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Feb 2nd, 2006 at 11:44am

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Has anybody had similar corruption of Clockgen for nF4?

In foto, the left one as used to show up with AN8-sli mobo, and the right hand one corrupted and unusable, after mobo exchanged for A8N 32 sli.

With / without firewals.

Redownloaded & un/reinstalled it several times.

PS Get Values applied for both.

Any help appreciated.

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Reply #1 - Feb 2nd, 2006 at 6:30pm

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Look at your signature and I think you'll find the answer.

You don't have an NForce4 SLI chipset, your's is different.

You might get a reply from them saying they are working on a new version of clockgen hopefully.

Edit: Ah, I saw your other thread. Fixed huh?
 

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Reply #2 - Feb 4th, 2006 at 3:44pm

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Unfortunately not, please see new thread over at:

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=tweek;action=display;num=1...

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Reply #3 - Feb 4th, 2006 at 9:31pm

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Q. What is GPU? 

A. Graphics processing unit. Your video cards processor.


Q. Last night I rechecked Bios and nearest to HTT is :
"Over Voltage Hypertransport" [Disabled]  or Enabled, with no figures to set.

A. This is a setting that is missing on my board, it enables volt increases for the hypertransport link allowing massive overclocks. Leave it disabled until you have expert knowledge of overclocking.


Q. DDR Vcore [Auto] ....2.6V, 2.65.........to 3.2

A. Normally called Vram. Set this field to manual if your ram is unstable at high overclocks, increasing ram voltage will yield stabilty at higher speeds. There is a danger of burning out your RAM if you use this. There are special RAM testing and burn in programs for getting the most out of your RAM.

Most RAM for these rigs is 2.6V, but you can probably go to 2.75V without harming anything. Ground yourself to the case and feel the ram chips with the back of your fingers to see if they are hot while flying in FS9 or using some intense benchmarking utility. If they are hot, do not increase Vram.


Q. DDR Clock Skew  [Auto] ....Normal, Advanced, 150 - 900pc

A. I wouldn't have a clue except that it's an advanced overclocking option, leave it at default until you know for sure what it does.


Q. 1T / 2T Memory Timing 1T / 2T

A. this is a basic RAM command rate timing. The boys at the overclocking sites will tell you that 1T is a must. Well, that's just a load of BS with these boards. I can get better performance using 2T with my RAM, and in fact, it's been documented by several people that these asus boards are unstable at 1T in many high speed configurations (ie. When memclock goes much over 240mhz).

Use 1T under 240mhz but if you tighten the other ram timings you may find 2T will need to be used. Proof of performance needs to be carefully tested with a benchmark utility to find which configuration is the best.


Q. Vcore Voltage      [1.472v] ....Ignore

A. Definitely do not ignore this setting. The Vcore you have set there is VERY high for Stock cooling. You should see sharp temperature rises while Simming or benchmarking. Be careful. Only increase Vcore from standard 1.4V if your rig is unstable at the overclock, and increase it in very small increments until stabilty is reached. I would leave it at stock speed until you have crashes or benchtest failures.


Q. I am stuck, unless any of the other variable factors in the Bios that I can see, can be used instead of the elusive HTT,  like:
1. CPU FSB [200] goes up by 1, 2, 3 ......to 500

A. CPU FSB is the same as HTT. This is what you are winding up with the slider in Clockgen.

2. Processor Voltage (for setting VCore) starts at 1.735,
is Set at [1.425] ....1.4375, 1.45, ....to 1.5625

A. This is different from the info you provided above for Vcore (you said it was 1.472v). You have to be accurate or I'm wasting my time replying ok?

3. Adjust PCIE Freq Set [100] …101, 102 103......to 200

A. Leave this at 100mhz always.


4. How about mem, came up same value as HTT

A. Yes, that's right, the Memclock is identical to the HTT or cpu/FSB speed when there is no ram divider set, in other words, the memory bus is running in sync with the FSB. This changes if you use a memoery divider ratio or a half cpu mulitplier such as 10.5x



Q. Processor Freq.Multiplier is maxed [11x]. 

Set this to 10 x or less when experimenting with other settings, this takes the CPU out of the equation when searching for stability of HTT and RAM speed. It also allows a smaller multiplier to be used to keep the CPU speed in operating range when the FSB is overclocked a lot.


