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- Mar 4, 2010
- Location
- Rhode Island
Hello everyone, i hope some of you very learned AMD guys could help me, my problem is that i just bought this mobo + proc for my grandmother to use to entertain her grandchildren/nieces/nephews. Anyway.. i'm certainly not a beginner to computers and overclocking, i own an i7-860 + ASRock p55-Deluxe + Msi R5770 PM2D1G as my first rig, and a Q6600 + Biostar TP45 HP + ATI Radeon hd 2400 pro as my backup rig. I have the 860 @ 160 Bclk with turbo it hits 4160 Mhz easily on 1.26v under load 1.33v in bios and as Stable as the sun coming up, and my q6600 is @ 3.3 Ghz @ 1.312 i think in bios, not sure- it is my backup after all. SO i definately know at least a little about computers. So... Basically i got this Mobo cuz a lot of ppl, in all the forums i troll, recommended this board. The problem is that this is the 1st AMD rig i've built, and the bios is a little confusing to me. I literally been looking for about a week, for which voltage is for what in the bios. and if it were as simple as googling it, i wouldn't be posting this message, as i am a person who would rather learn it myself- than ask, what to some, what might sound like a "stupid question". but googling left me more confused than anything, people in the different forums give conflicting info as to which voltage is for :
1. the cpu-nb (i believe this is the IMC, correct me if i'm wrong)
2. the nb chipset
3. fsb (ht ref clock)
4. sb chipset
my bios options are as follows in Jumper Free Configuration:
1. CPU/HT Reference clock (MHz) min = 200 max = 500
2. processor multiplier = this is obvious too
3. cpu over voltage = obviously the Vcore
4. VDDNB Over Voltage = not so obvious to me (1 forum says its the cpu-nb, others say its the actual nb chipset, and still others say nb vid confusing
5. HT Link Frequency= HYPERTRANSPORT Freq 200, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1400, 1600, 1800, and 2000
6. HT link Width+ sets ht width, options are auto, 8 Bit and 16 Bit
7. HT Over Voltage= lot of conflicting info for this too, some say nb voltage, others cpu-nb (see a pattern here, and why i'm confused)
8. Memory Over Voltage = Vdimm
9. Chipset Voltage= some say nb chipset, others say sb chipset, some say cpu-nb
I like to think i'm not dumb, but come on now- intel is way easier, but thats not to say i think intel is better, but for a board so well recommended- why is the bios terminoligy so confusing?
I'd like it if someone could tell me the stock voltages for the X3 425 for the cpu-nb, nb, ht, vcore, and sb chipset.... and what each voltage setting in this boards BIOS is actually for, and recommended safe limits for each voltage. also, what voltage setting in MY bios should be increased if i: 1 oc my ram 2. oc my NB frequency 3. oc HT frequency and 4 . if i raise my ht ref clk- with or without lowering my nb + ht miltipliers
I know this is a lot to ask for, but it seemed like this was the place that i probably would get a straight answer from someone. Thanks to anyone, in advance, for helping me, seriously ANY info would help! i can't seem to get this board stable with THIS RAM F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ, even with BIOS defaults, but i tested the ram with memtest 4.0 overnight, 20 passes without an error, but LinX fails sometimes 3-5 hours in, occasionally 30 minutes in, never tried so hard to get a stock clock stable
AGAIN THANKS
1. the cpu-nb (i believe this is the IMC, correct me if i'm wrong)
2. the nb chipset
3. fsb (ht ref clock)
4. sb chipset
my bios options are as follows in Jumper Free Configuration:
1. CPU/HT Reference clock (MHz) min = 200 max = 500
2. processor multiplier = this is obvious too
3. cpu over voltage = obviously the Vcore
4. VDDNB Over Voltage = not so obvious to me (1 forum says its the cpu-nb, others say its the actual nb chipset, and still others say nb vid confusing
5. HT Link Frequency= HYPERTRANSPORT Freq 200, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1400, 1600, 1800, and 2000
6. HT link Width+ sets ht width, options are auto, 8 Bit and 16 Bit
7. HT Over Voltage= lot of conflicting info for this too, some say nb voltage, others cpu-nb (see a pattern here, and why i'm confused)
8. Memory Over Voltage = Vdimm
9. Chipset Voltage= some say nb chipset, others say sb chipset, some say cpu-nb
I like to think i'm not dumb, but come on now- intel is way easier, but thats not to say i think intel is better, but for a board so well recommended- why is the bios terminoligy so confusing?
I'd like it if someone could tell me the stock voltages for the X3 425 for the cpu-nb, nb, ht, vcore, and sb chipset.... and what each voltage setting in this boards BIOS is actually for, and recommended safe limits for each voltage. also, what voltage setting in MY bios should be increased if i: 1 oc my ram 2. oc my NB frequency 3. oc HT frequency and 4 . if i raise my ht ref clk- with or without lowering my nb + ht miltipliers
I know this is a lot to ask for, but it seemed like this was the place that i probably would get a straight answer from someone. Thanks to anyone, in advance, for helping me, seriously ANY info would help! i can't seem to get this board stable with THIS RAM F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ, even with BIOS defaults, but i tested the ram with memtest 4.0 overnight, 20 passes without an error, but LinX fails sometimes 3-5 hours in, occasionally 30 minutes in, never tried so hard to get a stock clock stable
AGAIN THANKS