Finally Got A good One!! T-Bird 1200 @ 1400MHz 140FSB

[LED]

Although not in front of me or in my possesion...
CPU: Athlon1.2gHz
MB: EPOX EP-8KTA3
MEM: DTC-10CP 32MB
Core: 1.95v
VIO: 3.8v ...and

Liquid nitrogen cooling

 

[bonkers325]

drooooooollllll :Q over the insane 1.2ghz @2ghz

btw 1.4 ghz is nice just dont stay to close

 

[Insane3D]

Sonny,

'92 Mustang. I wasn't happy with "only" 275 horses, so I did some upgrades to the 320-340 horses range...





Now, if I could only avoid those damn police spoiling all my fun...

 

[surfactant]

I just bought a 1.2 also and am excited about putting together my system but I need memory. Would it be better to get 1 stick of 256 or 2 128 (memory interleaving?) Plan to buy the best I can afford probably Mushkin any help greatly appreciated mark

 

[barlav]

That is great. A stable 1.4!!! Woohoo!!

 

[DARRIN]

Technonut - have you tried to remove your northbridge heasink and put som good heatsink compound on it and get a better fan?

 

[Flessan]

Zer0Racer... Do any motherboards work in that case? One thing you may want to check is the voltage setting. I've had cases arive set to the 220ish instead of our 110. First time that happened it took me forever to figure out what was wrong. Only thing that happened is the power supply fan worked. Then a friend was having the same problem...and sure enough... 220. Just a thought...

 

[Technonut]

DARRIN, the first thing that I did was to install a blorb on the Northbridge with Arctic Silver Thermal Adhesive. I am thinking that I just received one of the KT7AR's with the 140-146 FSB limitation, as I have read on other review sites.

I have an ASUS A7V133 on the way to try out, and after that I am going to give the IWill a spin. I need hands on experience with these new boards to handle special customer build requests anyway, plus I get a kick out of trying new mobos If they fail to make my grade, I will probably pick up another KT7AR, and hope I get one that will dance at 150 FSB. I know my current RAM can handle it at 150 CAS2 Turbo on a KT7, but I have some other RAM on the way also, to check that possibility out for the hell of it.

Like I said before, I am not complaining about a 100% stable 200MHz overclock. 1.4 GHz Is not bad at all. The KT7AR runs like a dream. Even at a 140 FSB, my RAM benchmarks are as good or better than some of the other boards reviewed at a 150 FSB.

 

[>>>Newbie<<<]

Technonut,

I got my 1.2g TBird running at 10x140@1.4g also. On my KT7A-RAID, using 150 fsb is absolutely no problem as long as I lower the memory timing a bit. I just see no reason to push everything on its limit now.

 

[dougjnn]

Can I ask the assembled &quot;pros from Dover&quot; on this thread to answer a basic heat sink build question here?

I assume I'm supposed to leave the 4 rubber &quot;feet&quot; that came on my T-Bird 1200 (which I just received a few minutes ago) on the processor, right? Without any pressure they create an air gap between the TBird core and my Taisol HSF, but it looks like if I apply pressure (as the clips will do), that the rubber feet will compress. Have I got this right? (Don't want to fry my shinny new BLUISH purple core TBird!!!)

Also, I'm best off scrapping the sticky gunk that came on the bottom of my Taisol off, right, and instead applying a couple of drops of thermal paste (I got the Chemtronics stuff) to the core and finger smearing it???

Finally, as I understand it, all the Tbird 1200's come unlocked, right? So I don't need to do the pencil (or rear window defogger) trick first, correct?

I've got one of the NEW BXHA chips!!! Yippee! Assembled in Malaysia. Is that good or bad? Looks like it is either week 103 or it was made in the third week of '01 -- not sure how to read that.

 

[Bad Dude]

Hey Zer0Racer,
What cooler do you use on your chip?

 

[cjhrph]

bump

 

[lhampel]

I just installed a 1Ghz T-bird in a Kt7-raid MB (got the Kt7a-raid also but wanted to test the CPU on both MB's) So here's what's happening...1200Mhz @1.85v stable. (12x100)
Will be throwing the FSB speeds to it after installing the &quot;A&quot;.


This is what's weird...It will load windows (12x100) @1.65v then right when you think &quot;Cool, it worked&quot; it locks up. Very strange, usually if an overclock isn't going to work it locks up right away. Maybe I should go ahead &amp; solder the bridges instead of the quicky No.2 Pencil??

Any advice?

 

[Technonut]

lhampel,


<< This is what's weird...It will load windows (12x100) @1.65v >>


Try bumping up the voltage a notch at a time. 1.65V probably will not cut it.


dougjnn, Yes, leave the rubber feet on. That helps keep your HSF stable, and from rocking around on the core when you install it. All 1200's are not unlocked, I have heard about some that still have the bridges cut. You will have to look at the L1's to see. As for the thermal pad, I personally do not use them, and prefer Arctic Silver thermal grease. Some people swear by thermal pads, as long as they are of good quality, and allowed to go through the proper phase change (reaching a certain high temperature) to set them. Also, if you decide to use thermal grease, it is best not to use your finger to apply it. Use a plastic card or a piece of plastic wrap on your finger to smooth it on the core in a thin, even layer.

 

[MCS]

My 1.2 is a BVHA. I wonder what the difference between BXHA and BVHA is?

Mine is now stable at 1350Mhz, 1.8v now. Hoping for 1400 soon

 

[dakost]

Could the people who have 1.2 Gb T-birds, post their 2nd line serial number / code, the oc speed and whether the cpu was unlocked or not ?

 

[Dredog]

Can someone please explain cpu markings? Like what does Week 1 mean and where that information can be read on the CPU? Thanks!!!!!!

 

[JackBurton]

Hey, what cooler are you guys using? And are these 200MHz or 266MHz T-Birds?

 

[Instigator]

bump

 

[>>>Newbie<<<]

I have the newest GlobalWin WBK38, sound like a hair dryer, very loud and annoying but I think the CPU need this kind of cooling. I saw the CPU temp rise up from 25c idle to 45c loaded.

The CPU code? hehe once you put the GlobalWin on, you will never want to take it off again; who wants to take the risk (I crushed two CPU's, when installing HSF before already).

 

[DARRIN]

I chipped 2 corners off my core putting my Alpha Pal6035 on. No way am I ever taking that thing off.

 

[dougjnn]

The Taisol 742xxx goes on and off fairly easily. I think its da bomb HSF.

If you want to put a Delta 38cfm fan on it, then you can get it too to sound like a jet approaching takeoff. In that case nothing beats it for cooling. Nothing. But it also cools real good, just a couple of degrees less, with a YTech 27cfm fan on it. Cause the heat sink is BIG, and has LOTS of well made internal fins.

 

[dakost]

Well, there are always the copper shims ! They do protect the core !

 

[DARRIN]

I'm getting ready to put two 120 volt 4 inch fans in my case. I think they are over 100cfm each.That should get rid of the heat. I'm really not concerned about the noise because I always were headphones.