My new Opty 170 is really getting on my nerves...

[bluntside]

So I just purchased my new socket 939 Opteron 170 😀

Trouble is, that when I OC to 2.2 ghz, after a few min. my computer reboots.

Here is my speks.
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DFI LP SLI-Dr Expert
Opteron 170 2.0 ghz
evga 7900gt
Antec NeoHE 550 watt
x-fi xtreme music
120gb WD
2x 1gb Corsair DDR pC 3200 3.3.3.8
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I was told that the Opteron 165, 170, 175 and 180 OC like mad, apparently this is not true in my case. Am I doing something wrong? I have nothing OC on my system. A few tips would greatly appreciated.

Im so pissed that I'm close to drilling a small hole in the corner of this CPU and making it the most expensive key chain I have ever had.

so plz help me out here 😀

 

[WhyFi]

Settings? Running a mem divider?

 

[bluntside]

What do you mean drivers?

 

[bluntside]

DUDE ! people are reading my thread and are not willing to help! WFT is up with that?

PLZ I need expert help.

 

[shabodah]

It sounds like YOU need to read through an overclocking guide or two. I'm SURE your OC issue is pure usererror.

 

[ausylo]

I am new to these forums but, I would start by answering WhyFi. No, he didn't mean drivers, he meant a memory divider, which is what he said, heh. I just ordered an Opteron 170 and it will be here in a day or two. These CPU's DO OC very well, but you need the proper Motherboard, RAM Settings, Cooling, Etc.

 

[bluntside]

I am new to these forums but, I would start by answering WhyFi. No, he didn't mean drivers, he meant a memory divider, which is what he said, heh. I just ordered an Opteron 170 and it will be here in a day or two. These CPU's DO OC very well, but you need the proper Motherboard, RAM Settings, Cooling, Etc.

DFI LP SLI-Dr Expert
Opteron 170 2.0 ghz
evga 7900gt
Antec NeoHE 550 watt
x-fi xtreme music
120gb WD
2x 1gb Corsair DDR pC 3200 3.3.3.8

Can you plz explain what a memory divider is?

Im running 2x 1 gb Corsair Pro series with a timing of 3.3.3.8.

 

[jaywalker256]

a memory divider is where you have the memory running at a division of the speed of the cpu (the fsb at least) so for example:

Lets say your fsb is 400, by default your memory divider is 1:1 which means the memory fsb runs at the same fsb as the cpu.

Now lets say you oc your fsb to 500, and things start to become unstable. you could at this point use a memory divider to clock down your memory fsb alone, and not your cpu. EX: lets say our memory divider is 4:3. Our cpu fsb may be running at 500mhz, but our memory is at 375, which is 3/4 of 500mhz.

Now i have a little bit of experiece overclocking (nothing extremely new, just athlon xp's and old k6-2's) but usually this will happen when the cpu is not getting enough voltage to remain stable. have you tried raising the cpu voltage? in my experience the cpu starts wanting more voltage around the first 200mhz over stock clock, which would be exact in his case.

 

[bluntside]

currently its at a 1:1 ratio, but my mobo gives me the option to do it below 1:1 or above it.

 

[DrBlofeld]

I just got one to.
I got the CCBBE 0610DPMW stepping. So far I tested it at 2.7Ghz at 1.4Volts
What is your stepping? Regardless, you should be able to do at least 2.4.

Try this:
Set memory to DDR 333 or lower
Set HTT Mult to 4X
Set CPU to 10X
Set HTT 240
Set CPU volts to 1.4

This should give you 2.4Ghz I may have missed some other setting, in that case, READ THE OVERCLOCKING GUIDE

 

[sirheck]

are you trying to o.c. through the bios.

if so the first thing would be to bump your fsb up say 10mhz.
if it is 200 go to 210mhz.

download cpu-z and look at your timings. clock speed and such.



this is my x2 4400
normally or stock it should read
2200 on the core speed
200 on the bus speed



this is the memory settings in cpu-z
freq should be 200 at stock
fsb:dram should be 1.1

look at yours and let us know or better yet post it.

