P4GPL-X + 7800GT coming on tuesday, hints/tips/mods etc with this board please!

[velzatis]

I set to 1.7v and I get exactly the same thing as you velzatis, we have exact same problem :S

atleast this gets me to around 2.8

lucky you, i got my 740 only 2,6ghz prime stable with inbox cooler and same voltage

[lawrywild]

ct-479 mods are a must, these gain me quite a bit even using using lower volts, think mines 24/7 stable at 2750 now (183x15) then you must upgrade to atleast a 7000b-alcu...

then you should be able to go >2700 with 1.4v

[malkekoen]

Ok. So....... Vcore simply doesn't work (well - only up to 1,4 V) with the dothans. Shame one you, Asus, not to provide us with a decent dothan/pci-e board!

Anyone else with this board - please post your experiences!

[lawrywild]

it does for most I think, but doesn't for me and velzatis..

there must be something thats doing this..

velzatis have you got jumpers plugged in? could you try 400 and 533 jumpers please, coz I can't take the heatsink off atm to get to the jumpers..

[velzatis]

velzatis have you got jumpers plugged in? could you try 400 and 533 jumpers please, coz I can't take the heatsink off atm to get to the jumpers..

I tryed - it didn`t even boot up, even after clearcmos.

[lawrywild]

I tryed - it didn`t even boot up, even after clearcmos.

:S

weird.. this is annoying, eh?

edit: O.o 1 min after your post, must have refreshed just as u submitted lol..)

[velzatis]

:S

weird.. this is annoying, eh?

edit: O.o 1 min after your post, must have refreshed just as u submitted lol..)

can anybody give me a guide for ASUS P4GPL-X core vmod?

[lawrywild]

http://translate.google.com/translat...lr%3D%26sa%3DG

has same problem..

here's vcore:

[snatchmonkey]

can anybody give me a guide for ASUS P4GPL-X core vmod?

I was led to beleive that the p4gpl-x is has an almost identical board layout to the p4gd1 and that the same mods would apply to each. If this is true you should have more success looking for the pg4d1 mod as it's the more popular board.

Did you try the u-wire for 1.55v? Worked on my laptop

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...id=31255&stc=1

There's one for 1.6v aswell somewhere...

[lawrywild]

Yeh, I posted p4gd1 vcore mod just a minute ago

I may do uwire, gonna try p4gd1 bios and stuff now..

[kiwi]

Yes, ofcourse all mods work for both boards but I did not need vcore mod. Bios gives you 1.7V, so the actual vcore around 1.78V because of overvolting. You don't need more unless going for WR under LN2! 1.65-1.75 is more than enough on air/water. Chipset mod is more important although most p4gpl-x boards would easily do 260+ without mods. My P4gd1 seemed to do a bit lower without mods.

IMO, if you are still having these vcore changing problems, I'd RMA either board (or maybe adapter). Had no probz with modded adapter and original adapter.

[velzatis]

Did you try the u-wire for 1.55v? Worked on my laptop

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...id=31255&stc=1

There's one for 1.6v aswell somewhere...

actually I tryed, but this mod is for laptops imo. My computer didn`t want to boot up with that wire mod.

Kivi, i know that 1,7V is more than enough for pm, but if i can`t give over 1,4v, then I have to do core vmod, to get more volts.

[lawrywild]

no1 wants to wait weeks without a comp to RMA a dam mobo, vcore mod is the way to go..

[kiwi]

well it depends, I can RMA in my local shop in 1-2 days

[16floz470ml]

So far I can get 270fsb with my p4gpl-x with no mods. I would post a screen shot but when I try it says the file is too large. Only 200mb allowed.

[lawrywild]

16floz470ml, I will try going to high FSB without mods too, I have 2.3v VCCA and could boot at 270 on my p4c800-e before so I'm thinking I should be able to get high 1:1 with my ballistix

[velzatis]

Damn, my dothan 740 died yesterday. I don`t know why? I were just editing a picture in photoshop when I suddenly smelled a weird smell. I unplugged the psu wire immediatly. Smell came from cpu cooler, i thouht, oh, only fan, but when i took off the fan, the heatsink was on the bottob a little bit brown and a very little piece has broken off from the core. It was dead. Voltages were default, cooler was inbox with AS5 paste. CPU clocks were default (1,73).


In a place where a piece came of from the cpu, in the same place on the heatsink was a brown mark.

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/7251/p21202220ny.jpg


EDIT: now new dothan 740. I`ll test it tomorrow.

[lawrywild]

Damn, my dothan 740 died yesterday. I don`t know why? I were just editing a picture in photoshop when I suddenly smelled a weird smell. I unplugged the psu wire immediatly. Smell came from cpu cooler, i thouht, oh, only fan, but when i took off the fan, the heatsink was on the bottob a little bit brown and a very little piece has broken off from the core. It was dead. Voltages were default, cooler was inbox with AS5 paste. CPU clocks were default (1,73).


In a place where a piece came of from the cpu, in the same place on the heatsink was a brown mark.

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/7251/p21202220ny.jpg


EDIT: now new dothan 740. I`ll test it tomorrow.

unlucky man, , mine better not do that... otherwise ASUS is getting a slap in the face..

[lawrywild]

I have a P4GPL-X here, flashed to a P4GD1 bios. But flashing to P4GD1 doens't add you anything usefull. But having only 2 dimms slots and 1 IDE channel sucks

hey, I tried flashing to p4gd1 using 1.16b (afudos) and I get some error

how did you manage to get it to flash??

[lawrywild]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY i did uwire mod and now have 1.55v , If I set bios @ 1.7v I can get about 1.6-1.65v

(all measured with DMM)

I'm happy now, running at 2855mhz and hoping to push higher

[lawrywild]

results man results!!!7800gt that is

hehe i score 36k and 9k (well, missed both thsoe milestones by only tens of marks) with only 2750mhz

if i can get in some cold air tomorrow I will go for 38k/9.5k

[lawrywild]

New results:

37k!!



and can you believe this....?



http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1805291


having probs uploading 37k score so...

anyway, will push higher tomoz, this with 24'C air

[malkekoen]

Nice .... Still - would like to reach the Dothan skys without modding.....

[Jimbwlah]

Could you possible take a picture of the BIOS screen to show the overclocking options on the P4GPL-X please? I'm thinking of getting one to replace my P4C800E and go with a nice X1900XT

Oh and what is the highest FSB you could boot at from bios before changing with clockgen?

Would love to see some Pi scores!

[lawrywild]

Could you possible take a picture of the BIOS screen to show the overclocking options on the P4GPL-X please? I'm thinking of getting one to replace my P4C800E and go with a nice X1900XT

Oh and what is the highest FSB you could boot at from bios before changing with clockgen?

Would love to see some Pi scores!

OK i'll get some later for you along with some pi 1M and 03/06

I'm booting at 188x15 for 24/7 (the board actualy overFSB's be 0.3, so in windows it's 188.3x15 = 2825, just did 12 hours of systool stability testing and few hours of quake 4 so it's stable I think