Foxconn 975 ab in da house. place bet!!

[Onepagebook]

it's here;) The best Intel 975x board in my mind, but not verify yet

box

http://www.ocxtreme.org/onepagebook/foxconn975ab/foxconn975ab01.jpg

accessories:

http://www.ocxtreme.org/onepagebook/foxconn975ab/foxconn975ab02.jpg

the board:

http://www.ocxtreme.org/onepagebook/foxconn975ab/foxconn975ab03.jpg

see that Digital PWM?;)

http://www.ocxtreme.org/onepagebook/foxconn975ab/foxconn975ab04.jpg

Ram socket area:

http://www.ocxtreme.org/onepagebook/foxconn975ab/foxconn975ab05.jpg

looks like we got the clock generator pretty same as DFI 975 board;)
so CG 1047 would do the job

http://www.ocxtreme.org/onepagebook/foxconn975ab/foxconn975ab06.jpg

two more pics and I am off to try;)

http://www.ocxtreme.org/onepagebook/foxconn975ab/foxconn975ab07.jpg

http://www.ocxtreme.org/onepagebook/foxconn975ab/foxconn975ab08.jpg

[Revv23]

Hurry!!

I am pumped for this board, just have a good feeling about it ya know, hopefully im right, because alot of people took bets on them.

[fhpchris]

I cant wait, I have one of these comming :)

[BlueAqua]

I like the area around the socket, looks very phase change friendly for a change in the new 775 boards.

Awaiting results.. :toast:

[Lestat]

eewww PCI-E slots are way close together. yah thats gunna hurt.


bout time someone put a fan on the NB!!

[Rol-Co]

ill bet 50 buck that it will do fsb 460+ :D

looks nice , verry good quallity
.

[day187]

could this be the one :D

[Ace-a-Rue]

tick, tick, tick!!!:D:D:D

[Sanborn]

Wow, does it have an outlined area for 3rd party heatsink brackets or is that when you took off the default one (thats a very vague question)

[nFo]

ill bet 50 buck that it will do fsb 460+ :D

looks nice , verry good quallity
.
No problem:
http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/7140/foxfg8.png
MCH voltage settings.
You only need to unhide it.
:hrhr:

[Gun_Strife]

i am feeling this board and hopefully in a good way
looks really great though

[afireinside]

Man I'm really excited to see if this lives up to their AM2 board! Good luck OPB!

[Onepagebook]

No problem:
http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/7140/foxfg8.png
MCH voltage settings.
You only need to unhide it.
:hrhr:


:-o, would you please mod the bios for me:)

[vanovich]

really like the area around the cpu,no mosfets in the way .whats the biose like?are all settings hidden?

[Ace-a-Rue]

AAAH-HA!:D...looking better by the minute!...give me, give me that modded bios...PRETTY PLEASE!;)

[nFo]

:-o, would you please mod the bios for me:)
yeah sure. :D

http://rapidshare.de/files/29518260/MODFOX.BIN.html

[Onepagebook]

Thank you very much NFO...you 're so nice!!!

[OV3RCLOCK3R]

Cant wait for results. Hopefully it'll be better than all others :)

[Sanborn]

do some game benchmarks on it ;)

[charlie]

mmmm....

waiting anxiously...

[Ace-a-Rue]

yeah sure. :D

http://rapidshare.de/files/29518260/MODFOX.BIN.html

thank you kind sir!:)

[Pacification]

mmmm....

waiting anxiously...
Aren't we all :D

[\Karting_freak]

Kevin post the result plz
me departures in 3 hours for 2week holiday.
i need to know the results :)

[Miwo]

ooooooooo

that red color would go very well with an x1950xtx...........:D

[tardbus2]

Too bad this board doesn't look a bit sleeker :(

[Pete]

I heared thery are good to 500+ FSB!!

Very Phase, LN2 and water happy!!!!

About the only bord out there for Conroe thats got active cooling on the NB!

