Anyone try the Foxconn 975X yet?

[dogsx2]

This is back in stock at Newegg and I was wondering if anyone has one.

Thanks

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813186101

[althes]

do you have one on the way

[dogsx2]

No, I'm just looking to see how it's doing.

[Pacification]

I was thinking about the MSI platinum 975x, but now this interests me... I might order it

[NickS]

Hmm, SOL series. :banana::banana::banana::banana: out of luck series? :p:

Basing my opinion for that board on the results I've seen from their high end AM2 board, the Foxconn 975X board should be a kick-butt OC monster. :)

[5-Clicks]

So, I'm guessing that the Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H won't work the the Conroes...only the 975X7AB-8EKRS2H

[Gun_Strife]

yea its only AB that supports it
and it really looks like a good board

[Kunaak]

Foxconn for the last few boards they had, have REALLY been pushing the enevelope with thier voltage options and actual overclocking results.

the problem with foxconn, is they get almost no reviews posted anywhere, and when they do, it's from tiny tinnnnny websites.

so word of mouth of thier products is virtually nonexistant.
word of mouth, makes or breaks a product, when it comes to the internet.
look how fast people bought up the DS3...
a board from a company, 2 months ago, no one really paid any attention to.

Foxconn has to get the stigma of being a cheap OEM board, to being a full fledged contender board. thats thier biggest drawback right now, getting word of mouth out.

it really helped that people like OPP showed that Foxconn is really pushing for the enthusiast market, when he started showing some real impressive OC's with a Foxconn AM2 board.
but that kinda exposure only last so long, if the fire dies down.

Remember... DFI just a few years ago, was selling crappy boards no one ever heard of, and OCZ was a brand people ran away from...

things change.
This board might be good.
it might not.

but foxconn seems to really be trying for the OC market...
so this board may be worth looking into.

[5-Clicks]

the only problem i can see off the surface is that it is one fugly board! however, no caps crowded around the socket which means a digital PWM which is great for LN2/DICE. :clap:

EDIT: The Foxconn P9657AA-8EKRS2H might be a nice board as well...but I can't find it for sale anywhere in the US.

[NickS]

Whoa holy crap it has Digital PWM!

[Kunaak]

Whoa holy crap it has Digital PWM!

whoa, it does :D

and look at all that room around the CPU socket...
thats a first for LGA boards, to have all that space around the CPU socket.
if this board OC's nice, this board will be great for phasechange.

[NickS]

We gotta get a guinea pig to try this :p:

[Pacification]

Hmm that might be me unfortunately lol... I'm getting my e6600 and a few other parts Wednesday. So I've ordered everything but my motherboard... newegg doesnt ship on the weekends do they? I might as well wait til Monday to order then

EDIT: Little Info On 975X7AB (http://www.hardwarezone.com/news/view.php?id=5132&cid=4)

[CPLB]

Hmm that might be me unfortunately lol... I'm getting my e6600 and a few other parts Wednesday. So I've ordered everything but my motherboard... newegg doesnt ship on the weekends do they? I might as well wait til Monday to order then

I hope it is you! :) Looks like a great board (though the PCI-e slots are too close I think). If you do get it let us know how it works!

[NickS]

Hmm that might be me unfortunately lol... I'm getting my e6600 and a few other parts Wednesday. So I've ordered everything but my motherboard... newegg doesnt ship on the weekends do they? I might as well wait til Monday to order then
No they don't.. but if you order it today you'll be one of the first to get their order processed on Monday. Good luck with it man, I hope you purchase it.

[Pacification]

Yeah I will, I have some ddr2 800, and I've never overclocked before but I've been reading a lot on it... I'll try to get the FSB to 400... but I prolly won't keep it like that.
The stock e6600 will run anything, I wouldnt notice much of a difference on an overclock

[Sneaky]

if this is anything like the foxconn AM2 590 board, then it should be some definite kickass from a company that usually isn't known to cater for the overclocking market


i definitely want to see results on this, as i need a board with dual slot PCI-E spacing (edit: sh*t! i'm half awake and it looked like dual slot spacing to me until i went back to the pic), and i'm not really taking fancy in the P5W-DH, DFI Infinity 975X, or MSI 975X so far... so this foxconn may be the key to success :banana:

[5-Clicks]

I'm very tempted to get it as well...

[Pacification]

Stock went from 30 to 28 since less than an hour ago... some ppl are buying it.
According to that article I posted, MSRP is $210, and newegg debuted it at that... so I wouldnt be surprised if they raised the price

[CPLB]

if this is anything like the foxconn AM2 590 board, then it should be some definite kickass from a company that usually isn't known to cater for the overclocking market


i definitely want to see results on this, as i need a board with dual slot PCI-E spacing (edit: sh*t! i'm half awake and it looked like dual slot spacing to me until i went back to the pic), and i'm not really taking fancy in the P5W-DH, DFI Infinity 975X, or MSI 975X so far... so this foxconn may be the key to success :banana:

I agree, the all the other 975X motherboards don't look too attractive. This Foxconn seems well priced for having such nice features though, I hope it's good.

[Pacification]

So what does this mean? DDR2 Standard DDR2 667 (DDR2 800 OC)

I have 2x1gb ddr2 800, will they work?

[5-Clicks]

Yes, it'll work. :)

[NickS]

Yes, they'll run at DDR2-667 until you increase the FSB :)

[Pacification]

Ok good, cause the MSI-neo (p965) won't run ddr2 800 1gb sticks... weird

Thanks, thats a huge sigh of relief

[syne_24]

We gotta get a guinea pig to try this :p:

x2 ;)

it doesnt look that too shabby...

[scooby609]

tagging this thread ... hope for more info soon .. this board looks as if it could be a winner :)

[P-Dub]

I'm waiting for some realworld results on this one, I had a Foxconn 8EKRS with the NForce 430 and it was a superb board, solid as a rock, very easy to work with and pretty good at the old overclocking on a bios which was more designed towards the HTPC market from what a bloke at Foxconn said.

Like a the guy said, until word of mouth spreads the Foxconn name, we wont hear about these boards, which is a major pity, sometimes gems get hidden in piles of dung, you just gotta be brave enough to stick yer hand in and pull em out.

Dubz

[bobov]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813186101

Anyone has experience with this mobo? :)

[bobov]

This mobo use a digital power supply module.

[sixfootduo]

And what is that ?

This good or bad ?

[pcdoc1]

Damn ugly... Who's gonna test it?

[Ace-a-Rue]

it worries me when FOXCONN's website does not show the updated product...they only show the "AA" model

[Pacification]

Yeah I noticed that too Ace-a-Rue, you have to go in through global - english instead of the americas...

Foxconn 975x (http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Product/motherboard_detail.aspx?ID=en-us0000184)

[Eldonko]

Looks like a nice board, Foxconn boards been doing well lately. Who will be the first to get one? :P

[mesyn191]

It'd be interesting to see how the digital PWM effects power usage and heat out put from the mobo. I'd be suprised if it effected the OC'ability of the mobo though.

Too bad they still used capacitors on it in some places though, it'd be nice to have a full digital PWM mobo to ensure a long life.