 

[bluntside]

So I found this on my cpu.

CCBBE 0615EPMW

 

[bluntside]

isnt the 170 supposed to be Denmark? on cpuz its says that its a Toledo. WFT? :?

 

[bluntside]

how do I post my results from cpuz to the forum? 😳

 

[sirheck]

isnt the 170 supposed to be Denmark? on cpuz its says that its a Toledo. WFT?

yes
you might go to amd,s web sight and check for opty drivers
and go to your mobo,s web site and check for the same.

 

[sirheck]

how do I post my results from cpuz to the forum

try imageshack.

 

[bluntside]

what good are the drivers for? Will it give me my true performance from my Opteron? or will it just change the name? 😀

 

[sirheck]

does your dfi mobo come ready for an opty?
or do you have down load drivers for it to recognize the opty?

most mobo,s come ready for (a64,a64x2,or a a64fx,etc.)

 

[bluntside]

CPU

Core speed - 2100.7 Mhz
Multiplier- x10.0
HTT- 210.1 Mhz


MEMORY
DDR - DUAL
Frequency- 210.1 Mhz
FSB😀RAM- CPU/10
CAS# Latency- 3.0 clocks
RAS# to CAS Delay- 3 clocks
RAS# Precharge- 3 Clocks
Cycle Time ( TRAS )- 8 Clocks
Bank cycle time (TRC) - 12 clocks
Command Rate- 1T
DRAM idle timer- 256 clocks

 

[bluntside]

all i did was replace my +3700 San Diego and droped in the Opteron 170 and booted just fine 😀

 

[sirheck]

all i did was replace my +3700 San Diego and droped in the Opteron 170 and booted just fine

i had the 3700 to and replaced with the x2 4400.
but i first uninstalled a64 drivers then downloaded
the latsest bios but did not flash.
restarted and it worked.
then shut down and swapped cpu.
then turned on computer and windows recognized new cpu.
and required a restart.
everything worked fine after that.

anyway its past my bed time, goodluck
and let us know if you finally get it.

 

[bluntside]

All I asked was for some advice on how to OC this piece of Opteron and you tell me what you did when you swapped out your old cpu to a new x2.
HOw does that relate to my question?
I have no idea whats going on :?

 

[ShadowdogKGB]

Ok dude. Here' the deal. Look at this picture here.

You want to set yours to 166 first then start going higher on FSB bus frequency. You're also going to have to lower the LTD/FSB to 3x or 4x.

 

[rechicero]

I'd say that you have a memory issue. The memory brand is OK, but PC3200 3-3-3-8 looks like cheap memory and a reboot could be because of a memory error. Try this:

First, set your memory as DDR 200 (1:2). Right now you have DDR 400

With your memory at that speed, execute SuperPi 2M. If everything is OK, raise the "HTT" in 5 and repit. If you see an error, go back to the last "stable" config and execute Prime95 about 8 hours. If everything is OK, you have the maximun stable OC of your CPU (If you are a noob in OC, I'd rather not raising the voltage). Just ONE thing. I don't remember the chipset of your mobo, but if your HTT multiplier is x5, remember: HTT x HTT multipier < 1000 ALWAYS. If the mul is x4, HTT x HTT multiplier < 800.

After this, you have to find the maximun speed of your memory. Put the multiplier at x5 (NO x4). And start raising the memory speed, step by step. And IN every step, run about 20 times the test 4 of Memtest 86. When you had an error, go back to the previous step, raise de multiplier to x10 and repit the proccess. Ah, and you should be very careful with Cool'n'Quiet. Each CPU multiplier uses a different memory divider (x5 is the same of x10 in most cases ;-))

 

[rechicero]

If you have a BIOS as the one of the picture, I meant memory at 100 MHz!! The lowest setting.

The idea is minimize the speed of the memory to calculate the max speed of the CPU and vice versa