Saturday, June 27, 2009

K10 AM2(+) Overclock Info Center

LP UT 790FX-M2R + 955BE Possible?....Sure it is ;-)

OC on DFI LP DK 790FXB-M2RSH Hand Holding Tutorial

DFI LANparty UT 790FX-M2R (ATI/AMD 790FX) with OCZ 8000 ReaperX

8000 Platinum, 8000 Reaper X, and 8500 Reaper tRFC 54 SPD flashing instructions

HEX codes, for changing NB voltage question.

Regarding FSB, although theoretically speaking it should be able to operate 1066 without overclocking the FSB, many times it makes it much more stable with a higher FSB speed. This is especially apparent with AMD platforms.

Windows XP Installtion Note on K10 (Domain User)

Here I just record several steps need to go through after installation is done. AMD K10 system ONLY!!

Several things have to be changed since now I am using domain account, SoftCloud Software Platform, Windows XP SP3 etc. System configuration should be done by using administrator account.

Hardware Driver Setup

  • Install Windows XP SP3
  • Disable System Restore
  • Format D: and E: Drives (Or Document and ProgramFiles Drives)
  • Set Virtual Memory in D: Drive
  • Install CPU Drivers (AMD K8 Driver, XP Fix and DualCore Optimizer
  • Install 790FX Chipset Driver
  • Install .Net Framework package (ATI Gfx Card ONLY!)
  • Install Gfx Card Driver
  • Install Audio Driver
  • Install LAN Driver
  • Install Mouse & Keyboard Driver

Set Up User Profile

  • Setup correct IP, Gateway and DNS address that points to DC
  • Join to domain NERV.HQ
  • Logon as domain account after system reboot so new profile is setup
  • Reboot, Logon as local administrator
  • Copy domain user folder from C:\Documents and Settings to D: Drive
  • Open regedit -> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList. Change ProfileImagePath to new location from above step
  • Copy back up My Documents to that new location
  • Add domain user into local administrator group

Partition Size List

  • 10400 --> 10GB
  • 5154 --> 5GB
  • 41002 --> 40GB
  • 20600 --> 20GB
  • 30800 --> 30GB
  • 51300 --> 50GB