[JasonDTM]

OPB should have his Wednesday. So look for some X6800 and Foxconn 975X results. :)

[5-Clicks]

I just ordered :D I'll be sure to post results.

[mckennaiii]

foxconn got a good review here.

http://www.lostcircuits.com/motherboard/foxconn_c51xem2aa/

[Pacification]

I'm waiting to see the results of the new beta bios from MSI... if its not good, I'll be all over this by Monday

[mckennaiii]

I know this is the Intel section, but since Foxconn is putting out some enthusiast boards now, which of these would be the best way to go and with what cpu?

C51 Nforce 590
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813186098

or

975x
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813186101

[mesyn191]

Has anyone even done a OC test on any of the Intel NF5 based mobos yet?

[mesyn191]

foxconn got a good review here.

http://www.lostcircuits.com/motherboard/foxconn_c51xem2aa/

Totally different mobo though.

[5-Clicks]

The C51 is an excellent board, and we don't know about the 975x yet. I'll find out on Tuesday ;)

[Absolute_0]

Board's ugly, but at least it's pretty clear around the socket, time for phase ;)

[afireinside]

Digital PWM FTW! It's by far the easiest to insulate. Plenty of room for a gasket and no caps. Won't need any crazy cutting or grease all over. I'd be all over this but 975 doesn't do the kind of FSB I need for a lower model chip.

[lawrywild]

OPB is getting one in a few days he said..

[Ace-a-Rue]

looking forward to OPB's review....BUT....i found a review on the "AA" model and quite frankly, it was not overly impressive.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/05/13/foxconn_975x7aa_fox_one/1.html

i truly hope it works out for you "5-Clicks"

[5-Clicks]

looking forward to OPB's review....BUT....i found a review on the "AA" model and quite frankly, it was not overly impressive.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/05/13/foxconn_975x7aa_fox_one/1.html

i truly hope it works out for you "5-Clicks"
Thanks, but that one doesn't have a digital PWM :D I plan to do a DICE run on it, providing that it's a good enough board.

[Kunaak]

also remember, alot of time has passed in the original came out, and this one...

[dogsx2]

Thanks, but that one doesn't have a digital PWM :D I plan to do a DICE run on it, providing that it's a good enough board.

Yea, I was thinking apples and oranges.

[afireinside]

It will be great if it's anything like the C51XEM2AA AM2 board. I like my foxconn AM2 better than any of the 939 DFI boards I used.

[Vassili]

Why is that?

[mckennaiii]

foxconn:
which one do ya choose?

foxconn c51 - $180.00
x2 3800 - $149.00
x2 4200 - $180.00
x2 4600 - $266.00

or

foxconn 975xAB - $210.00
e6300 - $229.00
e6400 - $299.00

[5-Clicks]

I'd choose the Foxconn 975XAB + E6300 ($185 on ewiz).

[afireinside]

Wow the c51 is 180? I paid 230 :( AM2 is slow junk, don't buy it.

[thegreek]

I'd choose the Foxconn 975XAB + E6300 ($185 on ewiz).
I'd love to see how a setup like that will OC

[5-Clicks]

You will soon, because that's exactly what I ordered today ;) I'll have a couple of E6600's too when my supplier gets them on the 14th.

[Ace-a-Rue]

also remember, alot of time has passed in the original came out, and this one...

apparently, it was announced to go to production in dec 2005 but it was delayed to around early april 2006 before it showed up with the reviewers...

i still think it is going to be about the same as the "AA" board:

Max overclock for the "AA" model won't be that far away from the "AB" model...maybe the digital power will help to squeeze more out of it...if anyone can squeeze the max out of a board, OPB is the one!!:)

http://hardwarelogic.com/news/129/ARTICLE/1171/8/2006-04-26.html

[dogsx2]

[QUOTE=Ace-a-Rue]apparently, it was announced to go to production in dec 2005 but it was delayed to around early april 2006 before it showed up with the reviewers...

i still think it is going to be about the same as the "AA" board:

Max overclock for the "AA" model won't be that far away from the "AB" model...maybe the digital power will help to squeeze more out of it...if anyone can squeeze the max out of a board, OPB is the one!!:)
QUOTE]

Why show Pentium reviews when we are talking Conroe? Back to Apples and Oranges.:fact:

[corvus_corax]

Looks nice, seems really easy insulate, interesting digital PWM, 2 IDEs... :D
I'm waiting a P5B Dlx, but this foxconn looks very attractive :fact: (well, just for features, because the board PCB looks ugly LOL )


Thanks, but that one doesn't have a digital PWM :D I plan to do a DICE run on it, providing that it's a good enough board.

Please keep us updated :)

[Ace-a-Rue]

Why show Pentium reviews when we are talking Conroe? Back to Apples and Oranges.:fact:

it is the same chipset...thought you could figure that out!:confused:

[dogsx2]

it is the same chipset...thought you could figure that out!:confused:

Different boards and different cpu's, thought you could figure the out!:fact:

Did a Pentium on the BX 302 board tell us how a Conroe on a BX 304 would do?

[Ace-a-Rue]

Different boards and different cpu's, thought you could figure the out!:fact:

Did a Pentium on the BX 302 board tell us how a Conroe on a BX 304 would do?

this is the exact board as the "AA" model with improvements in electrical power and bios....i am surprise at you with all those posts below your name...you sounded more savy before but i having my doubts about you at the moment:nono:

[dogsx2]

this is the exact board as the "AA" model with improvements in electrical power and bios....i am surprise at you with all those posts below your name...you sounded more savy before but i having my doubts about you at the moment:nono:

I'm not savvy, that's for sure. This guy is http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1647731&postcount=49

Why don't you believe him? You Navy guys were always smarter then us Marines, you had better chow. However, you always had us around to protect you on ship.:D

[Ace-a-Rue]

oh...a marine...i change my opinion:D...you are a good guy...no kidding!:)

we just have a difference of opinion...i understand what you are saying...and...i hope you see it from my angle.

OPB should set the record straight once he does his magic with the board.

best to you!:toast:

[dogsx2]

oh...a marine...i change my opinion:D...you are a good guy...no kidding!:)

we just have a difference of opinion...i understand what you are saying...and...i hope you see it from my angle.

OPB should set the record straight once he does his magic with the board.

best to you!:toast:

Navy guys are OK. You give us medics and we protect you.;)

I understand what your saying but don't agree with you. Time will tell who's right.;)

[Ace-a-Rue]

Time will tell who's right.;)

right on!:)

[afireinside]

Keep in mind it's a review. There's cooling and voltage issues they probably didn't deal with. I'm sure the board will do 400+ fsb easily.

