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Highest FSB on 8K3A?

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dlyall

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What's the highest FSB people are running reliably at?

Mine doesn't like anything higher than 169 without reboots. Upped the voltage on both RAM and CPU with no joy. I'm thinking that the chipset is becoming unstable or it could be one of my boards.

Thanks
Dave
 
Im able to run 205 FSB totally stable. This is with no extra northbridge cooling. My video card seems to be the only thing holding me back from going higher, since this board does not have a PCI or AGP lock. You may want to try flashing your bios as well. The 3409 bios helped me out tremendously. Before I couldnt go higher than 190 without problems.

I have a few questions for you as well. What type of Power Supply are you running? Also what RAM are you using? Reboots could be a sign that your 12V or 5V line is too low.
 
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Power supply is a 350W Enermax. 12v is usually around 12.2 and 5V is around 4.95 so well with tolerances. RAM is Corsair XMS2700 which I suppose is spec'd for 166MHz but I've heard of this going much higher.

I am tempted to have a look at the northbridge cooling but I think it's something else as the reboots only seem to happen under load e.g. seti.

Maybe I just need some more vcore.

Dave
 
dlyall, the rails do look fine. If your processor is overclocked, then adding some extra voltage should help out. When I took off my northbridge heatsink, it was only held on by thermal tape. I scraped the tape off, and applied some arctic alumina adhesive.
 
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What voltages are you using to get that? Your also liquid cooled which will make a big difference I'm sure.

Dave
 
dlyall said:
What voltages are you using to get that? Your also liquid cooled which will make a big difference I'm sure.

Dave

1.90 cv, this cpu wont run stable @ anything less than 1.90

Mem volt @ 2.80 on fastest setting. Wont run stable on Turbo.

It runs folding 24/7 also.
 
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