Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2 + ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA + ASRock 775Dual-VSTA

[anonxlg_]

asrock 4coredual-sata2 r.2.0
was on 2.17a, decided to update to 2.20a, wanted to try overclocking it over the break again

anyways, i cant seem to overclock it at all, i've tried previously, i am hoping that 2.20a somehow magically lets me overclock my cpu a little bit

i've tried various combinations of tips from this thread, and the old thread without luck
was hoping people have time over the break to help
anyone overclock this mobo with similar setup?
full specs:

 

[doubleOseven]

anonxlg, did you try to increase the FSB of the memory? Take it off auto mode and start tweaking! Slowly crank it up from the stock 266 to as high as you can go... that will increase your memory overclock and your CPU speed... be sure to test it with Memtest86+ and cpuburn etc...

 

[kingcold9]

I've decided to take the plunge and get an E5700 runs stock at 3ghz, supports virtualization and has a multiplier of 15 so should be golden for overclocking if i ever decide to. according to the 4coredual-sata2 R2.0 cpu list its supported, im hoping it will work in my Rev1 board since they both have the same bios and hardware from what i can tell. I'll let you all know how it works.

 

[anonxlg_]

yeah, i put the memory at 333mhz now
still cant overclock it, i did a prime95 test that worked fine in the first pass, but i was getting weird system glitches (no bsod) so i'm still back at square one

 

[nicefinger]

I have got one of these now !!!
Therefore I registered here.

 

[kingcold9]

For anybody wondering i emailed Asrock about using an E5700 in my 4CoreDual-SATA2 Rev1 mb and this is the responce i recieved.

Intel E5700 processor will not work on 4CoreDual-SATA2 mainboard. Its due to the chipset limitation on mainboard. Please check the link for support CPU. http://www.asrock.com/mb/cpu.asp?Model=4CoreDual-SATA2

Figured i would just post it here in case anybody wanted to know if it would work in their MB. givin this I've decided to get a q6600, seems to be the best option available for this board and when i upgrade the mb to a more current one i can always overclock it nicely.

 

[Hopeless]

I've been looking at getting a 4CoreDual-SATA2 R2.0 and either E5500 or E5700 to replace a P4P800-Deluxe w/ 2.8C.

Would be re-using:
AGP ATI X850XT
IDE - HD, DVDROM, DVDWriter
SATA HD
2X1G DDR OCZ platinum kit
Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS

I'm not going to be overclocking just looking for a cheep way to get a bit more out of my pc.

Anyone know if there are any problems with the above combo of parts. Also any tips as to make for an easy upgrade?

 

[Hlafordlaes]

@Hopeless,

Sounds like a good plan. Might need a BIOS update to support those cpus. Check the Asrock support list; if not on it, you'll need the latest BIOS from pc-treiber.net. BIOS files are now located in dedicated forum threads and not the download section.

 

[phi84]

Hi!

I just want to say that the Pentium Dual Core E6700 (Wolfdale) @ 3,2GHz is working on the 4CoreDual-VSTA with Bios Revision 2.39a

But i think, that the readout of the CPU temperature isn't quite correct, because the BIOS says the CPU Temp is around 35°C IDLE and Core Temp says it is 51°C IDLE. With 100% load on both cores only the temperature of core #0 is getting higher. Temp of core#1 stays at 51°C.
Perhaps the BIOS doesn't reads the Core-Temp-Sensors? So, that the BIOS CPU-Temp value is just from a different Sensor?!? I don't know...

3GB (1x 1GB + 1x 2GB) DDR2 RAM are also working perfectly! Both are from the Corsair XMS2-6400 Series. :thumbsup:

 

[Hopeless]

@Hopeless,

Sounds like a good plan. Might need a BIOS update to support those cpus. Check the Asrock support list; if not on it, you'll need the latest BIOS from pc-treiber.net. BIOS files are now located in dedicated forum threads and not the download section.

Thanks for the reply.

