Asus M4a79 deluxe up close and personal

**~~walno1~~** · 03-03-2009, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by Lathode

Pretty sweet deal: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.165049

WOW! I just got my M4A79 last week (order date: 2-22-09). I should have waited an extra week. How was I to know. Especially since I was planning on getting the PII in a few weeks anyway.

Argh!

**FoxRacR17** · 03-04-2009, 12:51 AM

Well I got my other 2 sticks of ocz platinums 1066MHz. I will try to mess around with them tomorrow before I have to go to work to see if I can get all 4 sticks running at 1066MHz and post my results back here.

**AMD_Freak** · 03-04-2009, 12:55 AM

Hi, Im new to overclocking and would be interested in a little help tweaking
my settings any help would be a huge help. Just put the system together and its time to play. running Vista64

**CaptMorgan** · 03-04-2009, 04:38 AM

Originally Posted by Lathode

Pretty sweet deal: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.165049

Oh Noooos- This is exactly what I want but I was gonna wait till the end of the month

what should i do??!!

**mattkosem** · 03-04-2009, 04:51 AM

I'm running into crashes when pushing to and beyond 3.8Ghz on this board. On the M3A78-T I was able to run there without any issues until I did something CPU intensive. With this board, I get a BSOD reporting that USBHID.SYS failed after 30 seconds or so of sitting at the desktop. Could this indicate anemic SB voltage? I've not touched it yet, but didn't need to with the SB750 on my other board. I do have an aging Razer Diamondback, and I see that this BSOD is common with these mice. The BSOD does occur upon moving the mouse, so it might be related. I'm going to give another mouse a try when I get home.

--Matt

chew* · 03-04-2009, 06:05 AM

matt 1.28 NB volts and 1.28 sb volts.

when overclocking you should always add a tad more volts to help stable things up. IME usb is the first to get knocked out if a tad unstable.

I lose my USB stick on a regular basis when pushing my gigabyte really hard.

I avoid USB devices when pushing really really hard, ps2 mouse and KB.

chew* · 03-04-2009, 06:12 AM

AMD freak, drop memory down to 800 spd, drop ht and nb down to 1800 spd, clock cpu multi and and use cpu vcore and test in prime, keep pushing till you prime loses a core consistently.......keep an eye on temps, I do not reccomend higher than 55C load temps.

After you find max stable core, drop cpu frequency to stock and clock NB multi using cpu NB vid, use the same step for cpu mhz with prime...... Once you find that max try to find a happy medium between both and start running PI 1m to note subtle differences in performance.

Once you find a happy medium bring your memory and HT up to speed and adjust HT volts and vdimm voltage and timings as necessary to stabilize it in prime.

I reccomend 1.28 nb and sb volts when running OC'ed on this board.

**~~walno1~~** · 03-04-2009, 09:11 AM

Hello AMD_Freak;

I was wondering if you had to change of modify any settings to get speedfan to show your fan2 rpm's. I only get fan1 to show rpm's. What's weird is I know the temp thresholds and speed setting are working properly during benching and gaming. I have tried a couple of older versions but still can't get it to show.

I have also tried enabling and disabling Qfan in the bios, but still get abnormal fan rpm's.

**AMD_Freak** · 03-04-2009, 10:01 AM

I just installed speedfan and let it do its thing ..Im showing 1 fan at low 22 RPM prolly change the fan to a different header I have Q-cool to disable.

**mattkosem** · 03-04-2009, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by chew*

matt 1.28 NB volts and 1.28 sb volts.

when overclocking you should always add a tad more volts to help stable things up. IME usb is the first to get knocked out if a tad unstable.

I lose my USB stick on a regular basis when pushing my gigabyte really hard.

I avoid USB devices when pushing really really hard, ps2 mouse and KB.

That makes sense. Looking back at screenshots from the old board, it looks like the default for NB and SB was 1.30v whereas this board defaults them both at 1.20v. I was just a little thrown off because I didn't need to change them on the last board. I'll give 1.28 a shot and take a look around for some USB->PS2 adapters.

--Matt

**FoxRacR17** · 03-04-2009, 12:05 PM

Well I just plugged in the extra 4 gigs of ocz platinum 1066 that I got and it worked right off the bat. I didnt have to change anything at all in the bios, just plug em in and boot it up

So now I have 8gigs of 1066 ram, I'm very happy.

**Nedjo** · 03-04-2009, 12:28 PM

lucky you!

