Abit Fatal1TY F-I90HD m-ATX Results

[The Nemesis]

Using the shipping bios my max stable FSB topped out @ 333 Mhz. Using a modded bios (http://www.rebelshavenforum.com/sis-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=37;t=000066;p=0) which unlocks a few options things got alot better 367FSB orthos stable. Once Abit release's an offical bios with all the options unlocked, this board has real potential when combined with a 9 or greater multiplier cpu. 400FSB does not seem possible yet, but I haven't cranked up all the voltages.

Test configuration:
CPU: E6400 L628B194
Cooling: Zalman CNPS8000
Motherboard: Abit Fatal1TY F-I90HD
Memory: 2 GB G.SKILL F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ
Video: Onboard
Case: APEVIA X-QPACK 420w PSU

http://img.techpowerup.org/070313/IMG_1453570.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/070313/367 FSB 8 hours Orthos E6400.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/070313/SATA Controller test.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/070313/everest memory benchmark.png

[The Warlock]

Thx for the info, it sure looks nice. I have been looking out for this board a while and is seriously considering buying one.
Looks like it also overclocks well for a m-atx, that will be a great bonus!
Any problems, integrated gpu works fine?, sound? Raid?.

[Lestat]

now if steve from SFFClub would stop buying all the boards from D&H then the place i purchased mine would actually be able to get some in.

be for warned do not buy from youruplink.com

they dont update their website very fast, and they dont tell you if its backordered, they dont tell you if if the website said there was units in stock but there never was.
they have changed the date on my twice now and never told me.
i only found out cuz i checked the website.

steve is a great guy just buy them from the sff club store.
i dont see any other store having them. but steve said there wont be any more for another week i believe.

[Chan_ryu]

hi guys, is 367fsb attained by using onboard video or discrete gfx?

thanks

[The Nemesis]

hi guys, is 367fsb attained by using onboard video or discrete gfx?

thanks

Onboard....

[Lestat]

and a REALLLLYYYY crappy power supply.
those QPack psu's are dangerous.
so that shows its a pretty solid board.

it dont matter onboard or discreet video thats the highest your gunna get.

notice he has the NB voltage set to max, which is rediculous that we should have to do that for such a low overclock.
and ram is only running 1:1 very low ram speeds.

but still, its a solid board.

i just havent seen anyone reporting how well the HDMI is working.
or the onboard sound (like that will ever be any good O_o )

[The Nemesis]

and a REALLLLYYYY crappy power supply.
those QPack psu's are dangerous.
so that shows its a pretty solid board.

it dont matter onboard or discreet video thats the highest your gunna get.

notice he has the NB voltage set to max, which is rediculous that we should have to do that for such a low overclock.
and ram is only running 1:1 very low ram speeds.

but still, its a solid board.

i just havent seen anyone reporting how well the HDMI is working.
or the onboard sound (like that will ever be any good O_o )

I chose to use that psu for that very reason.:) Thats the NB 1.8v set to 1.8v's. It goes as high as 2.232v. The NB 1.2v is set to 1.4 & it's the one that max's out @ 1.8v. I'm not sure if the 1.4v was even necessary to acheive 367FSB its where I started.

[Lestat]

I chose to use that psu for that very reason.:) Thats the NB 1.8v set to 1.8v's. It goes as high as 2.232v. The NB 1.2v is set to 1.4 & it's the one that max's out @ 1.8v. I'm not sure if the 1.4v was even necessary to acheive 367FSB its where I started.



ohhh thats right the NB 1.8 does go crazy high. i forgot about that.
my mistake.

has there been any documentation as to what the difference is for the NB 1.4 and NB 1.8 ?

[Meaker]

From a very quick session last night:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y143/Meaks/3ghz.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y143/Meaks/P3140073.jpg (I have upgraded the NB cooler)

[johann]

Im looking for the best Matx board out there, this looks like it may be it.

What else is there? The Asus 945g boards? This looks better for sure, especially if they can get a good bios going. If I can get 400FSB from a matx board I will be really happy.

[Sneaky]

I can't wait to get my hands on one of these boards for my mATX project - even if it does 350fsb, I'll be 100% happy with it for a micro ATX conroe board


has anyone tried a E6600 on one of these boards yet? I'd like to see how it does


-JR

[wittekakker]

Currently I'm using the Abit Fatal1ty FP-IN9SLI, together with E6600 and 2 stick of TEAMGROUP PC 6400. This board has cool options compared to my P5B Deluxe, though I don't seem to get it stable @ only 3,6GHz where with the Deluxe I had no trouble to get my cpu to 3,8GHz running 3D Mark all day.

Think the early BIOS is somehow limiting the overclock, let's hope so.

[Meaker]

My F-I90HD died :( Had very similar settings only a higher CPU voltage (it was an e4300), its being sent back to the shop.

