Asrock P67 Extreme4 UEFI & Drivers thread [Extreme6 & Pro3 owners welcome]

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I'm stable at 4.8Ghz with 1.36v, no freezing, BSOD's or hiccups but nothing above that will work on this board. I have no idea why, I've tried many many settings and configurations. Fixed voltage wasn't any better than offset either, I still got BSOD's.

What was the BSOD? I used to get constant 0X101 BSODs until I dialed in settings manually, one of the auto settings was throwing everything out of whack.

As a soon-to-be Ext 4 or Ext 6 owner, I've been reading this thread with interest, origanally to find out how the PCIE lanes are used.


Now I'm a little confused: the review at Madshrimps http://www.madshrimps.be/articles/ar...board-Review/4 shows the PLX PEX8608 chip next to and almost underneath the chipset cooler, down in the bottom corner where a southbridge chip would live back in the day. However, the Extreme 6 changes this, for example the review at http://www.overclockers.com/asrock-p...rboard-review/ shows the PLX chip in the 'Southbridge' position, with the P67 chip moved up above the PCIE slots, with its troublesome heatsink cover. So, does the PLX chip even need a heatsink?

The stock cooler does look like it'll do more harm than good. The chipset heatsinks from Enzotech might work, for example http://www.enzotechnology.com/cnb_evgai.htm looks like it'd fit with a couple of holes drilled in it, and would be so much better than the stock. It looks pretty, too.

The Zalman ZM-NB32K might work too, and they're heaps cheaper.

The PLX chip doesn't need a HS at all, as you can see here

Also, are there any issues using a PCI soundcard? I have a Xonar D2 PCI card which I wish to continue using, but as it would interface through the PCIe/PCI bridge AND the PLX multiplexer I was wondering if there'd be any issues with latency etc especially if the multiplexed U3S3 ports are being used.

There won't be any problems with the D1. You may find yourself having to replace the card soon though, from what I hear PCI slots are going to start to not be included what so ever starting with the Z68.

Can some browse my voltages and check nothing is out of wack.

I can run Prime 95 blend for 9 hrs.. annoying I know. I was using 0.03vcore offset, mimimum LCC (5), 250/250/250 - all else on auto. Bios 1.6 (this is a b3 board).

After prime blend 'failure' upped vcore offset to 0.035 and ran IBT (AVX) maximum free RAM for 20 passes:-

Vcore at load peaks at 1.328 then settles at 1.304.

I know I'll probably end up using vcore fixed. But as this is my main pc and a 24/7 clock it would be really nice to get her stable without an aggressive LLC and fixed high'ish vcore through the chip.

I've notice some are setting fixed values for CPU PPL & VTT - but I have them on auto. I am running Gskill ripjaws at stock 2x2GB 1600Mhz CL9 @1.5v.

Use LLC level 2 or 3. The other LLC settings are very weak, dunno why Asrock even bothered with them.