Retail Abit IN9 32X-MAX - Pictures, observations and testing...

[speedfreak86]

Well guys, my board finally stopped about a week ago (had to reflash bios before restarting in order to boot into windows reliably with even stock settings, then froze during a reflash) and so I did a cross-ship with Abit and they sent me a board that gives me the 8.7. So, looks like that refurb is going back too. Still waiting on the third board to ship to me. I hope I finally get one that works. They have been fairly helpful, but their tech support really really needs some work. I have stayed on hold for 30+ minutes without anyone picking up after hearing the 10-20 minute wait speech and the same idiotic song over and over. The RMA department often has no one to pick up the phone. When I do get someone on the line, they are very helpful, but I am dissappointed that they sent me a board that didn't post. I have been down for more than a week now. Anyway, just wanted to let you guys know that if you start getting instability at settings that previously worked you may be looking at getting a new board too.

[PRJ]

Hi

I have installed Raid on Vista 64-Bit

I created a stripe in bios and booted to windows CD, very easy and didn't ask for any drivers during instal.

I had higher expectations to HDD benchmark programs, but take a look at the last pickture, what driver am I missing...?

[PRJ]

I manuallu removed all Raid controlers and let windows install its own drivers...

Windows installed Silicon Imige Sil 3132 Softraid 5 Controler

Much better...

[Hazzan]

This my result IN9 32 MAX with E6300 still wint no mods and I use bios beta 6, Calibre 8800GTS 320M, Corsair Dominator PC8500

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=183666

[PRJ]

Hi Hazzan

Nice results, especially your QX6700 that you have validated here...

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=171819

What are the Voltage settings at this speed?

CPU Vcore:
DDR Voltage:
DDR ref Voltage:
NB DDR ref Voltage:
CPU VVT Voltage:
NB Voltage:
SB Voltage:
Hypertransport Voltage:

Thank you

PRJ / Pelle

[Philly_Boy]

I am also waiting on my third review sample after the first one never booted due to multiple post code errors...and the second booted successfully a few times then gave up the ghost with a steady 8.3 error. Charles (FUGGER) has this board running stable all day long....his QX6700 is hitting 4.2ghz with Chilly1 phase cooling. I'm going to pm him for voltage settings and ram timings when I get the new board...due in this friday.

[The Nemesis]

Is anyone having trouble getting this board 12 hours orthos stable over 400FSB? My AW9D-Max wouldn't do it & I seem to be having some trouble with this board doing it as well. Using hardware that was successful on other boards by the way.

[hipro5]

Guys.......DON'T feed your i680 chipset more than 1.8Volts.......I "lost" the internal PCI-E controller of it.......With a PCI VGA, mobo works OK but when I plug a PCI-E in slot 1, it doesn't boot...... A night was shuted down OK and the next morning didn't boot up.....

ALSO the Northbridge is cooled by a Swiftech heatsink......

I will ALSO start a new thread about the: "S.D.O.N." > "Sudden Death Of NVIDIA chipsets" H E R E....

[Hazzan]

@hipro5 : S.D.O.N he he he he Nice name on Thread

[hipro5]

@hipro5 : S.D.O.N he he he he Nice name on Thread

DUMN IT!...... I can't test the NEWER BETA bios for it which FULLY UNLOCKES ALL FOUR CORES of a QUAD CPU at any multi.....as I've been told.....

[Hazzan]

@PRJ : this my setting in IN9 32 MAX with QX6700

CPU Vcore:1.55volt
DDR Voltage:2.25volt
DDR ref Voltage:0
NB DDR ref Voltage:0
CPU VVT Voltage:1,4volt
NB Voltage:1.5volt
SB Voltage:1.4volt
Hypertransport Voltage:1.7volt

Dont Forget !! cooling your PWM and NB chipset Good Luck Freind

[Nilson]

Hazzan, how did you get HT voltage 1.7v ??? I can't set more than 1.4 with beta6....

[FlyBoyGeo]

I have been down for more than a week now. Anyway, just wanted to let you guys know that if you start getting instability at settings that previously worked you may be looking at getting a new board too.

Sorry to hear about your board troubles, you have been on this thread since the board was released. Hopefully they will get you a nice strong board back from RMA.

Is anyone having trouble getting this board 12 hours orthos stable over 400FSB?

I am running my IN9 at 450fsb x 9 1:1 using my GSkill HZs 4-4-4-5 tight timings. Has been stable for several weeks now!

[OKsoVRomoSkylo]

DUMN IT!...... I can't test the NEWER BETA bios for it which FULLY UNLOCKES ALL FOUR CORES of a QUAD CPU at any multi.....as I've been told.....

Ela re George! pitty you s.d.o.n.-fried the board
lucky you didn't get a "s.d.o.m" following it.
and btw, what new beta unlocks all cores of a quad????
do you have it? can you share it?
my in932 is still waiting on the shelf for this...
now very happy playing with a p5n32-e sli plus and the qx:
fresko prama:
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=184060

[The Nemesis]

@PRJ : this my setting in IN9 32 MAX with QX6700

CPU Vcore:1.55volt
DDR Voltage:2.25volt
DDR ref Voltage:0
NB DDR ref Voltage:0
CPU VVT Voltage:1,4volt
NB Voltage:1.5volt
SB Voltage:1.4volt
Hypertransport Voltage:1.7volt

Dont Forget !! cooling your PWM and NB chipset Good Luck Freind

were these settings similar for youru 6300? Any 12 hour orthos or prime stability shots?

