bah ~ we figured that out long agoOriginally posted by: Wesley Fink
My review of the IC7(-G) is up at AsusBoards. You can see it at Abit IC7(-G) Review
Unfortunately I have found a disturbing issue with memory timings:
"The Shifting Abit IC7 memory timings....
Originally posted by: KillerBob
Guys,
Sometimes if I forget that I have a CF/SD/Mem card in my USB2 Kingston Card Reader, the boot sequence hangs at the "DMI Pool Data" point. Sometimes it works fine, but one of three times it hangs.
If I forget my MP3 Player in it's USB1 cradle, the boot sequence stops at the Intel Brand screen. This happens everytime!
Am I just unlucky, or is this a reported issue?
Originally posted by: THUGSROOK
are you kidding?
the best and fastest bios is v14 ~ anything released after that is much less stable and slower.
youll lose 4fsb going from bios v14 to v22.
all the bios versions perform pretty much the same on my rig.Originally posted by: D3xx
So Thugs are you saying that the v14 bios was the best for performance?
Someone from these boards (who happened to have his modded rig featured in MaximumPC magazine) instructed me on how to OC my 2.4C to 3.0 without any additional cooling (though I did run into problems, but they may have been driver-related; I may try it again). Here's what he told me (my rig runs 1GB of PC3500 Corsair XMS, just so you know what he is talking about when he mentions my memory being in spec):Originally posted by: tbone646
Just bought my new system and would like to know some safe settings for a conservative overclock. I am still using air cooling so it cant be anything drastic.
Abit Ic7-g Max 3
2.8c
512 MB Geil Ultra
2 80 gig maxtor
Nvidia 420 mx (upgrading soon Geforce fx5950)
Thermaltake Damier v5000 case
The combo is really very easy to set up and get running.
I didn?t use stock cooling for my rig, but it is air cooled. I?m using an Alpha 8942 HSF. It?s large and a very good temp killer.
However at default voltage at 3.06 GHz it isn?t really needed. I have been running my PC at 3.3 GHz , but I had to add voltage to the CPU which did increase heat.
You shouldn?t have any trouble running your CPU at stock voltage and at 3GHz. Overclocking the CPU on this particular motherboard is extremely easy to do.
It gives you the options to run the CPU bus and memory bus asynchronously (different speeds) There are three ratio?s to use. 1:1 synchronous, 3:2, and what I?m using 5:4.
Here is how it works. The 875P Intel chipset runs at 800MHz or a Quad pumped 200MHz bus to be exact. The CPU runs at 800MHz as well.
1:1 is CPU 800MHz : Memory 800MHz.
A 5:4 ratio would be 1000MHz : 800Mhz This is the way you want to run it. Your memory is in spec (PC3500 memory is very good here) and the CPU is now working at a different FSB (front side bus).
The multiplier on the CPU is based on 12. To get the speed of the CPU you multiply the 12 x the original speed of the FSB or 200MHz (quad pumped for 800 MHz).
So 12x200=2400MHz In the 5:4 ratio it?s 12x250Mhz for 3 GHz!!
Your retail HSF should work fine at this level with no additional voltage added
The settings are in the BIOS in the very 1st section.
You can also lock your AGP/PCI to 66/33MHz do this and your add in cards will all operate at the correct settings.