OC'ing my Barton

BDRBDR
edited October 2003 in Hardware
Ok guys. I switched my 2500 Barton over to my Asus A7n8X dlx.
I have the latest and great Bios (1006) for my board.
So, what can I expect out of this chip?

AXDA2500DK4D
Y829958260194
AQXDA0315TPAW

it's on air, and currently running at stock speed.
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  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    2.1 or 2.2GHz at < 1.8v
  • edcentricedcentric near Milwaukee, Wisconsin Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    A lot of guys running these at 200 fsb or better, and staying below 1.85V.
    If you cooling and memory are willing.....
    I can't wait to see your results.
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    BDR,

    You are pretty lucky and got a "Y" stepping with a pretty low batchnumber. I´m pretty sure that cpu does 2.5 at max voltage on that board on medium to good air. What is max vcore on that board btw?

    Any 2500 "Y" at or below week 30 is a gem. Week 30 is the best ones though.

    I got 1 of: AXDA2500DKV4D Y864897240216
    AQXEA 0330VPMW and 1 with 0213 that both does 2.7 on a vapo and well over 2.5 on a bad water setup so far.
  • BDRBDR
    edited September 2003
    Mackanz said
    BDR,

    You are pretty lucky and got a "Y" stepping with a pretty low batchnumber. I´m pretty sure that cpu does 2.5 at max voltage on that board on medium to good air. What is max vcore on that board btw?

    Any 2500 "Y" at or below week 30 is a gem. Week 30 is the best ones though.

    I got 1 of: AXDA2500DKV4D Y864897240216
    AQXEA 0330VPMW and 1 with 0213 that both does 2.7 on a vapo and well over 2.5 on a bad water setup so far.

    I got this one right after the Bartons came on the market.
    On this board the Vcore goes up to 1.850
    The clock goes up to 300 mhz (that's scary).. lol
    Multiplier goes to 14.

    What multiplier are you guys running your Barton's at?
    Mine's at 11 right now.
    I heard lower is better.
  • BDRBDR
    edited September 2003
    Ram is one stick of
    KINGSTON HyperX 512MB DDR333 (PC2700) 64X64 DDR RAM

    I have 2 sticks and had the V1 board running in dual mode, but after I RMA'ed the V1, I used the second stick for another mobo.
    It's my understanding that anything over 512 is overkill, anyhow.
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    BDR said


    I got this one right after the Bartons came on the market.
    On this board the Vcore goes up to 1.850
    The clock goes up to 300 mhz (that's scary).. lol
    Multiplier goes to 14.

    What multiplier are you guys running your Barton's at?
    Mine's at 11 right now.
    I heard lower is better.

    Depends on how good memory you have really. Let say you know that a cpu does 2.5 max stable and you have memory that does 200 Fsb at tight timings, 12,5 on the multi would be the obvious choice off course. If your memory and board did 250Fsb stable, the natural choice would be 10. Higher memory bandwidth is much better than raw cpu power, but on Folding, it doesnt matter.

    BDR said
    Ram is one stick of
    KINGSTON HyperX 512MB DDR333 (PC2700) 64X64 DDR RAM

    I have 2 sticks and had the V1 board running in dual mode, but after I RMA'ed the V1, I used the second stick for another mobo.
    It's my understanding that anything over 512 is overkill, anyhow.

    To test things, set the memory voltage to the max what the board allows you to. (I guess 2.8) and go up on the fsb to 190.
    Use divider 1:1 for true speed (called sync). Just use a low multiplier like 8 or 8,5 so that you know that the cpu isnt the limit when you test your memory. Then go up 2 fsb at a time until it gives you instability. Drop 2 fsb and you have the limit. Dont be afraid to use the voltage the board has. I have never seen any system going down due to the use of full onboard volts on chipset, ram and cpu voltage. (SOME boards allows up to over 2.2V on cpu which i STRONGLY recommending not to use)

    Let us know and we get you there in a overclocking fasion.

    Mac
  • BDRBDR
    edited September 2003
    Well, that didn't work. All I got was a failure to boot.
    I reset CMOS, and starting over.

    :buck:
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    BDR said
    Well, that didn't work. All I got was a failure to boot.
    I reset CMOS, and starting over.

    :buck:

    Yes, Sorry about that. They call it different in different boards.

    Memory @ 100% it should be.
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    Start at 166 and go up 2 fsb at a time then. Use max memory voltage.
  • BDRBDR
    edited September 2003
    Yeah, I figured out the memory thing.

    I'm at 182@11x, on default mem voltage right now.
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    BDR said
    Yeah, I figured out the memory thing.

    I'm at 182@11x, on default mem voltage right now.

