What are Your Mobile Althlon Overclocking Results and Details?

[LesPaul]

L12 mod? I think I may need to do this, because when I bring the multiplier back up on my cpu to get it back to ~2200Mhz (220x10), i get some P95 errors pretty early in the torture test, yet i can run memtest86 all night with no errors at the same speed. Plus I know the CPU can run 2200Mhz easily, because i've done it @ 200x11 and even 210x10.5. Does this sound like I need to do the mod? Also, could you PM me or post here some info on doing this mod?

Thanks shim

 

[Shimmishim]

Originally posted by: LesPaul
L12 mod? I think I may need to do this, because when I bring the multiplier back up on my cpu to get it back to ~2200Mhz (220x10), i get some P95 errors pretty early in the torture test, yet i can run memtest86 all night with no errors at the same speed. Plus I know the CPU can run 2200Mhz easily, because i've done it @ 200x11 and even 210x10.5. Does this sound like I need to do the mod? Also, could you PM me or post here some info on doing this mod?

Thanks shim

here ya go

this thread has all the info you.... explains why you need to do it and etc...

 

[LesPaul]

sweet, thanks shimmy!

edit: That 8 bit mod sounds interesting.. did you do that one also shim?

 

[Shimmishim]

i do not know about this 8 bit mod

i didn't even do the L12 mod to my chip.

on my nf7-s, i ran it no higher than 220 (so all my vmods were a waste) but on the dfi infinity, i ran this thing at 250 mhz with no problems...

from what i understand, it has to do with the NB of the nf7-s and how it sets timings at 133 mhz vs 166 mhz from what i understand...

 

[Winnoc]

Ok, here i am again, i went from the 14 multiplier down to the 11.

So i tried going up to 196*11 and it crashed instantly, after getting realy frustrated i just cranked it to 210*11 and BLAM, it boots into windows, not real satble thoug. So i think ok let's up the vcore from 1.575 to 1.6.... boots, but still not stable. I crank it up to 1.625 locks up.

Seems like all the time i get up the vcore it will become less stable.
Actualy i've been getting the best results at 1.575.

Anyway at 210*11 running p95 my cpu temp is only 45°C with air, so i should be able to go higher with me 1*512MB pc3200 memory at 2.9V 11-3-3-3.

Do you think this L12 mod will make it stable at 210*11? as that's realy all the speed i want with my mobile.

 

[Boogak]

Got my mobile 2600+ IQYHA from Newegg last nite and was able to do some preliminary probing to see what the chip is capable of. Settled on 217x11.5 (2496mhz) @ 1.75v (Prime95 crapped out on 1.725v and below) with my NF7-S, 2x512mb HyperX PC3500 2-3-3-3-11, and SLK-947U. When I checked it this morning after Priming for 5+ hours, the CPU temp was at 64C (!!!) with ambient around 40C, way too hot. Curse this hot Texas summer heat... so I bumped it down to 217x11 (2387mhz) with same vcc (crapped out at 1.7v at 2387mhz) before I left for work, last I checked the temp was at ~55C. If it's still up when I get home and the temps are reasonable, I'll probably just leave it at that.

EDIT:
Mwahahah, just ordered a 92x38 56db 112cfm Tornado fan to replace the current 50cfm fan. Time to put my Sunbeam rheobus to use...

EDIT 2:
Below are my last settings before I switch over to an Athlon 64 3200+ and relegate the 2600+ to my Aria at stock speeds. Prime stable for 24 hours:

Stepping: IQYHA
RAM: 1 Gig PC3500 Kingston HyperX
FSB: 200mhz
Mult: 12
Voltage: 1.775v
Resulting OC: 2400mhz
Cooling: SLK-947U + 92mm Tornado
Temp: 40C idle, 51C load

Tried 2500mhz @ 1.8v but Prime crapped out at 3 hours.

 

[JeffreyY]

Doh! That's too bad... I've got the same 217x11.5 on my NF7-S. Ambient temp of 40C = ouch.

 

[SuPrEIVIE]

excuse me i am a noob at o/c as i never done it before, but is achieving 200+FSB possible with this board?DFI

This is the board i would like, also recommend me a cooler

thanks in advance!

 

[JeffCY]

Originally posted by: SuPrEIVIE
excuse me i am a noob at o/c as i never done it before, but is achieving 200+FSB possible with this board?DFI

This is the board i would like, also recommend me a cooler

thanks in advance!

