XP-2100 Thoroughbred! NEED help!!!

Atari · Jan 17, 2003

Hey guys... It's on the FedEx truck right now... =P Cannot wait!

I need your help though. I'm running a A7N8X Deluxe with Corsair Pc3500.. Right now my memory is 2-2-2 cas 2. I'm able to run these because I have a 2100XP Pal. @ 140 fsb which cant OC for ****.
SO my question is to get the most out of an OC what should my Memory settings be now??? Btw, I'm still learning memory settings
since my last mobo was an ecs

. So can you lable the memory settings in order.. Thanx a ton guys!!

Btw. I heard you still have to unlock these cpus to get the multi's down.. Is there a web site that explains how to do this on a 2100 t-bred??

Molybdym · Jan 17, 2003

Try to keep your latency to 2.
The others are Precharge to Active, Active to CMD, and Active to Precharge. Latency-2 PreAct-2 ActCMD-2 ActPre-4 is great as long as it holds. Once it freaks out I'd back the PreAct and Act AMD to 3 and ActPre higher (so 2-3-3-6), try to keep your latency as low as possible that's where it's at IMHO.

Seeing as I'm not an AMD guy I have no clue on the unlocking. Search the forums for links to unlock though

Top Hat Theater · Jan 17, 2003

Just connect the last L3 bridge and that'll do the trick. To OC higher, loosen your memory timings i.e. raise the number. Looser timings would thus be 3-3-3-5

~THT

Yodums · Jan 17, 2003

Your ram shouldn't be a problem at 2-2-2-5-2 1T CMD.

Yodums

Atari · Jan 17, 2003

Sweet guys thanx for the help! Soon as I get it today I'll tell yah what I get =P.

1 thing thought what should I use to connect the L3 bridge?? Do i have to fill in a pit or anything??

Yodums · Jan 17, 2003

Nope, you can just go around the pit sorta like a half circle around the bridge as it is the last bridge. You should use a conductive pen to connect it or a repair defogger kit will work which you can find in an auto store.

Atari · Jan 17, 2003

I have to wonder though.. Is it really necessary to unlock it? I mean these people getting 2.3ghz and up on these, are they unlocking it? I dont think so, since droppin the multi just slows your mhz on the cpu and allows yah to push the fsb more.

Edward2 · Jan 17, 2003

The advantage to unlocking the CPU is that you can raise the FSB speed and increase your memory bandwidth. Since your motherboard has locked PCI and AGP bus speeds, you could easily raise the FSB to over 200 MHz and take advantage of that memory you have (Corsair PC3500). I would personally run the highest FSB speed which can still use the fastest memory timings (2-2-2-5-2 1T CMD).

cozmo_d · Jan 17, 2003

Atari said:
I have to wonder though.. Is it really necessary to unlock it? I mean these people getting 2.3ghz and up on these, are they unlocking it? I dont think so, since droppin the multi just slows your mhz on the cpu and allows yah to push the fsb more.

Depending on the mobo you install it in

So far most peeps dont need to unlock it

I didnt & im @ 2158mhz or 2.1 gig

Ill be pushing it more after I find something to burn it in with

Atari · Jan 17, 2003

Does anyone know a good way to clean off conductive pen marks?? Going to mod my chip and was wondering if there is any way to clean it off if mistakes are made.

Molybdym · Jan 18, 2003

¿Denatured Alcohol? But I may be wrong, get a second opinion

Yodums · Jan 18, 2003

70 or 100% Isopropyl works.

kentarou · Jan 24, 2003

I was reading the Anandtech nforce2 6 way mobo shootout and in the overclocking sections of the review, specifically the A7N8X, they said it wasn't necessary to unlock the the Thoroughbred B CPUs since the nforce2 Bios allows you to change the multiplier w/o unlocking it.

Can anyone confirm this? I'm running a A7N8X deluxe. My XP 2100+ Thoroughbred B AIUHB is in the mail from newegg.

I'm hoping to at least get 200x10 out of my CPU, hopefully higher by playing around with the memory timings for my Corsair XMS 3500s and with my Danger Den watercooling system..

Haven't installed the watercooling yet though, currently running my AMD 1.4 Thunderbird with a thermaltake hsf.

Kentarou

Illah · Jan 24, 2003

XMS 3500 can handle 2-2-2-5 @ 217 FSB with maybe a .1v bump in vdimm (it's got a lifetime warranty to 2.8v, so why not?), you got nothing to worry about with your RAM

You could most likely run stock vdimm at 2-3-3-6.

I run at 200 2-3-3-6. Why not 2-2-2-5 or lower? I tested it, pretty much no difference - but less stable. Remember to run the Sandra memory benchmark when you're playing with settings, cuz there's no point to stressing components and risking stability for a 20 MB/sec increase in mem bandwith.

--Illah

Calvus · Jan 24, 2003

ASUS A7N8X has multipliers 5-17 unlocked for Thoroughbred processors, because they come factory unlocked. Some motherboards do not have the multiplier options, but A7N8X does (at least thats what I've read, no personal experience yet.)

Pinky · Jan 24, 2003

Calvus said:
ASUS A7N8X has multipliers 5-17 unlocked for Thoroughbred processors, because they come factory unlocked. Some motherboards do not have the multiplier options, but A7N8X does (at least thats what I've read, no personal experience yet.)

That's right, but not the entire story.

http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=144965

hurtz777 · Jan 24, 2003

Also to get more then 1.6v VCore am I going to have to mess with the L11 bridges or since my MSI board allows up to 1.85V and is a KT400 will that override the 1.6v VCore and allow me to go up to 1.85v VCore?

kentarou · Jan 24, 2003

Pinky said:
That's right, but not the entire story.

http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=144965

So my question now is:

With my A7N8X motherboard and my Thoroubred B XP 2100+, in order to use the multiplier settings of 5-12.5 in my Bios, I have to blow the right most L3 Bridge?

Otherwise no matter what multiplier I set in the Bios (5-12.5) it won't work?

Kentarou

Supertrucker · Jan 24, 2003

i have an msi kt333 board and with a tbird it let me have 1.85 up from 1.75 with a tbred a it let me have 1.6 up from 1.5 and with a tbred b it let me have 1.7 up from 1.6 i would imagine u would have to mess with the L11s like me or just volt mod the board. i did that too its easy enoughwith a radio shack soldering iron

Illah · Jan 24, 2003

vcore is controlled by the mobo, it's not 'locked' like multipliers.

--Illah

XP-2100 Thoroughbred! NEED help!!!

Member

Member

Member

Senior Member

Member

Senior Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Senior Member

New Member

Member

Member

Member

Registered

New Member

Way Too Jealous Member

Member

Similar threads