QuadGT Arrived (56k warning)

[situman]

There are better and cheaper options out there. This board is not well supported. They are taking their sweet time in releasing a new bios. Its been what, 3 months?

[426hemi]

I am having a little trouble booting into windows at 480fsb w/cpu 1.36v dd2 2.3v 1:1 4-4-3-10 mch 1.6v Maybe I will try tightening my memory timings. So far I love this board Also I am not having the PWM high temp issues. I am still using bios B06.

[fhpchris]

There are better and cheaper options out there. This board is not well supported. They are taking their sweet time in releasing a new bios. Its been what, 3 months?

Yep, seems like time to buy a DFI 965

[momomo6789]

i agree my dfi is on the way

[rithina]

I just tried Kentsfield ES B0 and it does not seem to work at all. No boot.

Also, I have quite alot of trouble with the BIOS everytime I change the CPU. Atm I run BIOS B08.

hmm maybe bios cant recognise B0 stepping.. i am using B3 stepping at 425 x 8

[blossa]

I got the Kentsfield ES B0 up and running now. I had to put in another RAM-stick to make it boot, then I could put the other ones back. *strange* Currently I am running 350*9. I have not tried anything else, i just wanted to confirm that the FSB works better on this board than my 'new revision' of the EVGA-board.

May I ask what voltages you use for 425*8? And cooling for NB?

[VIctorj]

I think my e6400 has an fsb wall near 410fsb... ¬¬
No matter how high i raise volts...loose timmings...it still unstable past 400.

Those with quadgt and e6400, mind posting bios settings?

Thanx guys.

[fgw]

I think my e6400 has an fsb wall near 410fsb... ¬¬
No matter how high i raise volts...loose timmings...it still unstable past 400.

Those with quadgt and e6400, mind posting bios settings?

Thanx guys.

have a look at my sig ...
doing orthos blend tests for some days now at different vcore settings. i can run orthos blend for 8 hours most of the times at 1.4875v vcore. once i stopped orthos after 24 hours! right now orthos blend failed after 2 hours at this setting. have no idea why the result varies that much.
anyway, lowering voltage under 1.4875v and blend runtime goes down. the same if i increase vcore above 1.4875v! will give this some more runs before i go to raise vtt and/or vmch ...
no problems with the temperatures as i'm on water. temps start to raise above 50c after running orthos blend for hours at 1.4875v.

[426hemi]

have a look at my sig ...
doing orthos blend tests for some days now at different vcore settings. i can run orthos blend for 8 hours most of the times at 1.4875v vcore. once i stopped orthos after 24 hours! right now orthos blend failed after 2 hours at this setting. have no idea why the result varies that much.
anyway, lowering voltage under 1.4875v and blend runtime goes down. the same if i increase vcore above 1.4875v! will give this some more runs before i go to raise vtt and/or vmch ...
no problems with the temperatures as i'm on water. temps start to raise above 50c after running orthos blend for hours at 1.4875v.

I had to raise my vmch above 430fsb to 1.50. Also I raised cpu vtt to 1.3

[VIctorj]

Thanx guys...going to try that later...bios 10 is? B08 or what? ...Im having a bit of trouble identifying bioses.
EDIT: Damned...i dont have that 1.4875v on my bios...am i running a different release? ¬¬

Anyway...i tryed raising vtt to 1.3...and is still unstable past 430.

Also, it seems that sometimes (when unstable) i lose onboard soundcard...WTF!?

Might as well be my e6400...i need to find a golden one it seems. :P

Any ideas?

EDIT2: Im on msn if anyone wants to help me on the fly ...PM me your email :P ...thanx guys!

[rithina]

I got the Kentsfield ES B0 up and running now. I had to put in another RAM-stick to make it boot, then I could put the other ones back. *strange* Currently I am running 350*9. I have not tried anything else, i just wanted to confirm that the FSB works better on this board than my 'new revision' of the EVGA-board.

May I ask what voltages you use for 425*8? And cooling for NB?

1.6v for northbridge and water cooling for my NB...but not stable when full load due pwm temp

[Heidfirst]

There are better and cheaper options out there.

such as?
(don't say Gigabytes or 650i because imo they aren't & at least here the P5B Deluxe is dearer & it doesn't look problem-free either)

This board is not well supported. They are taking their sweet time in releasing a new bios. Its been what, 3 months?

a little over 2 but the betas should cover 99% of the problems.

[blossa]

1.6v for northbridge and water cooling for my NB...but not stable when full load due pwm temp

Ok, I have 1.7v and a Noctua NB aricooler. It is stable but damn hot.

[Getttosmurf]

what would you guys say is resonably safe voltages for vmch nb cpuvtt and the rest of them ?

Not afraid to push a little but dont want to kill the mb either = )

[ziddey]

first off, I'd for sure pull off the heatsink on the northbridge and change to a better thermal compound. Then put a 50mm or something blowing down to keep it cool.