Shame about the PCI but still!!

need more board with digital PWM on em

[Sanborn]

I wish mobo manufacturers would color cordinate a little better as silly as that sounds...... red/yellow/green? Come on now.....

[Haltech]

Awesome.. This is the kind of stuff im waiting for! Wishing for the best guys :toast:

BTW... Heres a mirror for that modded bios.. if you want more posted as you make more mods, just pm me. (http://www.venomousmofo.com/XtremeSystems/BIOS/FoxConn/)

[Revv23]

http://cooperet.com/library/products/PM-4131%20CPL%20Series.pdf

Here is the data sheet for that PWM... If i read correctly, we've got a 5 phase digital vrm on our hands here. maybe electronics experts can get more info out of it?

[Onepagebook]

I post some bios pics(before mod) let you guys see..
I think bios need to be lots mod...
not a great bios.. lack of dividers
x6800 can't do over 11x...:(

http://www.ocxtreme.org/onepagebook/foxconn975ab/bios/bios01.jpg

http://www.ocxtreme.org/onepagebook/foxconn975ab/bios/bios02.jpg

http://www.ocxtreme.org/onepagebook/foxconn975ab/bios/bios03.jpg


http://www.ocxtreme.org/onepagebook/foxconn975ab/bios/bios04.jpg

http://www.ocxtreme.org/onepagebook/foxconn975ab/bios/bios05.jpg

http://www.ocxtreme.org/onepagebook/foxconn975ab/bios/bios06.jpg

http://www.ocxtreme.org/onepagebook/foxconn975ab/bios/bios07.jpg

http://www.ocxtreme.org/onepagebook/foxconn975ab/bios/bios08.jpg

http://www.ocxtreme.org/onepagebook/foxconn975ab/bios/bios09.jpg

http://www.ocxtreme.org/onepagebook/foxconn975ab/bios/bios10.jpg

http://www.ocxtreme.org/onepagebook/foxconn975ab/bios/bios11.jpg

[Raja@ASUS]

http://cooperet.com/library/products/PM-4131%20CPL%20Series.pdf

Here is the data sheet for that PWM... If i read correctly, we've got a 5 phase digital vrm on our hands here. maybe electronics experts can get more info out of it?



that's the datasheet for the inductor array..

[Eldonko]

I post some bios pics(before mod) let you guys see..
I think bios need to be lots mod...
not a great bios.. lack of dividers
x6800 can't do over 11x...:(Ouch, hope modded bios fixes that.

[Raja@ASUS]

Hi kev,

you know I've been waiting for a high fsb board... Let's hope we get to at least 450 with this one eh?

Waiting for your results bro'

regards
Raja

[Pacification]

Thanks for the pics OPB, keep em coming!

[Lestat]

no cheating OPB!!

you overclock with stock bios before you go beyond what the bios offers normally.

i dont think its fair to try out a brand new conroe board when your modding it right out of the box.

granted a bios mod is a helluva lot safer than hardware modding. but still. i think its better to know what she will do without mods than it is with mods.

be faithful to the board for a little while.
see how far she will go without any type of mod what so ever.

[Onepagebook]

you know what? I can't find bios flash utilities from Foxconn website..holy ...

lestat, all I want is about what you think, so, just be quiet and see how I show it;)

[Raja@ASUS]

Winflash should do the trick.. Hopefully..

[toddm27]

can't wait to see this one, looks great for phase

[xgman]

Well one thing is clear. There sure are allot of folks desperate for a good conroe board.

[Pacification]

Award bios, cant you hit ALT+F2?

[Dazog]

There are more hidden options in the bios for Cpu termination voltage

they are 0.21 to 0.36v in .03 steppings

[gundersausage]

Is this the line for Rochelle Rochelle?

[sierra_bound]

The BIOS has only two memory ratios? That's not good.

[Blue078]

No DDR 800 ?

[Haltech]

Im sure someone can contact Foxxconn and get em to give us mem dividers... Any modded bios', please send them to venomousmofo at venomousmofo dot com ill host em as i receive em. kevin, GET TO WORK!

