Albatron KX18Ds Pro II Engineering Samples

[ValkyrieLenneth]

I have just grabbed this from a store for very cheap price :banana: It have ES on its chipset and when booting up, there's a message "EVALUATION ROM - NOT FOR RESALE). I have checked the Flash Chip and it's the same with retail version. But i cant flash them :( Everytime i tried with winflash, it say "Please Load Correct Image" (or something like that :mad: ). With awdflash, it's always hangup or display lots of computer code (with /f switch).
Any one please lend me a hand :(

[tictac]

Is there any ES label on the northbridge?

[ValkyrieLenneth]

Let me check, but i guess there would be the same :)

[The Mofo]

Just hot flash it or throw in a bios savior.

[dnottis]

Why would anyone buy an ES?? I've had a couple ES products to review and they are usually, well frankly - junk. In most cases they aren't ready for primetime. Im not sure why you would purchase any ES with the exception of the Intel CPUs, however I had a 3.0c ES that was unlocked but could only clock to about 3.2 GHz, the retail ones can hit 3.6 and higher - so while it was cool to have an unlocked ES it didnt overclock for :banana::banana::banana::banana:.

[ValkyrieLenneth]

The reason is it was very cheap :D I currenly have another KX18G Pro :D And havent checked it yet :D Both them 2 i bought for 50$ :banana: I always want to play with ES coz it hide so many suprises :stick:

[dnottis]

The reason is it was very cheap. I always want to play with ES coz it hide so many suprises :stick:

Ah, ok price is a good reason :) An ES doesn't hide anything but bugs!! ;)

[ValkyrieLenneth]

Yes, counter those bugs is quite funny :D But i cant fix the bios problem :(
To tictac: NB is not ES, i think, it's just a normal Nvidia NF2 U400 :)

[tictac]

the board probably using different bios than the retail version...

Have you tested that NV Raid South Bridge performance? Looks cool ... :)

[ValkyrieLenneth]

do you wanna have a look @ the bios ? I can post it here :)
BTW: I havent test the RAID it's a machine which i built for CSS Hosting and must run 24/24 so i want a stable BIOS instead of this oldie :rolleyes:

[tictac]

ok post it here :)

[loonym]

the production run of those boards are very nice clockers. great voltage options. just be careful to cool the mosfets. if you can flash using /tiny switch maybe you have a very nice nf2 board. :)

[tictac]

Ok i just look at that file... ;)

NVRAID Version 4.22
VCore up to 2.65V :up:
VAGP up to 1.8V
VDimm up to 3.00v
Chipset voltage up to 1.9V

[ValkyrieLenneth]

Here is it :) It would be wonderful if u can help :)
_http://valkyrielenneth.mine.nu/File%20Store/Sharing/kx18dsP2-ES-bios.rar
This board use Marvell Yukon LAN, but almost all the time it dissappears, some time it appears and i can use it normally. Is that a bios bug ? The setting in bios is enabled :(
Another problem :( (ask for my friend :p: )
I have just received a RAdone 9700P BBA from a friend and have some test. An Strange error happened. When in DOS or Windows mode without ATI CAtalyst, it works perfect :banana: But after i installed CAT (no matter which version) the monitor shuts down when windows is loading and when it turns on again, the display is freezed with shutting down screen (lots if artifacts and tearings) :confused: What happened :brick:

[ValkyrieLenneth]

Can you fix the LAN bug ??? Tictac :)
PS: Ur country is the same area with mine :D

[tictac]

PS: Ur country is the same area with mine :D

:lol: send the board here then...
:banana: :banana:

maybe and update rom will fixed that if it is bios issue...

[ValkyrieLenneth]

Then i will looking for a flasher in my local :) Thank you very much :D