Foxconn Quantum Force Black Ops X48 OC Guide (56k Warning)

[M3kk]

Ok-ok, i got it.
Lets see if i can boot with 500 fsb and rams at 1000.

[M3kk]

Look what i got today with P04 .



http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=373466

I had 585, but corrupted .



Everest at 550 FSB.



And some max PI 1M`s at 560 and 566 FSB .





With new bioses and with every time, when i use the board i start to love it .
The HW is SUPER, just the bioses are wrong, but with time they will come out, i`m sure .

I cant use 1:4 266 333 or 400 even with 500 FSB .
So i cant test 500 FSB with rams at 2000, but i will try more settings.

Congrats Foxconn .

[raptor1]

PS: RAM will be arriving either tomorrow or Wednesday, it's coming straight out of Ireland, bought at Memoryc.com for 254 EUR plus 18 EUR for shipping [roughly $425 for everything]. Tankguys has the 1800Mhz kits for $420, and for what I saw no one sells the blue kits in the USA.

Hey Telo

i too ordered my cellshocks pc3-15000 blue from memoryc and got them today - at work atm - will try this evening when i get home - i cant wait to see if i can get this board to work at last

flanr

[yiancar]

o thats very ipresive M3kk i wish i could try too but my ram dont work , wrong spd and i have to find a new pare boot change voltages and flash the spd so my cellshock will finaly work

Also how many v on the ram?

[FuriousSalesman]

What this about flashing Cellshock memory. Can anyone elaborate?

[yiancar]

the spd is like a memory which says to the mobo what ram are you those which volt to put to bootup etc. because i bought by cellshock once they went out they have old spd and they dont boot properly so i have to "update" it so the mobo will correctly understand the ram

[spikerules]

Hi all!
I recently exchanged my Asus Striker II Extreme (which you can read all about why on the overclockers forums) but now I'm having issues getting ANY overclocking done with this board! Firstly, the bios seems to be undervolting my memory to 1.6v, when my memory runs at 1.85v. This doesnt cause a problem for boot up and windows loading, but when I try to up the voltage (to the right voltage) and overclock I only get to a windows blue screen, or checksum error, or if I'm REALLY lucky loads of beeping with "checksum error, no keyboard" and then the good ole' reboot or just a blank screen with extreme beeping.

I have tried all the settings I can find with the some help with the really nice folk at overclockers.com, but nothing is working! I have even tried going into the red "danger" settings for voltage of NB, SB, memory (even though the red it actually normal voltage for my RAM) @ 400fsb 1:4 333 divider.

Please look at my sig for the complete spec of my PC. The settings I have tried are as follows: -
*where I say "AND" I mean I have tried both and/or all ways listed and not at the same time, obviously

400fsb
1:4 333
CPU voltage @ 1.5 AND 1.6
NB @ 1.5 and stock
SB @ 1.6 and stock
Memory voltage @ 1.84 and 2.0v AND stock (which was way under at around 1.6v)
PL7

I have even tried it at 333 where I get to post, but then I either get a windows corrupt error with "please put windows disc in for repair" or a stall at the first screen. I'm kinda out of idea's atm and I dont know what I can do All the usual things are disabled, like speedstep etc!

Any advice would be VERY helpful! I would also be very interested if someone has managed to O/C with this motherboard who has the same memory and/or CPU.

Thanks in advance and sorry if I have stolen the thread!
Spike

[raptor1]

after purchasing some cellshock pc3-1866 2 x 1gb blue modules and updating the bios to p04 and setting the settings from anandtechs preview article in the bios and also the clock skew settings to +300, i can now complete post and boot in to windows at 8.5 x 500 but am not stable

i get an intermittent bsod of error stop 0x0000007 and super-pi crashes

i have ran memtest+ 2.01 and it passes all 8 tests once but on the second pass it fails on test 4

also in the bios i have set 8 as the cpu multipler but during the post and in
everest and cpu-z it shows up as 8.5

has anyone any ideas where i go from here

i will post bios settings tomorrow as it is quite late and i have work tomorrow

thanks
flanr

[Planet]

Try loosening the memory timings a bit. The guide when I posted are pretty tight. Also if the memory is being undervolted by what is set in the bios go up to the next option.

