Building a Pc for Crunching.

[Heaven7]

They should run at 2.8 GHz, which is their Turbo speed. For this to work, you'll need to check if any settings regarding power/energy saving are active. Check your BIOS first for any of these and set them to maximum / disable any throttling or power saving features. If it still won't work, check the "Power Options" feature in Windows' control panel and see that the performance plan is set to maximum/high performance (i.e "Hoechstleistung" in german ).

 

[FireFox]

see that the performance plan is set to maximum/high performance

It's set to balance.

 

[Heaven7]

Alright - change it to high, reboot and see.

 

[FireFox]

Before I reboot, I want to ask, should I been changing something here?

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

@Heaven7 answering knoxxys question may explain why ThugXeon will only go to multi x19 and not x20 on boost ( stock is x 18 2.4ghz) i thought i had done everything and was starting to think x19 was it I have just shut it down to remove the gpu and W 7 has decided to install 189 updates .................it might be a long night.

 

[Heaven7]

Looks OK, @Knoxx29 , default values, leave 'em alone. Try within Windows and let me know if it worked!
@CAPSLOCKSTUCK , hang in there! While you're at it installing those updates, don't forget the clocks go forward one hour tonight, so it might take even longer...

 

[FireFox]

Try within Windows and let me know if it worked!

Well I have tried what you suggested me but it didn't work

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Looks OK, @Knoxx29 , default values, leave 'em alone. Try within Windows and let me know if it worked!
@CAPSLOCKSTUCK , hang in there! While you're at it installing those updates, don't forget the clocks go forward one hour tonight, so it might take even longer...

I can wait, Lee Mack is on the telly, he is outrageous, and my wife is drunk....... which is even funnier

 

[krusha03]

Before I reboot, I want to ask, should I been changing something here?
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Hey try changing that Ratio CMOS Settings to a higher value and see if something happens. Leave turbo enabled but you can disable speed step to prevent the CPUs from downcloacking (the shouldnt when under load but just in case)

 

[Heaven7]

I can wait, Lee Mack is on the telly, he is outrageous, and my wife is drunk....... which is even funnier

Looks like she will be sleeping on the floor tonight...

 

[FireFox]

try changing that Ratio CMOS Settings to a higher value

17x is the maximum value.
I will try tomorrow becasue I have rebooted twice and my girlfriend was sleeping and everytime I reboot it sounds like 2 turbines for the first 4 second, so in order to avoid to sleep outside tonight better if I don't continue rebooting

 

[Heaven7]

17x is the maximum value.

Yes, this is no "CPU ratio" or overclocking setting. The S7010 is a server board. Your MB and mine have exactly the same AMI BIOS. I left those settings as they were, just checked that SpeedStep and TurboTech were enabled. Got the stock speed and a simple change in the Power Settings got me the turbo speed.

I have rebooted twice and my girlfriend was sleeping and everytime I reboot it sounds like 2 turbines for the first 4 second, so in order to avoid to sleep outside tonight better if I don't continue rebooting

Don't give up! It's not so bad outside. Almost 7 degrees! Anyway, good luck tomorrow.

 

[krusha03]

17x is the maximum value.
I will try tomorrow becasue I have rebooted twice and my girlfriend was sleeping and everytime I reboot it sounds like 2 turbines for the first 4 second, so in order to avoid to sleep outside tonight better if I don't continue rebooting

You can try throttlestop from within windows. They should run at 2533MHz with turbo boost on oh yeah and I forgot

Update

Hi Guys.

I know that i am a little late with the update but i have had some problems with one pin on one of the socket but finally it was repaired 2 days ago, after that i have had problems with the GHz, the processors were running at 1600,1GHz instead 2,26GHz but i have solved the problem last night and after 2 day of stress and going
to sleep at 3 a.m for 2 days in a row now i am proud to tell you that finally the:
Tyan S7010 Dual Sockel 1366 Serverboard +The Twin Intel CPU Xeon L5640 6c/12t @ 2.26GHz 60W -5,86 GT/s - SLBV8 are running.

Here is a pic of Boinc running + temperatures and speed.
In a week or less i will be posting the power consumption.

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i still dont have a case but next week i will buy the Fractal Desing Core 3500W.
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Yes, this is no "CPU ratio" or overclocking setting. The S7010 is a server board. Your MB and mine have exactly the same AMI BIOS. I left those settings as they were, just checked that SpeedStep and TurboTech were enabled. Got the stock speed and a simple change in the Power Settings got me the turbo speed.

