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pHaestus · 12-11-2002, 01:53 PM

I have been having a hell of a time getting my TBredA stable in my system (Epox 8K3A). I assumed that this was due to high temsp (50-60C watercooled) and just figured it was a crappy o/cer. However, today I noticed that the ram speed was at 366 on boot (183fsb) even though I had the CPU fsb set to 145. Turns out that I had been running the system with ram set asynchronously high (166fsb base) and didnt even realize it. I set the ram to 133 rather than 166, and left the system happily cranking along at 2038MHz while I went back to work. I already knew the memory wasnt stable above 180 fsb. That speed is not even with voltage above 1.75; I am sure I can push the chip a good bit higher tonight.

So, moral of story is pay attention to the POST screen (or else know what the hell you are doing in the first place).

12-11-2002, 01:53 PM	#1
pHaestus Big Player Making Big Money Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: irc.lostgeek.com #procooling.com Posts: 4,782	OK I can be pretty stupid sometimes.... I have been having a hell of a time getting my TBredA stable in my system (Epox 8K3A). I assumed that this was due to high temsp (50-60C watercooled) and just figured it was a crappy o/cer. However, today I noticed that the ram speed was at 366 on boot (183fsb) even though I had the CPU fsb set to 145. Turns out that I had been running the system with ram set asynchronously high (166fsb base) and didnt even realize it. I set the ram to 133 rather than 166, and left the system happily cranking along at 2038MHz while I went back to work. I already knew the memory wasnt stable above 180 fsb. That speed is not even with voltage above 1.75; I am sure I can push the chip a good bit higher tonight. So, moral of story is pay attention to the POST screen (or else know what the hell you are doing in the first place).