ASRock 775Dual-VSTA for Conroe (Core2) with both AGP/PCI-E and DDR1/DDR2 support

Mikharper said:
Hey, just installed the E4400 on the 4Core and the only problem im having is that the stock intel HSF is running at 1700~ rpm and not changing - so hence when I go on a game etc the temperature shoots up. Anything I'm missing? Its plugged into the 4pin cpu fan thing to the right of where the chip is.
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I have just set up a E6420 on the same board according to speedfan my fan spins at 1850 and my temps sit at about 38 idle and go up to about 52 after about 30 mins flat out.

This is at stock with the intel HSF the only thing I did was to remove the TIM on the Heat sink and replace it with AS5.

Poss try to re-seat your HS or replace the TIM.
 
Bernie_Li said:
Does the 4CoreDual motherboard require anything more than the 20-pin power connector to get it working? I've plugged in my PSU (Enermax 350W EG 365P-VE) and not even the BIOS screen comes up, no beeps, nothing!! Reading the manual and it mentions about the 4-pin connector that needs to be connected but the 4-pin connector on my PSU is different to the one on the 4CoreDual.

I tried clearing the CMOS but nothing so far, is it my PSU that has gone wrong during the short time I replaced motherboards?!?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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The board needs the standard 20 pin connector and also the 4 pin that plugs in to the top left corner of the PCB without this 4 pin connector it will not work at all. You should have one on your PSU, I have never had one without the 4 pin connector on it.
 
bob1in said:
Anyone running the 4core Dual-Vsta motherboard with a Radeon 9700 Pro AGP card if so what drivers are you using because If I run mine with just vga drivers after Windows install it's ok but if I load CAT 7.** it falls over just after boot.

If you could let me know what drivers you are using it would be very much appreciated.

Thanks
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Sorry to re up this but I just cant seem to get the thing to work once I load the ATI drivers in.

I noticed through this post that a few people are using the 9700pro agp card without any problem's.

Could any one tell me what drivers to use.
 
Munky1080 said:
get the e2160 or the e4400, you'll want the highest multiplier you can get. I've got an e2160, which is 1.8Ghz stock, and i've got it up to 2.7Ghz....easy as pie, and cheap as chips
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Hi, i've just built up this mobo with the e2160.

Im at 2.5ghz on stock cooler tho, tems are roughly around 57-61 although i did hit 63 a few times.

Not sure if i want to risk anything higher untill ive got a decent cooler :p
 
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If those temps are when running Orthos then that's about the same as mine at 2612mhz. Mostly 57 to 60, occasionally 63 during small FFT tests but quickly dropping back to the more usual temp as the cpu fan responded.
 
The 7x266 multiplier on the e6300 is what's holding you back ie; 7x280=1960
Should've gone for the cheaper e4400 which has the same 2mb cache but runs at 200mhz and has a 10x multiplier, using the same settings you are at now would have you at 2800mhz no sweat.
Your e6300 temps look way too high at present, is the h/s seated properly? What program are you using to measure temps?
 
ron3003 said:
The 7x266 multiplier on the e6300 is what's holding you back ie; 7x280=1960
Should've gone for the cheaper e4400 which has the same 2mb cache but runs at 200mhz and has a 10x multiplier, using the same settings you are at now would have you at 2800mhz no sweat.
Your e6300 temps look way too high at present, is the h/s seated properly? What program are you using to measure temps?
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I brought the cpu way back before the e4400 was released, heatsink is seated properly i've took it off about 4 - 5 times now to try & get better contact, even took my mates brand new retial heatsink to try as well seeing as he got a ninja. None of the temps changed with all the mucking about.

I was using Tat before but now i use coretemp cause Tat crashes under xp64 :(
 
I seem to be stuck at 2520mhz now on my e2160. 9x280. DDR memory on divider so thats ok.

Anything higher than 2.5 i crash in orthos within minutes, the vcore is still the same as it was at stock, can this actually be changed on this bored?

BIOS is 2.58 i think, only bought it last week.

Any tips? Or you recon ive just simply reached the limit. Im kinda cursed with 2.5ghz, never had a cpu higher than 2.5ghz in my life :mad:
 
Camalot said:
I seem to be stuck at 2520mhz now on my e2160. 9x280. DDR memory on divider so thats ok.

