Settings for DFI Ultra-D MB

[pshooper]

I am setting up a new computer system with the following parts:

Cooler Master Wave Master Case
OCZ Powerstream 520w
DFI Lanparty Ultra-D MB
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Manchester CPU
4 512 MB OCZ PC-4000 Dual Channel Gold VX (total 2GB)
XFX Gforce 6600GT Video Card
2 WD Raptor WD740GD SATA Hard Drives
NEC ND-3540A DVD Burner
Creative Audigy2ZS Sound Card
Windows XP 2002 SP2

Updated the BIOS to the 6/23/2005 version.

I assembled the PC with the two SATA drives connected to SATA1 and SATA2 on the MB. I seem to recall reading somewhere that overclocking was better with the drives connected to SATA3 and SATA4. Is this true?

I want to overclock this system once I have it running properly at stock speeds. Can someone suggest the best settings for a good stable overclock. I don't want to run it on the edge, but I want to get as much as I can while keeping it good and stable.

Thanks.

 

[stevty2889]

Doesn't matter what SATA ports you use on that board, they are all locked. My OC was the same even with 3 of the 4 SATA ports being used. I have my 4200+ @2.618ghz. Just make sure you set the LDT multiplier to 4 for FSB between 200 and 250, 3x if you go past 350. I've also noticed that with 4 sticks of ram, I have to use a lower ram divider to keep my OC stable, even if the ram is running far below rated speed.

 

[pshooper]

Well, I've gotten the system to run one pair of OCZ modules at 218 MHz, DRAM 2.60 volts with 2-3-3-8 1T without errors in memtest86+, but I cannot get the fours sticks to run without getting memtest86+ test 5 errors at any speed. What is the ram divider you were speaking of, Stevty2889?

 

[rise]

bump that vdimm up to 2.7-2.8v.

edit -oh jeesh thats the vx. you need more volts than that man. its pc4000. you should be good up to 250mhz stock timings and volts.

i don't use vx but some of the others can help you with that i'm sure but even my tcc5 or infineon i run above 2.6v.

edit edit- check out the ocz support thread in cpu and the ocz boys will hook you up.

 

[pshooper]

Yeah, I've tried every voltage from 2.6 to 3.2 and 2-2-2-6 timings at FSB 200 and 218. It always fails 95% of the way through memtest86+ test #5. Solid red. And that was even when I took out all but one 512 MB module. This is no fun. I can't even get it to run at its rated minimums. I wonder if there could be problems with something else. I've built hundreds of computers (really!) so I think it is put together correctly. One thing I noticed was that the Ultra-D didn't want to run with only three sticks in it. One, two or four were fine, but three, no boot. Anyone else have that happen? So what now?

 

[vanvock]

Make sure all 4 power plugs on MB are hooked up. 4 sticks = 2T.

 

[pshooper]

I have the 24 pin ATX power hooked up (not just the 20 pins, my OCZ PS can be 20 or 24) I have the 4 pin +12v next to the ATX connector hooked up and I have the 5v/12v connector near the video card hooked up to. I wasn't sure if I should hook them all up, but I did and there was no smoke, this is correct then?

Yep 2T. But not happy yet. Trying a different BIOS next.