Hey guys I just got my opteron 170 and got a 1gb of pc4000 ballistix. My problem is that I can not even bump my fsb up at all or my computer will stall before bootup and then when I check my speeds, everything is default. I'm not even close to the rated speed of the memory >.<. Had my 4000+ at 2.7ghz running fine and that was with pc3200. Is there certain options I need to tweak on the ram or something ? Because I can just bump it up like 20mhz on the fsb and my monitor light will go orange (i hate that color) for a couple secs then it will go into a normal boot.
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OC Problems with Opty 170 939.
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Tbird87 said:
Sounds like you've overclocked before... cool. So there should be no need to mention that you should be trying to find out the max speeds of your ram and cpu separately since both are new to your system.... right?
Double check the volts you're feeding them (RAM and CPU), loosen up the timings just to make sure, actually... everything should be "set low" to eliminate as many possibilities as you can. Also double check the seating of your CPU and HSF.
btw, using as much detail in your posts will help others help you fix your problems.
Good Luck.
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Looks like you have the eVGA NF-41 SLI board?
Make sure you set your HTT to 800MHz or less. You need to make sure your HTT doesn't go above 1000 MHz. Think of each setting as a multiplier for the HTT.
200=1
400=2
600=3
800=4
1000=5
If you set your FSB to 250, then your HTT setting should be 800. Higher 251-333 should be 600.
You should be able to hit 250 FSB if you go 1:1 with your RAM but I wouldn't expect much more than that out of the eVGA board.
Make sure you set your HTT to 800MHz or less. You need to make sure your HTT doesn't go above 1000 MHz. Think of each setting as a multiplier for the HTT.
200=1
400=2
600=3
800=4
1000=5
If you set your FSB to 250, then your HTT setting should be 800. Higher 251-333 should be 600.
You should be able to hit 250 FSB if you go 1:1 with your RAM but I wouldn't expect much more than that out of the eVGA board.
Ah thanks for the replies. I didn't know much about the HTT stuff. I found the problem though. I was looking at my memories latency timings and it was actually running lower timings when it is in pc3200 speeds, but it goes to like 2.5 4 4 8 at 250. So I just ran memory stuff in manual and poof its working nice. I never really had this nice of ram so never had to mess with this stuff haha. Its going smooth so far at 2500 mhz, everything at default I just bumped up the fsb to 250 . Idles at 31, loads hitting 49 on prime95 according to speedfan. Zalman 7000B is still serving me good because I only have 1, 120mm exhaust in a sonata so its not getting much help but its silent. I'll push my way to 2800 if everything goes good at 2500 tommarow .
. Idles at 31, loads hitting 49 on prime95 according to speedfan. Zalman 7000B is still serving me good because I only have 1, 120mm exhaust in a sonata so its not getting much help but its silent. I'll push my way to 2800 if everything goes good at 2500 tommarow .