K8N Neo4-F

[srygonic]

Originally posted by: dedmonds12
I fixed it! I flashed to 1.71b (you can find it in this topic) and now it works fine! yay! If you're worried about flashing, use winflash, as it'll do it from the windows environment. Enjoy your newfound speed.

Hey, I'm having the same exact problem as you... but I'm using MSI K8N Neo4-F... the version found on this thread is the for MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum. Can I use the same drivers? Also is winflash a seperate programme?

 

[brikis98]

Originally posted by: srygonic

Originally posted by: dedmonds12
I fixed it! I flashed to 1.71b (you can find it in this topic) and now it works fine! yay! If you're worried about flashing, use winflash, as it'll do it from the windows environment. Enjoy your newfound speed.

Hey, I'm having the same exact problem as you... but I'm using MSI K8N Neo4-F... the version found on this thread is the for MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum. Can I use the same drivers? Also is winflash a seperate programme?

the Neo4-f and Neo4 Platinum use the same BIOS, so you'll be fine.

winflash is a separate program.

 

[srygonic]

Originally posted by: brikis98

Originally posted by: srygonic

Originally posted by: dedmonds12
I fixed it! I flashed to 1.71b (you can find it in this topic) and now it works fine! yay! If you're worried about flashing, use winflash, as it'll do it from the windows environment. Enjoy your newfound speed.

Hey, I'm having the same exact problem as you... but I'm using MSI K8N Neo4-F... the version found on this thread is the for MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum. Can I use the same drivers? Also is winflash a seperate programme?

the Neo4-f and Neo4 Platinum use the same BIOS, so you'll be fine.

winflash is a separate program.

Oh, cool. Ok thanks a ton. I flash my bios when i get home today and let you know if it works.

 

[srygonic]

Hey can somebody help me with flashing my bios... I downloaded winflash and the bios already. The winflash requires a bin file but the bios (7125v16.zip) doesn't have any. It only has an .exe and .160(??) file. Can anybody give me a detailed breakdown of what to do? I never flashed my bios before and don't want to screw anything up... Thanks!

 

[oznerol]

Originally posted by: srygonic
Hey can somebody help me with flashing my bios... I downloaded winflash and the bios already. The winflash requires a bin file but the bios (7125v16.zip) doesn't have any. It only has an .exe and .160(??) file. Can anybody give me a detailed breakdown of what to do? I never flashed my bios before and don't want to screw anything up... Thanks!

Just use the .160 file.

An update to my status of this board:

The best BIOS to work with is definitely 1.6. The 1.71 beta BIOS are good, but they, for whatever reason, don't have the 150, 140, and other memory dividers listed.

As for my system:
3000+ Venice
Neo4-F
2x512 Mushkin 3-3-3-8 PC3200 Value Ram

I've got it overclocked to 2.5Ghz - (278x9). I could go higher, but it's taking a LOT of voltage - at 2.5 it's up to 1.64 volts. My memory divider is 140. 1T timing.

And, what's more, it's failing the Prime 95 torture test, though it's doing just fine with everything else. I might go back down to 1.6V and 2.4Ghz, where it passed everything fine.

 

[srygonic]

Thanks ducci, I successfully flashed my bios! I have this problem with my bios right now. I'm using MSI K8N Neo4-F and everytime I restart or boot up my computer, they will flash this screen with Platinum (?? I'm not even using the plat version??) and after that they go into the normal bios screen where they ask me to press F1 to continue or Del to enter set up. Is this normal or is there a way I an bypass this?

 

[Cobalt]

It's fine. You can go in the BIOS and disable that picture and it will just show the POST instead.

 

[CHOPPER GOD]

See my sig....I just use clockgen for OC'ing for bf2 otherwise i just let it boot normal which has me @2000 x 167 memory for surfing. Gaming I clockgen up to 2505 x 208 memory speed....
works perfectly.

I dont always want it to run Overclocked anyway

 

[AMDCrazy]

Multiplier 10.5

HTT/FSB 240mhz

HT 3X

Ram 180mhz

2.52mhz right now with no voltage increase and seems stable.

 

[oznerol]

Out of curiosity, and because no one listed anything, for those of you who had the 3000+ chips, what voltages were you running at and what stable speed did you get?

