9500 running in M2N-SLi deluxe

[Chaos-Storm]

I forgot which jumper it was, so everytime i need to clear the cmos, i just pull the battery

resets the time too unfortunatly, but whatever

[Chaos-Storm]

Sorry for the repost, but look at the NB Speed.
Finding a way to keep it at that, might be possible to push the cores to 3GHz.

I can hit 2150 too, but i don't have a 14x multiplier, so that doesn't result in 3+ ghz, but only 2.64 Ghz

[Nazu]

These are early revisions of the chips i think we are expecting to much?... but still 2.2-2.7 on stock volts isnt anything to be sniffed at!!

Next line of chips will have higher mulit's so if these chips have ht wall of 240-260 this will help us get more mhz!!

Or just wait for the Phenom Black or FX??

Well, the first C2D's did +3GHz easily so I was waiting for similar oc potential from Phenom. But when you think about it that AMD has problem producing even the 2.4GHz models the not-so good oc results didn't come as a suprise.

[mrcmtl]

Hi,

Yes any attempt at changing anything in the BIOS causes POST failure needing a CLR CMOS.... I tried all sorts, must've CLR CMOS'd it at least 10 times already.....and its becoming a pain as I have to take out the gfx card to get to the jumper, every time I have to do it.....so I'm going to have to wait for a better BIOS from ASUS I think....

Just in case I downloaded the BIOS again today and re-flashed, just in case the original had some problem, but same thing is happening....

hi,
just wanted to know if ur using your m2n32-sli with the new 1503 bios?

[informal]

Kazgirl(and all others Phenom owners),just one question about your Phenom sub par Game testing(compared to A64).
Did you by any chance try the Phenom X4 driver from AMD's website?Could have been that TSC of the cores are not in sync?
It's just a wild shot,but could be a good try .We need better BIOS and a better chipset drivers for 790FX.

Good luck

[Jimmer411]

I really looking forward to what DFI has in store for 790FX. They havent let me down in the past on any of my AMD rigs

Still its good to see that some AM2 boards to infact work with Phenom. I wonder if my Biostar T560+ works...

[kazgirl]

hi,
just wanted to know if ur using your m2n32-sli with the new 1503 bios?

Hi, mrcmtl

yes, BIOS 1503, and M2N32SLI..... not good so far.....but at least it boots...though it took a CLR CMOS to do it the first time to clear my RAM settings.

Kazgirl(and all others Phenom owners),just one question about your Phenom sub par Game testing(compared to A64).
Did you by any chance try the Phenom X4 driver from AMD's website?Could have been that TSC of the cores are not in sync?
It's just a wild shot,but could be a good try .We need better BIOS and a better chipset drivers for 790FX.

Good luck

Hi Informal,

No actually I havn't tried that yet, I will try it, but I still think its more fundamental than that, as there seems to be issues with the RAM settings as well, as this BIOS doesn't recognise my RAM SLI Profiles, and it fails to POST when I try to set it manually....

But I'm going to try that driver now, to see if it helps at all.... thanks for the suggestion, I'm surprised I didn't think of it sooner myself, I'm always on the AMD Forums...... I think its because of the BIOS problems, until I can get the BIOS sorted, and get it to boot with RAM at the rated settings I've sort of given up on it.... waiting for a reply from ASUS about when they'll be getting a new BIOS.....

I'll let you know how it go's, though I'm not overly optimistic, even though its an excellent suggestion....

[tictac]

I can hit 2150 too, but i don't have a 14x multiplier, so that doesn't result in 3+ ghz, but only 2.64 Ghz

For Setting up NB Speed... it does not come easy... you need to get your hand dirty before it done.. LOL

Tools Needed:
WPCREDIT

NB Register = Bus#0 Device#24 Function#3 Offset D4h (32bit access mode) , Bit 0,1,2,3,4 (5bit)

NB clock = 200 x (NbFid + 4).
*NBFid = in decimal

Bit = Hex = Decimal = NB Speed calculation
00001b = 1h = 1 = NB clock 200x (1+4) = 1000MHz
00010b = 2h = 2 = NB clock 200x (2+4) = 1200MHz
00011b = 3h = 3 = NB clock 200x (3+4) = 1400MHz
00100b = 4h = 4 = NB clock 200x (4+4) = 1600MHz
00101b = 5h = 5 = NB clock 200x (5+4) = 1800MHz
00111b = 6h = 6 = NB clock 200x (6+4) = 2000MHz
....
11011 = 1Bh = 27 = NB clock 200x (27+4) = 6200MHz

after setting it up.. you need to restart to make the NB speed change

[doompc]

Great post tictac!

