Foxconn Quantum Force Black Ops X48 OC Guide (56k Warning)

[ceevee]

EIST must be set to Native if you wish to set your multiplier to over a stock setting.

Ok thanks, I never had to do that on my old ASUS P35 so this is new to me

Also if you look at the post above (i edited) what do you think of 65C temp?

[Planet]

65C is starting to get a little hot. I would see about trying to get those down a bit. 55C should be good.

[gmcg]

What temps are we talking about here, +15C Aegis panel funny ones or Real Temps? Does anyone believe that with 2.4 CPU my idle temp with watercooling (high flow, D-Tek Fuzion with quad nozzle) can be at 47C while both Real Temp and Everest show 32C, and my water temp is 28.4C? 65C "Aegis" is not "a little hot", it is around 50C Real Temp ...

As you can see, EIST is in native mode ... my Real frequency is 4.2Ghz ...

[gmcg]

Nobody here works for Foxconn dude!
Be happy he bothered helping you out with a guide ?
Give us some REAL comparison here ? So you cant run 460 fsb with a Quard on the Blackops
Set your bios better dude It is EASY.

I did, I am running it at 4.2 GHz pretty stable. It is definitely easy though I have expected lower voltages to reach such results. I know people can run 482MHz FSb on this board, but with what voltages? I used SAFE voltages to run 460 MHz FSB on 790i, here is the difference.

Why is air and water cooling a Joke ? I dont get that ? Ever heard of anti corrosion ?
Why did you buy the board then ?

I bought it as a replacement for 790i, I never heard that advertised copper cover would be replaced with aluminum one. In this case I wouldn't buy it probably, and I can't return it such as it was sold through newegg only, and newegg has 30 day non-refund policy.
It is a joke caz I can't use nor water cooling nor aircooling on it without modification. Air cooling is way ineffective and noisy.
Anticorrosion - why should I use such stuff if on my box it is stated that I've got 4in1 all copper cooler?

If that is the biggest problem, Maybe you should by an Asus board

I don't buy anything from Asus, period. Actually, there are not so many choices left, you are right. I would love to have a stable 790i but can't spend time on several boards to find a stable one.

ALL new boards have issues in the biginning!
Be happy with your new board, And show us some results ?

Which results? I have a stable running Foxconn BlackOps board now at 4.2 GHz with good safe voltages and mediocre speed results, do you think it makes sense to publish those? I am still working on the board, may be will get something good enough to publish later ...
I had quite similar results (as todays) with 780i and DDR2 (was happy enough, such as ALL volatages were in the SAFE area) ... nothing to be proud of spending in addition +$1k on memory and board ... those old results can be found here http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=129
You can download the reports ... they are attached.
Here is my 4.4GHz result on 780i with 1.456V Vcore on it ONLY http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...1&d=1207362016 , it is exactly the same CPU and watercooling system, and now I need to use such Vcore for 4.2Ghz on Foxconn BlackOps which supposed to be an UPGRADE? I see people around using the same or higher Vcore for 4.2GHz , therefore it is kinda doubtful that it is only my incompetence to set the BIOS correctly to reach lower voltages ... for example can you show me such results as 4.4GHz with 1.456 Vcore for QX9650 on BlackOps?

You know the story about pessimist and optimist? Is our glass half-full or half-empty?

[ceevee]

What temps are we talking about here, +15C Aegis panel funny ones or Real Temps? Does anyone believe that with 2.4 CPU my idle temp with watercooling (high flow, D-Tek Fuzion with quad nozzle) can be at 47C while both Real Temp and Everest show 32C, and my water temp is 28.4C? 65C "Aegis" is not "a little hot", it is around 50C Real Temp ...

As you can see, EIST is in native mode ... my Real frequency is 4.2Ghz ...

Hi I am getting 65C from Coretemp program (I believe that is Tjunction measure?) at 3.8Ghz under full Prime95 load.

I am asking is 65C in Coretemp program too hot for full Prime95 load?

I am not going to put this CPU under water until I finalize the components (blackops or 790i).

[gmcg]

Hi I am getting 65C from Coretemp program (I believe that is Tjunction measure?) at 3.8Ghz under full Prime95 load.

I am asking is 65C in Coretemp program too hot for full Prime95 load?

I am not going to put this CPU under water until I finalize the components (blackops or 790i).

Hi, I would recommend to use Real Temp, it's data has been corrected with beam digital termometers. 2.60 version has a convenient temp on-screen data in the top right corner. You will see a HUGE difference comparing with Core Temp. Everquest Beta 1383 is fine as well.

[ceevee]

Hi, I would recommend to use Real Temp, it's data has been corrected with beam digital termometers. 2.60 version has a convenient temp on-screen data in the top right corner. You will see a HUGE difference comparing with Core Temp. Everquest Beta 1383 is fine as well.

I switched to RealTemp and now I am only getting 55C maximum.

That should give me room to try for 4Ghz on air.

[gmcg]

I switched to RealTemp and now I am only getting 55C maximum.
That should give me room to try for 4Ghz on air.

I had been running 4.14 GHz on AC with 790i for a while ...

[rdrash]

I wanted to publicly thank you for the BO insulation template Cpt.Planet....when I get my replacement board it will be very useful!! I appreciate the assist.

[LardArse]

please leave EIST native and c1E disabled and you should have the higher multipliers

[Nosfer@tu]

I did, I am running it at 4.2 GHz pretty stable. It is definitely easy though I have expected lower voltages to reach such results. I know people can run 482MHz FSb on this board, but with what voltages? I used SAFE voltages to run 460 MHz FSB on 790i, here is the difference.


