best bios for it7 max

which and where can i get the best bios for the it7 max motherboard, i want to overclock my 2.26 later and how should my ram settings be setup? should i set by spd?

im going to try to make a overclockers.com bios from the newest one "aV" ill post it here if i can do it

doez the it7 officially support ddr400? or will it run at 400 speed and say 266?

the IT7 max will run DDR400 and above, although its not officially supported. As for your second question, are you asking if DDR400 memory can run at DDR266?

The IT7-MAX has 3 memory dividers, which depending on your bus speed gives you your memory frequency (x2 of course) for example, in my sig, I'm running at 165 FSB using the 3:4 memory divider. 165x4/3 = 220 (x2) = DDR440!

Memory dividiers are 4:3, 1:1, and 3:4

im having trouble getting the overclockers.com logo in the bios. heres the it7_av bios with more ddr voltages in the meantime

i do not understand the memory divider, what does 3:4 1:1 and 4:3 do? and what does 2-6-3-3 do?

Is there a way to make the bios get higher than 1.85v Vcore?

Matt

azianese said:

i do not understand the memory divider, what does 3:4 1:1 and 4:3 do? and what does 2-6-3-3 do?

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Memory dividers are "ratios" for CPURAM frequencies. For example, if your FSB is running at stock 133MHz, your dividers would yield the following:

4:3 -> 133 x (4/3) = 100 (x2 for DDR) = 200 MHz RAM Speed
1:1 -> 133 x (1/1) = 133 (x2 for DDR) = 266 MHz RAM Speed
3:4 -> 133 x (3/4) = 177 (x3 for DDR) = 345 MHz RAM Speed

Obviously then, your ram speed would vary according to your FSB and divider setting.

as for the 2-6-3-3 memory times, read up in the memory forum. There's a good sticky post there.

whats the most volts you can put on ur ram and cpu before things start to break?

i tried 150fsb and 4/3 and used the 2-6-3-3 and it freezes on the bootup screen do i have to add more volt onto the dram? its like at 2.5 right now

fatguy said:

Memory dividers are "ratios" for CPURAM frequencies. For example, if your FSB is running at stock 133MHz, your dividers would yield the following:

4:3 -> 133 x (4/3) = 100 (x2 for DDR) = 200 MHz RAM Speed
1:1 -> 133 x (1/1) = 133 (x2 for DDR) = 266 MHz RAM Speed
3:4 -> 133 x (3/4) = 177 (x3 for DDR) = 345 MHz RAM Speed

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DEWD!!!!!
They are called memory dividers because you DIVIDE by them

in your example 133 x (4/3) = 177 (x2 for DDR) == 354mhz ram speed

but in realy its 133 / (4/3) == 100 (x2 for DDR) == 200mhz RAM speed
So if you want to achieve DDR400, you need to run your FSB at 150mhz and set your memory divider to 3/4 ===>
150 / (3/4) == 200 (x2 for DDR) == 400mhz RAM

azianese said:

i tried 150fsb and 4/3 and used the 2-6-3-3 and it freezes on the bootup screen do i have to add more volt onto the dram? its like at 2.5 right now

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Are you sure its a memory issue? can your cpu handle 150fsb?
Make sure you have at least PC2700 (DDR333) and set your RAM to 1:1 ratio first. Then if you boot up at 150fsb without problems, then you can single out memory. After that it all depends on a memory module that you have. If you have PC3200, then if your FSB is at 150mhz and you set the divider to 3/4 then your Memory will run at the speed of DDR400 without any problems

mychacho said:

DEWD!!!!!
They are called memory dividers because you DIVIDE by them

in your example 133 x (4/3) = 177 (x2 for DDR) == 354mhz ram speed

but in realy its 133 / (4/3) == 100 (x2 for DDR) == 200mhz RAM speed
So if you want to achieve DDR400, you need to run your FSB at 150mhz and set your memory divider to 3/4 ===>
150 / (3/4) == 200 (x2 for DDR) == 400mhz RAM

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duh, typo. You get the point at least right?

Not sure what CPU or ram you are using. My system is in my signature. I am running my 2.26 at 165fsb. I did the 2 pin mod on the socket using defogger paint so I can have up to 1.85v vcore. I am running my vcore at 1.7 in bios, reading 1.68 on MBM5. I am using the 3:4 divider memory timings are 2-3-3-6. I noticed that the more I ran my system the better my memory would run, higher fsb and aggressive timings. My vrimm is a steady 2.9. My temps need to get lower, right now I am hitting 50c load at this fsb, would like to get it in the lower 40's or lower with water. It is a little confusing at first to get the 3:4 ratio set up. You need to go into the bios, set the hardare strap to manual, then set it to low. Then you can set the ratio to 3:4. I highly recommend burning in your ram. You will see better results out of it as you burn it in. I can attest to this, and there are others in the forums as well. By the way, I get about 3400mb/s sandra scores at this setting, not too shabby for DDR imho.

Buzzdog

buzzdog, what kind of scores did you get with your maxtor drives with sis sandra?

i got the same ram and cpu as you im running at 150fsb and i get 2873mb/s only

Azianese,

I just ran Sandra bench on my HD, I got a 48593kB/s score. I had to use a 3rd HD to stripe my raid at 16k. The process is pretty straight forward. I had my 3rd HD on a regular IDE channel and installed XP. After XP was installed on this single drive I went into the raid bios and created the stripe at set the block size to 16k. Inside XP I partioned and formated the raid at 16k block size. I think removed the single HD and re-installed XP on the raid. If you try to format from the XP installer it will format the raid at 64k block size.

Now onto your issue with only getting 150fsb. What is your vcore and vrimm set at? Also what is your memory ratio at? Memory timings? We need to figure out what is stopping you from going past 150fsb, if it is the CPU or the memory. When I first got my cpu and memory I was running it on a BD7II-R board. I could only get it up to 163fsb with memory timings at 2.5-3-3-7. My PSU died on me and killed my motherboard also. I upgraded to an IT7, mainly for the extra features, namely the higher vrimm settings. Right now, I am at 1.7 vcore in bios 1.68 reading on MBM5. I am at 2.9v for vrimm 2.9 reading MBM5. I am at 165 fsb with memory timings of 2-3-3-6 with a 3:4 ratio. I am running my memory at 220mhz with these timings. Give us some more info on your settings and we can try to get some more out of your system. I seriously doubt it is your ram that is limiting you. How new is your memory? I noticed that I was able to get better fsb and memory timings out of my memory after it was burned in for a while. Others have posted similar results with memory.


Buzzdog

i never said i couldnt get past 150fsb but my raid0 setup sucks