PJ's Gigabyte 8INXP

[jpetermann]

TEST SYSTEM
P4 2.4b C1 stepping
Alpha PAL8942 / w/YS TECH Adjustable cooling fan/ ASIII
Corsair XMS3200 512mb x 2
GF4 ti4400 / 41.09 drivers
SB Audigy Platinum
WDSE 80gbx2 in Raid 0 Setup
Highpoint 370 raid controller
Antec 480W True Blue
Windows XP SP1 / Opera 7

Here she goes:
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Temps at 165fsb:330ddr (vcore 1.625 - bios) are: 37cpu
Temps at 168fsb:336ddr (vcore 1.65 - bios) are: 39

I don't know the board temps because the Gigabyte utility does not give them. MB Monitor does not list this board as being supported
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Vcore & Vdimm:
Default until I got to 160 (at least, jumped to 166 after this)
At 166fsb I raised the vcore to 1.65 vdimm to 2.6
At 167fsb I raised the vdimm to 2.8

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SANDRA MEMORY, FILE SYSTEM & 3MARK 2001

133fsb:266ddr = 3293/3291 (Mem at speed setting)
150fsb:300ddr = 3644/3639 (Mem at speed setting)
mem at 2-2-5-2 from here out
Sandra Mem Sandra File 3d Mark
140fsb:280ddr = 3293/3291 33898 12515
145fsb:290ddr = 3604/3591 32985 12692
150fsb:300ddr = 3723/3712 33864 12866
155fsb:310ddr = 3849/3842 32959 13148
160fsb:320ddr = 3968/3969 33839 13216
165fsb:330ddr = 4093/4095 32895 13544
166fsb:332ddr = 4137/4136 No Go No Go
167fsb:334ddr = 4168/4170 No Go No Go
168fsb:336ddr = 4163/4170 No Go No Go

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Board seems to overvolt, says it is at 1.65 when set at 1.625

This is where I am at and gonna stay and do some stressing: 165 fsb and 1.65 vcore.
I think I am close to my limit, but will do some more tweaking later.



PJ

 

I dont think you will be disappointed, my aopen ax4r plus smokes my old setup.

 

[THUGSROOK]

* * * S U B S C R I B E D TO T H R E A D * * *

finally something worth reading
g'luck PJ

 

[Mikki]

Woohoo! Go PJ, go PJ...good luck!

 

[P4spooky]

No kidding. My AOPEN AX4R+ should be here tomorrow.
Thugs: waiting on your P4-M overclock results.

PJ: Good luck - Take it slow.

 

[jpetermann]

In the middle of the format now. It takes forever to format these drives. I have 160gb (2x80 gb WD SE's in Raid 0) Everything else went smooth. Thick PCB, pretty lights on the DPS. Nice colors on this board. Will post more as I go. Typing on my Pentium 133 Notebook. Now that is wierd!

PJ
Update - 95% almost there!!!

 

[jpetermann]

Ok, Installing OS now...

PJ

 

[jpetermann]

OS done. Can't remember but seems like with XP SP1 you don't need the USB patch, is that correct?

PJ

 

[naddicott]

Originally posted by: pastorjayOS done. Can't remember but seems like with XP SP1 you don't need the USB patch, is that correct?

That was the case with the P4PE. If you have the downloaded latest USB patch, take a look at the text files. For the P4PE patch it was very explicit in a text file NOT to install the USB drivers on a system with XP SP1.

 

[Jgtdragon]

Where you guys get the Aopen? With a price of $185 including shipping is not bad. Heard the Aopen is pretty good too.

 

[jpetermann]

I did not download any, they are on the CD that came with the board. There is nothing in the readme about it. For now, I will not install.

PJ

Originally posted by: naddicott

Originally posted by: pastorjayOS done. Can't remember but seems like with XP SP1 you don't need the USB patch, is that correct?

That was the case with the P4PE. If you have the downloaded latest USB patch, take a look at the text files. For the P4PE patch it was very explicit in a text file NOT to install the USB drivers on a system with XP SP1.

