The DFI Blood Iron Thread

[phillipjos]

9x334
dram 333/667
dram v 1.925
sb 1.925
sb core 1.55
nb 1.33
cpu v 1.30
clock gen 3.45
the rest 0.67x
im trying to get a stable 3.2 thats it, ive tryed dfi fourums voltages wont boot at 3.6

[onelivestarfish]

I wish I had your chip. I would up the CPU voltage to 1.48. The northbridge voltage I would also set to at least 1.4v. The others I will have to check later.

[rottenotto]

Phil... I'm assuming that you have GSILL HZ's. in that case.... set the VDIMM ( Vdram) to 2.3, the vcore to +100. ...., the nb voltage to 1.41, and you might have to set the final % ( i forget what it's called ) to .61% instead of .69%---- there's a relationship between it and the nb voltage tht I don't really understand, but it might make a difference.....


The GSKILL d9's are voltage -hungry chips..... they can easily go to 2.4, but be aware that if they're older d9's ( read more than 6 moths old), they will eventually require more and more voltage to boot if they haven't had an spd flash......

You have the cooling power to handle all this... run coretemp and SmartGuardian together to get a hold on the temps...

[rottenotto]

Originally Posted by kkbob33

oh i forgot to ask 1 more question. do i need a bios update and if so where can i get it. i have googled with no results.

thanks in advance

Bob... I just don't see a real strong upside to flashing the BIOS at this point... I've seen accounts of too many failed BIOS flashes at this point to see advising a BIOS flash ( I can't seem to get a floppy to work on this board... tried three seperate floppys.. go figure....). I think a Flash Drive flash might well work, but be sure to save your current BIOS just in case...... long and short of it... not enough upside and too much downside for a flash at this point........remember, this is DFI's budget board, so they're not real forthcoming with support..........

[kkbob33]

thanks. ill probably just stick with the default bios then. i also noticed that there is less support for it than the LP at DFI club.

[rottenotto]

Originally Posted by funkycasey

I got my Blood Iron board about a week or so ago, and it's working great so far. I have a very limited Overclock on my E6400 (2.66GHz up from a stock of 2.13GHz) due to crappy 667MHz RAM that will not overclock well. I am using a RAID setup which seems to be working well (although I have the crappy firmware 7200.10's).

Here are some questions I have for when i do decide to overclock some more.

What are the max voltages everyone is putting through their Chipset and other motherboard components? I don't care about your VCore or Dimm voltage, because everyones will be different, but what I am asking is what is the MAX SAFE voltage to put through the motherboard components?

Casey, I don't know the max for the nb voltage...... I've gone to 1.41 and had no problem other than being able to cook a turkey on the chipset, but I got a stable OC at 3.6.........you might consider rigging a 60 mm fan at the nb heatsink.......... in any event, 1.41 is pretty safe.........

[rottenotto]

Originally Posted by surfbumb

i'm unable to flash the bios for my blood iron through winflash, also do you guys have the double boot issue?

When I shut down the computer it turns off for a second and then turns itself back on for about 5 seconds then shuts off completely, its annoying but i can live with it, a fix would be appreciated.

That double-boot thing is pretty normal with this board........ you can change it in the BIOS if it bothers you...... see my post re: using the Home and/or Insert keys to boot. It's a vagary of DFI boards........they're special. You may have to play with it a little..... but that's what we do, isn't it?

[rottenotto]

sorry for the multiple posts , guys, but there's a lot to be learned at DFI Club support.

[kkbob33]

here i found this sliding GTL scale here if anyone is interested:

http://www.thetechrepository.com/sho...3&postcount=37

[rottenotto]

good find, Bob,... but that's really for the UT ( Lanparty ) board. Only experimentation will tell if it holds true for the BloodIron ( the options are a litle more limited for us).