reached the limit?

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any guess if i hit the limit on my chip?

i have been trying to get 2.9ghz on my opteron 144 (323x9) and dispite prime giving no errors for 13+ testing, the system has a few times just shut off, often when doing very little. could the chip just not be liking the settings? i went up to 1.58 on the Vcore to try and help it become stable and the memory at 2.8v but it just died again whilst surfing the net, any suggestions or shall i give up and drop it down ?
 
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Hmmm... You using a DFI by any chance? What PSU you got for that?

Try to get an occt trace - preferably with the voltages and temps - should make for a good read.
 
using a ultra X connect 500W PSU and an asus a8n sli board.

will up it back to what it was when it was crashing out and run occt tomorrow and post results
 
not realated to my topic but mypc smells faintly of an odd burning around the dvd drive bay area for apaprently no reason and its freaking me out
 
This the old 20 pin model (all I found googling)? The new boards really do need the 24pin - I know DFI are getting pretty techy about it (can kill your ram etc...) - not so sure on the Asus's's's :p

Does sound a bit like a PSU issue - 500W is pretty much borderline for the newer chips - especially if you are putting some volts through the chip (1.45+) - have you got access to a bigger one for testing? - at 1.58v you really are demanding a lot out of your PSU - could well be the problem - try running Occt and Atitool (artifact finder) at the same time - really pushes the system :p
 
i have heard about the 24 pin issue and problems surrounding the 20 to 24 pin converter and i think im just going to leave my cpu at 2.84ghz which was my last stable clock before trying for 2.9ghz. i'm now more worries as to why my pc has developed an odd burning smell which is really strong smelling around the the reset button area inside the case!!??
 
ok, i just pulled out the cathod connector which has my green light connected to (for the front light on my transformer case and it appears to smell like the firey burning smell i could smell) so i think i found the problem with the smell.
stupid sunbeam......
 
Have a look at This and This

Both for DFI rather than Asus but I'm sure the idea is the same - the new mobo's are spec'ed for *native* 24 pin, and you take your chances with anything else!

Having said that I run my Oc'ing rig on a 20 pin 550W enermax and so far it's been fine - but if it blows up I can't really complain!
 
ah well its not DFI and i ran the risk on my old set up with an asus k8n4e-d board and had no problems with it for around 8 months altho you can buy 24 pin cables for the x connect series and its not the same as a converter because it will run straight from the psu to the board 24 pin. worth a buy ??
 
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