No personal experience with that board, but the answer lies in your own post. Just briefly looking at the reviews posted at newegg, the answer to your question is yes to 200+ FSB. Cooler depends on what you want... your budget, your preference of noise vs performance. Thermalright is always good.

 

[SuPrEIVIE]

ok another thing i have no idea what to get 45w or 35w 2400+? i am afraid that the 35w would get an oc that a 45w could of had for 10$ cheaper at neweggbut the 35w could get much higher?

 

[mechwarrior]

Mobo: Epox 8RDA+ Version 1.1
Processor: Mobile 2500+ From Newegg
Stepping: IQYHA 0407
RAM: 2x512 Corsair CMX512-3200C2 DDR400
FSB: 200mhz
Mult: 12
Voltage: 1.7v
Resulting OC: 2400mhz
Cooling: SP-97
Temp: 34 idle, 39 load
PS: Fortron Aurora 350W
video: ATI 9600 PRo

Ran Prime for 10 hours and 3DMARK03, but when I try to play FarCry, it locks up the system. I tried to up the vcore to 1.775, but that doesn't seem to help. Any ideas? Should I try to get stable at a lower multiplier?

 

[pelikan]

With that motherboard and no mods you may need a lower FSB.

 

[Winnoc]

Might be that your vcore needs to go down.

Strangely i've been getting weird things where a lower vcore helps me get better oc's.

So right now i'm at 218*10 with 1.525 vcore and that runs stable.
If i get a better cooler, i'm gonna try to get to 10.5 muli.
My noname brand 1*512 pc3200 would let me go to 229*9 without errors so that's not holding me back.

Strangely i've been getting way higher temps with the D10B2 bios at my new setting than at the old ones.
Right now it'll go up to 61°C with ambient of 24°C, but i did slap on some cheap white paste after doing the L12 mod, I ran out of artic silver.

Going to buy me a new cooler and past tomorrow, think i'll go for the Coolermate Icecube CMT-ICE AMD, since it's 21db.

I AM getting deaf from the one i have now (+60db)

 

[AkumaX]

As of 7/19/04 (never happy )

Mobo: Abit NF7-S V2.0
Chipset: Nvidia nForce2
Bios Revision: 1.04
Processor: 35W XP-2200+ Mobile Barton
Stepping: Check Later
RAM: 2 x 512mb PC3200 Buffalo (Winbond BH-5)
RAM Voltage: 2.7v (2.75v actual)
Timings: 2-3-3-11
FSB: 215mhz
Mulitplier: 11.5
CPU Voltage: 1.9v ("1.85v" actual, see pic)
Resulting OC: 2484mhz
Cooling: Thermalright SLK-900U with Artic Silver 1
Idle Temp: 28-35 C
Full Load Temp: 39-42 C, 107 F
Room Temp: ???? (in sunny hot So. California)


vcore fluctuation

anyone else have this?!

 

[Shimmishim]

that's about tright akumax...

1.9 = 1.85 at load... sounds about right for that board...

i ran my 1700+ at 1.9 volts but was 1.85ish on load so... i think that looks good..

 

[DaNorthface]

Originally posted by: AkumaX
As of 7/19/04 (never happy )

Mobo: Abit NF7-S V2.0
Chipset: Nvidia nForce2
Bios Revision: 1.04
Processor: 35W XP-2200+ Mobile Barton
Stepping: Check Later
RAM: 2 x 512mb PC3200 Buffalo (Winbond BH-5)
RAM Voltage: 2.7v (2.75v actual)
Timings: 2-3-3-11
FSB: 215mhz
Mulitplier: 11.5
CPU Voltage: 1.9v ("1.85v" actual, see pic)
Resulting OC: 2484mhz
Cooling: Thermalright SLK-900U with Artic Silver 1
Idle Temp: 28-35 C
Full Load Temp: 39-42 C, 107 F
Room Temp: ???? (in sunny hot So. California)


vcore fluctuation

anyone else have this?!

you were using your computer when it fluctuated like that right? I mean, were you giving it a load and then stopping and then starting, etc. Cuz if you were just idle, it shouldn't fluctuate like that unless you have some background apps

 

[Chinabox27]

got 2 results for ya

1st one and my setup
NF7-S rev2 D23 3dfire (tictac) cooling on SB water for NB
XP-M 2400+ 45w IQ stepping
OCZ EL PC4200 2x256mb @ 2-3-3-11 (yeh yeh overkill i know)
520w Aspire Trifan Aluminum 36A@12v
Raidmax Miditower 4x80mm exhaust (+psu) 1x80mm intake + 2x120mm intake (radiator)

