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***The Official E2140/E2160 Overclocking Thread***

An error means the CPU returned an incorrect value, which means its doing its job wrong.

In real world this will cause programs (even windows) to crash. Its never acceptible to error at orthos, CPU's should be 100% all the time.

Or simply, as said above, its not stable lol :)

ta

alec
 
Final overclock (Stable orthos) - 333mhz x 8 = 2664mhz @ 1.3v. Pretty sure the P5l-vm-1394 is holding it back although the 800-1333 BSEL mod didnt seem to work (800-1066 did)

Pleased enough though ive moved onto an E6600...initial impressions are great
 
megatron said:
It means its not stable.
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Thanks Einstein, very useful. :rolleyes: I was just curious why it failed, was it the memory or the CPU (running small FFT's so more than likely the CPU). I think I may need to give the CPU (or maybe RAM as well) a little more juice to try and get it stable.
 
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Just Oc'd my E2160 to 3510mhz with my new Ultima-90i and a Sharkoon 1000 120mm fan.
Ram running at 468,5,5,5,15 Ocz 2GB 6400c4 stuff.
Asus P5E mobo cpu at 1.48v

Ran a superpi time of 17.594s is that good ?

Can't remember how to post a pic on here ?
 
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Chasser said:
Thanks Einstein, very useful. :rolleyes: I was just curious why it failed, was it the memory or the CPU (running small FFT's so more than likely the CPU). I think I may need to give the CPU (or maybe RAM as well) a little more juice to try and get it stable.
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What Im saying is that all that program can tell u is that your PC is giving the wrong result and hence its unstable. Its up to you to make an educated guess on which part of the system is being unstable.

The program is designed to make mathematical calculations, all it is able to do is tell u wether the calculation is correct according to the known answer.

Your question was vague and hence my general response saying "its unstable".

If u wanted a more detailed response you should have asked a more detailed question, and don't insult my intelligence cause on most forums personal attacks are not tollerated; and I think u will find this forum is not an exception.

If after my response to your question, u felt stupid, then thats your problem.
 
megatron said:
Your question was vague and hence my general response saying "its unstable".

If u wanted a more detailed response you should have asked a more detailed question, and don't insult my intelligence cause on most forums personal attacks are not tollerated; and I think u will find this forum is not an exception.

If after my response to your question, u felt stupid, then thats your problem.
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My question was not vague; "Any way of checking what the error codes returned by Orthos actually mean?" was what I asked, pretty clear I think. Your response got the reply it deserved, of course I knew it was unstable. And to call it a personal attack, please, grow up, I suppose you missed the rolleyes. And no, I don't feel stupid, why should I?
 
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megatron said:
Your question was vague and hence my general response saying "its unstable".
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Chasser said:
Thanks Einstein, very useful. I was just curious why it failed, was it the memory or the CPU (running small FFT's so more than likely the CPU). I think I may need to give the CPU (or maybe RAM as well) a little more juice to try and get it stable.
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Yes it was vague and ambiguous hence u have expanded and explained upon it, for instance u might have been enquiring on the actual error of the mathematical function the program was crunching.


Well I thought the personal attack, sarcastically calling me an Einstein was because u felt stupid. I can appreciate how u felt though, cause if I asked that question I would fell stupid too.:)

I've even explained the error codes to you, but u persist in claiming to be the intellectual superior of us both.

As for rolleyes, what possible difference would that make. The use of smileys on the internet is the cause of a lot of miscommunication about conveyed feelings.
 
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Chasser said:
Thanks Einstein, very useful. :rolleyes: I was just curious why it failed, was it the memory or the CPU (running small FFT's so more than likely the CPU). I think I may need to give the CPU (or maybe RAM as well) a little more juice to try and get it stable.
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What part of your pc system is malfunctioning is outside the scope of the error codes that any online mathematically stress tester will give. Even a bluescreen will typically not give a clue as to which part of the system the error was attributed to, unless its a specific driver fault.

This is the reason my answer was abrupt, you are trying to read too much into the error codes, the answers u seek are not found here.
 
What part of your pc system is malfunctioning is outside the scope of the error codes that any online mathematically stress tester will give.
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Thankyou, obviously I didn't know that. If you had initially replied with that information we wouldn't be exchanging posts.

