Neo-FIS2R (i875) Questions and overclockability

I just got this board, looks sweet, have all the features and all that.... but I still have a few questions.
First my system:
Chieftec 420Watt psu (tried a 520Watt and a 550Watt psu as well).
MSI Neo-FIS2R bios 1.6
2 x 512Mb Twinmos PC3200 CAS 2.5 (with winbond CH-5 chips).
P4 2,6C Phillipines With Alpha PAL8942T with a pretty powerful 8x8cm fan. Arctic Silver 3 paste used.
ATI Radeon 8500 Pro
Audigy 2
2 x 80gig in raid at onboard promise controller.
WinXP Pro SP1.
Now onto the questions:
CPU temp:
In bios it says 37-38 deg C
In PC Wizard (from www.cpuid.com) it says 27-28 deg C.
In Motherboard monitor, newest version it says:
Sensor 1 set to winbond 1 = 27-28 deg C
Sensor 2 set to winbond 2 = 53-54 deg C
Sensor 3 set to winbond 3 = 66-67 deg C!!!! :O
What is correct and where is those sensors placed? As 66-67 deg C seems to be wrong?
And why do it not boot when I put in my Silicon Image 680 IDE controller? Tried all bios settings and different PCI slots.
I tried to OC my CPU to 3,25GHz but failed = I get a BSOD after a while in Windows or windows locks up. PCI/AGP is locked to 34/68MHz, MEM is set to DDR333 so actually the memory is running at 400MHz @ 2,5-4-4-8 (verified with CPU-Z). Tried upping V-Core up to as high as 1,7V (won't go higher due to risk of damaging CPU) Tried upping DDR and AGP voltage as well, still no change. It works great at 2,8GHz though with DDR at 430MHz
Any ideas? Or did I just get a less overclockable CPU or a crappy mobo?
And why do the voltages show up as very varying? V-Core changes from 1,528 to 1,587 when set to 1,550V, other voltages do also vary a lot.... Tried 3 different high quality PSU's so that should not cause it. My previous asus board showed way more stable voltages.
Is the build quality of this board any good? As varying voltages and overclocking sems to vary a lot....
Yes and I'm annoyed with the mem performance and problem with manually setting the memory timings at higher FSB's. Fix will hopefully come. Highest mem score so far is 4,9K
Should probably have waited for the asus P4C800-E (P4C800 with CSA LAN and ICH5R southbridge).

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Originally posted by OC-Freak
CPU temp:
In bios it says 37-38 deg C
In PC Wizard (from http://www.cpuid.com) it says 27-28 deg C.
In Motherboard monitor, newest version it says:
Sensor 1 set to winbond 1 = 27-28 deg C
Sensor 2 set to winbond 2 = 53-54 deg C
Sensor 3 set to winbond 3 = 66-67 deg C!!!! :O
What is correct and where is those sensors placed? As 66-67 deg C seems to be wrong?
It's known problem MSI boards do not register tempratures right. It could however be resolved by another BIOS update.
So don't worry.
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And why do it not boot when I put in my Silicon Image 680 IDE controller? Tried all bios settings and different PCI slots.
Have you tried setting the onchip ATA operate mode to native?
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I tried to OC my CPU to 3,25GHz but failed = I get a BSOD after a while in Windows or windows locks up. PCI/AGP is locked to 34/68MHz, MEM is set to DDR333 so actually the memory is running at 400MHz @ 2,5-4-4-8 (verified with CPU-Z). Tried upping V-Core up to as high as 1,7V (won\'t go higher due to risk of damaging CPU) Tried upping DDR and AGP voltage as well, still no change. It works great at 2,8GHz though with DDR at 430MHz
Any ideas? Or did I just get a less overclockable CPU or a crappy mobo?
Just plain luck i guess, i have an 2.4C hitting 3.2 GHz.
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And why do the voltages show up as very varying? V-Core changes from 1,528 to 1,587 when set to 1,550V, other voltages do also vary a lot.... Tried 3 different high quality PSU\'s so that should not cause it. My previous asus board showed way more stable voltages.
Voltages always vary as they depend on the total powerconsumption of the system.
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Is the build quality of this board any good? As varying voltages and overclocking sems to vary a lot....
I cannot comment on this one as i have it's 865 sibling.
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Yes and I\'m annoyed with the mem performance and problem with manually setting the memory timings at higher FSB\'s. Fix will hopefully come. Highest mem score so far is 4,9K
Well, you are an early adopter of this new technology, there are always little problems with brand new products like these.
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Should probably have waited for the asus P4C800-E (P4C800 with CSA LAN and ICH5R southbridge).
You could always try to exchange to board, but i'd suggest you sit this one out. Asus itself isn't without problems. Take a look around the different forums around the world.
If you're really anxious to try something else, try the MSI 865 Neo2 FIS2R.