"normal" FSB i run it at and my limit for 7 weeks (more further down)
13x200 @ 1.95vcore 100% stable with prime95+atitool searching for artifacts on my radeon9800 128mb pro @ 420/411
atitool maxes CPU usage as well as draw a buttload of power for the gfx

temp 42c idle 47c load watercooled with a asetek kit

this speed = 72 hour stable (after that i got bored not gaming on it)

3dmark01 results
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7864374

the funny thing about this setup was my inability to get more than 201fsb at any multiplier :|
so after some time i got bored again and did the L12 pin mod for 200fsb

now things got interesting!

new max stable = 11.5x228FSB still at 1.95vcore (tried 2.1vcore didnt wanna go higher)
got a almost complete boot at 10x245 :Q and post's np at upto 258fsb (after that its cmos jumper time)
which leads me to believe i need more vcore and/or more vdimm

i did get a bench on 11.5x230 which doesnt crash or anything prime just errors about 15 mins in

3dmark01 results here
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7952110

temps at 228/230fsb = 43c idle 48c load

after the L12 mod i love my CPU
and its not that hard to do if your case isnt as cramped as mine
links to mod
http://medlem.jubii.dk/chinaboxhardware/casemod/newmod/newmod.html
http://medlem.jubii.dk/chinaboxhardware/remod/remod.html

edit forgot to mention it did 13x200 with air as well tho 48/54c temps

 

[PizzaDude]

I thought I'd revive this pretty cool thread since i just got my mobile rig running. Here's how I've done(pretty well I'd say!)

mobo: Shuttle AN35N-Ultra
Processor: 2400+ mobile 45w
Stepping: IQYHA
RAM: 512mb Kingston pc3200
FSB: 200
Mult: 11.5
Voltage: 1.55v
Resulting OC: 2300mhz
Cooling: Zalman 7000 AlCu w/ Arctic Silver 5
Temp: 36 idle, 47 load

This is my first overclock ever on my first home-made PC build. I'm pretty pumped about it...especially for how quiet the HSF is and how low the voltage is. I thought I'd have to up it to hit 2300mhz. I think I could go farther, but I'm going to leave it like this for a while before I bump the multiplier to 12.

EDIT: Now I'm at 200x12 2.4ghz.

 

[Winnoc]

Hehehe,

Those mobiles sure love the low voltages.

Mine is now at 226*10 at 1.5Vcore running stable

Ambient temps 27 (getting hot in room during summer) and idle 40°C, Load 51°C
(that's after removing the cheap white goo and installing some artic silver 5)

The fan is way too loud though, so i'm picking up the Thermalright SP-97 tonight and i've got a papst 92mm fan for it.

 

[Winnoc]

Update as of yesterday:


Installed the thermalright SP-97 with Artic Silver 5 and a 92*92*25 Papst running at 4800rpm.


220*11.5 Vcore 1.75 @2535 Mhz
Rock Stable after hours of priming. Ambient 25-26°C, Idle 40.5°C, Load 51.5°C


220*12 Vcore 1.95 @2645 Mhz
Got into windows, was able to cpu benchmark sisoft. Idle temp 52°C, Load ??? rebooted at 62°C while doing 3dmark2001.


Maybe i can go that high stable but then i would have to slap on a 8000rpm 92*92*38 fan, which is loud, and i kinda like the relative serenity of my new setup.
Besides, 2500mhz is enough for me.


Great forum, it helped me get this far.

 

[serverlag]

A7N8X-X, Bios 1006 (stock)
Athlon XP-M 2500+@2526MHz(210x12)@1,725v@40C idle
1x512MB Infineon DDR266@420MHz (1:1)
FSB@210MHz (FSB-Jumper set to FSB200, not FSB266/333/400)
Thermalright SLK947u w/90mm Enermax fan
Turbo-Cool 420W PSU
Prime95 stable for 2h
Memory read throughput: 3066 mb/s

The proc prolly goes way higher, my bottlenex are RAM (213 FSB) and mobo (215 FSB)

I tried the L12 mod but it just doesn't work with a7n8x-x, my CPU still reports as 100x6 mobile athlon :frown:

 

[HGC]

I thought this might be interesting for those of you with the Zalman 7000 AlCu fan. Tonight I tried lowering the fan speed to silent mode (see below for the rest of my setup). First an error after 45 minutes in Prime95, then a Windows error shutting down Prime95 after five minutes, then Windows freezes. After raising the fan speed back up to max all is well again after hours of Prime95.

