a64 troubles - Page 4

RichBa5tard · 25th September 2004, 17:24

Well, it works fine at 220*11, but anything above that and I get HD corruption. I've read on a linux forum (purely by accident) that SATA1 & 2 are NOT pcilocked, but SATA3 & 4 are! I'm going to change my drives to channel 3&4 tonight, and see how far that will raise my overclock. Long time since I overclocked.

jmke · 25th September 2004, 17:32

look what I have sitting in my mailbox

from Jnav's upcoming MSI K8n Neo2 S939 review; guess the same applies to the S754 version we have

I have my drives hooked up SATA 3&4 and run 230*10 with my A64 3000+ without prob, so I guess you should stay away from SATA1&2 when overclocking! Had my drives hooked up there "by accident" for cable routing advantages

25th September 2004, 17:57

nice find, is this MSI only or are there other boards/brands/chipsets that pose the same problem?

Sidney · 25th September 2004, 18:56

Quote:

I have my drives hooked up SATA 3&4 and run 230*10 with my A64 3000+ without prob, so I guess you should stay away from SATA1&2 when overclocking! Had my drives hooked up there "by accident" for cable routing advantages

Foot note this

RichBa5tard · 25th September 2004, 19:57

It was defenitly SATA1 & 2 which was holding me back. Before, I would have HD corruption at 220mhz HTT, now 245mhz is no problem.

The revived A64 3200+ seems to be doing 2420mhz stable with stock cooling and 1.6vcore.

Sidney · 25th September 2004, 20:30

What kind of temp readings are you getting?

RichBa5tard · 25th September 2004, 20:38

Extreme low idle temperature, even lower than my A64 3000+. With C&Q enabled (1,05V, 1000mhz), it's exaclty 1 degree C over room temperature (21C). Stressed it's about 50 degrees with the standard cooler set to silent.

26th September 2004, 01:21

Sidney · 26th September 2004, 01:38

It's called the no fuss overclocking; the best of it all.

27th September 2004, 19:47

just tested with infineon, doesn't even post with ram in bank2
mailed soltek too, but no reply yet.

25th September 2004, 17:24	#31
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	Well, it works fine at 22011, but anything above that and I get HD corruption. I've read on a linux forum (purely by accident) that SATA1 & 2 are NOT pcilocked, but SATA3 & 4 are! I'm going to change my drives to channel 3&4 tonight, and see how far that will raise my overclock. Long time since I overclocked. __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp)*: E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

25th September 2004, 17:32	#32
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	look what I have sitting in my mailbox from Jnav's upcoming MSI K8n Neo2 S939 review; guess the same applies to the S754 version we have I have my drives hooked up SATA 3&4 and run 230*10 with my A64 3000+ without prob, so I guess you should stay away from SATA1&2 when overclocking! Had my drives hooked up there "by accident" for cable routing advantages __________________

25th September 2004, 19:57	#35
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	It was defenitly SATA1 & 2 which was holding me back. Before, I would have HD corruption at 220mhz HTT, now 245mhz is no problem. The revived A64 3200+ seems to be doing 2420mhz stable with stock cooling and 1.6vcore. __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

25th September 2004, 20:30	#36
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	What kind of temp readings are you getting? __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

25th September 2004, 20:38	#37
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	Extreme low idle temperature, even lower than my A64 3000+. With C&Q enabled (1,05V, 1000mhz), it's exaclty 1 degree C over room temperature (21C). Stressed it's about 50 degrees with the standard cooler set to silent. __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

25th September 2004, 17:57	#33
kristos Posts: n/a	nice find, is this MSI only or are there other boards/brands/chipsets that pose the same problem?

26th September 2004, 01:38	#39
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	It's called the no fuss overclocking; the best of it all. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

27th September 2004, 19:47	#40
jakkerd Posts: n/a	just tested with infineon, doesn't even post with ram in bank2 mailed soltek too, but no reply yet.

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