Anything higher than 2.5 i crash in orthos within minutes, the vcore is still the same as it was at stock, can this actually be changed on this bored?

BIOS is 2.58 i think, only bought it last week.

Any tips? Or you recon ive just simply reached the limit. Im kinda cursed with 2.5ghz, never had a cpu higher than 2.5ghz in my life :mad:
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vcore can't be changed unless you're brave enough to do a volt or pencil mod.
 
Hopefully this week my 4300 and 4coredual turn up, and just wondering what the expected limits of ddr ram will be. As I haven't overclocked an intel in few years can someone just clue me in please.

Will my 3200 ddr be running at 200mhz for the 1.86ghz stock speed?

I'm running crucial (micron) 3200 so hopefully will be able to push it a little, but any idea of what my expected Mhz limit may be? (I know that's asking a lot dependant on so many factors).

Also, have any volt mods for these boards been spotted in the wild?

Matthew
 
Scougar said:
Hopefully this week my 4300 and 4coredual turn up, and just wondering what the expected limits of ddr ram will be. As I haven't overclocked an intel in few years can someone just clue me in please.

Will my 3200 ddr be running at 200mhz for the 1.86ghz stock speed?

I'm running crucial (micron) 3200 so hopefully will be able to push it a little, but any idea of what my expected Mhz limit may be? (I know that's asking a lot dependant on so many factors).

Also, have any volt mods for these boards been spotted in the wild?

Matthew
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You'll get 9x290Mhz easy with that setup. The ram will run on a divider and if i remember correctly, if you set it to ddr333, it'll run at 181Mhz, and if you set it to ddr400 i think it goes up to 215Mhz. If you reckon you're ram can handle it, you can relax the timings a bit so the ram is overclocked. I'm not that brave, so i've left my ram running at 185Mhz (I have 300Mhz FSB) and just tightened the timings to 2.5, 3, 3, 7, but of course I just have mismatched el cheapo value ram.

Good luck and have fun with the new setup, it rocks.
 
Fantastic, that answered my long winded question about the ddr mhz perfectly :) Thankyou.

I'm hoping it will eek a little bit more life out of the 6800LE I'm running at the moment. Only trouble is that I had a look at the graphics on full high dynamic on stalker on 'maximum' settings... now I feel short changed looking at it only in static lighting and 'high' :(

Matthew
 
So the Asrock 4CoreDual board can take 8800's, but has anyone managed to try a 2900xt on this board yet to see if it works? (since the 8800's started being supported I mean).

Matthew
 
I'm not sure why this has happened, but I'm excited right now. You know how we've all been talking about the 300Mhz FSB wall? Well, for kicks, i tried to set the FSB up to 305Mhz, and it worked perfectly! Not a single problem...I'm going to keep raising it and see where it'll stop. I doubt i'll get 333Mhz, but i'd love to, as I want my e2160 to hit 3Ghz.
 
Thats cool :) I did read somewhere that some freq's worked then others didn't, so they went higher, and it worked again e.g.

301Mhz worked.
302Mhz didn't
303Mhz didn't
304Mhz didn't
305Mhz worked

Sounds wierd, but have read it about this board somewhere that it's picky with various frequencies :(

Matthew
 
Scougar said:
Thats cool :) I did read somewhere that some freq's worked then others didn't, so they went higher, and it worked again e.g.

301Mhz worked.
302Mhz didn't
303Mhz didn't
304Mhz didn't
305Mhz worked

Sounds wierd, but have read it about this board somewhere that it's picky with various frequencies :(

Matthew
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Have you found a max FSB?
 
Sorry.. I won't get the board till friday to try it (maybe I should have made the 'e.g' clearer on that post :rolleyes: ). I think I saw something similar mentioned on the Hard OC (or similar name site) review of the board, and they reported that some freq's wouldn't work. They tried some higher freq's and those worked :confused:

I'm just saying that it may be worth a go if you think you've hit a freq wall.

Matthew
 
well, I just tried 310Mhz, and it froze at boot up...for the moment i'll leave it at 305Mhz, as I don't have the time to try anything else...i'm happy with 305Mhz after all. My ram is running at 190Mhz 2.5, 3, 3, 7. The only bad thing is, i'm only 200 points away from breaking 10,000 at 3dmark05, and i'd love to somehow squeeze a bit more juice out of this system.
 
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