[LardArse]

400fsb
1:4 333
CPU voltage @ 1.5 AND 1.6
NB @ 1.5 and stock
SB @ 1.6 and stock
Memory voltage @ 1.84 and 2.0v AND stock (which was way under at around 1.6v)
PL7

I have even tried it at 333 where I get to post, but then I either get a windows corrupt error with "please put windows disc in for repair" or a stall at the first screen. I'm kinda out of idea's atm and I dont know what I can do All the usual things are disabled, like speedstep etc!

Any advice would be VERY helpful! I would also be very interested if someone has managed to O/C with this motherboard who has the same memory and/or CPU.

Thanks in advance and sorry if I have stolen the thread!
Spike

will u try this:
G25 BIOS:
http://www.mediafire.com/?zydjtdtd3ze

and take a look at the settings used here:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=190667

[Telo]

The CellShocks arrived, so I proceeded to installing them in place of the OCZ3P18002GK kit that I was using. Just did a quick 400FSB, all auto but the 7-7-7-20-1T timings and 1.8xv [to test the issue where it would lock up if you provided more than the default value], and like a rocket this thing got all the way into Windows. I did a quick 4M SuperPI to test and it did it without a hitch. I'm still trying to find the sweet spot on this thing, but I'm afraid my Q9450 is not welcomed on this board, it used to do 450+FSB on the P5E3 Premium before and now it can't even get to 450FSB. I might do an even trade with a co-worker for his brand new E8500.

PS: Anyone know if this board undervolts regular Quads? Even with the droop compensation enabled, and the vCore set to 1.3625v, CPU-Z shows the current voltage at 0.91xx.

[Planet]

CPU-Z is reporting wrong. Its a known issue. 450FSB takes some time to tweak to get it there.

[Telo]

CPU-Z is reporting wrong. Its a known issue. 450FSB takes some time to tweak to get it there.

I wasn't really OC'ing, I was trying to locate the max FSB. With the RAm set to relaxed timings and a 1:2 ratio, it should be able to get passed 450FSB. If I remember correctly I believe I've done it on this board as well before.

[spikerules]

will u try this:
G25 BIOS:
http://www.mediafire.com/?zydjtdtd3ze

and take a look at the settings used here:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=190667

I installed G25 and have managed a 3.6GHz O/C, but was only able to do this by keeping memory at the motherboard "stock" speed. I use "" as the motherboard is still undervolting my memory and wont let me change it. When I try I get a pre windows cheksum error with a screen telling me I need to repair windows

Anyways, I now have a score of 5.9 for my CPU @ 3.6GHz on Vista... not sure if it had that score before, but I will take it now Lets see if its stable! Fingers crossed!

Update: I only had 10 mins to try Prime95 (4.50am here in UK!) but it all looked good... now if only I can get 24/7 results
I am also not happy with my 3DMARK score. With my Striker II Extreme at 3.6GHz and 1600MHz RAM (when it ran steady - only one test then wham CRASH) I managed a score of almost 15k, but with this board I am only getting 12k. Maybe I need to defrag my HD and try XP. My 12k score with this board is under Vista, whereas my 15k score was under XP. Would XP make THAT much difference?

[gmcg]

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=373850
http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/kepaa/

Bravo, Foxconn! With G25 I can run it perfectly stable 24-7 at 430 MHz FSB@4.3GHz QX9650 (WC) and the same Vcore 1.465V as with G22 at 4.2Ghz! CPU temp under full 4 core load is below 61C (spikes), it is fluctuating between 54C and 59C, and all my voltages are in pretty safe area!
It looks that the hardware is definitely perfect (except of those discussed minor issues), we just need some good BIOS, and G25 is definitely a good try ... keep it going! Now I am almost happy ... and no way I would return this board ... 790i " nervously smokes" ... Don't also forget about the HUGE difference in RAID transfer rates ... Thanks guys!
(I took my words about "over-stabilized" back, it was with G22, it is not anymore with G25!)

