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taco
06-02-2003, 01:39 PM
anyone know where these are avaliable in the us? thx.
taco
06-03-2003, 11:26 AM
cmon someone has to know.
Major
06-03-2003, 11:49 AM
taco I pictured you looking somewhat different ?? but I'm not disapointed !~

I've not seen anything much about the Epox CW and SD mb's
taco
06-03-2003, 12:04 PM
just an avatar ;o hehe

heres a nice review of the board. it would be great if there was a non + verison of it. memory voltage up to 3.3v!!! im down. :toast: does anyone have this board? is it good?

http://www.vr-zone.com/reviews/EPoX/4PCA3Plus/
MCWB
06-03-2003, 05:09 PM
Yup I've got one of these. :)

It's a very nice board, Vdimm aplenty, just a bit light on the Vcore for the Xtreme. The EPox monitor says the Vcore undervolts terribly under load, but I think I remember reading that Bigtoe from Asusboards (well whatever it is these days :)) measured it on the board and it doesn't actually undervolt that much 1.60 V BIOS = 1.58 V real. Apart from the lack of a bit of Vcore, it's fast, stable, has pretty much everything except Firewire, and it's cheap. Nice! :thumbsup:
kevdogg
06-03-2003, 05:48 PM
check vcore mod in mod section ;)
MCWB
06-04-2003, 05:29 PM
Ah yeah I knew about it alright, just happens to be a little too delicate for my soldering skills... ;)
spaceboy
06-05-2003, 06:18 AM
try this Bios

http://www.aoaforums.com/forum/attachment.php?postid=187899
Alexandrus
06-05-2003, 01:02 PM
Hmm, is there anyone here with a 4PCA3+ willing to test out two new BIOSes ?
I have two versions, one version M6 and one M7(M7 is the same as the one posted by ET on AOA), but no board so I have no idea what's the difference between the two.
Maaij
06-05-2003, 02:31 PM
I have a Epox 4PCA3+ and I flashed is with the m6 bios. Now I can go up to 1.85V in bios
I think m6 and m7 is the same. The filesize is the same. But I am not sure
karmakid
06-05-2003, 02:50 PM
vcore up to 1.85 ?
if yes then --> :banana:
cause the answer I got from their technicians was : wait for a new revision :(
Maaij
06-05-2003, 02:53 PM
yup with the new beta bios
I have a rev 1.2 board :)
taco
06-05-2003, 03:00 PM
where did you guys pick yours up? im guessing they're only avalable in europe for some reason..
Maaij
06-05-2003, 03:03 PM
The boards are only available in Europe I think
Soon te new rev 2.0 will come out in other country too
Dont know why they do that
Lets hope the new rev will be worth for waiting :)
kevdogg
06-05-2003, 09:21 PM
how soon?:D
MCWB
06-05-2003, 11:57 PM
Originally posted by Maaij
The boards are only available in Europe I thinkAnd Australia! :D Might have to flash this weekend methinks. ;)
Alexandrus
06-06-2003, 10:34 AM
Originally posted by Maaij
I have a Epox 4PCA3+ and I flashed is with the m6 bios. Now I can go up to 1.85V in bios
I think m6 and m7 is the same. The filesize is the same. But I am not sure

Nope, they are definitely not the same. Compare the files.
The M7 is supposed ot have better timmings for chipset and stuff, thus it should perform better, but maybe it can lead to instability.
Alexandrus
06-06-2003, 10:35 AM
Originally posted by Maaij
I have a Epox 4PCA3+ and I flashed is with the m6 bios. Now I can go up to 1.85V in bios
I think m6 and m7 is the same. The filesize is the same. But I am not sure

PS. Oh yeah, of course the filesize is the same, doh, it's supposed to be flashed on a 4Mbit EEPROM.