An announcement for the SL-K8TPro-939 review by Mr. Fink

[Sykofanten]

http://forums.amd.com/index.ph...wtopic=16093&st=70

read it carefully and u'd notice others have the same problem as I... someone actually says the k8t800 has the same problem...

 

[Kabob]

rocketman14

I have no clue how the PDP memory overclocks, but I wouldn't think it'd be anything spectacular. It might be able to hit 250MHz, but I wouldn't count on it...

As for the PSU, I'd go with the Enermax Noisetaker and the Super Lanboy. Despite the fact that the other two PSU's are Antec, they may have weakish 12v rails, and depending on the video card you use it might not be quite enough.

 

[rocketman14]

wats the cheapest ram i can get to reach 250? also, is anyone else having the temp problem that sykofanten is having?

 

[LydiAtSoltek]

Hi Sykofanten,
We are sorry that we didn't explain what "CPU Die" and "RT1" stand for in the manual.
Here are the meanings for these 2 terms:
"CPU Die": CPU Internal Temp.
and "RT1" System Temp.

Here we would like to clarify that it is reasonable the "CPU Internal Temp." is much higher than "CPU External Temp." or "RT1". It's just like the engine of a car: if you touch the hood of the car, you will not feel it is hot. However, if you lift up the hood, you will find the car engine is too hot to touch with!! So you can look the "CPU Internal Temp." as the temperature inside the car engine while the "CPU External Temp." as the temperature of the car's hood. Then you will understand why there is such a big difference between the "CPU Internal Temp." and "RT1".

Thanks and regards,

 

[Kabob]

rocketman,

Do what I did, just buy some PC4000 (Kingmax Hardcore is actually pretty sweet. Check out Anandtech's review) That way when you overclock to 250MHz, your RAM is running at it's stock speed. Otherwise you'll be looking at performance PC3200 or PC3500/PC3700 memory to hit 250MHz.

Just my thoughts.

 

[elocal]

I am at 250 with PC2700, BUT running with the divider (setting the ram speed to 133 so the with the overclock I get about 163). Tonight I will be aplying the arctic silver 5 to see if this thing cools down and I can overclock some more, if I stably reach 265 I break the stable record, right ?

The performance problems I was having, is actually that I workingly benchmarked the stuff I was comparing my current speeds to the ones before, so is all good now. I will be getting GeForce Ti 6600GT to make this thing fly, maybe some good 2 sticks of PC3200+ ram for dual channel later.

later.//

 

[rocketman14]

elocal.......do u like the enermax power supply you have....also, why r u running your ram at 133......arent u supposed to run the ram 1:1 with the fsb.......so shouldnt you make your ram run at 250.....im new to overclocking so maybe im not understanding things right

 

[ChineseDemocracyGNR]

His RAM is PC2700 (DDR333), it would likely not work at 250MHz (DDR500). So he uses a divider to keep the memory frequency at an acceptable level and still be able to overclock the processor.

 

[ChineseDemocracyGNR]

Lydi,

do you know when the SL-K890Pro-939 is going to be available?
http://www.soltek.de/soltek/pr...isbn_st=SL-K890Pro-939

 

[rocketman14]

thanks.....he also mentions his processor is running hot at 250......wat r normal temps for 250 fsb......wat do u use to measure the temp

 

[elocal]

Yeah, I like my enermax bery much, stable rails, and around 30 amps in the 12volt rail that would nicely run a High-End graphics card and all,. Enermax also has very nice reviews and the price is also very good. I recommend it to you.

To measure the temps I am using "SpeedFan". Talking about temperatures I just switched the thermal compound and am getting 62c, before I was getting 60c...

Before applying, I cleaned the CPU and the Heatsink with 91% alcohol and put around 2 rice grains of Arctic Silver 5... I read there was a break-in period the you have to wait (turning the computer off at times to let it cool at room temperature) in which the temps can lower from 2 to 5 degrees, so lets hope this thing cools down. I cant believe I am getting higher temps with an supposedly "Higher Quality than stock" thermal paste. Any tips???

I seriously hope this egg fryer cools down so that I can do some more overclock...

EDIT1: [The temps I put above are LOAD (Prime95) temps]

 

[rocketman14]

kabob983.....thanks for the suggestion.....i think thats the cheapest way for me to get 1:1.....wat timings are you running? is it stable at 1T? how much voltage are you using?

 

[Kabob]

rocketman,

I can't tell you ATM what my timings are, but I know that last time it was running, my voltage was at stock (2.5v I believe) at 235MHz. My computer doesn't have a motherboard ATM, and I'm about 300 miles away from my machine as well (home for Christmas, yaaaaaaaay!!!)

It should run @ 200MHz doing 2-2-2-X, but I'm unsure of what the timings look at 250MHz. Look at Anandtech's review of the memory, as it will likely tell you.

It runs pretty well, and AAT loved it, so check it out

 

[ocapella]

I am having problems similar to the ones you had Kabob. I had to RMA my first K8TPro due a C1 error that wouldn't clear.

I was excited to get a new one only to run into more problems. I installed a hard drive that already had an OS, upon boot it said no bios loaded, but could boot in safe mode. Anyway I deleted the partition and tried to install windows xp. The initial drivers load then it says loading windows and crashes every time. Error 0X0000067B then a bunch of other crap. Heck I can't even flash the bios sucessfully after typing awdflash K8T93913.bin /sn/py/cc it goes to the next screen and says please wait then does nothing, it should say "wait indefinitely". I use a win 98 boot disk then insert a disk with the two files from their website.

