Asus M3A79-T Deluxe

[MadDias]

just got my 940 this morning. it´s a CACVC AC 0848FPAW
not the best stepping afaik. the ones from week 50 and above are much better i heard.
this thing doesn´t like acc at all. it only posts with acc disabled, everything else results in a no post and i have to clear cmos.
i´m playing with it for about an hour now.
200x20 does post but nothing else...
267x15 does post but reboots before loading windows
200x19@1.55v gets me into windows, but prime95 craps out after about 2mins with a bsod (uncorrectable hardware error detected)
now i´m at 200x18@1.4v and doing some stabilty tests...
maybe i need to format, cause vista is giving me that chkdsk bs everytime i restart.

[Halk]

I've got one of these, and I built it a couple of weeks ago with an A64 3500+ :P The 940 BE arrives tomorrow.

I've installed the various Asus software, but I suspect none of it is any use - apart from chipset drivers of course.

Does anyone have a use for PC Probe, and AI Suite etc? I've not looked into it in great detail, but I believe they install services in Windows, which I'm not a super fan of.

Finally the sound card also creates services and a memory resident thing to detect speakers etc being inserted. Since I have a set of headphones plugged in and I don't change from that I've no use for their naff services and shiny lights. Has anyone experimended paring the sound drivers down to the minimum to allow perfect functionality, but without the scrapeware and bloat?

[Oldguy932]

Update your bios to 602, 504 doesn't fully support the 940.

[MadDias]

Update your bios to 602, 504 doesn't fully support the 940.

oops.. haven´t updated my sig.. i´m on the 0602 bios

[ChrisB17]

Hey guys I got a question. When you guys overclock your phenoms and then put vista into sleep does this board BSOD or does it come out of sleep without issues?

[Oldguy932]

I just did 267x15 @ 1.525v and its the first setting beyond 3.6ghz I've gotten to work at all today. Are you on air or water?

As for going to sleep, no idea. I either let my computer run or turn it off completely.

[leoy]

Has anyone noticed if when cool n quiet is enabled multi drops to 4???
I saw this in fudzilla, and it was oced too!

[Lightman]

Has anyone noticed if when cool n quiet is enabled multi drops to 4???
I saw this in fudzilla, and it was oced too!

Yes, it's a new feature of C'n'Q 3.0 1V is new lowest voltage for C'n'Q as well.

[Oldguy932]

Does anyone else have trouble using high multipliers? I might just be being stupid but anything higher than 17.5 doesn't run well on my system.

[demonkevy666]

Does anyone else have trouble using high multipliers? I might just be being stupid but anything higher than 17.5 doesn't run well on my system.

yeah me, Ican hit 3.7ghz but doing anything benches is giving me a crash instantly. 3.5ghzin nice I just wish my Nb would cooparte with me it booted at 2.8ghz once but it won't do it again >_<.

[MadDias]

I just did 267x15 @ 1.525v and its the first setting beyond 3.6ghz I've gotten to work at all today. Are you on air or water?

As for going to sleep, no idea. I either let my computer run or turn it off completely.

i´m back from an installation marathon... even at 3.7ghz installing sp1 and updates in vista takes 3x the time the whole os install takes.

i´m on water. but everything (cpu,gfx,mobo) is cooled by a 3x120mm rad.
coretemps reach 50°C while priming.
maybe i was just using the wrong prime95 version. this happened to me when i used an old version with my 9950. i downloaded a x64 version from mersenne.org. seems to work much better now. 200x18@1.425v is priming for 15mins now longest prime run on this chip ever...
4ghz seems out of reach, caus i can´t get it to boot at anything over 3950mhz.

[Oldguy932]

Hmm... I think you should have a little luck getting 3.6 to run on less volts. Not saying stock volts like mine, but less that 1.425 set. Try using the htt to overclock on the 15x or 16x multi. You might be having the same problem I did with the multipliers not working correctly. Since your on x64 though that might be why it needs more volts to do everything.

[demonkevy666]

Hmm... I think you should have a little luck getting 3.6 to run on less volts. Not saying stock volts like mine, but less that 1.425 set. Try using the htt to overclock on the 15x or 16x multi. You might be having the same problem I did with the multipliers not working correctly. Since your on x64 though that might be why it needs more volts to do everything.

