I'm beginning to get REALLY annoyed

[vgbaron]

Set CHA&B Vref to auto. No problems - OCCT 1hour.

Did notice that Memory Remap was set to Enabled by default in RE Bios. Left it alone since I recd the 64bit OS and plan on installing later tonight after I document all the BIOS settings.

Do you see any problem with my doing the XP install at the 4G clock? Seems stable so far. Actually, what difference does it make - I'm going to format the drive and do a clean install anyway. If it screws up, reformat, lower the clock and try again.

One other thing I noticed - not being anal but JIC it is relevant - if I do repeat passes with Everest Bench - I get latency anywhere from 47.9 to 48.3ns with a change in read speed of +- 40mb/s.

Thanx

[NickN]

you being WAY TOO ANAL

0.4 change?

that to you is in mills of a second

get over it    ;D

[vgbaron]

ROFLMAO!!

That's why I put in the disclaimer

[vgbaron]

Just thought of something - I'm NOT using RAID but would I need to load a RAID driver at install time. Seem to vaguely recall reading that XP64 does things differently.

reset to 400x9 and install seems to be going along now. Booted into xp and is doing setup.

whatever - time for a single malt

[NickN]

you dont need any RAID driver if you are not using RAID..

It would probably be best to back off the CPU clock with the Windows install but a bad call when copy files from CD would indicate either the CD cant keep up with the clock or the disk itself was smudged

[vgbaron]

rgr - backed off and install completed. Installing drivers, etc now. When all is done will up the clock.

Nice feature of the RE BIOS is that I can keep two profiles in memory.

[NickN]

You probably just needed to back off the DRAM STATIC READ and 1T

with one disabled and the other on 2T you would probably have been fine

you are really pushing it with both those enabled

The memory is not rated for 1T and I know anything above 1600 with DSRC  Enabled is really pushing your luck

[vgbaron]

Understood. I'll see how much of a hassle it becomes.

BTW, the 332bit IE7 will no longer install in XP64 - it's either IE6 or IE7 64bit. Guess it means I go to firefox if they have a 64 bit product. I like tabbed browsing but I use a lot of activeX controls so the *security* features are a PITA.

[NickN]

huh?

They took out the 32bit version of IE?

you sure?

Check and see if there is a

C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer

If so the iexplore.exe in that folder should be 32bit

If not.. let me check and see if its possible to install IE7 x32 from MS directly which is probably how its done now... upgrade IE6 to IE7 from Windows Update

Use IE6 to access Windows Update..   TOOLS - WINDOWS UPDATE. Do all the songs and dances they ask for then check to see if IE7 is included in the offerings

I bet it is


You need to get all your updates anyway and you should use IE6 to do that before doing anything else.

It does not sound like you have been to WindowsUpdate yet

[vgbaron]

MY bad - didn't look in the start menu - there are two IE's 332/64 but both ie6. The upgrade to ie7 won't take 32bit - only 64.

Windows update only gave me sp2 on first pass. Will check again tonight.

Only hitch I see so far is that XP64 will NOT power down the system. The software shuts down but the fans still run. Worked fine in 32.

Noticed it when I shut down for the night so I'll look at it when I get home later.

Installed the 180.48 drivers w/o problem.

One step at a time.

[NickN]

MY bad - didn't look in the start menu - there are two IE's 332/64 but both ie6. The upgrade to ie7 won't take 32bit - only 64.

Windows update only gave me sp2 on first pass. Will check again tonight.

Only hitch I see so far is that XP64 will NOT power down the system. The software shuts down but the fans still run. Worked fine in 32.

Noticed it when I shut down for the night so I'll look at it when I get home later.

Installed the 180.48 drivers w/o problem.

One step at a time.

hold it

Your disk dd not come with SP2 on it already?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6832116378

where did you get it from because I can tell you from my own nightmare experience that applying SP2 via the web update caused Nvidia video drivers to crash and burn in any 3D. The only solution was to make a slipstream SP2 XP x64 CD and install clean

It sounds to me like you got a VERY OLD copy of XP x64

[vgbaron]

Hmm - what is the old saying - when it sounds too good to be true......

It's a legit copy but it's an educational version - no frills.

I could d/l SP2 and slipstream it, format and reinstall or buy another copy.

[NickN]

Hmm - what is the old saying - when it sounds too good to be true......

It's a legit copy but it's an educational version - no frills.

I could d/l SP2 and slipstream it, format and reinstall or buy another copy.

I would

they completely replaced the HAL in SP2 and if you dont do the slipstream and install clean you wont get the HAL upgraded at the same time


I could not believe it when I saw it... I mean the same CRAP issue in the web update for the x64 version (causes different failures but the same reason... the HAL is not updated) and that SP2 x64 patch came out just undeer 2 years ago!

You will need to upgrade to IE7 from IE6 via Windows Update unless they included IE7 in the SP2 package now... I do not know if they did or not

[vgbaron]

the saga continues.............


At least this isn't as frustrating as the BSOD's at every turn with the last mobo.

[NickN]

welll you know what... I would rather smack you in the face now than later when I see a thread entitled

"WTF??? NOW MY SYSTEM WONT RUN 3D STABLE?????"