Does AMD Overdrive work for you?

[keithlm]

so lucky you know what you are doin then ehh Jethro, god help anyone who tries to instal it from the off, and it might be usefull if you instal the version we are debating here, v2.1.3.

and i dont think you need to set the clock back to get it to work either

You have proven yourself worthy to be the first person to ever be put onto my ignore list.

Enjoy.

[equinox1]

merkk1, i have the same board, i actually think the foxxone software conflicts with aod. i tryed foxxone first after flashing my bios to the latest level.it worked ok. then i installed aod and it would not work. uninstalled foxxone and aod worked perfect.

[soundood]

You have proven yourself worthy to be the first person to ever be put onto my ignore list.

Enjoy.

as my dear old nana used to say, if you havent got anything to say, then dont say it,

and thank you for putting me on your ignore list,

thats 5 anymore?

and also this is around the 10th time i have heard the vapourware v2.1.4 of AOD mentioned, this non excisting ware is going to solve a lot of problems i believe

i truly hope for AMD's sake it does, because i have heard this around 10 to 15 times in the past, and it has never worked, and as much as i hate to say it, if peeps come on here and report it has bugs, i will laugh my socks off, i wont quite say 'told you so' but you will get the drift when it happens.

also where is the logic of even releasing v2.1.3? if there is a v2.1.4. up for release the week after? why not just wait and release 2.1.4. as 2.1.3. and miss out this still handicapped version?

seems a bit skittish to me

got cool and quiet enabled? wonder why those Everest CPU results are taking a hit? read this:cool and quiet problems, theorys from Anandtech

and please remember folks, even one small bug here, merits a fail (and also a no vote). from misreading on your CPU VID say through to not seeing your full list of componants in status monitor, it is the only way this will be fixed. thank you

[GD5015]

as my dear old nana used to say, if you havent got anything to say, then dont say it, [/B]

You've had nothing to say since page 1, yet you continue to say it.

A no vote in the poll doesn't necessarily say the user finds AOD useless.

I find it improbable that any software works in 99.9% of machines out there. Too many different setups. I also find it incredible that you believe your hardware can't possibly be faulty. I have fixed many machines whose hardware couldn't possibly be the culprit.

The only bully I see in this thread is you. You shout louder, longer, and more often than anyone else here. Might I invite you to visit another thread.


Only problem I have is only 1 GPU is shown.

[soundood]

You've had nothing to say since page 1, yet you continue to say it.

A no vote in the poll doesn't necessarily say the user finds AOD useless.

I find it improbable that any software works in 99.9% of machines out there. Too many different setups. I also find it incredible that you believe your hardware can't possibly be faulty. I have fixed many machines whose hardware couldn't possibly be the culprit.

as i said before i can name you 100 pieces of software that work flawlessly on windows, after half of the revisions

The only bully I see in this thread is you. You shout louder, longer, and more often than anyone else here. Might I invite you to visit another thread.

yes i do speak longer, its called having something to say, unlike you, who decides to flame bait with stupid comments, how you work out im shouting is beyond me, you got a microphone in my house?...lol

and so we kick off with v2.1.4, anyone got a problem?...lol

Only problem I have is only 1 GPU is shown.

then it doesnt do what it is supposed to do, therefore a fail...lol


and so we kick off with v2.1.4, anyone got a problem?...lol

[soundood]

AOD v2.1.4., here we go again (all performed on a clean image (no previous AOD) of Vista 32 bit)

1) lock up and squeeling from speakers, when HT ref slider moved by 5 mhz and hitting apply, (rig at stock 2.5 gig, stock multi and stock HT ref in bios)

2) moving multi slider from 12.5 to 13 results in same lock up as above

2) nothing but temps in status monitor/ board status

3) nothing in GPU status (cause its an nvidia card doh)

4) system information/diagram view no card detected in any Pcie slot

same old, same old here, as far as i can see nothing has changed, how you doing macci with that new AX78 of yours?

