**The ASrock 939dual-SATA2 (ULi M1695) thread**

okay well thanks to a few of you guys on here i managed to leanr to overclock today. got my opteron 146 on the asrock dual mobo overclocked to 2.7ghz any more and it wont boot. I think from reading on here (my cpu is the one that CAB2E 0545) that i wont get any more. But its my 1st ever overclock and im happy i think. Now is that it ? or can i do anything with my memory (in sig) etc. Or shall i just be happy with that, and whats that program you go on about, 3d mark etc ? you got a link ? do i need it etc ?

Played Battlefield 2 for 2 hours tonight and temp on cpu was at 40*c so shoudl be fine huh ?
 
Barely Legal said:
does this board still have problems with the Antec Sonata 2 and its PSU? from looking at ocw forums I might have to get a new PSU :*(
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can you expand on this or give me a link? i just ordered the ASRock and it was meant to be going in this case, where my NF7-S currently resides...
 
hmm... a motherboard thats incompatible with a powersupply. certainly a new one on me, i guess i've been out of the loop too long.

i'll be seriously under-impressed if this thing doesnt work with the Antec PSU. guess i'll find out tomorrow.
 
Actually, I just remembered, my Tagan was slightly incompatable with my board too. By slightly, I mean I had to cut off a small bit of plastic from the atx connector to get past a neighbouring capacitor! (the cable has a small clip on the side that sticks out to allow the 20pin to become a 24pin on my revision psu)

just to worry and confuse you all more!
 
hooneeawr said:
Actually, I just remembered, my Tagan was slightly incompatable with my board too. By slightly, I mean I had to cut off a small bit of plastic from the atx connector to get past a neighbouring capacitor! (the cable has a small clip on the side that sticks out to allow the 20pin to become a 24pin on my revision psu)

just to worry and confuse you all more!
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Well this board doesn't suffer from that problem. I still have the connector attached to my main 20 pin connector and there is loads of room for it.
 
I've flashed my bios to install the ocw betas, tried v1 and v2, to get my HTT above 274. The problem is, even if I set the multiplier down to 8 and increase the VCore to the higher setting of 1.45, I still could not set an HTT value above 274 and I have to perform a couple of hard boots to get my system running again.

Do you need to apply the VCore modd to set an HTT above 274 with this board? Or have I just reached the limit with my CPU?

I have an Opteron 144 CABNE 0545BPMW and I'm running my RAM(standard Crucial PC3200, 2x512MB)on a divider so as not to o/c it and set it to T2.

Any help appreciated, dagwoood.
 
My opty seems unstable even at 274 (currently on 230 with no probs, with try 240 tonight) on 1.45v, I keep meaning to do the volt mod, to find out if it just needs more juice....
 
dagwoood said:
Do you need to apply the VCore modd to set an HTT above 274 with this board? Or have I just reached the limit with my CPU?

I have an Opteron 144 CABNE 0545BPMW and I'm running my RAM(standard Crucial PC3200, 2x512MB)on a divider so as not to o/c it and set it to T2.

Any help appreciated, dagwoood.
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hi

try lowering memory divider to 100, could also try lowering the multi to 8, should help see if the cpu can do more.

markeh:

what bios does you're board have, if its the offical asrock bios or ocwbetas 3/4 they are locked max at 274, if you have ocwbeta1/2 try the above.
 
I've tried the official Bios 1.2, 1.4 and OWB1 (which i'm on at the mo), it tends to freeze in a game after a certain period of time at 274. Never had the HTT over 274 on either BIOS, and try to keep the RAM speed under 200 by using the divider. I'll try dropping the multi and upping the HTT..... :)
 
dagwoood said:
I've flashed my bios to install the ocw betas, tried v1 and v2, to get my HTT above 274. The problem is, even if I set the multiplier down to 8 and increase the VCore to the higher setting of 1.45, I still could not set an HTT value above 274 and I have to perform a couple of hard boots to get my system running again.

