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10-25-2005, 01:22 PM
xenolith

Quote:

Originally Posted by jetjaguar

hmm is it still worth ordering an oem 146 from monarch ?

The only peeps that would know the answer to that is Monarch. Good luck getting them to tell honestly though... unless you personally know someone inside their warehouse. :)
10-25-2005, 01:25 PM
jetjaguar

i called to see if they had any in stock .. and he is like are you looking for a special stepping .. i was like yeah i guess .. he said we dont have them .. but ordering a oem 146 .. maybe i could luck out

well im sure even the crappier ones still hit 2.7 which is better then my 2.6 winnie o/c

also will the opterons work with 2gb crucial ballistix
10-25-2005, 01:27 PM
Zeus

Hmmm, strange CPU's those Opterons.
I can complete SuperPi 32M at 3130MHz but trying 3150Mhz for SuperPi 1M is very close to the edge.

Sometimes it finishes, at other times it just bluescreens.

Anyone else found this?
10-25-2005, 01:36 PM
LexDiamonds

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeus

Hmmm, strange CPU's those Opterons.
I can complete SuperPi 32M at 3130MHz but trying 3150Mhz for SuperPi 1M is very close to the edge.

Sometimes it finishes, at other times it just bluescreens.

Anyone else found this?

Zeus, That is almost the exact same boat as me. I have a 0528 148 CABNE and it is 24hr prime stable at 3102, but I can only manage a SPi 1M @ 3150.

I am watercooled, but temps are around 55 at load. This is at 1.55v. Popping the IHS is tempting... I have loaded windows at 3200 and it would be grand to get that stable, but I think that is pie in the sky.
10-25-2005, 01:43 PM
jetjaguar

ok well .. i just ordered a 146 opty from monarch .. the guy said they had 7 in stock .. so we shall see what happens .. if i can hit 2.8 ill be happy and then sell off my winnie ..

should definitely be better then my winnie .. 1mb cache at least
10-25-2005, 01:45 PM
dogsx2

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeus

Hmmm, strange CPU's those Opterons.
I can complete SuperPi 32M at 3130MHz but trying 3150Mhz for SuperPi 1M is very close to the edge.

Sometimes it finishes, at other times it just bluescreens.

Anyone else found this?

Five or six times I've completed my highest oc on 32m and when I pull up paint and hit ctrl-v, reboot . Makes me want to cry. :(
10-25-2005, 01:58 PM
Sinnerman49

Quote:

Originally Posted by gbomb944

Originally Posted by chz
I'm using the 618 bios without problems. Anyways getting tired of my 57-ish load temps i decided to whip out the razor and cut off the ihs. Cleaned it and the core, added some arctic ceramique instead of the stock crap and put the IHS back on. Since i'm too much of a chicken to risk my opty with my cnsp 9500 which weighs a ton i wanted to see if even something as simple as this made a difference.
My load temps are now 48-50.. thats almost a 10C drop just by replacing the paste.. the ihs is still there protecting the core, insane. Don't know what they did during the manufacturing of these optys but placing those intergrated heatsinks sure was a shoddy job.

Not bad, I may have to do this. Just have to stick it back on nice. does anybody know what the black goop they stick it on with is?

I tried removing my 146 IHS and didn't do too well. Couldn't for the life of me get through the black gook with a razor blade without scaring myself. After much gentle cutting, I bent a few pins and decide to call it quits.

Might have to try again...any softening techniques for this stuff?
10-25-2005, 02:18 PM
ixtapalapaquetl

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sinnerman49

I bent a few pins and decide to call it quits

Put your chip on the plastic foamy square that it shipped in while working on it to prevent bent pins. The black silicon is not hard; most likely you were cutting into metal, which is understandably difficult!
10-25-2005, 03:21 PM
Repoman

Yep, I had the same problem, I thought the black stuff was impossible to cut into until I grabbed a really thin and not sharp paint scraper and went right through :D
10-25-2005, 03:42 PM
vanovich

hej chicco85 , hows the cabge doing? anyone else running cabge steppings ? info please .
10-25-2005, 04:58 PM
pokey006

Well guys I just put my 146 in from Ewiz(see sig), Got her naked right off the bat :slobber: . I didn't change a thing in my settings, but HTT & Multi and off she went at 3GHZ. I will be priming for a little while later tonight. Also a little OT... I found a cheap way of protecting your naked core from damage, I brought some cheap eyeglass foam nose pads from Walgreens took 2 cut them in half and made it like the old athlon XP's. When you tighten it down it makes perfect and even contact with the core.

