3800 X2 Trouble

[oceaness]

Ok have a brand new rig with the following spec.

AMD 3800 X2
DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC4000 Dual Channel Gold GX XTC Series EL-DDR CAS3
XClio GREATPOWER X14S4P4 700W
Nvidia GeForce 6200 TurboCache
Freezer 64 Pro

Simply put I can only get into windows with the CPU multiplier at 4x (i.e. 800mhz). The rest of the motherboard is all at default settings.
The CPU voltage is automatically set at 1.3v.

At all CPU multipliers above 4 it starts loading windows then crashes.

Why-oh-why will it not work completely default - 10x/Auto CPU multiplier as well?

Help

 

[Mikey1280]

Try upping the vcore however I dont think this is the real problem.

 

[sablabra]

It might be worth mentioning 1.35V is stock. Although most cpus will manage stock speed at 1.3V. Strange problem though, I have a sli-dr expert, ocz and x2 3800+

 

[oceaness]

Have thought about that as I thought 1.3v seemed a little low.

On further inspection it seems to be defaulting to 1.350 as when set to that maually the BIOS reports exactly the same voltage being applied to the CPU as when set to auto.

I did try 1.4 volts and 5x multiplier, same problem.

Anywho time for bed now any other ideas would be geatly appreciated

 

[sablabra]

I guess you've already tried the usual reseting cmos and so on?

 

[SiriusB]

Is the PC new? Is the CPU new? Mobo new? Have you had this rig a while and suddenly CPU is no longer playing nice? Cmon we can't really help you if we dont know the situation.

SiriusB

 

[fatty1]

What bios are you using also try 1 stick of ram in the furtherest orange slot

 

[=assassin=]

Is it just me, or does the PSU (XClio GREATPOWER X14S4P4 700W) sound a bit cheap and nasty? So my suggestion is try another PSU if possible... other than that, try a BIOS update.

 

[Raikiri]

Is it just me, or does the PSU (XClio GREATPOWER X14S4P4 700W) sound a bit cheap and nasty? So my suggestion is try another PSU if possible... other than that, try a BIOS update.

Xclio make very good PSUs are highly regarded in the US

Both power supplies were able to exceed their rated maximum wattage with temperatures exceeding 44°C. I did test both 12V rails up to ~17.5A each (max the test rig can do) simultaneously. In both over-current & over-temperature tests the power supply shut itself off safely. Efficiency floated around 80%, which is better than average and exceeds ATX12V v2.0 requirements. The 120mm fan has a rated noise level of 21-28dBa (depending on speed). Voltage levels were generally around 1-2% nominal between light to heavy load levels.

 

[oceaness]

I'm actually very impressed with the PSU.

EPS server standard quad 12v rails
And the 14cm fan is silent.

It was unplugged last night and his morning it's booted beautifully into windows with completely default settings.
It would appear that overnight the system has sorted itself out

Oh well I'm happy

Now to get that clock speed up a bit

Edit: Oh and I did try another PSU - My Hiper 580 Type-R (another lovely silent PSU)