[Dazog]

the bios only has the 2 yes I looked.

Someone needs to add them only thing that was hidden was Cpu termination voltages and DDR voltages.

[Onepagebook]

can't adjust vcore:(

[Shpoon]

can't adjust vcore:(

That's...dumb....bios update anyone? Looked like it had so much potential...

[samualcc]

And the dream is dead before it started :(

[thegreek]

can't adjust vcore:(
what's this then?

http://www.ocxtreme.org/onepagebook/foxconn975ab/bios/bios06.jpg

[Onepagebook]

I know, but not gainning any extra vcore by measure it or show in the bios health section from montior chip;)

[Lestat]

you know what? I can't find bios flash utilities from Foxconn website..holy ...

lestat, all I want is about what you think, so, just be quiet and see how I show it;)


hahahahah

yeah but isnt it better to show everyone how good the board is at stock,, and then mod the bios or the baord so people are really happy!

and besides you have magic super powers for overclocking that no one else does lol.

[Pacification]

What ram are you using? Does it just run @ slower speeds?

[Tony]

I have tweaked this bios a little, no board to test though. Same unhides along with 800ddr, and the vcore Vmch and Vfsb tweaks.

As i said not tested, opens fine in modbin etc, see how you get on. (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/a.leach80/bios%20files/foxconn/635F1PBT.zip)

[thegreek]

I know, but not gainning any extra vcore by measure it or show in the bios health section from montior chip;)
I see, do you have the latest bios? http://www.foxconnchannel.com/service/downloads.aspx?Model=975X7AB-8EKRS2H&DownID=en-us0000003

[Onepagebook]

Thanks Tony,

Ya, I got 7/21 dated bios from board
I can't even flash bios,


where I can get the correct award flash ? thanks all

[Pacification]

How to Use Award Flash Utility (http://www.ecsusa.com/downloads/flashAward.html)
Maybe that would help?

[thegreek]

Thanks Tony,

Ya, I got 7/21 dated bios from board
I can't even flash bios,

where I can get the correct award flash ? thanks all

Straight from the foxconn website:


How to flash your BIOS using a DOS boot diskette?

Follow these steps:

1. Create a bootable diskette. Please go to www.bootdisk.com and download drdflash.exe file. You can save this file to My Document folder. When download is completed, insert a blank diskette into the floppy drive, go back to My Document folder, and double-click on DRDFLASH.EXE to create a bootable diskette. Leave the diskette in the drive.

2. Go to www.foxconnchannel.com and navigate to your motherboard via Services/Downloads. Use the navigation bar on the left side to navigate to your motherboard. Click the blue link for the BIOS in the Search Results field. On the resulting screen click the Download button. Save it to your A drive. When done, back up to the downloads menu for your motherboard and select the Flash Utility. On the resulting screen click the Download button. Save it to your A drive. Leave the diskette in the drive.

3. Shutdown and reboot your machine. Press DEL key at the Foxconn's logo or at the "Press TAB to show POST screen, DEL to enter SETUP" message. At the main BIOS menu, select Advanced BIOS Feature, press ENTER key. Set "First Boot Device" to "Floppy". Then press F10 key and Y, ENTER key to save the BIOS settings. Leave the floppy in the drive and let it boots to the A:\>

4. From A:\> type DIR to list all the files and then type in AWDFLASH XXXXXXX.BIN or AFU836 XXXXXXX.BIN and then press the ENTER key. The XXXXXXX.BIN is the file name of the BIOS file you downloaded. Enter from the directory listing.

5. The AwardBIOS Flash Utility screen will appear and prompt you to save your current BIOS. Press Y to save the current BIOS. Name it OLD and press ENTER key. Your system will back up your current BIOS to your're A drive under the OLD.BIN file name.

6. When done saving the current BIOS, press Y to update the BIOS.

7. When prompted to do so, remove the floppy diskette and then press F1 to reset your system. Note the new BIOS number on the initial boot up screen.

[Onepagebook]

I know how to falsh, but just can't find the right tool, awadflash.exe seems not the one, I gotta find the Afu836

** edit: Found it, try new bios falsh

[thegreek]

I know how to falsh, but just can't find the right tool, awadflash.exe seems not the one, I gotta find the Afu836

edit

[vmsein]

Well one thing is clear. There sure are allot of folks desperate for a good conroe board.

QFT. Still watching and waiting for the one.

[nFo]

With the original bios, you also get: awardflash.exe. ;)

[day187]

Afu836

** edit: Found it, try new bios falsh

Where did you find the afu836.exe?

Thanks

[Raja@ASUS]

looks like OPB will be a busy man tonight!

[Onepagebook]

Not even boot@ 360x10

[gundersausage]

DFI Lanparty RD600 cant come quick enough

[fhpchris]

is it actually upping vcore when you use 24%?

[Onepagebook]

you just can't set the beyond original vcore

just weird, can't even boot@ 3.2g:(

[Kunaak]

lower the multiplier then and go for FSB alone.
dont worry about the Vcore now.

[party animal]

Lets hope foxconn fixes the BIOS problems so we can see the true performance of this board.

OPB, try what Kunaak said, highest FSB on stock volts. Looking forward to results :D

[Onepagebook]

no help...no boot over 3.1g

everything over 300 all no boot

Foxconn had better do something before I jump on the board;)

[Pacification]

I know how to falsh, but just can't find the right tool, awadflash.exe seems not the one, I gotta find the Afu836

** edit: Found it, try new bios falsh
Lol I know you do, in that link there was a flash tool

[fhpchris]

I sure hope she performs better than she looks, or this babe will never get a second date. :D

I might return mine unopened, at this rate it wont get a first date.

I hope OPB figures out something quickly...

[Kunaak]

looks like a dud.

[Eldonko]

OPB will figure it out, its only been a few hours!

[Kunaak]

second thought.

while the board appears to be a dud, can you try something else?

test the voltages, watch them with some sort of hardware monitor if they have one, and just see what happens to the voltages, once you start running 32M or something similar.

since this is the first board I know of with a D-PWM, and we all know the DFI boards coming out are suppose to have D-PWM as well, maybe this board can atleast give us an idea of if this feature is good, or just something that saves alittle space.
the idea of the a D-PWM is that it provides solid stable voltages, to everything. so lets see if it works ;)

[pcdoc1]

You may be right... This looks like the same bs we've seen in the all the original shipping bioses... :D

The big rush to market! :confused:

[JayG30]

second thought.

while the board appears to be a dud, can you try something else?

test the voltages, watch them with some sort of hardware monitor if they have one, and just see what happens to the voltages, once you start running 32M or something similar.

since this is the first board I know of with a D-PWM, and we all know the DFI boards coming out are suppose to have D-PWM as well, maybe this board can atleast give us an idea of if this feature is good, or just something that saves alittle space.
the idea of the a D-PWM is that it provides solid stable voltages, to everything. so lets see if it works ;)

If thats not making the best of a bad situation I don't know what is!

[Onepagebook]

can boot up@ 375x10 now, but need to find the tricks, thanks everyone
seems like if you don't set the vcore correctly, you need to reset bios and go all over again;)

[JayG30]

can boot up@ 375x10 now, but need to find the tricks, thanks everyone
seems like if you don't set the vcore correctly, you need to reset bios and go all over again;)

Yeaaaa!!! Thats not to shabby at all.

[Onepagebook]

yup, vcore +18%
but still not showing correct vcore value

**edit, also, it 's smart enough that it can't find if you are using mod bios, it will reset all the original options back to normal:eek:

[Falkentyne]

looks like a dud.

I just got off the phone with Newegg and they voided my order without any problems, since it hadn't shipped out yet.

I KNEW I SHOULD HAVE WAITED.
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

What a :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: mess...

I guess my only option now is to wait for DFI or get an Asus.

