Cool...B05 was worse for me than shipping bios. Something to look forward to tonight.Quote:
Originally Posted by shawn1998
Cool...B05 was worse for me than shipping bios. Something to look forward to tonight.Quote:
Originally Posted by shawn1998
Hey Guys, I downloaded the Beta 5 Bios for the ABIT In9-32xMax and installed and set every thing up to run and when I rebooted everything was stiil at default. BUT MY BOOT Screen said BATT FAILURE!!!. OMFG! AND FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!
Luckily I just happen to have friends, who told me to just take the Battery off of that other board and use it for the ABIT. ;)
Thanks for the Beta Bios files guys! I'm gonna try Beta.06 tonight. :)
Damn one of the modules of my TI Alpha kit has gone bad and will fail memtest @ stock no matter what.
So I asked for an RMA. But if I have to return the whole kit I am screwed sincew I will not be able to use my PC at all. I think I will buy another kit too and go for 4GB since I will install Vista too (dual boot).
Anyone running the board overclocked succesfully with 4GB?
Shawn is your system overclocking properly with 4GBs of RAM? I am thinking of going that route too.Quote:
Originally Posted by shawn1998
I'll pop in another set of Geils after I mess with B06 a bit and let you know how it goes. This isn't a matched set (Ultra DDR1000's and Ultra DDR1160's) so if I can get it to work proper you shouldn't have any problems :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by JargonGR
I ran it through some light tests at 266*13 for 3.45Ghz without issue. I also ran it at 366*10 for 3.66Ghz with the same good results. I haven't pushed it really hard, just 3dMark2005/2006, Everest and played BF2142 for an hour (on line) at each setting. I know, not very scientific, but stable enough for me.
Shawn
Thanks for sharing it.:clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by hipro5
Using 4 gigs doesn't seem to be a problem other than it will take a whole lot more work depending on what you consider "overclocked". I've managed to run 400 x 9, 1.5vcore, 2.1vdimm and 1.45vnb at 1T with the memory linked and synced and memory on auto. This is with E6600 and two pairs of mismatched Geil Ultra memory kits using beta bios B06. You will most likely have to boot with one kit and manually adjust voltage upward b4 adding the second kit (as I had to do).
That's all I'm gonna do for now cuz I have no intention of running 4gb's at the moment :D You should have no problem unless of course the board just plain don't like your memory and or you have very high expectations on what a good OC is...
Hmm, the thing is that right now I don't need 4GBs and by the time I do 2GB dimms will be much better than now. The reason I am considering is because I will be left without memory untill my replacement OCZ will return.
I will think about it.
Thank you for the info.
Consider buying a cheapy kit to hold you over till your OCZ's are replaced. Even a single stick to go uber cheap. Always good to have something bootable laying around too...Quote:
Originally Posted by JargonGR
Guys keep in mind when updating to a newer bios, make a clear c-mos and do changes at one page at a time within bios - save exit - into bios again, next page - save exit and so on....Leave last the frequencies etc....
I have a "hole" at 1550 to 1600....Can you try and tell me please?....:)
Some updates....
STABLE 100% ....NO FREEZES - NO REBOOTS - NOTHING.....:D
VMCH Max stable is 1.63Volts real....in my case....
VHT puting it from 1.5Volts to 1.65Volts it's OK...
VTT (VFSB) MAX was 1.6Volts - more than that it was WAY higher that the VCore and the CPU got crazy....
VCore was at 1.55Volts real....
Doing VTT Mod I gained no more fsb on QUAD.....but it's OK for now, I'll live with that....:(
http://www.thelab.gr/images/Hipro5/A...621_1000_1.png
http://www.thelab.gr/images/Hipro5/A...621_1000_2.png
http://www.thelab.gr/images/Hipro5/A...621_1000_3.png
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=5212845
http://www.thelab.gr/images/Hipro5/A...621_1000_1.png
http://www.thelab.gr/images/Hipro5/A...621_1000_2.png
http://www.thelab.gr/images/Hipro5/A...621_1000_3.png
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=2682702
These were done on air and with Tuniq heatsink...Fans where placed over NB and Mos-Fets' heatsinks......
