My initial OC results with P4S533, 1.6A NW and Corsair XMS 2700

[JTKGY]

Just got the board yesterday...
For those that have seen my ealier posts (Thugsrook?)... this is my 3rd mobo..
and I have to say that I am an absolute Asus fan now.
It is way more stable than the other two I got (Gigabyte 845D, Soyo Sis 645DX)!!

I could boot into windows fine with 157fsb with factory voltage and
4:5 ratio ddr ratio and spd timing (1.6a nw and corsaire xms)
However can't pass many prime95 tests... so I start lowering the fsb...
Now i'm stress testing it at 150fsb, 4:5, spd, 1.5v and 2.5v.


Now, some questions.
If I start win xp with more than 141fsb my NEC Zip 100 drive would not show up...
even though the motherboard recognize it just fine??
Also this motherboard doesn't have as much "oc knobs" as I imagine...
The DDR memory voltage is jumper based and there are no different AGP/PCI dividers?

 

[JTKGY]

Oh ya, forgot to mention.
P4S533 came with one 80pin IDE and 40pin IDE cable...

This is my setup...

Primary master (80pin): Maxtor 80G 740DX(?) 7200rpm
Primary slave: None

2nd master (40pin): Lite-On DVD 16x
2nd slave (40pin): NEC Zip 100 atapi


I tried putting the Zip on the primary slave... no show...
Any thoughts?

 

[DinoGucci]

dude tell me , did you just plug the cpu and video and it started with default settings?
tell me cuz i cant post on mine. i think i gotta a bad CPU.

 

[THUGSROOK]

JTKGY dont use "auto" for the drives - tell the bios what your HD, CDROMs, and zip disk are. if that dont work, use an 80 pin cable on the secondary IDE.
Prime95 will prolly require more voltage for vcore and mem.
Prime95 is not very fun - why not start with something lighter? like a game

 

[JTKGY]

<< dude tell me , did you just plug the cpu and video and it started with default settings?
tell me cuz i cant post on mine. i think i gotta a bad CPU. >>



a little more info?

i'm running... the devices i mentioned above...
i can run default vcore voltage at 150fsb and 4:5/spd/2.5v memory for a while.. like
2 hours on prime95 before it dies...

 

[JTKGY]

<< JTKGY dont use "auto" for the drives - tell the bios what your HD, CDROMs, and zip disk are. if that dont work, use an 80 pin cable on the secondary IDE.
Prime95 will prolly require more voltage for vcore and mem.
Prime95 is not very fun - why not start with something lighter? like a game >>



Let me try that...
But how would the 80pins help though?.. both are old devices?

Ya... I could run sandra ok at 158fsb hehehe... but can't even pass the first prime95 test..

 

[JTKGY]

Ok.. tried pretty much everything... no luck..

These are the things I tried..

Putting on 80pins IDE cable to chain Lite-On the NEC Zip.
80pins with NEC Zip on master (of 2nd) and Lite-On slave.
80pins with just NEC Zip on master.
Changing the jumpers on NEC to switch it between floppy or ATAPI mode...


Anyways... putting everything back.. I'll just live w/o the zip for now.

 

[THUGSROOK]

try a real iomega or panasonic zip drive - its prolly just the brand, ive seen NECs do that before.

 

[Jarhead]

You should go into your BIOS and set your secondary IDE to DMA 0 or PIO 0 instead of auto, and if that works, work your way up.

 

[DinoGucci]

<<

<< dude tell me , did you just plug the cpu and video and it started with default settings?
tell me cuz i cant post on mine. i think i gotta a bad CPU. >>



a little more info?

i'm running... the devices i mentioned above...
i can run default vcore voltage at 150fsb and 4:5/spd/2.5v memory for a while.. like
2 hours on prime95 before it dies... >>



hah no no read my post again. did you change any jumpers (cpu or voltage or anything onboard) to boot the first time? or you just pluged in your cpu heatsink and v card and started it up? blah

 

[somtoja11]

so how your P4S533 goes ? i´m going to get board and 1.8A and I´m thinking
about P4S533 or P4B266-C.

must tel that im wery interested in P4S533 but want to reach 166FSB.

And THUGSROOK do not that board (and he´s like overclocking God for me) so
I respect his oppinion. But he does not tried this board. So i don´t know

what is your experience with it ? is the board limiting you o is it PSU
or memory ?

does it (p4s533) suports 1.8+ V ?