Abit Aw9D Max settings

joseph67

joseph67

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Can someone please advise me on what settings I should be shooting for with the hardware that I have.

e6600 w/ ACF7
AWD9 Max
Corsair PC2 6400 2x1gb
BFG 8800GTX
BFG 1000w psu

Basically everything you see in this link :)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-032-OK&groupid=43&catid=781&subcat=

I received the system yesterday overclocked slightly (just under 3ghz) from OCUK (thanks guys), I have since played around with the bios a bit to get to a speed of 3238ghz

I have it set as follows

fsb 360
Multi 9x
strap 1066
Dram SPD (4:5)
5-5-5-15
Core volt 1.41
Dram volt 1.85
MCH 1.52

Idle temp is around 35c
Load temp is hitting 51-52c

If I go higher on the fsb (365) I get a bsod.

What, if anything, am I missing as far as my settings. Is there anything I should be setting/manipulating in the bios so I can go a bit higher ?


Many thanks
 
Which Corsair PC6400 is it? It may need 2.1v to run at 800mhz or above.

Or it may just not be able to run at 912mhz. Lower the RAM divider to 1:1 and see if you can push past 365mhz.

Also try upping the vcore to 1.45v.
 
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No idea on the exact spec of the ram unless I pull a stick out. Until then all I have to go on is this taken from the advert:

Award winning Corsair 2GB PC2-6400 CAS4 (2x1GB) Dual Channel Kit (Overclocked at 900MHz+)
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Will see how far I can get with the divider at 1:1

Thanks
 
you may also want to update your bios - early revisions had some floating point ram issue.
I'm running 1.3final with no probs whatsoever - but I think 1.5beta is out and about.
If you update from FlashMenu (which has never failed for me, but has for others) you should deselect the boot block option in settings, and drop any overclock to stock beforehand.
 
Right then, I will check on what bios version that I have, thanks.

*Edit: can you tell me exactly where I can find my bios version or what version this one is. Everest reports my version as:

Award BIOS Type Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
System BIOS Date 09/15/06
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I managed to get it running at these settings now:

380 fsb / 1:1 / 5-5-5-15 3420ghz

Core volts 1.48v / MCH 1.56v / Mem 2.10v

Temps are 39c idle / 69c load (all reported via Everest)


Any suggestions on what to settings to try now to get a bit more out of her, or should I be happy with this and call it a day ?

I tried 385 fsb a few times but it would freeze up after a few minutes of Orthos, even after raising the core voltage up a bit more to 1.5v
 
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