Brisbane X2 3600 Pin Mod help!

[TSIMonster]

I am working on getting the perfect overclock fro my x2 3600+

Right now it is sitting at 2.5Ghz on stock volts. This thing is just screaming for more push.

The problem is that my motherboard does not allow for vCore increases. Not sure why, it has EVERYThing else.

Anyway, it is at 1.325 right now. I think if I can get it to 1.35 or even 1.4 I may be able to get this thing to at least 2.9Ghz

Temps are great currently. Basically I am looking for a non-permanent pin mod to increase the voltage.

Any help is appreciated.

 

[dasickninja]

Umm, usually volt mods are performed on PCBs (like on GFX cards and motherboards) and to my knowledge not on CPUs.

 

[Lionhardt]

same

 

[TSIMonster]

Well, does anyone know a way to up the vCore on an AM2 socket?

I guess I should say Pin Mod..... like we use to do on old Socket As and such

 

[TSIMonster]

I found this thing here. It only shows which pins to cross to get to 1.55 volts though....

 

[Heyyou27]

That's why you shouldn't have purchased an ASRock motherboard.

 

[TSIMonster]

That's why you shouldn't have purchased an ASRock motherboard.

lol, well, its a great motherboard other then that. I was searching the ASRock website for an answer and I think I have found one.

In my manual it didn't even mention vCore adjustments. But apparently a new bios version was released the other day that allows for adjustments up to 1.55

 

[ajfink]

Well...you can't really argue with a 2.5Ghz K8 for $89USD at stock volts... :lol:

 

[Heyyou27]

That's why you shouldn't have purchased an ASRock motherboard.

lol, well, its a great motherboard other then that. I was searching the ASRock website for an answer and I think I have found one.

In my manual it didn't even mention vCore adjustments. But apparently a new bios version was released the other day that allows for adjustments up to 1.55Problem solved then.

 

[TSIMonster]

I know. I got it to post at 2.9Ghz on stock volts..... I got excited when the XP Splash screen popped up..... but then lol

These things run a lot cooler then I thought they would. When I get home I'll get a CPU-Z screenie and some actual temps for you guys.

 

[TSIMonster]

Problem solved then.

Hope so... I guess we will see when I get home. It is on stock cooling, so I am sure temps will really start to rise once the voltage is upped. I just up my PSU is hope to the task..... 8) (450 watt FSP, just fyi)

 

[ajfink]

I know. I got it to post at 2.9Ghz on stock volts..... I got excited when the XP Splash screen popped up..... but then lol

These things run a lot cooler then I thought they would. When I get home I'll get a CPU-X screenie and some actual temps for you guys.

Dude, drop an extra few hundredths of a volt or maybe a tad more and have that sucker chugging at 2.9, should go no problem.

 

[TSIMonster]

I hit a wall @2.8 with 1.4v on my 3600+. I tried going higher but got nowhere so I put it back to 1.4v and left it alone.

Just curious, are you on stock cooling?

I manged to get to just above 2.6Ghz stable at 1.33vCore. Mine idle temp is currently 35 degrees. I tried going to 1.35 to get it higher, but I haven't had any luck yet. I'm not sure if the CPU is holding me back(maybe it needs more juice), my PSU, RAM, or my motherboard.

 

[TSIMonster]

This is my first ASRock board, and actually, I am VERY impressed.
The RAM is currently at 710Mhz with 44412 timings @ 1.9 vDIMM

It seems stable at that. I'll try raising the volts and lowering the speed to see if I can go higher.

 

[corvetteguy]

This is my first ASRock board, and actually, I am VERY impressed.
The RAM is currently at 710Mhz with 44412 timings @ 1.9 vDIMM

It seems stable at that. I'll try raising the volts and lowering the speed to see if I can go higher.

Why is the RAM at 710? Its should be at last 800, mine is at 1100 with those timing lol 8)

 

[corvetteguy]

Dewd, we have like the same systems, we both have crosshairs, 90nm amd x2s, zalman 9500s (which I seriously hope to throw in the trash one day), and I admire the teem extreme memory, they are a brand that are overlooked a lot that actually consistantly put in high quality ICs that get very high oc for the price

Got an 8800GTS 640mb by chance?? 8)

 

[jagmuss]

here
http://www.ocinside.de/go_e.html?http://www.ocinside.de/html/workshop/am2pinmod/amd_socket_am2_pinmod.html

This shows how to pinmod the cpu to get higher voltages, whether it works or not, I don't know since I haven't tried it, but you might as well give it a shot, as I remember seeing this thing ages ago and it seems to be pretty good

Just a note on using these pinmods...
I took a Barton 2500+ up to 2400 MHz (3000+ level) using a 12x multiplier, 200 FSB, and slight voltage mods. No additional cooling and runs great. Had to use the pin mod because my motherboard absolutely sucks...with almost no overclocking options at all.
In other words...this guide looks great and worked for me.

 

[TSIMonster]

Well, I tried setting the divider at 333, but the system would not boot into windows. That was with the timings on Auto, however. I am not sure if it is the board or not. The CrossFire chipset doesn't seem to be getting too hot, the CPU and GPU are really cool for stock cooling. I need to mess with it some more though.... I am sure better numbers are in it.

I am just not the one to pay $30 extra for a motherboard for an extra 200 or so processor Mhz. That same $30 could just go towards a factory higher clocked CPU... just the way I think, I guess...

 

[corvetteguy]

naw, mine's better, 6600gt y'all :tongue: :lol:

OH DAMN! 8O

I guess vid card names are like golf scores, the lower the number the better... And i wnet and spent all that money on the second worst card... good thing i didn't overclock it, that would juts put it further in the hole.

I bow to your 6600 goodness.

 

[dasickninja]

I've still got a GX2. Waiting for the X2900XTX or the 8900GTX to make my choice.

 

[dasickninja]

You may doubt it's me saying this, but for now, I really don't see the real need to upgrade my card to the latest and greatest. The GX2 runs so well that it keeps up with all of my games, and I have yet to ever see it lag. DX10 isn't so much of a draw that I need to get a card that can support it and I frankly don't see the gains necessary to get two cards that won't work in SLI yet.

 

[dasickninja]

I don't have any chips besides a couple of Netburst chips laying around. From the 3060 to the QX, everyone has a rig.