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Who's yo daddy ??!!
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2003 11:18 pm
by LT-73
Well guyz, you asked for it, you got it ! 2.6Ghz and climbing!
w00t!!
I'm gonna let her burn in a while and go for the 2.7Ghz, hee hee !

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2003 11:40 pm
by Shagster
Not very impressive :2cool:
...or is it?

I want to see 2.7Ghz by the end of the day. Remember that this is a tough crowd to please!
Excellent work, of course your going to give me the bios settings when I upgrade? *wink wink nudge nudge*
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2003 11:42 pm
by deksecurity
wow that nice 13x20:D i'm working on my setup like now oh well hope i can run 12.5x200 lol
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2003 11:56 pm
by LT-73
Shaggy, for your insolence it will cost you double for my settings and tweaks!
Just have the cold ones ready !
Thanx deks. With a lttle patience you'll get up there too. Just remember this board doesn't like the bios adjustments all at once. You have to do one thing only, then reboot. If you do it all at once, she won't boot and you'll have to reset cmos all the time.
I caught on to her little trick after 4 tries lol

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2003 11:59 pm
by deksecurity
now you talking LT thanks. look like i have to pick up a RAID card tomorrow it just not da same with RAID . and after that over clock time lol

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 12:01 am
by Brk
Reminds me...you get my box, Dino??
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 12:09 am
by Shagster
I don't have watercooling, but a vlocano 7+ should get me close. Wanna put this corsair to good use!
I'll go ahead and get the drinks...whats your brand?
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 12:14 am
by LT-73
You're most welcome deks
Hey Burke, yes, yes i did ! Muchas gracias !!
Not sure if that V7+ will get you close shaggy. Unless you have really great airflow thru your box, you might get a nice oc tho. Give it a shot and see how high you can get

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 12:15 am
by Massa
Yeah LT .. since im getting your H20 setup, i think ill be getting the same mobo (for OCing sake)
LOL
Nice man whens 2.8 coming?
later
Massa
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 12:25 am
by LT-73
Gracias massa
Dunno about the 2.8 unless i go vapo or prometeia and i'm not going that route. Maybe way down the line sometime, who knows. I know Tigress won't let me have anymore toys for a while after this, LOL
Godd Luck on the H20 setup. LMK the results.
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 12:31 am
by deksecurity
i just flash to new bios 1.6 i'm done for to night tomorrow after got my RADI card it time to over clock. watch out LT i'm on my way lol (j/k) and boy this abit NF7-S v1.2 rock man...
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 12:43 am
by LT-73
Kewlness!! LMK how that new bios werks out. I'm still using the factory 15's.
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 8:31 pm
by Mark
well i have some bad news from LT-73, seems as though his bios chip exploded and he is in the process of reinstalling his old mobo and reformating right now
he ain't real happy right about now, but he did make me laugh on the phone, also i think he may have formated his backup dive by mistake.
said he will be on here in a few hours so be sure to razzz him some

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 9:03 pm
by deksecurity
man that sad..i guess i wait for over clock then but i will move fsb up to 166
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 9:06 pm
by Shagster
I'm with you LT! I fried my BIOS chip too! But its too embarassing to tell why
I am running an epox 7kxa and a athlon 800. Waiting for a ribbon cable from bestbyte to RMA the whole package.
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 9:11 pm
by deleted_acct
Damn LT!! Not suprised I know u da man and always making it higher and higher! Maybe one day when i start over clocking i could be like u.

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 9:24 pm
by Duzmor
I bet this what happen - Abit has a Jumper by the upper fan header - That will fix the Bios Problem - But the new Bios is not out as of yet !!!
Read
Duzmor
Duz !!
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 10:23 pm
by Hopeful
POOR LT!!! man... crazy guy...
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 11:32 pm
by Massa
8RDA+ all the way!
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 11:39 pm
by THREADPOOPER
ohh man that stinks

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 12:16 am
by LT-73
Well I'm back, but I'm not happy. I dunno what the hell happend. Nebulous was running perfect. Not overheating or anything. I was watching a DVD then i got this weird message similar to a BSOD, then it tried to reboot amd just hang. I hit reset, rechecked evrything over and hit F10. When it rebooted, i heard a pop my screen goes dead and i smell the all to familiar burnt circuitry odor. I checked evrything with a fine toothed comb and saw the bios chip and it's socket. The dam chip exploded and the socket that holds the chip has disintegrated. There's some kind of colorful 3d sticker on the bios chip, and it's burnt. Looks like it's all bubbled up after it burned.
My new board is dead within 48 hours

This is the 3rd Abit that's died on me. I've had enough with Abit. I'm sending this pos back and get a refund or go with the Epox 8RDA+.
I put my 8K3A+ back. I managed to take off the crystal orb from the NB and attach my waterblocks. After formatting and installing most drivers, I started my clocks. With the NB watercooled, I got a nicer oc. I'll post a screenie soon.
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 12:17 am
by LT-73
Here ya go:
Almost 2.6Ghz. I'll keep trying and see if i can get it.
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 12:22 am
by Shagster
That sucks. But I've always liked my epox better than my abit.
My abit is broken too. BIOS problem. So I have my epox in right now.
Wait a damn second. Isnt that really ironic wouldn't you say?
great pc users **** up alike?

