[First Look] DFI 680i LT NF-680i LT SLI (56K Warning~~~)

[hlonipha]

hlonipha, I must've got a real POS of an e6850. I've been struggling just to get this thing stable at 3.7ish on this mobo with water (its not 100% stable even at 3.7). I read virtual's blog and various other tips on how to tune for this mobo but no luck so far.

what kinda evil magic did you work to get it that high

ok this is how I did it.
I dropped the cpu in MB then bumped volts to 1.55 actual, setup memory to linked/ sync mode and raised the FSB up to 4ghz. nothing else, then I ran orthos for about 1hr 30 min but the heat was a bit on the high side 70-75c. Then I back down to 3.6 and it ran orthos for 4hrs then I went up to 3.9 and that's when the real fun began.I had to reset my bios about 80 times during my first 3 days testing different combinations while reading the forums and virtual's blog on my laptop, then when I thought I had it, while running orthos the system would freeze at the 5-6 hrs mark of orthos running. Well after 6 long days of about 5 hrs each day I'm platinum stable (orthos 12hrs,3dmark 06 loop of 8hrs, cinebench etc etc... at 3.918 ghz. below are my settings hope this helps. My temps are 35c idle and 61c load P.S. I truely believe that memory plays a big role on this motherboard. micron chips work best with it for what I've been reading.

CPU VID Control................ - 1.48V
CPU VID Special Add............ - AUTO
CPU Drive Strength............. - Weak
DRAM Drive Strength............ - WEAK
DRAM Voltage Control........... - 2.22V
NB Voltage Control............. - 1.48V
SB Voltage Control............. - 1.60V
SB Dual Voltage................ - 1.52V
LDT Voltage Control............ - 1.37V
CPU VTT 1.2V Voltage........... - 1.21V
GTL REF Voltage Control........ - Disable

FSB & Frequency Seting:

FSB-Memory Clock Mode.......... - Linked
FSB-Memory Ratio............... - SYNC
FSB (QDR), MHz................. - 1742
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PCI Bus, Slot 1 MHz............ - 120
PCI Bus, Slot 2 MHz............ - 100
SPP <-> MCP Ref Clock, MHz..... - AUTO
LDT Frequency.................. - 5x
CPU BSelect.................... - Auto
CPU Clock Ratio Unlock......... - Enabled
CPU Clock Ratio................ - 9x

CPU Feature:

PPM Mode....................... - Native Mode
Limit CPUID MaxVal............. - Disabled
C1E Function................... - Disabled
Execute Disable Bit............ - Enabled
Virtualization Technology...... - Enabled
Core Multi-Processing.......... - Enabled

Memory Timing Setting:

Memory Timing Setting.......... - EXPERT
CAS Latency Control (TCL)...... - 4
RAS# to CAS# Delay (TRCD)...... - 4
Row Precharge Time (TRP)....... - 4
Min RAS# Active Time (TRAS).... - 8
Command Per Clock (CMD)........ - 1T

trrd 2
trc 1
twr 1
write read command 11
DRAM REFRESH RATE 7.8