[speedfreak86]

@PRJ : this my setting in IN9 32 MAX with QX6700

CPU Vcore:1.55volt
DDR Voltage:2.25volt
DDR ref Voltage:0
NB DDR ref Voltage:0
CPU VVT Voltage:1,4volt
NB Voltage:1.5volt
SB Voltage:1.4volt
Hypertransport Voltage:1.7volt

Dont Forget !! cooling your PWM and NB chipset Good Luck Freind

How are you setting HT to 1.7 V?

Btw, I am still waiting on the third board to arrive. I had the first one next day air shipped (at my expense) and then when they sent out this last board they apparently shipped it standard ground (do they not understand that I don't care to pay if they will just get it here quickly???) Anyway, my 2500 dollar rig sits in pieces still. I have kinda lost touch with all the updates since I haven't had a computer for a couple of weeks. What bios are we using now...11?

[Hazzan]

@Nilson @speedfreak86 : Sorry mistake on typing
SB Voltage : 1,7volt
Hypertransport : 1.4volt

@The Nemesis : stable with orthos 1 hours with FSB 500 I think limitation in my chip not in board, tonight I push with higher FSB

[PRJ]

@PRJ : this my setting in IN9 32 MAX with QX6700

CPU Vcore:1.55volt
DDR Voltage:2.25volt
DDR ref Voltage:0
NB DDR ref Voltage:0
CPU VVT Voltage:1,4volt
NB Voltage:1.5volt
SB Voltage:1.7volt
Hypertransport Voltage:1.4volt

Dont Forget !! cooling your PWM and NB chipset Good Luck Freind

Thanks a lot I'm looking forward to trying those settings. But I dont think i can handle that vcore on my water, because of single loop

Thanks Hazzan

****Update**** Didn't work for me**** Update

[sedg.raven]

another stick of team xtreem was died killed by nf680i no excuse for this nvidia´s garbage of chipset

[JargonGR]

I am currently testing stability @ 3.7Ghz (E6600) with 462FSB and 1.6250Vcore (yes I know it is high but have a dedicated loop on it).

Played Supreme commander @ 2560x1600 2 hours no problem same for C&C 3.


I will fire up Orthos too although i have a feeling that Small ffts may fail, we'll see.


Do you think that my E6600 could die really soon @ 1.6250 Vcore temps never exceed 55-60C and it idles at 39-40c and the room is also airconditioned for the summer.

[The Nemesis]

Do you think that my E6600 could die really soon @ 1.6250 Vcore temps never exceed 55-60C and it idles at 39-40c and the room is also airconditioned for the summer.

Short answer, Yes. All Intel data says

This Proccessor has a max Vcc of 1.5 volts; ... and 1.525 with 1.525 being the max voltage

Although heat is another way to damage or degrade a cpu, having it cool and running beyond spec voltages will still degrade the cpu over time. My 6600 L631B does 3.7ghz with 1.43v but thats droop. I have 1.5125v set in bios. I sure my chip can do more but until I can test it in a board that I can set 1.5v in bios & it only droop to 1.47 or so I won't be finding out. 1.55v in bios is the absolute most volts I will run orthos on any cpu because vdroop will keep it below the 1.525v.

[The Nemesis]

Finally getting the hang of running orthos stability tests on this board. The vdroop of this board is terrible. With 1.5125vcore set in bios, it reads from 1.42v-1.52v in uGURU under heavy load.(Orthos) Idle seems to hang around 1.43v-1.47v. Benching & such it stayed between 1.43v-1.45v. This makes it very difficult to find the limits of an untested cpu with such fluctuations in voltage.

[Spazilton]

Some good news for quad core owners..

Hi
As an abit representitive, I would like to point out a few things that the above user and probably many others are unaware of.

With regard to the IN9-32X MAX motherboard, abit has unlocked the QX6700 upwards multiplier some months ago, however that BIOS is still in Beta and has not been posted on our website.

If customers want to use the Beta BIOS, they may contact the abit FAE support team directly and after that they will be emailed the latest Beta BIOS at their own risk.
http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/contact/technical.php

For those of you concerned about the issue with only 2 cores being overclocked, instead of 4 cores on Quad Core CPU's for the IN9-32X MAX, that issue has been solved and will be available in BEta form on Wednesday 11th April 2007.

Thanks kindly
Peter du Preez
Marketing Manager

I found this on ABIT forums. Some wierd things to note. I do have the 1.1 Final bios and that one is not on thier site either.

I am running the 1.2 B01 and it has cleared up 90% of my problems with this board. All I really need now is a premade Active VRM heatsink for this motherboard and I will be more than happy. I dont want to go with the hassle of plumbing 3 more waterblocks into my system.

[Heidfirst]

I found this on ABIT forums. Some wierd things to note. I do have the 1.1 Final bios and that one is not on thier site either.

I am running the 1.2 B01 and it has cleared up 90% of my problems with this board.

I'm guessing different board - you have the FP-IN9 SLI rather than the IN9 32X mentioned?
(the 11 final for the IN9 32X is up ftp://ftp.abit.com.tw/pub/download/b...2x/m622a11.zip)

[Hazzan]

@The Nemesis : this my orthos