Can anyone help a guy out w/ some questions

[krevo]

Well...


After searching for some cheap stuff to test out not only S939, but also PCI-E and SLI...I decided to get this NEO4 from work. Ofcourse I got it at cost, and it's completely returnable, but for some reason I'm coming to the same dead end with it for a week now.




I just read on newegg, in a review for the MSI neo4 about not being able to take the FSB over 220. I'm now starting to have questions because I've had an issue w/ no boot after 219 FSB. Does anyone here have any idea why in the world a perfectly good board running a 3000+ @ 1.8ghz stock wouldn't let me get the speed above 1.9ghz. I was easily capable of taking the MSI Neo2 939 board I got at first well above 230 at stock vcore/htt etc.

The only reason I exchanged it was that I got a 6600GT (used) at work in a trade for 100 bucks.



Why in the hell won't this board let myself (and countless others) get the FSB past 219.

From a newegg review of the Platinum/Ultra version of this board, which most here know is not at different from the standard chipset board. A tech at work and I went through the process of modding a NEO4-F board for SLI/SATAII and it worked well. (another reason I bought it)

Reviews:

N/A,4/11/2005 3:26:03 PM
Good board with lots of features. Doesn't overclock in the BIOS over 119 with my winchester core though.

N/A,3/19/2005 7:50:26 PM
Stable at stock but don't overclock more than 220Mhz via BIOS. Very good extras however.





I'm running a 3000+ Winchester, 512 Mushkin Enhanced, 350w Antec w/ plenty of cooling in my TT Tsunami Dream and Zalman 7000BCu.


Any ideas? Thanks in advance...

 

[krevo]

Does a 20pin instead of 24pin PSU have anything to do with this?

 

[krevo]

*crickets*



































Anyone?

 

[krevo]

well...i guess not....


do you have to have a thousand posts and a bunch of stars next to your name to get a response at this site?

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Did you try lowering the HT multiplier, using a divider to take the ram out of the mix, made certain the +12v is strong and steady, all the usual stuff? For board specific info try posting in the MSI forum@nForcersHQ.com, our MSI mod also mods for MSI's support forums and knows their boards very well, HTH

 

[Pr0d1gy]

No, but it doesn't help that you're double posting & whining at people for an answer. The reason nobody is responding is nobody knows honestly. Most of us Have Neo2 Platinum, Neo4 Platinum, or SLI mobos from MSi. I have never heard of the Neo-F and I could only guess it sucks if you're the only person who has it. That said, your questions might get a better answer if you Google MSI HQ forums.

 

[beany323]

Originally posted by: krevo
well...i guess not....


do you have to have a thousand posts and a bunch of stars next to your name to get a response at this site?

lol look at mine:

<---- not even close and they have been here for me since day 1 with allot of stupid questions..sheesh!

(hey where is my star damnit(

 

[DAPUNISHER]

LOL, you guys are so defensive Sunday is a sloooow day 'round here, that's all.

 

[imported_michaelpatrick33]

No overclock beyond 219 possible causes

HTT still set at 220 x 5 (won't work for vast majority of boards) instead of 220 up to 250 x 4
PCI bus not locked for some odd reason (hardrive out of spec)
Memory timings too tight for this motherboard
PSU, having problems with increased rail output
CPU overheating (not likely at only a 100mghtrz increase but ...)
Motherboard limitation (bios or hardware problem)

 

[Pr0d1gy]

Yeah make sure your hard drive is plugged into port 3 or 4 if it's SATA & make sure your memory is in slots 1&2 or 3&4 if it is dual channel.

 

[krevo]

THANK YOU!!!


God...sorry if what I did is considered double posting....I'm just very new to OC'ing 64's. I've got my ol' tbred and barton xp's pushing almost 700mhz oc'd without a hitch in either for years now.



Has anyone here considered the NEO4 (standard chipset) mod to SATAII and SLI. I heard it basically unlocks the chip as an ultra. Wondering if that would help my problem.


Thanks again, and sorry about the impatient posts. Just worried that I might have to scrap this whole system a week after I finally got the damn thing built.

 

[Ike0069]

Have you checked the HTT setting? If not, lower it to 4 and see if that helps. That should be the first thing you check.