Q.  BUT this in Bios is not so simple to pinpoint, seems very complecated. 

A. It's complex because it is a bios designed for advanced overclockers. I wish I had it, mine is not complex enough to tweak as effectively.


Q. From Memory Settings goes to Northbridge Chipset config which goes to Memory Config and on & on.

A. Another set of advanced features, leave the Northbridge settings alone. They are for extreme overclocking. The memory config is probably where you will find your RAM timing settings, possibly the most complex set of options you will need to deal with if you seek absolute performance. Adjusting RAM timings can easily cause a system boot failure and a need for a CMOS reset by mainboard jumper, be careful with those timings. Just because you read that someone uses a set of timings does not mean that it will work on your machine. Set defaults then do a lot of reading about it.


Q. BTW you ruined your nice pet with glasses & those teeth, looks as if he is with rabies.

A. That's my boy you're talking about!

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Reply #4 - Feb 5th, 2006 at 1:35pm

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Thank youuuuu,
Firstly, what you saw there is what comes up as default. I have not changed anything, and will only do when satisfied that I fathomed what you experiensed people say.

The GPU bit, I should have said “Why GPU”, as I was expecting to check in “Sensors” CPU temps, not GPU’s !.

Am I missing something in Everest, can only find one “Sensors” in “Competer”.

Sorry, it must be confusing & frastrating, I thought must mention VCore, but should have specified where they come from :-
1. Bios > Advance > FID / VID  change   [MANUAL]    was Auto.
Processor Freq. Multiplier     [11x] …6x………to 11x
     -- “ --     Voltage Voltage (for setting VCore)
starts at 1.462,  is Set at [1.425] ....1.4375, 1.45, ..…..to 1.5625   
2. Bios > Power > Hardware Monitor   Are real time as they modulate up/down
VCORE Voltage    [1.471V]      
3.3 voltage              [3.45V]
5 V voltage             [5.094V]
12V                         [11.880]
Cpu Fan Speed       [3198]
Q Fan control          [Disabled]
See fotos

I changed CPU FSB to 220 & lowered CPU Multiplier to 10x, saved Bios, & during reboot saw “Speed 2190mgh” & also Everest Overlock said CPU Clock 2119.8mgh, Multiplier 10x, FSB 219.82 (original 200, overlock 10%).

Why 10% Overlock when CPU speed dorped from 2.2 to 2.19, thought should go up.

StressPrime again for 5mns with everest Temps:- (Not much diff from before.
GPU       30 °C  (86 °F)   
GPU Ambient 29 °C  (82 °F) 
Maxtor 6L160M0 34 °C  (93 °F)

PS. Your last thread here is doubled, and is it possible to move that thread & this reply to where you sugested I go originlly    http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=tweek;action=display;num=1...

Lo & behold, now Cgen does not show same HTT & MEM ?!
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Reply #5 - Feb 5th, 2006 at 8:18pm

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Since previous thread, after a couple of B...up with failed bootups & restarts, I altered the Bios items   1, 2, 5 & 10 only, rest are defaults.
Advanced > Jumper Free > Config. System Freq / Voltage
    1. CPU FSB Freq.            [220]
    2. SB toNB O/lock      [Manual]
3.  -– “---     Freq            [200]
4. Adjust PCIE Freq.            [100]
   5. DDR VCORE            [2.6 v]
6. FID/VID            [Manual
7. Procsr. Freq Multiplier      [11 x]
8. Procsr. Voltage            [1.4125 v]

Advanced > Jumper Free > CPU Config.
9.  1T / 2T Memory Timing      [1T]

Advanced > Jumper Free > Chipset
   10. K8 to NB Freq.      [4x]
11. SB to NB Freq.            [5x]

Rebooted, StressPrime again, + Temps:-
Everest:
GPU                31 °C  
GPU Ambient 35 °C  
HD                   35c
Speed Fan:
CPU               30c
Chipset           34c
Remote 31c
Local 30c
HD 35c
The screen shot shows FS9 near LHR. Note Higher Temps, have no idea what Remote & Local are.
luke

PS. Clockgen sliders taken to CPU 2422,
with these showing up on their own: HTT 220, Mem 110, PCIE 100, PCI 36

CPU Heat sink, Ram, Chipset & pipes were cool to the touch, 6600gt was warm.