The order voiding was flawless; kudos for newegg for that. And no restocking fee since it wasn't packaged yet :)

The ONE time I chose NOT to do "rush processing" paid off, I guess.
I'll wait bit and see what happens with this board situation.

I did order a case elsewhere (Lian Li V777) and I'm keeping that order at least....

[v0dka]

I think I like this work-together-and-stay-uptodate kind of thread. :D

[Falkentyne]

OPB:

The modded BIOS (By Tony, I think?) and the newer BIOS from foxconn STILL won't let you adjust vcore ?

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[Onepagebook]

nope, and once if you OC failed, it reset to original bios IIRC

I will recommand everyone get a 80 card so you can see what's wrong with no boot when system just lock there.
In this board, it usually stop@ 26 or 45

[Ace-a-Rue]

No DDR 800 ?


supposedly it is there when you overclock....

[Onepagebook]

supposedly it is there when you overclock....
no, he is talking about divider

[mesyn191]

Sounds like this mobo is in desperate need of a BIOS update, that and its chipset limited for OC'ing. Damn shame, guess we'll have to wait for a RD600 board and/or mature NF5 mobo and see how those do.

[OV3RCLOCK3R]

Was hoping that this mobo would be the one but turns out it already has too many bios problems :(

[fhpchris]

Yes, Newegg said that I could just refuse shipment, and it would automaticly give me an RMA and refund me my $$.

[lawrywild]

rofl everyone got so pumped over this, few hours later everyone's cancelling orders haha

All the conroe boards are annoying atm, starting to really dislike the consistency of my p5wdh..

[Ace-a-Rue]

no, he is talking about divider

this is what the specs says for the board...isn't this the same thing?


Dual channel DDR2 800(OC)/667x4DIMMs

[Onepagebook]

this is what the specs says for the board...isn't this the same thing?


533-->1:1
667---> 4:5
800: 3:4

[|SiLA|]

533-->1:1
667---> 4:5
800: 3:4
i' ve tot "800" is 2:3 :eek:

[Onepagebook]

my conclusion:
DO NOT buy this board.

and I do apology to all the expection becuase I predict it shou be good.:(

[Supertim0r]

at least, P5WDG2-WS PRO is available :)

[fhpchris]

my conclusion:
DO NOT buy this board.

and I do apology to all the expection becuase I predict it shou be good.:(

What is your opinion on the Asus P5WDG2-WS Pro?

I am going to get one instead of this POS board. It is only a shame that it has to cost so much.

[|SiLA|]

my conclusion:
DO NOT buy this board.

and I do apology to all the expection becuase I predict it shou be good.:(

already a verdict?not even a day tring it?it must be a sucky mobo then :slapass:

[dogsx2]

Ouch, sorry to hear that.
Thanks for sharing the results you got and not trying to make out it's better then it is.

[Ace-a-Rue]

533-->1:1
667---> 4:5
800: 3:4

thank you for the lesson...appreciate your knowledge and wisdom being spread on me.:)

[Ace-a-Rue]

my conclusion:
DO NOT buy this board.

and I do apology to all the expection becuase I predict it shou be good.:(

don't feel bad...we were all hoping...mine comes by thursday...i still want to try it out with the Areca 1210 PCIe card...supposedly the 16x slot will accept 8x PCIe cards.

[pcdoc1]

my conclusion:
DO NOT buy this board.

and I do apology to all the expection becuase I predict it shou be good.:(Thanks, appreciate all you do... :toast:

[kiwi]

Haha

You should say this to Foxconn, maybe they will try better next time :p:

[Gun_Strife]

well thats too bad looks like ill be going ds3 for a month or two

[Onepagebook]

What is your opinion on the Asus P5WDG2-WS Pro?

I am going to get one instead of this POS board. It is only a shame that it has to cost so much.


Atleast that's a very decent board(ws pro) it never has to do the vdroop..
and I got my x6800 boot @ 5.06g under LN2 right away

[fhpchris]

Atleast that's a very decent board(ws pro) it never has to do the vdroop..
and I got my x6800 boot @ 5.06g under LN2 right away

how high does vdimm on it go unmodded?

