on CLear though - it shouldn't boot as per the Manual, but hey... it's not supposed to do some other stuff as well :(
I'm disappointed in ASUS.. or AMD, I'll know when I go dual Xeons agian..
Thx 4 the settings alfaunits i'll try em out tonight. These mem settings are so confusing...
@Cybertronic for problem number 1 is this when you restart or from a cold boot? and what bios revision do you have?
ineedaname, it was from both restarts and cold boots :(
I've managed to fix the problems now as when I managed to get the PC to boot properly after many attempts, I looked at the hardware monitor in the BIOS which showed my CPU voltage, 5V and 12V overvolting a lot. After I turned them down it boots successfully everytime now :)
Then I came across another problem which was my Windows XP installation as just before the formatting stage, it was always BSOD'ing :confused:. I decided to take one of my RAM sticks out (Crucial Ballistix's 2GB) which as a result seems to be the culprit!
I'll have to test the RAM sticks for stability now and I have the feeling that they're dying now just like most of the owners suffered from :(
Hi, I'm a novice overclocker (this is my first attempt) looking to squeeze the most out of my system. Does anyone know any ways i could increase performance on my CPU/ram?
My current System
A8N32-SLI Deluxe (of course :)) Great board btw, solid layout and was very simple for my first full PC build.
Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 2.2Ghz (overclocked to 2860Mhz)
2x 1GB Kingston PC3200 valueram (running at 168.2mhz with timings 3-3-3-8 1T)
Creative x-fi sound card
BFG tech 7800GT OC (further overclocked to 510/1200)
Antec Truepower 2.0 550W
My current vcore in the BIOS screen is 1.450, but CPU-Z reads my voltage as between 1.472V and 1.520V(constantly switches to a few values between there). If i increase the FSB and decrease multiplier, the computer still runs correctly so im thinking either not enough voltage is going in or my cooling is insufficient. My current temps are around 41-42 depending on load placed on processor with stock cooling. I'm not sure how much voltage a processor can handle so i am reluctant to increase it. From the looks of other systems on the forums, it appears that the processor i use can handle much more voltage then it currently is using. Also, i have a giant Zalman HSF i can install in place of stock cooling, but i would rather not do that unless absolutely necessary to further overclock.
I have reached the BIOS screen at 3003mhz, however the computer would fail to reboot itself after editing/checking temperatures and then i would have to shut down and restart, only to find that the computer could not get into windows.
You ought to read the general overclocking guides, that's as much as you can do.
Do something about that RAM though, those latencies suck HARD for PC3200 memory.
@alfaunits I tried out the settings kinda got it to work now thanks.
Well anyway I was wondering if someone could help me answer a question. I got the regular deluxe board but I want to know if i could possibly add in the wifi antenna into this mobo or is that only for those premium boards?
You can, but it is not worth it IMO - SO hard to configure...
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BTW: considering you have "Thermaltake Armor (4x120mm 104CFM Panaflo)" what case do you use? I have absolutely no chance of fitting even 2x 12cm fans in my Big Tower.
name, do you have your new armor side panel with the big 25cm fan yet? just got mine yesterday, approx 5c temp drops on everything. pretty much noiseless.
/me can't imagine the fan noise ya got goin in there. 6 tt a1926's & a slow 92 and 80 aren't bad tho.
alfa, it's the tt armor case:
http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/produc...rmor_index.asp
Thanks, those look great. I'm already looking for one locally.
the armor has its little issues like any other box, of course. the tyan 2895's 4th sata port is difficult to connect, had to find a cable with a very small end to squeeze it in there. the pc p&c 850 fits, had to remove the io strip and its bracket, then fit them back in after psu installation. that of course led to the 92mm top fan removal, but got an 80 up there with 2 corner screws thru the vent holes with no problem. the 90 and 120 in the back are good.
lots of ventilation in that box, but i think my next build will be a coolermaster 810 with the 2 120's in the back. front is about the same as the armor, lots of room for drive cages & fans. not quite as nice looking as the armor tho, if that's a consideration. sure wish some of these big towers had casters; the armor has minimal screw holes for em, not sure about the cm 810. shows feet in the pics on their site. put a few drives in these boxes and they get a bit cumbersome without wheels.