[Wiggy McShades]

looks like it has a digital clock generator too (dunno if that helps much but, i remember albatron saying they got x amount of mhz higher when using one).

i ordered one 30 mins ago now i wish i didn't order a p5b deluxe :(

[Dumo]

23 pcs. left:)

[Dumo]

It seems like they got it right from the get go...http://www.foxconnchannel.com/service/downloads.aspx?Model=975X7AB-8EKRS2H&DownID=en-us0000003

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/730/screenshot134ec8.jpg

[RangerXLT8]

apparently, it was announced to go to production in dec 2005 but it was delayed to around early april 2006 before it showed up with the reviewers...

i still think it is going to be about the same as the "AA" board:

Max overclock for the "AA" model won't be that far away from the "AB" model...maybe the digital power will help to squeeze more out of it...if anyone can squeeze the max out of a board, OPB is the one!!:)

http://hardwarelogic.com/news/129/ARTICLE/1171/8/2006-04-26.html

I wrote that review:banana:
The 975AA had an immature bios. Build quality was superb. Active cooled NB. There's a chance I may be getting the Foxconn 975AB so we'll see what happens/

[eva2000]

It seems like they got it right from the get go...http://www.foxconnchannel.com/service/downloads.aspx?Model=975X7AB-8EKRS2H&DownID=en-us0000003

awesome :D

[Pacification]

Yeah thats another good sign, already fixed a good amount of issues lol

[alpha0ne]

I hope someone links their review here once they get this board, looks OK :)

[Sorrow13]

If you dont mind a bit of deciphering,
http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://tech.tom.com/2006-07-05/050R/37153060_08.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3DFushikang%2B975X7AB%26num%3D100%26hl% 3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG

Apparently foxconn goes by 'Fushikang' elsewhere.
on page 8, they got 375 fsb on stock volts/multi with an e6600 for a total of 3.37g
Im no expert but that looks decent, for stock volts at least.

[\Karting_freak]

i see 416fsb over there
if thats done with vMCH stock... then its the best board around

[scooby609]

If you dont mind a bit of deciphering,
http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://tech.tom.com/2006-07-05/050R/37153060_08.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3DFushikang%2B975X7AB%26num%3D100%26hl% 3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG

Apparently foxconn goes by 'Fushikang' elsewhere.
on page 8, they got 375 fsb on stock volts/multi with an e6600 for a total of 3.37g
Im no expert but that looks decent, for stock volts at least.


google translation of page 8 ....


Because of the time constraints, we only Fushikang 975X7AB a simple test without voltage frequency performance through our carefully adjusted, the highest-to warn the 375MHz processors, the frequency of 3.38GHz in the frequency, The Super Pi 1 million Conroe Intel E6600 spaces from the original 21 seconds to travel time to 14.98 seconds, time 40%, respectively, the performance of considerable!

man they got 9x375 with a E6600 on this board without uping any voltage at all , I'm betting even a small bump can get this baby up to the magic 9x400 :)

only thing I need to know before I pull the trigger on this board is if it will support a 7950 GX2 video card heh

[nFo]

I have take a look in the bios with modbin:

CPU Vcore Over Voltage Setting: +24%
DRAM Voltage select: +0.600V
MCH Voltage Select: +0.240V
But you can unhide with modbin to: +0.480V :D

[Vassili]

What is actaully the default vcore for Conroe?

[nFo]

What is actaully the default vcore for Conroe?
1,3 v

[Ace-a-Rue]

The 975X7AB-8EKRS2H comes with two PCI Express x16 slots that support two ATI cards set up in CrossFire mode with cross-compatibility for PCI Express x8 cards. The PCI Express x16 slots enable multiple display configurations and flexible video connectivity through ADD2 (Advanced Digital Display 2) cards.

http://www.hardwarezone.com/news/view.php?id=5132&cid=4

NOW...i am interested in this board!:D....the above statement has my "attention"...i've been looking for a board that will allow 8X PCIe cards to work in the 16X slot...up to now, it was a crap-shoot to know whether boards allowed this to work...i've had conflicting statements from Asus about this working or not!..Gigabyte said no way!

the reason i want this board now is to pair up an Areca SATA II Raid card, 8X PCIe (the best on the market)!

don't slide the plate of "crow" in front of me just yet to eat!....i am still reserved about its overall performance with a conroe onboard...this board might do ok with an Allendale...i have one of those puppies on its way to me along with a conroe...i am excited NOW!:D

[dogsx2]

http://www.hardwarezone.com/news/view.php?id=5132&cid=4

NOW...i am interested in this board!:D....the above statement has my "attention"...i've been looking for a board that will allow 8X PCIe cards to work in the 16X slot...up to now, it was a crap-shoot to know whether boards allowed this to work...i've had conflicting statements from Asus about this working or not!..Gigabyte said no way!

the reason i want this board now is to pair up an Areca SATA II Raid card, 8X PCIe (the best on the market)!

don't slide the plate of "crow" in front of me just yet to eat!....i am still reserved about its overall performance with a conroe onboard...this board might do ok with an Allendale...i have one of those puppies on its way to me along with a conroe...i am excited NOW!:D


I can smell that crow cooking right now.:D

[Ace-a-Rue]

you got me now...grin

[Ace-a-Rue]

ok...ordered the foxconn "AB", E6400, Areca 1210 Raid card, Ultra 120 HS, 4-72100.10 drives, 7600GT, 1G-Corsair 6400C4 and new case....i am BROKE!:D

[Gun_Strife]

ok...ordered the foxconn "AB", E6400, Areca 1210 Raid card, Ultra 120 HS, 4-72100.10 drives, 7600GT, 1G-Corsair 6400C4 and new case....i am BROKE!:D


good hope you get it soon as im still undecided on this msi 975x or ds3

[dogsx2]

:toast: :owned: :cool:

I'm sure you will like it. What you having for dinner tomorrow?

[Ace-a-Rue]

i think everything should be here by friday except the E6400...that could drag on to monday or tuesday

[Ace-a-Rue]

:toast: :owned: :cool:

I'm sure you will like it. What you having for dinner tomorrow?

dinner is going to be a large salad....i do the works.:)

i have a feeling now the E6400 will do fairly well.

[Pacification]

Just ordered one

[Ace-a-Rue]

Just ordered one

what cpu are you going to pair with the board?

[Raja@ASUS]

If you dont mind a bit of deciphering,
http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://tech.tom.com/2006-07-05/050R/37153060_08.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3DFushikang%2B975X7AB%26num%3D100%26hl% 3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG

Apparently foxconn goes by 'Fushikang' elsewhere.
on page 8, they got 375 fsb on stock volts/multi with an e6600 for a total of 3.37g
Im no expert but that looks decent, for stock volts at least.



Even though it does not work properly and shows the wrong voltage, CPU-Z usually shows 1.1* for stock, that's showing 1.44 or so. All the CPU-Z shots I've seen so far are in the 1.1 region for stock. Unless stepping 4 goes the other way...


regards
Raja

[Falkentyne]

Bah.......

I'm TWO seconds from ordering this damn board...
You guys sold me. And I was TWO seconds from ordering the MSI board 2 weeks ago, but decided to wait and then saw the guinea pigs (sorry, guys!) all having MAJOR problems....board powering off and on by itself, wrong voltages, optical drives not working on IDE 2 without RAID turned on, board suddenly resetting BIOS values to default after suddenly shutting down in windows....

And now I'm GLAD I didn't get the MSI.

I'm about to jump ship (to a manufacturer I've never even HEARD of before) and get this foxconn board. I REALLY hope it is the right choice....all the other boards are just plain disappointing...