I hope it acts the same under LN2 and I'll do OK....:)
Yesterday i had this weird dream: putting the whole board in a plastic bag and completely submerging it in ln2... hehe...:DQuote:
I hope it acts the same under LN2 and I'll do OK....
had a quick talk with my shrink, and he said its the "beta" syndrome...:rolleyes:
Weird but true but after talking to OCZ support (really fast response 15 minutes lol) they advised me to test the module at 2V and it WORKS! Actually both work and they can do 3 passes of memtest so I guess I was overvolting them I am testing them now at 960Mhz and trying to find the best stable voltage however I have to go 4-4-4-15 instead of 12 for the moment but it is right within the spec.
I really want to get the next official BIOS since i can't be bothered to test the betas.
OldGUY you are rigth about buying a cheap kit but fortunately my memory is working (although at too low voltage hehe) so I might be set for now. I have a 256MB DDR2 module for testing so I could just add a cheapo second just to have internet.
I have found that just cranking up the vdimm to rated v is a no no on this board. Kunaak has a thread about the Asus 680i with similar findings which opened me eye balls.Quote:
Originally Posted by JargonGR
What exactly do you mean by that coz I'm with 2.775Vdimm right now......:)Quote:
Originally Posted by OldGuy
Well either the board overvolts or it has such clean voltage that going above 2.2 is giving the DIMMS a hard time cause the stream is stronger than expected. I am not expert in this however so maybe Hippro could shed some light.
What I found is that with my OCZ Titanium Alpha PC8000 is that as I increase the Frequency the less the voltage the more stable - Right now I am running my modules at 960MHZ and they are stable at 2.150Vdimm anything above that crashes Orthos - the higher the sooner. My timings are -4-4-4-15 right now. So I finally managed to stabilise my memory by reducing the Voltage!! And this was OCZs advice as well.
HiPro, is this an es chip or retail?
Do you know what factors allowed the qx6700 to go to 400 fsb?
Thanks
It's a Retail one......:)
You need VTT (VFSB) and VGTLRef Voltages PLUS 2 shortcircuits on mobo......;)
Is this a modded board to support vgtlref and if so, where are the modifications documented?Quote:
Originally Posted by hipro5
Thanks!
@HIPRO & JOHNNY:i was wondering, have you guys found 4 dividers or only two on this board? (as far as vgtlref is concerned)
I haven't upload any mods till now.......I'll finish ALL of mine first and I'll upload them all.....;) :)Quote:
Originally Posted by tomb18
4 of them (dual CPU)......;)Quote:
Originally Posted by OKsoVRomoSkylo
I finally put this board on. Worked fine for an XP installation with an E6700, an OCZ 600W and an ATI X600. When I installed it in my case with a QX6700, a Seasonic S12 600W and a BFG 8800GTS, it goes from code "83", to "8E" and then stops at "87" for 2-3 seconds and then dies...
Any suggestions?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chosen.
is the CPU fan plugged in?
Yes, it's actually the Intel retail fan of an X6800, but as far as I can see it's identical to the one from the QX6700. 4-pin fan connector, properly connected to the 4-pin fan header on the board and fan seems to be spinning ok (for the 4-5 seconds the board operates before shutting itself down)
[EDIT]
The 8-pin 12V PSU connector is plugged in, when using either the Seasonic or the OCZ PSU.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chosen.
hmmm ok, last I saw that error was when I setup watercooling and didn't have the fan header connected - basically it was a protection feature to stop the cpu burning out. I take it you've tried it without the 8800 too?
Yeap, I've tried both the power-hungry 8800GTS with its additional 6-pin cable, as well as a low-end Ati X600 with a passive cooler and no aditional power connectors.
Board is back on the table, out of the case, eliminating short circuit scenarios.
Also, the way I clear CMOS is the following:
1) Switch off the PSU
2) Unplug the power cord
3) Press the power button once to drain the flea power
4) Move the "EZ clear CMOS" button to the "clear" position (I also used the onboard jumper)
5) Remove the battery
6) Wait 5-10 mins (1 cigarette :) )
7) Reverse the steps before powering on (battery -> jumper -> power cable -> PSU switch)
I'm not doing anything wrong, right?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chosen.
