Stock cooling Pi run :D

Whitechapel · #1 08-25-2009

Well I'm still a little short on gear, but I just couldn't wait to get an idea of what this D0 could do!

So, heres a quick Pi run on stock cooling. What do you all think?

I couldn't get anything to boot higher than this .. any higher clocks would make if freeze upon loading, and any higher voltage would cause it to have temp errors on startup :p

System: 920 D0/RIIE/Mushkin 1600 blacks/GF 6600 (i know, i know)

(full size : http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/8485/4523mhz.jpg )

I haven't benched in ages, so anything else I can try on stock cooling? Got a week till my GPU/HSF comes .. I need to feed this addiction somehow

Best stable RAM OC I could get was 7-8-7-18 @ 1600 (1600 8-8-8-24 stock) and 8-8-8-24 @ 1800 .. I believe I can get the timings tighter with a higher clock (7-7-7-21 @ 1700/1800?) I'm just noobish with RAM ;d

DrNip · #2 08-26-2009

Not to bad. Nice clock on your CPU. Your RAM is what is going to kill you though.

punx223 · #3 08-26-2009

very nice clock, nice run, with some ram tweaking you could have some killer pi times

Whitechapel · #4 08-26-2009

Well, I didn't try to OC the ram much, I only OC'd it while at a lower clock .. didn't really think Pi would benefit from the RAM lol, guess I was wrong :p

I got my TRUE today .. was faster shipping than expected O.o

I tore apart my rig, mounted it up, and tried booting my system ..

Now it just reboots constantly, no video, no beeps, just powers on, fans spin for a few seconds, then stops and repeats ..

I'm not sure what to do. When I took the CPU out to clean the IHS off, I noticed one of the pins in the socket was slightly bent, so I CAREFULLY tweaked it back to its original position .. put it all back together, and again, nothing ..

I don't know what to do =/

punx223 · #5 08-26-2009

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Originally Posted by Whitechapel

Well, I didn't try to OC the ram much, I only OC'd it while at a lower clock .. didn't really think Pi would benefit from the RAM lol, guess I was wrong :p

I got my TRUE today .. was faster shipping than expected O.o

I tore apart my rig, mounted it up, and tried booting my system ..

Now it just reboots constantly, no video, no beeps, just powers on, fans spin for a few seconds, then stops and repeats ..

I'm not sure what to do. When I took the CPU out to clean the IHS off, I noticed one of the pins in the socket was slightly bent, so I CAREFULLY tweaked it back to its original position .. put it all back together, and again, nothing ..

I don't know what to do =/

your pi times will not see nearly as much benefit from memory frequency as tighter timings will...

Tighten up the timings a bunch... TRFC...... tread (PL) will make a pretty sizeable difference for you

Whitechapel · #6 08-26-2009

Well I can't do anything atm :p Comp wont even boot .. I hope I didn't just blow 250$ =/

punx223 · #7 08-26-2009

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Originally Posted by Whitechapel

Well I can't do anything atm :p Comp wont even boot .. I hope I didn't just blow 250$ =/

i doubt it.... remove the battery for 5 min and try it again... also try one ram stick at a time.

also try reseating the cpu... believe me it sounds nuts but these can help

Whitechapel · #8 08-26-2009

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Originally Posted by punx223

i doubt it.... remove the battery for 5 min and try it again... also try one ram stick at a time.

also try reseating the cpu... believe me it sounds nuts but these can help

haha not nuts, as I've tried them .. I'll try again. I tried one stick in each slot, with all 3 sticks I have .. I took the battery out, but not for that long. I reset the cmos and all that good stuff .. and I've reseated the CPU 3 times now .. I'll take out the battery for a few and see what that does O.o

punx223 · #9 08-26-2009

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Originally Posted by Whitechapel

haha not nuts, as I've tried them .. I'll try again. I tried one stick in each slot, with all 3 sticks I have .. I took the battery out, but not for that long. I reset the cmos and all that good stuff .. and I've reseated the CPU 3 times now .. I'll take out the battery for a few and see what that does O.o

also remove the board from the case just in case it happens to have developed a short somehow...

What motherboard?

Whitechapel · #10 08-26-2009

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Originally Posted by punx223

also remove the board from the case just in case it happens to have developed a short somehow...

What motherboard?

I tried all that .. still no avail =/

It's a rampage II extreme. It's on my bench, I haven't put it in a case since I installed the TRUE ..

Someone said the back plate could be causing a short, but I took that off and it still just restarts ..

If I unplug the 8pin and just keep the 24pin plugged in it doesn't restart, but still nothing happens ..

And I just took it all apart again, reseated the ram, took out the battery while I did all that, changed up the ram some more .. and I when I booted the first time, it stayed on, but I didn't have anything plugged in except the power/8pin .. so I turned it off, and turned it right back on, and again, started restarting over and over ..