Need Help With a Few Mild Tweaks and Q's...

Kazeko · Sep 22, 2007, 04:15 AM

Alright, so, it's been up for 5 days, I'm pretty sure it's stable and functional... however...

A few little nit picky things I've noticed.

1. 100% disk usage for the first 2-3 minutes after Vista starts.

I mean... it just hangs there for a goodly while. Drive is a Seagate 7200.10 320gb SATA 3gb/s HDD, dunno what the hold up is, but the nVidia monitor utility shows it at 100% for a few minutes. Initial performance makes me think it might be fairly accurate. After a few minutes, Disk usage goes to 0, performance is fantastic. HDD LED indicates the same.

2. Overclocking = BSOD.
Anything past 2.7ghz//1200mhz fsb = BSOD in Vista 64. Posts just fine, Vista 64 goes funhouse mirror. Changes in voltages do nothing, ram's still @ 1066mhz, 5-5-5-15 2T.
Am I missing something?

3. Occasionally, CPU-Z shows the 4th DIMM Slot as 5-5-5-(-)14890185904890784309794032801 and some change.

Most of the time, it displays just fine. Seated properly. No dust. Doesn't seem to change performance, Bios settings are normal. Nit-picky issue, maybe nothings wrong... I have no idea.

Most of my concern is the 100% disk usage at start up, and the whole BSOD on any OC past 2.7ghz.

Thoughts?

Zelig · Sep 22, 2007, 04:45 AM

1. It's the superfetch filling the memory with data from the hard drive.

2. Overclocking causes instability. Vista tends to a be more sensitive to overclocking than XP because ram is fully used, but if proper stability testing is done in either OS, you should be fine.

3. Depending on the program I use, I get SPD parse errors on my 4th stick, swapping the physical sticks doesn't change anything, and the ram is error free, so I don't worry about it.

Necrosis · Sep 22, 2007, 06:23 AM

Also after having it running for awhile the caching time at boot up should decrease.

Kazeko · Sep 22, 2007, 07:01 AM

Edit: Figured out my issue with the overclock. Seems my mainboard's not really supplying as much voltage as I'm trying to get it to. It's at 1.11v with a preset in the bios @ 1.15. nVMonitor is showing the bios preset, not the actual value. Thanks CPU-Z!

And thanks for the responses folks. Ease my worried mind.

Sep 22, 2007, 04:15 AM	#1
Kazeko DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 174 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Need Help With a Few Mild Tweaks and Q's... Alright, so, it's been up for 5 days, I'm pretty sure it's stable and functional... however... A few little nit picky things I've noticed. 1. 100% disk usage for the first 2-3 minutes after Vista starts. I mean... it just hangs there for a goodly while. Drive is a Seagate 7200.10 320gb SATA 3gb/s HDD, dunno what the hold up is, but the nVidia monitor utility shows it at 100% for a few minutes. Initial performance makes me think it might be fairly accurate. After a few minutes, Disk usage goes to 0, performance is fantastic. HDD LED indicates the same. 2. Overclocking = BSOD. Anything past 2.7ghz//1200mhz fsb = BSOD in Vista 64. Posts just fine, Vista 64 goes funhouse mirror. Changes in voltages do nothing, ram's still @ 1066mhz, 5-5-5-15 2T. Am I missing something? 3. Occasionally, CPU-Z shows the 4th DIMM Slot as 5-5-5-(-)14890185904890784309794032801 and some change. Most of the time, it displays just fine. Seated properly. No dust. Doesn't seem to change performance, Bios settings are normal. Nit-picky issue, maybe nothings wrong... I have no idea. Most of my concern is the 100% disk usage at start up, and the whole BSOD on any OC past 2.7ghz. Thoughts?

Sep 22, 2007, 04:45 AM	#2
Zelig HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,187 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	1. It's the superfetch filling the memory with data from the hard drive. 2. Overclocking causes instability. Vista tends to a be more sensitive to overclocking than XP because ram is fully used, but if proper stability testing is done in either OS, you should be fine. 3. Depending on the program I use, I get SPD parse errors on my 4th stick, swapping the physical sticks doesn't change anything, and the ram is error free, so I don't worry about it. __________________ --

Sep 22, 2007, 07:01 AM	Thread Starter #4
Kazeko DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 174 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Edit: Figured out my issue with the overclock. Seems my mainboard's not really supplying as much voltage as I'm trying to get it to. It's at 1.11v with a preset in the bios @ 1.15. nVMonitor is showing the bios preset, not the actual value. Thanks CPU-Z! And thanks for the responses folks. Ease my worried mind. Last edited by Kazeko; Sep 22, 2007 at 07:06 AM.

Sep 22, 2007, 06:23 AM	#3
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	Also after having it running for awhile the caching time at boot up should decrease.