IF anything it's overkill but what the hell ;)
Hmmmm fire the e6700 back in just to confirm the board is still fine. The PSU should be more than capable of coping with the QX6700 and a lower power card makes no difference either. What do t he codes refer to in the manual (I don't have one handy :( )
I don't have it in front of me atm, but I checked last night and as far as I remember:
83 - Something about ATX power
8E - Something about PWM
87 - Something about Vcore check
Aaaatchchch......That was the mistake you did......You shouldn't smoke a cigarette during clear c-mos.....:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Chosen.
Make a clear c-mos as you did, WITHOUT any CPU sloted.....
Quote:
Originally Posted by hipro5
Well at some point my cigarette fell on the cpu socket and the mobo almost caught on fire, but I quickly emptied a can of fanta I had, to stop the fire. Do you think this could cause problems? :D
Jokes aside, I will try powering on the board w/o the proc and let you know ;)
Important notice, :stick:
im running beta 6 and i have problems whith the raids, 2 wd raptor and 2 seagates, the nvidia sentinel pops a mensage about "nvidia raid acess problem" anybody have a similar problem?
No problems on my end running four WD 250gb drives in raid 0...Quote:
Originally Posted by sedg.raven
Are you mixing those drives in a single array?
no 1 raid with the raptors and another raid with seagates both are raid 0 but 1 of the disc fails, but whitout oc there are no problem :shrug:
thanks
bye
Try disabling link boost and manually set PCI-e frequencies to 100, 100, 100 and 200 respectively...Quote:
Originally Posted by sedg.raven
sorry for my ignorance but i'm new in intel and i dont know what is link boost, and ok the frecuencies are in auto i put it manually, thanksQuote:
Originally Posted by OldGuy
bye
Nothing worked. Pretty much both CPUs, PSUs and VGAs work in the AW9D.Quote:
Originally Posted by hipro5
Any other advices before I RMA this poj?
I get 87 when I forgot to connect the 8-pin ATX12V, but you said you did right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Chosen.
Let us know if that helped you so we can nail this sucker down...Quote:
Originally Posted by sedg.raven
I tried to install this board on Wednesday night. I had an experienced forum member familiar with Intel assisting me. We fussed with it for 4+ hours and it would not so much as post let alone boot. One error was A0>62>68>A0 that required a clear CMOS to remove. The precious few times it did boot it would not recognize my usb keyboard and mouse even tho I set them to "OS" in bios. I took it down and spent 5+ hours re-reading this entire thread (sheesh!) and don't even know where to begin.
I have two sites waiting on a review of this board so I need to try to get it to boot and be stable enough to review. I'll worry about overclocking it later. I can't even boot into windows (no keyboard or mouse support) to flash the latest beta 6 BIOS. Is the board bad? Should i consider rma'ing it?
I would really appreciate any advice anyone can give. Sheesh, I have Danger Den sending me NB/SB water blocks and my contact in Germany is working on that mosfet block from MIPS. I think this board has the potential to be beastly. . .but we have to work out some kinks first. FSB holes, HT voltages, uber hot pwm mosfets, etc.
Remove power cable, remove the battery, and do a reset.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philly_Boy
when in bios, be sure to change your ram voltage to 2.2v cause the bios defaults to 1.85v.
Try using a normal keyboard and mouse.
flash to beta6.
hope this works..
Hows the new beta BIOS coming along?
sorry for no reply, but when i try to flash, go back to beta 2, gets a error and when i bot i have "bios cheksum error" and crash the bios, i waiting for rma
bye
MIPS are having to redesign the Mosfet Block for the Abit IN9 will not be available for atleast 2 weeks.
