Ok, 266FSB 1:1 on NF7-S - not bad, yes? :)

**xDUCK** · 11-21-2003, 12:29 AM

This is really starting to push the envelope.

Ok, my goal has always been to double the FSB of a tbred. And I have done it.

266FSB, CPU Interface Enabled, memory running in sync at 2-2-2-11. Just thought I'd share.

The screenshot (linking instead of embedding, because of some low-resolution whiners last time

; be warned, it's 2048x1536)

As you can see in the top right corner, my voltages are ROCK SOLID (the ones pictures are Vdimm, at 3.55v, and 3.3v, at 3.7v). I think this is very important to overclocking success - think of it as the gas you put in your car. You wouldn't go into a race with sub-par gas!

My VDD is at 2.15v here, although I don't think it did much. The strangest thing about this motherboard is that it doesn't seem to max out. I can keep adding vdimm and she will keep giving more headroom. I don't know if I got a magic NB or what, but once I get my hands on some cheaper/throwaway BH-5, I will be pumping some serious volts through it (I'm thinking, around 4v

) and I will find the limit of this board.

Interesting stuff. And I do believe this puts me as #1 AMD FSB in the world (except for the A64's).

Not done yet,
Mike

**Hell-Fire** · 11-21-2003, 01:13 AM

OMG....besides the nagic NB, thats some fine ass 3200ddr as well. Rated at 200 and doing 266....a 75% increase isnt to shabby I would say.

What mobo is that btw?

**xDUCK** · 11-21-2003, 01:24 AM

Originally posted by Hëll ‡ Fîrë
OMG....besides the nagic NB, thats some fine ass 3200ddr as well. Rated at 200 and doing 266....a 75% increase isnt to shabby I would say.

What mobo is that btw?

It's in the subject.

NF7-S rev 2.

**Soulburner** · 11-21-2003, 01:25 AM

Originally posted by Hëll ‡ Fîrë
What mobo is that btw?

Ok, 266FSB 1:1 on NF7-S

**shortcircuit** · 11-21-2003, 01:26 AM

Congrats man, I'm very impressed.

I was psyched when I hit 240fsb on NF2 (with supercooling on the NB and crap memory timings).

**xDUCK** · 11-21-2003, 01:29 AM

Originally posted by shortcircuit
Congrats man, I'm very impressed.

I was psyched when I hit 240fsb on NF2 (with supercooling on the NB and crap memory timings).

Yeah, this is just a hollow copper tube filled with tap water (cooling the NB).

Just a small 80mm, 21CFM fan over the RAM.

I'm thinking of replacing the caps & MOSFETS on the board with better ones, but I don't want to kill the board.

What do you think I should do? I only have a regular 30w soldering iron, perhaps I should take it to a local electronics repair shop and they can do it with their hot air soldering guns and whatnot?

**shortcircuit** · 11-21-2003, 01:36 AM

Adding caps to the back of the motherboard is safe, provided you get the polarity right. It makes mounting the mobo difficult, but if you're like me and don't use a case (mobo box is fine) then you won't have any problems.

I have only removed caps from dead motherboards, and it was always a messy process. I suggest trying everything on another board first to make sure you won't run in to problems.

I'm just afraid that in your attempt to go even higher (270fsb

) you might kill the board. I've done it plenty of times. Fast... faster... faster... dead.

**xDUCK** · 11-21-2003, 01:42 AM

Originally posted by shortcircuit
Adding caps to the back of the motherboard is safe, provided you get the polarity right. It makes mounting the mobo difficult, but if you're like me and don't use a case (mobo box is fine) then you won't have any problems.

I have only removed caps from dead motherboards, and it was always a messy process. I suggest trying everything on another board first to make sure you won't run in to problems.

I'm just afraid that in your attempt to go even higher (270fsb ) you might kill the board. I've done it plenty of times. Fast... faster... faster... dead.

Are we talking voltage increases too, or did you just kill it by OCing? And are you sure it wasn't BIOS corruption?

I guess I'll stick to my measly 266FSB for now.

