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silversurfer said:
I interested to know if it helps stabilty and therefore higher clocks
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Well if you measure your vdroop in Speedfan (register and get the BETA version) to what your volts are on load, you should be able to just set that in the BIOS and not have to worry about it dipping below the volts needed to run at the speed you want.
 
Kaiju said:
Well if you measure your vdroop in Speedfan (register and get the BETA version) to what your volts are on load, you should be able to just set that in the BIOS and not have to worry about it dipping below the volts needed to run at the speed you want.
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The big benefit being lower idle temperatures.
 
WJA96 said:
The big benefit being lower idle temperatures.
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Exacly, i thought id realy push things and dropped the Vcore to 1.4+1 and raise the FSB to give me 3.4 gig.
Idle temps with a 20C-21C ambiant sat at 27C but during Orthos rose to 53C which is the highest if seen on my rig. I put that down to the fact that before the mod the droop caused the Vcore to dip well below that.
The downside was Orthos frose at just over the hour mark but before the mob i couldnt get 3.4ghz stable for more than a few seconds.
I used a 2H pencil (thanks to Banner Office Supplies) as that is all that i had to hand and about 10 strokes iirc.
Speedfan showed a rock solid Vcore at all times during Orthos.
I'l probably up the Vcore tonight and give MTW2/LOMAC and Q4 a run as ive found all three a decent test for the CPU.
Ultimatly i'l drop the fsb and as long as i get decent temps with summer coming up at 3.2 i'l be happy.
 
WJA96 said:
The big benefit being lower idle temperatures.
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Even at 1.52v stressed (1.5v+1 idle), my idle temps were 31C.

I can't really see the major benefit of a few degrees less at idle, but I guess every little helps in the Summer.
 
Right I'm going to flash my bios but I can't find a Windows flasher ..... anyone knows if Asus has one or if there's an alternative?

I'm so use to having an MSI windows flasher for my bios rofl :p
 
Weazle said:
Right I'm going to flash my bios but I can't find a Windows flasher ..... anyone knows if Asus has one or if there's an alternative?

I'm so use to having an MSI windows flasher for my bios rofl :p
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Yup AsusUpdate is on the CD that came with your motherboard.
 
Minstadave said:
Yup AsusUpdate is on the CD that came with your motherboard.
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Thanks.

I've just been reading the temps with Core Temp beta and I'm a little worried about my temps not being as good as they should be.

its 35C at idle, and when I run Orthos it goes to 46C ....... I've got a Scythe Infinity inside a Coolermaster Mystique case with a back fan sucking air out, all on default clocks and voltages with and old BIOS .... something not right here?
 
silversurfer said:
Sounds ok to me, what is it clocked to with what volts.
Is the IHS &HSF level and a see through amount of paste applied.
Whats the MB temp?
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Its 1.22v at the moment on idle ..... I might've put a bit too much paste on though.
 
Im 4ghz superpi 32mb stable atm, 14mins into orthos and the vcore drops from 1.6 to 1.5 and a second later orthos stops :mad:. the more vcore you run the more you loose on high load. I swear on load the actual voltage difference between 1.5 and 1.6 in the bios is nothing! noticed you can prime one core no probs, run both and the vcore drops like nothin else on this board. seriously thinkin about the vdrop mod.
 
yup it seems 3dmark05 is stable at 4ghz :)
damn these c2d dont half boost 3d scores! :eek:

anyway, im pretty sure when i have a bash at encoding a dvds into .avi using dvix 6 which can utilise multiple cpus it will most likely fall over.

need to really get it orthos stable to feel safe
 
Hesky82 said:
anyway, im pretty sure when i have a bash at encoding a dvds into .avi using dvix 6 which can utilise multiple cpus it will most likely fall over.

need to really get it orthos stable to feel safe
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Mine is orthos stable for only 4 mins but that makes it pretty stable for just about anything else.
Virtualdub is multi threaded, Im seing 86% usage of both cores. coretemp is 63c
vcore is at 1.5v instead of 1.47v that orthos gets

MB temp is 43c and its 8mins stable so far.




I downloaded the divx6 codec and it encoded two films fine. Voltage varied from 1.54 to 1.49 with Average 75% cpu load and 63c in coretemp.
Make sure you tick the enhanced multithreading box


http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=172727
The spec in the link took about 12 mins to convert 720meg - 95mins of divx3 to 636meg - 95mins of divx6

Audio was recompressed from mp3 to ogg at similar quality/bitrate
 
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Right tried to re-apply my thermal paste last night and its a right pain in the butt ..... the Scythe Infinity just barely fits and i've got to remove just about everything just to put the clips on .... I spent so much time fiddling with the clips and seating the cooler that I think its getting air bubbles cause of moving around! I also think the paste I'm using isn't being applied very well cause it startrs to thicken about 30 seconds after spreading it ... the Akasa 5022 paste is meant to be the dogs ****** :rolleyes:

My current temps on stock voltages and FSB when running Orthos are:
Speedfan temp 1 = 43c
Speedfan temp 2 = 46c
Speedfan temp 3 = 26c
Core Temp beta temp Core 0 = 47c
Core Temp beta temp Core 1 = 46c

When I overclock to 3.4GHz I get Orthos errors after 30 mins and the Core Temp beta temps are around 57c!

Any recommendations such as changing paste, how to mount the Scythe Infinity properly on this board, etc would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
 
57c doesnt seem too bad to me, better then my ac 7 does at 3.4ghz

With the paste, you want a tiny amount (a grain of rice or two if needed). apply it with a bus pass, something thinner then a credit card, enough to cover but not obscure view of the ihs surface.

The first two temps in speedfan are HSF and the MB. I think the MB sensor is between the NB and SB. No idea on temp3 if thats real

46c for the MB seems too high, basically thats dependant on your case temp and how well its cooled
 
silversurfer said:
57c doesnt seem too bad to me, better then my ac 7 does at 3.4ghz

With the paste, you want a tiny amount (a grain of rice or two if needed). apply it with a bus pass, something thinner then a credit card, enough to cover but not obscure view of the ihs surface.

The first two temps in speedfan are HSF and the MB. I think the MB sensor is between the NB and SB. No idea on temp3 if thats real

46c for the MB seems too high, basically thats dependant on your case temp and how well its cooled
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Thanks.

46c might be the GeForce 8800 stuck between the NB and SB then :D
 
hey just to check something with you guys..

this Vcore drop under load is a just a mobo issue.. or something generally observed on C2D platforms..?

I mean.. shall I get Abit's mobo instead..?
 
I can only get my e6400 to about 2.8ghz before trouble starts happening.
I raised the vcore a slight bit, but still problems. This is on around 1400 FSB.

Should I raise some other voltages too?

Also, I have the memory and CPU set at UNLINKED.
The memory running at 800mhz.

Should I link these and put a divider in or something?

Are there any other settings I should alter now that I've raised the FSB? Like that think on the AMD boards that you have to reduce. The HHT or something?
 
Anyone else get....

CPU settings have changed F1 to continue DEL to enter setup now and again on this board ?

it's annoying me now i'm going to change the CMOS battery and see if that helps !
 
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