ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe + Athlon64 3000+ Overclocking Woes!

"David Rasmussen" wrote in message
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Michael Brown wrote:



And btw: is it normal that the chipset fan is running at 8000-8500
RPM(!!!)?? Because mine is. And I was wondering whether it's was
controlled dynamically. And if the cooler wasn't properly attached, the
chipset might me saying to the cooler "I'm too hot! Run faster! Faster!"




There is a known problem with these fans. After a while they may start to
die!
Asus will replace them for free with a larger newer version. Mine arrived in
the post this morning.
I cannot say yet if they run at the same high speed or if they make as much
noise as the original ones.

I went to the Asus support website and sent an email telling them that my
fan had started to run slower.
They emailed me back an order form to fill in so they could supply me with a
new fan for free.
I suggest that you do the same so that when you fan starts to die "and it
will" you will have a spare ready to put in.

"Pete M Williams" postmaster@localhost wrote in message
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There is a known problem with these fans. After a while they may start to
die!
Asus will replace them for free with a larger newer version. Mine arrived
in the post this morning.
I cannot say yet if they run at the same high speed or if they make as
much noise as the original ones.

I went to the Asus support website and sent an email telling them that my
fan had started to run slower.
They emailed me back an order form to fill in so they could supply me with
a new fan for free.
I suggest that you do the same so that when you fan starts to die "and it
will" you will have a spare ready to put in.



I have just fitted the new fan and it has made the PC a whole lot quieter.
The new HS+fan are bigger than the originals and because of this the fan
runs a lot slower. Before the fan was the loudest thing on my set up
Mine is now going at just under 5000rpm. Much better that the 8000+rpm
screaming piece of crap I took out.

I really do need more vcore to my winchester 3000+ - but even that I
put the vcore at 1.65 in the BIOS, my Winchester gets only 1.584 v. I
do use the BIOS 1006.

I got an ASUS A8N-SLI mb.

Could someone tell me how to get more juice out of the mb?

324 X 8:

http://bigup.peecee.lir.dk/view.php?id=8739

330 X 6:

http://bigup.peecee.lir.dk/view.php?id=8756

What about Power Supply?

"Wes Newell" wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 May 2005 15:08:00 +0200, David Rasmussen wrote:

Do you even have a suggestion of what to do now? What should I check
next etc.?

I'm guessing it's one of 3 things. MB (or config), CPU, OS. And note that
that's a guess.:-)

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dawg wrote:
What about Power Supply?


Mine is an Antec SmartPower SP400 400W PSU. I think it should be
adequate. On the other hand. 12V reads as 11.7V, 5V reads as 4.92V, 3.3V
reads as 3.26V and CPU-Z, Everest and ClockGen disagrees about the Vcore.

/David

Mine is an Antec SmartPower SP400 400W PSU. I think it should be adequate.
On the other hand. 12V reads as 11.7V, 5V reads as 4.92V, 3.3V reads as
3.26V and CPU-Z, Everest and ClockGen disagrees about the Vcore.

/David

I believe that the tolerance level is plus/minus 5% on the voltages. Your
readings seem fairly typical.

If you are running the RAM in dual channel mode, crappy RAM could be causing
problems. You might want to try it out in single channel mode. We had a
similar experience with a Socket A MoBo.

Just a thought,

Pete

"David Rasmussen" wrote in message
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Pete M Williams wrote:

NOW, DAVID!

A few questions that need answering.

Can I ask what ratio's you have tried running your memory at?


All ratios below the stock speed. And the stock speed of course.

You do know what the different DDR settings in the BIOS of the A8N
represent with respect to dividers don't you?


I'm not sure what you mean here. I understand the divider. I don't fully
understand what "CAS Latency" is but I know where it and other similar
settings should be set according to the manufacturer of my memory. I also
tried a lot of different settings. Very conservative and slow settings.
Experimenting with 1T and 2T etc.
Didn't help.

What RAM do you have?


2x512MB Crappy Elixir RAM (DDR3200, CAS 3.0). But since I don't overclock
the RAM at all, I figure that this isn't important. But maybe it is after
all? Should I try better RAM, even though I don't plan to overclock the
RAM? According to the article on xtremesystems, mediocre RAM shouldn't be
a problem with A64, as long as you don't overclock the RAM, just the
processor (and LDT/FSB).

You are not selecting the DDR setting in the BIOS that corresponds to
your RAM are you?

I have tried that, yes. I have also tried the auto setting. I have also
experimented as mentionedd above.

As I stated earlier: Even when the RAM i running sloooowly at 150 MHz
instead of 200 MHz, and with relaxed timings etc., I _STILL_ can't get
LDT/FSB above 225 MHz. And yes, I verified with several software tools
that the memory was indeed running at the slow timings I selected.

I don't understand why you think my RAM is so important when I am not
trying to overclock that?

Now, again, assuming that I have done anything right and there is no way
to get above 225 MHz, which part of my system should I replace? If it was
the CPU clock that couldn't go higher than 2000 MHz, I'd say: replace the
CPU. If it was the RAM that couldn't go higher than 200 MHz, I'd say:
replace the RAM. Now, when it's the LDT/FSB that can't go very far above
it's stock 200 MHz, what do I replace? What part of the system is
responsible for the LDT/FSB? The Mobo? The CPU? The RAM?

/David

In article ,
(Paul) wrote:

Look for the CG-NVNF4 version of "clockgen" here. Good
for verifying clock frequencies, and discovering your
RAM clock is way faster than you thought :-) When your
FSB is 225, your RAM is 12.5% faster than the BIOS
reading says it is (and no, I don't have the board, just
read about it).

http://www.cpuid.org/clockgen.php

You're saying the BIOS is showing you one thing, while setting it to
something else?

Have you seen this on any other Asus boards/BIOSes?

references would be very helpful. We have an ongoing investigation into
AMD/Asus crash reports and any information I can find would be good.

Rob