**Unified** DFI LanParty UT 790FX-M2R-M2RS / Phenom /Data Base Thread**

[AlabamaCajun]

the point is...there shouldnt be luck of the draw on BE labeled chips...thats all there is to it...i should be able to get 20-30% oc...anyways how is it that a chip runs stable as hell on 1.25V at 2600, and cannot run on 1.5V at 2700...also im not touching anything except voltage and multiplier


at least my memory is working @ 1066...something that was not possible on abit QuadGT ix38 mobo

Don't feel jipped, I can only do stock below 1.3V. I have messed with 2.6-2.75 but nothing would be absolutely stable.

[Brother Esau]

need help with crossfire settings. ok, i only had this board for a few weeks now and i still can't figure out the pin settings to enable crossfire. i'm trying to crossfire an asus 3870x2 with a sapphire 3870. now i'm reading the manual and it's not very clear. i left the connectors at default right now and i'm not sure if that's crossfire enabled or not. anyone running crossfire on this board can help me out please. thank you very much.

Thats like saying all of the 939 Opterons should have hit 3ghz
For Example I spent $570.00 on y Opteron 175 and it would only do 270mhz from the initial 2.2ghz so I spent $170.00 on a Opteron 170 and it did 3ghz from the stock 2.0ghz so go figure

[Pla123]

what think to use 4x1gb on this mobo ? maybe some tracers 1066mhz ? or is better to use 2x2gb ?

I read somewhere (some manual... sorry can't remember),
that if you use 4 sticks you need to increase some of the timings in order for them to work. The board does it by default.
You will be able to get lower latency with 2x2...

[Brother Esau]

I would Recommend the OCZ HTC Reaper 1066 2x2gb kit and or one of the kits hat you can use OCZ Tony's Modified SPD File on

[Brother Esau]

That's cool. I had a X2 6000 on my break-in build. I hadn't built a pc since circa 2001 and it performed well, playing most games high to medium with mid-range parts. I see no reason to go back to dual but if that's what he wants then thats fine too.

BTW: That's the Mandelbrot Set fractal in your sig, correct. Which variation is it: dope, windowpane, heroin, crack damn I forget the others.

Windowpane of course

[stocius]

Windowpane of course

I remember when we came up with those a long time ago. 3/4 of lab was spent debating which colour variation went with which drug. That was the most intense lab ever. Much more fun than figuring out if butterfly poop would actually destroy the world.

[Oese]

need help with crossfire settings. ok, i only had this board for a few weeks now and i still can't figure out the pin settings to enable crossfire. i'm trying to crossfire an asus 3870x2 with a sapphire 3870. now i'm reading the manual and it's not very clear. i left the connectors at default right now and i'm not sure if that's crossfire enabled or not. anyone running crossfire on this board can help me out please. thank you very much.

which pin settings do you mean? you plug in those 2 cards, connect them via the cf-connector and then install driver or reinstall it if its been installed before.

then cf-tab should be available and you set set cf to work.

test with 3dmark06, should give you lot > 14k points with three gpu setup.

only thing you might set is pcie 2.0 to autonomous switch in pcie settings menu in the bios. but even without cf should work..

[Oese]

I remember when we came up with those a long time ago. 3/4 of lab was spent debating which colour variation went with which drug. That was the most intense lab ever. Much more fun than figuring out if butterfly poop would actually destroy the world.

lol

[Brother Esau]

you "must" install Both Crossfire Bridges or You're Scores Will Suffer And Be Substantially Less!!!!!!!

[dng]

thank you all for the help in my crossfire question. i was referring to the pins layout between the 2nd and 3rd pcie slots on the board. i read that those pins are for the 3rd pcie slot. i will try the pcie autonomous setting in the bios. i had the bridge install and everything. one thing that was strange was after i install the latest driver 8.5, ccc didn't come up. i can launch it manually, but it would just sit there. i'll fiddle around with it more tonight. i'm running windows server 2k8, but that shouldn't matter as it's like vista with sp1. i'd love to get crossfire working as i just bought a new corsair tx 750w. thanks again everyone for your help.