Yeah the offical site shows E5500(R0) & E5700 for 2.1 bios. If I'm thinking right the R0 on the E55 is a particular stepping version, so that has me leaning more towards the E57 as it appears to be any one.

Anyone know if they are shipping with the 2.1 bios?

Also are there any quirks to setting it up? I ask because this would be the first non-intel based board I've used.

Edit:
Well this sucks. Just went to Newegg to check prices & more than like go ahead and order it. It's now listed as currently unavailable.

 

[Hlafordlaes]

@Hopeless,

You should be able to find another source for the board. As for the BIOS, I have the -VSTA version and cannot say what ships with the -SATA2. For my Asrock 775i65G I had to buy an old cheap Pentium4 so I could flash the BIOS and swap in a Conroe. You might be able to beg/borrow a Pentium4 from a sympathetic PC repair shop.

The E5700 has replaced the E7600 as my preferred cpu upgrade on these boards, altho I haven't gotten around to upgrading yet myself.

 

[Deanodarlo]

Welcome back Hlafordlaes, last time I was in this thread I think you were leaving for a while.

Just seen that E5700 has become the new fav! It has a 800 FSB, but less cache - is the low FSB the reason it's now top dog? I'd imagine you can push it to 1066FSB on the 4core boards and get some insane speeds! The E7xxx series of course had the 1066FSB and the 4coredual wasn't the best overclocker above that.

It would be great to see peoples results with these 800FSB chips overclocked on the different boards.

 

[Hopeless]

I found a e-store called CompuVest that shows to have the 4CoreDual-SATA2 R2.0 in stock.

Anyone have any dealings with them?

 

[Lazlo Panaflex]

@Hopeless,

FYI, these guys are selling refurb boards. I've had good experiences w/ them in the past (they include the I/O shield, as well as a driver CD).

http://3btech.net/motherboards-socket775.html

 

[Deanodarlo]

I've been looking at getting a 4CoreDual-SATA2 R2.0 and either E5500 or E5700 to replace a P4P800-Deluxe w/ 2.8C.

Would be re-using:
AGP ATI X850XT
IDE - HD, DVDROM, DVDWriter
SATA HD
2X1G DDR OCZ platinum kit
Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS

I'm not going to be overclocking just looking for a cheep way to get a bit more out of my pc.

Anyone know if there are any problems with the above combo of parts. Also any tips as to make for an easy upgrade?

All that hardware will work fine, as long as you can verify the CPU will be ok which you have. I used a very similar setup, accept ddr2, with a E7200.

Had to use an older P4 to flash the motherboard first, but you already have one of those!

 

[Hlafordlaes]

Welcome back Hlafordlaes, last time I was in this thread I think you were leaving for a while.

Still dancing on a knife's edge and dodging bullets, but somewhat more alive than I expected to be, thanks!

Just seen that E5700 has become the new fav! It has a 800 FSB, but less cache - is the low FSB the reason it's now top dog? I'd imagine you can push it to 1066FSB on the 4core boards and get some insane speeds! The E7xxx series of course had the 1066FSB and the 4coredual wasn't the best overclocker above that.

It would be great to see peoples results with these 800FSB chips overclocked on the different boards.

My E4500 easily goes up to 280FSB with no volt mods, and the BIOS (-VSTA 2.39) automatically resets PCIe synch to 100 when switching CPU from 200 to 266MHz (800 to 1066FSB), which makes things easier.

I did volt mod the CPU pins which worked for a while, but then got flaky. Decided to eliminate the mod and redo it on a rainy day, but the E4500 (native 2.2GHz) was hitting above 300 FSB at that point (3.3GHz).

 

[PureHazard]

As some of you may remember, I got my friend's 4CoreDual-VSTA to work with the GTX460. Well, my friend unfortunately passed away at the young age of 41 because of health problem and I inherited his mobo. Will put it together as a office system for now.

Anyone here try the Wolfdale Celerons like the E3400?