    Not bad at all. Give her some more! What timings are you using?
    Cas 2?
  • BDRBDR
    edited September 2003
    I ran the mem voltage up to 2.8. It seems to have a little lag in opening programs, or is it just that the latest version of CPU Z is just buggy?
    I'll have to check mem timings. I reset them to auto when I reset CMOS.
  • edited September 2003
    I'm presently at 213 X 11 with my Barton 2500 and 1.8v vcore and I believe I still have some headroom left on this proc. I'm still working it up to see how high this proc can go, since I have a good psu in this rig now.

    BTW, what rev. A7N8X dlx do you have, BDR? The reason I ask is that if it is an early rev, like the 1.04 I have, then you will have hell getting past 190 fsb or so without modding due to the early rev of the northbridge chipset.
  • BDRBDR
    edited September 2003
    This is a version2, but not sure what revision.
    Where abouts on the mobo is the revision Number for this board?
    This was a replacement board for an RMA'ed V1, 1.3 (I think).


    I'm taking one thing at a time on the OC'ing. That way if it fails, I know what failed.
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    If memory becomes unstable, you wont se lag. Freeze or reboot is what you will get.
  • BDRBDR
    edited September 2003
    I turned off F@H in start up temporarily. That seems to be helping the lag problem.

    I'm at 194@11X right now. I left memory freq on auto and it's at 161. Seems to be working ok.
  • BDRBDR
    edited September 2003
    Got to 196. I think it can easiely go higher, but temps are too darn high. 69C in Bios. I backed it down to 190 until I can get a better HSF.
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    Excellent!

    Drop the multi to 10 and go up on the fsb.

    Ahh...its at auto and you have it at 196?

    That means it´s using the 5:4 divider by default. 196/5X4 is 159-161 depending if your board is overclocking slightly which most do by default. Drop to 161 but use 100% or whatever it´s called for true memory bandwidth.
  • BDRBDR
    edited September 2003
    Ok, I can try that. :)
  • BDRBDR
    edited September 2003
    It reboots at 186, so I backed it down a little.
    ;)

    This is a Folder, so it needs to run stable too.
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    Same here. Anythng else than folding stable isnt a pc in my eyes.
  • edited September 2003
    Hi...

    That looks like a good stepping you got there.

    What voltage is it at? You should get better cooling. These chips are awesome.
  • BDRBDR
    edited September 2003
    I think it was at 1.675 I only raised the vcore one notch.
    I'm looking for better cooling, then I'll try again. :D
  • edited September 2003
    after you get better cooling why don't you see if you can run 14X166 first then up the fsb. Best way to oc is to find the max mhz then work on the multi X fsb that is best performance and still stable.
  • BDRBDR
    edited September 2003
    Yesterday morning I woke up to this tower being froze up with only the background on screen and no icons or taskbar showing.
    I powered it off, rebooted (the boot up was slow), and it loaded slowly an ran like molasses.

    I rebooted, reset to stock in bios, and so far it seems to be running ok. Back up to speed.

    I'm going to leave this at stock until I get a better hsf.
    At least it's folding wu's and not locked up.
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    I'm having similar problems, BDR, on my 2500+... even at 1.75V, I can't run for more than 12 hours at 11x200, the system just freezes. Runs about 45C at that voltage, too... anybody venture a guess as to what I'm doing wrong? I've got an SLK-800 with 53 CFM running through it on there... I've gotta get this thing running stable by tomorrow!
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    GHoosdum said
    I'm having similar problems, BDR, on my 2500+... even at 1.75V, I can't run for more than 12 hours at 11x200, the system just freezes. Runs about 45C at that voltage, too... anybody venture a guess as to what I'm doing wrong? I've got an SLK-800 with 53 CFM running through it on there... I've gotta get this thing running stable by tomorrow!

    It's that damn DFI board! ;D
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    I dunno, Thrax, the reviews I've seen place the DFI up there in the top 3 OC'ers... I haven't seen a review that failed with an overclock up to 400FSB...

    But then again, it might be that damn DFI board...
  • edited October 2003
    give it more voltage before you start worrying.

    otherwise do the usual default settings of ram and test the chip out with a higher multiplier and lower fsb to see where the chip maxes out.
  • Al_CapownAl_Capown Indiana
    edited October 2003
    Thrax said
    GHoosdum said
    I'm having similar problems, BDR, on my 2500+... even at 1.75V, I can't run for more than 12 hours at 11x200, the system just freezes. Runs about 45C at that voltage, too... anybody venture a guess as to what I'm doing wrong? I've got an SLK-800 with 53 CFM running through it on there... I've gotta get this thing running stable by tomorrow!

    It's that damn DFI board! ;D
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