i will give this poll 7 more days, combining input from other users at AMD forums, and two other well known forums, i fully intend to publish these results, good or bad, using this and other data to back up my claims. including me, i have allready seen 5 to 6 cases of this not doing anything new, and has not fixed a number outstanding issues, that were meant to be addressed in the 2.1.4. release.

since the last 'discussion' i have managed to get hold of two other mob's, for the purposes of being fair, i wll not mention the makers, other than i have 1 more SB600based board, and one SB750 based board, both leave a lot to be desired with AOD 2.1.4. so far, although i have still to bench them with a 9850BE yet, both have been benched with 5000BE x2.

and of course i will pass on my results ...lol

let the flame baiting begin...lol

[bingo13]

AOD v2.1.4., here we go again (all performed on a clean image (no previous AOD) of Vista 32 bit)

1) lock up and squeeling from speakers, when HT ref slider moved by 5 mhz and hitting apply, (rig at stock 2.5 gig, stock multi and stock HT ref in bios)

2) moving multi slider from 12.5 to 13 results in same lock up as above

2) nothing but temps in status monitor/ board status

3) nothing in GPU status (cause its an nvidia card doh)

4) system information/diagram view no card detected in any Pcie slot

same old, same old here, as far as i can see nothing has changed, how you doing macci with that new AX78 of yours?

i will give this poll 7 more days, combining input from other users at AMD forums, and two other well known forums, i fully intend to publish these results, good or bad, using this and other data to back up my claims. including me, i have allready seen 5 to 6 cases of this not doing anything new, and has not fixed a number outstanding issues, that were meant to be addressed in the 2.1.4. release.

let the flame baiting begin...lol

Your problem is the simple fact that abit did not support AOD functionality with the AX78. If the BIOS support is not there, then AOD is not going to operate correctly. Change boards or complain to abit, otherwise you will continue to have problems. It really is that simple.

[soundood]

Your problem is the simple fact that abit did not support AOD functionality with the AX78. If the BIOS support is not there, then AOD is not going to operate correctly. Change boards or complain to abit, otherwise you will continue to have problems. It really is that simple.

i do hear you and have taken it on board, but its not about ABIT, where does it say in this release that it works on certain boards? and doesnt for others.

in the marketing it states you need a 7 series chipset, i have it. but AOD doesnt work. who's fault is that? AMD like any other designer has tight control on there 'referance' designs, hence why nearly all the 770 boards are the same.

as for changing boards, you didnt read my post correctly, i bnow have three mobo's here, 2 x sb600's and 1 x SB750, all are showing problems with AOD, granted small probs, but probs all the same.

it is really that simple

ohh and for every post i have here telling me i am at fault or the board is at fault or andy pandy is at fault, i have one that says otherwise, i also have a lot of support in this, i dont stand alone here, like a newbie. i know exactly what i am talking about. and will continue with this until i see an acceptable resolution. ie: if AMD releases this software with a compatible board list.

[macci]

AOD v2.1.4

1) lock up and squeeling from speakers, when HT ref slider moved by 5 mhz and hitting apply, (rig at stock 2.5 gig, stock multi and stock HT ref in bios)

2) moving multi slider from 12.5 to 13 results in same lock up as above

On the AX78, are you really seeing BOTH of these problems when using a Phenom CPU or one with Phenom and one with K8 (the 5000BE X2 you mention in your post)? I'm asking as this is NOT in line with what I see on AX78.

I am seeing issue #1 if I use a Phenom on AX78 and issue #2 if I use a 5000BE X2.
I dont see #2 with Phenom and I dont see #1 with K8.

Issue #1 has to do with Clockchip programming (as I previously mentioned). the board (SBIOS) is programming the clock a bit too aggressively when AOD requests a clock adjustment on the fly. The fix is to change the clock programming code in the SBIOS. Unfortunately this has not been implemented on this particular board's SBIOS.

