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Just a thought to throw out there.
I'm not sure the Anand forums ever addressed things this way. There had been an "i4Memory" Australian web-site which focused on specific mobo's and models, excluding nothing of interest, and considerable exchange of OC'ing wisdom.
As we all know, the ASUS printed manuals sort of suck. I wrote to ASUS back in 2007, and told them as much. It gives you sufficient information to identify internal connections, external connections, navigate the BIOS menus, flash the BIOS in any of three ways, set up RAID, and use their "AI" software.
However, for many of the features within those BIOS menus that aren't commonly known or easily identified, the description is something of a promotion on board capabilities -- little more.
Could we have some threads discussion the different Z68 BIOS features and perhaps sharing of OC'ing wisdom on specific motherboards? Maybe it belongs in "CPUs and OC'ing," but for being mobo-specific, this could be the good place.
Here's my most immediate problem/question/focus-of-attention.
So far, on the ASUS P8Z68 board, I can see how to "manually" OC the Turbo-mode. That is, you boot into the stock processor speed, but "turbo" kicks in when you stress-test, and the ASUS software shows the CPU speed go from (EIST-state) 1.6 GHZ to -- say -- 4.3 Ghz [my OC target.]
There are two other places for changing "CPU ratio" in the menus, and the BIOS specifically notes they are for the "non-Turbo" ratio or multiplier. One of those address CPU power management; the other is is in "Advanced" features that include SATA in a list that also includes "CPU configuration."
And I'm thinking at this point that changing one or both of these items will still allow me to have "Turbo Mode" starting at a different "non-Turbo" CPU speed. in other words, I should be able to boot into a 3.8 Ghz speed, EIST should be able to drop that to 1.9, and I should be able to run the Turbo-mode overclock at -- well -- 4.3 Ghz. Beyond 4.3, "auto" voltage apparently doesn't work well -- maybe even EIST is less reliable -- can't say. You have to adjust a PLL overvoltage or over-volt protection (I'm vague . . . again) to get S3-Sleep-state to work properly above speeds of 4.3.
Any thoughts on this? I'm going to try it again . . . . last time, the thing just came up showing the i7-2600K running at 3.4 Ghz at system post and in Windows. Somebody else on top of this issue/question?
I'm not sure the Anand forums ever addressed things this way. There had been an "i4Memory" Australian web-site which focused on specific mobo's and models, excluding nothing of interest, and considerable exchange of OC'ing wisdom.
As we all know, the ASUS printed manuals sort of suck. I wrote to ASUS back in 2007, and told them as much. It gives you sufficient information to identify internal connections, external connections, navigate the BIOS menus, flash the BIOS in any of three ways, set up RAID, and use their "AI" software.
However, for many of the features within those BIOS menus that aren't commonly known or easily identified, the description is something of a promotion on board capabilities -- little more.
Could we have some threads discussion the different Z68 BIOS features and perhaps sharing of OC'ing wisdom on specific motherboards? Maybe it belongs in "CPUs and OC'ing," but for being mobo-specific, this could be the good place.
Here's my most immediate problem/question/focus-of-attention.
So far, on the ASUS P8Z68 board, I can see how to "manually" OC the Turbo-mode. That is, you boot into the stock processor speed, but "turbo" kicks in when you stress-test, and the ASUS software shows the CPU speed go from (EIST-state) 1.6 GHZ to -- say -- 4.3 Ghz [my OC target.]
There are two other places for changing "CPU ratio" in the menus, and the BIOS specifically notes they are for the "non-Turbo" ratio or multiplier. One of those address CPU power management; the other is is in "Advanced" features that include SATA in a list that also includes "CPU configuration."
And I'm thinking at this point that changing one or both of these items will still allow me to have "Turbo Mode" starting at a different "non-Turbo" CPU speed. in other words, I should be able to boot into a 3.8 Ghz speed, EIST should be able to drop that to 1.9, and I should be able to run the Turbo-mode overclock at -- well -- 4.3 Ghz. Beyond 4.3, "auto" voltage apparently doesn't work well -- maybe even EIST is less reliable -- can't say. You have to adjust a PLL overvoltage or over-volt protection (I'm vague . . . again) to get S3-Sleep-state to work properly above speeds of 4.3.
Any thoughts on this? I'm going to try it again . . . . last time, the thing just came up showing the i7-2600K running at 3.4 Ghz at system post and in Windows. Somebody else on top of this issue/question?
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