@ Chaos-Storm, could you please try reducing NB multiplier to see if 3GHz is possible?

[Chaos-Storm]

Someone may have to explain this to me. If i screw this up, can i fix it with a bios reset...

[AMD-PHENOM]

Well that's been an entire evening spent on SLi and Vista

I can't get AMD overdrive to run on vista as it insists it can't detect the RD700 chipset

I run 06 under XP in SLi and got this http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=3904546

I'm a complete newbie to sli so I'm unsure if sli was even setup properly.

I managed little else I'm afraid.

TIC-TAC

That's a great help, I may well try that in the morning. thx

[AMD-PHENOM]

Someone may have to explain this to me. If i screw this up, can i fix it with a bios reset...

seconded.

?

[EnJoY]

For Setting up NB Speed... it does not come easy... you need to get your hand dirty before it done.. LOL

tictac, you need to start modding bioses and making cool little amd tweaking utilities again like in the K7 days.

[Chaos-Storm]

k, this is as far as I got. Now what?



Is it the first 5 bits on the righthand side....?

Not sure if I want to do this

[tictac]

yes that is the number set it ... after set you need to restart te computer to make the new NB speed take effect...

after you shutdown the computer the setting will be gone.. so no worry

to make it easier number shown in that place represent

00001b = NB Multiplier 5x
00010b = NB Multiplier 6x
00011b = NB Multiplier 7x
00100b = NB Multiplier 8x
00101b = NB Multiplier 9x
00111b = NB Multiplier 10x

NB Speed = NB multiplier x HTT

Good Luck

[Boschwanza]

Bit 0,1,2,3,4 (5bit)

00101b = 5h = 5 = NB clock 200x (5+4) = 1800MHz

Your Screen shows 00101 for bit 4,3,2,1,0, so that should it be. Well, i personally would wait until TicTac gives his GO . Remember to reset the system "warm" in order to make changes affect.

Edit: TicTac was first, so give it a try .

[dinos22]

great stuff AMD_PHENOM

I have a no boot wall @ 2.7 as well on this Gigabyte, hence I haven't posted anything yet as i've been busy trying to get around it.

It's stable up to it, I'm not sure what the deal is either.

i read something about HTT having issues clocking high
could that be the reason

try increasing the volts to HTT if possible

[Aussie FX]

i read something about HTT having issues clocking high
could that be the reason

try increasing the volts to HTT if possible

Maybe on Phenom, but we are getting ~430 on K8's

[dinos22]

Maybe on Phenom, but we are getting ~430 on K8's

yeah i did too but something different with Phenom just can't remember where i've seen reference to that

[Chaos-Storm]

I changed the multiplier to 6 from 9 using the program, but my computer wouldn't boot on restart. I have since turned my computer off and on, and the settings have been reset. I wonder why it wasn't even stable enough to boot up...

[Chaos-Storm]

Maybe on Phenom, but we are getting ~430 on K8's

Isn't that just because phenom sets the multiplier to the NB a lot higher?

[Chaos-Storm]

Hmm, it looks like I can't reboot with my overclocked settings, but i can pick them from windows. Gonna give this Northbridge thing another go, as it was not what cause my computer not to boot.

[Boschwanza]

Hmm, it looks like I can't reboot with my overclocked settings, but i can pick them from windows. Gonna give this Northbridge thing another go, as it was not what cause my computer not to boot.

Good luck dude !

[Chaos-Storm]

Doesn't seem to work. All I should have to do is make the changes and hit "Set", right? or is there something else involved and then click yes on the prompt that says "Data was changed !! Does it set up New Register ?" or am I missing something

[Boschwanza]

Did you pushed the reset button or u used restart through windows?