I've never had so many problems with a motherboard. From what I gather there is a comm error between my hardrive and xp. Does anyone know if the bios update will fix this???? I'm about to give up and just get a different mobo. I tried multiple hard drives and every other thing I could think of. Any recommendations would be a appreciated.

 

[elocal]

Originally posted by: elocal
Yeah, I like my enermax bery much, stable rails, and around 30 amps in the 12volt rail that would nicely run a High-End graphics card and all,. Enermax also has very nice reviews and the price is also very good. I recommend it to you.

To measure the temps I am using "SpeedFan". Talking about temperatures I just switched the thermal compound and am getting 62c, before I was getting 60c...

Before applying, I cleaned the CPU and the Heatsink with 91% alcohol and put around 2 rice grains of Arctic Silver 5... I read there was a break-in period the you have to wait (turning the computer off at times to let it cool at room temperature) in which the temps can lower from 2 to 5 degrees, so lets hope this thing cools down. I cant believe I am getting higher temps with an supposedly "Higher Quality than stock" thermal paste. Any tips???

I seriously hope this egg fryer cools down so that I can do some more overclock...

EDIT1: [The temps I put above are LOAD (Prime95) temps]

I reapplied AS5, this time less paste, and now I am getting lower temps, not too much of a difference from the stock paste, but I guess is good now. I might try some more overclocking if time lets me...

 

[totallo]

Ok I've flipped through the manual and looked through the bios and I have a question. Is the pci/agp lock on at all times or does it need to be toggled? I havn't seen anything at all or maybe I'm just overlooking it and it's just worded differently.

 

[elocal]

It is enabled by default. Go to "Frequence/Voltage Control" and check that "PCI Clock Auto Detection" and "Async AGP/PCI clock" are enabled. One if this is the PCI/AGP Lock, I guess it will be the Async AGP/PCI clock, but it does not hurt to enable the otherone also.

 

[Zero1]

Lydi - i upgraded to your new hwMon just to find it stayed locked at 18 cpu temp- wich is incorrect, but older vertion works ok. I was wondering about ram.. if i have DDR500 how safe would it be to attempt to reach 250 fsb? also anyone who knows- when OC ing should i drop the X then up the fsb? i know a lots about computers, but this bios is kinda tricky

:Just to note: my pc runs at CPU die: 37 and RT1: 22
rembering thats celcius and meltdown is 70 C = 158 F

 

[rocketman14]

anybody have any temp issues with this board

 

[LydiAtSoltek]

Hi ChineseDemocracyGNR,
If everything goes well, the SL-K890Pro-939 will be available on NewEgg around the 2nd week of January!!

Ocapella,
I wonder all the problems may be resulted from the RAM incompatibility if the second M/B does not fix them. You can just update the BIOS to the latest version W1.3 to see if it helps.

Zero1,
Sorry, the new HM is NOT supported by the SL-K8TPro-939. So you have to install the one in the Soltek Support CD to your system.
Regarding OC, since you have the DDR500 RAMs, you can drop the X then up the fsb to 250MHz to run the ram 1:1 with the fsb.

Thanks and regards,

 

[jackeyzhao]

Hi Lydi

Does the SL-K8TPro-939 has a software that can update bios within windows?

 

[Zero1]

Does the SL-K8TPro-939 has a software that can update bios within windows?



^ as far as i know this is not posable, has this even ever been done? - the sl-k8tpro-939 i run dose not supprot any such thing. GREAT MOBO though

 

[elocal]

Originally posted by: Zero1
Lydi - i upgraded to your new hwMon just to find it stayed locked at 18 cpu temp- wich is incorrect, but older vertion works ok. I was wondering about ram.. if i have DDR500 how safe would it be to attempt to reach 250 fsb? also anyone who knows- when OC ing should i drop the X then up the fsb? i know a lots about computers, but this bios is kinda tricky

:Just to note: my pc runs at CPU die: 37 and RT1: 22
rembering thats celcius and meltdown is 70 C = 158 F

Damn, I am reaching 66 C with SpeedFan and 69 C with Solken Monitor. Arctic Silver hasn't done nothing yet . I hope this CPU does not melts down...

 

[LydiAtSoltek]

Sorry, Jackeyzhao.
As Zero1 stated, there is no such an utility to update bios within windows for the SL-K8TPro-939 at present.

Elocal,
I think you don't have to worry about the temperature because it is acceptable for a 939 CPU. So it won't melt down

Thanks and regards,

 

[Sykofanten]

elocal and Zero1 im reaching 74 so far and 49 in idle. I've got the best coolers, paste and I know what im doing...

the mb shows wrong temp - dont worry.

The cpu arent really that hot, because then it should meltdown and the air surrounding the cpu arent even hot... believe me you'd feel if the cpu was 60-70

mine gets 74 so far with 2 sides off... above 80 with the sides on

and like yours its a winchester 90nm (3500+)

with the new hwminitor I get stable 18 in die instead of the 49 i get at idle and with the new one it doesnt matter if its idle or load - it really sux that soltek cant make a decent cpu temp monitor utility and the bios cant be fixed to show normal temp.