** OFFICIAL ** Intel DX38BT & DX48BT2 BoneTrail Thread

[xMrBunglex]

Ghost, i think you can get your FSB as high as 450 using the 333/1333 reference clocks. beyond that, you might have to use 400/1600.

GTJ and Anubi, thank you very much. especially GTJ. without you, i probably would have thrown my BT in the trash a long time ago. i'll try the black slots and renew my efforts to hit DDR 1800 memory. i had just begun to accept DDR 1500, even though i wasn't terribly happy about it.

[Sean-E-Boy]

Ghost, i think you can get your FSB as high as 450 using the 333/1333 reference clocks. beyond that, you might have to use 400/1600.

MB, one thing i think we need to consider here is that the native FSB on the Q6600 is 1066, not 1333, so without adjusting processor multi down (which i have never been able to get to work...always reverts back to 10 once in windows for me) i doubt that the processor/fsb are capable of jumping from 266-450...that is a 69% overclock!

and Ghost, i am working on writing up a detailed procedure for memory as per our last communication.

Sean

[Anubi]

Ghost, since your CPU is normally 1066 (266 MHz clock) try setting the Reference Frequency to Auto instead of 266. It might work better for you.

Sean, what tools are you using to measure the CPU multiplier in windows? A lot of them don't work correctly as there are lots of different ways for software to try to read the multiplier. Many pieces of software just read the max multiplier not what is really being used.

The most recent versions of CPUz seem to work pretty well. CPUz now shows something like "x 7 (6 - 10)" where 7 is the multiplier the CPU is currently running at and (6 - 10) is the range the CPU is capable of running at. If you run your favorite stress app, such as Orthos, you should see the first number jump up to what you have selected the multiplier to be from BIOS. I don't think older versions of CPUz show all this information correctly.

[xMrBunglex]

i doubt that the processor/fsb are capable of jumping from 266-450...that is a 69% overclock!

i know. i know his memory wouldn't be able to hit DDR 1800 either. i was just talking about boot straps in relation to FSB and probably didn't make myself terribly clear. it was more of a hypothetical for Ghost.

on my end, i failed Orthos at six hours with my memory at DDR 1720. i decided it wasn't worth it and just went back to DDR 1500 7-7-7-18 1T. my computer is actually quicker and more responsive with my memory set slower with tighter timings anyway. i guess all i have to do now is lower my volts one at a time to find the minimum stable level and wait for DDR 1800 memory with tight timings to become cheaper