Maybe I should still wait 1 more week....but....if this board does good and the XS reviews start pumping it...it's gona be out of stock for AGES as everyone and their momma start ordering them.

[Ace-a-Rue]

:D

are you going with Allendale?

[Pacification]

e6600 should be here wednesday

[lross78550]

Just ordered this foxcon board, x6800 conroe, enermax liberty 620 powersupply, 2 WD Raptors 150gb for raid 0, and an XFX PVT71UZDF9 Geforce 7950GX2 1GB 512-bit (256-bit x2) GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Xtreme Video Card. Im Hoping to slap it all in my new Jinu V2000 SS Cooler and clock it till it cooks. Everything should be here on tuesday at the latest. I was really worried about insulating the evap. on the Jinu Single Stage cooler and the foxcon looked like the best choice for getting a good seal. Im praying it works with the 7950GX2 Card and the new 91 drivers :), Will let you know when i hit 5Ghz :). Oh BTW im going to try to run the corsair Twin2X2048-8500C5* 1066mhz ram that i already have even though its 5-5-5-15.
Wish me luck
Lee
edit btw i also ordered a pci 2 port 9 pin serial port card so i can hook up my g-froster.

[Falkentyne]

:D

are you going with Allendale?

No.
X6800 extreme edition, IF I can find it for sale for less than $1200 -.- ....

[lross78550]

See above if i let the smoke out of mine ill sell it to you cheap :)
Lee



No.
X6800 extreme edition, IF I can find it for sale for less than $1200 -.- ....

[Pacification]

Just ordered this foxcon board, x6800 conroe, enermax liberty 620 powersupply, 2 WD Raptors 150gb for raid 0, and an Nvidia 7950GT w/1 Gig DDR3. Going to slap it all in my new Jinu V2000 SS Cooler and clock it till it cooks. Everything should be here on tuesday at the latest. I was really worried about insulating the evap. on the Jinu Single Stage cooler and the foxcon looked like the best choice for getting a good seal. Im praying it works with the 7950GT Card and the new 91 drivers :), Will let you know when i hit 5Ghz :). Oh BTW im going to try to run the corsair Twin2X2048-8500C5* 1066mhz ram that i already have even though its 5-5-5-15.
Wish me luck
Lee
edit btw i also ordered a pci 2 port 9 pin serial port card so i can hook up my g-froster.

ddr3?

[dinos22]

digital PWM

what do you hope to get....more stable voltages i guess......would be interesting to see how it compares

[Pacification]

only 13 left at newegg... chiefvalue has it on froogle now though

[lross78550]

yea i was trying to quote that video card from memory the actual card is

XFX PVT71UZDF9 Geforce 7950GX2 1GB 512-bit (256-bit x2) GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Xtreme Video Card - Retail


ddr3?

sorry for the mistake
Lee

[Sneaky]

only 13 left at newegg... chiefvalue has it on froogle now though


just curious - how do you know how many the store has left?... i've never seen actual "XX left in stock" things anywhere at newegg

[Pacification]

add to cart type in a quantity... if they have less than that it says insufficient quantity, and corrects it to what they have.

And yeah, you just confused me Iross... thought u knew something we didnt lol

[Lestat]

foxconn's just one of those gambles that has the worst odds.

i'd have to see about a 98% success rate withtheir baords before i got one.

they are just too much of an OEM maker. with only.. what 2 boards in their history that have been good for the clocking scene ?
you gent's are too conroe trigger happy.. ready to try anything :P

[aggybong]

Everybody is so trigger happy because the selection out there sucks :( The only board that I'd consider stable enough and bug free enough while overclocking is constantly out of stock and rather expensive (P5W).

I'll be watching the thread, since the only thing holding me back from buying an E6400 is a motherboard.

[Dumo]

After all of these + P5W (and almost DQ6) some dead and the others not that good...all with mods, I hope this Foxconn board is the one (before DFI/ATI decided to release theirs)...

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/1480/screenshot131tx5.jpg

[Pacification]

foxconn's just one of those gambles that has the worst odds.

i'd have to see about a 98% success rate withtheir baords before i got one.

they are just too much of an OEM maker. with only.. what 2 boards in their history that have been good for the clocking scene ?
you gent's are too conroe trigger happy.. ready to try anything :P

Worst odds? Based on nothing. You hate a lot lol... time will tell, this is an improvement on an existing 975x, so I'm hoping it will be good. We'll find out soon enough.

[Lestat]

i would say just keep your pants on guys.

these intel chipsets are really crap.

something about them is severely limiting the clocks of all conroes.

the higher the multi the lower the FSB.
the lower the multi the higher the fsb.
but they both equal out to be alot less then what the chips truly can do.

i hate to be the conspiracy theorist here but i truly believe intel purposefully designed things this way to limit people from going jsut insane on these conroes and overclocking the living hell out of them.

what other explanation is there that the same board, and only lowering the multi, can cause such dramatic increases in the fSB.

only other remote possibility is a Ghz limit of the NB . meaning, even though its a lower FSB the cpu itself is running higher. and its peaking out the abilities of the chipset. where as a lower multi has lower ghz so you can raise the fSB much higher. until... you reach a certain limit...

im just tired of jacking with intels craptacular chipsets and intel based boards.

[Lestat]

Worst odds? Based on nothing. You hate a lot lol... time will tell, this is an improvement on an existing 975x, so I'm hoping it will be good. We'll find out soon enough.


nah man its not about hate. its about history. and Foxconn is not an overclocking board, never has been and maybe. never will be.
they have released, someone help me here. 2 boards out of their years in the business that were overclocking boards.
so... they neither have the history nor the experience and i dare say the R&D to be trusted to make a killer conroe board.



and dumo we hate you for just rubbing that in our faces.

"some dead,, some not" man i hope your proud of yourself lol.
gotta love that infinity board spackled with sealant.. what have you been up to you xtreme nutcase you.. lol j/k man. just kidding.

[[TAG]Imp]

i would say just keep your pants on guys.

these intel chipsets are really crap.

something about them is severely limiting the clocks of all conroes.

the higher the multi the lower the FSB.
the lower the multi the higher the fsb.
but they both equal out to be alot less then what the chips truly can do.

i hate to be the conspiracy theorist here but i truly believe intel purposefully designed things this way to limit people from going jsut insane on these conroes and overclocking the living hell out of them.

what other explanation is there that the same board, and only lowering the multi, can cause such dramatic increases in the fSB.

only other remote possibility is a Ghz limit of the NB . meaning, even though its a lower FSB the cpu itself is running higher. and its peaking out the abilities of the chipset. where as a lower multi has lower ghz so you can raise the fSB much higher. until... you reach a certain limit...

im just tired of jacking with intels craptacular chipsets and intel based boards.
how are the chipsets crap? :confused:
intel procs have a long history of liking intel chipsets the best for overclocking.... plus, since when were overclocks with a ~3.5 GHz minimum BAD?

