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

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X2C

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My memory will continue with these timmings stable up to 270MHz but needs 2.9v so my memory is not the problem.
Every time I try and go high with the FSB on all 3 CPUs that I've had it just wont do it :(
 

CraigRT

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Originally posted by: X2C
Well forget that.
I cant run clocked at all now (might have broken something?)
I have to run at stock or Im not prime95 stable

POS!!

so sad you cant' overclock, it's a gamble, and it's not what you pay for.

the Soltek fanbase does not want a moron like you with us anyways, see ya!
 

dashiki

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ouch them are some tough words. Although oc'ing is hit or miss and even if you change boards it doesnt mean you fair any better than you are now.

maybe its the pcb version thats the issue I have kd and running stable @ 2.6 I wish my memory would clock higher but it's not worth the money for the upgrade in my eyes I'll wait for my next systm and ddr2 or whatever it is then.

it might be soon I'm liking what I see in the new nforce prof. dual chipset that would be a kick ass system.
 

X2C

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Yeah it is hit or miss. After trying 3 CPUs I have to say its the board :(
Maybe your right and the KD version is better but for now I'm staying with it untill I can change all my parts at once.
 

dashiki

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what is your agp voltage set to? you may be able to run a little more stable if you up that to 2.7 or 2.8 pushing more power through the NB. I have read throughout these forums that 2.7 is the max these chips have been running stable so if you can run at all near that you have a good oc 33% is a high oc ratio most intels only give you 20%
 

dashiki

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v726/keithmckeone/cpu-2750.bmp

NEW Record Prime stable and fast as all hell I may need to think about watercooling because I think I may push it higher. Lydi please get these temps fixed!!!

settings

htt 275 x 10
ldt 400
mem 100 (haven't pushed this yet that's my next task along with trying ldt @600 )
Vagp 1.7
2.5 Select @ 2.6v

very exciting I think the extra voltage through the Northbridge brought the OC to the next level. I was reading about it on a thread for my other computer a p4c800 and they said more Vagp made it a more stable oc

X2C you should try this.
 

X2C

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Well I tried and it didnt work :(
Even 250x9 that is only 50MHz over stock and it still wouldnt post :(

I'm just trying 232x11 now to see if thats stable
 

dashiki

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have you tried dropping your memory to at least take it out of the equation 1:1 mem doesn't have a real world benefit right now anyway so if you drop it down and push the fsb you should be good to go. I don't see much of a reason that you wouldn't be able to OC at all because the board can oc fine but the chips are usually the issue. drop your vcore to 1.5 and drop the mem to 133 and give it a shot you may be surprised at what you can get. I had an issue with running my ddr500 @1:1 it wouldnt post after 225mhz but with a divider I can now push it to 275 ran prime all night with no errors.
 

xeizo

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dashiki is probably right, remember that this is a dual-channel board and has loads of memory bandwith "by default". It is not as important to clock the memory as with a single-channel board.

Compare to videocards where a 6600GT with memory at 1100MHz has much worse bandwith than a 6800 running at 700MHz. But 6800 has a 256-bit bus.
 

X2C

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Yeah I did drop the Memory just to take it out of the picture and it didnt work.
I sold the CPU last night and another one is about to be ordered. I might try another 3200+
 

rocketman14

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does anyone else have the problem of sandra saying the memory is running single channel and at 2t even though its set to 1t
 

LydiAtSoltek

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Hi Unaimed,
According to our R&D engineer, the SL-K8TPro-939 does not allow you to adjust "Northbridge Voltage" due to the limit of hardware design. So it can't be achieved by BIOS revision.
Sorry!

Dashiki,
Sorry I don't understand what you meant by "get these temps fixed" in the post as folows:
"NEW Record Prime stable and fast as all hell I may need to think about watercooling because I think I may push it higher. Lydi please get these temps fixed!!!"
Could you please explain more clear what the problem is?

Thanks and regards,
 

LydiAtSoltek

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Hi Rocketman14,
Could you please inform me by which module of Sandra you applied to check the memory? And what version is the SiSoft Sandra?

Thanks and regards,
 

dashiki

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Lydi the temp readings on this board are wrong according to the soltek hm at stock speeds this board idle at 60c with an ambient of 20c thats about 40c over the actual reading of a 90nm a64 3200+

I have used Sandra, Everst and the Soltek HM and they all put out a different reading. You said that they fixed the temp issue with the new bios I have 1.4 installed and the issue is stil here.
 

rocketman14

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Hi Lydia,
I have SiSoftware Sandra Lite 2005.SR1. I used memory bandwidth benchmark under bench marking modules. I haven't overclocked yet and i don't know how much of an issue the memory situation is, but overall i've had no problems with this board and think it's great.

i was just doing some tests with sandra, is it true that only one of the usb controllers are 2.0 and the rest are 1.1?
 

punkitup

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Originally posted by: dashiki
Lydi the temp readings on this board are wrong according to the soltek hm at stock speeds this board idle at 60c with an ambient of 20c thats about 40c over the actual reading of a 90nm a64 3200+.

How could a reading of 60C be 40-degrees higher then the actual physical temperature if the ambient is 20C; that would mean an actual temperature equal to ambient, or in other words perfect thermal efficiency? If this is a typo you might want to fix it or she will misunderstand.

By the way I haven?t had time to get back to playing with the system I have the motherboard in, can anyone tell me did the latest BIOS revision remove the ?5V reading as was indicated it would?

Peace
James
 

dashiki

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1.4 didn't seem to change too much. please don't get into a semantic war on my previous post there is an issue with the temps leave it at that.