MY board was not very stable when overclocking, & sometimes wouldn't boot @ stock without a few tries. Flashed the beta 6 bios & I'm now testing the FSB holes. So far 475 FSB was easy to get with minimal voltage increases. NB 1.45, SB 1.5, CPU VTT 1.2v HT 1.2v. I was trying to see how stable it is using an E6600 L627A, but I'm gonna have to switch back to the E6400 L628B194 to find out for sure. Beta 6 is a definite improvement over the shippin bios for me.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyBoyGeo
http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/2...5fsbjz6.th.jpg
Did all that....complete reset...changed ram volts to 2.1 (I understand from Abit's forum that they believe the board over volts ram a bit), plugged in an old skool ps2 keyboard and mouse...got to windows and it still wouldn't recognise the keyboard or mouse. I can't flash to beta 6 if I can't use my keyboard.. .Quote:
Originally Posted by OKsoVRomoSkylo
Anyone have any other suggestions?
Philly is phrustrated..........
Well I replaced the BATTERY with one from another board, and while using BIOS Beta:5 I could not boot to windows, except with default settings. Afterworking with it all day, I finally was able to FLASH the Beta:06 BIOS. BUT THEN!!! the 2nd Battery died. HOLY MOLEY! I can't get the BIOS to hold any Settings that I set. It reads my DOMINATOR 8888's and my XMS28500-C5 as both running 533MHz. :( I think my board is draining my BATTERIES! I really wanted to get this ABIT 680i running with My Vapochill LS, but If I can't get it to run without draining the BIOS ROM Battery, then what is the use?
I am going to call around the area tommorow afternoon to see if I can find someone who has a couple of Batt's for sale, and try to see if I can get the board to work long enough to boot with OPTIMAL SETTINGS and maybe some overclocks aswell. I would like to get it to at least POST with 1333MHz FSB on a X10 for 3.33GHz on the Intel Stock Fan and Heatsink, before I go ahead and put the VapoChill on !!!
DOES ANYONE Know if RADIO SHACK carries these batteries???
WE JUST GOT 4 inches of snow and RADIO SHACK and WAL MART are the only stores safe enough to drive to. There is a BEST BUY and COMP USA in Lexington, but they are 25 miles away.
yeah, the shack and wal mart carry them, anywhere with a duracell stand or something will have the batteries in the rack.
hey guys, with the issues clearing cmos, i have found on my quad gt it's easy to clear cmos with power on by flipping the switch on the backplate, watch the post code reader it will read "CC" then flip it back and fire up, takes only a few seconds. If i pull power and such it makes cmos clear take much longer.
I am not sure if this board is the same, but it's worth a shot for you guys.
Good luck!
could anyone tell me if it would be possible to put those swift tech ram sinks on those little chips for the digital PWM and have it run properly? i want to water cool the north bridge but haven't for the life of me an idea of how to cool the PWM.
A little note about the hot PWM chat...
The PWM chips only run hot when they're not making good contact with the heatsink, which can occur if:
- The heatsink has been removed and remounted
- An after market cooler is installed for the cpu that causes the board the warp
- The thermal pad has been compressed too much
- you're not actively cooling the PWM heatsink with increased volts
If there is good contact then they usually won't go over 60oC with some active cooling (70mm fan in my case) all the way up to 1.65volts on a x6800. In fact I replaced mine with a chopped up P4 CPU copper cooler and now it maxes at 40oC. People seem to think that the new digital system runs stupidly hot as it is, this is not the case, its the heatsink mounting that is the crucial point.
Philly can you list your rig details so that I can get a feel for the setup maybe try and help :)
Thank You Linflas, I just got back from RADIOSHACK, I went ahead and bought 2 x RC2032 Batteries for $4.99 each. I am going to install one and then I will REFLASH the Beta06 BIOS again. Hopefully the BIOS ROM will hold my settings this time and if it can BOOT to Windows XP with an unlocked Multi, Recognized 1111MHz RAM, and 1333FSB Strap, I will attempt to put on the VAPOPCHILL!!Quote:
Originally Posted by linflas
Wish Me LUCK GUYS!!
I sometimes get the excact same thing on the post display following a reset after a lock up. All i did was switch off power at socket for 30 seconds ,reboot and away i went again. Usb mouse and keyboard problem on this board is a pain in the ass.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philly_Boy
What do you guys think, I'm looking at a 680i for future SLI and the Intel platform? Is this the 680I board to get?
