OC help with DFI Lanparty Nf4 w/ AMD 3000+

[hatchiqqq]

Hi all,

I'm new to the overclocking scene and have been following many guides around the internet. I really appriciate any help you can give me. 🙂

Setup:
DFI Lanparty NF4 Ultra-d (latest bios)
AMD 3000+
1 gig Corsair XMS 3200C2PT
Antec TruePower 2.0 TP-II 430W
BFG 6600GT OC

So onto my problem 🙁
I set my fsb @ 215mhz, cpu multiplier 7x, htt 4x, ram 1:1 timing @ 2.5 3 3 10 (and other variations)

When overclocking my ram over ~215, I start getting hangs for ~4-5 seconds every 10 or so seconds while running 3DMark 01. I have tried upping my vdimm to 2.8 without any success. I have ran memtest for an hour @ 215mhz and there were no errors. The problem seems to be the ram since I can OC my system to 250mhz fsb with 5/6 divider and things run fine. Any ideas what might be causing this problem? Just bad ram?

Thanks in advance!

-Hatchiqqq

 

[SkiMaskWay]

You should be able to give more vots than 2.8 with that DFI mobo. Try that.

 

[hatchiqqq]

bump.

 

[CheesePoofs]

Test each stick of ram separately using memtest86.

 

[hatchiqqq]

Ok so I tried upping the vdimm to 2.9v and still got the problem. I tried each stick of memory and same thing. I'm starting to think that the Corsair XMS 3200C2PT is some POS memory. Anymore ideas of what might be the problem?

Thanks again.

-Hatchiqqq

 

[Rodamus]

Please post all of the GENIE Bios Settings here.

 

[hatchiqqq]

Genie Bios Settings:

FSB @ 215
LDT/FSB x4.0
LDT Bus Transfer Width 16 16
CPC/FsB Frequency Ratio x9
PCI Express 100mhz
Cool'n'Quiet Support Disabled

CPU VID Startup Value Auto
CPU VID Control 1.425
CPU VID Special Control Above VID * 104%
LDT Voltage Control 1.3v
Chip Set Voltage Control 1.6v
DRam Voltage Control 2.7v

MAX Lan Auto
MAC Media Interface Pin Strap
Machine MAC(NV) Address Disabled
Internal Phy SATA 1/2 Enabled
Internal Phy SATA 3/4 Enabled
VIA 1394 Control Enabled
Marvell Giga LAN Control Enabled

DRAM Frequency Set 200Mhz 1:1
Command Per Clock Disabled
CAS Latency Control 2.5
RAS# To CAS# delay 3
Min RAS# active time 8
Row precharge time 3
Everything else auto/default

Anything else you might need to know?

Thanks,

-Hatchiqqq

 

[Rodamus]

With Command Per Clock disabled, I think you're running at 2T. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

You might wanna try upping the Chip Set Voltage Control to 1.7V or 1.8V. I had problems OCing with 1.6V on that.

Rod

 

[ominus02]

DRAM Frequency Set 200Mhz 1:1
Command Per Clock Disabled
CAS Latency Control 2
RAS# To CAS# delay 2
Min RAS# active time 2
tras 6
also dram 2.7 is to low witht his board i had booting problems 2.8 or 2.9 is fine
and at first i had timings 2222 rofls worked perfect but i changed

 

[Maverick]

What chips do your ram use? If they're BH6 then you up the voltage to 3.4V (have to set a certain jumper on the DFI board to accomplish this).

If they're TCCD I would keep them considerably lower.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

I have this ram and it does not respond to voltage. To be completely flagrant about it I could never get this ram higher than 220 on any board I have put it in, this DFI NF4Ultra, the DFI NF3 or my old DFI NF2. None of them would post above 220 no matter what I set the voltage up to. And they aren't BH6 to my knowledge. I spent a bit of money and got some OCZ VX 3200 and have it stable at 245 2338 right now. If you insist upon trying wiht this ram head over to DFI-Street.com, there is an article on ram in teh 64-bit forums that will be of substantial help I am sure.