I fell off the "I will not O/C again" wagon...

[Happy Joe]

I couldn't restrain myself any longer...After beating doom (my short term goal), I just had to push my prelock barton 2500 past 2.2 gHz. I have been able to get 2.4 ghz (12 @200) with my wounded A7N8X... but no further (this combo used to run totally stable at 2.473, and has run slightly above 2.5 for gaming). Its stable and makes a differance in Doom but the MOBO does beep occasionally for no discernable reason (Its probably dying).
It has helped my overclocking Jones, though, and like they say...
"If its not smokin', you ain't overclockin' it far enough"
Enjoy!

[sm8000]

Just take it one day at a time, and know that I love you.

[Happy Joe]

I found an adverse interaction between CPUZ and ASUS Probe that causes Probe to report fan and voltage errors when both are active...erased CPUZ and the beeps have gone away.
Its Alive!...MUAAAHAHAHA
Enjoy!

[ukulele]

Originally posted by Happy Joe
I found an adverse interaction between CPUZ and ASUS Probe that causes Probe to report fan and voltage errors when both are active...erased CPUZ and the beeps have gone away.
Its Alive!...MUAAAHAHAHA
Enjoy!

Why does something tell me "Not for Long"? :D

[Cyan]

"not for long" would be a good thing.

It's an excuse to get that new Proc and OC it even more. :cool:

[Happy Joe]

Yep... ordered a 3400+ clawhammer yesterday. Now just wating for the DFI board and shopping for heatsinks. (rubbs his hand in glee)
Enjoy!

[The Lodge]

What happened to your mobile happy, did it burn up?

[Happy Joe]

Yep..'fraid so, I had to go back to my old prelock barton to get even 2.2 ghz stable. It hurt my mobo too. (I hope my BH-5 is ok (its getting hard to find) running some POS geil right now) I may try it again this winter when it gets cold but I have little hope for these parts right now. So I think I'll see how far a 3400 CH will go on air. (I need a good Mobo anyways).
Enjoy!

[pootietang]

Originally posted by Happy Joe
Yep..'fraid so, I had to go back to my old prelock barton to get even 2.2 ghz stable. It hurt my mobo too.

Did you have proper cooling AS5 and heatsink plus monitor the temps and (start off slow)up the v.core etc while overclocking? :x

[Happy Joe]

"Did you have proper cooling AS5 and heatsink plus monitor the temps and (start off slow)up the v.core etc while overclocking? "
Indeed I did. However, to get a better looking benchmark, I pushed it just a little too hard and suddenly all stability went away (for good) at any thing over 2.4Ghz with my pre-lock chip and my mobile will not even do 2.2 stable. I am slowly tracking at least part of the instability to the voltage regulation circuitry on the mobo. My 5v rail is fine at the power suppy but i get variations of 10-15% (or more) on the motherboard, downstream from the regulators. I have also noticed that my regulators are running much hotter than they did before.
If I could be sure that my mobile was OK I would buy another mobo but its too big a chance to take when I have a 64 bit chip and mobo comming and I can get by using my prelock barton.
Enjoy!

[dragflameson]

Mail it to me, I'll see if that cpu is still good :)

[Happy Joe]

Lets wait a bit on checking the chip. After I get the 64 bit system up I plan on putting the A7N8X on the testbench and doing some heavy duty trouble shooting. I just might have a flaky cap, or regulator, in which case the fix will be easy. If I can nail the problem down on the mobo then I will take another shot at the mobile.
I have the urge to do some Vmods to the cpu and memory circuits.
You see, I too would like to shoot for 3.0 Ghz, and I have almost everything to make a phase change cooler, except time (and winter is comming)(overclocking is a winter hobby for me).
If I cannot get the mobo stable again, then I will be looking to check the chip, to see if its worth getting a mobo for it.
"If its not smokin', you ain't overclockin' it far enough"
Enjoy!

[dragflameson]

Sounds like a nice plan with the phase change - I wish I could do something like that, but should at least get some regular water cooling setups going and experiance with that before I even think about phase change cooling! :D

[Happy Joe]

If you do water cooling, it is a short jump to chilled water cooling which could get you close to 3.0ghz.
Enjoy!

[dragflameson]

Really? I'll have to look into it more then lol... but I thought it was a lot more expensive then regular water cooling and you had to use some special case and stuff like that.... never really read that much about it.

[Happy Joe]

Nope, it's quite simple, first you watercool your comp. Then you
set up a large plastic container of ice and water, next you take the lines from your radiator (on your water cooled computor) and run them to opisite sides of your icewater filled container (don't forget to remove any air from the lines). The ice water will chill your processor untill the ice is gone, variations include; refrigeration units to chill the water and dry ice in a water/alcohol mix.
Anothe varialnt is to put long lines on your radiator and position it in front of an airconditioner then use the chilled air to chill your radiator.
It won't really work very well for everyday use but it would let you get a taste of extreme cooling, and, perhaps, some bragging rights. If you decided that you wanted more then you could build a waterchiller.
Enjoy!

[dragflameson]

Interesting, but I think I'll be on air for a while longer ;)