Dude WTF why is your sig so gigantic...Quote:
Originally Posted by EVGAJKohl
$4.99 EACH ??Quote:
Originally Posted by EVGAJKohl
Walmart has a 2 pack for less than $3
Anyhow, I'm throwing my hat into the IN9 ring..
Stuff will be here Tuesday.
ABIT IN9 32X-MAX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813127020
EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130072
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115003
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231077
Will be here tuesday. I'm going to play around with it, very wary of the i680 chipset, If I have any massive problems I will probally return or sell the MB for a BX2.
Please Abit, release a bios soon so I can truly enjoy the potential of this motherboard. It seems to hate default multiplier on both an E6600 & E6400. But if you lower it one settings the board suddenly clocks.:confused: And no its not because of voltage, the more I give the less it boots.
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/207...0fsbpt1.th.jpg
Sorry DUDE! I will just use URL's. ThanksQuote:
Originally Posted by Shift
The only limiting factor for me on water so far has been the PWM temps, I have been stable for orthos @ 4.0 and 4.1 on my E6600 with temps on the cpu under 70C.
This is my current 24/7 due to the limitations of my PWM cooling, until I get that sorted out, this will do fine. BTW the glitch in ORTHOS seems to be a vista problem, it is vista 32bit, seems to think the E6600 will always have a X9 multi. Which clocks just as well, but need alot more voltage for the higher clocks, and the pwm's get very angry with me when I do this.
http://members.cox.net/linflas/Pictu...rclock-web.gif
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=169963
working on a stable 4.4
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=169841
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F151
Quote:
Originally Posted by hipro5
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=134470
:D
Anyone have volt mods and read points for this board
???
i need a stable 2000fsb
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Ford Freda History
Nice jobs linflas and billdavis!
I hit the submit order button today for the IN9, e6600, G.Skill PC8000, and LGA775 kit for my prommy. Hoping to have a fun next weekend.
Quote:
Originally Posted by billdavis
Here you go mate :up:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...92&postcount=8
I will be next week when my stuff comes in. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Speederlander
EDIT: Johnny Bravo any word on a new BIOS?
Guys, quick question. I've finally got my EK blocks for my 8800's arriving tomorrow, so ive just gone to order an MCW30 for the NB, however everywhere in the UK is completely out of stock (typical) and doesnt have any ETA on when further blocks will be available.
Any advice on an alternative that performs equally and would do for the IN9?
wow - nice.. well, I don't know.. I think you might be able to get DD or other NB block to work, just might have to "rig" the mount some how.
Got everything together tonight and should be receiving the video card tomorrow. Looks good so far though. I'll keep everyone updated.
Speedfreak86, where in KY are you??? I'm Burlington/Florence area. I get my mobo, memory and e6600 Friday from the egg.Quote:
Originally Posted by speedfreak86
speedfreak my system is very similar to yours. Welcome to the club. I'm just starting to OC my Xeon 3060. Went from 2.4Ghz to 2.7Ghz last night without much fanfare last night. Will work on more tonight.
Question for all, what is the key to getting your memory to run at it's listed speed when you are OCing your processor?
My Crucial is rated at 1000Mhz.
I used to do some OCing but that was back in the early P4 / late PIII era, and my 'deulxe' mobo did not nearly have as many options to work with, and the memory, chipset, processor were all tied together and didn't have individual voltage settings, etc..
TIA!
I am from western kentucky, however I go to school in Cincinnati at UC so I know the area.
I haven't gotten everything completely up and running yet, but I just saw that my 8800 gts was delivered at home today. I'll know a little more tonight. I powered up the system without the video card though and the boot codes on the board went like they are supposed to, so I am hoping that I got everything together correctly. This is my first build up, and so I hope things go well.
I have been having a hell of a time with this board.
Ok: My problems.
I updated to the B06 bios.
Running a C2D E6600
Cannot get this board stable at 400Mhz no matter what I try.
Lower the Multi to 8x (8x400) = 3200, Ram Synced (800 Mhz 4-4-4-15) 2.3v
Unstable as all hell.
