nonetheless it is not something
that one can remedy with the
available options within the BIOS,
and perhaps one of those things that
will require an update directly from
AMD (assuming it isn’t to do with
the process or at silicon level). That
said, do not expect frequencies over
2,666MHz and perhaps even less
than that if you want stability when
using LN2.
As a consequence of the size of
the CPU, contact with all the pins
on the board is vital. When cooling
the system to such temperatures,
there’s a lot of contraction and
flexing that is not apparent to the
eye, but definitely taking place
between all the various materials.
This means that losing the contact
between the pads and the pins is
not unusual, in which case you’ll
have to find some creative ways of
establishing those contacts again.
Be it pushing down on the board/
container (careful if you choose to
do this) or using a clamp system,
this is likely to be an issue at some
point. This isn’t easy to spot as
well, but losing memory channels,
or failing memory training which
was previously stable under
load could be a symptom of this.
Heating up the container may help
here so that contact is established
again, but whatever you do, this is
a large CPU and of course there
are going to be some challenges
which come with that.
Lastly, this is related to memory
as well, but not anything to do
with the memory frequency. If
you are going to be overclocking
this platform, it seems that it
is imperative that one keeps
the memory at normal room
temperature or a little higher. When
the memory freezes, the system will
become unstable to the point that
even booting default settings will
prove difficult (that is if the system
can pass the POST). The solution
used to remedy this involved heating
plates under the motherboard,
but you could simply use any other
means to make sure the DRAM stays
nice and warm, despite having a
CPU operating at -185’C. Hair d