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 1:38 am
by YARDofSTUF
Originally posted by LT-73
My new board is dead within 48 hours
This is the 3rd Abit that's died on me. I've had enough with Abit. I'm sending this pos back and get a refund or go with the Epox 8RDA+.
to abits defense, they dont intend teh board to be under the stress u put on it. and it didnt just die, u did bring it to the edge

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 2:12 am
by THREADPOOPER
Originally posted by YARDofSTUF
to abits defense, they dont intend teh board to be under the stress u put on it. and it didnt just die, u did bring it to the edge
if it wasnt meant to be put under that kinda stress why the heck would they give you all those options to do that?
the bios chip shouldnt blow up because he pushed it 'to the edge' yes its running out of spec, but to say that it wasnt intended to be ran out of spec is outrageous
ocers are probably their biggest customer
ecsk7s5a, now thast a board not meant to be oced

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 2:23 am
by YARDofSTUF
Originally posted by THREADPOOPER
if it wasnt meant to be put under that kinda stress why the heck would they give you all those options to do that?
the bios chip shouldnt blow up because he pushed it 'to the edge' yes its running out of spec, but to say that it wasnt intended to be ran out of spec is outrageous
ocers are probably their biggest customer
ecsk7s5a, now thast a board not meant to be oced
i didnt say it wasnt meant to be OCed.
and i dont think abits customers are mostly ocers
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 12:13 pm
by LT-73
Hey Yos, I did'nt even get to the 'edge' as you so put it. 13x200 @ 1.92vcore and 2.9vdimm is not going to the edge. Ontop of that, my temps were:
cpu- Idle 25c, full load-29c
NB-21c
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 7:29 pm
by el bob
Originally posted by LT-73
Hey Yos, I did'nt even get to the 'edge' as you so put it. 13x200 @ 1.92vcore and 2.9vdimm is not going to the edge. Ontop of that, my temps were:
cpu- Idle 25c, full load-29c
NB-21c
Correct me if I'm wrong, but there is a lot more than goes into overclock thresholds than cpu and northbridge temps.
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 7:56 pm
by LT-73
Bob, what else? The Pci/agp is locked so there's no oc there meaning the Agp, Pci, HDD's cdroms is still in spec.
Only 2 things are oc'ed; cpu clock and memory clock.
What have i missed?
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 8:19 pm
by el bob
Originally posted by LT-73
Bob, what else? The Pci/agp is locked so there's no oc there meaning the Agp, Pci, HDD's cdroms is still in spec.
Only 2 things are oc'ed; cpu clock and memory clock.
What have i missed?
Hmm, maybe I'll do some reading later and see what turns up
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 9:09 pm
by Loonatic
I know what you're going through. I had 5 ABIT KT7A's die on me. I got sick of them, and went to MSI. Never looked back

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 11:06 pm
by Brk
Hmph. I laugh at AMDites.
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 11:30 pm
by Blisster
Hmph. I laugh at credit card companies.

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 11:30 pm
by m4a2t0t
Whos your daddy and what does he do
very nice OC man
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 11:33 pm
by Brk
Originally posted by Blisster
Hmph. I laugh at credit card companies.
I laugh at first.........then weep uncontrollably.
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 12:21 am
by Blisster
ahhh well, just go run 3dmark2003 again, that'll help you forget about it.....there there...........there there.......
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 7:09 am
by Jstyr
I've always loved my A-bits...then again I don't overclock them
A-Bits are supposed to run beyond spec...if your temps were fine and your cooling system working properly the only other explanation would be a power surge.
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 10:47 am
by LT-73
LOL, you guyz sure know how to cheer a guy up! For all you (ugh) intel-ites that don't believe in the awsome power of the AMD force, check this out:
Cpu temps went down today. 39c full load
The Nebulous Lives !!!!!!
Now who's yo daddy????

Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 3:42 pm
by deksecurity
lol LT sorry about your NF7-S now i'm at 11.5x200 and that all i will be at unto new bios come out .. then i'm happy it with.
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 4:37 pm
by LT-73
Niiiice dek !!! You'll get more if you switch cooling on that NB
2.3Ghz oc is most impressive! Congrats bro!

:2cool: