8K3A memory controller failures @ 200mhz FSB +

[FaTs]

Has anyone else had the memory cicurit/controller fail on their 8K3A/+ when overclocking past 200mhz FSB ? It's happened to me twice now...

[Mo]

right here.

[xBillx]

What indicates a memory controller failure to you? Do you get a blue screen that says "memory controller failure" or something? I can't OC past 200FSB, but I figured it might be my vid card not working at that high an AGP speed, since I get crazy polygon anomolies at that speed.

Originally posted by FaTs
Has anyone else had the memory cicurit/controller fail on their 8K3A/+ when overclocking past 200mhz FSB ? It's happened to me twice now...

[FaTs]

Originally posted by xBillx
What indicates a memory controller failure to you? Do you get a blue screen that says "memory controller failure" or something? I can't OC past 200FSB, but I figured it might be my vid card not working at that high an AGP speed, since I get crazy polygon anomolies at that speed.

Because Epox tech support tell me the mem contoller has failed. Although this time it completely fired and wont even display boot codes...

[bldegle2]

this is the skinney from my kitchen.

first, if you are running lots of USB, forget the FSB over about 195, varies from board to board. total loss of connectivey while using the film reader device, in my case, especially when transfering larger files, like SHO JPEG's from my digtial camera. my USB housed 2.5 lappy converted hard drive is very quirky too, it is my portable for traveling from machine to machine.

then, depending on your hard drive (s), type of ram and ram timings, you could be leaving yourself open to, err, interesting stuff happening, boot sectors going bad, memory dumps, AGP blue screens, bad NTSF volume (that one really hurts), then there is the AGP tearing the appears above 200FSB for most boards, but it ususally is good in windows up to around 210, then pixelation will start to occur on the edges of letters, the mouse cursor, edges of windows, stuff like that, and this varies from board to board.

this said, it is a good board. with an unlocked CPU that has a factory x of 13 or more, there are a lot of new x's that become availble with the bios's that support the original 2700+ and 2800+, and i have found out that running somewhere in the low to mid 180 FSB area, ram timings set to whatever your ram can reasonably hanldle, you will have a very happy board that will perform without a glich, and pretty darn rippin fast. you will find it is actually faster in operation at this FSB level, you have to ignore the benches, trust me on this one, been experiementing and using the 8k3a+ of mine for so long it is a no brainer.

then there is the Radeon 9700, a pure disappointment as I could not get over 195FSB with mine, had to revert to the 9000pro to get the extreme FSB clockage.

it is a pure shame a 1/6 divider was never implemented on this board, a big mistake in my opinion.

anyway, i am still running mine, all my explosions are caused when i insist on hammering the system at real high FSB speeds and clocking experiments. still a very excellant board if treated properly.

if my needs for USB didn't exist, and with newer high FSB friendly hard drives installed, 200+ is a cranking fast setup.

the Abit NF7 rev 1.2 is looking real good, it may just get me to to the changeover to NForce2 (re-re-revised).

baldy

[FaTs]

Originally posted by bldegle2
this is the skinney from my kitchen.

first, if you are running lots of USB, forget the FSB over about 195, varies from board to board. total loss of connectivey while using the film reader device, in my case, especially when transfering larger files, like SHO JPEG's from my digtial camera. my USB housed 2.5 lappy converted hard drive is very quirky too, it is my portable for traveling from machine to machine.

then, depending on your hard drive (s), type of ram and ram timings, you could be leaving yourself open to, err, interesting stuff happening, boot sectors going bad, memory dumps, AGP blue screens, bad NTSF volume (that one really hurts), then there is the AGP tearing the appears above 200FSB for most boards, but it ususally is good in windows up to around 210, then pixelation will start to occur on the edges of letters, the mouse cursor, edges of windows, stuff like that, and this varies from board to board.

this said, it is a good board. with an unlocked CPU that has a factory x of 13 or more, there are a lot of new x's that become availble with the bios's that support the original 2700+ and 2800+, and i have found out that running somewhere in the low to mid 180 FSB area, ram timings set to whatever your ram can reasonably hanldle, you will have a very happy board that will perform without a glich, and pretty darn rippin fast. you will find it is actually faster in operation at this FSB level, you have to ignore the benches, trust me on this one, been experiementing and using the 8k3a+ of mine for so long it is a no brainer.

then there is the Radeon 9700, a pure disappointment as I could not get over 195FSB with mine, had to revert to the 9000pro to get the extreme FSB clockage.

it is a pure shame a 1/6 divider was never implemented on this board, a big mistake in my opinion.

anyway, i am still running mine, all my explosions are caused when i insist on hammering the system at real high FSB speeds and clocking experiments. still a very excellant board if treated properly.

if my needs for USB didn't exist, and with newer high FSB friendly hard drives installed, 200+ is a cranking fast setup.

the Abit NF7 rev 1.2 is looking real good, it may just get me to to the changeover to NForce2 (re-re-revised).

baldy

I'm waiting for the new rev of 8RDA's to hit the stores. They have chipset voltage adjustments in BOIS ..

I agree they are awesome boards, i just wish i could stop mine from dieing . But my old 8K7A+ runs 200mhz all day every day

[sapasion]

I've been at 202 on my 8K3A for quite some time now. Also I had the baby up to 217 all be it very temporarily for some FSB testing when I still had my Tbird. One thing I've found is there are some automatic defaults which engage at 200FSB. Manually overriding them is necessary