In case of K8 CPU (5000BE X2) this doesnt usually cause any issues (in fact I could jump from 200 to 240MHz in one shot without any issues w/ 5000BE X2). With Phenom a bigger HT ref. clock adjustment (on AX78) usually hangs the system. But it does work OK if you go in 1MHz steps.
I got it up to 224MHz (from 200MHz) via AOD when I adjusted 1MHz at a time - these steps:

1) set slider to 201 (it sets it back to 200MHz)
2) set slider to 202 (it sets it to 201MHz)
3) set slider to 203 (it sets it to 202MHz)
4) continue as far as needed

In case of Phenom the HT ref. clock is used for Fine tuning (As all the relevant multipliers are unlocked). so you dont usually need to adust this very much.

With Phenom 9600BE (I also tried 9850BE) I didnt see any problems adjusting the CPU multiplier or HT multiplier values (yes, I did try all HT multipliers and a number of HT+CPU multi combos). Please confirm if you saw this problem with Phenom or K8 (AX78 has problems with K8 and CPU multiplier, more details below).

Here is a screenshot of Phenom 9600BE with AOD 2.1.4 on AX78. I tuned the following items (system was booted up at default values from SBIOS):

CPU Multi to x13 - OK
HT Multiplier down to x7 - OK
adjusted CPU VID and CPU NB VID - OK (also measured with multimeter to confirm)
adjusted Memory voltage - OK (also measured with Multimeter to confirm)
adjusted HT ref. clock 1MHz at a time up to 224MHz (from 200MHz)

end result: a bit over 600MHz OVCK with default aircooling, all done on the fly with AOD on AX78.


Issue #2 was not seen on my AX78 (BIOS 1.3) with Phenom 9600BE or 9850BE. No problems with CPU multiplier or HT link multiplier adjustments with Phenom CPU (yes, I did try all HT multipliers and a number of HT+CPU multi combos).
I did see a problem with K8 (5000BE X2) though and it appears that AX78 SBIOS has fundamental problems with CPU multiplier control. CoolNQuiet doesnt work either - the multiplier is adjusting VERY slowly and to incorrect values (it goes to the low state even if OS is in High Performance mode). AOD and CoolNQuiet use the same commands to request multiplier changes, in case of this board the SBIOS doesnt do it correctly.

With K8 CPU the HT ref. clock slider and all voltage controls worked as they should though.

Here is a quick example of AOD clocking with K8 on AX78 board.
Note that the CPU VDDC slider tells you the actual CPU voltage in case of K8 CPU (as it controls the OFFSET on top of CPU VID value).

2) nothing but temps in status monitor/ board status

the HW monitoring chip on this board is not supported by AOD at this point.

NB vid, cant and wont go higher than 1.3 v (although bios allows it)

incorrect readings of CPU vid, allways sais 1.3 v, even though its 1.4v in bios, how do i adjust that in the knowledge its wrong?

Is this with K8 or Phenom?

In case of Phenom I didnt see an option to dial in the actual voltage in AX78 SBIOS, there was an option to adjust the OFFSET (+0.xx V) but no option for adjusting the CPU VID value or the actual CPU Voltage value (to 1.3 or 1.4V).

I didnt see a problem with CPU NB VID slider on AX78 when using Phenom CPU (see the screenshot - its at 1.45V and can go up to 1.55V).
Note that with K8 CPU there is no separate control for CPU NB VID.

With K8 CPU the CPU Voltage item (in SBIOS) is different and you can adjust the actual value (not just the offset). If I set it to say 1.400V then AOD would read the CPU VDDC slider at 1.400V (CPU VID at 1.300V as 1.400V actual voltage is achieved via OFFSET on top of VID value).
example:

has not fixed a number outstanding issues, that were meant to be addressed in the 2.1.4. release.

such as?

since the last 'discussion' i have managed to get hold of two other mob's, for the purposes of being fair, i wll not mention the makers, other than i have 1 more SB600based board, and one SB750 based board, both leave a lot to be desired with AOD 2.1.4.