My post clearly reflected that I knew the overclock was unstable. Your initial response was next to useless, but I'm glad it makes you feel good. ;)
 
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E2180 first overclocking attempt, just got to 3000 MHz, will try higher

using Gigabyte 965P DS3 (rev 3.3 with F12 bios)
E2180 CPu
Geil 2 Gb kit

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or try
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Got my E2180 to 3Ghz with ease (375x8, 1.344V). Can't seem to get 400FSB stable on my board (P35-DS3P) but it seems to do very high 300's and I still have 2x multi's to go yet (though I doubt 375x10 will be stable :p ).
 
Got my E2160 to 3501mhz, 389*9 at 1.55volts, with Ultima-90i with Sharkoon 1000.

Primed for 20+mins then got board and ran 3dmark06 and my score didn't really improve still can't break 12K
Think my x1950xtx's are limiting me now.
 
Im stuck a bit now

E2180 @ 3.2 (320x10)

is my bios settings ok ?

Gigabyte 965P DS3
E2180
Geil 2Gb Kit DDR2 6400
460W PSU

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YorkshirePadd26 said:
Got my E2160 to 3501mhz, 389*9 at 1.55volts, with Ultima-90i with Sharkoon 1000.

Primed for 20+mins then got board and ran 3dmark06 and my score didn't really improve still can't break 12K
Think my x1950xtx's are limiting me now.
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Can I ask what sort of temps your getting with 1.55v going through your chip?

SW.
 
When priming it get really hot, 70 to 75ish. At idle its only 28-30ish.
but when priming and running a chip at 100% will always make it toasty.

I think if I had a better fan I could crack 3600mhx on air, I'm only running a sharkoon 1000 120mm so it's pretty quiet.

I'm going to be dabbling in a bit of CPU lapping and Heatsink Lapping over Christmas so i'll see if i can better it.

I might order a Sharkoon 2000 when they come back in stock, and then do a case mod so it can run some 120mm fans on the doors.

sam.wheale said:
Can I ask what sort of temps your getting with 1.55v going through your chip?

SW.
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Picked up a 2140 to replace my dead end S939 Athlon 64 3700+

I'm taking it slow but so far have managed to get it to 3GHz (8 x 375).

System specs.
Gigabyte P35-DS3R
Intel Core 2 2140 (M0 stepping)
Akasa Evo 120
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK)
Tagan 530W PSU
Lian Li V1000+

Core voltage is 1.264V ( set to auto in bios).
Under load (Orthos small fft) TAT is showing 48-51C, idle is high 30s

3dMark06 is giving me a CPU score of about 2500.

Will try pushing on to 3.2GHz tomorrow.

 
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Bit of an update,

E2160 on my Ultima-90i with Sharkoon 1000
Now running at 3492mhz at only 1.48volts
Totally stable :)

Still need to lap the cpu and the Heatsink and maybe invest in a more powerful fan.

Quite inpressed with this budget chip, next time i've got the cooler off I'll make a note of it and post it on here.
 
YorkshirePadd26 said:
Bit of an update,

E2160 on my Ultima-90i with Sharkoon 1000
Now running at 3492mhz at only 1.48volts
Totally stable :)

Still need to lap the cpu and the Heatsink and maybe invest in a more powerful fan.

Quite inpressed with this budget chip, next time i've got the cooler off I'll make a note of it and post it on here.
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They are great chips.

The fact that this thread is still going is testament to that.:)
 
LauraLC said:
Picked up a 2140 to replace my dead end S939 Athlon 64 3700+

I'm taking it slow but so far have managed to get it to 3GHz (8 x 375).

System specs.
Gigabyte P35-DS3R
Intel Core 2 2140 (M0 stepping)
Akasa Evo 120
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK)
Tagan 530W PSU
Lian Li V1000+

Core voltage is 1.264V ( set to auto in bios).
Under load (Orthos small fft) TAT is showing 48-51C, idle is high 30s

3dMark06 is giving me a CPU score of about 2500.

Will try pushing on to 3.2GHz tomorrow.

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Don't take CPU-z's word on the Vcore, it doesn't correlate with even changes in vcore. Default I believe for that chip is 1.325v.
 
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