620MHz 3-3-3-9 on VIA...if you guys thought Bad Axe was weird...

This is truly very very weird, and I have no idea what to think of it. Board is a cheap *** $58 VIA-based Asrock.

I guess technically this is the WR...



Validation

Now possibly this isn't correct. It's been a while since I've used Merom and this is one of my first days with Conroe, decide for yourself, here's a PI time. The way I see it, if the Bad Axe guys can claim it...



The kicker is I have no idea what the vdimm is. I have three options; "Low", "Normal" and "High"...

Errhh .. what was the RAM module ? Manufacturer, Chip, etc ?

I dunno, its most certainly possible, I just didnt think it would be attained on a cheap ASRock board

Gautam said:

I have three options; "Low", "Normal" and "High"...

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OMG ROFLMAO!!!!

Thats what you call a cheap arse mobo

Now how about that FSB.. if this is real.. who cares how cheap it is!! WOOT!!!

btw.. this could just be you!

My trusty Corsair XMS2 5400UL Rev 1.2. 2x512. I'm quite intrigued. IIRC 16.9 at 3.1ghz is a half decent time...

The time makes it look real dude So Im stumped..

again.. MAX FSB MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! good GOD we need to know

btw.. who the hell told you that thing would work with Core2

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Nevermind..
http://www.asrock.com/product/775Dual-VSTA.htm
asrock is telling everyone

OMG This is going to be good. On my ASRock 939 it has "Normal" and "High".

Very impressive indeed. Perhaps the "hype" over Conroe is justified. Would make one hell of an encoding rig!

well....looks like you tore the WR a new one.

This board is one heck of a class act as well. I could buy four of these and still have change with the amount I recently spent on a P5W DH. Not only that, its got DDR1 and AGP, along with DDR2 and PCI-E...but it is no ocer's board, I can tell you that. This speed appears to be the max, but part of the reason for that is I can't slow the ram down.

So, Soulfly, when are you going to "pee" on me?

Nice Gautam...I hope the fets make it Something is obviously "weird" on some of these new boards. SPi time seems decent for the clocks, but I also noticed that SPi didn't change very drastically no matter where I had the mem set. Try some different dividers/timings and see what's up. When did you get a Step 5 6700?

greenmaji said:

The time makes it look real dude So Im stumped..

again.. MAX FSB MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! good GOD we need to know

btw.. who the hell told you that thing would work with Core2

*edit*
Nevermind..
http://www.asrock.com/product/775Dual-VSTA.htm
asrock is telling everyone

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This does appear to be the max FSB. This is no OCer's board. However, I seem to be stuck on the 1:2 divider so I can't even slow the ram down. That could very well be what's holding me back. It isn't very stable at the above speed. Took luck just to get a SuperPI run to complete, and I know the proc can do about 3.5-3.6GHz in such conditions.

Ross: I got the proc last Saturday. My Bad Axe died on Sunday. Barely had time to do anything with it. It was the same violent death as yours. One of the memory mosfets popped loudly and I saw some smoke. I vmodded the board for a bit, but never even adjusted the trimmer. It died, however, after I removed the mod. I was terrified, especially after knowing the fate of your 6400C3's. However, it seems that I cut power quickly enough, because, as you can see, my memory is still very much alive and kicking. I took a DMM reading with the DIMM slots unpopulated and it read between 3.9-4v. So far, that's two disastrous board deaths that my memory has survived. That's why I kept quiet about it and bought the Asrock as it was my quickest option to assess the damage. I always maintained that my ram could rub shoulders with the 6400C3's.

PS, Ross, I think your sig needs a slight alteration now.

Jeez man, BadAxe = some scary crap. I slept better having returned mine yesterday The P5W will be here today, but it will probably be pretty useless without mods/phase on 6700/6800...will keep ya posted.

Gautam said:

So, Soulfly, when are you going to "pee" on me?

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Not on you, just the chip my man!

I kid, I kid. Looks like it might actually turn out to be a heckuva chip!

Might actually build one.