 

[Cobalt]

I am at 1.6v at 2.7ghz stable. I also run Cool N Quiet, so it runs at 1.3v and 1.5ghz most of the time.

 

[oznerol]

Originally posted by: cobalt
I am at 1.6v at 2.7ghz stable. I also run Cool N Quiet, so it runs at 1.3v and 1.5ghz most of the time.

By 1.6V, I imagine you mean 1.45 cpuvid, and then what, the 9.x% increase? Or did you change the default cpuvid?

 

[srygonic]

Hey, I'm using the board MSI K8N Neo4-F flashed to the 1.6 official BIOs.. can somebody give me a quick guide to where I can find this memory divider options in the BIOS?

 

[themagic8ball]

Hey guys I have this mobo and the 3000+ Venice as many of you do. I was seeing what I could get out of an overclock yesterday but I couldn't get it to boot above 2.1 Ghz. (233x9). I haven't done anything to the voltages yet but my mem is already @ 2.65, which I think is over spec. It did not boot above 233x9 with 1.5v to the CPU either (3.x%). I tried lowering the RAM multiplier but that didn't work either. My goal for this OC is 2.4 Ghz.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: themagic8ball
Hey guys I have this mobo and the 3000+ Venice as many of you do. I was seeing what I could get out of an overclock yesterday but I couldn't get it to boot above 2.1 Ghz. (233x9). I haven't done anything to the voltages yet but my mem is already @ 2.65, which I think is over spec. It did not boot above 233x9 with 1.5v to the CPU either (3.x%). I tried lowering the RAM multiplier but that didn't work either. My goal for this OC is 2.4 Ghz.

I couldnt get over 250 myself with this board but i found a fix and now can post at 300mhz easy as you can see here..

I dont know if this will help you but have a look at what Rzten1 posted here. http://www.rhcf.com/sisubb/ultimatebb.php/topic/21/70/5.html#000073

btw i am using v1.6bios also.

 

[themagic8ball]

So up my RAM latencies is what your saying, and turn off the auto settings?

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: themagic8ball
So up my RAM latencies is what your saying, and turn off the auto settings?

yes do what the screenshots say & you'll have a better chance at booting with high fsb.

 

[Markfw]

OK, search of the thread found nothing, but I just read this in a customer review at newegg and thought I would pass it along. Everybody agree with this ?

I reported a few reviews down that there is no PCI lock in BIOS, but I have since found out that the CPU SPREAD SPECTRUM in the CELL section will lock the PCI bus when disabled.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: Markfw900
OK, search of the thread found nothing, but I just read this in a customer review at newegg and thought I would pass it along. Everybody agree with this ?

I reported a few reviews down that there is no PCI lock in BIOS, but I have since found out that the CPU SPREAD SPECTRUM in the CELL section will lock the PCI bus when disabled.

Yes it does lock the pci bus,i dont think i could reach 300mhz fsb without a lock.

 

[Duvie]

Like I mentioned most knowledgeable oCers havce been disabling the spread spectrum for years....

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: Duvie
Like I mentioned most knowledgeable oCers havce been disabling the spread spectrum for years....

yes i always disable spread rectum too. :Q

 

[themagic8ball]

Okay I have all the mem timings as the other guy and I still can't POST above 240 FSB. I've upgraded to the 1.8 BIOS, would you recommend I goto one of the 1.7 Modded BIOSes? This is really frustrating because Everyone seems to at least get 2.2 GHz. Max I can get is 1.15. I'm also getting a new 120 mm fan tomorrow for exhaust.

 

[themagic8ball]

Okay need help again.

I can get my system stable @ Mem 250, FSB 250, CPU 2.25 Ghz. Voltages are at: CPU: 1.5v, Mem: 2.7v, NF4: 1.6v. With this config my CPU temp under load is 42C. From what I've read thats extremely low. I'd like to up my FSB more but if I lower the mem divider to 166 or 133 I get no POST. I have Bios 1.75mod. Can anyone tell me whats the limiting factor? Also, would it be okay to up my voltages more? Any higher and it goes to the red numbers, and I dont want to fry anything.

 

[srygonic]

What do most of you use to test the temperature on your CPU?

 

[themagic8ball]

Nvidia ntune monitor, since MBM doesnt work on my config for whatever reason. I still need help w/ my question.