pagkalis Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 Thanks for the reply RAM Guy. But how could it be the PSU? Wrong voltage? I have an Antec 480W Butterfly and if anything is wrong icouldn't i correct it? :(: By the way CPUz reports FSB as 200.3. Is that as with others or do they bump it up a little to get better scores? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagkalis Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 I compared my scores to [U]horobosu's [/U] scores at: [url]http://discuss.futuremark.com/forum/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=techmobocpu&Number=4147247&page=1&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&fpart=4&vc=1[/url] and noticed that my only difference is that his RAM is running at 230MHz. How do I (safely) do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lidocaine Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 [quote name='Auspex']A HA! So THAT would explain why CPU-Z is reporting the memory clock speed as 166 MHz. That makes a lot more sense now. Would that also explain why I can't get the darn things to run at 2-2-2-5? I'm still getting 2-3-2-5, since after I tried Ixion's settings, the motherboard gave me an "Overclocking Failed" message and I had to go back to the BIOS. I'm using the stock settings now but I honestly have to say that this stuff is blazingly fast anyway... and with 2 GB, everything is incredibly responsive. I might have opted for a different configuration, had I known a few more things, but all in all, I'm still very pleased. Thanks, RAM GUY (and everyone who has contributed to this thread)![/QUOTE] What bios are you using? The XMS XL [b]will[/b] run at 2-2-2-5 @1T easily on the Asus A8V-Deluxe Mobo. You either need to send at least 2.7v's to the memory manually, and if you are not already on bios v.1006, then I suggest you do so......v.1003 bios is crap. If you are going to be overclocking then I recommend bios 1005.020 or 1005.021 which offer locking AGP/PCI so you don't cook something. [quote name='pagkalis']and noticed that my only difference is that his RAM is running at 230MHz. How do I (safely) do that?[/quote] bios 1005.020 or 1005.021 for the same reason I mentioned above........230Mhz on unlocked AGP/PCI slots = possible damage to vid card and other hardware :eek: .....LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagkalis Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 BIOS 1005.27 I researched the PCI/AGP lock problem. Does anyone now how one can tell whether his a8v is among the ones that can lock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooter99 Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 Hi! In an other thread there this issue has been discussed and it seems to be the case that all boards with SN 45MG0Jxxxx and higher should have a working AGP/PCI Lock. But that has not been confirmed by ASUS.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagkalis Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 [quote name='shooter99']Hi! In an other thread there this issue has been discussed and it seems to be the case that all boards with SN 45MG0Jxxxx and higher should have a working AGP/PCI Lock. But that has not been confirmed by ASUS..[/QUOTE] Yes i saw the thread. Mine is an 45MG0F, so i guess I'm unlucky... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 [quote name='Lidocaine']What bios are you using? The XMS XL [b]will[/b] run at 2-2-2-5 @1T easily on the Asus A8V-Deluxe Mobo. You either need to send at least 2.7v's to the memory manually, and if you are not already on bios v.1006, then I suggest you do so......v.1003 bios is crap. If you are going to be overclocking then I recommend bios 1005.020 or 1005.021 which offer locking AGP/PCI so you don't cook something.[/QUOTE] Well, A) I'm not going to be overclocking. B) I'm using v1.006. C) The problem is that I have 4 DIMMs occupied -- two sets of TWINX1024-3200XLPRO. I'm sure it runs fine at 2-2-2-5 with only 2 DIMMs used up (just one matched pair), but the story seems to change when you up the ante. That's the difference -- I'm using 4 DIMMs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lkhyperx Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 [quote name='pagkalis']Yes i saw the thread. Mine is an 45MG0F, so i guess I'm unlucky...[/QUOTE] where do you see this serial number?? my boards revision 1.02.. slightly different than yours.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooter99 Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 should be the label on the parallel port Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagkalis Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 It is on a sticker on the box. Mine is revision 1.02 also. The situation about the AGP/PCI lock however is unclear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lkhyperx Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 mines 46MG03xxx ... what does that tell me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooter99 Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 should have working locks. but i've heared in some other forums of people who didn't have the locks although they had a 46xxxxxxxx SN, but those seem to be exceptions. Plz tell us if your board has working locks regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lkhyperx Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 how would I know.. I lowered the multiplyer by .5 to 11.5 and increase FSB up to 215 and played some hard doom3. After a few I got a blue screen (windows needs to shut down to prevent damage to your hardware) :( At 215 FSB, 11.5 multiplyer I had 2474 mhz on my FX-53 (2.4 stock) 430 mhz on my 2-2-2-5-1 timed corsair XLRPO @ 2.8v <--- might have been the ram that crashed I dont know.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagkalis Posted August 9, 2004 Share Posted August 9, 2004 [quote name='lkhyperx']how would I know.. I lowered the multiplyer by .5 to 11.5 and increase FSB up to 215 and played some hard doom3. After a few I got a blue screen (windows needs to shut down to prevent damage to your hardware) :( At 215 FSB, 11.5 multiplyer I had 2474 mhz on my FX-53 (2.4 stock) 430 mhz on my 2-2-2-5-1 timed corsair XLRPO @ 2.8v <--- might have been the ram that crashed I dont know..