How do I run my pump to bleed out the air before my system is setup? I've seen it done just never paid attention. Isn't there a single pair of contacts that need to be made on the PSU for this to happen? Also, what wire do I use?
good choice! it's an awesome block! :bigggrin::bigggrin::bigggrin:
Block was installed last night ...nice workmanship for an inexpensive block. I can't wait to see how it performs.
Thanks for the paperclip advice also. I'll be using it tonight. Just one stubborn bubble left to get out of the loop and I can start installing the mobo etc..
BAD BIOS FLASH!!!! Any advice on how to recover from a bad bios flash w/ only support cd as backup? The screen is black for quite a while to goes only to a bios recovery screen and then nothing. I can't remember exactly what the screen says but it's something to the effect of inserting support cd and "reset". What exactly do they mean by reset? I restarted but I get the same prompt. Do they mean clear the cmos or what?
At any rate the manual mentions something about disconnecting the hdd's or something. I thought I'd wait and see what you guys had to say before doing anything at this point.
Any advice? Questions?
Edit:/ Here is the prompt screen I get ---
'Please put the file "C5F.ROM" into your HDD or a removable USB media device, and then reset your computer.
You can also insert ASUS support CD to your CD-ROM and reset your computer.
If you have done this, please wait a moment and dont shutdown system.'
Thank you much Leo. I'm making progress on my overclock and folding. My goal is to fold 4ghz x 6cores @ 20ghz by the time I'm done. Hopefully this latest bump of the multi which puts me at 233.824x17 for a 3975mhz oc will run stable for the next 24hrs. This chip is loads of fun.
edit://successfully folded all night and turned in my first wu on this rig.
biostar would've worked well if not for xfire.
HD6950's need double slots, and the pci-e placement on biostar board is not workable.
was limited to x16/x4 only. so swapped it out.
Tonight I'm upping it to up to 228.8x17.5=4004. This is amazing to me that it's still doing all of this on 1.4v. When I put it under full folding load it ramps up to 1.44v. I'm just amazed by this. Anything higher than this will just be a super bonus AFAIC.
I went for 235.75x17=4008 instead just to see if the controller could handle it. I think that it will but it's cutting it real close. If this works I'd like to settle at this cpu speed for 24/7 folding mainly because I would like to keep my fans in silent mode and let the waterblock and radiator do the hard part.
At any rate ...I'd like to investigate some alternate Crosshair V Formula bios settings. Right now I'm pretty much relying on the Digi+ VRM max settings but I would like to cut this back however I can to try and get temps down as much as possible. Any suggestions? Pics?
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Mt_GoatHead Cheezy KnobPflugerville (north of Austin)Icrontian
Oh ye Old Goat!
I will post pics as soon as my net connection picks up speed. No idea why I got this slow connection all of a sudden. Seems to be caused usually by heavy rainfall from the night before (which we had).
This seems like a good chip ...I'm gettiing 4ghz at 1.44V cpu and about 1.25v on the cpu/nb. I'm still experimenting to get voltages as low as possible at this frequency. Temps so far are on the good/high end during f@h 24/7.
OCCT if you want something that puts more stress than f@h.
Oh yeah I remember the BIG RED stress machine OCCT. Thanks guys.
What about CPU benches? Right now all I have is CPU Wizard.
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edited November 2011
The last time I tested I ran Prime 95, CPU burn, F@H in the background while playing a good game. If it could run without a problem before I got tired it passed!
The last time I tested I ran Prime 95, CPU burn, F@H in the background while playing a good game. If it could run without a problem before I got tired it passed!
That's exactly what I did last night. I ran prime95 and didn't exit correctly so it was running in the background. I ran memtest for windows and OCCT at the same time too and things started to get a little warm. But the kicker was when I got bored and started the bible music. It really got hot then but she kept on keeping on.
I will post my settings as soon as I get home at lunchtime.
If not I'm damn close Goat. My biggest issue lately has been the damn power saving defaults. I just figured out yesterday how to change the "balanced" (default) setting to "performance". Man did anyone write a Win7 (64 bit) performance tweak guide on this site? With the crew we have around here I know someone is bound to have done this ...and done a bang up job as usual I'm sure. I just need to search.
Other than that she folded all night w/o a hitch. Next will be to set up some good old gpu crunching.
