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[SoLoR]

@SoLoR

The SoundMAX driver 6600 crashed after 4 hours of Prime95 Blend and UT2004.

how did it crash? and dunno i didnt have any issues personaly, maybe just some wierd random isssue... or better, blame soundmax drivers being updated once/year... i so wish i had a realtek or via, since they have drivers every month

[Alien Grey]

how did it crash? and dunno i didnt have any issues personaly, maybe just some wierd random isssue... or better, blame soundmax drivers being updated once/year... i so wish i had a realtek or via, since they have drivers every month

BSOD resulting in broken SoundMAX driver. Maybe the 6600 aren't good for the Supreme FX II and I should try the 6590 again to see if they are stable.

[OLDcomer]

I thought this thread was for overclocking, not for sound drivers

q9650@4500MHz(9x500) 1.45V LinX Stable

[Alien Grey]

I thought this thread was for overclocking, not for sound drivers

q9650@4500MHz(9x500) 1.45V LinX Stable

It's for everything except defaults.


Congrats mate with your 4.5GHz LinX stable overclock.

[Antineutrino]

I thought this thread was for overclocking, not for sound drivers

q9650@4500MHz(9x500) 1.45V LinX Stable

OMG...
You MADE it!



Can you share with us your BIOS setting?

Thanks!


Cheers!

[OLDcomer]

ASUS Rampage Formula BIOS 0802 9x500 Template

*Extreme Tweaker*
Ai Overclock Tuner [Manual]
CPU Ratio Setting [9]
FSB Strap to North Bridge [333Mhz]
FSB Frequency [500]
PCIE Frequency [100]

DRAM Frequency [DDR2-1202MHz]
DRAM Command Rate [2N]
DRAM CMD Skew on Channal A [Greyed Out]
DRAM CMD Skew on Channal B [Greyed Out]
DRAM CLK Skew on Channal A [Auto]
DRAM CLK Skew on Channal B [Auto]

DRAM Timing Control [Auto]
DRAM Static Read Control [Disabled]
Ai Clock Twister [Lighter]
Ai Transation Booster [Manual]
Common Performance Booster [7]

Pull-In of CHA PH1 [Disabled]
Pull-In of CHA PH2 [Disabled]
Pull-In of CHA PH3 [Disabled]
Pull-In of CHA PH4 [Disabled]
Pull-In of CHA PH5 [Disabled]
Pull-In of CHA PH6 [Disabled]
Pull-In of CHB PH1 [Disabled]
Pull-In of CHB PH2 [Disabled]
Pull-In of CHB PH3 [Disabled]
Pull-In of CHB PH4 [Disabled]
Pull-In of CHB PH5 [Disabled]
Pull-In of CHB PH6 [Disabled]

CPU Voltage [1.475] Vdrop pencil moded
CPU PLL Voltage [1.50]
North Bridge Voltage [1.73]
DRAM Voltage [1.80]
FSB Termination Voltage [1.46]
South Bridge Voltage [AUTO]
SB 1,5V Voltage [AUTO]
Loadline Calibration [Disabled]
CPU GTL Voltage Reference [AUTO]
NB GTL Voltage Reference [0.67x]
DRAM Controller Voltage REF [AUTO]
DRAM Channel A Voltage REF [AUTO]
DRAM Channel B Voltage REF [AUTO]

CPU LED Selection [CPU Voltage]
NB LED Selection [North Bridge Voltage]
SB LED Selection [South Bridge Voltage]
Voltiminder LED [DISABLED]

CPU Spread Spectrum [Disabled]
PCIE Spred Spectrum [Disabled]
CPU Clock Skew [Delay 100ps]
NB Clock Skew [Normal]


*Advanced settings*
CPU Ratio Setting [9]
C1E Support [Disabled]
CPU TM Function [Disabled]
Vanderpool Technology [Disabled]
Execute Disable Bit [Disabled]
Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled]
Intel(R) SpeedStep (TM) Tech. [Disabled]

[leo27]

I've just got around to testing the 6600 drivers and i occasionally get random pops when playing music (with cmss etc all disabled), i got this with 6590 as well but not with the 6585 official drivers.
Does anyone else get this or am i the only one (btw i ccleaned and looked for the dll's SoLoR said to delete but didn't find them after uninstal)??