1-hour 100% 4-core load Everest Lavalys Ultimate stress test is attached (more or less similar to Prime95 though with temps graphs). "Motherboard" is actually a NB temp reading (modified air cooling). My Noctua P12 were in 1200RPM mode during the test, not in normal 900 RPM ULNA mode. Memory temp was below 32C during the test (aircooled, stock Dominator cooler @3000RPM).

[gmcg]

My 12k score with this board is under Vista, whereas my 15k score was under XP. Would XP make THAT much difference?

Yep, I have noticed a huge difference for 3dmark06 as well.

[spikerules]

Yep, I have noticed a huge difference for 3dmark06 as well.

What do you mean? A huge difference between XP and Vista or 790 board and this board? Is there a setting I may be missing in the bios for my PCIE slot?

[gmcg]

What do you mean? A huge difference between XP and Vista or 790 board and this board? Is there a setting I may be missing in the bios for my PCIE slot?

A huge difference between XP and Vista results, no matter which board do you use. I don't know how to explain it. With SP1 on Vista it looks better though, but still I had like 10% (or more) higher results under XP.

[spikerules]

A huge difference between XP and Vista results, no matter which board do you use. I don't know how to explain it. With SP1 on Vista it looks better though, but still I had like 10% (or more) higher results under XP.

Isnt 3000 difference a little more that 10% difference! I think on stock settings on the Asus I was getting 13677. I still cant get anywhere with the memory overclocking If someone with a little more experience could try 4GB of OCZ ReaperX memory on this board, I would be very grateful!

[yiancar]

today i tested max boot fsb with my old qx6700

with 1:4 divider and 333strap



any commends from the pros?

[ceevee]

It seems that alot of my problems were BIOS related and not hardware related.

I think I have changed my mind and will keep this MB.

Please keep the updates coming and also I would agree with someone who said before that the board should default to 2T not 1T (but obviously still have the option to select 1T later.)

Thank you

[Planet]

today i tested max boot fsb with my old qx6700

with 1:4 divider and 333strap

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/8155/shot0002hq6.jpg

any commends from the pros?

Nice. Most quads wont do that kinda FSB. I think I saw one of team Japan at 480 on a York. Nuts

[systemviper]

I love it, it seems like it jsut keeps gettign better, i hope in 3 weeks when i
start my foxcon build that it will be even better..

[LardArse]

It seems that alot of my problems were BIOS related and not hardware related.

I think I have changed my mind and will keep this MB.

Please keep the updates coming and also I would agree with someone who said before that the board should default to 2T not 1T (but obviously still have the option to select 1T later.)

Thank you

Kinda following Intel's Memory Sizing codes on this... did you find higher Memory speeds with 2T? I didn't seem to get anymore with 2T.

[gmcg]

Here are my 4.3GHz QX9650 (L739A555) 24-7 rock stable settings, if anyone is interested (BIOS G25):
Memory: 7-6-5-18-1T-L6, everything else is AUTO
Voltages: Vcore (BIOS) 1.4625V (shows 1.4464 current Vcore in BIOS), Vdroop=enable
V PLL 1.546582V
VTT 1.35V
GTL0 +2
GTL1 +2
GTL2 +2
GTL3 +3 (that is my CPU I guess, I added +1 to compensate core 4 failure in Prime95 and it worked)
V NB 1.438V
GTL NB +3
V SB 1.5V
V DRAM 2.099V, DRAM compensations:
+3 step
+3 step
+3 step

FSB 430 MHz
0 ps
800mV
100 MHz PCi
Spread = disable

That's it, may be it is not uber, but it finally beats my old 780i and in two tests beats 8x Xeon E5462, which it not bad I guess for 24-7 operations, good silence / good temps /pretty safe voltages.