Now that I've determined that my video card is crap, and that I have finally found stable settings/voltages for my 1100T/C5F, I will try some more ram overclocking tonight. I think I should be good right about here. With the CPU set at 17x235.8=4009 this is putting me at an HT link of 1886.4 and a DRAM Frequency of 943.2. This barely scratches the surface of this ram but is pretty damn good for this controller I think. Let's see how she holds up through the night with F@h.
Man this rig really does feel zippier now ...I hope this works.
OCCT if you want something that puts more stress than f@h.
Believe it or not ...I was testing 2896 cpu/nb @ 1.275V and it ran OCCT fine for an hour. After about an hour cool down I started to run F@h and it crashed w/in 5 mins. Go figure! I backed down to my present 2673 @ 1.204V now and all is well. :thumbup
My quest for 4ghz stable is now challenged by getting voltages & temps down to a minimum. I'll list my current settings (bios & cpu-z) and hopefully I can update each time I can drop a few settings successfully. Voltages & temps are not too bad as they are but I want to be ready for the heat of next summer. I wHere goes -
Extreme Tweaker
core speed:_______3996 (bios)/4010 (cpu-z)
cpu ration:________18
bus/peg freq:______222 (bios)/222.75 (cpu-z)
mem freq:_________ddr3-1776 (bios)/891 (cpu-z)
cpu/nb freq:_______2660 (bios)/2673 (cpu-z)
ht link speed:______2660 (bios)/2673 (cpu-z)
Digi+ VRM
cpu llc:___________medium
cpu/nb llc:________high
cpu oc protect:____120%
cpu/nb oc protect:_110%
cpu pwm phase:___extreme
vrm temp protect:__enabled
cpu volt freq:______auto
cpu pwm mode:____extreme
Extreme Tweaker
core speed:_______3996 (bios)/4010 (cpu-z)
cpu ration:________18
bus/peg freq:______222 (bios)/222.75 (cpu-z)
mem freq:_________ddr3-1776 (bios)/ddr3-1782 (cpu-z)
cpu/nb freq:_______2886 (bios)/2896 (cpu-z)
ht link speed:______1998 (bios)/2005 (cpu-z)
Digi+ VRM
cpu llc:___________high
cpu/nb llc:________high
cpu oc protect:____120%
cpu/nb oc protect:_110%
cpu pwm phase:___extreme
vrm temp protect:__enabled
cpu volt freq:______auto
cpu pwm mode:____extreme
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Thanks
Thanks. I had seen it once at school but wasn't sure if the paperclip was safe or not.
Block was installed last night ...nice workmanship for an inexpensive block. I can't wait to see how it performs.
Thanks for the paperclip advice also. I'll be using it tonight. Just one stubborn bubble left to get out of the loop and I can start installing the mobo etc..
At any rate the manual mentions something about disconnecting the hdd's or something. I thought I'd wait and see what you guys had to say before doing anything at this point.
Any advice? Questions?
Edit:/ Here is the prompt screen I get ---
'Please put the file "C5F.ROM" into your HDD or a removable USB media device, and then reset your computer.
You can also insert ASUS support CD to your CD-ROM and reset your computer.
If you have done this, please wait a moment and dont shutdown system.'
All is well ...now I'm back in business.
edit://successfully folded all night and turned in my first wu on this rig.
Very nice looking build. How are you liking the biostar board?
HD6950's need double slots, and the pci-e placement on biostar board is not workable.
was limited to x16/x4 only. so swapped it out.
DSC04327 by ᵿ, on Flickr
so far so good!
Tonight I'm upping it to up to 228.8x17.5=4004. This is amazing to me that it's still doing all of this on 1.4v. When I put it under full folding load it ramps up to 1.44v. I'm just amazed by this. Anything higher than this will just be a super bonus AFAIC.
At any rate ...I'd like to investigate some alternate Crosshair V Formula bios settings. Right now I'm pretty much relying on the Digi+ VRM max settings but I would like to cut this back however I can to try and get temps down as much as possible. Any suggestions? Pics?
First we need to see your pics! :bigggrin:
I will post pics as soon as my net connection picks up speed. No idea why I got this slow connection all of a sudden. Seems to be caused usually by heavy rainfall from the night before (which we had).