 

[variovent]

ASROCK 4core-Dual SATA2 R2 over here. Heavily modified, all capacitors (except Panasonics) replaced with Rubycon MCZ, Vcc and Vagp mod.
I'm able to do 310 FSB with Vcore 1.35V and Vagp 1.65V.
I've fried an Intel E7500 playing with this mobo voltage adjustments, also I had to replace a few AOD452 and AOD457 MOSFET on the motherboard. My advice - DO NOT MODIFY Vtt, at least not with 45nm CPU! The Vtt is already pretty high by default (1.32V) and increasing it won't do any better. Plus, I have to remind that Vcore should be higher to Vtt in order to activate Intel's anti-ringback buffer. Considering the Vdroop, that means that if we'll raise Vtt, we'll have to raise Vcore much higher, and that it's unacceptable.
Anyway, why Vtt is set so high by default? Guess it's VIA's chipset running at that high voltage...
You should set Vagp higher than 1.60 as it will send more voltage to northbridge too. 1.70V is a safe value and it will really allow higher FSB.
Now I'm running an E7600 on 3.55 Ghz, default Vtt, 1.55V Vcore and 1.70V Vagp. Again, DO NOT MESS WITH Vtt on this board.

 

[Hlafordlaes]

@variovent,

Did you follow the mods as per VR-Zone, or do you have your own guidelines? I am waiting for a rainy day and some extra cash to wreak havoc on my board. Be interested in the guide for capacitor replacement if you followed one you might link to.

Thx.

 

[variovent]

Hi Hlafordlaes,
I've took guide mostly from http://www.controsensi.it/Mods/4CoreDual-SATA2/Contents_Eng.htm , just have to keep in mind that the default value of the Vcore varibable resistor should be set to ~70Kohm before soldering it, in order to have around 1.36V Vcore when you'll start machine for the first time after modding. Then you'll be able to play with it, but take care: on Vcore, MODIFY VARIABLE RESISTOR VALUE ONLY WHEN THE MACHINE IS TURNED OFF! DO NOT MODIFY IT WITH YOUR COMPUTER RUNNING, or it will fry your CPU! Do it in small steps, turne off PC, modify resistor with 1/2 complete rotation, start PC, stay in BIOS and on that stage measure the voltage with a good multimeter. It's better to use an multispin variable resistor (like this http://www.westfloridacomponents.com/mm5/graphics/p109.jpg ), enables you to have a more sensitive control over the Voltage.
For cap job I must say I made it mostly for fun. There are at least two releases of this motherboard, one with OST capacitors, the other one with United Chemi-Con (wich are pretty good). Both have Panasonic FJ and FL on Vcore and Vram handling, great capacitors and there is no need to replace Panasonics. I've replaced all United Chemi-Cons (almost 50 pcs) on my motherboard, used Rubycon MCZ, which are the best electrolytics ever made, very low ESR and high ripple handling. The result is not spectacular, probably some 1% gain on FSB and, again, probably, some stability improvment (as it handle ripple better now).

 

[Hlafordlaes]

@variovent,

Thanks for the tips and info!

 

[variovent]

Next weekend I will publish a complete guide to overclock this motherboard.

 

[azzurro]

after testing the gtx 460 in both an asrock 4x pci-e slot on 4core-sata2 r2.0 and a faster 16x pci-e slot the difference in 3d mark was only around 50 marks, this suggests to me that for whatever reason there is not much of a bottleneck..

 

[PureHazard]

after testing the gtx 460 in both an asrock 4x pci-e slot on 4core-sata2 r2.0 and a faster 16x pci-e slot the difference in 3d mark was only around 50 marks, this suggests to me that for whatever reason there is not much of a bottleneck..

The guys over at [H] found that x4 is hardly a bottleneck for even the fastest cards on the market so the GTX 460 in x4 is just fine.

 

[Mr Vain]

Waiting!

Next weekend I will publish a complete guide to overclock this motherboard.