Bios now is reset to defaults.

If the Everest report is of any use I can send it to you.
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Reply #6 - Feb 6th, 2006 at 2:50am

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You should see CPU temp in the sensor section as well as GPU, look up a bit.

The CPU temp is only high when it's doing work, So you need a util that reads in real time, everest does it, but your speedfan seems to be picking it up.

Your Vcore is too high, drop it so your hardware monitor in BIOS and speedfan shows 1.4v or close to that.

You may find you have to set 1.34v to get 1.4v, it's strange but your mobo is sending the CPU too many volts.

This may be explained........... many users whined about not having enough voltage so there were bios files produced that used a ratio to increase the actual voltage well over the setting voltage in bios. I'm not sure if this is your case, but it  sounds like it.

You'll have to be careful and recheck if you do any bios upgrades.

Your CPU speed dropped because you had the CPU multiplier lowered to 10x............ 10 x 220mhz = 2200mhz, and when you o/clocked in bios, you had 11x set, so you got 2.4ghz    8)




Try this, set your Vcore to 1.35v if you can, or the lowest setting down to that voltage (no lower).

Set your Vram to 2.7 volts or 1 notch up from its default speed.

Set HTT or CPU/FSB to 220mhz.

Set Hypertransport multiplier to 4x.

Monitor temps while stressing the PC.

This should produce a safe and stable 10% overclock.

Once you have it sorted, see if your other software confirms the settings.


Your Clockgen would look like this if it worked. This is taking into account your Vcore bias.

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This is what happens when you use a 10.5x multiplier and tweak the HTT speed so that memory remains at 220mhz. The reason for this is that memory tends to crash if it's overclocked too high. So, we still have the same CPU speed (near enough) and the same memory speed, but the FSB/HTT is now running at 230mhz, this increases the PC's overall bandwidth capability for the same CPU and RAM speed.   Wink

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Here we see my system with a good Vcore boost, my Vram is also set up higher so my PC4000 ram copes with just a bit more speed. The cpu multiplier is still at 10.5x and my HTT multiplier is still set at 4x in my bios.

My system would not be stable at these settings for 2 reasons: firstly, my CPU Vcore is not high enough to get stability at 2.9ghz, secondly, look at the HTT speed of 276.25 and use my 4x multiplier to derive HT speed = 1115mhz, more than 10% above the 1000mhz limit.

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Don't attempt these settings yourself, it will just crash you.
 

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Reply #7 - Feb 6th, 2006 at 4:35am

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You realise ofcource that the settings I put were not from a consious efford, more rather out of a flook, to arrive at 2.4ghz.

But Everest again says O/clock 10% as with 2.2ghz.

I do'nt know about instability, but PC was normal, fs9 flew well, and did not noticed any improvements in my heavy clouds etc. Just as before I would say.

Heavy multitasking is not affected either.

Will try, but do not remember to have seen Vram.

My corrupted ClGen comes up like this below, and mine as per your last one. So different. I keep setting Clgen up just to see, even if it is unusable. Hoping these interrilations would be same if it was working & applied.
Is,nt there any other similar progr. for windows?

So you reckon it is because of the x16 of my chipset?
No word from ClGen people yet.

Also Everest Temps are of Computer > Sensor. Has nothing else. Unless the mobo corrupted this one too.

PS. would you say that "Voltage Control" in Clgen refers to CPU VCORE? I get confused as I find everything is referred too differently at different places.
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Reply #8 - Feb 6th, 2006 at 5:10am

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10% is a modest overclock, you aren't going to notice it much, this was simply to help you understand without frying anything. FS9 may be limited by your Graphics card
if you measure no difference there.

Vram can be adjusted, you listed the setting above and I replied explaining it..

