Asus A8V Deluxe AMD 64 4000+ (1st time OC'ing)

donkey42 · 03-06-2006, 05:33 PM

for you to take full advantage of newer technology you need to compare your motherboard revision number and youy BIOS revision, but your board was only made to take up to DDR PC3200 but your particular board may be a newer version than the original release, it may be that a BIOS flash may allow you to run DDR PC4000, but be careful, as an unsuccessful BIOS flash will turn your nice pretty motherboard into a lover-ly thing to look at ONLY (yes i do mean making your motherboard completly DEAD, unless you backup the original BIOS)

Marcus_X · 03-06-2006, 06:06 PM

I've already busted another A8V Deluxe board before this one, I guess I'll stick with PC3200 which I'm sure will work. Thanks for that advice.

Can you tell me if I can expect performance increase when running the Corsair RAM with 2-3-3-6 timings over the Kingston I have now with 3-3-3-8? I've got my eye on a TWINX1024-3200C2PRO kit, which I'll buy if it'll offer me an improvement and stabler oc's.

Current RAM runs @ 182.4MHz, but shouldn't I be able to run at 200MHz. That's where the memory divider comes in right, which I don't understand? It's set to 2:1 DDR 400 now, should I change this?

Here are the settings I'm using now;

FSB 228 (232 unstable, lowered it by 4 as directed in the guide I mentioned )
Multiplier 12x ( I can try a lower MP but windows won't boot if FSB is set high)

Memclock to cpu 2:1 DDR400 (should a 1:1 divider make the RAM run at the same speeds as the FSB?)

CAS 3
TRCD 3
TRP 3
CMD 8

RAM Voltage 2.8
AGP Voltage 1.5
VCore 1.5.75 (PC PRobe reads 1.501 though)

Please don't get mad if I seem to misunderstand stuff, I'm just hoping I learn about this overclocking thing with your help

donkey42 · 03-06-2006, 06:28 PM

by OC some corsair you won't be able to see any performance difference the only way to tell if its performing better is with some benchmark software this is not bad (about £15 for single pc use) or this but 3dMark is usually for grfx card testing but i think it can help an OCer

don't worry that what were here to help at HWF

Marcus_X · 04-06-2006, 02:54 PM

I've taken the Kingston sticks out, changed the timings to 2.5-3-3-8 and disabled the 2T command, I've yet to experience any crashes.

Since I was doing all sorts of tweaks I also used PCI Latency Tool 3 to change the default latency of my graphics adapter to a much lower value (from 248 to 64) it made a big improvement! I stronly recommend everyone to try this if you experience unsatisfying lag from time to time with a high end graphicscard.

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donkey42 Paranoid Geeky Geek Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 34 Male Posts: 5,828 Times Helpful: 309 My Mood: Paranoid Status: Offline My Computer	for you to take full advantage of newer technology you need to compare your motherboard revision number and youy BIOS revision, but your board was only made to take up to DDR PC3200 but your particular board may be a newer version than the original release, it may be that a BIOS flash may allow you to run DDR PC4000, but be careful, as an unsuccessful BIOS flash will turn your nice pretty motherboard into a lover-ly thing to look at ONLY (yes i do mean making your motherboard completly DEAD, unless you backup the original BIOS) __________________ GRUB manual \| Google Linux \| Distrowatch \| Linux Chix \| Kubuntu \| My Mini City

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donkey42 Paranoid Geeky Geek Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 34 Male Posts: 5,828 Times Helpful: 309 My Mood: Paranoid Status: Offline My Computer	by OC some corsair you won't be able to see any performance difference the only way to tell if its performing better is with some benchmark software this is not bad (about £15 for single pc use) or this but 3dMark is usually for grfx card testing but i think it can help an OCer don't worry that what were here to help at HWF __________________ GRUB manual \| Google Linux \| Distrowatch \| Linux Chix \| Kubuntu \| My Mini City

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03-06-2006, 06:06 PM	#17 (permalink) Top
Marcus_X Expert N00b Join Date: Apr 2005 Age: 27 Male Posts: 238 Times Helpful: 17 My Mood: Angelic Status: Offline My Computer	I've already busted another A8V Deluxe board before this one, I guess I'll stick with PC3200 which I'm sure will work. Thanks for that advice. Can you tell me if I can expect performance increase when running the Corsair RAM with 2-3-3-6 timings over the Kingston I have now with 3-3-3-8? I've got my eye on a TWINX1024-3200C2PRO kit, which I'll buy if it'll offer me an improvement and stabler oc's. Current RAM runs @ 182.4MHz, but shouldn't I be able to run at 200MHz. That's where the memory divider comes in right, which I don't understand? It's set to 2:1 DDR 400 now, should I change this? Here are the settings I'm using now; FSB 228 (232 unstable, lowered it by 4 as directed in the guide I mentioned ) Multiplier 12x ( I can try a lower MP but windows won't boot if FSB is set high) Memclock to cpu 2:1 DDR400 (should a 1:1 divider make the RAM run at the same speeds as the FSB?) CAS 3 TRCD 3 TRP 3 CMD 8 RAM Voltage 2.8 AGP Voltage 1.5 VCore 1.5.75 (PC PRobe reads 1.501 though) Please don't get mad if I seem to misunderstand stuff, I'm just hoping I learn about this overclocking thing with your help

04-06-2006, 02:54 PM	#19 (permalink) Top
Marcus_X Expert N00b Join Date: Apr 2005 Age: 27 Male Posts: 238 Times Helpful: 17 My Mood: Angelic Status: Offline My Computer	I've taken the Kingston sticks out, changed the timings to 2.5-3-3-8 and disabled the 2T command, I've yet to experience any crashes. Since I was doing all sorts of tweaks I also used PCI Latency Tool 3 to change the default latency of my graphics adapter to a much lower value (from 248 to 64) it made a big improvement! I stronly recommend everyone to try this if you experience unsatisfying lag from time to time with a high end graphicscard.

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