flewpastu Posted December 30, 2006 i thought i was down & out found a new beta bios with the 1333 boot strap ........ but i think i'm done flashing for a while ............... besides i dont think i will benefit from a 1333 boot strap with the Quad ........... a E6600 or lower maby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caintry_boy Posted December 30, 2006 Shooooot Flew, just glad to see ya' back and fairly cheaply at that. That info from Rainbow has saved my bacon more often than not and their "UniFlash" too. Now like someone said, lets see those new scores! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shogan191 Posted December 30, 2006 Just be sure to get rid of your old tests and cache or anthying that might cause a screw up on your score. You should get some points with that clock. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
X_C Posted December 30, 2006 i thought i was down & out found a new beta bios with the 1333 boot strap ........ but i think i'm done flashing for a while ............... besides i dont think i will benefit from a 1333 boot strap with the Quad ........... a E6600 or lower maby So your not going to run the quad? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flewpastu Posted December 30, 2006 So your not going to run the quad? runnin the Quad i was just sayin i think the 1333bootstrap would help achieve higher than 450mhz fsb OC's but havin trouble getting the quad to run over 310mhz as it is so a higher bootstrap wouldnt help in this case i deleted all old tests except my oldest P4 test running a Beta bios still so i may try a floppy bios update with a newer one ....... just a little nervous now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tarawa Posted December 30, 2006 Great news flew. I know a guy that sells bios chips, preprogramed for $10 +shipping. PM me if your interested. Always nice to have a backup. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flewpastu Posted December 30, 2006 Great news flew. I know a guy that sells bios chips, preprogramed for $10 +shipping. PM me if your interested. Always nice to have a backup. got 1 coming from abit $free+ S&H but paid extra for 2day express ....... certainly worth keeping around for a back up side note just re-encoded a dvd in 1minute & 10 sec's with DVD2ONE ........... @ Stock clock Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rtyrie1 Posted December 30, 2006 runnin the Quad i was just sayin i think the 1333bootstrap would help achieve higher than 450mhz fsb OC's but havin trouble getting the quad to run over 310mhz as it is so a higher bootstrap wouldnt help in this case i deleted all old tests except my oldest P4 test running a Beta bios still so i may try a floppy bios update with a newer one ....... just a little nervous now This is starting to make me think of "Pirates of the Carribean", Bootstrap's bootstrap. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raptor Posted December 31, 2006 Alright Flew hope you get it in time... oop's thats today. No mail sunday Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsurf48 Posted December 31, 2006 (edited) ...havin trouble getting the quad to run over 310mhz as it is so a higher bootstrap wouldnt help in this case That seems to be pretty much standard for the QX6700s. I found the same thing with both Intel 975x and nForce 680i motherboards. Some of the discussions and a comment from one of the eVGA techs seem to indicate that this is a BIOS issue which will eventually be fixed, possibly related to strapping. Mike Edited December 31, 2006 by Windsurf48 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsurf48 Posted December 31, 2006 i thought i was down & out found a new beta bios with the 1333 boot strap ........ but i think i'm done flashing for a while ............... besides i dont think i will benefit from a 1333 boot strap with the Quad ........... a E6600 or lower maby Didn't you post something about CPU scores not going up when you tested at 3.9 GHz, or was that someone else? Anyway, I had two hours driving today delivering a rescued Alaskan malamute to an adopter, and as my mind ticked over I wondered if you had any of the BIOS thermal control options turned on, and if that could be holding back performance at the higher speeds. Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flewpastu Posted December 31, 2006 Didn't you post something about CPU scores not going up when you tested at 3.9 GHz, or was that someone else? Anyway, I had two hours driving today delivering a rescued Alaskan malamute to an adopter, and as my mind ticked over I wondered if you had any of the BIOS thermal control options turned on, and if that could be holding back performance at the higher speeds. Mike yeah that was me /. stock CPU score aprox 43K and almost 50K @3.5ghz and 50K @ 3.9ghz now that shes back up and runnin i'll see what i can mess up next Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsurf48 Posted December 31, 2006 yeah that was me /. stock CPU score aprox 43K and almost 50K @3.5ghz and 50K @ 3.9ghz now that shes back up and runnin i'll see what i can mess up next I see that something you did seems to have worked. Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flewpastu Posted December 31, 2006 I see that something you did seems to have worked. Mike OC guru i'll post more info on monday Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IntelGuy Posted December 31, 2006 You can PM me now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flewpastu Posted December 31, 2006 You can PM me now PM sent Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caintry_boy Posted December 31, 2006 Gee, I don't see any PM's.......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miggs78 Posted December 31, 2006 (edited) Gee, I don't see any PM's.......... Yeah me too, I waited for an hour... Edited December 31, 2006 by miggs78 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shogan191 Posted December 31, 2006 That must be the PublicMessage we missed. LOL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rtyrie1 Posted December 31, 2006 That must be the PublicMessage we missed. LOL I got a phone call. Nanny-nanny boo-boo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gryph Posted December 31, 2006 Awesome score Flew I guess you are liking that Vapo? Gryph Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tarawa Posted December 31, 2006 Yeah me too, I waited for an hour... Vapo owners only, Mggsy. I wasn't invited either. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flewpastu Posted December 31, 2006 well i'm done what i thought i did to fix my CPU score apparently wasnt it .......... i tried every thing wish i knew what i did but dont know what it was my previous test was @ 3.96 and even tho i've run about 50 back to back pit tests @ almost 4.3ghz its not much better than @ 3.5ghz ............... the problem has returned ........ dont know what else to do except tip my Hat to the winner and Congratulate all who participated and especially greatful to those that helped me with the BIOS Fiasco its been fun Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IntelGuy Posted January 1, 2007 Congrats to Gryph, Flewpastu, and Windsurf48 , three guys who just proved that yes, you can overclock a Quad!! Great job guys! ............................................... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lou Posted January 1, 2007 Again, a great competition with thanks to all who put it on, and all who competed. Well done. I have to admit with the late addition of the Kentsfields, makes the prospect of going to anything less as an upgrade pointless. If I were to upgrade to a E6600 then I would be halfway between the Dual core AMDs and the Kentsfields. Basically a waste of money as far as OCing is concerned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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