[cambrian]

blah...should have waited for the reviews before I jumped on it. Hopefully newegg will give me a full refund...I haven't even opened the shipping box yet. Damn, this sucks!

[Lestat]

thats a shame. yet another conroe board not worth the time.

thanks for spending the time to test and inform us about the board OPB

we all appreciate it very much.
im sure the people who already got this baord will be kicking themselves very hard.

[Ace-a-Rue]

how high does vdimm on it go unmodded?

i think it goes up to 2.4v...it has a max of "0.6v" add.

[Sneaky]

how high does vdimm on it go unmodded?


2.4... not too shabby



more bios stats:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=108011

[Onepagebook]

i think it goes up to 2.4v...it has a max of "0.6v" add.


nope, it 's not even 2.35v

[fhpchris]

nope, it 's not even 2.35v

http://www.iamxtreme.net/andre/WS-Pro/13.JPG

Do you have a bios that only does 2.3 Kevin?

[Ace-a-Rue]

nope, it 's not even 2.35v
gosh...not good!

so this shot you took of the bios dram increase is bogus...actual output is less...damn!

[fhpchris]

gosh...not good!

so this shot you took of the bios dram increase is bogus...actual output is less...damn!

Sorry for confusing you, I was talking about the Asus board, not the foxconn :)

[Pacification]

Will my 1gb ddr2 800 sticks work on this?

[Ace-a-Rue]

i was referring to OPB post to me...no confusion on your part..i should have quoted him from the get go!...finally edited my post to show that!

[Falkentyne]

It's funny...

All these features were "promised" For this board after the AA board (see several AA reviews), and the BIOS even has most of these features, but they simply DON'T WORK.

Talk about BIOS bugs.....this makes the MSI Pup board look like an IC7-G Max2 in comparison...

I can NOT BELIEVE the Vcore doesn't work....what sort of :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: 'd up BIOS is that??? That's the WORST BUG EVER......

Oh....wait....maybe the worst bug would be if it applied 2.0v ...then your X6800 dies.... :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[fhpchris]

It's funny...

All these features were "promised" For this board after the AA board (see several AA reviews), and the BIOS even has most of these features, but they simply DON'T WORK.

Talk about BIOS bugs.....this makes the MSI Pup board look like an IC7-G Max2 in comparison...

I can NOT BELIEVE the Vcore doesn't work....what sort of :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: 'd up BIOS is that??? That's the WORST BUG EVER......

Oh....wait....maybe the worst bug would be if it applied 2.0v ...then your X6800 dies.... :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
A LA DFI Expert

[gundersausage]

DS3 still the best bang for buck

[pcdoc1]

DS3 still the best bang for buckThree months from now we'll all be saying, "What BS is this?"... :)

[gundersausage]

Three months from now we'll all be saying, "What BS is this?"... :)
3 months from now I'll be asynchronously overclocking my DFI Lanparty RD600 ;)

[pcdoc1]

3 months from now I'll be asynchronously overclocking my DFI Lanparty RD600 ;)Hope that happens as I doubt the DS3 will still be running in 3 months... :D

[Onepagebook]

It's not just what I got that vcore crap no over 1.3v
ask dumo if he cracked the board to some pieces yet.
I really feel sorry...

[pcdoc1]

It's not just what I got that vcore crap no over 1.3v
ask dumo if he cracked the board to some pieces yet.
I really feel sorry...I'm sure everyone here appreciates your run at it... Don't lose a minutes sleep over it, hell it's just Foxconn anyway. :D Some of their new stuff has been pretty cool by they're far from being a serious player to date...

Take ten, enjoy your favorite "adult beverage" and get some sleep...

Regards-

[cambrian]

watch...the dfi rd600 will have a major FSB wall...teehee and everyone will flock back to the DS3.