Also Idle temps 27c/34c same as my 3000+ Venice :woot:
Will post screenshots later
10-25-2005, 05:10 PM
Badge56

New Opty 146

OK, got my new chip today from Monarch. Its a CABYE 0536. I pulled my 3700+ SD and cleared CMOS and dropped it in. 2500 then 2800 (same as SD but stable at 1.40v insted of 1.52v). Tried 2900 but Windows blue screened. Bumped the voltage to 110% (1.50)... wow booted right in windows and look stable... will try 3000 soon and let you all know. :woot:
10-25-2005, 05:14 PM
laydback

Make sure you are using a super thin blade, like the ones in my pic, got em at Walgreens in the shaving sections. I've done 5 or 6 chips so Im pretty quick at it now. Here are my initial results after about an hour of playing with settings. Gonna start tweaking on it now. Any suggestions?

Pic
10-25-2005, 06:07 PM
dogsx2

laydback

Your link doesn't work.

A64 Opteron146 CABYE 0536GPMW- 2900mhz - 300x10

Better change your sig too. ;)
10-25-2005, 07:08 PM
Plywood99

Here is my first run after switching from Abit An8/sli to DFI UltraD/sli modded.
Opty 148 CABYE 0528GPMW
MaxTcase = 67*c

http://xs52.xs.to/pics/05433/3003MHZ.jpg

That was my first run on this mobo and I haven't started tweaking yet.
4x512 sticks of Uber crap ram thus timings are kept low so as not to be an issue.
10-25-2005, 07:09 PM
nfm

Does anybody run those cpus with BIOS 510 or other? Im on 510-2ModFix because with 510 versions of Bioses I can normally reboot my dfi board, with any others my pc hangs for 45 sec or more when it's just about ready to halt and restart.

@Badge56, want to see results from you (got same stepping), Prime that cpu please, I can do 3010Mhz 1.63v, 32M Super Pi but Prime fails in ~3sec, now I run 3Ghz at 1.63v and it primes for ~5 sec :slap:, but in gaming and windows stable
10-25-2005, 07:21 PM
Sinnerman49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Repoman

Yep, I had the same problem, I thought the black stuff was impossible to cut into until I grabbed a really thin and not sharp paint scraper and went right through :D

So I assume Utility Blades (IE: From Home Depot....) are a bit too-much. That would make sense....

Is it easy to crush the core while trying to mount...say a XP-90? It sure does take a little force when mounting it with the IHS on, I'd hate to crush the core.
10-25-2005, 07:21 PM
ozzimark

Quote:

Originally Posted by dogsx2

Five or six times I've completed my highest oc on 32m and when I pull up paint and hit ctrl-v, reboot . Makes me want to cry. :(

yeah, i'm having that issue with my 146 too. i'm placing the blame on the cpu side of the memory controller.
10-25-2005, 07:34 PM
Badge56

Now running 3000, but had to bring Vcore to 1.6v. Core temp is 32-35C.
at idle and does 38-39 working :-)
Stable with SuperPi.... more testing.. but its at 3000 mhz... yohoo !!! :woot:
10-25-2005, 07:41 PM
LexDiamonds

@ Plywood-

Nice results, but that Windows color scheme makes me want to burn my eyes out with HCl acid.
10-25-2005, 07:41 PM
Aphex_Tom_9

Got the last part of my new system (DFI NF4 ULT-D, OPTY 148 CABYE 0528GPMW, X800) in the mail today...i am really excited to see what my opty will do...results will take a few days, as re-doing my system is a tiresome process (cooling in particular...)
Plywood99, you have the same chip i do, i hope to see similar results, maybe better, as i will be phasing this.
10-25-2005, 07:42 PM
wickedld9

Here is the fixed link to Laydback pic.
LINK

laydback, take out the second http// and you should be good to go. ;)
10-25-2005, 07:43 PM
ozzimark

Quote:

Originally Posted by ozzimark

yeah, i'm having that issue with my 146 too. i'm placing the blame on the cpu side of the memory controller.

actually, i'm having that issue to the extreme. prime95 blend and sPI 32m stable at 2830mhz with 1.35v, but.. 2836mhz = corrupt cpu-z validation :slapass:
10-25-2005, 08:23 PM
gundamit

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plywood99

Here is my first run after switching from Abit An8/sli to DFI UltraD/sli modded.
Opty 148 CABYE 0528GPMW
MaxTcase = 67*c

That was my first run on this mobo and I haven't started tweaking yet.
4x512 sticks of Uber crap ram thus timings are kept low so as not to be an issue.

Before you start bumping it up, can you lower the volts to find your lowest volts for 32M stable at 3ghz.
10-25-2005, 08:29 PM
Damien

I just got my 146 tonight, what's the MAX voltage someone would suggest under a Big Typhoon?

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