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Try this powerfull tool: http://www.komku.org/2013/07/winsetupfromusb-simplest-way-to-install-windows-xp-from-usb-flash-drive.html I have problem: to make my USB Pendrive windows XP bootable with optimised settings and SP3 integrated. It works. I don't know the structure of your motherboard, but if you don't use external USB controller, installation should end succesfully.

When I use Windows 2K and very old HW (486DX4), after 24 HRS SPI is just closing down and I can see desktop. (explorer.exe is not working so I can see only the background colour). When I used Windows XP and K5 I think I remember my first not optimised platform tests and non-OCed K5 it crashed and so I wanted to make it more stable so I added more HDDs (1 for OC, 1 for pagefile.sys, 1 for SPI calculations), then OCed CPU and it did <24 HRs. Back in the day I maybe didn't know about the 24 Hour limit, but I didn't pay attention to this...

There should be a new rule on HWB: when using gear older than socket 5 - then OCers can use "the old" SPI version.

Good to see progress on research.

But do not put contact cleaner inside socket. Tested it and it works baad. Best way is to put contact cleaner directly on CPU pins and RAM pins and then put it on tissue to dry. Putting c-c to socket 370 caused problems with tualatin CPUs

Haha that is shocking I have to tell that vNB by ZOMBIE gave me about 20-25 MHz if I remember correctly. 1Min? What a crap CPU, come on... This is similar performance like well OCed Pentium III (oldschool OCers aim in sum 1minute if is there not privy person reading). ///EDIT/// Yeah the best method to validate overclocking is to run a good-known benchmark like SuperPI 1M or more (best is 32M of crs). Similar thing like mine "fake-SDRAM-282-score". SuperPI dispel doubts

How?! Too much vcore?

No. I think it's a normal regular guy, not OCer. It's very interesting and my friend will maybe write an email to AMD. CPU-z says +300 % OC on 1.14 V ?!? I remember how much effort cost me to do +230 % OC year ago on s478. LINK It required vCPU mod, vNB and vMEM by zombie 8800 GTX power section, good mems, extreme cooling. I know that's Intel, but come on...

The new CPU-z is failing sometimes. On AMD socket A platform screenshot's size is 65 536 kB, mostly filled with HEX 00 values. I only disabled update check and XOC=1. That's one thing. Second thing is that on Pentium III platform when CPU works eg. at 980 MHz after F5 filename is cpu-312.bmp. 980 divided by 312 is ... ~PI. What is going on? Oh I checked and for example on my ASUS P3B-F (i440BX) and P3 933 MHz there is also problem with corrupted BMP files, but using the same harddrive disconnected from P3BF and connected to TUSL2 the screenshots are normally working (<1MB). On AsRock K7VM4 (socket A sempron 2200+) the same thing, abnormal size (~65 MB). GA-P35-DS3L (512 DDR2, E8600) the same thing 65 MB. ECS P6SAT <1MB. ABIT BE6-II and Celly 300A normal <1MB BMP files. Maybe it's because of using PCI GFX (S3 virge or ATI RAGE DVD+). I can't remember now but I have valids on mentioned platforms and will upload those in max 2 days.

Hi. I just want to share my way to make screenshots. I use this while overclocking and everyday use. MiniCap Portable does not need .NET and works on Win 2K, WXP, W7 and probably on vista, 8 and 10. It's easy to use. You can launch this from command line and it has visual interface also. I always do a shortcut for example: Start command (in first window) is: C:\CAP\MiniCap.exe -save "$date$ $dt:%H_%M$-n$uniquenum$.jpg" -capturedesktop -compress 9 -exit I use the program everyday. Quick, simple, works even on 486 (tested on W2K and AMD 486DX-4 without L2 cache) After download quick look to MiniCap.chm (helpfile): I think that's the owners official site when you can download it from:"MOUSER's software" LINKI wish you people lots of great screenshots

Hi everybody. It's not a HWBot submission but CPUz valid. I just want to ask is this score fake or possible? LINK According to HWBot database: LINK No one did even more than 2.3 GHz, and the suspected valid is 4GHz What do you thing people?

But socket 5 CPUs are compatible with socket 7 so this thread is good this way. Socket 4 is completely different and mobos are rare. Socket 3 yes should have it's own HoF

Why AX59PRO is so good? I can buy one quiet cheap, but might be crashed. Here: LINK 4th photo from the end.

According to CPUFSB 150 can be done by: ASUS P5A, EPOX EP-MVP3C2 and MVP3G5, SOYO 5ehm and so few others. these are theoretical freqs.

I'm also not interested in Team points at all. I'm interested only in HW points. SS is very usefull in SPI1M. Well I must learn how to waza first...

Ok guys. Thanks for advices. Yes I do know that it is slow in compare with other top results in ranking. I have never played with waza. I tested the influence if using slow disc. My "slow disc" was a old CF card limited to ~5-8 MB/s. My HDD is something older than barracuda 7200.11 to this platform but I can change it to faster device. I think the most slowing down thing when using CF card is a lack of cache inside CF case. And here are the clock-to-clock comparison between CF and HDD: SPI32M: Hard Disk 1:13:42 CompactFlash 1:21:17 Difference is not that big but can be a real problem. EDIT: I miss my Single Stage so much :( I have only stupid TECs but at least could be a great fun with thise peltiers devices.

