Heh, ANOTHER WC Question.

[Balthazar]

Ok, so koolance shipped me a replacement Exos 2 and I FINALLY got it yesterday. Now here is the odd part.

With the old one I could not run above stock speed without issues (A64 3000+ 2.0Ghz stock) and the temperatures shown by nvtune's monitor application seemed to concur with that, it was running a few degrees warmer than the Alpha HSF I had on it previously.

So I hooked the new one up, temps are the same, wont go below 96f. However what I was told was that nvtune uses the on-chip diode for its thermal readings. Is this not true? (I have an MSI K8N Neo Plat. skt. 754 with aforementioned A64)

The reason I ask is because before I called them up and screamed at them I wanted to make sure. So I started overclocking in windows with ClockGen. I got 2.4Ghz to run no problem, but 2.45 BSOD'd and the system wouldnt boot with 2.4Ghz, 2.35Ghz was fine though. Now the funny part is that when I started overclocking, there was NO difference in CPU temps (I started Prime95 and then went up in 50mhz increments) from 2.0 up to 2.35

So I'm thinking maybe someone misled me when they said it was reading off the diode and its actually reading off the motherboard sensor?

Also, is 2.35Ghz likely my REAL top end for a 2.0 NewCastle A64? That doesn't seem like much, all things considered, but I am willing to accept that Imight have just gotten a poor overclocker.

Thanks for any input.

 

[MisterChief]

Someone should sticky a thread with WC FAQ's😎

 

[Balthazar]

I looked and didnt see anything, I'm kinda sick though so did my fever addled brain miss something obvious?

 

[Sp33d]

It's possible that the cooling system automatically adjusts to keep the same temp. Also, lowering the multi and raising the FSB in the BIOS might give you higher overclocks.

 

[Balthazar]

Originally posted by: Sp33d
It's possible that the cooling system automatically adjusts to keep the same temp. Also, lowering the multi and raising the FSB in the BIOS might give you higher overclocks.

I will admit I don't know alot about A64 overclocking (my understanding is there are alot of factors) but how does this work? Won't lowering the multi and raising the FSB overclock everything BUT the CPU?