Asus A8V Deluxe and 300MHz FSB

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To check which component is making trouble, try
to set very low timings for your RAM and retry
the test.
In addition to that it can be helpful to do
different torture tests that concentrate on
specific components.
Good ones are on the Ultimate Boot CD.
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/



David Johnstone wrote:
> Hi Everybody,
>
> I have two Athlon 3000+ Systems, one with the MSI Neo2 Platinum
> board and the other with the Asus A8V Deluxe.
>
> They behave very similarly, I can clock both to around 270MHz
> FSB with CPU multiplier 9 before I run into problems.
>
> The Asus system has the Zalman 7700 Cu cooler and runs a lot
> cooler than the MSI which has the Arctic Freezer 64.
>
> The Asus also has Adata PC600 RAM, rated for 300MHz, so I
> thought just for fun I would set FSB to 300MHz and the CPU
> multiplier to 6x. That way the CPU is running at its stock
> frequency of 1800MHz, just 6x300 instead of 9x200. The
> PCI/AGP is fixed to 66MHz and HT to 1000MHz. The DDR voltage
> I tried both on Auto and the nominal 2,8V. BTW, is there
> software that can monitor DDR voltage?
>
> In that state the P95 FFT torture test returns an error after
> around 30-60 minutes. So it seems there is a problem with
> FSB300, irrespective of CPU frequency. On the one hand that's
> good since it means maybe the CPU can be clocked even higher.
> OTOH I need to find out what it is that's causing the problems
> with FSB300 first.
>
> Anyone have any ideas what that could be? Could it be the board
> itself, maybe the bridge, or something else?
>
> Grateful for any tips/advice,
> David