Quote Originally Posted by jonspd View Post
G-skill pc6400 2gbhz

I just installed memset.

4 4 4 12 24 2t 2.1 vddim at stock I think per cpu-z


I will try that version of AOD.
Ah, well then, you need to keep the RAM sticks at stock best possible. You need to test your RAMs capability before you start oc'ing because in your case, it sounds like your RAM is holding you back (settings found in Memset fully).

Find a setting with timings/subtimings/volts (sub 2.25V IMO) which makes your RAM fully stable (Memtest/Prime95blend/Systool 32M) at sub DDR2-1000. Then drop to a low RAM divider (1:1.33 is good) with those volts/settings and start oc'ing to find the max HT ref/GHz.

My RAM boots CAS5 DDR2-1450 at 2.35V perfectly, so when I'm testing HT ref./NB/HT/CPU I'm well clear of its limits, thus can know where the problem lies.

Quote Originally Posted by TheOtherDave View Post
I have been reading this and the Overclocking the 9600 BE thread and waiting for a MOD to update my account..

Here is my Phenom 9600 BE story.

I have

k9a2 platinum, Phenom 9600 BE.
I was able to get to 2.7G stable (multiple days of seti, folding, other BOINC stuff, prime95) at 100% processor load.

I am using the msi ver 1.2 bios (I updated from 1.1 but I haven't tried any of the others).

To get to 2.7G I had to up my CPU VID setting to 1.3 volts but that is all.

Now I am running at stock HT ref freq and memory freq (800MHz).

When I try to get the memory to 1066 MHz (I am using 1066 crucial mem) It will not boot.

I will post photos later (I am at work right now).
Welcome

1066 memory won't run, don't even try it, it will give you no boot and make yu clear CMOS before booting. Only some BETA BIOSes run it.

1.2 BIOS has the TLB errata patch enabled. If you want to try the latest BETA BIOS, it allows you to turn the TLB patch off (better performance) and allows running 1066 RAM. However, it won't run anything below 1066 RAM at stock HT ref. bootup, I'll warn you that much.

2.7G for 1.3V looks very promising although rare so far, sadly.