I'm back again with ASUS Granite Bay...

hipro, yes I'm using the modded bios and also using wpcredit&setfsb for testin max stable FSB for each mem setting.
But gotta do some more testin and mods once I get back home again..

Lo Fellas.

I´ve been thinking of getting one of these puppys..my self.
When I first read about the 7205 chip...people seemed to hav problem getting system busses over 170:ish. But lately I see more and more getting this high fsb/system busses.

My question is is there any need to mod the chipset volt to gain higher clocks VDD. Or do you guys just vdimm modd...??

And also about this modded bios....where can I get it...and in quick words... witch moddz are done to it..??

You noticed that Hipro5 has added those extra caps below the board to remove the rippling effect from the Vcore. I can't understand why Asus uses a two phase Vcore regulation even though they use large caps. I am fortunate that my 2.26 is a good cpu for o/c'ng. On my Iwill P4HT, 170 was max safe speed. On this board, it is about 178 is the top end safe speed. Although, I should say it won't stay with Prime 95 for very long (about an hour+) with the Vcore drop and ripple effect. Did I say Vcore drop?! Yes!:D I see via the PC Probe the Vcore going from 1.88V (at start of Prime 95) down to 1.78-1.79 with some momentary drops down to 1.74-1.76. I have the polling occuring at 1 second intervals. That really bugs me! I can understand a small drop and very small fluctuations but not at the degree I am getting....

UPDATED INFO.....

Now I'm with a Pentium4 3.06GHz........Guess what.......Not bad been at the SECOND place of PCMark Data base???......The first two DON'T count cos they are fake.....Now the FIRST one that counts is with LN2 and I'm SECOND(for the time been).......

PCMark2002 Compare....

That is pretty good Hipro5....you are very close to my 177 fsb. LOL!!:D

Hipro, I'd say that you've got the highest legit score there :)
P4PE at 193FSB would never produce such a huge mem result.

Thank you guys....I'm trying hard...... :D :toast:

hmmmmmm now why can't Asus provide >2.7v by default :(

here's my stock P4G8X with 2048MB@177mhz 2-2-2-6

http://eva2k.cjb.net/fileshosts/p4g8...2-2-2-6-2T.jpg

http://eva2k.cjb.net/fileshosts/p4g8...-2T-unbuff.jpg

They need to release a bios of something for those of us that cant mod.

Does anybody know what PLL the p4g8x uses? And if there is a program that supports that to set the fsb from within Windows?

Btw, perhaps general knowledge but I say it anyway, here you can download a bios that does allow mem timings to be altered at high fsb and to keep those settings.

http://www.x86-secret.com/articles/tweak/e7205twen.htm

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Originally posted by hipro5
Thank you guys....I'm trying hard...... :D :toast:

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I have a question...why do you always type in bold??? Is it annoying to anyone else?

--NY

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Originally posted by NorthernYankee
I have a question...why do you always type in bold??? Is it annoying to anyone else?

--NY

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Give-m a break.:) At least he is not shouting at us with all caps.

I don't mind the bold. It's easy to find his posts that way ;)

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Originally posted by eva2000
hmmmmmm now why can't Asus provide >2.7v by default :(

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I am sure Asus probably said most users will use PC3200/DDR400 memory with the board and that should work at default Vdimm up to ddr400 if it is any good. So why provide anything more than 2.7v since this is a DDR266 board and 6 layers of PCB? I am at DDR350 (177 fsb) and I am using Twinmos PC3200. 2.7v should hold it ok but like you, I would feel a little more comfortable if I had ability to set 2.8-2.9. I want Vdimm to at least 2.9v on every P4 board. I've seen 1st hand like yourself as you climb the fsb and ddr ratio ladder you'll need punch thru Vdimm (& Vcore) to keep everything working at optimum.

Hey Asus, why can't you give us what we always ask for?!:banana:

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Originally posted by Ace-a-Rue
Give-m a break.:) At least he is not shouting at us with all caps.

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Good-point...lol:)

--NY

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Originally posted by mkleingeld
Does anybody know what PLL the p4g8x uses? And if there is a program that supports that to set the fsb from within Windows?

Btw, perhaps general knowledge but I say it anyway, here you can download a bios that does allow mem timings to be altered at high fsb and to keep those settings.

http://www.x86-secret.com/articles/tweak/e7205twen.htm

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Go HERE and download the : GA-8IEXP setfsb......Don't forget to download GIVEO as well......enjoy.... ;)

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Originally posted by NorthernYankee
I have a question...why do you always type in bold??? Is it annoying to anyone else?

--NY

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I'm used to type in bold.......I ALWAYS do..... :D

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Originally posted by Ace-a-Rue
I am sure Asus probably said most users will use PC3200/DDR400 memory with the board and that should work at default Vdimm up to ddr400 if it is any good. So why provide anything more than 2.7v since this is a DDR266 board and 6 layers of PCB? I am at DDR350 (177 fsb) and I am using Twinmos PC3200. 2.7v should hold it ok but like you, I would feel a little more comfortable if I had ability to set 2.8-2.9. I want Vdimm to at least 2.9v on every P4 board. I've seen 1st hand like yourself as you climb the fsb and ddr ratio ladder you'll need punch thru Vdimm (& Vcore) to keep everything working at optimum.

Hey Asus, why can't you give us what we always ask for?!:banana:

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If ASUS could give MORE Vmem,then the most of us wouldn't involve ourselves of modding it.....You see,IF the Mobo had 3Vmem on it's own , then we could "run" our memory sticks with more agreesive timmings than we can without modding it.........