Do you need to apply the VCore mod to set an HTT above 274 with this board? Or have I just reached the limit with my CPU?

I have an Opteron 144 CABNE 0545BPMW and I'm running my RAM(standard Crucial PC3200, 2x512MB)on a divider so as not to o/c it and set it to T2.

Any help appreciated, dagwoood.
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Maybe you are at or near the limit for that CPU. The volt mod may help but you may not want the extra voltage for little gain.

In my opinion though, it's worth a try. If you have some conductive paint the mod is simple really. And it's easy to reverse.

I did find that all 3 of my Opterons liked at least 1.5v to be really stable when stressed. My current 146 will happily boot into Windows at 1.4v and is usually stable enough to surf with. I have, however, stayed with the latest v1.5 bios at 274Mhz as it is perfectly stable with my ram at 1:1. Anything above that and I have to lower the ram speed and the overall system stability suffers.
 
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mp260767 said:
hi

try lowering memory divider to 100, could also try lowering the multi to 8, should help see if the cpu can do more.
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Hi mp26o767, I've tried lowering the multiplier to 8 but it still wouldn't boot. Thanks for the suggestion :)


ns400r said:
Maybe you are at or near the limit for that CPU. The volt mad may help but you may not want the extra voltage for little gain.

In my opinion though, it's worth a try. If you have some conductive paint the mod is simple really. And it's easy to reverse.

I did find that all 3 of my Opterons liked at least 1.5v to be really stable when stressed. My current 146 will happily boot into Windows at 1.4v and is usually stable enough to surf with. I have, however, stayed with the latest v1.5 bios at 274Mhz as it is perfectly stable with my ram at 1:1. Anything above that and I have to lower the ram speed and the overall system stability suffers.
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Thanks again for the advice ns400r. I'm reluctant to volt mod to be honest; stressing the CPU even more by upping the voltage to get a bit extra performance looks like a case of the risks outway the benefits. I seem to running stable at 274 at stock voltage, so I'm going to stress test some more and see if I can get my memory latencies down.

Cheers, dagwoood.
 
hooneeawr said:
Actually, I just remembered, my Tagan was slightly incompatable with my board too. By slightly, I mean I had to cut off a small bit of plastic from the atx connector to get past a neighbouring capacitor! (the cable has a small clip on the side that sticks out to allow the 20pin to become a 24pin on my revision psu)

just to worry and confuse you all more!
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:confused: ????
He speaks the truth!!! :eek:
(my Tagan connected to ocz booster-> on mboard,so it never had this problem)

There is a small piece of plastic to be removed for a tagan to fit.But its really a no brainer.It is "technically" incompatable!-A stanely blade would be obvious treatment.

And i bet it ruins tagan warranty
 
righto guys, need some help here. putting together a 'new' box, specs as follows:

ASRock 939 Dual-Sata
San Diego 3700+
1Gb RAM (2 x 512Mb Crucial DDR400)
Radeon 9800Pro
2 x Maxtor Diamondmax 9 160Gb SATA, running RAID1.
Antec Sonata II

so, having heard about some potential problems with the Antec's PSU, i assembled it on my desk. i had to clip a small portion of the 20way plug off (where it attaches to become a 24way plug..) to clear a cap on the board. plugged in the 4pin AUX connector... and...

well, the board powers up, but nothing, no video. havent got a speaker plugged in so cant hear the POST beeps. cleared CMOS, pulled RAM, tried different VGA cards etc.

does the ASRock support the San Diego on BIOS rev. 1.20?

cheers,

Andy
 
markeh said:
If you aren't using the OCWB Bios 1 or 2 the you wont get past HTT 274 even if you drop the multiplier....
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Markeh thanks for the above, but I was aware of that. I tried lowering the multiplier to see if it would go past the 274 barrier, but it wouldn't let me :(
 
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