I'm eyeing one of those LPC (liquid cooling) armors, that ought to keep me happy for a few builds to come.
There are some HFPC (I think) cases, that are great for overclockers, and have, IMO, better cabling and awesome motherboard positioning (motherboard lies down on the "floor" of the case).
Those will be though to find :D (for me, not for US folks :D)
I've always been hesitant to add water to the mix. Lots of folks love it, would never go back. The way I take em apart all the time, tinkering constantly, probably wouldn't work well with that type of setup.
Do you mean htpc (home theater pc)? Silverstone has nice htpc cases, been using a black LC01 for quite some time. Airflow is of course limited, but that's not what those boxes are about; very low noise and nice looks make them a favorite of the htpc crowd. I know mine wouldn't work well in an oc situation though; with low noise fans it runs a bit warm at stock settings. "Only" an "old" 3.2 P4 socket 478 rig.
@ClintE Nah I heard that the 25cm fan doesn't blow a lot of air. I 'm thinking of just cutting a hole in my side panel and just putting a 120mm fan there. BTW what cpu cooler are u using?
Oh and I found that using the top fan doesn't really help cooling much.
Also is the WiFi really that hard to configure? Cuz I have some weird campus residence internet that locks onto my mac address so i need a way 2 bypass it.
ClintE, I don't know, I lost the link. They are awesome for OC folks who fiddle with processors and memory often - completely open access to the motherbard.
The water cooler in Armor LCS seems quite easy to set up, maybe it is just eyes...
I know I won't do as many mods with newer systems as I will with PC-DL (heh, hi from 2cpu BTW ;-) for fun.
I just can't figure what to do with 500 W of power, my system uses 200W (DX) and 270 (X2) at full loads (measured by UPS). ;-) (disks are in a separate dedicated power case)
name, I suppose the 25cm fan's 67cfm rating isn't much compared to your 120mm jet engines err fans. I put some delta 150cfm's in the front of my servers, but they're in the back room behind a few walls & doors, so I don't hear much out of them. with full load cpu temps well below 45c I'm ok with a very low-noise hum under the desk. not much into cutting up that plexi either, and after buying a good fan and the labor involved, the price of the panel was well worth it to me. I do like some folks' case mods though, lots of em are very creative and well done. I've never seen pics of anyone's Armor case mod; if you do it, let me know if ya post pics anywhere, would like to check it out.
been using ThermalRight SI-120's on most of my systems lately. can put a quiet fan on it and still get good performance. oh the armor has a tyan 2895 dual opty in it, i put the a8n32 in a Tt Matrix case. it doesn't seem to need any extra cooling such as a side fan; can always crank up the cpu and back fan if it gets too warm (got those 2 on pots cause they make a bit of noise at full voltage).
alfa, oh i know what you're talking about, one of the bench testing frames. yeah they are great for testing hardware.
you'd probably do well to have separate ups's on those 2 systems, unless ya got a single large one. several 1kva units around here, and recently got a network card for one of em so it'll signal any systems running to shut down when its battery gets low. just had to figure out which system pulls the most and connect it to that ups so it gets low before any of the other ones.
Yes, benches is a good word for it. I'm still looking into one of those Armor/Armor LCS though, toolless design makes it almost as easy.
What do you do for cable management, considering you have many SATA drives? (those SATA data cables are so hard to control without bending bad).
The UPS with all three boxes (Dual Xeon, Dual Core AMD and HD box) plus TFT are using only a bit over half of the UPS potential.
I think having older video card and only SATA drives lets me run two machines for what most consumers can't use for a single one.
I get some of my cables from here:
http://www.satacables.com
they have a nice selection of straight, right-, and left-angle types that work well depending on the situation.
other than those, just some plastic-coated wire ties to bundle the cables together and secure them to different parts of the chassis. my systems aren't picture-ready yet, but they're getting there. one of these days... yeah right, like that's ever gonna happen when all I've been doing the past few days is mess with this old notebook for a friend. oh well, keeps me out of trouble. learning something in the process.
SATA cables are problematic, IMO, because they are strong (power cables are twistable quite easy, if I twist a SATA cable too it can loose signal)