Abit AB9 Pro + E6600

Abit is back!
With an Intel 965 Chipset!

First stop some pics and info:

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...0/DSC00583.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...0/DSC00587.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...0/DSC00590.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...0/DSC00593.jpg

And some bios pics:

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...0/DSC00598.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...0/DSC00599.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...0/DSC00600.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...0/DSC00601.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...0/DSC00603.jpg

Board looks promising!
Results will follow soon.

Wanna fsb results :p:

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Originally Posted by ^don.k's^

Wanna fsb results :p:

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hehehe
i965 = FSB

hey does this board do the asus thing where it powers itself down and then powers itself up after exiting bios?

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Originally Posted by situman

hey does this board do the asus thing where it powers itself down and then powers itself up after exiting bios?

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ds3 does that also... sometimes

I hope you do better than anandtech did.

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2799&p=3

ya it looks promising, but from everything around the net about, it its not good at all still, it needs hard core bios work, sux cause its alot cheeper than p5b dlx, if they fix it up it might be the next best 965 mobo

True.. after testing the hole night i can really say bios needs some real hard tweaking.

But then again, the board is fast and has really great options!

board is solid when running stock settings with mem in single channle. Very few have gotten descent ocs out of it. I my self cant get 300mhz fsb stable, doesnt matter what volts for mch or vdimm or ram timings. not to mention the fact that you can forget tring to run dual channel. i got errors in windows running stock with mem majorly undercloked in dual mode. currently the newest beta still be inhouse tested at abit is 1.7b. There is a 1.4b up on the .cn sites but from the user that have tried it. It is worse then the offical 1.3, all we can do is wait.

waus-mod come join us at the abit forums!!

Waus can I post my results here also dont want to hijack your thread but it would be easier just to have one thread with results.

my max fsb result with the same board was ~320 fsb

i had it about 330Mhz with dual CH 2GB RAM. that was about it and i do like feature set of this board.... But, i now use DS3.

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Originally Posted by Unseen

my max fsb result with the same board was ~320 fsb

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320Fsb is crap :rolleyes: And the layout is like a hell :stick:

the only good thing is that you can change fsb strap. Better lets wait for aw9d max..

bios 1.4 is out

http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread.php?t=112612

Finally getting around to my first post. Been lurking for ages.

The new bios is not too bad - I look to be stable at 7x420, maybe more.

Slightly irritating though - uguru (for motherboard/temp monitoring etc) appears to have only been written with 400fsb in mind, so doesn't work too well at 410/420/430 (the program either crashes or won't display fsb).

I stopped at 430 since I couldn't see the temps and I'm on barely better than stock cooling. uguru also crashed at 410mhz, but not 420 :confused:

Anyway, watercooling is coming when I get the time, and I'll see what it can do then. Unfortunately, my memory will probably limit me soon...

^^ new bios looks promising, pitty the board layout is so whacked. Good luck with it, hope its a screamer :)

@ Waus-mod

It's great seeing a foreigner loving your country! I'm touched... :toast:

will give it a try

The board has indeed come a long way, but it still needs lots of loving.


I can run upwards of 3.4 Ghz on my E6600 but even at default speeds my board reboots and locks from time to time, it is fast but the problems are just tad too much for my taste, I will be looking for a new board in the next few months.

Still stuck FSB 420 ?

two more new reviews of this board :

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6992&page=7
http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q4.../index.x?pg=17

I did not get very far as well. I was able to break 400FSB, wee

This board needs to hit upwards of 600FSB.

I'm totally stable at 430, but didn't have much luck at 440mhz. I can't tell if its the mobo or ram (my ram is Corsair XMS 6400, with my revision "featuring" promos chips according to the House of Help forums - it could well be the limiting factor at 440mhz, although I did try more voltage).

Downloading the latest version of uguru fixed the uguru related problems.

well im stuck for some odd reason not sure if its cause iof being a early board or bios or uguru.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...0pro/stuck.jpg