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*** Official Opteron 170 Ocing Thread ***

The_One said:
Just reseated, still seems really high.
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It might be that the IHS isn't making good contact with the core, this did happen occasionally with the single core Opterons so it happening with a dual core isn't unfeasible.

Jokester
 
The_One said:
Just been testing my opty @ 2.4GHz using 1.35volts and the temperature gets into the 70's stressing it with prime95.
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That's not possible :confused:

  • Is the fan working?

  • Did you remove any obvious stickers from the CPU surface/heatsink base?

  • Is the sensor your reading from known good and working? (does heatsink feel hot to the touch?)

  • Have you got a stock/spare heatsink that you could try, maybe the fittings of the Arctic have become damaged?

  • Did you drop any of your lunch onto the CPU just before you fitted it? If so look closely for traces of pot noodle and clean them away.

  • Do you have any pets or young children? If so do a quick head count and see if all are present, if some are missing place your ear near the heatsink and listen carefully for any *meowing* or calls of *daddy*

Hope one of these suggestions helps :)
 
Last 2 arent even remotely funny, good job you aint a comedian.

Yes the fan works ;)
No stickers on the cpu and heatsink was taken straight off my opty 144 and placed on the 170.

After paste was cleaned off of course :o

THe temp reader is fine as my temps were spot on with my old opty 144
 
The_One said:
Last 2 arent even remotely funny, good job you aint a comedian.

Yes the fan works ;)
No stickers on the cpu and heatsink was taken straight off my opty 144 and placed on the 170.

After paste was cleaned off of course :o

THe temp reader is fine as my temps were spot on with my old opty 144
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I had a FX55 that was like that, I couldn't even get 2.8GHz out of it and if I put more volts through it like 1.425 only 0.025 of a volt increase it overheated and shut down, I returned it to AMD who sent me a new replacement FOC.
 
UPDATE!!

Well i took my artic freezer pro off one last time to reapply Artic silver and try seating it for the last time.

I took the heatsink off and............

The ihs came off the processor with it :eek:

Was shocked for an initial few minutes.........Put the cooler back on the chip without the ihs and temps dropped considerably.

Now idles at 31degrees with 39degrees full load :D

Heres a pic of it after i first took it out :p

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Guess the ihs was never sealed properly from the factory :confused:
 
Yeah i did.

Are you thinking the guy selling it took the ihs off and then "temporarily" stuck it back on?

EDIT** PMSL now the superglue is actually funny :p :D

Used AS5 ;)
 
does the rubber look all cut as if its been sliced with a knife?

you might get some uber clocks with it now.As long as its not damaged I suppose

what did you pay for it?
 
Doesn't look like it was sliced to be honest.

Its currently at 2.65Ghz on 1.375V

Going to stress it over night :)

I payed £265 and stepping is CCBWE 0546XPMW
 
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Looking at the picture, thats deffo a 'cut and shut' job imo. He's saved you the hassle of taking the ihs off anyways, n1. Take a close look at the little chips and the core itself to make sure none have been chipped.
 
w3bbo said:
Looking at the picture, thats deffo a 'cut and shut' job imo. He's saved you the hassle of taking the ihs off anyways, n1. Take a close look at the little chips and the core itself to make sure none have been chipped.
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Then again, how do you know it is the stepping he said it was....
 
smids said:
Then again, how do you know it is the stepping he said it was....
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Exactly!

depends if the seller actually mentioned on his ad if the IHS had been removed, I suspect he didn't.

In that situation I would have a play with the CPU to see how high I could clock it, and then probably contact the seller and have words, possibly chase a refund.

No refund? then leave a nice big fat *negative :mad: * with details.

I have a strong disdain for unscrouplous traders :rolleyes:
 
He's getting 2.65 @ 1.375v. Hardly a 'bad' stepping for a 165 (whatever stepping it is!). If it didn't clock past 2.4 I would deffo chase a refund but anything past 2.6 for a 165 is a bonus imo.
 
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