This seems like a good chip ...I'm gettiing 4ghz at 1.44V cpu and about 1.25v on the cpu/nb. I'm still experimenting to get voltages as low as possible at this frequency. Temps so far are on the good/high end during f@h 24/7.
Edit\\ for startes I think I'll try this one ...http://hcidesign.com/memtest/
Is there a size to set or something in prime95? I can't remember that far back.
Oh yeah I remember the BIG RED stress machine OCCT. Thanks guys.
What about CPU benches? Right now all I have is CPU Wizard.
I will post my settings as soon as I get home at lunchtime.
Anyone know of a good Win7(64bit) F@h gadget to monitor % progress at minimum?
Ok as promised here are my current C5F bios settings and results for getting this 4ghz 1100T folding
Other than that she folded all night w/o a hitch. Next will be to set up some good old gpu crunching.
Man this rig really does feel zippier now ...I hope this works.
Edit:// Who likes boudin?
Believe it or not ...I was testing 2896 cpu/nb @ 1.275V and it ran OCCT fine for an hour. After about an hour cool down I started to run F@h and it crashed w/in 5 mins. Go figure! I backed down to my present 2673 @ 1.204V now and all is well. :thumbup
Extreme Tweaker
core speed:_______3996 (bios)/4010 (cpu-z)
cpu ration:________18
bus/peg freq:______222 (bios)/222.75 (cpu-z)
mem freq:_________ddr3-1776 (bios)/891 (cpu-z)
cpu/nb freq:_______2660 (bios)/2673 (cpu-z)
ht link speed:______2660 (bios)/2673 (cpu-z)
Digi+ VRM
cpu llc:___________medium
cpu/nb llc:________high
cpu oc protect:____120%
cpu/nb oc protect:_110%
cpu pwm phase:___extreme
vrm temp protect:__enabled
cpu volt freq:______auto
cpu pwm mode:____extreme
Manual Voltages
cpu:______________1.46875 (bios)/1.416 (cpu-z @ 100% load)
cpu/nb:___________1.23125 (bios)/1.224-1.244 (cpu-z @ 100% load)
dram:_____________1.65 (bios)/1.654-1.660 (cpu-z @ 100% load)
nb:_______________auto (bios)/1.105-1.111 (cpu-z @ 100% load)
nb ht:_____________1.21875 (bios)/1.224 (cpu-z @ 100% load)
DRAM Timings
CL:_______________7
tRCD:_____________9
tRP:______________8
tRAS:_____________24
CR:_______________1T
Temps
cpu:______________57C (probe II-100% load)
mb:_______________37C (probe II-100% load)
WARNING: Kids do not try this at home.
Extreme Tweaker
core speed:_______3996 (bios)/4010 (cpu-z)
cpu ration:________18
bus/peg freq:______222 (bios)/222.75 (cpu-z)
mem freq:_________ddr3-1776 (bios)/ddr3-1782 (cpu-z)
cpu/nb freq:_______2886 (bios)/2896 (cpu-z)
ht link speed:______1998 (bios)/2005 (cpu-z)
Digi+ VRM
cpu llc:___________high
cpu/nb llc:________high
cpu oc protect:____120%
cpu/nb oc protect:_110%
cpu pwm phase:___extreme
vrm temp protect:__enabled
cpu volt freq:______auto
cpu pwm mode:____extreme
Manual Voltages
cpu:______________1.4625 (bios)/1.440-1.452 (cpu-z @ 100% load)
cpu/nb:___________1.3 (bios)/1.296-1.310 (cpu-z @ 100% load)
dram:_____________1.65 (bios)/1.654-1.660 (cpu-z @ 100% load)
nb:_______________1.2125 (bios)/1.217-1.224 (cpu-z @ 100% load)
nb ht:_____________1.225 (bios)/1.230 (cpu-z @ 100% load)
Temps
cpu:______________56C (probe II-100% load)
mb:_______________36C (probe II-100% load)
I meant it's better to have lower frequency ram, tighter timings, and higher cpu-nb than higher ram frequency:
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?56715-AMD-AM3-CPU-s-which-ram-speed-is-faster-and-which-CPU-NB-clock-is-best
(you can also see that increasing the HT speed doesn't really help)