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This is going to sound like a stupid question. And I'm not even sure that I know what I am asking.
I've built two computers so far. One with an MSI K7N2G-L and another with an MSI K7N2G-ILSR. Both nForce2 motherboards with AMD processors.
Here's what I'm getting at... I'm planning on building a new machine with either the Abit IC7-G or the MSI Neo-FIS2R (both 875P boards obviously).
Now, when I built the two nForce2 boards it was really easy. I put all of the components together, turned on the machine, the bios auto enabled settings, I put the windows xp pro cd in the cd drive and formatted the hard drive for NTFS, I then installed the OS and booted the system! Then I intstalled the drivers fromt the MSI CD. Ran Live BIOS and flashed to the most current motherboard BIOS. SIMPLE! Everything worked fine.
Here's my question. For the 875P system will everything pretty much happen the same way? Or do I need to do additional things? One of my main concerns (especially if I go with the Abit IC7-G over the MSI) is flashing the bios. Do I need a floppy drive or something? I've never flashed a BIOS outside of the Live BIOS utility. I don't want to put a floppy drive in my system! What are my options here?
Not that I want to do it, but if I needed to (say with the Abit board) HOW DO I FLASH THE BIOS WITHOUT USING THE LIVE BIOS UTILTY?
Bottom line is, I'm building this system for someone else and I want it all to be a painless experience (especially if they are looking over my shoulder).
One final question. This may sound even more stupid than the first question. I'm purchasing SATA drives ONLY. I'm not purchasing any IDE drives. So, here's my question...Can I boot from a SATA drive? What if it's in RAID 0? From the posts in the forums it appears that the SATA and RAID on these 875P motherboards either doesn't work or isn't very reliable (may potentially lose data). IS THIS AT ALL TRUE?! I'm stupid when it comes to RAID and SATA. Any help in this department would be appreciated.
Thanks.

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Originally posted by ZippyGaloo
1. If I only install one SATA drive I have to set it up as a RAID anyway right? Wrong?
2. If I install two SATA drives I have to set it up as a RAID as well right? Wrong?
3. If I install two SATA drives and set up a RAID
(either 0 or 1) which drive does the OS go on?
I have never built a raid array (as yet) and have never owned a SATA disk (as yet), but from what I have read...
RAID is a method of connecting several disks together so they perform as a single disk. That means, in response to your points above:
1) If you install only one drive (SATA or not), it will not be set up as RAID.
2) If you install two SATA drives, you have the option of using them as two individual drives OR setting them up in a RAID 0 or 1 configuration.
3) Ok, RAID 0 is known as "striping" - this method makes two disks look like one big disk, that works twice as fast as the individual drives. Every time the PC writes data to the drive, it sends the first bit of data to drive 1, the second to drive 2, then drive 1 again etc etc. This speeds up the disk read/write time, as the two disks can both work simultaneously. To the OS though, the two drives appear as one. The OS will be spread across both disks - it needs both of them connected to run, take either disk out and you'll be left with half an OS (that obviously won't work)
With RAID 1 (known as "mirroring"), you still use two disks. You will only have a useable capacity of the smallest disk however (using two 40gb drives only gives you a total of 40gb of space. with RAID 0, two 40gb disks will make one big one - nearly 80gb large {I think the RAID system itself uses a bit of space}). The advantage with mirroring, is the second disk holds an exact copy of the first. If one disk goes bang, you have a duplicate copy on the second - so, to answer your point above, the OS will reside on both disks.
To summarize, RAID 0 is good for increasing speed; RAID 1 is good for increasing protection of your data as you have two copies incase a drive gives up. To get the best of both worlds you need RAID 0+1 (this method needs 4 disks though, 2 striped - then 2 mirroring the striped).
There is a lot to RAID - just search the net for some manuals if you're interested, hope this gives you an idea though (providing I've got it right!)

