Recent content by biltong

tenax@ - yep, I think you're probably right. Only thing that seems to be really badly affected is MemTest86+ which is obviously very memory intensive :) For example, for 1 pass, it took 18m 13s with a FSB of 416MHz. Even with a FSB of 444MHz, it took longer, 18m 44s. But that'll be the...

Its a bit quiet on here, so here's a bit of noise :) Not sure if this has been brought up before, but I was playing around yesterday, and noticed there's a FSB strap at FSB=417MHz. Basically, I noticed that when you go from a FSB of 416MHz to 417MHz, there's a performance drop. The memory...

DWells55@ - understand your reluctance to mess about with re-applying the thermal paste :) I had several goes before I got it right. I'm not sure if the AC7 Pro has MX-1 or MX-2 pre-applied. Some sites reckon MX-1 and some sites reckon MX-2. The MX-2 stuff is definitely better than MX-1 I...

DWells55@ - whats your ambient temperature ? that could make a big difference. The room my PC is in is probably about 18C at the moment (must get a thermometer sometime). Otherwise, you could try replacing the thermal paste. I tried a few and got the best results with AC MX-2. Also, I...

I'm guessing it is the VCore......My CPU is pretty voltage hungry. I need 1.43125V to get to 3.4GHz and 1.48750V to get to 3.552GHz (stable). But even with my CPU, I only need stock VCore for 3.2GHz. The other possibility is the RAM, although you're not overclocking the RAM that much. I'd...

Stewysb119 - Can you supply a bit more info ? I've had plenty of memory problems in the past, but I've now got everything stable. You say you overclocked to 3.0 but left the memory at 800. I don't think this is possible with this board, at least not if you've left the CPU multiplier at 8...

@Guyofpie - one thing worth trying is swapping the RAM modules around. I found that if for example I'm running in the yellow slots with the RAM modules in one position, I get errors. Swap them round and the errors disappear. Also, try the red slots and do the same (try with the modules in one...

Good News !! Those temps seems pretty good now. Using an AC7 Pro, I get Idle temps of about 31C and load of about 56C @3.552GHz, so I reckon you're good to go :) Talking about temps, I've been testing my replacement ballistix using memTest86+, particularly test 5 which is the one that seems...

@MaDMvD - Did you check the CPU fan speed with Speedfan to see if it changes (at idle and at load) between F8 and F9. I can't think of anything else that would cause the discrepancy......Also did TJunction stay the same in CoreTemp ? Can't see why that would change and you'd expect that to make...

@MaDMvD - Did you ever go back and try the earlier BIOS ? With the P35C BIOS, they changed the fan control after F4 so that the Fan runs a lot slower under PWM or Voltage control. Just wondering if they did the same thing with the P35 BIOS. Might explain the change in temps.

@Conjugal Visit - I could run the memory at a lower frequency with tighter timings, but previously I found I got better performance with a higher frequency and looser timings. I did a few tests a few pages back. You're probably right that the performance gain on everyday tasks is negligible, but...

Thanks for the tip ! I'll give it a go. I'd given up on BIOS versions later than F4 because they've messed with the fan control. If easytune works well, then it might be worth upgrading the BIOS and using easytune to control the fan. For my memory problems, after a bit of messing about with...

yep, I think I'll leave it running overnight with the working positions. Its done 36 passes on test 5 so far. The other way round, it fails on the 1st pass. I'll also give it a go in the failing positions with the timings set to auto. Good idea. I'll also try the latest BIOS, but the CPU...

Well, something odd going on with my replacement ballistix......... Stuck the 2 modules in the orange slots (2 x 1GB, ddr2 8500) and ran memTest86+ test 5. Got loads of errors. So swapped the modules round (still in the orange slots). No errors. Swapped them a couple of times (still in the...

@fausto412 - OK, I did my testing......seems that the VDimm voltage settings changed in F7, but in F8, they're back to what they were in F4, F5, F6. Here's the testing I did: Offset..........F4..............F7.............F8 +0.0.........2.02V.........1.89V.........2.02V...