What is the problem then? "For the purpose of being fair" you should mention the problem you see and the board (+SBIOS) you used. Then we can get it fixed

Told Ya So, 2.1.4 doesnt solve a thing apart from AHCI and RAID issues

If you read thru this thread you'll see that it fixed a number of other issues as well.

as far as the accuracy of the poll:
there are folks who have voted "no" initially and now have got their AOD working (by updating to AOD 2.1.4, by updating motherboard SBIOS...) and would be voting "yes" at this point.

[AMDDeathstar]

Let's get this out of the way first, SB600 sucks for Phenoms, it was design for Athlon64's even then it sucked. My biggest problem with the SB600 has been the USB controller, it has cause me a quite a few problems(I destroyed a KVM switch because of it).

Hey Macci
On 2.1.4 my only complaint about it is in Status Monitor>GPU Status>Engine shows 0 MHZ
On the M3A78-T and my new sweet ride M3A79-T Deluxe the same thing happened

Otherwise AOD 2.1.4 works great on the new board

[equinox1]

as i said before i can name you 100 pieces of software that work flawlessly on windows, after half of the revisions



yes i do speak longer, its called having something to say, unlike you, who decides to flame bait with stupid comments, how you work out im shouting is beyond me, you got a microphone in my house?...lol

and so we kick off with v2.1.4, anyone got a problem?...lol




then it doesnt do what it is supposed to do, therefore a fail...lol


and so we kick off with v2.1.4, anyone got a problem?...lol

i would say it works very well, 3544 mhz http://www.hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=773427 i see 3.5 or maybe 3.6 0n h2o coming soon. i think i will try to use aod to do it .

[Baam]

Thanks for the update, ACC now works with Raid for me.

Makes it a little easier to tinker with the ACC settings rather

than rebooting every time to test.

[Aussie FX]

macci all iterations I have used in 3 of my Gigabyte boards (790FX-DQ6, 780G-S2H and 790GP) have worked flawlessly. Thankyou.

I should add that I'm using Vista x64.

soundood your treatment and abuse to/of macci is deplorable.
He has spent thousands of hours here helping people with AMD related problems and isn't an XIP for nothing.
Pls show some respect.

[Particle]

You have proven yourself worthy to be the first person to ever be put onto my ignore list.

Enjoy.

Not a bad idea.

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I can appreciate you not caring who's fault it is that AOD doesn't work, but it would be a fallacy to direct your anger at AOD if it isn't to blame. That is essentially identical to blaming Windows for not working after putting some bullets through your computer or blaming your car for not working when you're stuck in a traffic jam. It's a misdirection of focus.

[charged3800z24]

Not a bad idea.

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I can appreciate you not caring who's fault it is that AOD doesn't work, but it would be a fallacy to direct your anger at AOD if it isn't to blame. That is essentially identical to blaming Windows for not working after putting some bullets through your computer or blaming your car for not working when you're stuck in a traffic jam. It's a misdirection of focus.

I don't think it is AOD... in whole... I have never had issues, no glitches, and I understand how it is working... I only have issues related to hardware..I don't have any of the boards that have been seeing issues.. but I have three that work flawless do far..

Ohh.. Soundood....wher is the OC database..I have a 3.4ghz to post and I used AOD to do it...

[macci]

Ok, here is the classic AOD skin (Green/Black)

LINK


1) unzip the package to AOD installation folder, it will create a subfolder called "resource" that contains the skin files.

2) edit "preference.xml" and set the "skin scheme" to “skin-green”

3) start AOD with classic skin

[Daveburt714]

macci: Pretty sure it got lost in all the controversy, but on the K9A2 is the "NB Core" slider for the 790FX chip or the NB IMC?

It hasn't helped alot as far as my IMC overclock goes, so I'm assuming it affects the 790fx chip...