MSI K8t Neo FIS2R RAID Question

I've just put together my new system. If it weren't for this forum, I might not have succeeded. Thanks for all the info out there.
Currently, I'm running raid 0, using (2) raptor 74's. The next thing I want to do is mirror. I bought a 160 gig maxtor ata drive for this purpose. But, after seeing the table in the MSI raid manual, it looks like I have to use (2) drives the same size as the raptor 74's inorder to use the raid 0+1 configuration. Any help on this would be apreciated.
MSI K8t Neo FIS2R
Athlon 64 3200
Kingston (2) 512mg Hyper X DDR500
Western Digital 74 gig Raptors (2) raid 0
Nvidia Geforce Ti 4200 128mg graphics
shydragon

but mirror raid wont save you from oc crash's , virus, bad installs, acidently, deleteing or any useful recovery..it only protects from hd failure to mechanical or electrical malfunction.
you are far better off imagine the drives or mking backups, and using the drives as storage for that, you will come out ahead.
but if you still want raid 1, you can
partition the drives?
use the smaller ones for system restore , and internet cache, mp3's . for example
for rich performance freaks buy 2 more satas and raid them on the other chip
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MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R (Socket 754) and Corsair 1GB DDR Value Select PC3200 Kit (2x512MB)

Hi I just ordered the following from overclockers.co.uk and wanting some confirmation that the memory will be compatible with this Mother board
Corsair 1GB DDR Value Select PC3200 Kit (2x512MB) and MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R
Thanks
Kevin

kevtucker,
I'm running the same setup up as you and have not experienced any ram related problems so far. I'm happy with it and it is very stable.
Every ram has different settings. For the corsair 1gb value select (2x512mb) you must make sure you use these settings for the best results:
put them in slots 1 and 3.
use the settings 2.5-3-3-8
set the ddr voltage 2.7
I got that information straight from the official corsair forums:
http://www.houseofhelp.com/forums/showindex.php?t=24410
Good luck.

[Athlon64] K8T Neo-FIS2R RAM Question

Hi All
At the moment I have 512mb of Corsair 3200 RAM (2x 256) in a MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R, and I was wondering if it would be ok to put another 1gig of non Corsair in with out it going nuts at me.
Thanks for any help.

Many thanks for the help.

K9N6SGM-V bios questions And overclocking

Hi all i was wondering if anyone could tell me what the latest bios for the K9N6SGM-V actualy does they never give clear details on the bios pages as to what it does, The latest one just says Quote
Update CPU module.
People on here say dont flash you bios unless you have to, I have always flashed mine because i was lied to by MSI in the manual for my board it clearly states in the manual that it suports overclocking, HOW is this the case when all of the bios settings for the CPU are greyed out and not accessable. I update my bios in the hope that they actualy stick to the words in the manual and actualy open up the CPU settings, but it never seems to be that they do. WHY would they falsly claim that a motherboard is clockable when it clearly aint is there any other bios from any of the other MSI boards that will convert this into a AM2+ and open up the CPU settings. I feel ripped off and lied to i purchased this board because it clearly states CLOCKABLE

The same manual can be used for another board.
Fix your language 1st, then >>Please read and comply with the Forum Rules.<<
Also this is USER TO USER Forum, so quit bashing.
If you have some issue, you can contact to MSI directly here: http://ocss.msi.com.tw/
"s all i wanna know is how i overclock this board as stated you can in the board manual, HOW IS THISD POSABLE When all the CPU voltages ext are greyed out "
Use +/- Num Pad keys or "PageUp", "PageDown" to adjust values.
Keep in mind that this is budget mainboard too...