I bought it as a replacement for 790i, I never heard that advertised copper cover would be replaced with aluminum one. In this case I wouldn't buy it probably, and I can't return it such as it was sold through newegg only, and newegg has 30 day non-refund policy.
It is a joke caz I can't use nor water cooling nor aircooling on it without modification. Air cooling is way ineffective and noisy.
Anticorrosion - why should I use such stuff if on my box it is stated that I've got 4in1 all copper cooler?


I don't buy anything from Asus, period. Actually, there are not so many choices left, you are right. I would love to have a stable 790i but can't spend time on several boards to find a stable one.


Which results? I have a stable running Foxconn BlackOps board now at 4.2 GHz with good safe voltages and mediocre speed results, do you think it makes sense to publish those? I am still working on the board, may be will get something good enough to publish later ...
I had quite similar results (as todays) with 780i and DDR2 (was happy enough, such as ALL volatages were in the SAFE area) ... nothing to be proud of spending in addition +$1k on memory and board ... those old results can be found here http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=129
You can download the reports ... they are attached.
Here is my 4.4GHz result on 780i with 1.456V Vcore on it ONLY http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...1&d=1207362016 , it is exactly the same CPU and watercooling system, and now I need to use such Vcore for 4.2Ghz on Foxconn BlackOps which supposed to be an UPGRADE? I see people around using the same or higher Vcore for 4.2GHz , therefore it is kinda doubtful that it is only my incompetence to set the BIOS correctly to reach lower voltages ... for example can you show me such results as 4.4GHz with 1.456 Vcore for QX9650 on BlackOps?

You know the story about pessimist and optimist? Is our glass half-full or half-empty?

What is your VPPL and Vfsb ?
These migth be to blame.
ALSO member you cannot trust any volts read in bios, On the blackops the volt is VERY stable. And the CPU power capabilities are truly golden on blackops. Even at 5 Ghz Quardcore it is stable and dosent fluctuate.

AND Im not sure how one can compare I790 to X48 regarding voltages. I really dont know.

Everybody in Denmark ditched the board after problems with past 900 Mhz om mem

[ceevee]

Wow i heard back from my special request for support from Foxconn.

Some of our motherboard modules include features, which facilitate or otherwise assist customer with extending the performance of their system beyond the specification of the cpu, chipset, or other components.



Some memory manufactures sell high performance rating memory; please contact them for assist with their “rating setting”.



Example: Industry standard DDR memory uses 2.5V, DDR2 uses 1.8V and DDR3 uses 1.5V. There is no standard for memory timing, but the lower the number the more aggressive it is.



Foxconn Technical Support (CISG1) provides assist to customer in resolving problems with “default” setting.

Results of overclocking can cause system crashes, data corruption, peripheral life span is shortened. This is for advanced computer uses that know and understand the risk involved, proceeds at your own risk. Foxconn does not recommend nor indorse in taking such action- not support by Foxconn CISG1.

EPIC FAIL IMO.

So they have not even acknolwedged that not being able to set 2T at all is a problem.

[Praz]

Pretty much standard statement for motherboard manufactures. Kind of expected something different from a company advertising the following though.

Unique accessories for enthusiasts

BLACKOPS includes a range of accessories designed to provide additional convenience and performance enhancements for overclockers. In addition to the 4in1 Quantum Cooler accessories (which include a NB fan,extension tower for LN2 cooling and water cooling block), BLACKOPS owners will also receive variable resistors for volt-modding,

[Telo]

I know I'm getting way ahead of myself, but has anyone tried running this board at 450FSb while using 4 sticks of CellShock 1866 [Blue kit]? I ask because if this RAM actually gets to run at 1800Mhz, I'm sure interested on getting another set. Thanks in advanced.

PS: RAM will be arriving either tomorrow or Wednesday, it's coming straight out of Ireland, bought at Memoryc.com for 254 EUR plus 18 EUR for shipping [roughly $425 for everything]. Tankguys has the 1800Mhz kits for $420, and for what I saw no one sells the blue kits in the USA.

[LardArse]

G25 BIOS with Clock Skew (+300 works good for Wolfdale overclocking)
:
http://www.yourfilehost.com/media.ph...887A3F1G25.rar

2T works , now fixing multiplier under Vista

[ceevee]

G25 BIOS with Clock Skew (+300 works good for Wolfdale overclocking)
:
http://www.yourfilehost.com/media.ph...e=7A3F1G25.rar

2T works , now fixing multiplier under Vista

Thank you very much.

Downloading now.

[Tony]

G25 BIOS with Clock Skew (+300 works good for Wolfdale overclocking)
:
http://www.yourfilehost.com/media.ph...e=7A3F1G25.rar

2T works , now fixing multiplier under Vista

is the board defaulted to this or still an option to set it manually?

If the board still defaults to 1T you have an issue that needs changing

[LardArse]

slightly more updated:

http://www.mediafire.com/?zydjtdtd3ze

[yiancar]

Hey everybody , I just joined the blackops club

i was just looking in the mobo when i found this



Ready points for vmod?:P

[M3kk]

What is the difference about the GXX and P0X bioses?
Can someone share the P04 ?

[Lu(ky]

What is the difference about the GXX and P0X bioses?
Can someone share the P04 ?

The G Bios is BETA and the P is normal online Bios. I will try both of them soon.

Has anyone tried the CellShock DDR3 15000 (blue sticks) on this board? And are they any deferent then the black ones meaning better OCing?

[M3kk]

Can you link me the p04?
I cant find that

[yiancar]

Can you link me the p04?
I cant find that

log into http://www.quantum-force.net then go to downloads and public bios , its the first one there

[M3kk]

LOL, i searched it at Beta bios section, thanks .

[yiancar]

in the beta bios are only the G one