[BCBC]

I've also got pops with 6610 drivers. I uninstalled 6610 and installed 6585, then pops cleared away
Then I installed 6590 modded drivers which is provided by SoLoR. Now there is no problem with the sound.

[Alien Grey]

I don't have pops with the 6600 drivers but what I do know is that theres a lot of stuff in the registry that can be cleaned with the TuneUp Utilities registry cleaner.

I cleaned it after removing the 6590 drivers and after the installation of the 6600 drivers. I didn't look what it was but I know that it's something in the registry that can be removed and Ccleaner doesn't do it.

And I don't use the headphone setting but leave it on 2 speakers to use a headphone because the sound with the headphone setting is horrible.

[SoLoR]

I've just got around to testing the 6600 drivers and i occasionally get random pops when playing music (with cmss etc all disabled), i got this with 6590 as well but not with the 6585 official drivers.
Does anyone else get this or am i the only one (btw i ccleaned and looked for the dll's SoLoR said to delete but didn't find them after uninstal)??

I had this with 6590 drivers, but for me 6600 are fine.

[Alien Grey]

I had a lot of difficulties running stable with Prime95 and UT2004 together with Windows 7 Ultimate X64.


First there was the BSOD problem with the 6600 drivers and X-Fi software. I think I fixed that with changing from AC97 to HD Audio in the BIOS and using the openal.dll from the Creative X-Fi software and not the one from UT2004.

It was a lot longer stable with changing to HD Audio but not BSOD free. If you're still using AC97 with the SoundMAX 6600 driver and the X-Fi software make the switch but remember to remove the SoundMAX driver and the X-Fi software before doing it.

Disabling the Sound Driver in UT2004 so it would use the openal.dll in the windows/system32 folder that came with the Creative X-Fi software fixed the BSOD or I didn't have it anymore but I've got more problems than that.


With the settings that I was using it failed Prime95 after a few hours on one core running Prime95 and UT2004 together. Not a big deal but it isn't good enough for me so I wanted to fix that.


I've flashed my board with the 0001 MOD BIOS from SoLoR in the hope that the updated option ROMs would fix it and I also updated the Intel Chipset Device Software to the latest official version but it still failed Prime95 after 4 hours. I've flashed it to the MOD BIOS in the hope that I could run it with the DRAM Clock Fine Delays back at 9-8-9-8 but they didn't change from 10-8-10-8 like they did in Windows XP 64 bit with lowering the NB Voltage.

But I did find a way to have them back at 9-8-9-8 with the 0001 MOD BIOS. Changing the CPU Clock Skew Delay from 300ps to 400ps and the NB Clock Skew Delay from 200ps to 300ps did the trick.

[Trust13]

Maybe try to raise VTT a little, i think 1.10v is to low... these fine-delays are very tricky, looks like they change every reboot..

I made a succesfull run with 9x465Mhz, Memory 1240Mhz, PL6, tREF 16120 finally

[Alien Grey]

It's strange that they aren't the same in Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit like in Windows XP 64 bit.


Changing the clock skews didn't help. It freezes after some time.

[leo27]

A-Grey
I think you may need to raise vNB and or vTT some.
And btw Are you LinX stable atm, or is it only P95+UT2004 thats failing??
I always wondered why myself and many others who were testing settings on vista x64 (Win7 x64 needs the same voltages as vista x64 btw) were needing a lot higher voltages than you, it looks like xp x64 may be the culprit.

@SoLoR
Have you had any luck implementing the DTS & DDL encoder fix that Antineutrino posted??

[SoLoR]

@SoLoR
Have you had any luck implementing the DTS & DDL encoder fix that Antineutrino posted??

Nah thats what i tryed to implement before i saw that post... he just said decoder so i tought its something new I tryed to implement THX TruStudio software, but until soundmax makes driver (like never?) it probably impossible. THX TruStudio gives you EAX 5.0 and 128 hadrware channels.

[Alien Grey]

A-Grey
I think you may need to raise vNB and or vTT some.
And btw Are you LinX stable atm, or is it only P95+UT2004 thats failing??
I always wondered why myself and many others who were testing settings on vista x64 (Win7 x64 needs the same voltages as vista x64 btw) were needing a lot higher voltages than you, it looks like xp x64 may be the culprit.

It's only Prime95 and UT2004 together that fails so I'm really close and I'm going to try it again with FSB termination Voltage 1.22V or 1.12V real.