875P Neo-Fis2R with 2.8c overclock results

With the helpful information that I read from this forum, I've done much tweaking with my system. This is the best I could have so far, and it seems like I can't go further, unless I do something on my hsf, I think. I have 2 more fans, one in front of my casing and another behind. Please see my signature for the general details. Other information is as shown here:
1. Bios settings:
- Ram, 3-4-4-8
- FSB, 232
- PAT, slow
- DOT Disable
- CPU Vcore 1.55V
- DDR Power Voltage 2.70V
- AGP Power Voltage 1.55V
- HT Enabled
2. Changed my Enermax 350W PSU to Pagan 480W (the many molex connectors and SATA connectors, I believe, solved my problem of having sudden reboot of my system, disappearing raid hard disks, etc. The lousy Y-connectors must be the culprit). Not forgetting, maybe the high load coming from my many devices.
3. Sandra 2004 Benchmarks:
CPU Arithemetic Benchmark
- Dhrystone ALU 9726 MIPS
- Whetstone FPU/iSSE2 3929/6971 MFLOPS
Memory Bandwidth Benchmark
- RAM Bandwidth Int Buffered iSSE2 3930 MB/s
- RAM Bandwidth Float Buffered iSSE2 3773 MB/s
Motherboard Information
- Ram 2.0-4-4-8
- PAT Enabled
- Board Temperature 43.0 deg C
- CPU Temperature 45.5 deg C
- Power/Aux Temperature 54 deg C (probably wrong data or un meaningful data)
- Chassis Fan Speed 3448 rpm
- CPU Fan Speed 6618 rpm
Two things strange here:
1. Ram setting in bios different from Sandra Benchmark
2. If Pat is set to other than slow or DOT to enable on any setting, system cannot boot up. Previously, I remembered I could set PAT to at least FAST and DOT to Private or even Captain. Not sure why I can't do it now. Anyway, from what many are suggesting, overclocking the manual way (as what I am doing for my system) is a better way of overclocking.
Help:
1. CPU temperature seems ok now but not sure what it will be if at full load. BTW, anyone can tell me how to do a full load testing.
2. Any other suggestions from anyone, if it is worth it for me to get a better HSF and likely, what kind of improvement can I get.
Thanks.

Hi galf,
Thanks for your suggestions. It turned out that over the weekend, my settings at FSB 232 turns out to be unstable. So got to go back to 230.
FYI, I had set my ram to 2-2-2-6 earlier as well and the benchmarks were about the same as for 3-4-4-8.
3. Sandra 2004 Benchmarks:
CPU Arithemetic Benchmark
- Dhrystone ALU 9617MIPS
- Whetstone FPU/iSSE2 4072/7040 MFLOPS
Memory Bandwidth Benchmark
- RAM Bandwidth Int Buffered iSSE2 4201 MB/s
- RAM Bandwidth Float Buffered iSSE2 4212 MB/s
Anyway, did what you suggested as well.
1. Bios settings:
- Ram, 2-2-2-5, 333 i.e. 5:4 ratio- FSB, 230
- PAT, slow
- DOT Disable
- CPU Vcore 1.55V
- DDR Power Voltage 2.70V
- AGP Power Voltage 1.55V
- HT Enabled
2. Sandra 2004 Benchmarks:
CPU Arithemetic Benchmark
- Dhrystone ALU 9572 MIPS
- Whetstone FPU/iSSE2 4073/7023 MFLOPS
Memory Bandwidth Benchmark
- RAM Bandwidth Int Buffered iSSE2 4645 MB/s
- RAM Bandwidth Float Buffered iSSE2 4669 MB/s
3. Motherboard Information
- Ram 2.5-2-2-5
- PAT Enabled
- Board Temperature 41.0 deg C
- CPU Temperature 46.5 deg C
Tried setting FSB higher but the couldn't boot up. Looks like CPU can only go up to 230 to 232.
So what is better for me, stay with 1:1 or 5:4? Seems like bandwidth is better when on 5:4 but CPU benchmark is better at 1:1. Which is more important, CPU benchmark or memory bandwidth?
Any use to change HSF and if yes, what's a good and reasonable HSF to recommend? Value for money, on the mid range in price, no point to go for low end value for money.
Not sure which ram I have with me, suspect there are not the HyperX models, likely.
Any more suggestions?

