Overclocking Phenom 9850 BE with Asus M3N-HT deluxe mb.

[dmcnutt]

they just came out with another bios to increase ram stability. they also have new chipset drivers on nvidia site

http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_vista64_15.24.html

http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

 

[Travolta]

jkatt12, I think its because of Phenom limitation - only 2 DIMMs could work in 1066 mode - according to Asus forums. Also interesting whats your current settings for stable 3.1 Ghz

 

[jkatt12]

Version 1401

Description 1401 BIOS for M3N-HT Deluxe
Enhance system stability when using 8G memory.


ARGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i just sold off all 8gbs of my ddr2 1066 memory too. thats so f* up!!

lol

- Travolta i'll post my settings shortly, currently someones using my ftp..

 

[dmcnutt]

my settings are

15.5 x 200

CPU 1.375V

CPU-NB 1.3V( I HAD TO ADD A LITTLE VOLTAGE TO THIS OR IT WOULD NOT BE STABLE )

HT 1.24V

NB 1.22V

2.1V RAM 5-5-5-18-26
1066 DUAL CHANNEL
UNGANGED (BETTER STABILITY)

 

[jkatt12]

stable at 3.1ghz w/ 1.30v 15.5x/200 fsb - temps 100F/38C
stable at 3.0ghz w/ 1.25v 15x/210fsb.

also only setting i messed with is the cpu multi and volts, everything else left at auto.

 

[jkatt12]

running at 3.0ghz 24/7

 

[bboy-mass]

Helo,

I was just about to upgrade from my 9850BE to the 9950 and someone advised that unless your tunning with a 790 chip set, your may as well stay on the 9850BE ???

I have the following config:

M3N-HT Deluxe BIOS 1003
9850BE
Zalman 9700NT cooler
1066 Dominiator with cooler rack
Cosmos 1000 case
Asus GTX280
Tagen 900W PSU

My temps are: CPU 41C
MB 41C
Vcore 1.30V


I have ran stable on 2.94G for 24hrs in prime95, but after an hour or so on Grid,Crysis I BSOD with a core2 failure????

I was advised to down clock the CPU to 2.6G and I would see a FPS increase in Crysis, I thought the guy was a prat but he was right

I'm now getting 27FPS (22FPS at 2.94G) on VeryHigh settings running the bench mark for Crysis.

What settings do you have for M3N-HT Deluxe? I'm using 1003 BIOS.

Thanks guys,

Nigel
UK

 

[jkatt12]

i upgraded and VERY happy i did, this 9950 be oem overclocks very well, got it
to 3.3ghz by upping the volts but i am stable at 3.1 at stock volts (1.30v). 3.0ghz at 1.25v (very nice)
i just updated the bios to 1401 today.

 

[Travolta]

jkatt12, going to test your setting with new bios 1402 - have you try it already ?

 

[bboy-mass]

guys, before I upgrade again any chance of seeing your bios. Settings?????

I'm sure I can get to 3g stable with the right volts.

Cheers guys,

Nigel

 

[jkatt12]

jkatt12, going to test your setting with new bios 1402 - have you try it already ?

yes i have, no change yet since ive gotten rid of my ddr2 1066 memory. ugh!

 

[jkatt12]

guys, before I upgrade again any chance of seeing your bios. Settings?????

I'm sure I can get to 3g stable with the right volts.

Cheers guys,

Nigel

i have only adjusted the cpu multi and cpu volts, fsb 200 - 210, everything else set to auto.

 

[bboy-mass]

WOW-WOW-WE-WA

I love this 9950

3.1G stable using M3N-HT-DELUXE 1401.

I was overclocking very slow and I said to my son:

"Dan, all I want is a stable 3.G OC stable"

My son said "Yea, dad. all you want is 3G, hahsahaha"

By the afternoon I was stable at 3.1G and happy as larry.lol

JKATT, whats the water cooler lilke you have. I mean, is it easy to fit???

I want 3.3G out of this and I know with H2O its gone get me there.

R.
Nigel

 

[Travolta]

bboy-mass
Are you running Vista 64 bit ?

 

[jkatt12]

WOW-WOW-WE-WA

I love this 9950

3.1G stable using M3N-HT-DELUXE 1401.

I was overclocking very slow and I said to my son:

"Dan, all I want is a stable 3.G OC stable"

My son said "Yea, dad. all you want is 3G, hahsahaha"

By the afternoon I was stable at 3.1G and happy as larry.lol

JKATT, whats the water cooler lilke you have. I mean, is it easy to fit???

