I have been following this thread with some interest for a while now. At first it was because I too was having great issue getting my motherboard to break the 500 FSB wall. On the 7 multi I could just touch on 503/4 MHz and do a run of super PI before every thing would freeze up on me.

All that testing and tweaking was done using either Clock Gen or Set FSB utilities. My best ever 1:1 on the 8 times multiplier was 484. And I was reasonable happy with that. Except that I had been unable to achieve what I had set as my target and justification for buying another motherboard, namely getting below 13 secs (on air) for 1 Mil Super PI.

In the end I tossed all the utilities out of the toy box and went back to only setting bios tweaks in the bios. The results were startling - I was easily able to get above 500 using the 8 times multipliers and a 1:1 ratio. So I just kept going and going till I could not run super PI no more.





http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=201409

I have included a memset image purely to show the timings - all timings were set in the bios manually.


CPU 1.6
NB 1.45
Dram 2.4
vtt 1.275
all others at stock

I was able to run super PI 32 mil as a ghetto suitability test but failed Otho's within an hour and a half. Not to stressed about that as I would not want this as my 24/7 setup.

I have never been able to get my motherboard to boot up with the two "Fast" settings but if all they do is tighten up the timings then I am (trying to) do that myself in the bios anyway. As to the different modes available on the dramm set up page - I have tried them all and lack any information that suggests a particular setting works and another does not - they all booted up for me at this FSB and with the 8 time multipliers...so it is a personal thing I guess.


The point I am trying to make with this post is keep trying - if one set of timings or a particular tweaking tool does not work for you then change it. I spent weeks of frustration not making any real or measurable progress and truly wanted to just ditch this motherboard and cut my losses. But I am pleased I tried just once more. And it is thanks to Nemesis that I did because his dogged determination here on this thread kept me going.


Sytem
Antec 900 case
E6420
TT120 CPU cooler
Antec spot fan for the ram
Team Extreem DDR800 4 4 4
PSU AOpen 700
Mobo DFI P965-s