So, got my e6700 today, yay!!
Running it on a P5W DH, BIOS version 1407. I'm having just a few problems I was hoping for a bit of help with
I've upped the FSB to 334MHz (just because the the effective FSB is 1337MHz, far cooler than 1332). CPU is at 3340MHz. (334x10, ofc.)
RAM is DDR2-667 2.2v 3-3-3-12 @ stock, running at DDR2-1000 2.2v 5-5-5-20.
vCore is set to 1.4v, vFSB 1.5v, vMCH 1.85v. Northbridge has the stupid shiny copper thing that obstructs Airflow taken off and a 40mm fan stuck to it. the Raidal fan that clips onto the MOSFET part of the NB cooler at the end of the heatpipe is also attached. NB isnt going over about 43°C.
I have tried dropping the RAM to the lowest Frequency, and dropping the CPU multiplier to 6, but I still cant seem to get much more FSB out of it even at 1.85v.
Is that normal for a P5W DH? I was hoping for 400MHz FSB without too much modding, if thats unrealistic I'll just wait for nForce 680i I suppose...
For reference, at 3340MHz, core temp reports CPU temps at about 35°C under full load on both cores, so I dont think the CPU is holding me back. The system doesnt seem 100% stable.... but I havent finished changing things yet...
Also, while Clockgen previously showed my PCIe speed to be 100MHz while running the board with my D805@200MHz fsb, Clockgen is now displaying the PCIe freq as 80MHz.
The bios is set to 100, tried upping that to 115, (on the theory that a 7900GT would handle it, as this is basically what nVidia LinkBoost does) and it increased in clockgen to 92, tried upping it in the BIOS to 125 and all my SATA hard disks vanished (I assume the SATA controller hangs off a PCIe lane). Is it normal for Clockgen to go from accurate to inaccurate on the same mobo/bios?
Thanks in advance people
Running it on a P5W DH, BIOS version 1407. I'm having just a few problems I was hoping for a bit of help with
I've upped the FSB to 334MHz (just because the the effective FSB is 1337MHz, far cooler than 1332). CPU is at 3340MHz. (334x10, ofc.)
RAM is DDR2-667 2.2v 3-3-3-12 @ stock, running at DDR2-1000 2.2v 5-5-5-20.
vCore is set to 1.4v, vFSB 1.5v, vMCH 1.85v. Northbridge has the stupid shiny copper thing that obstructs Airflow taken off and a 40mm fan stuck to it. the Raidal fan that clips onto the MOSFET part of the NB cooler at the end of the heatpipe is also attached. NB isnt going over about 43°C.
I have tried dropping the RAM to the lowest Frequency, and dropping the CPU multiplier to 6, but I still cant seem to get much more FSB out of it even at 1.85v.
Is that normal for a P5W DH? I was hoping for 400MHz FSB without too much modding, if thats unrealistic I'll just wait for nForce 680i I suppose...
For reference, at 3340MHz, core temp reports CPU temps at about 35°C under full load on both cores, so I dont think the CPU is holding me back. The system doesnt seem 100% stable.... but I havent finished changing things yet...
Also, while Clockgen previously showed my PCIe speed to be 100MHz while running the board with my D805@200MHz fsb, Clockgen is now displaying the PCIe freq as 80MHz.
The bios is set to 100, tried upping that to 115, (on the theory that a 7900GT would handle it, as this is basically what nVidia LinkBoost does) and it increased in clockgen to 92, tried upping it in the BIOS to 125 and all my SATA hard disks vanished (I assume the SATA controller hangs off a PCIe lane). Is it normal for Clockgen to go from accurate to inaccurate on the same mobo/bios?
Thanks in advance people