I want 3.3G out of this and I know with H2O its gone get me there.

R.
Nigel

congrats!! heheheh
the coolit freezone is nice, easy to fit, just make sure you put a small
amount of thermal compound, there are others that are better im sure but this works fine
for me even with overclocking.

 

[bboy-mass]

yea im running the following:

vista64
4g mem 2x2048
zalman9700nt

 

[NelsonGamer]

4 1 gig sticks of 1066

Hi all I too have a 9950 on the M3N-HT. Why would only 2 dims work with 1066? I have 4 1 gig sticks of gskill 1066. The post screen reads it as 1066 ganged and Sli ready. Is there a way to test that all 4 dims are running at 1066? I am also interested getting my CPU to 3ghz. Im at 2.76 now with stock cooling. I'm consider putting water to it. I'd like to get a kit that would have enough flow for my 9950 And two 9800gx2's. Any sugestions? Thanks

 

[jkatt12]

Hi all I too have a 9950 on the M3N-HT. Why would only 2 dims work with 1066? I have 4 1 gig sticks of gskill 1066. The post screen reads it as 1066 ganged and Sli ready. Is there a way to test that all 4 dims are running at 1066? I am also interested getting my CPU to 3ghz. Im at 2.76 now with stock cooling. I'm consider putting water to it. I'd like to get a kit that would have enough flow for my 9950 And two 9800gx2's. Any sugestions? Thanks

thats 2 x 2gb dimms, if you have a total of 4 x 2gb, 8gbs, then they wont show up as ddr2 1066 (i believe bios 1401 is suppose to fix this issue, i'll find out this weekend maybe)

 

[NelsonGamer]

Cooling GPU's

My 9800GX2 Underload reaches 70C with the fan at 100% at stock speeds. How hot does your 280 get Jkatt? I was considering getting another GX2 and water cooling everything. Just wondering if Nvidia improved at all on the heat issue with the 200 Series. The 280 benchmarks are impressive. How would you compare the two cards?

 

[jkatt12]

My 9800GX2 Underload reaches 70C with the fan at 100% at stock speeds. How hot does your 280 get Jkatt? I was considering getting another GX2 and water cooling everything. Just wondering if Nvidia improved at all on the heat issue with the 200 Series. The 280 benchmarks are impressive. How would you compare the two cards?

i got better scores on 3dmk06 (not the advantage version) with the 9800gx2 overclocked, i think i liked it much better than the 280, i havnt monitored the temps on it be4 i got rid of it. havnt done any real benchmarking with this 280 yet either.

--got my corsair dominator ddr2 1066 4 x 2gb chips installed and they still show up as ddr2 800 no matter what setting i try (sli setting as optimal and high frequency). i figured they would fix this issue with the 1401 bios but guess not, dram frequency shows up correctly tho in cpu-z.

 

[NelsonGamer]

convincing M3N-HT to accepting 1066

You might have alerady done this but... In BIOS If you go to advanced/CPU Configuration/DRAM Configuration be sure to change the Memory Clock Frequency from Auto to 1066. Now you MB should post as 1066

 

[jkatt12]

You might have alerady done this but... In BIOS If you go to advanced/CPU Configuration/DRAM Configuration be sure to change the Memory Clock Frequency from Auto to 1066. Now you MB should post as 1066

already set, still shows as 800.

 

[bboy-mass]

Jkatt,

I think I have the same men as you do (with the blue fan rack??????), and I seed 1066 4g. Availabe etc when the machine boots.

Turn off Eli ready and set timings 5-5-5-15-2t ganged.

Btw, anyone got to stable3.2g without going to high on voltage??

R.
Nigel

 

[jkatt12]

Jkatt,

I think I have the same men as you do (with the blue fan rack??????), and I seed 1066 4g. Availabe etc when the machine boots.

Turn off Eli ready and set timings 5-5-5-15-2t ganged.

Btw, anyone got to stable3.2g without going to high on voltage??

R.
Nigel

mines black/dark gray (with blue writing on it) i have 8gb, you have 4gb, when i just have 4gb (2 sticks) put in they show up as ddr2 1066, ive tried ganged and unganged, set bios to ddr2 1066 instead of auto, tried disabled sli ready also.

 

[vegeta]

I'm Stable @ 3.21 Vcore @ 3.3500. FSB 200MHZ, MP x16
HT @ 2g, lowered the volts on my ram from 2.1 to 2.0
Rest is @ default settings.....
B.T.W. 4 hours prime, tested stable.

Trying to get higher.