After that's said and done, try to go no more than 1.60vmch, and around 1.55vtt. Less than 1.8vsb/pcie, and 1.2ish vich.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...04&postcount=8 for what intel says.

obviously, some of them are extremely low. For instance, vtt, cpu can handle a decent vtt (same as vcore, although not mentioned in the post I linked). But vtt on the northbridge side is real damn low. But you shouldn't need much vtt at all up until 500 or so, where you start to need a bit and then more and more.

I see you're using c2d. quads on the other hand have shown to need more vtt in order to respond to 400+ usually.

ichio is also known as sb/pcie. not sure what the qgt says. you shouldn't need more than +0.1 or +0.2 (1.6, 1.7) if that.

ich I'm not too sure of, since max and abs max have such a huge difference. seems like somewhere under 1.3v should be ok, but don't quote me on that.

[Ace-a-Rue]

I got the Kentsfield ES B0 up and running now. I had to put in another RAM-stick to make it boot, then I could put the other ones back. *strange* Currently I am running 350*9. I have not tried anything else, i just wanted to confirm that the FSB works better on this board than my 'new revision' of the EVGA-board.

May I ask what voltages you use for 425*8? And cooling for NB?

don't be disappointed if you cannot get to high on the FSB with a Quad core...check my specs...420 is the max for me but i have to shove the volts right up its butt ...almost every setting has to go real high on the voltage to sustain 420 fsb...if the vcore was lower to hold 420, i would be there but 1.6-1.62v is a bit much for me on air.

[blossa]

don't be disappointed if you cannot get to high on the FSB with a Quad core...check my specs...420 is the max for me but i have to shove the volts right up its butt ...almost every setting has to go real high on the voltage to sustain 420 fsb...if the vcore was lower to hold 420, i would be there but 1.6-1.62v is a bit much for me on air.

Ok, then I suppose I do nothing 'wrong'.

I have all voltage exept vdimm and vcore set to it's max. vcore is set to 1.5000 when running 420*8. 425MHz work but then I must turn up the speed of my fans.

[Revv23]

yeah looks like ill be jumping to the dfi a soon as newegg gets it.

this board has served me VERy well though. it will be sad to see it go, but i really want to go for 600mhz ram on the 1066 strap.

[Ajfina]

yeah looks like ill be jumping to the dfi a soon as newegg gets it.

this board has served me VERy well though. it will be sad to see it go, but i really want to go for 600mhz ram on the 1066 strap.

same here
and is down 139 today

[Getttosmurf]

Ok thanks im way below that atm but will push some more in a few days = )

first off, I'd for sure pull off the heatsink on the northbridge and change to a better thermal compound. Then put a 50mm or something blowing down to keep it cool.

After that's said and done, try to go no more than 1.60vmch, and around 1.55vtt. Less than 1.8vsb/pcie, and 1.2ish vich.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...04&postcount=8 for what intel says.

obviously, some of them are extremely low. For instance, vtt, cpu can handle a decent vtt (same as vcore, although not mentioned in the post I linked). But vtt on the northbridge side is real damn low. But you shouldn't need much vtt at all up until 500 or so, where you start to need a bit and then more and more.

I see you're using c2d. quads on the other hand have shown to need more vtt in order to respond to 400+ usually.

ichio is also known as sb/pcie. not sure what the qgt says. you shouldn't need more than +0.1 or +0.2 (1.6, 1.7) if that.

ich I'm not too sure of, since max and abs max have such a huge difference. seems like somewhere under 1.3v should be ok, but don't quote me on that.

[Ace-a-Rue]

anybody try the EVGA A1 or T1 board with the Quad-core?

[MidnightMadness]

My result today
FSB 535MHz x7 SuperPi 32M



Mobo no mod. Bios B08.

[ante_ante]

My result today
FSB 535MHz x7 SuperPi 32M



Mobo no mod. Bios B08.

What cooling for NB and PWM ? Vcore and the other voltage ?

Really nice with such high fsb

[MidnightMadness]

CPU - 1,5V
Mem - 2,475V
CPU VTT -1,5V
VMCH - 1,7V
ICH - 1,10V
ICH IO - 1,6V

PCIE - 110MHz
PWM - home made cooler with 80mm fan
CPU and NB coling by water:

[jugeen]

BIOS 11 released!

1. Enhanced overclocking ability.
2. Modify the Voltage adjusting function.
3. Fixed an issue that the system hangs during Vista installation, when using a Kentsfield CPU.
4. Fixed an issue where the system sometimes hangs on POST code 2A.
5. Fixed the JMB363 performance issue.
6. JMB363 now works as intended when enabling ICH8R RAID ROM.
7. The "EIST adjusting" function now works as intended.
8. BIOS compiled date: 3/27/2007

http://www2.abit.com.tw/page/uk/moth...pPRODINFO=BIOS