1.650 maybe what's needed for higher then 4.0ghz but we've seen these chips at those levels. remember 4.3ghz on an orochi ? 1.66 volts.

I tried ACC enabling it caused a no boot >_< S.o.b

[gsk3rd]

Well I was wondering if i could get some help OCing my processor. My specs are in my sig. I am able to hit 3.330ghz but anything above this, it either hangs up or bsod. I am running bios 0403. my volts are up to 1.500 at a multi of 16.5 with fsb at 200. I was curious how much volts it could handle on air so i left the clock at 3.000 and bumped the volts up to 1.525 with temps maxing at 58c at full load. I am running ram at 800mhz ganged. I would love to hit 3.4 stable without water. Here are some screenies. If you need anything else as far as screen shots let me know. thxs.

I know everyone is excited about the new phenoms but i was wondering if anyone could help me push my system any further. i have ordered a true extreme and some 1066 ram and waiting for that to come in but could any of the phenom gurus take a look at my screenies and give me some ideas. i can upload any request information. thanks for looking.

[HondaGuy]

Upgrade to BIOS 602, and run your ram UNganged

[charged3800z24]

agreed, thats how I run it..or did..LOL. My replacement board is home and I am a lil afraid to put the Phenom II back on it LOL. I might get back early, like Tuesday instead of thursday next week. I will try to show you how it is done HondaGuy .... muwahaha

anyone know of a new bios that might be coming soon for this board?

[sandeep]

Hmm... I think you should have a little luck getting 3.6 to run on less volts. Not saying stock volts like mine, but less that 1.425 set. Try using the htt to overclock on the 15x or 16x multi. You might be having the same problem I did with the multipliers not working correctly. Since your on x64 though that might be why it needs more volts to do everything.

I just purchased Phenom II, and it does 3.6Ghz on stock vCore of 1.35V and I can bench. I pushed it to 3.7Ghz on stock vCore but crashed half way thru benching.

At 1.45V, I am doing 3.8Ghz. So far I am ONLY raising multipliers only. ACC was disabled. Wonder if if does anything for Phenom II????

I am on water. 603 BIOS for my Asus.

http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...d.php?t=745165

[demonkevy666]

Max Ambient Case Temp: 62 Celsius

why so low.... ?

[sandeep]

where did you see that?

[Ben_Brown]

I just purchased Phenom II, and it does 3.6Ghz on stock vCore of 1.35V and I can bench. I pushed it to 3.7Ghz on stock vCore but crashed half way thru benching.

At 1.45V, I am doing 3.8Ghz. So far I am ONLY raising multipliers only. ACC was disabled. Wonder if if does anything for Phenom II????

I am on water. 603 BIOS for my Asus.

http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...d.php?t=745165

ACC does nothing for Phenom II. It will actually not allow your pc to boot if enabled.

[MadDias]

I just purchased Phenom II, and it does 3.6Ghz on stock vCore of 1.35V and I can bench. I pushed it to 3.7Ghz on stock vCore but crashed half way thru benching.

At 1.45V, I am doing 3.8Ghz. So far I am ONLY raising multipliers only. ACC was disabled. Wonder if if does anything for Phenom II????

I am on water. 603 BIOS for my Asus.

http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...d.php?t=745165

minde does 3.6ghz on stock vcore benchable too.. but stability is another story.
i did a vantage run at 3.8ghz@1.475v after that i started prime and it rebooted without a bluescreen or something.
3.6ghz@1.425 wasn´t stable either.. core 2 crapped out after 16mins.
acc does nothing for phenom2 at the moment. u can´t enable it...
if u do, u get no post.

[Mechromancer]

Is this ACC + Phenom II problem just with ASUS boards?

[charged3800z24]

Is this ACC + Phenom II problem just with ASUS boards?

I wonder if that is what killed mine.. I had 4% on all cores( that is what was on my 9950 before I put in 940) I left it alone as I thought it might help.

[MadDias]

I wonder if that is what killed mine.. I had 4% on all cores( that is what was on my 9950 before I put in 940) I left it alone as I thought it might help.

u got ur board to boot with acc enabled?? on the 0602 bios?

[charged3800z24]

u got ur board to boot with acc enabled?? on the 0602 bios?

Ya, and it loaded into windows. I tweaked a lil with AOD to further the OC attempt. Went to open CPU-z and boom. No post just powered on.