[eva2000]

digital PWM

what do you hope to get....more stable voltages i guess......would be interesting to see how it compares
easier for phase change hehe

[lross78550]

agreed i would run my conroe on a cardboard box if it would boot up and allow me to mount my Single Stage phase cooler.. Ice is Nice!
Lee

yea and foxconn might not be the board we end up with but its got room for an evaporator, im pretty sure it will run the 7950gx2 and with a x6800 running cold enough i should be able to squeeze pretty good 3dmark 06 scores.
I Hope :)
Lee


easier for phase change hehe

[Ace-a-Rue]

No.
X6800 extreme edition, IF I can find it for sale for less than $1200 -.- ....

right HERE (http://www.tankguys.biz/processors-core-c-29_178.html?osCsid=5b1901f4fb52fc635a251788bd9aa02 c) for about $1030.00

[scooby609]

welp went ahead & pulled the trigger on this board

hopefuly all my parts will be here by this coming weekend

E6600
Foxconn 975xAB
eVGA 7950 GX2
Gskills PC2 6400 2x1GB & 2x512MB (3gig total) HZ
Scythe SCMN-1000 heatsink
silver floppy drive & DvD burner
GIGABYTE GZ-XX1CA case
other odds & ends heh

can't wait .. heh it'll be like a early christmas LOL

[xgman]

only other remote possibility is a Ghz limit of the NB . meaning, even though its a lower FSB the cpu itself is running higher. and its peaking out the abilities of the chipset. where as a lower multi has lower ghz so you can raise the fSB much higher. until... you reach a certain limit...



This actually sounds quite probable.

[scooby609]

BTW if anyone is interested .. Newegg is down to 10 of these boards in stock now

[Falkentyne]

right HERE (http://www.tankguys.biz/processors-core-c-29_178.html?osCsid=5b1901f4fb52fc635a251788bd9aa02 c) for about $1030.00

Not in stock, though.
I knew about that site for awhile. It's never been in stock....

[Ace-a-Rue]

Not in stock, though.
I knew about that site for awhile. It's never been in stock....


this is what they said in an email from yesterday (sunday):



X6800s: Things look a bit more appealing here – this week is possible, but we don’t know for sure yet.

[cambrian]

anyone with overclocking results on this board? Looks promising. I returned my DS3 and got this one and it's on it's way. DS3 had great FSB but IRQ problems were too much.

[Raja@ASUS]

DFI 975 has the irq issues too. I had 9 devices on 1 IRQ. I am now not running Crossfire aand in game performance is way smoother, even though the frame rate is lower. I'm convinced the irq sharing makes the system slightly 'laggy'.

[cambrian]

you mean the dfi 975 and not this board right?
Yes the dfi infinity seems to be buggy at the moment.

[fhpchris]

In before sold out :)

6 left.

[Dumo]

Foxconn a/k/a Hon Hai, the biggest Intel oem mobo maker:) Bad Axe?

B/way 4 more left:)

[dogsx2]

After all of these + P5W (and almost DQ6) some dead and the others not that good...all with mods, I hope this Foxconn board is the one (before DFI/ATI decided to release theirs)...

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/1480/screenshot131tx5.jpg

LOL, if the DFI/ATI board doesn't come out until the end of Sept/first of OCT. you will have a nice collection by then.:D

[lross78550]

God the foxconn web site and manual are worse than useless. Might as well say something like "yea we got motherboards and we are pretty sure you use them to make computers" If you need any other information your on your own. With any luck my parts will be here tomorrow, ive already received my x6800 then we can find out real information like voltage options, overclocking settings etc. Hell with any luck it might even make it past the post test and actually boot:)
Lee

Foxconn new slogan

"We got electronic stuff and we think it does something"

[Revv23]

oh man, i wasnt planning on buying conroe until rd600, but wallet might hurt if this board ends up being good.

[Ace-a-Rue]

:toast: :owned: :cool:

I'm sure you will like it. What you having for dinner tomorrow?

:D finally caught on!...LOL

no crow yet!...i'll be back to get that plate if it works out with the Foxconn:p:

[kenofstephen]

apparently, it was announced to go to production in dec 2005 but it was delayed to around early april 2006 before it showed up with the reviewers...

i still think it is going to be about the same as the "AA" board:

Max overclock for the "AA" model won't be that far away from the "AB" model...maybe the digital power will help to squeeze more out of it...if anyone can squeeze the max out of a board, OPB is the one!!:)

http://hardwarelogic.com/news/129/ARTICLE/1171/8/2006-04-26.html

how come just 284MHz for G1975X?

[scooby609]

Newegg down to 4 of the Foxconn 975xAB boards now!

[Ace-a-Rue]

Newegg down to 4 of the Foxconn 975xAB boards nowtick, tick, tick:D

[Nullvoid]

Has anyone actually got their hands on one yet? How's it looking? What about foxconn's own p965 offerings? I need more input!

[Ace-a-Rue]

i think the boards are being delivered as i write this;)

[Falkentyne]

Ok, Ace.

I couldn't wait any longer.

I just ordered one. I think I'm already
:banana:

I HOPE TO GOD I DID THE RIGHT THING. If not...I'm going to be
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: PISSED...

Newegg down to 2 left.

[fhpchris]

If it sucks, you can always return it...

:)

I figure if Dumo and OPB are getting one, they know something we dont...

[Revv23]

OPB just got his:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=111630

[Ace-a-Rue]

Ok, Ace.

I couldn't wait any longer.

I just ordered one. I think I'm already
:banana:

I HOPE TO GOD I DID THE RIGHT THING. If not...I'm going to be
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: PISSED...

Newegg down to 2 left.

at least we can all get together and cry in our beer (milk or ice tea:D) if this board doesn't work out!

[Pacification]

My OEM e6600 just got here from clubIT ... my vid card and mobo should be here thursday and then I'll have everything.
This board looks promising, gonna be sitting on OPB's thread for a while lol

[Ace-a-Rue]

modded bios by NFO: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1654383#post1654383

[dogsx2]

Well Ace, maybe you were right. Doesn't look bright right now, just a small candle at the end of the tunnel.

I'm not saying I'm wrong yet but we are 50/50 now.

Edit:Looks real bad. You were right Ace.:(

[dinos22]

outch!!! looks like its a POS:stick:

[fhpchris]

I dont know about you guys, but Newegg Cust. Service said that If I refuse shipment of the board they will refund my $$.

They didnt mention a restocking fee, But I dont care as long as I dont keep this POS board.

[dogsx2]

I dont know about you guys, but Newegg Cust. Service said that If I refuse shipment of the board they will refund my $$.

They didnt mention a restocking fee, But I dont care as long as I dont keep this POS board.

If you refuse shipment of a Newegg item you don't have to pay anything. I know that for a fact.

[Ace-a-Rue]

OK "dogsx2", i am sliding the plate of crow over to your side of the table...ENJOY!:p: :slap: :banana: :toast:

[dogsx2]

OK "dogsx2", i am sliding the plate of crow over to your side of the table...ENJOY!:p: :slap: :banana: :toast:

See post #140, beat you to it. At the rate we are going Kentsfields may be out before we get a great Conroe board.:(

This ones for you.