[gundersausage]

watch...the dfi rd600 will have a major FSB wall...teehee and everyone will flock back to the DS3.
The engineers already have it at 430-450 FSB, with hopefully a lot more room to go before retail

[Dumo]

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

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.

On the bright side...Vdimm and Vmch are awesome...

Stock Vmch 1.52V...

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1359/screenshot172uu3.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/7770/screenshot173pb0.jpg

Vmch goes up to 1.94V and beyond...

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/8453/screenshot170ym5.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/765/screenshot171kz2.jpg

[cambrian]

this board gets crappier by the hour.

[Dumo]

Just wait untill Foxconn comes up with a better bios...Provided its not a hardware limitation by default.

[Onepagebook]

I am glad that at least I am not intel stupid dumb ass:(

[scooby609]

has anyone e-mailed foxconn about the bios issues yet ?

non-working Vcore ajustment

no strap for ddr2 800 ?

[5-Clicks]

Yes, I did last night. I'll probably call them too.

[fhpchris]

"we have this electronic stuff, and we think it does something"



Perfect assumption on this board! LOL!

[Ace-a-Rue]

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

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.

On the bright side...Vdimm and Vmch are awesome...

Stock Vmch 1.52V...



how high did you see Vdimm go to (actual voltage readout)?

[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

here is a link to the original post on the intel fourm of this site

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112028

I will let you know if it works in a couple of hours i just got back from ratshack with my conductive ink pen
Lee

[Blue078]

Keep us posted weither it works or not.

[BlaqMale]

very good news, would prefer bios options though but can't have everything . think the digital pwm will work well with the pin mod? opb fire up the board again :)

[lross78550]

i tried the vcore mode 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

[dinos22]

i tried the vcore mode 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.
Leeoutch!!!!!!!!!!! lucky that CPU didn't die

i can't believe you had that CPU running at 4050MHz on stock fan wow

[lross78550]

well i did have that stock fan turning about 6000 rpm :) and im not sure the system was really stable i just booted into windows ran the fox one monitoring software chked it then shut down to try anohter bios setting
Lee

[Falkentyne]

i tried the vcore mode 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

Wow......
What a :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: piece of :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: motherboard......Wow.....
Increase vcore and the PWM blows up......
feels like the Twilight zone or something...

Why do they even HAVE vcore adjustments at ALL if they don't work and doing it blows up the board? @@

The DFI boards have a digital PWM...they don't blow up under higher vcore do they? :confused:

[dinos22]

which DFI has digital PWM

[party animal]

I hope they dont, or itll be a major shame on their end for designing an enthusiast board with no Vcore adjustment unless you want to fry your board. So much for the digital PWM on the Foxconn board:brick:

The Foxconn board literally is SOL series eh?

[eva2000]

which DFI has digital PWM
the upcoming DFI NF590 SLI for Intel board IIRC

[death metal]

Hardmod the CPU to get more vCore

[fhpchris]

Hardmod the CPU to get more vCore

And that does not help if the board explodes or catches fire!

LOL :D

[death metal]

And that does not help if the board explodes or catches fire!

LOL :D

He can start with simple pin mod (I know, no pin, but you get the idea) with not so high vCore and see how the system works i.e. he mentioned some FSB wall i.e. no boot. At least, this will verify if what he is seeing as "no change even if he change it in BIOS" is accurate or whether he is just measuring voltage reading at wrong points.

He can then clean up the conductive pen markings after he's done pin modding, so back to normal CPU voltage.

[d@rkn1ko]

which DFI has digital PWM

all new lanparty board

[[TAG]Imp]

The engineers already have it at 430-450 FSB, with hopefully a lot more room to go before retail
yeah, that's what the abit engineers said about the AB9 >.<

[gundersausage]

Imp']yeah, that's what the abit engineers said about the AB9 >.<
Fortunately DFI hasn't lost the plot like those clowns

[Ace-a-Rue]

set up my "AB" the other day with a 6400.

the best i could do is 370 FSB with the Vcore hanging right around 1.30-1.31 as reported by "Fox One".

i ran SP 2004 for 2 plus hours and it hung in there while doing other tasking, at times, in the background.