On my M379-T, two 2 GB sticks of OCZ PC2-8500 Platinums don't work @ 1066

**FoxRacR17** · 03-04-2009, 12:32 PM

Well hold on, I just started running memtest 3.4 with all 8 gigs and after 21 minutes it gave me 3 "ECC correctable errors" Does anyone know what this means? Is one of the new sticks I got bad?

**FoxRacR17** · 03-04-2009, 12:52 PM

is there any known issues with memtest86 3.4? Right now i'm trying 1 stick at a time with 3.4, but should i be using memtest86+ 2.11 instead?

**~~soundood~~** · 03-04-2009, 01:09 PM

there are a few issues with Phenoms and memtest versions other than 2.11, just use v2.11 and let us know the outcome

**FoxRacR17** · 03-04-2009, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by soundood

there are a few issues with Phenoms and memtest versions other than 2.11, just use v2.11 and let us know the outcome

Alright, thanks for the info soundood. One of the new sticks already passed memtest 3.4 for 25 minutes with any errors, and right now the second stick as 10 minutes to go. After that I will plug all 4 sticks back in, and start memtest86+ before I leave for work, and leave it running untill i get home at about 1 in the morning. I'll post the results then.

One other thought, these sticks are rated at 2.2v, but right now i'm running them at 2.1, would that cause any of this?

**mattkosem** · 03-04-2009, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by chew*

matt 1.28 NB volts and 1.28 sb volts.

when overclocking you should always add a tad more volts to help stable things up. IME usb is the first to get knocked out if a tad unstable.

I lose my USB stick on a regular basis when pushing my gigabyte really hard.

I avoid USB devices when pushing really really hard, ps2 mouse and KB.

1.28v isn't an option on the SB. I only have 1.20v and 1.35v in the 903 bios...

Are there more options in some other bios version?

--Matt

chew* · 03-04-2009, 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by mattkosem

1.28v isn't an option on the SB. I only have 1.20v and 1.35v in the 903 bios...

Are there more options in some other bios version?

--Matt

0801

**mattkosem** · 03-04-2009, 06:04 PM

Is it safe to flash to an earlier version? I had a bad experience with doing so on an abit board years ago.

--Matt

chew* · 03-04-2009, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by mattkosem

Is it safe to flash to an earlier version? I had a bad experience with doing so on an abit board years ago.

--Matt

I dunno I done some crazy stuff with bios's and chips never had issues. I flash from dos most of the time though none of this windows stuff.

**mattkosem** · 03-04-2009, 08:31 PM

Never flashed a bios from windows either. I flashed it back to 0801 and there's still only 1.20 and 1.35v. It shows the default as 1.20, increment of .15v and max of 1.35v... I've got my HT at 1.28 and the NB at 1.28. 801 does seem to be more stable though.

--Matt

**FoxRacR17** · 03-05-2009, 12:46 AM

good news, I bumped the vdimm up to 2.2v, and ran memtest86+ for 11 hours now and there have been no errors with all 8 gigs in running at 1066MHz.

**Jethro** · 03-05-2009, 05:16 AM

got mine up and running woot! Didnt even have to reinstall windows7 coming from rdx200 O.o. havent updated bios from 701 thats on it. With .025 more cpu volts along with some very slight board v increases she is folding away at 225 x 15 (3375) withrams at 900 (4 4 4 12).

pretty excited that i got a decent chip!

what a groovey board. wow. thanks for the voltage tips Chew. will apply and start pushing more tonight. may install xp sp3 so i can use aod. turbo v works but is nowhere near as powerful a utility as aod.

chew* · 03-05-2009, 08:47 AM

Originally Posted by mattkosem

Never flashed a bios from windows either. I flashed it back to 0801 and there's still only 1.20 and 1.35v. It shows the default as 1.20, increment of .15v and max of 1.35v... I've got my HT at 1.28 and the NB at 1.28. 801 does seem to be more stable though.

--Matt

Matt I find that for overclocking the latest and greatest bios's are not up to snuff, just my 2 cents. they are an accumlation of fixes for stabilty for average users.

Only bios's that would concern me are bios's with memory compatability in the list of fixes. Everthing else I usually work around. Those voltages you have set are the one's I was referring to, forgot they call SB HT on this board.....HT volts 1.28 and NB volts 1.28.

I have been procrastinating on this board but will give it the full workout asap....

**mattkosem** · 03-05-2009, 10:27 AM

Gotcha. So far I've managed to get 3.7 stable with 1.55v. I'll play with it more tonight if I have a chance.

--Matt

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