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/6561/85630otvswbt7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

This was taken the last time I had to eat crow.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Lol.....:D

[Ace-a-Rue]

i am not giving up...i will try my 6400 on it along with the areca card....the card is now my main emphasis to see if it does work as it was purported in the hardwarezone.com article. (http://www.hardwarezone.com/news/view.php?id=5132&cid=4)

[dogsx2]

It may be just one bios away from being a great board. I sure like how clean it is.

[Blue078]

See post #140, beat you to it. At the rate we are going Kentsfields may be out before we get a great Conroe board.:(

This ones for you.

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/6561/85630otvswbt7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

This was taken the last time I had to eat crow.

:rotf: To the pic. And I hate to say it but you may be right about the boards.

[sierra_bound]

I can't believe people are cancelling their orders because one user had a bad experience with the board. That's pretty sad. Might as well not buy any board since people have had problems with all of them. I may give the Foxconn a try, just for the hell of it.:)

[Ace-a-Rue]

you know..i am still an optimist...i am still holding out it will be a good board..or...average board..maybe, just good enough to satisfy some people.

[Ace-a-Rue]

I can't believe people are cancelling their orders because one user had a bad experience with the board. That's pretty sad. Might as well not buy any board since people have had problems with all of them. I may give the Foxconn a try, just for the hell of it.:)

ALL RIGHT SIERRA!...GO MAN, GO!

[Onepagebook]

I can't believe people are cancelling their orders because one user had a bad experience with the board. That's pretty sad. Might as well not buy any board since people have had problems with all of them. I may give the Foxconn a try, just for the hell of it.:)


I bet you WILL have hard time to deal with it, cuz Dumo got pissed as well

[sierra_bound]

Well, if it gives me problems, I just return it. No big deal. Just about every experienced overclocker has had to deal with uncooperative boards.

[Onepagebook]

Well, if it gives me problems, I just return it. No big deal. Just about every experienced overclocker has had to deal with uncooperative boards.


Absolutely right concept!!:guitar: :clap:

[dogsx2]

Well, if it gives me problems, I just return it. No big deal. Just about every experienced overclocker has had to deal with uncooperative boards.

You mean like these in Dumo's post?

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/1480/screenshot131tx5.jpg[/

[sierra_bound]

Dumo was using sub-zero cooling. I can tell you these boards die real fast with extreme cooling. I've lost a couple myself. I'm just looking for a board for my Kentsfield. I don't need 600 FSB.

[fhpchris]

You mean like these in Dumo's post?

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/1480/screenshot131tx5.jpg[/


Do not forget the 5 badaxes that dumo has, I think he killed 4 of them though :(

[pcdoc1]

Well, if it gives me problems, I just return it. No big deal. Just about every experienced overclocker has had to deal with uncooperative boards.Now c'mon sierra, don't start showing us 450+ fsb boots or OPB will need to find a new job..... :)

[Eldonko]

I can't believe people are cancelling their orders because one user had a bad experience with the board. That's pretty sad. Might as well not buy any board since people have had problems with all of them. I may give the Foxconn a try, just for the hell of it.:)I didnt cancel mine, its already in the mail and I am trying the board for myself at least. :)

[sierra_bound]

Now c'mon sierra, don't start showing us 450+ fsb boots or OPB will need to find a new job..... :)
I'm not doubting OPB's results. But I remember people saying the Asus P5W DH was a POS. A few benchers later set world records with that board. On the other hand, coolaler said the MSI board was his favorite. But it doesn't appear to be anyone else's favorite.:D So who should you believe and trust? Just about every one of these board has had issues. Maybe RD600 will be a savior. Who knows.

[pcdoc1]

I'm not doubting OPB's results. But I remember people saying the Asus P5W DH was a POS. A few benchers later set world records with that board. On the other hand, coolaler said the MSI board was his favorite. But it doesn't appear to be anyone else's favorite.:D So who should you believe and trust? Just about every one of these board has had issues. Maybe RD600 will be a savior. Who knows.Agree! But as much grief as there's been with the new boards, might as well try to find a way to have a little fun with the situation... ;)

OT: You may want to begin ignoring your PM's as I'll have a P5B Dlx tomorrow and it appears that you're the one that can make it dance...

[dogsx2]

On the other hand, coolaler said the MSI board was his favorite. But it doesn't appear to be anyone else's favorite.:

Not for long, once he got a 6800 and couldn't change the multiplier and was stuck at 11, the BX was his board of choice.

[sierra_bound]

Agree! But as much grief as there's been with the new boards, might as well try to find a way to have a little fun with the situation... ;)

OT: You may want to begin ignoring your PM's as I'll have a P5B Dlx tomorrow and it appears that you're the one that can make it dance...
You can PM me any time.:) Several people can make the board dance. It's actually one of the better Conroe boards I've tried.

Not for long, once he got a 6800 and couldn't change the multiplier and was stuck at 11, the BX was his board of choice.
Yes, but I seem to recall him saying at one point that the MSI 975X was the best board for Conroe.

Opinions change. But I'm sure some people bought that board, based on his results.

[fhpchris]

You can PM me any time.:) Several people can make the board dance. It's actually one of the better Conroe boards I've tried.

Yes, but I seem to recall him saying at one point that the MSI 975X was the best board for Conroe.

Opinions change. But I'm sure some people bought that board, based on his results.

If I could find a P5W DH, I would try one of those ....

However they cost 299$ @ ZZF :(

[sierra_bound]

I think the first shipment of the Asus boards is pretty much sold out by now. I'm sure there will be more shipments in the near future. People need boards for their Allendales and Conroes.

[fhpchris]

Hey, if you think this foxconn is so great, I will trade it for your P5W DH :)

[sierra_bound]

Haha, no deal. :D I did kill my first P5W DH. It's a decent board. But FSB for Kentsfield is limited to around 350. I may end up using the P5B Dlx for that CPU.

You have to keep a sense of humor about all of this. After I killed a Bad Axe and a P5W DH, I was ready to join a monastery. lol. But the next board (another P5W DH) was a real winner.

[fhpchris]

Haha, no deal. :D I did kill my first P5W DH. It's a decent board. But FSB for Kentsfield is limited to around 350. I may end up using the P5B Dlx for that CPU.

You have to keep a sense of humor about all of this. After I killed a Bad Axe and a P5W DH, I was ready to join a monastery. lol. But the next board (another P5W DH) was a real winner.

Why, Clearly the P5WDH is a horrible board that you can let me take off your hands :)

Seriously, when tankguys posts the WS PRO up tonight I am ordering that.

[5-Clicks]

I'm with sierra. One or two boards doesn't show every potential of the board. I will still try mine out, and, like sierra said, it's just the release BIOS. How many of those are actually stellar BIOS'...esspecially when it's for a CPU that has a brand new architecture. I'll start bugging Foxconn for a new BIOS if I have issues (bugging....a buggy BIOS...haha...get it?)

[Raja@ASUS]

Dumo was using sub-zero cooling. I can tell you these boards die real fast with extreme cooling. I've lost a couple myself. I'm just looking for a board for my Kentsfield. I don't need 600 FSB.


