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LilBuddy

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I have an Abit NF-M2 Nview motherboard with a 3600+ Brisbane. I can't seem to get a good stable overclock with this combo though. I am using Crucial Ballistix PC8500. Can someone help me go over my settings in the bios to get this thing flying? I just ran Orthos on the blend test and it failed after about 7 minutes.

CPU External Clock - 240
Mult - 9.5x
PCIe Clock - 100mhz
CPU Core - 1.375
DDR2 2.3
DDR2 Ref - + 0.0%
Chipset Core - 1.32
SB Core Aux - 1.56
Hyper Transport - 1.2

Virtualization - Disabled
K8 <-> HT Speed - 3x
K8 <-> NB HT Width - Auto
NB <-> SB HT Speed - 3x
NB <-> SB HT Width - Auto

RAM Settings are on auto - 800-5-5-5-18-2T
Cool & Quiet - Disable
HPET Support - Enable
SSE/SSE2 Instructions - Enabled
System Bios Cachable - Enabled

I'd like to get this running at 2.7-3.0 to keep me from buying another comob (It will be Intel so HELP ME!)
 
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I just updated my bios and I'm at 2475 and 50+ minutes stable so far in Orthos.

Voltage in CPUID Hardware monitor is 1.49 and temp is 55c
 
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Ehhh it might not be stable because HT could be running 1000Mhz+. You always wanna keep that around 900-1000Mhz i found that out. Buy a new CPU cooler or pop the IHS off 55C is ridiculous.
 
I see 5-5-5-18-??-2T what is the fifth number? It should be about 28-30 but may be set 26 or lower. This one is TRC or Bank Cycle time. I have 2 boards that will not set this correctly even if I override the settings, I can't raise it above 26. JDEC for 800 is 24 and 1000 is 36.
 
Ok, here are all the memory settings:

DRAM Clock - DDR2 800
TwTr Command Delay 3 Clocks
TrFc0 for Dimm1 - 105ns
TrFc1 for Dimm2 - 75ns
TrFc2 for Dimm3 - 75ns
TrFc3 for Dimm4 - 75ns
Write Recovery Time (TWR) - 6 Clocks
Precharge Time (Trtp) - 2 Clocks
Row Cycle Time (Trc) - 26 Clocks
RAS to CAS Delay (Trcd) - 5 Clocks
RAS to RAS Delay (Trc) - 3 Clocks
Row Precharge Time (Trp) - 5 Clocks
Min. RAS Act-Time (Tras) - 15 Clocks
CAS Latency - AUTO
Command Rate - AUTO
DQS Timing Training - Skip DQS
CKE Base Power Down Mode - Enable
CKE Base Power Down By - Channel
Bottom of UMA DRAM [31:24] - FC
Memory Hole Remapping - Enable
Auto Optomize Bottom IO - Enable
x - [31:24] IO Space - EO

This is the memory I'm running:
2GB kit (1GBx2), Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR2 PC2-8500 memory module
BL2KIT12864AA1065

* Module Size: 2GB kit (1GBx2)
* Package: Ballistix 240-pin DIMM
* Feature: DDR2 PC2-8500
* Specs: DDR2 PC2-8500 • 5-5-5-15 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR2-1066 • 2.2V • 128Meg x 64
 
Can you raise the VCore from 1.375, to I think about 1.425 to reach 3G+.
The Ram should be OK but for testing, drop it to 667 until you know what the chip will do.

If you do decide to jump to Intel, be sure you get a good board as some will not let you do much with FSB.
 
I can't even get stable at 2.25 so 3.0 is a long way away. I'm looking at a $300 Intel setup that should be able to jump straight to 4.0.
 
I just ran Memtest86+ in my new E8400 system and it crapped out on the first test....looks like all of my problems were because one stick of RAM.
 
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