BloodRAGE PCI-E and Bclk Mod

**saaya** · 07-17-2009, 08:00 AM

yes, welder, thats his nick!

**Patch** · 07-17-2009, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by The-Fox

Amazing clocks m8

You beat me by 1 Mhz

just kidding

237 bClk from boot is nice

Anything special with the settings you would like to share ?
BTW, what was your max bClk with QPI on Fast mode ?

Keep pushing it !

Thanks!

This was with CPU and NB on DICE.

Didn't want to mention it before without some pics, but I was booting into Windows with 240 baseclock using PCIE at 115 in BIOS. Got up to 250X21 but wasted time trying to get online to validate and didn't bother to get a screenie until it froze.

Trying to boot with PCIE 116 and above I started to get "white dot syndrome" on the boot screen so I cancelled that outright.

No unusual settings. Lower voltages than I needed to get 4.7 on water before the mod. Left latencies and drives on auto for now. Worked just as well with skews at 0 as it did with up to 200ps in CPU and IOH. Gonna play with that more because I needed 500ps in both to get 4.7 ghz prior to mod on water.

Haven't tried QPI fast-link yet.

Gonna give it a rest for a few days and try to fill up the dewars sometime next week if I can get out of work while they're still open. Maybe LN2 will help get higher.

Then we'll see how this chip and high PCIE frequency does with quadfire.

**Patch** · 07-21-2009, 11:48 PM

eked a few more bclock out of my 920 with LN2.

5.27 Ghz 251X21. i7 920 C0 on hard modded Bloodrage.

Benching sucks, though.

**quake6** · 07-22-2009, 12:31 AM

Very very nice score

keep it up

**chawks2** · 07-22-2009, 05:13 AM

Originally Posted by Patch

5.27 Ghz 251X21. i7 920 C0 on hard modded Bloodrage.

Insane. Great work Patch!

**The-Fox** · 07-22-2009, 07:13 AM

Amazing score Patch !
and that is on C0 chip

that level is classifiedlike

**zalbard** · 07-22-2009, 07:55 AM

Originally Posted by Patch

eked a few more bclock out of my 920 with LN2.

5.27 Ghz 251X21. i7 920 C0 on hard modded Bloodrage.

Insane!

Uber score, man!

**saaya** · 07-22-2009, 09:29 AM

woa thats sick man!
geez, post about that in the xtreme overclocking section!

thats the second highest bclock ive ever seen!

the highest was jody with 252 and that was with a d0 and classified...

**Patch** · 07-22-2009, 12:13 PM

Originally Posted by saaya

woa thats sick man!
geez, post about that in the xtreme overclocking section!

thats the second highest bclock ive ever seen!

the highest was jody with 252 and that was with a d0 and classified...

Lol, I don't have high enough post count to post there.

I'm not griping. Those rules are good.

I don't post much so it'll take me a while.

**Mellowyellow** · 07-22-2009, 02:09 PM

Originally Posted by Patch

eked a few more bclock out of my 920 with LN2.

5.27 Ghz 251X21. i7 920 C0 on hard modded Bloodrage.

Benching sucks, though.

Wow man that rocks

**Mellowyellow** · 07-22-2009, 04:18 PM

Is getting the Bclk Mod only needed for going cold or does water/air ever get that high?

**The-Fox** · 07-23-2009, 06:40 AM

I maxed out on water at about 231Mhz bclk so this mod is mostly for cold.

**Nostromo** · 07-23-2009, 02:57 PM

I can't go over 210 with my D0 3845b027 on water..

Emmett

**Mellowyellow** · 07-24-2009, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by The-Fox

I maxed out on water at about 231Mhz bclk so this mod is mostly for cold.

Originally Posted by Nostromo

I can't go over 210 with my D0 3845b027 on water..

Emmett

Thanks

**Utnorris** · 09-01-2009, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by Lord Trident

no there not a rev change
seem bloodrage is EOL and only a few left in the world

but GTI and flammingblades will have the change
but hay Saaya how did you miss that one

if you know of this mod why you not say

YMAA no rma will not fix for you
sorry about this.

Mescalamba if you dont use the same resistor you may unset the pci-e and when you increase pci-e you get more bclk so can go above 220 and you just been lucky lol
people who know how to solder should try this, if you dont then do not touch

Does anyone know if this is correct? Does this mean that the GTI's from Newegg will allow more than 103.4 PCIe adjustment without doing the mod?
Thanks

**Lord Trident** · 09-01-2009, 01:35 PM

no way of knowing if they have new stock or old stock
but hope it new stock

**lesstutrey** · 09-21-2009, 05:12 PM

anyone know if it is true that they are essentially "premoded" now, is it only with the GTI or Flamingblade, what's the deal? I heard a rumor and can't really seem to find much to back it up.

**Utnorris** · 09-21-2009, 06:03 PM

As Lord Trident stated, if it's new stock then it should be good to go, if it's older stock then no. Newegg probably has the newest stock, but it's a gamble. Still a great board even without the mod. I looked at it doing the mod, but my hands are not steady enough to do it. It's a shame you can't pay someone to do it for you.

**lesstutrey** · 09-21-2009, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by Utnorris

As Lord Trident stated, if it's new stock then it should be good to go, if it's older stock then no. Newegg probably has the newest stock, but it's a gamble. Still a great board even without the mod. I looked at it doing the mod, but my hands are not steady enough to do it. It's a shame you can't pay someone to do it for you.

If you went to a local mom&pop style electronics repair shop they could probably do the mod for you. Those guys tend to be quite good with soldering, as that is how they fix 99% of the problems. Well.. not ordering RIGHT this minute, but with the 250$ price on the egg i imagine they are going like hotcakes. Board seems perfect for my benching needs.

**lesstutrey** · 09-21-2009, 06:13 PM

Oh, by the way, any way of knowing if the board is new stock based on serial if you were to pick one up at a store? And this is only on the GTI version and the new Flamming Blade.. not the regular BR?

**madmax999** · 10-23-2009, 11:05 AM

My experience with PCI-E mod on Bloodrage...

Before mod: 224MHz bclk was maximum, above 224MHz was a no POST, also above 102MHz of PCI-E frequency was a no POST.
On 224MHz the board was Linx stable.

After mod: 230MHz bclk is maximum, on 231MHz board freezes when booting windows, 232MHz is a no POST.
117MHz of PCI-E frequency is maximum now, on 118MHz the board is not recognizing my HDD.

230MHz bclk with 105MHz PCI-E:

117MHz PCI-E:

I can't get board Linx stable above 225MHz bclk.

Conclusion: i did only get higher bclk for benching and ability to raise PCI-E frequency... nothing else. I'm not happy, but neither am i disappointed. It's still a really great board and i wont change it for some other

BIOS version is G25, i'll try P09 these days but i really doubt that it will bring me something more... But maybe im wrong (i hope that i'm wrong

).

**Mellowyellow** · 10-23-2009, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by madmax999

BIOS version is G25, i'll try P09 these days but i really doubt that it will bring me something more... But maybe im wrong (i hope that i'm wrong ).

I hope your wrong too.. :P

**Utnorris** · 10-23-2009, 04:08 PM

Hey Madmax999, how hard was the mod?

**madmax999** · 10-23-2009, 11:54 PM

I didn't do it, my best friends dad did it because he has much better soldering iron and much more experience in soldering tiny elements then me. He said that he never soldered such a tiny thing and it was pretty hard

**Bei Fei** · 10-24-2009, 05:25 PM

Anyone want to share some BIOS settings for high BCLK? I broke down and modded my board which was a real PITA that resistor was small. Thanks

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