This was my goal for a while now, and I hit it, so I'm quite satisfied.

270 is definately within reach, since I can consistently POST at 275fsb (d18) at a mere 1.8v VDD... So it would appear the sky is the limit.

**STEvil** · 11-21-2003, 01:47 AM

WE WANT SISOFT NUMBERS!!

And get that CPU speed up somewhere respectable 8-)

**STEvil** · 11-21-2003, 01:48 AM

try dropping your ram back a bit and running asynch to see if its the ram only letting you post up to 275?

EDIT

What did you do to allow you to use nV sys util to set up that far? Mine stops at 233mhz... 8-/

**xDUCK** · 11-21-2003, 01:51 AM

Originally posted by STEvil
WE WANT SISOFT NUMBERS!!

And get that CPU speed up somewhere respectable 8-)

nVidia System Utility only works with multis 8 and lower.

Abit/nVidia should get their act in gear.

Sisoft numbers aren't that impressive, since I'm running 8x & SC... But it is in the 3900's.

**Kunaak** · 11-21-2003, 02:08 AM

I'd still like to see them

**STEvil** · 11-21-2003, 02:09 AM

3900's SC and under 10 multi... heh.....hehehehe.....

Works for me over 10, but like I said, i'm limited ot 233fsb and under...

**xDUCK** · 11-21-2003, 02:15 AM

Originally posted by STEvil
3900's SC and under 10 multi... heh.....hehehehe.....

Works for me over 10, but like I said, i'm limited ot 233fsb and under...

What BIOS?! I tried both d10 and d19, same result on both.

(although d19 gives me a bunch of useless little graphs too

).

Here is sandra at 262 (kind of a crappy run

, plus it's at 7-2-2-2, and 11-2-2-2 gives better results of course):
http://vipers.xtremedesign.ca/files/262.jpg

Didn't snap one of 266, but I am assuming I could, since I was browsing the web with Firebird to check for basic stability.

**~~Vlad Draculea~~** · 11-21-2003, 02:25 AM

for the caps i wouldnt remove the ones that there are in the board, instead i would put them in the center of sun so they can develop a fully fusion energy charge. and for the mosfets i am prety sure that you can put dog poo instead of them.

**xDUCK** · 11-21-2003, 08:51 AM

*bump*

**st0nedpenguin** · 11-21-2003, 08:57 AM

If that FSB keeps going up, you do realise that you will have to die don't you?

**L0$t Pr0PhEt** · 11-21-2003, 08:58 AM

Originally posted by STEvil
3900's SC and under 10 multi... heh.....hehehehe.....

Works for me over 10, but like I said, i'm limited ot 233fsb and under...

You need to set higher fsb in bios to get higher fsb @ nvsu
200fsb in bios is like 233 you can set it to.

**xDUCK** · 11-21-2003, 09:00 AM

Originally posted by L0$t Pr0PhEt
You need to set higher fsb in bios to get higher fsb @ nvsu
200fsb in bios is like 233 you can set it to.

Indeed! At 250FSB BIOS setting (max on d10

), I can go all the way up to 300 in NVSU.

**xDUCK** · 11-21-2003, 09:01 AM

Originally posted by st0nedpenguin
If that FSB keeps going up, you do realise that you will have to die don't you?

Now it's my turn to

!

**st0nedpenguin** · 11-21-2003, 09:07 AM

hehe, that sofa is seeing more action than a Leeds bus stop on a friday night.

OT: New sig, in preparation.

**xDUCK** · 11-21-2003, 09:09 AM

Originally posted by st0nedpenguin
OT: New sig, in preparation.

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We are such nerds, when you really think about it.

**st0nedpenguin** · 11-21-2003, 09:20 AM

Hell yeah, and proud of it.

Call me a Geek though, and I'll cut your balls off with a rusty spork. :pP

**NoStra** · 11-21-2003, 09:23 AM

You use a 160mb pc3200 stick?!

**xDUCK** · 11-21-2003, 09:25 AM

Originally posted by NoStra
You use a 160mb pc3200 stick?!

Nope, it's 256mb, it's just misread.

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