Opteron 144 Venus testing

[mongoled]

hmm, nothing really yet. it's definitly crazy sensitive to temps though. putting it on water got me an extra 100mhz stable at 1.55v, to 2809mhz. haven't tried sPI'ing anything yet, and i don't have extremely capable ram to test out the memory controller with

ozzimark,

Good to see you got the CPU under water now,

Would I be correct in saying tht you arnt entirely happy with the clock speeds your chip is clocking to? You mention tht 1.55v applied to the CPU with water gives you arnd 2.8ghz stable and tht the chip is NOT scaling any higher with volts.

Your temps are very good while idling, but wht are they like under load? If you are seeing increase of over 20C under load (i.e. temps above 50C) then you definatley (if there is such a thing!!) have bad contact with the core and IHS.

I feel tht without taking the shim off you will never really know if this is the case, curiosity always gets the better of me, time will tell with yourself.




Something which is concerning me is the information coming out tht brainpower pcb's wont work with these CPU's.



I really hope this can be verified in the next few days, I personally dont have any other ram apart from tccd and cannot commit myself to purchasing a Opty 939 unless I know tht the CPU will work with the Ram I have. I hope to see some verification from peeps who eventually get hold of the CPU to see if this information is indeed true.

[mrlobber]

....supposedly these have problems with RAM on the BrainPower 808 PCB.

Why?

[dogsx2]

how does this look to you guys?
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=40158

still 1.55v, with water, idle temps around 31-33c

SS shots are ok but with no benches really don't mean a lot. Let's see at least Spi1m with the ss. I'm not trying to be hard but we're on page 4 of this thread and there is still not much documented information in it.

[ReelMonza]

yep, second that, show us some prime stable shots

[dogsx2]

yep, second that, show us some prime stable shots

I'm not that Xtreme that I'd say prime stable ss but Spi is a good start.

[ozzimark]

he chip is NOT scaling any higher with volts.

on the contrary, i think it will. i quite honestly haven't tried yet

i'll get around to sPI'ing later today. first, i got classes

[LowRun]

Good to know CF....supposedly these have problems with RAM on the BrainPower 808 PCB.

I'd like to know too where this new one comes from as this is the kind of ram i'll be using with the Opty i ordered yesterday.

[ozzimark]

i will test that out as soon as i return this geil ram to my friend and get the crucial value 1gb stick i lent to him back

in the meantime, 1.62v. sorry about the low score, i was running with a 133mhz ram divider
because i have a thread in a few places, i'm going to simply update one. feel free to check up on it whenever you want.
http://forums.eclipseoc.com/index.ph...=0#entry617359

[deff_ins]

any info about s939 opterons and tccd bp incompatibility?

[slimais]

yes it`s very crucial, because some local guys icluding me are planing to get a bunch of 146`s...

[Vapor]

I ordered a 146 and only have RAM on B6U808 so I'll be able to report, but it may be up to a week. In the meantime, more people need to take the chance (I need a backup processor ) like some of us already have, that's how the community finds info out.

[Vapor]

And while the initial report was that it won't 'work' with TCCD, it now seems it works but won't run ideally and that the problem effects more than TCCD--everything on BrainPower 808.

That's a very preliminary report, take it with a grain of salt.

[HermS]

My 144 should be here in a day or two and I have some OCZ PC 3500 Platinum Ltd Edition BH-5 on Brainpower 808 boards I can check with.

[Vapor]

Do you have any non-BP808 RAM?

[HermS]

Yup some Mushkin BH-6 and some KHX BH-5... normal JEDEC boards I think?!

[ozzimark]

i just realized something.. geil pc4000 2.5-4-4-7. i'm pretty sure it's hynix D5 chips, but the heatspreaders block where the PB identification is.. but the component layout at the bottom looks very similar to the BP's i have seen, if not identical. if so, i am having no issues with BP.. just whether it's 80 or 815

[gundamit]

[LowRun]

And while the initial report was that it won't 'work' with TCCD, it now seems it works but won't run ideally and that the problem effects more than TCCD--everything on BrainPower 808.

That's a very preliminary report, take it with a grain of salt.

Could you please elaborate? How many peeps reporting? What ram used? Did it worked ok with other ram when messing with BP one?

[LowRun]

Ill let everyone know how it does with bh-5/utt/ and tccd wend and at -80c to -160c

Stay tuned for the Full Report

Thanx

[Vapor]

Could you please elaborate? How many peeps reporting? What ram used? Did it worked ok with other ram when messing with BP one?

Team Japan is reporting that it didn't like TCCD but it liked old skool BH-5 then there was another report (seemingly random, but it makes plenty of sense) that B6U808 was the root problem.

ozzi's results are certainly lending themselves to the contrary, however. [Martha Stewart]It's a good thing[/MS]

[ozzimark]

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=24986

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...chmentid=24987

the outside of the sticks i have look different, more of a chrome finish, but it's still the same rating. i'm almost certain it is BP808

[Vapor]

704-2BTA fixes B6U808 problems.

[LowRun]

704-2BTA fixes B6U808 problems.

Thanx for the infos

[madpete]

Hey guys, don't know if this has been posted but for those of you in the uk CPUCITY has the S939 Opt 144 up for pre-order, ETA end of this week. Apparently theres not too many left available tho....linky: http://www.cpucityshop.co.uk/product...1287ed31d47c91 In case anyones interested.

As for me I have bagged myself a S939 Opt 146 for testing, hopefully arriving Wed / Thursday

[Vapor]

That's bloody expensive mate! I bought my 146 for less than that.