It's an option in the Cell Menu. I know the option isn't present in bios v1.2, but it is in v1.6. When it is on auto I just change to the next and previous setting to determine the auto setting in volts. I can see the direct changes tot Ref0 and Ref1 when I change vtt and the result is the same. Ref0 will be about 63% of VTT and Ref1 will be about 66,5% of VTT.
GTLREF and FSB VTT Voltage Tweaking
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Same here if I do the same thing in BIOS, however, left on AUTO, Green Power Center will show identical values. What I am trying to point out is, that checking the settings in BIOS and inferring from the setting that comes after AUTO what the AUTO setting looks like, may bring you on the wrong track.
Well it's interesting that GPC shows identical values on auto and that your bios behaves as mine. I have no other tools than bios to check voltages for vtt etc. The bios should be right, but could be wrong. In my experience it's more likely that the program is wrong. Only way to be sure is by using a multimeter. What does GPC show, when you manually adjust Refs?
To be more precise(bios)
Ref0 0.7859 ->auto-> 0.7900
Ref1 0.8262 ->auto-> 0.8300
Vtt: 1.25
Ref0: 62,8% ->auto-> 63.3%
Ref1: 66,1% ->auto-> 66,4%
Ref1 percentage is slightly off, could be my memory, but I also tested with higer/lower vtt, so I could have made a mistake when calculating.
VTT on auto should be 1.2 and one step higer is 1.21 and one step lower is 1.19. It is not certain until checked with a multimeter but I all does seem to be logical...
To be more precise(bios)
Ref0 0.7859 ->auto-> 0.7900
Ref1 0.8262 ->auto-> 0.8300
Vtt: 1.25
Ref0: 62,8% ->auto-> 63.3%
Ref1: 66,1% ->auto-> 66,4%
Ref1 percentage is slightly off, could be my memory, but I also tested with higer/lower vtt, so I could have made a mistake when calculating.
VTT on auto should be 1.2 and one step higer is 1.21 and one step lower is 1.19. It is not certain until checked with a multimeter but I all does seem to be logical...
Hello,
Im new to overclocking and trying to learn this. SO far my attempts have been failures
Im trying to understand this ax b= c formula
How do I know what to make "A" ( my FSB VTT) ? I understand how to get C from a and b ,, but how do I know what to set A to?
also It looks like my board has the 2 GTLREF references. One for each die. It also has a MCH GTL Reference.
Here is what I have so far:ANy suggestions? (the FSB is set to 400 and the original was 333)
Im new to overclocking and trying to learn this. SO far my attempts have been failures
Im trying to understand this ax b= c formula
How do I know what to make "A" ( my FSB VTT) ? I understand how to get C from a and b ,, but how do I know what to set A to?
also It looks like my board has the 2 GTLREF references. One for each die. It also has a MCH GTL Reference.
Here is what I have so far:ANy suggestions? (the FSB is set to 400 and the original was 333)
Hello there.
Sorry for digging this out, but I have a few questions regarding this topic.
On my P7N2 Motherboard with an Wolfdale Dualcore I can set the following:
FSB Termination Voltage / VTT between [1.056V and 1.313V]
CPU GTL Reference Voltage between [0.65-0.666 and 0.668-0.688] (Factor the VTT gets multiplied with.)
NB GTL Reference Voltage between [0.591-0.611 and 0.668-0.691] (Factor the VTT gets multiplied with.)
The Reference Voltages are set in absolute Volts, depending on the VTT and the factor from above.
So far I noticed that there is a relation between NB Voltage and VTT.
The higher the NB Voltage gets, the higher the VTT has to go up in order for a basic amount of "stability". (Boot to Windows and don't freeze on the desktop without load within a few seconds.)
I am trying to get a FSB of 450 MHz stable, NB Voltage is currently on 1.35V.
First I left VTT, CPU GTL and NB GTL on Auto, but with VTT on Auto I didn't manage to get to the Desktop anymore without the system not POSTing or simply freezing somewhere on the way.
So I increased the VTT beginning from the lowest value to make it to the desktop. That would be 1.214V.