I think Dumo sussed why they were dying in the end. You have to seal all the caps and the inductors too, which I think he was leaving open. Still a ball-ache though. That's why so many of the phase guys were looking forwards to the Foxconn, myself included.


Those of us running Crossfire (needing the 975) are gonna have to see what the ATI chipset can do..

[sierra_bound]

Trust me, I insulate my boards well. I don't think the problem is just condensation-related. A TeamJapan member told me that over-insulating a board can be just as bad as under-insulating. Some people put lots of dielectric grease or Vaseline in the socket. Personally I think that's unnecessary.

I think the main problem is that these boards are very fragile and not very well made. I have an AOpen Yonah board that has been put through a lot of abuse, and it still works fine.

[fhpchris]

I love my little Aopen Yonah board, It is quirky, but it works well :)

The foxconn might be good once, if ever, upper dividers on a X6800 work.

The vdimm/Vcore mod will be intresting...

[party animal]

to be honest, i think if the foxconn board was coupled with a good BIOS, it could have some WR potential. The D-PWM seems really great, and it clears the socket area. Sierra, hope you get a good board! :)

[pcdoc1]

to be honest, i think if the foxconn board was coupled with a good BIOS, it could have some WR potential. The D-PWM seems really great, and it clears the socket area. Sierra, hope you get a good board! :)Yeah, and if I had a good supporting bios in my golf shoes I'd be setting WR's too! C'mon, that could be said for every available board... :)

[Dumo]

Vcore stuck @ 1.33V:(...And bios only 1:1 or 4:5

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/327/screenshot168mf4.jpg

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/4339/screenshot166el1.jpg

Until Foxconn released bios that can open Vcore >1.33V, this board is useless with <10X multis conroe.

[Onepagebook]

Do not forget the 5 badaxes that dumo has, I think he killed 4 of them though :(
you know how many I killed since I played intel?:D
17
11 pieces of 304,
4 pieces of p5wdh
1 abit ab9
1 p5b dx

[Pacification]

Hey guys, sucks about the OC, although I'm not much of an OC'er myself, i have 2x1gb ddr2 800 sticks of ram... Will they run on this board? I don't care if they run at 667 until a better bios comes out, just want to make sure its compatible... I have the ram and my e6600, and the mobo is on the way

[Dumo]

After "the search for golden FX57/60"....then this:D
Its never stop..

[Falkentyne]

I'm not doubting OPB's results. But I remember people saying the Asus P5W DH was a POS. A few benchers later set world records with that board. On the other hand, coolaler said the MSI board was his favorite. But it doesn't appear to be anyone else's favorite.:D So who should you believe and trust? Just about every one of these board has had issues. Maybe RD600 will be a savior. Who knows.

The difference is, *THIS BOARD IS A PIECE OF :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: !! When was the LAST TIME you EVER Saw a board that didn't allow Vcore adjustments, despite the BIOS having them there? Honestly ? :slapass:

[dogsx2]

After "the search for golden FX57/60"....then this:D
Its never stop..

:rofl:

Now that was funny, not laughing at you,:) with you.

[scooby609]

I've heard rumors of a beta bios already for this board , but I have no connections to get ahold of one ... maybe some of ya guys that do could take a look into getting ahold of it

[fhpchris]

Vcore stuck @ 1.33V:(...And bios only 1:1 or 4:5

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/327/screenshot168mf4.jpg

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/4339/screenshot166el1.jpg

Until Foxconn released bios that can open Vcore >1.33V, this board is useless with <10X multis conroe.

20min dual 32m is kinda slow, My 3030 Yonah can almost do that!

http://www.sspmustang.com/ot/ram-run6.jpg


you know how many I killed since I played intel?
17
11 pieces of 304,
4 pieces of p5wdh
1 abit ab9
1 p5b dx

You are my hero Kevin :)

[Dumo]

I just tried SP32m right after installed Win.XP and no tweaks.

Heres 3ds, too lazy too uninstalled everything. I guess back to Infinity with a new bios:) ...

Already set it up, might as well....

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/372/screenshot164mo9.jpg

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/8148/screenshot165zm5.jpg

[Ace-a-Rue]

the Vdimm on the "fox one" system readout is the max, 2.24v???

[fhpchris]

I just tried SP32m right after installed Win.XP and no tweaks.

Heres 3ds, too lazy too uninstalled everything. I guess back to Infinity with a new bios:) ...

Already set it up, might as well....

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/372/screenshot164mo9.jpg

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/8148/screenshot165zm5.jpg


Let us know how that new bios goes Dumo :)

[lross78550]

God i have mine up and running and if fucxconn had just given us a multiplier that went past 11 (stupid, stupid, stupid) and a vcore that went to 1.5+ like some of the other boards do i could live with this pos board untill the 590 sli boards came out and got really stable firmware wise. Ill pay $$ to anyone who can get us up to a 14x multiplier in bios and a vcore that goes 1.5+ i dont even care if the vcore is adjustable im gona run it on a SS Phase anyway. I sware to god 3 monkeys and a jackass wrote this firmware... what the hell could they have been thinking?
anyone comes up with a bios mod or volt mod for this crappy board let me know (have paypal will travel)
Thanks
Lee

[scooby609]

Got my RMA from Newegg for this board .. have 14days to send it in .. will hold on to it a few days in hope that Foxconn pulls thier head outa thier asses & gives us a real bios

[LowRun]

Let us know how that new bios goes Dumo :)

Please don't quote the pics every time, it's a PITA.

[sierra_bound]

The difference is, *THIS BOARD IS A PIECE OF :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: !! When was the LAST TIME you EVER Saw a board that didn't allow Vcore adjustments, despite the BIOS having them there? Honestly ? :slapass:
Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't you cancel your order for this board. So why do you care one way or the other?

I did get a chance to test the board last night. It does have the VCore issue, which of course sucks. But if Foxconn can fix that, then this would actually be a pretty decent board. Everything else seems to work fine. I ran my 6600ES up to around 375X9. But that's as far as I could get with default voltage. If Foxconn doesn't fix the VCore issue in the next week or so, then unfortunately the board will have to go back to the reseller.

[scooby609]

does anyone have any connections with Foxconn? ... maybe we can get them to give us a beta bios to "test out"

[Falkentyne]

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't you cancel your order for this board. So why do you care one way or the other?

I did get a chance to test the board last night. It does have the VCore issue, which of course sucks. But if Foxconn can fix that, then this would actually be a pretty decent board. Everything else seems to work fine. I ran my 6600ES up to around 375X9. But that's as far as I could get with default voltage. If Foxconn doesn't fix the VCore issue in the next week or so, then unfortunately the board will have to go back to the reseller.

Um, I cared because I went through the time and hassle to -order- it. And I cared because I had to sit here and READ the feedback and hope for a case of "user error" before having to call newegg and wait on hold forever to *cancel* it.

And I care because I NEED A motherboard for a C2D, you know...

Your question seems really weird...

You're telling me that after you return the board, if someone else posts about the board and you reply, they should also say "why do you care? you returned the board?".

............

[Revv23]

So has anyone dropped the multi and gone for FSB runs?

[Eldonko]

I dont think the bios allows for multi dropping.

