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T-Bred "B" 1700+ overclocking thread

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Originally posted by: rommelrommel
Yeah, I've tried everything but a different multiplier. I'm kinda waiting for a BIOS update that will unlock the higher multipliers. I think I'll go see what my FSB limit is with a lower multiplier.
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yah
see if you can get 200fsb (you were raelly clsoe lol)

remember to shoot me a pm or email when ur done testing, so i can get one of those off ya 🙂
 
Originally posted by: ChampionAtTufshop
Originally posted by: Su1c1da1
My chip is at 12x166=2ghz at 1.8core shows 1.84 on sisoft, my temp is only top out at 37.5C... yet I can't seem to push it more.... arrrgghh im waiting for my cash to come in so i can get that a7n8x deluxe......
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same stepping? (H instead of C?)
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no unfortunately its a C
 
Hrmm... seems to not like really high FSB's... and I backed the ram timings off big time. Now I really want the higher multipliers so I can try some lower FSB's and see what I can achieve.

Kinda stupid, but 200 x 6.5 works 🙁
 
Originally posted by: rommelrommel
Hrmm... seems to not like really high FSB's... and I backed the ram timings off big time. Now I really want the higher multipliers so I can try some lower FSB's and see what I can achieve.

Kinda stupid, but 200 x 6.5 works 🙁
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lol

guess 200 isnt a reality?
(did you pump up vcore and vdimm to max just to see? and if you can Vagp?)
 
Originally posted by: ChampionAtTufshop
well it does have agp lock, and pci is calculated as agp/2.....so id say its pretty safe to assume it has pci lock as well?
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Actually, no. Someone managed to corner an NVidia tech and get the skinny out of him. The PCI lock and AGP lock are independent and can be set or unset according to the motherboard manufacturer's wishes.

From what I gathered, it sounded like something that could be set/unset using WCPRedit...
 
Originally posted by: TerryMathews
Originally posted by: ChampionAtTufshop
well it does have agp lock, and pci is calculated as agp/2.....so id say its pretty safe to assume it has pci lock as well?
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Actually, no. Someone managed to corner an NVidia tech and get the skinny out of him. The PCI lock and AGP lock are independent and can be set or unset according to the motherboard manufacturer's wishes.

From what I gathered, it sounded like something that could be set/unset using WCPRedit...
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damn
so waht about the guy who said that ppl tested pci lock and it seemed to be set?
(unless on a specific bios it was set...)

is there a PCR file available for nforce2 yet (so you dont blindly change settings lol)
 
Originally posted by: hdeck
hmm...do you need an nforce2 to expect overclocks that high?
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probably not
im getting a7v8x (kt400) sometime soon (hopefullY) and hope to acheive similar oc's lol

at 180fsb, the pci is only 36...which most pci devices will take

the good thing about a7v8x, it will unlock all mults...unlike a7n8x (which is said to be able to later with bios 1003....unless they take that feature out in the final release)
 
The thing about the nForce2 boards is that they lock the AGP and PCI which keeps their bus speeds from changing. Often times instability with a high system FSB is due to instable PCI/AGP components or HDD errors, nForce2 you don't have to worry about that.
 
Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
The thing about the nForce2 boards is that they lock the AGP and PCI which keeps their bus speeds from changing. Often times instability with a high system FSB is due to instable PCI/AGP components or HDD errors, nForce2 you don't have to worry about that.
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thats the thing...
some say it locks pci as well with AGP (thats what i was going on...atleast for asus...)
but some say PCI is calculated separately from AGP on nforce2 boards....

 
Originally posted by: mechBgon
Originally posted by: chizow
Originally posted by: rommelrommel
Just if anyone is wondering what my limit is, I'm typing this at 2.413gHz... not stable for benchmarks, but seems ok for basic stuff.
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Damn! Very impressive!!! 😀

I never said it was an inferior chip!!!, I was only going by what others were saying as I didn't have one of these myself. May have to get one now though to toss into my 8KHA+. 😉 😛

Also makes me look at my 8045 in contempt. Hmmm might have to get an SLK-800 now, as those temps are VERY nice with a Panaflo L1A. The 8045 would do well in my 8KHA+ rig as I don't tweak that nearly as much as I used to.

You also have better RAM than me, I'm waiting on results from others (or a damn BIOS updates that allows access to the upper multis) to see if I should go with the higher multis and drop my FSB. I can boot into Windows at 2500+mhz with a 192 FSB, but nothing is stable and running any bench crashes me in a few minutes. Its just too much a pain to remove the 8045 to mod the multis only to have to dump it back down again.

Chiz
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The 8KHA+ boldy went where no production board had gone before, and reports CPU temperature to the user directly from the CPU's built-in thermistor, so you can expect temps to want to get into the 60's when reading from there. Many boards monitor the on-core diode, but they still use a candy-coated temp reading from a socket thermistor to show to the user, so as not to freak them out. Even EPoX backed down after an avalanche of new 8KHA+ owners RMA'ed their boards due to the honest temp reporting. Asus' A7V333's initially had high readings but those mysteriously went down with later BIOS revisions (Hmmmm!). I guess not everyone could handle the fact that AthlonXP cores actually do often run in the 60C+ area. 🙁
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mechBgon you are thinking of the EPOX 8K3A KT333 board, the 8KHA+ is KT266a and doesnt report the core tempature
 
Not that I've heard of yet. I think I just found my wall... I was using Asus Probe for temps and I didn't know how low it read. My temps aren't what I would consider on the verge of frying, but I doubt 60 degrees at load gives me much headroom either. I need a bigger fan to get more speed outta this baby I think.
 
Yucky, but I do want to know what I can do on air, I think I'll buy one just to screw around, then go back to a panaflo for day-to-day operations.
 
Originally posted by: MrC4
i really dont mind the noise, so im sticking with my sunon 82cfm lol
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I guessing you must live at the end of a major airport runway!!😉
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no not really
but after this upgrade i might as well be LOL

im thinking of thermaltake xaser 5000 series case (already comes with the fans i believe...21dBa each...thats ok...if not ill upgrade lol) and window (yeah im kinda lazy plus i have no time to make my own window...)
 
Wow... I'm glad I saw this thread.
A lot of informations to help noobs like myself.

I'm running 1700+ (A) at 9.5x190M now and I was worried because CPU temp. was around 53C.
So my problem is definitely not heat...
I feel stupid now since I thought it was the Volcano 9 not cooling it enough
I will increase the voltages and see how high I can go.

This is definitely the best thread on 1700+ o/c.




AMD AthlonXP 1700+ (9.5x190M) @1.675V
Asus A7N8X DX
Corsair XMS3200C2 512M 3-2-2-2 @2.7V
Gainward GF4 TI4200 128M 275/600 @1.5V ---> I think it's dying 🙁
 
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