There may be a similar utility to clockgen, I had an nVidia made overclocker for nForce2 boards that was similar.


The A8N32 SLI x16 chipset is fairly new, it depends on 3rd party developers as to whether they build utils for it or not, have you looked on your mainboard install disk for overclocking utils? I try to avoid any tool that works "automatically" though, as they are more junk running in the background and you have limited control over them.

It's possible that the sensors in your board are quite different to what Everest can read, the version of everest you have is now discontinued and no longer supported, they went payware about the time your chipset came out. Your board is definitely not on the support list for clockgen

Voltage control in Clockgen is Vcore (CPU) control.

Did you manage to get your Vcore under control?



Also, you are posting illegal size bitmaps in the forum!

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Reply #9 - Feb 6th, 2006 at 5:31pm

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Tahnx for the info.

I put in the figures you said:
Vcor 1.337, FSB 220, Cpu Multplr 11, VRam 2.7, Hypertr.Multplr. 4.
It gave Cpu Spd 2419mhz, but fs9 was rather Jerky.

Then entered:-
Vcor 1.450, FSB 240, Cpu Multplr 10.5, VRam 2.60, Hypertr.Multplr. 4,   and raised "Mem Lock" value [200]
It gave Cpu spd 2519mhz, 20% up, VERY Unstable.

Then:-
Vcor 1.450, FSB 240, Cpu Multplr 10.5, VRam 2.60, Hypertr.Multplr. 4,  and returned "Mem Lock" value [100]
Gave Cpu spd 2519mhz, 20% up, fs9 fly well, little jerky low over LHR buildings, clouds / rain very slightly down, & multitasking OK.

StressPrime gave Ts as per foto.
CPU, Sticks, Chipset lukewarm & 6600gt slight heat to the touch.

Temps, out of fs9, CPU 30c, Chipset 34c, the others 31c.

Not much idea of what I was doing mind you, but anything else to try?

But that SpeedFan "Vcore1" modulating just below 1.50v

Where is the "Memory" value of ClGen represented in Bios, confused as always.

3DMark2001 gave 7007, whatever that means. Temps OK.

How is the 6600gt limiting fs9?

By coincidence, since I started this caper 3 weeks ago, the Bootup is slow 35secs with "Welcome" showing then 45secs with empty blue screen before the desktop fills up.

PS. does this show that "Vcore is under control"?

I said to a friend on the phone that I started to learn O/clocking and he sent me this. Safe as an exersise?.

CRACKEY?! what with:

DDR VCORE  = VRAM
VCORE         =  PROCESSOR VOLTAGe VOLTAGE
 -  " -           =   Voltage Control in ClockGen

Now with  " Ram Volt", "set your Ram 266", "increase ram & timings", "set ram timings"
I wish terminology was universal.

"I would use the bios and forgo programs like clockgen and ntune. The biggest problem I find with them is that once I change settings I often have to reboot to get the system back to the bios defaults as they do not often set correctly.
Set your ram to 266 for the purpose of excluding it from the cpu testing. Once you get your maximum CPU then you can increase the ram and the timings. Set your ram timings high as well. 3-4-4-8. It is spec'd out at 2-3-3-6 so once you get your CPU at maximum you will have lots of room to play with it.
Try these settings:
10x multi @ 240 --> 250 --> 260 --> 270
pci-e 100 mhz
ram volt 2.8
cpu volt 1.4375
pci sync 33.33
Test each increase with superpi 32m. Once you reach instability you can drop by a few increments and retest. Once you are stable then you can prime95 test your system for stability. Drop incrementally again until you reach prime95 stabilty.
You can also increase the voltage to 1.55 also to find your maximum. That is a Venice CPU so you should be able to hit ~2.6 - 2.7GHz."

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Reply #10 - Feb 7th, 2006 at 11:36am

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Your Vcore is set to high!            It's reading 1.5v !

Drop it so your tools read it as 1.4v or just go back to automatic settings, your gonna fry yer CPU luke, I tried to warn you about voltage settings and ease you into this, but you're moving too fast before you understand it.

