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Dual Core Optys

a few of the resellers replyed but none could give me any info on the steppings they had in stock so iv ordered a opty 170 for £132 inc delivery, also its a local reseller to me :) which has its advantages

ill let you know stepping info when i get it in about 3-4 days
 
Let us know how it goes, siclilmonkey. I'm very tempted by this upgrade for my 'very soon to be dead end' 939 system. I've found a few sites with 170s still available, but they're all new to me so I'm a bit dubious about buying from them.
 
Well just got some new ram from my setup, some g.skill pc4000, my opteron 170 is now running at 2.5Ghz no problem, will have to tweak and push this a lot further, should be able to do 2.7-2.8Ghz on air I believe.

My old ram was geil value and my motherboard didn't like to use dividers on the memory so I was stuck at 2.2Ghz overclock.
 
right everything ready to go

to install this cpu what i need to do

uninstall the 146 opty drivers from device manager

install the new cpu

then install the dual core drivers from here
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_13118,00.html


AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor Driver for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Version (x86 and x64 exe) 1.3.2.16 -


then install the

AMD Dual-Core Optimizer

then it should work fine.

that sound about right?
 
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right iv swaped over the cpu

but i am getting no display on moniter

lights are on fans are going but no display.

iv tryed clearing the bios left it for about 2-3 mins gona try again now but leave it for 10 mins

any other idears?
 
siclilmonkey said:
right iv swaped over the cpu

but i am getting no display on moniter

lights are on fans are going but no display.

iv tryed clearing the bios left it for about 2-3 mins gona try again now but leave it for 10 mins

any other idears?
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Re seat the graphics card,..you think its in but the buggers are sooo picky !
 
done that

the sound i get is

beeeeeeeeeep beep beep

gona try with 1 stick of ram

just remembered i did have a hell of a time getting the gfx card to sit properly when i first put it in so will try again
 
right

got display gfx card was not in properly took me and my bro to screw it in lol

now think my raid aray is broke :(

as i get this warning

"A Disk Read Error Occurred"
pres ctrl alt del to restart

im begining not to like this new cpu :(
 
OMG

it works

caus i cleared the bios i lost all the raid settings (probs caus it may be disabled by default)

lucky i used the bios backup thingy that the DFI bioses have restored the opty 146 setting lowered the volatge and the fsb and walla :>

fixed :)

now i can break it again by clocking the pants off it :)

god i cant be doing with that sort of stress after work lol god
 
33c idle
40c dual prime

not 2 bad :)


lol u think that was funny wait until i do my water cooling lol

everything seems fine

do you think i should install the drivers and the Optimizer?
 
siclilmonkey said:
do you think i should install the drivers and the Optimizer?
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Step away from the computer son! no one needs to get hurt here! :)

(Leave it as it is, monitor it, test it, benchit, play some games, then make your next move!)
 
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