[TEDY]

where to get it in EUROPE?

[Heidfirst]

http://www.geizhals.co.uk/eu/a240946.html

[Meaker]

I'd recommend www.scan.co.uk

[The Nemesis]

Now testing my crappy e4300. Took 1.45v set in bios for 3 ghz. I think this cpu is the best match for this limited FSB m-ATX board.

http://img.techpowerup.org/070318/334 FSB 8 hours Orthos E4300.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/070318/334 FSB E4300 everest memory benchmark.png

[erwinz]

hey can anybody confirm that this mobo can use.. E6850?? its a 1333 i think?? is the multi unlocked??

thanx.. :)

[PlatinumJSI]

Using the shipping bios my max stable FSB topped out @ 333 Mhz. Using a modded bios (http://www.rebelshavenforum.com/sis-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=37;t=000066;p=0) which unlocks a few options things got alot better 367FSB orthos stable.

Which bios options did you change to get the higher FSB with the modded bios?

[Lestat]

i am seeing more and more poeple saying their boards are dieing.
steve has mentioned the same thing to me.

its making me really nerbous about buying one right now. im thinking seriously about waiting for a 2nd revision.

[pvhk]

Reports of dead mobos (here, on [H] and my french forums) are probably consecutive of using both overcloking and onboard video. The NB seems very weak in this condition!

[Heidfirst]

its making me really nerbous about buying one right now. im thinking seriously about waiting for a 2nd revision.
if it's the nb itself rather than the board what can they do (other than put fsb/voltage limitations in the BIOS) ....?

[The Nemesis]

Which bios options did you change to get the higher FSB with the modded bios?
The NB 1.2v option was increased to 1.4v. I also set memory 1:1, but I doubt that made a difference. These options are not available with the shipping bios.
Reports of dead mobos (here, on [H] and my french forums) are probably consecutive of using both overcloking and onboard video. The NB seems very weak in this condition!

My board is still going strong. I've left the E4300 in it & been encoding my dvd's to Mp4 for my Ipod with the system. I'm using onboard video as well & still no problems.

[pvhk]

The NB 1.2v option was increased to 1.4v. I also set memory 1:1, but I doubt that made a difference. These options are not available with the shipping bios.


My board is still going strong. I've left the E4300 in it & been encoding my dvd's to Mp4 for my Ipod with the system. I'm using onboard video as well & still no problems.
Good to hear!
But as far as I'm concern i won't take the risk!

[PlatinumJSI]

The NB 1.2v option was increased to 1.4v. I also set memory 1:1, but I doubt that made a difference. These options are not available with the shipping bios.


My board is still going strong. I've left the E4300 in it & been encoding my dvd's to Mp4 for my Ipod with the system. I'm using onboard video as well & still no problems.

Cheers ill give that a shot once I have a fan on my NB :)

[ninjagordy]

just going to replace my htpc with this board and a e4300, which bios then, i will be overclocking and running a 7600gt.

cheers

Gordy!

[sonofander]

this thread has been dead for awhile... have we given up on this board being worthwhile?

anybody having any success with it???

[Lestat]

Nemesis is about the only one around here that i have seen have anytype of success.

i have had mine sitting , in the box, in my closet for over a month now, and i really dont feel like messing with for the sheer fact that i dont wanna go thru all the time and trouble just so it can die on me.

i know Steve and Dilusion from sffclub have been thru 3 of them.
they had worked with Abit to find the issue, although they did all the work and found out Ram slots 1 and 2 die. which leave slots 3 and 4. which means,, yup no more dual channel ram.

i havent talked to steve in a while, maybe they are on their 4th one by now.

i do know abit refuses to acknowledge any issues.
but they are rma'ing them.

i love the look and feel and bios of the board. but thats all i have done, looked.
i have never even powered it on or anything.

[Haltech]

This cant be any worse than the damn DFI Rs48X ive got sitting in the box for AMD. Never could get that pile of :banana::banana::banana::banana: to run right. What killed it for me was the fact it wasnt using a standard DVI port.. the 4 prongs to the left or right side of the connector, cant remember, doesnt exist on it.

[irev210]

this thread has been dead for awhile... have we given up on this board being worthwhile?

anybody having any success with it???

I use mine every day as an amazing HTPC.

two 400GB western digital drives, 2*2GB ram, two 650 PRO ATI tuners

E4300 processor


85 watts watching TV :)
Thats not bad, whole system only uses ~65 watts. I got a smaller 250W power supply to replace my 400W to see if I can increase efficiency.



First BIOS had some CDROM issues for me and old catalyst 7.3 drivers+vista gave me BSOD but newer BIOS and catalyst 7.3 patch/ 7.4 release fixed all the issues i've had.