What I'm doing wrong? Is that because not using WAZA or what? Slow HDD? I'm really poor on tweaking SPI, but tweaked windows quiet nicely I thing. Maybe my problem with second TUSL2-C is too high modded voltage... Max voltage on TUSL2-c is 1.7 without mods on this CPU)

Batman's revenge has a strange bios. There are two files and this flash chip is sort of divided to two parts. The programming tool when mobo was working was telling me that something just went wrong and the lack of dc-dc converter was also weird. I was thinking this was beta-version of this motherboard and they have done customer-version down to a price by removing unnessecary parts. I must say that I'm amazed by these amounts of memory tweaked. <10 MB!? It's shocking. I haven't heard about this BIOS SAVIOUR. Very nice thing. CF cards - i just discovered windows crashing while OCing PIII platform when using system installed on CompactFlash drive. They are quiet touchy and can't pass 40 MHz PCI. It's bad nwes for me and maybe you. I tested only Sandisk Extreme 32 GB. My 1 GB CF is too slow to make me want to play around with copying sector-by-sector optimised windows.

I didn't know about this thread. I tried also: - change amount of memory, now 96 MB because of destroyed poor 32 MB ones - change system from NT4.0 which is annoying as s... and no USB support without mods. Mods not poss to be done on such slow system. - change motherboard - add PCI external controllers (CMD or Silicon Image 680). the SI680 is very good and I have even done a trick - CF card to store SPI salculations (1GB is enough, huh?)(on AMD K5 it was enough ) - Pagefile on the same drive as system I haven't tried the trick with changing time just before every 24 hrs. (maybe it's better to change time every 12 hours? Or better 11h:50min?). I will be back and some day I will do this extremely extreme SPI32 MB on 486. There's also so much other problems. For example not reliable ISA connectors - might be dirt on connecitons. There is also possibility that CMOS battery was leaked which is very common issue on old motherboards and there might be some "cutted" electrical paths. For example normal path has 0.2 ohm and the oxidised can have few oms and leakage would make some non-linear behaviours at high freqs. The paths are made of copper. Long time ago before silicon and germanium there was copper oxide rectifiers - the non linear el. parts. The most scarry thing for me is that L2 cache or CPU pins can be covered by dirt and dust or some oxidate things. This might cause problems even after few hrs of counting SPI... Ahh, this is very hard and good UPS is needed. Good PSU is also not bad idea. I have 2 motherboards but non of those is for shure rock stable. Both pass memtest, but SPI is behaving differently, and there we are back to the question "is the instability caused by system realtime clock". It would be nice to ask the maker of SPI if he included some "security features" for example scarry user won't unplug the PSU so program is closing automatically after "long time" when "long time" is defined by 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds or something like that. These are my ideas. What other ideas do you have ppl?

Impressive CPU and score. What non-working at OC'd clock PCI cards you tested? My S3 VIRGE can work to around 55 MHz and ATI RAGE DVD I don't remember but arond 53-58 possible. How much L2 cache?

I have done lots of Reference Clock scores in "motherboards" category these days. When I want to use "prepopulate fields by previous submission" option then I can't write my new motherboard name. The "in-window-search" (search while start typing in motherboard model) does not work. It will be nice if I don't have to fill all the fields manually. //EDIT// I can see now that the reason is simple. The lack of "chipset" and "manufacturer". For example if I click into my ASUS P2B-D submission then it's only possible to choose ASUS models. Please change this to all options visible. By the way it's not that great in my opinion that when using "prepopulate fields..." option the CPU optnons for example BATCH are vanishing and OCer is forced to click in CPU choose window and then BATCH and a number of options pops up. I don't know if was it done to increase readability but it would be nice if all options always visible (no matter if using "prepopulate" option or filling fields manually). It's only my feelings, I don't know what other OCers will say.

How do you know the theoretical limits? Is it determined by clock generator or what? This is nice idea. Yesterday i was OCing old ABIT KG7 and there was I/O voltage settings in BIOS. Rising it a bit was giving me a better scores. (Nothing new ) And just to confirm this i can say that the same happening on Pentium 3 platform. Rising I/O is good, so good idea with this. I am still wondering what is all about this FSB+33 MHz "divider". On a number of motherboards I have seen the same option but was called "FSB+PCI". So if you start with 100MHz fsb +33 mem its 133 mem. But what if you do eg. 120 FSB?? Is it 153 or is it 120*1.3333(3)=160

You can play around with TEC on NB or even better cooling. I had once ABIT KT7 or KT7a but was not working, blowen caps and something else, gone to gold-diggers... If you are interested in this I had once also a good-looking KT133 (a?) motherboard DFI AK74 (the name lol). It was back in the non-OC days so I don't remember exacly if had good clockgen. Maybe some SOLTEKs would beat this score. Keep pushing EDIT Hmm seems like that DFI AK74 has ICS 94215 and max 133 FSB, but I am not 100'% shure.

Very nice ! Is that limit of the chipset? In other words: what possibly limited you?

Why blackops, not the P5E3 Premium? I see you did not pushed it to maximum. For example mems could be a little bit better, but still 2nd place in this competition is very good! Thanks to participe