Here is my setup
Abit IN9-32X-Max
C2D E6600
GSKILL F2-8000PHU2-2GBHZ
EVGA 8800GTX
PCP&C Custom 1KW.
Wont save memory timings, Randomly reverts to the max multi, frequent soft and hard boot lockups even at stock settings.
Ive gone through some problematic MBs in my day, but this one is trying my patience.
Right around the 400 mark the board is unstable for me with my 6600. Drop down to 380ish and test her out and she will probably be just fine (just as an example, I know you don't "want" to run there :p: ). There are alot of "zones", "holes" or "deadspots". Some will not post and others will boot (like 400) but give you instability. You have to find a spot in the middle of each "zone" :D 450 X 8 is another that is somewhat unstable until I move up to 460ish.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spazilton
I had random boots back to default clocks with the original shipping bios but B06 seems to hold em just fine for me. I've gone back to original for now but now 1T refuses to "stick". Definitely has some quirks...
Quote:
Originally Posted by OldGuy
What should I be setting the board voltages to, to do 460ish x8 ?
For my 6600 to do 3.6 it needs around 1.5vcore. I've only bumped NBv to 1.45v. Not much else has had any positive/negative effect thus far aside from running linked, synced and unlinked and what not with the memory giving me grief. This thing will get oh so close and pass everything you throw at it and then fail orthos...she's a bit of a tease me thinks :slobber:Quote:
Originally Posted by Spazilton
Actual or Bios.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldGuy
Also do you happen to know where the measurement points on the board are for Vcore?
Bios...the measurement points are a page or two back. I believe Johnny Bravo posted em'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spazilton
Thanks,
Based on your help,
Ive at least gotten it up to 380x9 @ 1.5v BIOS 1.55 NB. I did put a 92mm fan over the NB so I think even though the temps are reporting OK, I was having heat problems.
According to UGuru my processor temps are around 46c loaded.
15 Min Orthos stable so far. Ram is running at 494 4-4-4-5-12-2T @2.2
Was fine in Orthos for 30+ min.
Restarted Windows.. Did a Bios Loop of C1-->>A0..
This board is really starting to piss me off..
Finally got it to restart without a bios reset by unplugging the PS and waiting 10 minutes.
Run your memory linked and synced till you get a feel for her (other than feeling like you want to stomp on her ;) ) I'm finding it hard to run a good clock on the cpu at the same time as the memory and unlinked is a bit of a hit or miss. I'm hoping a bit of cooling and an eventual bios release will settle things down a bit...Quote:
Originally Posted by Spazilton
EDIT: Oh and usually when she won't reboot after going too far it's always memory. You will find that pushing too far on the buss will usually just require a powerdown. Turn it back on and it reverts back to the last bootable state. When you start monkying with the memory is when you will be using the nifty little switch on the back...
Quote:
Originally Posted by OldGuy
I don't think Ive pushed the memory too far. Ive had no problems with them at 500 4-4-4-5-12 2.25v
So far I'm up to 3.55 @1.52 9x395. Orthos Failed after 5 min at 1.5v BIOS. Getting ready to break out the Multimeter to find out actual Vcore.
5 mins of orthos blend puts you into large fft's...memory. My memory will do 500 as well...in other boards. I've tinkered up in the 1100mhz range but have not been able to stabilize it. Just saying don't go by what your memory has done in other boards right off the bat with this board. You will become very frustrated very quickly...Quote:
Originally Posted by Spazilton
Help! I can find Linked OK but not synched, I had it in the original BIOS but I haven't come across it in Beta6, having problems here - thanksQuote:
Originally Posted by OldGuy
If it aint there then you got serious problems :D Should be right around where it is in the original...aint at home to tell you the exact field name.Quote:
Originally Posted by mark0326
Thanks OldGuy, I have it now - can't have been pushing the right buttons here.
Ok, I went back to the drawing board so to speak on this board. I am going to run it a while Linked and Synched at 1333 FSB. Its a small OC, but I am going to really make sure thats stable before I push it any further.