This is why I posted the clockgen thread to begin with, so people could learn before they jumped in, unfortunately your system isn't compatible with the version of Clockgen you downloaded. They just released a new version, you might try that.

Your friend is right, he is showing you how to get max overclock, if I did that, I would not be your friend !

You don't have enough knowledge to do it safely yet.
A complete understanding of the chipset, BIOS and it's relevant settings is required.

I advise you to set everything back to auto for now, then check the Vcore, if it's higher than 1.4v, reduce the Vcore in Bios until the sensors read 1.4v, then report back here, I'm not going to help you fry yer CPU, get Vcore under control first, then I can help you more.

I'm not trying to show you how to overclock your system, just how to understand it so that you can.
 

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Reply #11 - Feb 7th, 2006 at 12:39pm

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I was writing this when your last thread arrived.

Apreciate a lot your concern and WARNINGS.

1. As mentioned before, any settings I try only stay up to the readings after StressPrime & a quick few seconds to check temps with fs9 & multitasking then back to defaults.
The case is open in front of me continusly feeling the Cpu Heatsink, sticks, chipset & pipes, and the 6600gt. They were never hot to the touch, just worm as discribed on each O/clock try.

2. Made a mistake referring to Temps in last foto as "StressPrime gave Ts as per foto."

Those as foto shows were with fs9 running, all maxed, full cloud & moderate rain.

The AFTER StressPrime test teps are, in this foto.

That test's CPU Usage never goes past 3 - 4%, in fs9 are 100% constantly. Would'nt that be a better test? after seeing the StreePrime ones are low?; or am I confused again. Wont be the least surprised.

The VCore is 1.4125 default. To O/clock lowered it to 1.335, nearest to 1.34 as you said, giving Cpu Speed 2.1.

There are some facilities here, maybe relating to this?.
Advance > Jumper Free
Over V NB core [Disable] or Vcore to +1.3
Over V SB             -"-               - " -     +1.6
Over V Hypertransport [Disable] or from +1.2 to+1.3            

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Reply #12 - Feb 8th, 2006 at 1:18am

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Your Vcore is still showing 1.5volts, you haven't lowered it yet!

You need to get the Vcore voltage down to 1.4v before anything else.

There probably isn't any real danger in the short term, I just want you to demonstrate that you can control the Vcore accurately before we move on.

The stressprime test is not going to help you yet, we will come to that one day   Wink
 

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Thanx again Congo,
I think I tried to explain this before, but with VCore at 1.335 during the test shows 1.50 & before/after it 1.39.

It is terrifying that I could burn my £85 6600gt & £105 mobo, when Temps are 30-40c and on the touch all are lookewarkm with the click of a key.
This is not for the low on cash & faint at heart.

I am painting the kitchen sealing right now, but after will sent the settings and the fs9 running results.
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Reply #14 - Feb 8th, 2006 at 4:43am

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Thanx again Congo,
I think I tried to explain this before, but with VCore at 1.335 during the test showed 1.50 & before/after it shows 1.39.

It is frightening that I could burn my £85 6600gt & £105 mobo, when Temps are 30-40c and on the touch all are lookewark with the click of a key.
This is not for the faint at heart and low on cash.

I am painting the kitchen sealing right now, but after will sent the settings and the fs9 running results.
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I don't mean to imply you are going to burn anything out, just trying to stress the danger of that once you start fooling around with voltages, as the voltages are the real danger, overclocking will simply cause crashes if it's not correct, voltages can burn out components.

Ok, As for your Vcore reading 1.5v while a test is underway, I know what is wrong.

You have some automatic overclocking software running somewhere, you possibly unknowingly installed it while installing your mainboard software.

You need to switch off all such programs if you want to control it yourself (which you may or may not want to do), but if you want to learn about this stuff, all the auto-o/c stuff MUST be turned off.

Your Vcore of 1.39 volts is correct.  ~1.4v is enough Vcore for now, it should be stable for at least 2.4ghz, by stable, I mean the PC isn't locking up or crashing ok?

Now, lets put this thread to bed, because clockgen now has a new version out, and it's horrible as far as I can tell, it only provides the HTT clock as adjustable, so for our purposes, it's of no use anymore.
 

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