[Kingsfan]

Thats like saying all of the 939 Opterons should have hit 3ghz
For Example I spent $570.00 on y Opteron 175 and it would only do 270mhz from the initial 2.2ghz so I spent $170.00 on a Opteron 170 and it did 3ghz from the stock 2.0ghz so go figure

i had 2 different opty's hit 3.0ghz, a 165 and a 144. guess i got lucky

[Oese]

thank you all for the help in my crossfire question. i was referring to the pins layout between the 2nd and 3rd pcie slots on the board. i read that those pins are for the 3rd pcie slot. i will try the pcie autonomous setting in the bios. i had the bridge install and everything. one thing that was strange was after i install the latest driver 8.5, ccc didn't come up. i can launch it manually, but it would just sit there. i'll fiddle around with it more tonight. i'm running windows server 2k8, but that shouldn't matter as it's like vista with sp1. i'd love to get crossfire working as i just bought a new corsair tx 750w. thanks again everyone for your help.

ahh i see you mean those power connectors. i'd connect them to a floppy style connector each.

with ccc is a common problem now and then. one time, i had to reinstall whole windows after too many driver install and deinstall..

[dng]

oh i don't mean the floppy type power connectors. i have those two connected. i mean the jumper type pins for the pcie settings. according to the manual, it's like 2x4x something and you're supposed to place the blue plastic jumpers according to the pins layout. i have it at default when the mobo was shipped.

[Kingsfan]

you "must" install Both Crossfire Bridges or You're Scores Will Suffer And Be Substantially Less!!!!!!!

not true, i tried it with just 1 bridge out of curiosity and got the same general score in 3dmark06

[Oese]

should be right as it is right now..

i think this can be entered in bios as well or am I wrong??

i'm looking into my manual mom..

mmh found that jumper on the mobo but not in the manual...

i have set it to the left...

[d4d4cH]

Don't feel jipped, I can only do stock below 1.3V. I have messed with 2.6-2.75 but nothing would be absolutely stable.

yeah...thats somewhat crazy...how do they manage to produce chips that are just good enough

[Brother Esau]

I remember when we came up with those a long time ago. 3/4 of lab was spent debating which colour variation went with which drug. That was the most intense lab ever. Much more fun than figuring out if butterfly poop would actually destroy the world.

[stocius]

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Are you a Greatful Dead fan by any chance? lol. Good stuff!

[Brother Esau]

Are you a Greatful Dead fan by any chance? lol. Good stuff!

Who's this Grateful Dead you Speak of??????

[stocius]

Who's this Grateful Dead you Speak of??????

, this beta browser based spellcheck corrected my post. I meant Greatful Dead. The Grateful Dead is a polka band from Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

[Brother Esau]

, this beta browser based spellcheck corrected my post. I meant Greatful Dead. The Grateful Dead is a polka band from Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

SILLY RABBIT It Really is GRATEFUL DEAD

[stocius]

SILLY RABBIT It Really is GRATEFUL DEAD

That would explain the correction, maybe the spellcheck actually works. Ahh well I've seen it both ways. We used to have arguments, we were so out of it we couldn't read

[AlabamaCajun]

Had me worried there stocius, though you might have been running Internet Exploder. Firefox noobs IE.

BOT
Checked BIOS, I am on 5-5-08 and it's starting to look good stock. I've not OCed yet but will get to that later.
Did a little tweak. Raised my HT to 1200 then 1400. I noticed that running games the stutter is less. I don't see an speed increase but it is smoother.
Next I got my Corsairs in running 4-5-4-13 at 2.05V, that just made it even better.

I'm starting to get into this. Now If I can raise the clocks a little I'll definitely be content with this until the new stuff comes.

Now, I need to go dig up some GD

[Brother Esau]

Hows it going with VISTA 64 ALABAMA? Can you run the CPU Below 1.30v?

[AlabamaCajun]

I aborted that project when the 5600 behaved terribly in the DFI. I have the Phenom back in and Love it. I still have to check overclocking.