Help, im going nutts!!

[DirtyHero]

ok my set up is below, with the exception of a 200Gb seagate IDE hdd which im useing at the moment with the problems im haveing!

Am i doing anything wrong? im new to the 64 only rally played with xp chips in the past!

I can NOT get my system to run stable at anything above 215 FSB, settings are:

Max Mem clocks - tryed 166 - 200 - auto

High Performance - manual
Aggressive timings - disabled
Dynamic Overclock - disabled
Spread Spectrum - disabled
HT Frequency- 4x
Cool n Quiet - disabled
Adjust CPU Ratio - Startup also tryed 9x
Adjust FSB Frequency - only get upto 215 stable
Adjust AGP Frequency - 66
CPU Voltage - Default
Memory Voltage - Default and also tryed 2.7
AGP Voltage - default

Forgot to mention ram is in green 1 and purple 1 as its double sided, i think thats right ????? or could this be my problem...

This is really peeeing me off my CPU temp is showing @ 28C to 32C

Any suggestions would be more then welcome!! cheers guys...

 

[Stormgiant]

Try to set AGP to 67 instead of 66.

Older BIOS didn't block the AGP/PCI when set to 66.

 

[Duvie]

Set agp frequency to 67...it may not be locking....You need I believe bios 1.3 or newer to get that fixed...


I would flash to bios 1.36 or 1.37mod to start with....

I would set the cpu to 1.5v since it undervolts severely...probably actually be 1.43v...
I would set agp to 1.6v
I would set vdimm to 2.7v

Ram I would set to 166 for now with cas 2.5,4,4,10 timings....very safe timings

Also possible known issues with Neo or True power supplies...cant remember which but I remember reading about one of them....

 

[Duvie]

Actually your system is acting like mine did out of the gate without a bios flash cause it was like shiped with 1.1 or 1.2 version....It wouldn't post past 220 and I sure was not stable there....Ultimately it does up to 300fsb tested...

 

[DirtyHero]

Duvie, board came with 1.3bios and flashed it to 1.4 ( i think ) well latest MSi Live one!
Change the seagate for a old 60gb maxtor i had laying round and now your settings work :/
Wierd board, but none the less a BIG thanks to you for all ya help
Im now currently sitting on x9 multi and 250FSB 2.25GHz .... thats a lot better then i was @ half hour ago
lol ok now let the fun begin will keep ya informed if it does anything funky or just blows up in me face

Cheers bud and well done with your system btw is it a win or ncle core you are useing ?

 

[Duvie]

Its a Winchester!!!

 

[PClark99]

the board can be a bit temperamental with winchesters and there are some issues with RAM too.

Glad you got it ironed out.