The problem is that something changes when you use Windows 7 and maybe Windows Vista. It must be a combination of BIOS and Intel Chipset Device Software.

[Alien Grey]

Nah thats what i tryed to implement before i saw that post... he just said decoder so i tought its something new I tryed to implement THX TruStudio software, but until soundmax makes driver (like never?) it probably impossible. THX TruStudio gives you EAX 5.0 and 128 hadrware channels.

Is that actually possible having EAX 5.0 and 128 hardware channels with the Supreme FX II card? Isn't it also a hardware limitation?

[SoLoR]

Is that actually possible having EAX 5.0 and 128 hardware channels with the Supreme FX II card? Isn't it also a hardware limitation?

in that case EAX gets is processed by CPU.. so ye its possible. However atm only "offical" way of having this is using msi x-fi syren (similar to supreme-fx x-fi i guess, just "msi") or having realtek 889 (i think) hdaudio chip. However i know its possible to unlock this on all hdaudio cards, i just dont know how and the one that does know, dont want to reveal anything since he already had some problems with creative back in the days, but his "offical" stand is "until creative releases x-fi mb2 its not possible".


edit: btw i made "all you need" for mobo repository here, drivers all bioses, moded bioses etc etc.

[Spyrus]

6600 works ok for me , no issues with 6590 either.

[leo27]

Does anyone know what causes a PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA 0x00000050 BSOD ???
cause i just had one

[kuebk]

Memory.

[leo27]

thanks kuebk, i guess going from vista x64 to win7 x64 without running a memory test was infact not a good idea .

[Alien Grey]

I think that Windows 7 Ultimate X64 and BIOS 0001 with updated option ROMs is the way to go.


With the original 0001 BIOS there's a BSOD wit error code 0x00000124 at 4 hours running Prime95 Blend. This could be to low voltage or bad driver or bad hardware in Windows 7 Ultimate X64. The 0x00000124 BSOD is probably the same as the MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION BSOD in Windows XP X64.

With the 0001 BIOS with updated option ROMs it doesn't BSOD at four hours but it gives me a rounding error at 4 hours in Prime95 in Windows 7 Ultimate X64. This happens a lot faster in Ubuntu 64 bit and happens on more than one core too.


What I'm trying to do know is up the NB Voltage to 1.31V in the BIOS or 1.28V real to try to have it stable for more than 4 hours Prme95 Blend in Windows 7 Ultimate X64 with the 0001 BIOS and the updated option ROMs. If I can run it stable for more than 4 hours I'll try it again in Ubuntu 64 bit to see if it's also stable with a little higher NB voltage and the 0001 BIOS with updated option ROMs.

[Willhub]

Guys, I have an Asus Rampage Formula mobo, I did have a X3350 quad in it, but I went and put it in my Asus P5Q-E.

The question I want to ask is, would the Asus Rampage Formula be better for clocking the X3350 quad compared to my Asus P5Q-E?

Thanks
Will.

[Trust13]

I think that Windows 7 Ultimate X64 and BIOS 0001 with updated option ROMs is the way to go.


With the original 0001 BIOS there's a BSOD wit error code 0x00000124 at 4 hours running Prime95 Blend. This could be to low voltage or bad driver or bad hardware in Windows 7 Ultimate X64. The 0x00000124 BSOD is probably the same as the MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION BSOD in Windows XP X64.

With the 0001 BIOS with updated option ROMs it doesn't BSOD at four hours but it gives me a rounding error at 4 hours in Prime95 in Windows 7 Ultimate X64. This happens a lot faster in Ubuntu 64 bit and happens on more than one core too.


What I'm trying to do know is up the NB Voltage to 1.31V in the BIOS or 1.28V real to try to have it stable for more than 4 hours Prme95 Blend in Windows 7 Ultimate X64 with the 0001 BIOS and the updated option ROMs. If I can run it stable for more than 4 hours I'll try it again in Ubuntu 64 bit to see if it's also stable with a little higher NB voltage and the 0001 BIOS with updated option ROMs.

Just an idea: try it with higher voltage for the memory. Even if the memory-test runs fine for hours, it looks like in Win7 X64 the memory needs more voltage with tREF 16120. In my case i got stability again with 0001-mod Bios, 1.14v VTT and NB 1.29v (Bios, 1.26-1.28v real), memory 1.86v instead of 1.84v.