K8T Neo - FIS2R (model 6702) SATA and RAID Problems = Hair Loss

Hi All,
new to the forum, have searched but nothing like my problem exist.
I have a K8T Neo FIS2R M/B and trying to get a single SATA HDD working for my secondary drive. primary is a IDE which works well and I want to leave it.
I have plugged in the SATA HDD into the SER 1 port ( Promise 237 ?) anyhow the bois at startup or post recognises the drive, but then says soemthing like you have set up raid before F1 for setup F2 to continue to boot.
I have pressed both f1 and F2 at various time, but it appears that it want to turn the single drive into a RAID system, which is not possible with one drive !!....
Anyhow windows XP then boots up and loads a RAID driver and also the promise RAID drivers. the real problem is that XP sits and waits for the raid which never comes and during startup on XP. it is extremely slow.
Does anyone have any ideas. I am not that computer techy as you can see by the description, but it appears that I cannot get into the RAID bios to turn it off.. I have zapped the bios to try and reset it. basically i am loosing my hair ove this.
if anyone had some step by step instructions how to prevent raid from switching on at the bios and then in XP it would be greatly appreciated
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Hi All,
Sorry for the slow reply, retrieving the box from the bottom of the swimming pool !!!
I set it to SATA as you have indicated Hans, I did check that setting. Thankyou for checking.
Spray, I have tried the P20378 setting as well. You indicate that you need to press F6 when installing the OS. I have WinXP running already on an IDE master and am trying to set the SATA up as a secondary disk drive.
As I indicated above, the machine runs slowly to the point of it being a 486 when I use either promise or Via controllers.
I have since removed the drive and are now having problems with XP on boot up/startup. The thing seems to hang or go slowly when the horizontal bar runs across under the Windows XP logo. I have turned everything off in the bios both Promise and Via. I am at a loss as to why:
1 it runs slowly with the SATA drive in ( also does not show all the auto loading icons near the clock)
2. why it hangs when I remove it and turn both SATA controllers off in the bios.
I have a feeling that I may have corrupted part of the registry playing around. Any thoughts... going bald :-)
I really appreciate the feedback so far

Neo FIS2R - New Bios v1.5

Hallo,
I flashed bios to new v1.5 (MB Neo FIS2R) - everything ok and it seems to me a bit faster (Now I will do a tests). But there is one small suprise for me when I was reconfigurating bios in section Frequeny/Voltage Control. There is new item "Performance Mode" with options Slow (default), Fast, Turbo, SuperTurbo. I can´t find anywhere what this option sets? Is it something like overclocking? If yes,how much each option?
Does anybody know?
Thanks in advance
Mark

Hi,
Now I have done tests so:
I have 4x 512MB Kingston PC400, CL2.5
CPU 2.6GHz/800
In Super Turbo mode - failed
other modes - ok
Sandra2003 - memory bandwich:
fast float 4300
int 4287
turbo float 4734
int 4733
memory is configured by SPD
So it looks well for me, but I don´t know how it will be stable after long time runnig.
I have also two WD Raptors in Strip on Intel controller and I thing it is great
Sandra2003 with old bios v1.2 - 66036 kb/s
Although they have 10K they don´t heat much and also they seems to me quite silent.
Mark

How much phases power supply does the 875P Neo FIS2R got ??

How much phases power supply does the 875P Neo FIS2R got ?(
And will it be enough for the Prescott ?(

Prescott will be made on a 0.09u process so it should use less power per MHz, I wouldn't worry about that.
According to what I see it has 6 power regulators which usually means 3 phase.

[MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R] 2xCMX512-3200 DDR400 memories (corsair)

I have this motherboard:MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R (MS-6702) and currently i'm using a Kingston memory and the computer runs fine. But i've buyed TWINX1024-3200 (2xCMX512-3200 DDR400) but when I put only this memories the computer after some time or when booting restart suddenly...
Could it be about the bios version, my actual version is v1.0 and I'm using AMI BIOS.
i've runned memtest+ and i get this: http://korpro.org/numb/PICT1348.JPG

I am in almost the exact same situation.
MSI Neo-FIS2R
AMD XP 2800+
2 sticks of DDR400 Corsair XMS memory (CMX512-3200C2) 512mb each (total 1gig)
Any combination of memory together does not allow the motherboard to boot. I get no beeping or warning sounds. Everything powers up but the display remains blank.
Things I have tried in many different combinations:
TRCD = 5, 4, 3, auto
DDR Voltage = Auto, 2.7, 2.65
DDR 200, DDR 300, DDR 333, Auto
Memory in bank 1+2, 1+3, 2+3
Along with those bios setting combinations, I have tried using several bios versions:
v2.2
v2.0
v1.9
v1.8
v1.4 <--- (Stuck with this bios for the moment, since the ami flashing utility HANGS when attempting to erase the boot block in step 2 of flashing procedure for any newer bios.)
As a consequence of several days of trying unsuccessfully to get both sticks of memory to work, I have given up hope on this motherboard.
Why is it so difficult to get two sticks of memory working properly on this motherboard?
Has anyone got another trick or technique or setting I can try that may work?
Alternatives:
Scrap the MSI motherboard -- never buy another piece of MSI crap again.
Buy a single stick of 1gig memory.
Buy a new motherboard from another manufacturer known to work properly -- at the very least not have these memory configuration issues.
Worst motherboard experience I have ever had, unfortunately.

MSI P4 Neo-FIS2R Problem.... SATA

Hi all... please help... i have just bought a Intel 875P Neo-FIS2R m'board and the SATA dive works and its fast but during boot a txt screen appears saying there is no BIOS for SATA Promise... what is all this about? Also the drive is quick but no where near the speed the figures show on the test beds!
Im getting 1150 in PCmark2002 where they where getting 1450 on the net... is this just because i have not configured it properly???... please help...!
Michael
P4 2.66Ghz
1Gb Kingston PC333 (Dual Channel)
MSI 875P NEO-FIS2R
Maxtor DimondMax9 Plus SATA150

You connected the drive to the intel S.ATA port (which is good) so the Promise ports are inactive.
Disable the Promise controller in the bios untill you need it.

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K8T Neo-FIS2R SATA and Linux Question

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Originally posted by chasmon
Hi all,
I have just setup up a brand new system but am having probelms getting it working. I want to install XP on a single Maxtor 160Gb drive.
I have my HD on Promise Ser1 and all SATA stuff in BIOS enabled. When I get to the screen I press F6 and then when promted I insert the floppy with the promise drivers on. I then get this message:
"File txtsetup.oem caused an unexpected error (4096) at line 1742 in d:\xpclient\base\boot\setup\oemdisk.c"
I can't get past this screen I have tried:
1.Drivers from the CD supplied.
2.Drivers from the MSI website.
Please help me this lot cost lots of hard earned I'm pretty gutted at the moment. I have also tried the Via chipset with no joy.
System:
Antec 380W PSU and Sonata Case
LG DVDROM 8163B
NEC DVDR/RW 2500B
Panasonic Floppy
Neo FIS2R mobo
Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9 160Gb SATA150
Benq RF K/B & Mouse
Don't spam man! I posted something to this same question in another thread.. from you no less! Make a new thread! lol
Hijacking = bad!
Ian

MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R/P4 2.4C/Corsair XMS 3200 Overclock Settings?