[dinos22]

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't you cancel your order for this board. So why do you care one way or the other?

I did get a chance to test the board last night. It does have the VCore issue, which of course sucks. But if Foxconn can fix that, then this would actually be a pretty decent board. Everything else seems to work fine. I ran my 6600ES up to around 375X9. But that's as far as I could get with default voltage. If Foxconn doesn't fix the VCore issue in the next week or so, then unfortunately the board will have to go back to the reseller.
shouldn't the ES do more on stock vcore?

you try dropping multi to 6

[fhpchris]

Um, I cared because I went through the time and hassle to -order- it. And I cared because I had to sit here and READ the feedback and hope for a case of "user error" before having to call newegg and wait on hold forever to *cancel* it.

And I care because I NEED A motherboard for a C2D, you know...

Your question seems really weird...

You're telling me that after you return the board, if someone else posts about the board and you reply, they should also say "why do you care? you returned the board?".

............

When I called newegg today, I only waited for an hour(which was a horrible wait) or so...

I dont mind it a bit, since they fixed the problem and helped me.

as soon as I hung up the phone, the cordless phone died, no power left! LOL...

[Dumo]

Simple question and simple answer:(.....I think Foxconn USA don't even aware that 975AB already available for public. I will get in touch with their Factory in China...

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/9972/screenshot183wm7.jpg

[5-Clicks]

Here's my correspondence so far..


Hello Foxconn, I am writing in regards to your latest Intel 975x chipset board, the 975X7AB-8EKRS2H. After some testing, it has been determined that the BIOS of this board needs some serious fixing. Anything from voltage control issues, to lack of a DDR2 800 option/divider. Do you have another BIOS that is on the way? I have high expectations for Foxconn and would hate for you to be snuffed out of the enthusiast market, which you seemed to have entered with the C51XEM2AA- 8EKRS2H. Please provide me with a new or even BETA BIOS for the 975X7AB-8EKRS2H if there is one available. Thanks for your time,
Thank you for your feedback..P12 7-21-06 is the latest BIOS. We don't have any newer Production BIOS for this motherboard. Also this motherboard does not support DDR2 800. It will recognize it as DDR2 667.
Thanks for the reply. Yes, the P.12 7/12/2006 BIOS has the problems I was talking about. Specifically, the CPU voltage adjustments are extremely painful to adjust, if they even adjust at all! Also, why is there no DDR2-800 support? Is there a BIOS that is currently being worked on by the Foxconn BIOS team?

Thanks,

I 've already forward it to our R&D team to verify...

[party animal]

Man, this board was supposed to be really good. Lets hope they get a decent BIOS out soon so you guys can oc these things.

[pcdoc1]

Man, this board was supposed to be really good...Based on what?

[sierra_bound]

Um, I cared because I went through the time and hassle to -order- it. And I cared because I had to sit here and READ the feedback and hope for a case of "user error" before having to call newegg and wait on hold forever to *cancel* it.

And I care because I NEED A motherboard for a C2D, you know...

Your question seems really weird...

You're telling me that after you return the board, if someone else posts about the board and you reply, they should also say "why do you care? you returned the board?".

............
Well first, you misquoted me. And second, you didn't return the board because you never had it in the first place. All you did was cancel an order. As far as long phone waits go, try calling a government office sometime. After you've been transferred a dozen times, you might actually get to speak to the right person.

I still have my board. But if there is no BIOS update in the forseeable future, then the board goes back.

[pcdoc1]

sierra_bound: you are a patient soul… :) :)

[lross78550]

The manual and web site clearly state that the board supports ddr2 800/677/533. and you have been much nicer in your correspondance with foxconn than have. i believed i used the term "2 blind monkeys could do a better job of writing firware and if you have a quality controll team then the blind monkeys that should be writing the firmware must be in charge of QC.
Lee


Here's my correspondence so far..

[sierra_bound]

sierra_bound: you are a patient soul… :) :)
Actually, I'm not patient by nature. But you have to be with these boards.:)

Did you get your P5B yet? Hope you have luck with it.

[pcdoc1]

i believed i used the term "2 blind monkeys could do a better job of writing firware and if you have a quality controll team then the blind monkeys that should be writing the firmware must be in charge of QC.
LeeDamn this is getting old, why don't you write a bios for it and let us know how it goes... Geeezzzzzz :(

[pcdoc1]

Actually, I'm not patient by nature. But you have to be with these boards.:)

Did you get your P5B yet? Hope you have luck with it.OT:

Yeah, but only had a few hours to play. It took a while figure out the bios, it’s priming tonight:

Retail 6600 (507 bios) - 8 X 450 – vcore 1.475
G.Skill 6400 HZ – 1:1 – 4,4,4,12
PI – low 14’s
Temps on air: 38 idle – 56 load

Looks promising,

More to come….. :)

[party animal]

Based on what?

pure speculation. People thought it was gonna be a kick ass board, but until Foxconn fixes the Vcore issues, its just gonna sit there and not be able to get very far. AFAIK, everything else seems to work nicely.

[scooby609]

I started a thread over at the Foxconn support forum asking about a new bios for the 975X7AB

link is here http://forum.foxconnchannel.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=11101

feel free to add any imput ... & maybe help out , I have a feeling my post may get over looked because its in english

[lross78550]

I copied this from another post in the intel section of this forum but its the salvation we have all been looking for. If you have the balls :)

http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=3904&s=2

can you say 1.55 vcore anyone :)
Lee

[dinos22]

lol damn it someone tell sham to figure out how to unlock the physically unlockable CPUs heheh..........what a legend he is :)

[BlaqMale]

i guess the R&d department has a lot of work to do this weekend :), i emailed them about whether the AB suppurts the 7950gx2 and whether a bios update is coming... all i was told was, will have or r&d department check and get back to you, this was from last week friday

[lross78550]

i tried the vcore mod (listed in my post above this one) and it works great i took my foxconn piece of s*it and had it running at 1.54v 1.3 was the max before the mod. only one problem after about 30 mins of testing it burnt out the digital powersupply module on the foxcon motherboard :) I was so scared that i fried my x6800 i drove to the office at 12:30am and picked up a new in box d805 processor and installed it in the motherboard and nothing no post or error beeeps of any kind using either processor. and the digital voltage regulator circuit (that was getting pretty hot by the way) when the system was running is now ice cold. I guess we now know why foxconn made the firmware vcore adjustments in the bios have no affect on the actual vcore voltage sent to the processor :) its not crappy firmware its a sh*t circuiit that cant handle the increased voltage :) Ive got a asus ws pro board on the way tuesday and ill be up and running. God im glad i didnt fry my processor. But the pin-mod works like a charm and is very easy to install and remove.
thanks Lee

BTW i had the x6800 running at 4050mhz on the stock fan (windows boot stable, i didnt test any farther) on the foxcon board at 1.54v 368 x 11.
Lee

[5-Clicks]

A new BIOS for the Foxconn AB is up!

http://www.foxconnchannel.com/EN-US/service/DriverDetail.aspx?id=en-gb0001088&Pname=975X7AB-8EKRS2H

Lets see if this does anything.