I've spent a long time running around in circles with this one...1333 doesn't seem to be fully functional to me at this point. I've benched at 1066 and 1333 and cannot descern any performance hit or increase in stability so I just stick to 1066. Just finished up a 21+ hour orthos run at 378 X 9 with memory unlinked at 464/928 4-4-4-12 2.1v. Once I post up those numbers I'll be pulling the board and attaching some thermalright HR's to NB and SB with some HS's stuck to the PWM's. I had what I thought was a good OC at 3.72 the other night but I could not for the life of me get orthos to be kind to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spazilton
Hoping the improved cooling will let me get where I want to go...killed my first board messing with the PWM's so I got a serious case of butt pucker going :p:
I meant to say, Im running 333x9 Linked and Synced.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldGuy
I also dropped the Proc and Board Voltages down to stock.
PWM temp is going to be one of my top priorities.
Orthos is at 1hr now 350x9 Linked Synched, at all stock voltages.
Up and running on the shipping bios getting some baselines.
157XX in 3d mark 03.
13365 in 3d mark 05.
Do those seem about right?
That's how I settled down...I left all the voltages at stock until I had to increase them. Made it somewhere into the 3.3~3.4 range before I had to touch them...even the memory was left at 1.85v. It's not all bad once you stop trying to force it and get a feel for what is working and what is not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spazilton
Be careful with those PWM's...they are very fragile. Don't know if I actually applied to much pressure and cracked it or shorted a heat sink on the surrounding electronics. Either way, PWM #5 is chipped (actually chunked) with some melted copper flash around it. Not pretty :eek: I'm hoping it can be repaired...
Coming to find out my processor isn't all that wonderful. Its a fairly new week, and has problems even doing 3.15 at stock volts. Orthos blend failed after 1.5 hrs.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldGuy
Your motherboard can probally be repaired. You might have to look up the part number from Digikey and replace it. You will have to know your way around a soldering iron though.
We had a guy do the same thing at the abit forums. Seems a few are having luck just leaving the POS heatsink on the PWM's and putting a fan on it, seems to help keep the temps under control.
Same guy LV :p: MarcusDelirious reporting for duty sir!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lvcoyote
Placing a fan on the south bridge caused my pwm temps to lower as well. I already had a fan on the north bridge using the supplied hooks. I like this board alot aside from the usb keyboard issue. It just seems some of these issues we shouldn't have to put up with after waiting so long for this board to be released.
I was able to increase my 3d mark 05 score to 153XX @ 3 ghz and a bit of an overclock on the video card. I am running those settings in orthos overnight and while i'm at work tomorrow. If things hold up, I'll raise to 3.2 for keeps and then work on tweaking the ram timings.
Oh, hey Marcus!! LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by OldGuy
i chopped up the stock heatsinks to keep the pwm`s cooled and im rocking to 4275 with pwm`s priming @ 55c
also i have no problems with just the usb keyboard enabled for bios in bios but mouse usb will f*ck me all day long so i leave that to OS
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Originally Posted by Lvcoyote
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Originally Posted by OldGuy
i cant find any information on these settings
DDR2RefV +2% 0% -2% -4%
NBDDR2RefV +2% 0% -2% -4%
what do these settings do
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So can anyone point me in a good direction on where to start for OC'ing my beast? I've read through this forum and I've found some settings, but they are for different CPU's. My Xeon 3060 is similar to the E6600 from my understandings.
Also, is it possible to work on OCing the memory and CPU seperately? My mem is listed at 1000Mhz although it is currently running way below that.
TIA.
As stated before, my old OCing days with my PIII and Old P4 were a lot more basic with options compared to this motherboard. I was dumbfounded by all of the different variables that could be manipulated.
Also, my ThermalRight Ultra-120 slightly covers the, I believe NB heatsink. I can get a small 40mm fan on it that does about 5CFM, but I'm guessing that may be an issue later on. Also, my 8800GTS covers the SB (?) and there doesn't seem to be ANY room for a fan on that boy.
As far as the PWM's, are there any custom fans (similar to what eVGA ships with their MOBO) that would clip on to it?
TIA again.