How did you un-lock yours? (can't find your post on un-locking it..) Wire trick? (Thoughbreds) Or switches (Palaminos)
is that temp at full load or idle? and btw air cooled, volcano 7 and 3 case fans ok, sadly after more stability testing, it was unable to keep that level going, so i dropped it back to 2.08
That was after having encoded a divx. Full load it rises to about 43-45c, but never over that. It stays in the 30s with no -> 50% load. Above that it gets to low 40s, highest I've seen while working with XSI and encoding mp3s in the background was 45c as I mentioned. Your bus speed is way too low, I have mine running 380mhz with no stability problems, just dropped the multiplier and jacked up the bus to 190. Worry less about OCing the cpu and more about the bus, you'll get much more out of it.
Tell you what zap, I'll let you in on a little secret. The asus a7n8x/nforce2 combo seem to magically unlock the cpus with no work required on your part. I've got a non-modified Thoroughbred-B chip, and was able to pull off that bus/multiplier change with no hassel. Just make sure you're running the 1002 bios, set everything to manual, and have fun. I could oc a lot higher, but it would require #1 - a new HSF, i'm using the stock amd one which sucks, #2 - increasing the voltage, generating more heat, which I really can't afford to do right now with that HSF.
Only the throughbred core allows that the older Palaminos need to be modded, if I remember correctly.
This is very interesting, I wasnt sure either, so has t been established that the A7N8X will unlock and thoroughbred core? Oh and does asus probe program come with the board? as when I get mine I want to start monitering temperatures on my board etc and im wondering whats needed to do so?!
if i puy my bus speed up anymore it tanks my ram speed for some reason. i'm new to overclocking, this is the first computer i've been able to do try it on.
Hi, First post here, so I thought I'd help out and point you guys in the right direction... All Thoroughbred B chips are factory unlocked. The 2100's and above can have their multipliers all adjusted to anything above the 13 range. The 2000, and lower all have free access to the 12.5 and lower regions. Monolith - if I were you, I'd drop the multi's on the K7N8X in the BIOS - and crank the FSB to 200 - assuming your RAM supports it. Say, 11.5 multi, and 200 FSB - whilst locking your PCI/AGP clock. That gives you a 2300MHz final speed. It should work, as I got my 2600+ (333) to 2338MHz using my Gigabyte GA-7VAXP on simple multiplier switching on the board's dipswitches. Gonna try to get higher this weekend, using watercooling.
