The DFI Blood Iron Thread

[St_Arbuck]

ok so ive been trying to get to 3.6ghz ive tried every voltage, memory has been set at numerous timings, different multipliers and fsb. I keep getting BSOD / memory dumps. does this mean that my board simply hates my memory? heres another thing i get ive never seen before anyone know what this is??

[phillipjos]

Originally Posted by usman_hussain1987

i feel gutted. that motherboard looks ssooooooo sweat but it aint available in the UK yet. the only way for me to get it through importing it from the US. newegg wont shipp it to me. anyone know of anyother websites where i can get it.

Estimated price in the UK will be £150 - Approx. $310

only way would be send someone the money via papypal and pay the shipping im sure it would be cheaper

[phillipjos]

Originally Posted by St_Arbuck

ok so ive been trying to get to 3.6ghz ive tried every voltage, memory has been set at numerous timings, different multipliers and fsb. I keep getting BSOD / memory dumps. does this mean that my board simply hates my memory? heres another thing i get ive never seen before anyone know what this is??

when does this pop up and did you try 2x1 gigs of memory yet

[St_Arbuck]

Originally Posted by phillipjos

when does this pop up and did you try 2x1 gigs of memory yet

i get that screen right after post just before vista begins to load
and im trying 2 gigs of memory only right now

[funkycasey]

Originally Posted by phospholipid

any pics or such?

edit: will it fit the rev a. version? or just the extreme edition?

If you read back a few pages, you would find people asking the same question. lol. And, if you need proof of the tuniq Tower fitting, i guess i could post a picture. The only thing is that the bottom-most fin sits right on top of the northbridge cooler. Still, there are no problems from that.

EDIT: About the revs. I have no idea what the difference is...lol

[PhelanJKell]

fsb 411
multi 9
3699mhz
special vid 237.5mv
sb1.15
sb1.75
nb1.57
cpu vtt 1.55

I am at:
FSB: 451
Multi 8
3608
Special vid: 280 *not home right now so don't know exact number, its at 1.55 but reads 1.53 in windows*
sb stock
nb 1.41
cpu vtt 1.55

starting to get blue screens at anything above 3.4ghz it almost seems as if i have a 380mhz fsb wall seems very poor any ideas? scratch that i can boot into windows at 8x433mhz for 3.46ghz. maybe 3.4ish is as high as i can go which also seems low

St_Arbuck, I can't get stable over 3608mhz, so try a 451x8 and see how that works for you. I saw someone say that the high 300's was unstable but once passed that it was fine. I would set the cpu volts to 1.55 and then work your way down for a lower volt usage.

Also just put your memory at a 1:1, and first get your CPU OC first. I think my memory is running @ 900 something. Not much over the 800mhz its rated at, anything over 1000 and I fail orthos due to pushing it too high. I am at work right now but will double check those voltages I posted at lunch.

[St_Arbuck]

Originally Posted by PhelanJKell

I am at:
FSB: 451
Multi 8
3608
Special vid: 280 *not home right now so don't know exact number, its at 1.55 but reads 1.53 in windows*
sb stock
nb 1.41
cpu vtt 1.55



St_Arbuck, I can't get stable over 3608mhz, so try a 451x8 and see how that works for you. I saw someone say that the high 300's was unstable but once passed that it was fine. I would set the cpu volts to 1.55 and then work your way down for a lower volt usage.

Also just put your memory at a 1:1, and first get your CPU OC first. I think my memory is running @ 900 something. Not much over the 800mhz its rated at, anything over 1000 and I fail orthos due to pushing it too high. I am at work right now but will double check those voltages I posted at lunch.

I hit 3.6ghz last night at 9x400mhz with a core voltage of 1.57 nb at 1.45 ant cpu vtt at 1.30 but i cannot get orthos to run for more than 18 seconds before i crash. I will try to run at 8x450 and see what happens when I get home from work. I hope to have this running stable within 3 hours of being home as i should be getting my 8800GTS 512mb card from ups today (as long as they dont screw it up like they did yesterday ) if you could when you get home and post your exact voltages that would be sweet too. and thanks for the info will see how this pans out.

[PhelanJKell]

Hope this helps everyone out with the BIOS options. This is using the latest BIOS version which can be found here.
A note to all these are settings I am using with my signature rig. Please note that others may have slight changes for their overclocks.

There may be options I have not utilized in the DRAM options, if you know of ways to improve performance please let me know and I will change the settings on here.


CPU Feature
Thermal Management Control

Disable

PPM(EIST) Mode

Disable

Limit CPUID MaxVal

Disable

C1E Function

Disable

Virtualization Technology

Disable

Core Multi-Processing

Enabled

DRAM Timings
Enhance Data transmitting

Auto

Enhance Addressing

Auto

T2 Dispatch

Auto

Clock Setting Fine Delay

Auto

CAS Latency Time (tCL)

5

RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD)

5

RAS# Precharge (tRP)

5

Precharge Delay (tRAS)

15

All other options

Auto

Voltage Settings
CPU VID Special ADD

+237.5mV

DRAM Voltage Control

2.000V

SB 1.05V Voltage

1.070V

SB Core/CPU PLL Voltage

1.55V

NB Core Voltage

1.41V

CPU VTT Voltage

1.45V

All other options

Stock

Exit Setup Shutdown

Mode 2

CPU Clock Ratio

8x

Target CPU Clock

3608 MHz

CPU Clock

451 MHz

Boot Up Clock

Auto

DRAM Speed

333/667

Target DRAM Speed

DDR2 903

PCIE Clock

110

CPU Spread Spectrum

Disabled

PCIE Spread Spectrum

Disabled

Sata Spread Spectrum

Disabled

Again, hope this helps others out. You may need less CPU VID Special ADD for your overclock, or more depending on your chip's need. Well lunch is over, gotta drive back to work. I will check in after a few for questions.

[onelivestarfish]

St. Arbuck, leave your memory settings on auto.

focus on the CPU clocks first.

try these voltage settings:



Those are the voltage settings I am using for a CPU speed of 3.81 with an 8x multiplier.

You can try those settings with a 8x multi and a FSB of 450 to start with. See if you can boot into windows without Bluescreening/reboots.

[St_Arbuck]

Originally Posted by onelivestarfish

St. Arbuck, leave your memory settings on auto.

focus on the CPU clocks first.

try these voltage settings:



Those are the voltage settings I am using for a CPU speed of 3.81 with an 8x multiplier.

You can try those settings with a 8x multi and a FSB of 450 to start with. See if you can boot into windows without Bluescreening/reboots.

Im at work now but as soon as i get home i will be sure to try this thanks