[/QUOTE] On my ASUS a8v the multiplyer does not exceed 11. Would that be an indication that i do not have the agp locks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lkhyperx Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 maybe thats because you have a lesser bios than 1.006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted August 11, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted August 11, 2004 I would suggest you try the latest bios [URL=ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/socket939/a8v-deluxe/1006-006.zip]Ver. 1.006 Beta 6 for A8V Deluxe![/URL] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lidocaine Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 [quote name='Auspex']Well, A) I'm not going to be overclocking. B) I'm using v1.006. C) The problem is that I have 4 DIMMs occupied -- two sets of TWINX1024-3200XLPRO. I'm sure it runs fine at 2-2-2-5 with only 2 DIMMs used up (just one matched pair), but the story seems to change when you up the ante. That's the difference -- I'm using 4 DIMMs.[/QUOTE] With all 4 DIMMS filled, Set the CMD Rate at 2T.......then try setting memory at 2-2-2-5. [quote name='lkhyperx']how would I know.. I lowered the multiplyer by .5 to 11.5 and increase FSB up to 215 and played some hard doom3. After a few I got a blue screen (windows needs to shut down to prevent damage to your hardware) :( At 215 FSB, 11.5 multiplyer I had 2474 mhz on my FX-53 (2.4 stock) 430 mhz on my 2-2-2-5-1 timed corsair XLRPO @ 2.8v <--- might have been the ram that crashed I dont know..[/quote] First, if you're not using the beta bios' I posted(1005.020 or 1005.021) you DO NOT have working locks, even with the betas, it is hit and miss, but the option will show up in the bios. Second, default is 1000mhz HTT and a FSB over ~215-220mhz you need to drop to 800mhz or you're gonna be unstable and possibly damage something........hence Bill Gates's message to shut down your system to prevent your HDD from petering out. If you are going to overclock >215-220 FSB on rev. 1.02......you need to try bios 1005.021 and see if you can get your AGP/PCI locked........1006.006 is not going to give you locking slots, because ASUS KNOWS that rev.1.02 is not capable of this and remain stable, by a bios THEY endorse. Bios 1005.021 and 1005.020 are bios's that are hacked to allow this....IF you're lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixion Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 [quote name='Auspex']Hello, all! <snip> D) Cool 'n Quiet is nice, but somehow I don't feel comfortable with it. Not from a cooling standpoint, mind you -- I'm just concerned that there may be lag between CPU load detection and voltage ramp-up. I don't want to be playing a game and have to worry about whether the darn thing is always running at full speed, like I'd want it to be. Anyone have any test information to confirm the responsiveness of the feature? I'm leaning very heavily towards just keeping it disabled, since I haven't seen temperatures that are out of the norm. I'm using the stock heatsink and fan, and I don't plan on overclocking anything. <snip>[/QUOTE] I've read a few reviews that showed that the CnQ feature had zero effect on performance, but worked as advertized and kept the temps down. The throttle-up is instantaneous. And all benchmark results (sythetic and real-world games) had identical results as well. So CnQ appears to work quite well. I'll post the links when i find them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixion Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 I'm thinking of installing the latest VIA Hyperion chipset drivers. The latest version is 4.51 on VIA's web site which is newer than the 4.49 which is posted on the ASUS A8V download page. Looks like many reviews of the A8V used the 4.51 drivers and they were stable. Has anyone tried these? Any issues? Performance improvement? FYI, i recently installed the latest Marvell Yukon GigE drivers (v7.14) from Marvell's web site, seems to be working fine. Only issue is that Windows Update still thinks i need to update this driver whereas i'm sure i have the latest version, very strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lidocaine Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 New score [url=http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=8040007]3DMark01[/url] :eek: 1.5vcore......2.7vdimm.. Waiting for A8V Rev. 2.0 :[pouts: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbital911 Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 I seem to be having the same problem with my Asus A8V Deluxe, FX-53 (939pin) and 2 1GB sticks of Crucial DDR 400. Whenever I left the BIOS options at default, the system would hang during the Windowx XP blue screen setup when I attempted to create my partition. After tweaking the memory settings in the BIOS with some of the settings you guys have posted, I have made a little progress, and it will now format my drive to 100% before hanging again. I am getting incredibly frustrated with all of this, and would appreciate any help. ASUS tech support was useless, and Crucial gave me their recommended settings for this memory, but in my BIOS, I have options for like 6 more settings than they gave me recommendations for, and they had no idea what they should be. Here are the options I have in my BIOS, and what Crucial said they should be: CAS Latency - 3 TRC - 4 TRFC - ? TRCD - ? TWR - ? TRWT - ? TRAS - ? TRP - 4 TWCL - ? Pre-Charge Delay - 8 Use a 1:1 Ration (200mhz) So I have 6 other options that I have no idea what to set them to other than auto. I know people have got this board to work and they say it runs awesome but I am on the verge of giving up and going with the MSI Neo Platinum. Could someone please help me? I don't think I have a bad board or memory, since whenever I have been playing with the settings, it does make a difference, but it always seems to get stuck at the format 100% complete. Crucial seems to think if I can get the install done with just 1GB inserted, or even throw in an old 512 stick of DDR 333, then I can go back and put in my 2 1GB sticks and everything should be fine. That sounds great, but if I cant get it to work now, why would it work later on??? I would appreciate any assistance anyone can give me....thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted August 19, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted August 19, 2004 I am sorry, but I would not know what too tell you with another makers memory, you might try the non Corsair part of this forum or [url]www.asusforums.org[/url] for more help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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