Now the questions:
1. How do I know what combination of NB Voltage and VTT is "right"?
I messed with it for hours now, setting the NB Voltage (1.35 i.e.) and increasing the VTT in ~0.05V increments. (It regulary has 0.01-0.02 increments.)
But so far, there hasn't been any value I could get stable trough Prime95 Large (672k) for more than 20 minutes without producing errors.
Even if I go for the "give em all you got" way and set the VTT straight to 1.313V for any NB Voltage (1.35/1.38/1.42/1.47/1.5) it won't last long. It appears that too much VTT leads to instability aswell in form of rounding errors, for 1.5V even freezes.
Then I tried to play around with the GTL Voltages for a few of the "better" VTT values (that went close to 20 minutes) but two things seem strange to me:
2.1. From what I read in OC guides, the CPU GTL should be between 61...68% for Wolfdale Dualcores, depending on where you look. Some say it should be equal to the NB GTL which should be at 67%. And then you can read that the NB GTL should be more important than the CPU GTL, but I couldn't find any specific values for it, apart from the 67%.
The point that gives me headaches are the values that I can set in my bios. As mentioned above, the NB goes from x0.591 to x0.611 (small increments of 0.0005) and from x0.668 to x0.691 (wide increments of 0.002). That would be sufficient for the ~x0.67 but what is the fine scaled area between .591 to .611 for?
The CPU GTL, on the other hand, goes from x0.65 to x0.666 and from x0.668 to x0.688. With the recommendation in mind, everything from 61% to <65% is simply out of range for me.
First I thought I mixed up CPU and NB GTL, but I am pretty sure it's this way and not the other way around.
2.2. Sometimes you read that most people only use the GTLs in order to reduce their CPU and NB Voltages by a notch or two, once they got their system stable. Sometimes you read that the GTLs can make the difference between not POSTing and a stable system.
In order to find the right GTLs, how should someone start?
2.2.1.
My problem:
Since my VTT isn't stable without adjusting GTLs so far, I can only guess what VTT would be a proper base value for testing.
Then I picked one Prime95 Large FFT lenght that caused the fastest errors for me (672k) and let it run, while setting NB and CPU GTL both at once.
Since I have my CPU multiplier on the lowest setting (6x instead of 8x) and the CPU Voltage is sufficient (Prime Small without errors, freezes or BSODs), can I leave the CPU GTL on Auto and purely concentrate on the NB GTL? Or do the interfere with each other and both have to be on spot at the same time?
2.2.2.
The second problem:
I read that you should start with one value x and note how long Prime takes to spill errors / freeze. Then you move in both directions from x (x+y and x-y) and see if the errors / freezes appear faster or slower. With that in mind you see in what direction you have to move and when you get to the right value.
I am not sure if they mean full Prime Large runs with this or not. But I tried it purely with 672k and thought that it would last longer once I get into the right direction.
The problem is, that it appears to be completely random how long this single test runs. If I use the same GTL voltages and let the same test run twice with the same settings, it can happen that it runs for 40 minutes before producing an error in the first run and in the second run it fails after 3 minutes. But if it's completely random within one test and let it run in Prime Large for some amount of time, how would I know if it failed at test #4 and not #3 because it got better and not because I simply got lucky?
In my current understanding, even there I couldn't say for sure if adjusting the GTL +y or -y was good or bad since it could be somewhat random aswell.
I am not sure wether or not there are still people around here that read this and are able to help. I hope there are. Help is appreciated, thank you very much.
Sorry for digging this out, but I have a few questions regarding this topic.
On my P7N2 Motherboard with an Wolfdale Dualcore I can set the following:
FSB Termination Voltage / VTT between [1.056V and 1.313V]
CPU GTL Reference Voltage between [0.65-0.666 and 0.668-0.688] (Factor the VTT gets multiplied with.)
NB GTL Reference Voltage between [0.591-0.611 and 0.668-0.691] (Factor the VTT gets multiplied with.)
The Reference Voltages are set in absolute Volts, depending on the VTT and the factor from above.
