Ic7 Max 3

[PyroTeknik]

I just picked up this board the other day and i really like it..... i hit 260 1:1 stable but is there any bios that lets me use the 5:4 divider??? or is it just fubar?

[naughty_guy]

dont' worry, i'm having some for the divider problem, try the latest bios 1.3 though.

[PyroTeknik]

i did its a no go..... i sent an email to abit tech support earlier this week got one reply and replyed to that and am just waiting....

[naughty_guy]

what's Abit's reply?

[PyroTeknik]

i sent them a note on the 4th and they sent this the sixth

Dear customer,

What is the last two characters at the bottom left corner of the boot screen? What is the wattage of your power supply? Please provide me with a detail system spec.

Thank you for choosing ABIT.

Regards

im still waiting but i replied the 7th which was friday so they will probably send something back monday..... hopes they volunteer to send me 10 boards to test and keep the best one :D

[ABIT Marketing]

The incompatibility issue between the Canterwood chipset and some BH5 chipset based memory is unavoidable. However the latest BIOS for the IC7 series motherboards have improved the overclocking ability when it comes to using the 5/4 or the 3/2 dividers.

Pryo, what's the speed of your processor and the brand of your memory? I would suggest you to test the CPU in another board to make sure it's not the factor that's holding you back.

[PyroTeknik]

im using corsair XMS 4000 PRO which i thought was based on the hynix chips.....

[PyroTeknik]

i dont ahve another board to test it with either.....

[ABIT Marketing]

Pyro: what's the speed of your processor? Can you list your system spec like I do in the signaure?

[PyroTeknik]

Abit IC7-MAX3
Chieftec Matrix Full Tower (custom painted by myself)
2.4c @ 3.1 1:1
SLK-947U
Sapphire Ultimate 9800 PRO 128mb
Use optical out on the mobo
Kenwood Receiver hooked up to around 600-800 watts of speaker plus the sub
2x512MB Corsair XMS PC4000 PRO 3-4-4-7 (wont go higher than 260fsb with 2-4-4-8 either)
1 60gb maxtor SATA on the ICH-5
Pioneer Slot Load DVD-rom
No name 52/24/52 burner
Crystalfontz LCD
Planar 201m monitor
err yeah that about does it

[naughty_guy]

Hey Abit, I'm having sorta the same problem too. And will you clarify the current status regarding the Vdimm problem. Because I'd really want to run my system in 1:1 if I can, if not, I might have to go to 5:4.

However, with the 1.2 BIOS, i can't boot with 5:4 timings, has the 1.3 BIOS fix this problem?

Thx

[.keith]

just got myself a max3 after ripped my p4c800 deluxe. having divider problem as well, using 5:4 i can go up to 280fsb stable only, however at 1:1 i can run 240fsb 2-2-2-5 at 3.1v vdimm. tried bios version 1.2/1.3/bigtoe modded 1.3, doesnt help anything :( Abit Marketing, any idea that a bios will be issue to fix the divider problem?

[PyroTeknik]

yeah teh abit types never sent me another email........ kind of peeved really

[shidokanjohn]

With 1.3 bios with 5/4 my max stable fsb is 285 and with 3/2 divider 305 stable.
I was able to run some bench at 317 but not all of them

[.keith]

shidokanjohn, did u try changing the bootstrap to BY CPU? i fixed mine by changing it to BY CPU. before this i was using 800 bootstrap where i hit a wall at 280fsb using 5:4, after changing the bootstrap to BY CPU, i'm able to run 300fsb 5:4 flawlessly :) here's a glance of it,

[shidokanjohn]

Originally posted by .keith
shidokanjohn, did u try changing the bootstrap to BY CPU? i fixed mine by changing it to BY CPU. before this i was using 800 bootstrap where i hit a wall at 280fsb using 5:4, after changing the bootstrap to BY CPU, i'm able to run 300fsb 5:4 flawlessly :) here's a glance of it,



Thanks for the tip .keith :toast:
I did this but i was able to go only 291 and not stable.

[NaHeMiA]

Abit is there any place where I can buy the "working" version of the max3. Can you maybe provide me with your u.s. retailer (the main one who gets the never shiments) or something in that sense so i can pick one up with no vdimm problems

[FatcatLincoln]

Has anything been done about this board?? I really would like to pick one up