[lross78550]

Just use this

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

Of course 1/2 hr later the voltage regulator module on the foxcon motherboard burnt up but for that 1/2hr i had that foxconn running like a Real motherboard. Im sure its the voltage regulator module on the motherboard that fried as i tried a intel d 805 and got the same no post result. what i cant know for sure is if when the regulator module fried if it took out my new $1100.00 x6800 processor because i dont have anohter motherboard to test it in until monday :) But i promise that the vcore mod does work and you can have that foxconn putting out 1.45 to 1.61v in less than 15mins worth of work... Now how long your board will last and if your processor will survive the small fire i can not answer yet :)

Still i would rather have a foxconn ab run like a real motherboard for 1/2 hr and then die than have it run stock for 100 years... thats how much i hate the performance of that board :)
Lee






set up my "AB" the other day with a 6400.

the best i could do is 370 FSB with the Vcore hanging right around 1.30-1.31 as reported by "Fox One".

i ran SP 2004 for 2 plus hours and it hung in there while doing other tasking, at times, in the background.

[Ace-a-Rue]

no risk for me!;)

the board will go back...i do not think they will able to fix the vcore..period...foxconn development team needs to be taken to the wood shed for a little lesson on how to double check your work....they get a "FAILING" grade!

[Ace-a-Rue]

i was getting warm boot issues with the FSB at 370..now at 350 none at all since removing the the drive from the intel sata controller...i bought an Areca PCIe Raid card....it is awesome!...right now, i am stepping the FSB at 10 mhz per boot into windows.

[Ace-a-Rue]

this is how the Areca card performs on the "AB" board...

PCIe bus@130 Mhz
CPU@350FSB
two Seagate 7200.10 drives in a 32K Stripe

the big thing i did this 2nd time around (FSB wise and the warm boot issue) was just up the Vdimm to 2.1 (Corsair 6400C4) and leave all other voltage settings in "Auto".

[Ace-a-Rue]

370 FSB is my wall..any higher...i get a "no" post..otherwise it warm boots up to 370...couldn't do that before with 370 set.

[BlaqMale]

it's obvious that the pin mod killed the digital pwm but i wouldn't say the digital pwm is sh1t, not like the pin mod was intended for boards with the digi pwm right? dfi switched to it so i'm pretty sure it performs better than solid caps. i just think the foxconn board wasn't meant to be modded :)

[Blue078]

this is how the Areca card performs on the "AB" board...

PCIe bus@130 Mhz
CPU@350FSB
two Seagate 7200.10 drives in a 32K Stripe

the big thing i did this 2nd time around (FSB wise and the warm boot issue) was just up the Vdimm to 2.1 (Corsair 6400C4) and leave all other voltage settings in "Auto".

That Average read speed is looking good Ace :clap:

[lross78550]

agreed the digital pwm is the way to go on the 775's in my opinion cause it frees up space arround the processor, i didnt mean to say that all digital pwm are bad just that the foxconn digital pwm isnt very sturdy :)
Lee

Ace A Rue is that raid card a 2 drive raid 0 or 3 drive raid 5? cause those are some nice numbers.
Lee


it's obvious that the pin mod killed the digital pwm but i wouldn't say the digital pwm is sh1t, not like the pin mod was intended for boards with the digi pwm right? dfi switched to it so i'm pretty sure it performs better than solid caps. i just think the foxconn board wasn't meant to be modded :)

[Ace-a-Rue]

thank you all for recognition on the raid card...it is AWESOME!

it is the Areca ARC-1210 card...4-SATA II ports....it is pricey but well worth it.

here is the link for the card (newegg stocks it): http://www.areca.us/products/html/pcie-sata.htm

[Pacification]

Got mine up and running, everything seems great at stock.
Do you think the Fox One reports the correct temp? I tried speedfan and it crashed...
I'm getting 28*C Idle & 37*C Load