jedihobbit
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 Posted: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:08:09 Post Subject: |
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04/05/07 Late PM
IT’S ALIVE!!!
Spent most of this evening loading up drivers and misc. programs that should help me with testing and ultimately oc’ing. One thing I did notice is one of my old faithfuls is out in the rain because it seems MBM5 does not support this mobo?!? So is fan speed and temps monitored elsewhere?
For fun 3Dmarks ’03 = 14802, 3Dmarks ’05 = 8897, & 3Dmarks ’06 = 5220, and ran PCMarks ’05 but was suffering from some driver issues so = meaningless.
So now it is time to pay attention to the manual and figure out what all the little things are for oc’ing as there is a lot more to play with than I was used to with the Chaintech 7NIL1 socket A!
04/06/07 in the wee hours
Started playing with the bios and learned something real fast >> “Live Update” can get you a** in trouble and “Integrated Flash Program” (I.F.P.) can save it! While checking out the update function, it appeared that I fubar’ed the bios (quiet ud!). However I was able to download the latest version (CU51M811) to a floppy and “flash” it through I.F.P. It was so easy I decided to flash a beta version from Rebel Haven Biostar Forum (CU51M811) that seemed to add a lot of extra settings. The only problem was it appeared to cause fan data to disappear while using the smart fan function and would boot the system when I clicked on the “image”. This required me to go back to the standard version.
Attempted some suggested setting from Rebel Haven and amdmb (http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=417506 ) but ended up with “cmos jumper time”. The sandman is beating me with a 50-pound bag so going to call it quits for now.
04/06 Later in the day – 09/07
It seems I’m fighting an inner ear issue and am devoting my time between walking around like a drunken sailor or hugging the floor. If and when this gets stabilized will be asking some noob questions for sure on how to get going on oc’ing this thing. It seems the 939 setup requires a wee bit more thought than the old Skt. A!
With bobing head and moving keyboard I’ll leave you with a few pictures of it together and running. First in the light
 
And in the dark
  
And for fun a couple of the bluegears fan, the lettering is more red though.
 
Second shot is through the top window.
Need to go crash now get to see doc #3 tomorrow!
04/10/07
While I'm not wobbling too much, here are a couple of my "bling" disappointments (as you know that always makes it go faster!).
1. Thought the zalman cooler on the Sapphire was a VF900-cu LED
2. The acrylic cover was supposed to have been a more translucent blue (allowing more of the led fan to show through.
3. I think one or two of the leds in the fan have borked.
4. The 120mm fan is so bright it overpowers the CNPS7000B-Cu.
5. The interior just doesn’t “glow” if you know what I mean.
As it is running now I really don’t want to touch it. However down the pike I guess I could always replace the GPU HSF, rip the cover off and replace it (if available), and check the PSU fan.
As for now the only exterior “bling” plans are to come up with graphics for the windows that fit the reference to a distant ancestry. Want to take the time to do research on this and not “Hollywoodize” it if you now what I mean.
So for the rest of the year I was attempting to OC DreamCatcher and in the process ended up going from the Opty 165, to a 175, and ended up with a 170. If there is an interest in how that session went let me know and I do the thread. 
DreamCatcher v2.0 came about when I started changing things around that involved 2 other builds, a desire to water cool, and getting into the realm of AM2.
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