Socket 939 Discussion Thread

[Guest viking]

Thanks Praz, viking PM if you have any questions

 

Thx i updatede the pic in my earlyer post, so i think im good to go except from the stepping code but the XP120 is realy a pain to mount so i think im gonna wait

 

i just got told that ill be getting my waterblock before the weekend

[soundx98]

Happy did a video tutorial on installation of the XP-120.

http://files.filefront.com/xp_120_install_...;/fileinfo.html

I was always being uber gentle when removing it.

 

Always run the rig for a while (to heat up TIM) before removal of the XP-120/90

Make sure you turn the XP-120 slightly after releasing the clips and before you pull it off.

Lot of surface area on it and you can accidentally pull the chip right out of the socket even with the lever down.

I've bent some pins because I didn't do it the correct way.

[poopshotgun]

Does anybody have a CFX3200 template? Last time I looked it wasn't on the OC DB page and the link in this thread lead me there.

 

Thanks!

[Angry_Games]

it is in the template list...has been since the day we started entering them

[poopshotgun]

Okay, maybe I'm just a complete dork or looking at the wrong template list, but I can't find it here:

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10192

Is it under a different name?

[OldGuy]

Just use the RDX200 template and change what needs to be changed...you are right though, there isn't a CFX template that I can see...so you're not a dork or we are both dorks...blind dorks.

 

All of the 939 templates are pretty similar anyway...

[Guest LithoTech]

New entry for some OCZ Plat Elites PC4800's I recently aquired. Interesting story with them, I bought them on ebay but coincidentally were sold by a fellow Street member. Twice I just missed him before he placed them on ebay after getting no buyers in the for sale thread here, they were reauctioned because the first buyer welched. I had bought some GeIL One TCCDs and didn't need the Elites, but by the time he resubmitted them I was certain one stick of the GeIl's was flakey and was again interested in the Elites. The Elites work flawlessly, the final bid price was fair if not a little high but they were unopened and new, so here it is:

 

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showpost.p...8&postcount=284

 

 

An older entry for some Centon Advance BH-5 that never got posted because I had intended to tighten the timings up a little more, I wanted to try to remove the sqew and play with the DDS and MAL as well iirc. These are already in the OCDB in a more relaxed setting, the biggest difference here is the voltage jumper has been activated for 3.3v, and the Trc and Trfc reduced from 12-14 to 7-12. I think there was a huge bump in the benches from these changes, and I wanted to get these on record regardless of what I do with them in the future:

 

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showpost.p...7&postcount=286

 

 

I know they will do 7-10 Trc-Trfc, and 0211 instead of 0212 for the rest after those, but I had'nt been completely successfull getting them stable and at 245mhz that tight. I'm not sure I'll get the chance to work further on that goal, with this Opteron and mobo combination...

 

I've got an X2-3800 to swap in sometime in the next day or so, an LCBIE 0619 RPMW.

 

I've not yet decided on the trusty Optypwr's destiny yet, perhaps it will spend some more time in this mobo for some overclocking funnage, or maybe show up here in an mATX htpc system using DFI's RS482 Infinity that I've been eyeballing.

 

So I figured I best post the Centon as is, and can always revisit it if I'm looking for something to do to get my hands dirty and swap some chips and ram around for OC and benchie funnage.

 

In fact, just typing about it temps me to slap them in and go for one quick run and see if I can get stable with 7-10-0211.

 

I also tok the time to edit my older entries to fix links to the mobo at newegg (going to have to permanently fix that) and will have to come back again and replace the bios settings with the code version as I've become attached to that lately.

[poopshotgun]

Just use the RDX200 template and change what needs to be changed...you are right though, there isn't a CFX template that I can see...so you're not a dork or we are both dorks...blind dorks.

Cool, I'll do that. Thanks.

[Guest LithoTech]

Man, I was just going to overclock the Opty a bit, prime it for 20 minutes to heat up the TIM so the XP-120 would release nice and easy (big thanks to SoundX98 for a coincidental reminder on that!) (nice new sig BTW!!), and what do I do??

 

End up spending most of the day working on 300HTT with an almost stable setup!

 

It's the first time this Opty has seen the desktop at 3ghz without windows locking up within 30 seconds. All seems to run fine, except Prime95 or OCCT. I haven't tried anything else like super-pi etc.

 

I did run the suite of mem tests in Everest, chaulked up a bunch of new personal high scores.

 

System seems pretty stable except P95 freezes the computer after about 45 seconds into the blended torture test.

 

Any suggestions before I give up and move on to the 3800?

 

Here are the bios settings I started with, these worked fine except P95 and OCCT locked the comp up:

 

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[b]Genie BIOS Settings:[/b]

[color=red]

FSB Bus Frequency.............................  -  300

LDT/FSB Frequency Ratio.......................  -  3x

CPU/FSB Frequency Ratio.......................  -  10x

PCI eXpress Frequency.........................  -  100Mhz



CPU VID StartUp Value.........................  -  1.525v



CPU VID Control...............................  -  1.525

CPU VID Special Control.......................  -  Auto

LDT Voltage Control...........................  -  1.30v 

Chip Set Voltage Control......................  -  1.60v

DRAM Voltage Control..........................  -  2.80v[/color]



[b]DRAM Configuration Settings:[/b]

[color=red]

DRAM Frequency Set............................  -  200=RAM/FSB:01/01

Command Per Clock (CPC).......................  -  Enable 

CAS Latency Control (Tcl).....................  -  2.5

RAS# to CAS# delay (Trcd).....................  -  4

Min RAS# active time (Tras)...................  -  10

Row precharge time (Trp)......................  -  4

Row Cycle time (Trc)..........................  -  12 Bus Clocks

Row refresh cyc time (Trfc)...................  -  14 Bus Clocks

Row to Row delay (Trrd).......................  -  02 Bus Clocks

Write recovery time (Twr).....................  -  03 Bus Clocks

Write to Read delay (Twtr)....................  -  02 Bus Clocks

Read to Write delay (Trwt)....................  -  04 Bus Clocks

Refresh Period (Tref).........................  -  Auto (1560 Cycles)

DRAM Bank Interleave..........................  -  Enabled



DQS Skew Control..............................  -  Auto

DQS Skew Value................................  -  0

DRAM Drive Strength...........................  -  7

DRAM Data Drive Strength......................  -  1

Max Async Latency.............................  -  8

DRAM Response Time............................  -  Fast

Read Preamble Time............................  -  6

IdleCycle Limit...............................  -  16 Cycles

Dynamic Counter...............................  -  Enable

R/W Queue Bypass..............................  -  16 x

Bypass Max....................................  -  07 x

32 Byte Granularity...........................  -  Disable(4 Bursts)

[/color]

 

Through an evolution, I eventually ended up with these super relaxed 2T timings and high volts etc, and still locked up with P95 (adding more vdimm than 2.8 +.03 would not even make it to the login screen, so I kept the ram at 2.8v):

 

==========

 

[b]Genie BIOS Settings:[/b]

[color=red]

FSB Bus Frequency.............................  -  300

LDT/FSB Frequency Ratio.......................  -  3x

CPU/FSB Frequency Ratio.......................  -  10x

PCI eXpress Frequency.........................  -  100Mhz



CPU VID StartUp Value.........................  -  1.55v



CPU VID Control...............................  -  1.55

CPU VID Special Control.......................  -  Auto

LDT Voltage Control...........................  -  1.30v 

Chip Set Voltage Control......................  -  1.60v

DRAM Voltage Control..........................  -  2.80v[/color]



[b]DRAM Configuration Settings:[/b]

[color=red]

DRAM Frequency Set............................  -  200=RAM/FSB:01/01

Command Per Clock (CPC).......................  -  Disable 

CAS Latency Control (Tcl).....................  -  2.5

RAS# to CAS# delay (Trcd).....................  -  5

Min RAS# active time (Tras)...................  -  10

Row precharge time (Trp)......................  -  5

Row Cycle time (Trc)..........................  -  12 Bus Clocks

Row refresh cyc time (Trfc)...................  -  24 Bus Clocks

Row to Row delay (Trrd).......................  -  02 Bus Clocks

Write recovery time (Twr).....................  -  03 Bus Clocks

Write to Read delay (Twtr)....................  -  02 Bus Clocks

Read to Write delay (Trwt)....................  -  04 Bus Clocks

Refresh Period (Tref).........................  -  Auto (1560 Cycles)

DRAM Bank Interleave..........................  -  Disabled



DQS Skew Control..............................  -  Auto

DQS Skew Value................................  -  0

DRAM Drive Strength...........................  -  7

DRAM Data Drive Strength......................  -  1

Max Async Latency.............................  -  9

DRAM Response Time............................  -  Fast

Read Preamble Time............................  -  7

IdleCycle Limit...............................  -  256 Cycles

Dynamic Counter...............................  -  Enable

R/W Queue Bypass..............................  -  08 x

Bypass Max....................................  -  04 x

32 Byte Granularity...........................  -  Disable(4 Bursts)

[/color]

 

 

It sure would be nice to pull this chip out with a GGG, but I ain't blowing the whole weekend on it lol! Bigger and better things to move to:

 

[oc newbie]

I noticed on my opty that it likes the special vid control, If I set it to 1.45 it was failing out of prime. Then when I went to 1.4+104% prime was stable as could be at 3010 of course took more to get it where it is now but worth a shot anyway.

[likewhoa]

damn ocnewbies and their fast overclocks

gj now pop the lit

[Guest LithoTech]

I noticed on my opty that it likes the special vid control, If I set it to 1.45 it was failing out of prime. Then when I went to 1.4+104% prime was stable as could be at 3010 of course took more to get it where it is now but worth a shot anyway.

 

I found mine didn't like special vid, but at this point it's worth a shot. Puts it a squeak over 1.55v. I noticed your LTD and Chipset are at default as well, I'll give that a try too. Nothing to loose except another hit on the reset switch.

 

Yeah, that is a nice o'clock you have on that chip there!