So far I noticed that there is a relation between NB Voltage and VTT.
The higher the NB Voltage gets, the higher the VTT has to go up in order for a basic amount of "stability". (Boot to Windows and don't freeze on the desktop without load within a few seconds.)
I am trying to get a FSB of 450 MHz stable, NB Voltage is currently on 1.35V.
First I left VTT, CPU GTL and NB GTL on Auto, but with VTT on Auto I didn't manage to get to the Desktop anymore without the system not POSTing or simply freezing somewhere on the way.
So I increased the VTT beginning from the lowest value to make it to the desktop. That would be 1.214V.
Now the questions:
1. How do I know what combination of NB Voltage and VTT is "right"?
I messed with it for hours now, setting the NB Voltage (1.35 i.e.) and increasing the VTT in ~0.05V increments. (It regulary has 0.01-0.02 increments.)
But so far, there hasn't been any value I could get stable trough Prime95 Large (672k) for more than 20 minutes without producing errors.
Even if I go for the "give em all you got" way and set the VTT straight to 1.313V for any NB Voltage (1.35/1.38/1.42/1.47/1.5) it won't last long. It appears that too much VTT leads to instability aswell in form of rounding errors, for 1.5V even freezes.
Then I tried to play around with the GTL Voltages for a few of the "better" VTT values (that went close to 20 minutes) but two things seem strange to me:
2.1. From what I read in OC guides, the CPU GTL should be between 61...68% for Wolfdale Dualcores, depending on where you look. Some say it should be equal to the NB GTL which should be at 67%. And then you can read that the NB GTL should be more important than the CPU GTL, but I couldn't find any specific values for it, apart from the 67%.
The point that gives me headaches are the values that I can set in my bios. As mentioned above, the NB goes from x0.591 to x0.611 (small increments of 0.0005) and from x0.668 to x0.691 (wide increments of 0.002). That would be sufficient for the ~x0.67 but what is the fine scaled area between .591 to .611 for?
The CPU GTL, on the other hand, goes from x0.65 to x0.666 and from x0.668 to x0.688. With the recommendation in mind, everything from 61% to <65% is simply out of range for me.
First I thought I mixed up CPU and NB GTL, but I am pretty sure it's this way and not the other way around.
2.2. Sometimes you read that most people only use the GTLs in order to reduce their CPU and NB Voltages by a notch or two, once they got their system stable. Sometimes you read that the GTLs can make the difference between not POSTing and a stable system.
In order to find the right GTLs, how should someone start?
2.2.1.
My problem:
Since my VTT isn't stable without adjusting GTLs so far, I can only guess what VTT would be a proper base value for testing.
Then I picked one Prime95 Large FFT lenght that caused the fastest errors for me (672k) and let it run, while setting NB and CPU GTL both at once.
Since I have my CPU multiplier on the lowest setting (6x instead of 8x) and the CPU Voltage is sufficient (Prime Small without errors, freezes or BSODs), can I leave the CPU GTL on Auto and purely concentrate on the NB GTL? Or do the interfere with each other and both have to be on spot at the same time?
2.2.2.
The second problem:
I read that you should start with one value x and note how long Prime takes to spill errors / freeze. Then you move in both directions from x (x+y and x-y) and see if the errors / freezes appear faster or slower. With that in mind you see in what direction you have to move and when you get to the right value.
I am not sure if they mean full Prime Large runs with this or not. But I tried it purely with 672k and thought that it would last longer once I get into the right direction.
The problem is, that it appears to be completely random how long this single test runs. If I use the same GTL voltages and let the same test run twice with the same settings, it can happen that it runs for 40 minutes before producing an error in the first run and in the second run it fails after 3 minutes. But if it's completely random within one test and let it run in Prime Large for some amount of time, how would I know if it failed at test #4 and not #3 because it got better and not because I simply got lucky?
In my current understanding, even there I couldn't say for sure if adjusting the GTL +y or -y was good or bad since it could be somewhat random aswell.
I am not sure wether or not there are still people around here that read this and are able to help. I hope there are. Help is appreciated, thank you very much.
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