11 x 200 but not 9 x 200?

[Outlawv6]

Like the subject says, my system won't even post when I set the multiplier anywhere from 9 to 10.5 My DLT3C (or DL3TC, I don't remember the order, just that it was a 1.5 V 1700XP) JUIHB runs nice and stable at 1.5 volts and 2200 Mhz. The temps are right around 34 degrees C during benchmarking/stress testing.

I'm wondering why you folks think that it won't POST or anything when using a lower multiplier. I hear the fan speeds adjust (the chassis fans are motherboard controled) and it almost sounds like it is starting normally, except the monitor says it has no signal.

I'm using an Asus A7N8X Deluxe, 1 512Mb Corsair 3200LL ("Optimal" Timings of 2 2 3 6 wherever asus/corsair thought it best to put them), Antec true power 480 watt power supply, 80gig HD, Plextor burner, and an ATI 9800. It's all in an Antec 1080 with 4 fans, with an Alpha PAL 8045 cooling the processor. The proc fan is running at about 4000rpm.

thanks
Mike


Edit: forgot to mention the memory. And somebody might want to know timings.

 

[Spike]

will it post at any multiplier other than 11? I am reading that the newer bartons are locked in terms of the multiplier and short of modding them or doing some sort of trick that makes the mobo think it is a mobile version you have to just change the fsb. If you can change the multiplier upwards or downwards just fine (try 11.5 or 10.5) then I am not sure, but if none of those work then you probably got an unlocked cpu. Hope that helps

-spike


EDIT* just saw your "tried at 10.5", try the 11.5 just in case. On a side note do you like your Alpha hsf? I use the same one with a ys-tech fan but my temps have always been high (usually mid 40's idle and upper 40's/low 50's full load.

 

[Outlawv6]

Yes, it will work at lower mulitpliers. 8 and 8.5 work alright, though I've been spoiled by having it at 13.5 x 166 (roughly 2.0Ghz) and 2200 seems too high to me. It does post at 11.5 (2300Mhz) but it will reboot every so often on stock voltage. I don't want to give it too much juice, so I dropped it back to 2.2 Ghz

I really like my Alpha heatsink. I'm using it with a Thermaltake Smart Fan II and adjust the speed to what isn't obnoxious. Usually around the high 3xxx's keep it cool and keep it quiet enough. It's been great since I never have to worry about the heat. In the summer in California the nominal air temps were around 100 F and the proc never got about 120 F (I did scale it back a bit). I have the fan pointed to pull air through the heat sink and away, then another fan to pull that air out of the case. If you have your fan pointed at the heatsink, that might change how well it works. I tried both ways and having the fan point away seemed to keep it cooler.

Thanks for the reply.

Mike

 

[Spike]

sorry about that, my one suggestion was shot... I need to learn some more about these cpu's...

I also have my fan pulling air away from the cpu, though my out fans are in the back and top of my case. I have an intake fan on the side but I measure and it should be pushing air in without too much interfearence as it is to the side and lower than my cpu fan. Even in the summer in Spokane, WA where we had 4 weeks of 98 f normal temp days (no ac in my house and I was on the top floor) my processor (old 1800+) never got higher than 54 c(full load). The confusing part is that EXACT same setup never got below 49c (full load) in the middle of winter when the temps got as low as -5 outside. Ah well, I guess "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"

-spike

P.S. good luck on that multiplier problem, sorry again I was not able to help

 

[myocardia]

Hey, Outlaw, what's the problem? 11x200 is by far the preferred setup for an Athlon, no matter which processor you have. How could it be "too fast"? Were you getting things done too quickly?

 

[Outlawv6]

Not really too fast, and I don't really know why I'm worried about it. I guess it's more that I'm worried that there is a problem not letting me set the multiplier lower, not that there is a need to set it lower. I like this speed alright, I'm just curious why it won't run at say 2100Mhz.

Anybody else got any ideas?

 

[edmundoab]

im positive that at 13.5 X 166,
you wont even need to bump your Vcore or Ram Voltage for a t-bred 2100+

as for a barton 2500+ I've read so many people doing a 200 X 11, with stock voltage.