The AMD Phenom II OC'ers Club

[Athlon2K15]

oh christ time for a high quality mobo!

 

[Athlonite]

I'd have to agree there Ax2

oh hey I see you've not filled in your system specs yet how remiss of you after 4300 posts

 

[de.das.dude]

broke = no money for board.

 

[JrRacinFan]

my mobo failed on me. cant get a 10% OC stable
and its been 6 months since last RMA.

time for RMA again.

I would look into other options. Maybe try running without a case for a bit(if you can) and see if that's the issue. maybe you have a short. Could be you are just trying to overclock too much for the board and pushing it's phases too much, in which case I agree with Athlon.

 

[eidairaman1]

eidairaman1><JrRacinFan lol

 

[JrRacinFan]

What you tryn' to say boss?!

 

[eidairaman1]

LMAO, only playin dude. Did u happen to back the clock speed off to 3.2Ghz and Re-enable the 4th core on the 555be?

 

[JrRacinFan]

Funny you are asking about it. 4 cores enabled below. LOL I knew that, was playin back, hard to tell in context I know....

http://img.techpowerup.org/111207/Capture021.jpg

Noticed with the raised latencies (from CL6) it dropped my CPU-NB voltage down by 0.1v to 1.275 and my cpu voltage to 1.33v from 1.36v @ 3.7Ghz. No real difference in overall feel.

 

[eidairaman1]

well u were sayin u had it at 3 cores due to heat, n i was sayin to run it at 955 spec

 

[JrRacinFan]

well u were sayin u had it at 3 cores due to heat, n i was sayin to run it at 955 spec

Yeah. after messing around I noticed only 2C difference on both idle & load between the 3.7Ghz tri and quad, which nearly has no change in voltages needed. So basically took your advice, tweaked it and went one step further.

 

[eidairaman1]

Yeah. after messing around I noticed only 2C difference on both idle & load between the 3.7Ghz tri and quad, which nearly has no change in voltages needed. So basically took your advice, tweaked it and went one step further.

Ya My Bros does fine at 955 spec with the boxed cooler. Sure it can do 4+ with a decent CPU cooler and probably fans on the NB/SB and probably the power phases

 

[JrRacinFan]

Yeah after playing around and seeing what this loop actually does makes me feel more content to add my 460 into the loop without adding more radiator power.

 

[de.das.dude]

I would look into other options. Maybe try running without a case for a bit(if you can) and see if that's the issue. maybe you have a short. Could be you are just trying to overclock too much for the board and pushing it's phases too much, in which case I agree with Athlon.

asus service here is crappy. they work without any form of ESD protection. i gave them my mobo in a anti-static bag, they returned it naked. i asked for a bag, they gave me a bubble wrap bag. WTF.


and my original mobo did 3.6GHz 24*7. i used to WCG on that.

 

[JrRacinFan]

No offense, that blows hard dude. Wish i could help yah with a new board or smth =/

 

[de.das.dude]

i know. i think next trip im gonna collect a signed declaration by others who faced the same fate by me, and submit it to asus.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Damn bro, effin' bummer.

 

[Irony]

I've got a question. My Fatal1ty has the 1.3 BIOS from the factory, and I wanted to flash it to 1.5. (newest) So I was gonna use Instant Flash, but it doesn't recognize my flash drive with the new BIOS on it.

Do I need to try a different flash drive? I only have that one. I could borrow a couple to try from a friend though if thats what it is.

 

[LifeOnMars]

Is it normal for memory subtimings to have an effect on in game stuttering/hitching?

I loosened a few of my subtimings and I could swear blind it has got rid of some annoying hitching and split second frameskip I was getting in some games.

Any fact behind this?

 

[eidairaman1]

Is it normal for memory subtimings to have an effect on in game stuttering/hitching?

I loosened a few of my subtimings and I could swear blind it has got rid of some annoying hitching and split second frameskip I was getting in some games.

Any fact behind this?

well it is plausible as it worked for you. Sometimes ram struggles to keep up with refreshing data if times are too tight or not enough voltage is applied

 

[de.das.dude]

Is it normal for memory subtimings to have an effect on in game stuttering/hitching?

I loosened a few of my subtimings and I could swear blind it has got rid of some annoying hitching and split second frameskip I was getting in some games.

Any fact behind this?

same here. i loosened timings and it was stutter-mania.

 

[JrRacinFan]

well it is plausible as it worked for you. Sometimes ram struggles to keep up with refreshing data if times are too tight or not enough voltage is applied

same here. i loosened timings and it was stutter-mania.

Semi-true. An unstable IMC can cause this, rather than loosening sub-timings you could have given CPU-NB more voltage.

 

[LifeOnMars]

Semi-true. An unstable IMC can cause this, rather than loosening sub-timings you could have given CPU-NB more voltage.

Already tried that but there was no diifference other than added heat.

Relaxed the subtimings and bam smooth on 3 different reboots with the afflicted games.

I'm currently considering trying out a 960T and selling my chip, hexacore goodness possibility?

 

[erocker]

I've got a question. My Fatal1ty has the 1.3 BIOS from the factory, and I wanted to flash it to 1.5. (newest) So I was gonna use Instant Flash, but it doesn't recognize my flash drive with the new BIOS on it.

Do I need to try a different flash drive? I only have that one. I could borrow a couple to try from a friend though if thats what it is.

Try formatting the USB drive with FAT32.

 

[JrRacinFan]

@LoM

Sell your current BE for let's say $60 + cost of 960T, you can get a 1090t and not bother with unlocking.

 

[Irony]

Try formatting the USB drive with FAT32.

How do I do that?