Since you have the same board i guess i can ask you too. there is no way in forcing the turbo boost limit, the power limit or blck clock right? just wondering

 

[Heaven7]

You can try throttlestop from within windows. They should run at 2533MHz with turbo boost on

 

[krusha03]

That is if 1 or 2 cores are running. Turbo step is gradual. For this cpu its 2800 MHz (1 or 2 cores), 2667 MHz (3 or 4 cores), 2533 MHz (5 or 6 cores)

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

@krusha03 might that be the limitation on mine then do you think? If i disable a core or 2 then it would go to x20 ?. but on 4 cores x 19 would be tops ?

 

[Heaven7]

That is if 1 or 2 cores are running. Turbo step is gradual. For this cpu its 2800 MHz (1 or 2 cores), 2667 MHz (3 or 4 cores), 2533 MHz (5 or 6 cores)

Thanks for clearing that up for me. Let's hope @Knoxx29 can get it to work!

Since you have the same board i guess i can ask you too. there is no way in forcing the turbo boost limit, the power limit or blck clock right? just wondering

Not the same board, but same BIOS. I've never fooled around with overclocking those Xeons, there are ways I read about by changing some "internal clock", could be the blck clock you mentioned, but don't ask me how it's done. For myself, I'm happy with running it within its designed limits, but some more speed can never hurt, right?

 

[krusha03]

@krusha03 might that be the limitation on mine then do you think? If i disable a core or 2 then it would go to x20 ?. but on 4 cores x 19 would be tops ?

For your cpu the turbo frequency is 2667 MHz (1 or 2 cores) and 2533 MHz (3 or 4 cores) so your system is working fine. There is no logic in disabling 2 cores to get 133MHz more

Thanks for clearing that up for me. Let's hope @Knoxx29 can get it to work!

Not the same board, but same BIOS. I've never fooled around with overclocking those Xeons, there are ways I read about by changing some "internal clock", could be the blck clock you mentioned, but don't ask me how it's done. For myself, I'm happy with running it within its designed limits, but some more speed can never hurt, right?

Sorry it's getting late. Same bios is what i meant Internal clock is the blck or fsb

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

For your cpu the turbo frequency is 2667 MHz (1 or 2 cores) and 2533 MHz (3 or 4 cores) so your system is working fine. There is no logic in disabling 2 cores to get 133MHz more

Absolutely.... thankyou.

The boost from 2.4 to 2.533 comes with a 10w increase in wattage so the benefit of any boost is questionable.

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

I don't see boost speeds in mine either. Turn of all the PM and throttling stuff off and let it eat.

 

[FireFox]

According to what I have found on Internet it seems that more cores are running and less the turbo boost speeds increase and what @krusha03 said it makes sense.

@krusha03 said:
(That is if 1 or 2 cores are running. Turbo step is gradual. For this cpu its 2800 MHz (1 or 2 cores), 2667 MHz (3 or 4 cores), 2533 MHz (5 or 6 cores)

If I am not wrong when I was running just one cpu the turbo boost was working but I can't confirm that 100% becasue it was late and I was tired (maybe i have had an
hallucination)

Can someone running dual CPU's confirm that?

Here are some pics of what I have found on Internet:

 

[krusha03]

According to what I have found on Internet it seems that more cores are running and less the turbo boost speeds increase and what @krusha03 said it makes sense.

@krusha03 said:
(That is if 1 or 2 cores are running. Turbo step is gradual. For this cpu its 2800 MHz (1 or 2 cores), 2667 MHz (3 or 4 cores), 2533 MHz (5 or 6 cores)

If I am not wrong when I was running just one cpu the turbo boost was working but I can't confirm that 100% becasue it was late and I was tired (maybe i have had an
hallucination)

Can someone running dual CPU's confirm that?

Here are some pics of what I have found on Internet:

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Did you try Throttlestop? Also it can be that at full load due to the low TDP of the CPUs you are already at the limit and turbo boost doesnt happen. I think your trade-off now is running it at TDP of 60W at 2.26GHz or increase the power limit (and power consumption) to get the extra 266 MHz

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Reread my last post. The one just before your last post Knoxx

 

[FireFox]

I will do the @ThE_MaD_ShOt's suggestions.
It's running fine so better no mess with it

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

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