Wake on USB and Wake on PCI-E (tuner) all work flawlessly. S3 sleep works flawlessly.

It is rare that wake on USB and Wake on PCI-E both work flawlessly, allows my HTPC to be in S3 sleep (uses 3 watts) most of the time.


I've tried every possible HTPC motherboard and by far this is best. Bearlake boards seem promising, but the built-in HDMI port works darn well on this board to ignore.


It is rare for me to say, but I am 99% satisfied. The only thing I want is voltage options in BIOS to under volt.

[bob511]

Yeah, I've had pretty much no issues of consequence running a (pretty gimpy and volt-hungry) E4300@3.0GHz (334MHz FSB, 1.575 VCore) and cheapie DDR2-667 RAM since mid-March. Workload has been nearly around-the-clock video encoding (mainly HD-DVD/Blu-Ray -> 720p x264 stuff) and HTPC stuff.

CPU obviously runs hot and I'm probably taking years off its life, but I can't fault the motherboard itself.

[The Nemesis]

It's good to see I'm not the only one having success with this board. I'm not sure why I have, I've used three cpu's and four different memory kits before I finally settled for its current configuration. I still recommend the board. If it doesn't die on ya it's the best Micro ATX for Core 2 Duo out there. The P35 does look promising however. I still have my DFI RS482 and it works great :)

[irev210]

It's good to see I'm not the only one having success with this board. I'm not sure why I have, I've used three cpu's and four different memory kits before I finally settled for its current configuration. I still recommend the board. If it doesn't die on ya it's the best Micro ATX for Core 2 Duo out there. The P35 does look promising however. I still have my DFI RS482 and it works great :)

Yah it is interesting to note that the E4300 draws 85-100w typical depending on what you are doing.

E6600 draws ~110-120w


I'd really love to get it down to the amount my T7400 notebook draws, 35W at idle... but for two tuners and two 400GB HDD's, its really hard to complain. I think if I could under volt I could get it down to 50-60W

[mukmaster]

Nice work mate , Still fatality board though and I know those chips can do way better then 333-367 FSb and I cant wait till the final BIOS in the mean time p5b deluxe is champion in all of our hearts and mind folowed close by BadAxe 2 , Quad GT, DS3

[Lestat]

This cant be any worse than the damn DFI Rs48X ive got sitting in the box for AMD. Never could get that pile of :banana::banana::banana::banana: to run right. What killed it for me was the fact it wasnt using a standard DVI port.. the 4 prongs to the left or right side of the connector, cant remember, doesnt exist on it.

really ? man i had one of those and it kicked a$$

and the missing four prongs is standard. there are 4-5 different types of DVI, all of them are standard. you just have to buy the right cable.
the missing prongs mean its a digital only DVI. since dvi can do digital and analog. that means the mobo puts out a digital only signal.

im getting closer to wanting to try my abit but ugh i just got my rig put together lol.. i aint tearing it apart just yet.

[Haltech]

I looked everywhere and no one makes their connector to hdmi adapter. When i used some dongles to manipulate it, i got no signal.

I may pick one of these up. Anyone upgrade to a beefier psu yet?

really ? man i had one of those and it kicked a$$

and the missing four prongs is standard. there are 4-5 different types of DVI, all of them are standard. you just have to buy the right cable.
the missing prongs mean its a digital only DVI. since dvi can do digital and analog. that means the mobo puts out a digital only signal.

im getting closer to wanting to try my abit but ugh i just got my rig put together lol.. i aint tearing it apart just yet.

[Lestat]

thats cuz your looking for dvi to hdmi
hdmi needs the 4 prongs to the right. the missing for in the long row of all the other prongs, that is what gives the HDCP authentication. i think,, ugh i deal with so many cables daily i forget on the dvi stuff.
if they are the four prongs with the horizontal prong in the center those are the analog prongs.
i believe HDMI is digital only.

check out the website where i work, it shows.
i sell some hdmi adapters, but they arent the cheapy ebay type. they are gunna cost ya typically.

http://www.connectronics.com/DVI.htm

those arent all that i sell, i'll have to have the webmaster check over the site and update it.

[Lestat]

ok updated the website to show more dvi connectors

[Haltech]

ok updated the website to show more dvi connectors

Not bad you cable whore :toast:

[Lestat]

more of a wireless whore if you go to the main page and look at all the wifi stuff

[irev210]

Not bad you cable whore :toast:

why wouldnt this work?

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10231&cs_id=1023104&p_id=2404&style=&seq=1&format=1#largeimage

[Lestat]

that would work if thats the proper DVI connector

[s e t h]

just for interests sake i dropped in a 333fsb cpu with the shipping bios...booted fine which i thought was a miracle.
it booted at 266fsb and since i'm using a 7900gt gpu i just upped vNB a little from 1.8 to 1.94 for far and am stable at 333fsb...