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blitz6804 · 05-12-09

Nope... download the zip. Unpack. Run Install.bat. Run Folding@Home and config. You are all set.

**txtmstrjoe** · 05-12-09

Heh, I'd been telling everyone how flaky that CFX3200's ULi chipset is forever.

It seems that the only way most people run the CFX3200 with any modicum of stability is to eschew the ULi SATA ports and run RAID on the SiI controller. Either that, or run a SATA controller card.

BlackOmega · 05-12-09

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Originally Posted by txtmstrjoe

Heh, I'd been telling everyone how flaky that CFX3200's ULi chipset is forever.

It seems that the only way most people run the CFX3200 with any modicum of stability is to eschew the ULi SATA ports and run RAID on the SiI controller. Either that, or run a SATA controller card.

Very true. But what really gets me is the inconsistency of the failure. It makes no sense that it would work just fine for a relatively long time (hours) then stop working. And consistently not work.

I'm starting to wonder if this is a temperature issue. Now that I think back, after it BSOD'd and kept on crashing I had left it off for a while. Then when I went back to use it, it worked fine for hours then started crashing again. Too bad theres no way of monitoring SB temps.

Tator Tot · 05-12-09

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Originally Posted by BlackOmega

Very true. But what really gets me is the inconsistency of the failure. It makes no sense that it would work just fine for a relatively long time (hours) then stop working. And consistently not work.

I'm starting to wonder if this is a temperature issue. Now that I think back, after it BSOD'd and kept on crashing I had left it off for a while. Then when I went back to use it, it worked fine for hours then started crashing again. Too bad theres no way of monitoring SB temps.

Have a small fan sit on it blowing air, or maybe get a Extreme Spirit II.

Obviously the later is the fancy way of doing things.

But direct air flow could answer that question of yours.

IIRC, the chipset for the SB of that board is large though. So that could explain your issues.

Kryton · 05-13-09

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Originally Posted by Tator Tot

Have a small fan sit on it blowing air, or maybe get a Extreme Spirit II.

Obviously the later is the fancy way of doing things.

But direct air flow could answer that question of yours.

IIRC, the chipset for the SB of that board is large though. So that could explain your issues.

Here ya go.
http://www.thermaltakestore.com/index.html

Browse around - You should find something that can help. The Extreme Spirit II is also cheaper than you'd expect.

EDIT:
The Extreme Spirit II is listed as being "Sold Out" but there are still some items you may find useful such as controllers, cases, water blocks, ect.

BlackOmega · 05-13-09

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Originally Posted by Tator Tot

Have a small fan sit on it blowing air, or maybe get a Extreme Spirit II.

Obviously the later is the fancy way of doing things.

But direct air flow could answer that question of yours.

IIRC, the chipset for the SB of that board is large though. So that could explain your issues.

Thats a good idea tator. I think next time I mess with it I'll just pull the whole board out and reseat the cooler with some good TIM like ICD7 or OCZ freeze. Then I figure out a good way to mount a fan towards it. Or possibly some sort of active cooling similar to a NB fan. Man I'd really like to be able to monitor the temps of it though.

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Originally Posted by Kryton

Here ya go.
http://www.thermaltakestore.com/index.html

Browse around - You should find something that can help. The Extreme Spirit II is also cheaper than you'd expect.

EDIT:
The Extreme Spirit II is listed as being "Sold Out" but there are still some items you may find useful such as controllers, cases, water blocks, ect.

Thanks Kryton.

But I've decided to just run an IDE HDD. Since the folding rig is going to do nothing but fold I'm not too worried about performance.

Tator Tot · 05-13-09

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Originally Posted by BlackOmega

Thats a good idea tator. I think next time I mess with it I'll just pull the whole board out and reseat the cooler with some good TIM like ICD7 or OCZ freeze. Then I figure out a good way to mount a fan towards it. Or possibly some sort of active cooling similar to a NB fan. Man I'd really like to be able to monitor the temps of it though.

IIRC, they make a thermal monitor that goes into a 5.25 bay.

Its basically really long wires that you run to the spot you want monitor, clip it on, and then you just look at the front of your tower.

You can program the LCD on it so it says "South Bridge" intstead of "Temp 1"
Or "Memory" instead of "Temp 2"

though, I haven't seen this in a good year and a half. But if I dig up the link, I'll PM it to you.

It looked really nice, but I remember it being crazy in price, like the 7" LCD screens for the Thermaltake Lanbox.

BlackOmega · 05-14-09

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Originally Posted by Tator Tot

IIRC, they make a thermal monitor that goes into a 5.25 bay.

Its basically really long wires that you run to the spot you want monitor, clip it on, and then you just look at the front of your tower.

You can program the LCD on it so it says "South Bridge" intstead of "Temp 1"
Or "Memory" instead of "Temp 2"

though, I haven't seen this in a good year and a half. But if I dig up the link, I'll PM it to you.

It looked really nice, but I remember it being crazy in price, like the 7" LCD screens for the Thermaltake Lanbox.

Let me know if you find anything. Im kind of cheap though, I wonder if there is a cost effective way of monitoring temps

On a side note I finally got around to messing with my sig rig and ran HDtach just to see the difference between the nvidia controller (SATAII) and the Silicon image controller (SATA I) and well the results are very nice. Burst speed almost doubled, although average is only about 19MB/s faster. Heres a SS.

**thlnk3r** · 05-15-09

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Originally Posted by BlackOmega

On a side note I finally got around to messing with my sig rig and ran HDtach just to see the difference between the nvidia controller (SATAII) and the Silicon image controller (SATA I) and well the results are very nice. Burst speed almost doubled, although average is only about 19MB/s faster. Heres a SS.

BlackOmega, nice numbers man. At first I thought that was just one drive until I saw the "stripe" part. You sure did max that bus out though

Good luck

nategr8ns · 05-15-09

I'm going to set up my old 939 parts (MSI board, 2x512mb Corsair VS, 3800+) as another computer. My dad will speed test between that and his Pentium 4 3.4ghz w/2x512mb of DDR2 Ballstix.

I'd also like to try overclocking with my DFI again. Last time it was too complicated and I just haven't had time to play with it. Which settings in which menus do I want for the RAM multiplier and HT multiplier?

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