 

[poMONKey]

Go PastorJ!!! Great timing to get a great board!

P4spooky and Phocas...
I am close to clicking the "Check Out" button on this AOPEN AX4R... MyAOpen.com

$182 w/shipping... I think this is in stock

seen some benchies on this mobo and they look pretty good compared to the gigabyte and ( changed!?!? ) asus boards...

does the AOPEN AX4R support a p4 3.06? Im sure it does...

 

[jpetermann]

Real quick teaser...

Sandra Memory Scores with Mem set to speed and system at default (133/266)

3293/3291

More to come...

PJ

 

[Wingit]

Originally posted by: pastorjay
I did not download any, they are on the CD that came with the board. There is nothing in the readme about it. For now, I will not install.

PJ

Originally posted by: naddicott

Originally posted by: pastorjayOS done. Can't remember but seems like with XP SP1 you don't need the USB patch, is that correct?

That was the case with the P4PE. If you have the downloaded latest USB patch, take a look at the text files. For the P4PE patch it was very explicit in a text file NOT to install the USB drivers on a system with XP SP1.

If you have installed SP1 you should be able to find USB 2.0 drivers by going to device manager and highlighting controller and doing the find driver dance, the drivers came with SP1.

 

I only overclocked to 150fsb and my sandra memory scores were upper 3800/3800's. I will be benchmarking more tomorrow.

 

[P4spooky]

Phocas:

Could you please answer pomonkey's question on HT? My board is expected tomorrow from MyAopen.com

I remember seeing in one of the reviews where the BIOS had the HT option. I will jump in tomorrow after I get my board fired up.

PJ: Looking good, turn up the FSB.

 

[jpetermann]

Oh, I will. Just getting a few things installed then up she goes.

PJ

 

[P4spooky]

Quick question guys:

I have a EPOX 4GEA+ and WIN2K. Installed from scratch with the latest chipset driver 4.10.1012 (supports E-7205 according to the release notes). Can I use this drive on a GB machine instead of going through a fresh install?

 

[jpetermann]

Hmmm.

The Gigabyte probe is not working on this board. I get an error when I try to open it, so I am not able to see my temps when in windows. Does anyone know if there is an updated version somewhere? I looked on the Gigabyte site, but it was a no go. Gonna reboot at 150 and give her a whirl!

PJ

 

[Toymaker]

Originally posted by: pastorjay
Hmmm.

The Gigabyte probe is not working on this board. I get an error when I try to open it, so I am not able to see my temps when in windows. Does anyone know if there is an updated version somewhere? I looked on the Gigabyte site, but it was a no go. Gonna reboot at 150 and give her a whirl!

PJ

Try Motherboard Monitor

 

[Jgtdragon]

Myaopen.com is not in stock.

"AOpen AX4R Plus
ATX, DIMM x 4,
Intel E7205 chipset,
DDR266, P4/533,
Serial ATA/ Dr. Voice II/ 8X AGP
Will be available in the end of this month"

 

[jpetermann]

Motherboard monitor does not mention if it supports this board, so.... I am not sure if it is safe to try. I would really like to see the temps as I go here.

PJ

 

[jpetermann]

I will start posting some scores up top in my original post. Anything else will go down here. Updated now up top!

PJ

 

[jpetermann]

Here's one I have never seen before. I run a dual monitor setup. When I boot up, my initial display (On the analog side of video card) will show the boot process and then go blank. Light stays green on the monitor, but screen is blank. Windows will boot and then the primary monitor will startup fine. I have a GF 4 Ti 4400 and have never seen this before. Do I need to up the AGP juice a little? What do you think.

Top performance did not work either. Will up the fsb some more just to see how high we can go with this thing.

PJ

 

[jpetermann]

160/320 3968/3969 (Still at default vcore !)

My p4pe would have had me at a vcore of at least 1.65 to do this!

PJ