- Oct 9, 1999
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A few months ago I built my new system (see sig) on the advice and posts from everybody on this board. Thanks to everybody.
A few days ago my system gave the 1 long 3 short beeps and would not post.
I had to clear the CMOS and pull a stick of memory to get it going.
Then I simply could not get back to the stable overclock I had. Once I was in Windows it was solid but it would fail on post 4 out of 5 times. I tried a million different things but just couldn't get it happening.
For a few days I was running stock settings because I got tired of fiddling around. And let me tell you there is a difference from 2.13 to 3.2! It was like somebody put the brakes on my system. Just little things like opening applications, switching apps, opening new web tabs, all the little things were just a bit slower. Just a bit, but noticeable.
So I took a chance and updated the BIOS from 614 to 1004, the latest BIOS for my board.
Well I have to say this made a HUGE difference. At this point every setting I've tried has worked. I'm where I was at before but with the chipset and memory voltages lower.
It's just my experience but the 1004 BIOS is a winner in my book.
------------------------------UPDATE-------------------------------------
Since I upgraded the BIOS on 1/30 I have not had one single problem with my system.
I know some guys were concerned about electron mitigation so I just wanted to update this thread and let everyone know everything is still fine over 2 months later. Vcore is still set at 1.35 in BIOS, actual is 1.288 idle and a little lower under load.
A few days ago my system gave the 1 long 3 short beeps and would not post.
I had to clear the CMOS and pull a stick of memory to get it going.
Then I simply could not get back to the stable overclock I had. Once I was in Windows it was solid but it would fail on post 4 out of 5 times. I tried a million different things but just couldn't get it happening.
For a few days I was running stock settings because I got tired of fiddling around. And let me tell you there is a difference from 2.13 to 3.2! It was like somebody put the brakes on my system. Just little things like opening applications, switching apps, opening new web tabs, all the little things were just a bit slower. Just a bit, but noticeable.
So I took a chance and updated the BIOS from 614 to 1004, the latest BIOS for my board.
Well I have to say this made a HUGE difference. At this point every setting I've tried has worked. I'm where I was at before but with the chipset and memory voltages lower.
It's just my experience but the 1004 BIOS is a winner in my book.
------------------------------UPDATE-------------------------------------
Since I upgraded the BIOS on 1/30 I have not had one single problem with my system.
I know some guys were concerned about electron mitigation so I just wanted to update this thread and let everyone know everything is still fine over 2 months later. Vcore is still set at 1.35 in BIOS, actual is 1.288 idle and a little lower under load.