Sorry to bother everyone. I'm going to be switching out my Intel 865PERL cause it only offers a 4% overclock, so I'm barerely scratching 2.5Ghz.
Plus, the funky lights on the MSI board will go nice with my all-red lit case. Anyway, back to the matter at hand:
All I've really been able to find online is information geared towards the 865 Neo-FIS2R model and overclocking, plus the stuff on the Corsair XMS PC3200 seems to all be posted prior to JEDEC approving the 3200 standard. So all the overclock info is back when they were using the XMS 3200 with AMD processors and overclocking to reach 400FSB or a bit higher.
I was hoping to get my 2.4C Ghz w/800mhz FSB up to a good 2.7Ghz, maybe even 3.0Ghz. And I want to bump up my DDR as well (I assume I'll have to anyway, and lock my multipliers on the PCI and AGP ports?) I have an ATI Radeon 9700 Pro All-In-Wonder.
I wasn't sure what I should set the DDR to (I have 2x256MB modules that will run in dual-channel)
I use Artic Silver III or 5 Thermal Paste, and I have six case fans (one top blowhole, one side window, two front intake, two rear pushing air out, plus PSU, CPU, northbridge, etc.)
While I've built systems for quite a few years now, I'm fairly new to overclocking and wasn't sure where I should begin? Thanks for any help with settings advice!

Alright, while I wait for the new memory to arrive, I decided to get a headstart on my first overclocking attempts.
I installed the new PSU and set to work. Here is where I ended up:
BIOS SETTINGS
DRAM=333mhz (underclocked 400mhz DDR)
Spread Spectrum=Disabled
CPU Clock=224
AGP/PCI= 67.01/33.50
CPU VCore = 1.5250V
DDR Voltage= 2.50V
AGP Voltage = 1.60V
This setup is stable insofar as it gets my system to boot into windows. I haven't done much else with it as of yet.
If I try a 225 CPU Clock then my system won't boot and I have to clear the CMOS. I tried this with my DDR at 266 and 333 (and it's 400mhz rated and has worked at the speed just fine before, so I don't think it's the Corsair XMS stuff)
Do I need to increase the Voltage to my CPU in order for this to work or is there something else I'm missing? I figured I should be able to get this 2.6 up to 3.0 easy, and was hoping to shoot for somewhere between 3.2 and 3.7 if possible.
My CPU is labeled Malaysia, and I've heard those tend to overclock pretty well. Inside my case the heatsink is cool to the touch, as are my hard drives. Sound Card is a bit warm, but nothing crazy. My ATI card is pretty hot though, although the increase from 66 to 67.01 on the AGP port shouldn't be too bad, and from what I recall this sucker was always hot anyway.

K8T Neo-FIS2R Disable Overclocking Completely!

ok so this is really startin to pee me off
ive got the latest BIOS for my K8T Neo-FIS2R (2.22 i think it is) and it seems to have no way to turn off the Dynamic Overclocking Technology (DOT) crap.
I have disabled cool n quiet, spread specturm and dynamic overclocking yet when my computer loads i have core centre loaded at startup, when i fire off a heavy app (something java'ish usually does the trick) the processor speed whacks itself up to anywhere from 3000-8000mhz and then drops back down to the lovely 2200mhz which it should be running at (its and Athlon64 3400+ chip) problem being i dont want it to do this - i want a stable system and this is causing me major headaches as there are short periods where it seems to almost freeze as the processor is changing from one speed to another
anyone any ideas on how to totally disable DOT before i ditch it and go back to a P4
thanks
ste

Check your BIOS revision with live update or watch the screen on boot up. Are you really using 2.22 or 2.18? If you are, try a BIOS version that isn't beta. Beta versions all end with a digit in the hundredths place, you should go for 2.0 as the jury is still out on 2.1 and 2.2. Get it here I'm currently stable at 1.9. Also, I'm still using Corecenter v1.6.0.0. I found that all of the newer ones (as of 6 months ago) caused a hiccup on speed changes and actually caused a little performance hit. If you want the old version of Corecenter I have, PM me and I'll email it to you if you can't find it elsewhere.

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