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Clever block mount!

Mine does 1.475V 1GHz+ on stock cooling.

At -10 Russians are celebrating the warm weather. At -20 they put their shirt on. At -30 they even put a sweater.

So should I upload the backup? I'm still benching though.

Nice one

Thanks. Don't worry though, your first place is kind of guaranteed. I don't have LN2 and your aqua run is too much for my poor CPU.

Then maybe something else is "failing". I see a lot of variance between different chips. Not that I've tested many, but over the net. If it is some SATA device, then it would just fail and not be recognized rather than preventing the board to POST, am I right?

Let me guess - you're benching 2D with high-end current-gen VGA. Try another VGA that can handle increased PCI-e clocks.

My experience as a buyer is good overall, but I haven't sold anything on ebay. Tried once, the item didn't sell and I gave up. I've had about 3 cases on ebay: - One was for a VGA that never arrived, there was no real picture of it, no shipping confirmation, tracking or any response from the seller after the transaction. Ebay judget in my favor and it was the right thing. - Second one was a nice DFI LanParty Ultra-B, full retail packaging, etc. The price was high, but this is kind of a collector's item. Seller said board is like new, works fine. Not sure if he neglected working condition or actually tried to sell me a non-working board. It took him a looot of time to ship it after sending many messages. He was always saying "tomorrow". I had to cancel the deal after seeing this, but I wanted that board. He eventually shipped it and it arrived, but was not working - all capacitors were K.O. Fortunately after replacing them the board worked. I'm usually willing to cooperate, but this time opened a case and won. He was pissed. - Third time was a cheap s.939 CPU that got lost somehow during shipping, but I could see the seller is a honest guy, not trying to fool me. He issued a full refund, which I didn't request, so I sent him some money for compensation, because it was not his fault, nor mine. We both shared the loss this way. Generally I try to resolve issues directly with the buyer. However your experience is awful and after reading this I would never try to sell something on ebay again.

Yes, of course. It has standby power when I try the clearcmos button. Anyway, running without a battery now. Btw, things are getting better 3733 is the maximum I can get at the moment, regardless of timings. Mems are capable for sure, maybe it is just my CPU's IMC.

We tqlked on PM, but willwrite it here - between 1.6 and 1.7, don't remember. Not that it really matters, most of AM2 cpus work best at lower volts.

I have turned it off from the power switch. It booted at default, but docp setting were still there.

Can't get it boot this way. Leaving it without battery for ~30min worked and all settings are still there in bios. It only happens with DOCP, manual is able to recover.

I think there are some differences in IMC or maybe the Infinity Fabric is the component limiting RAM overclock. Both my B-die kits can do over 4000 12-11-11 on Intel platform, so definitely capable. I've also noticed difference between my 1800X and 1700. While 3200 is easy with 1800X, it was on the edge with 1700. And all scores scale with Infinity Fabric clock which is the same as mem clock.

@elmor Loading DOCP Standard, then the XMP (3733C17 mems) boots at 3200. Then, tried raising bclk to see if 3600 will boot (skipping the mem hole) and it didn't boot. This leads to infinite reboot cycles and the board can't recover. Using clrcmos does not help, turning PSU power off doesn't help. Leaving just one module doesn't help. CPU is on ambient water. Happens for the second time, will probably need to remove battery again.

w00t, 1900C12?

CPUz shows VID, not real volts.

1001 works for me, updated from 0902 via ez flash menu after clear cmos.

Try this one http://forum.hwbot.org/showthread.php?t=167998 It's not optimized for benching though, just standard Win7 x64 SP1 Ultimate.

Just to ease the newcomers I've slipstreamed required drivers for installing Windows 7 on Zen platform. This is Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 RTM without tweaks for services, removed components, unattended settings, etc. It includes drivers from: USB 3.0 and 3.1 drivers found in "AMD all in 1 driver ver:16.50.2601" SATA Floppy Image ver:8.1.0.26 ASMedia SATA3 Driver ver:2.0.8.0 for X370 Download: https://mega.nz/#!J8ZGBRAA!Af6WYN8fVsQ48Oll4eCU9ZrtGRVL2ERZ3E3iN5g2T_0 for X470/570 Download: https://mega.nz/file/chkBDAYB#CrngA5O8PlrCZdZgnGfjBJ_nbE3_lzzR7ywOauxVc9Q How to create bootable USB drive: 1. Prepare an empty USB drive with 4GB or greater capacity. 2. Download rufus. I suggest portable version. 3. Open rufus and from the button next to "ISO Image" select your ISO. 4. Leave default settings (as on screenshot) and hit Start.

Ok, my board is not dead. After staying more than 48 hours without battery in its retail box, it now booted fine. CPU is also fine. Also thanks Jon (elmor) for support!

I was also thinking of providing a slipstreamed Win7 x64, but I'm currently having a problem with it on B350 motherboard, while it installed fine on Crosshair VI. Don't really know what is the problem, but if (when) I manage to solve it, I could share it on hwbot.

No other solution for installing Windows 7. Drivers need to be slipstreamed. A good idea would be to slipstream the drivers, then share your ISO file with your team members.

I have 4x8GB B-die and will get a new board today, so I'm going to test 4x8 if my 1800X is still alive.

chew* is right, SOC 1.2V doesn't help with anything, leave it at 1.0V. Even on LN2 I didn't see a difference, but haven't played much with it to be 100% sure. So your mem is B-die then, good.