For some reason Motherboard Monitor showed only a few degrees CPU temp increase, still in the fifties. I guess Zalman is right to warn to use the full speed on the fan when overclocking.

 

[CZroe]

Originally posted by: Shimmishim

Originally posted by: Matrices
I already am in the process of getting the DFI Infinity from a fellow here who says it will do 250 FSB. So that's not my issue, my issue is that I have seen almost no one talking about OCing the Mobiles actually doing it with FSB raised above 200, usually its something like 12.5x200. Now what's the point of that? It makes more sense to pull more FSB and less multiplier for performance.

I just want to make sure it's not an issue with the CPU itself that you have to physically mod it to get above 200 FSB. I distinctly recall some article online saying you have to do an L12 mod for that to happen.

i have a mobile 2500+ that i ran at 10 x 250 mhz fsb

so... it's possible...

as for the L12 mod... that was with the non-mobile bartons.

you won't need the L12 mod for the dfi infinity.

No, it's for mobiles too. It looks like I'll need to use it to even reach 200MHz/400FSB in my Shuttle SN45G/FN45 system. It has something to do with the default bridge settings meaning one thing for a mobile and another thing for a standard CPU so this board and many others think that the default FSB is 100MHz/200FSB instead of 133MHz/266FSB. I assume that you'll need to do the L12 mod on any system that defaults to 100MHz/200FSB (Defaults to 600MHz for my 2400+) with a mobile Barton.

 

[Shimmishim]

Originally posted by: CZroe

Originally posted by: Shimmishim

Originally posted by: Matrices
I already am in the process of getting the DFI Infinity from a fellow here who says it will do 250 FSB. So that's not my issue, my issue is that I have seen almost no one talking about OCing the Mobiles actually doing it with FSB raised above 200, usually its something like 12.5x200. Now what's the point of that? It makes more sense to pull more FSB and less multiplier for performance.

I just want to make sure it's not an issue with the CPU itself that you have to physically mod it to get above 200 FSB. I distinctly recall some article online saying you have to do an L12 mod for that to happen.

i have a mobile 2500+ that i ran at 10 x 250 mhz fsb

so... it's possible...

as for the L12 mod... that was with the non-mobile bartons.

you won't need the L12 mod for the dfi infinity.

No, it's for mobiles. It looks like I'll need to use it to even reach 200MHz/400FSB in my Shuttle SN45G/FN45 system. It has something to do with the defaults settings meaning one thing for a mobile and one thing for a standard CPU so this board and many others think that the default FSB is 100MHz/200FSB instead of 133MHz/266FSB. I assume that you'll need to do L12 on any system that defaults to 600MHz with a mobile Barton.

i apologize for my statement....

i guess i should have said that the L12 mod isn't needed for the DFI infinity to run high fsb's...

looks like you'll need one for the abit nf7-s as well... i fully modded my board and was only able to reach 225... i'm getting my board back soon so hopefully i will be able to do this mod and run my chip as high as i can...

thanks for pointing out my idiotic statement

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: PizzaDude
I thought I'd revive this pretty cool thread since i just got my mobile rig running. Here's how I've done(pretty well I'd say!)

mobo: Shuttle AN35N-Ultra
Processor: 2400+ mobile 45w
Stepping: IQYHA
RAM: 512mb Kingston pc3200
FSB: 200
Mult: 11.5
Voltage: 1.55v
Resulting OC: 2300mhz
Cooling: Zalman 7000 AlCu w/ Arctic Silver 5
Temp: 36 idle, 47 load

This is my first overclock ever on my first home-made PC build. I'm pretty pumped about it...especially for how quiet the HSF is and how low the voltage is. I thought I'd have to up it to hit 2300mhz. I think I could go farther, but I'm going to leave it like this for a while before I bump the multiplier to 12.

EDIT: Now I'm at 200x12 2.4ghz.

:thumbsup:

Great setup. economical and can run with the big boys..I love that. Course you *could* crank it up about ~200 more Mhz but the resulting Vcore needed and heat may not be worth it to you.

Are you sure that 2400+ is a few hours prime stable with only 1.55Vcore @2300mhz??? That's quite a chip if so.

Anyway just so you know, the default desktop Vcore is 1.65..it would'nt kill ya to see how fast you can go at that voltage.