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[Fr3ak] Biostar Tpower I45
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how many bios bugs does it have:p:, but seriously is it a good board so far?
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All I saw of the board so far is the look of it. I am burried with work, but I think I will have the board running by tomorrow evening..
So I cannot comment on the BIOS yet. As soon as I enter the BIOS I Will post pictuers =)
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Looking at Victor Wangs and Windwithme this mobo is a scorcher !! and P5Q Dlx is heading the same way (FSB wise mean :) Hope all manufacturers get these P45 chipsets running so fast...
Looking forward what you can squeeze out of it Jedi :)
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Mine is trapped in customs!!! I've already seen the bios and might know why it overclocks the FSB so great :) now if they only made it DDR3 it would be great
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There will be a very special DDR3 version, trust me =)
I am really sorry about not being able to update the review. I spent a week at Computex and had a lot of work to finish until today. I will be leaving for the weekend, but I will post pics of the BIOS tomorrow, the rest of the review will follow in the comming week.
I spent like 15 mins with the board and booting with 525 MHz FSB was a pice of cake. My old E6600 cannot do any better on air. I should have the E8400 back I lent to a friend by next week, so I am good to go =)
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Clocking the FSB on Wolfdales and Conroeos is something completelly different. Post with E8x00 please.
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Added BIOS screenshots in post #1
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Fr3ak
Added BIOS screenshots in post #1
Nice !!
but upgrade with new bios , the voltage section is different.
Add of Vpll
and Current voltage :)
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I am away for the weekend, but will update the BIOS next week.
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freak pmed u for the latest bios..
please send to my email..
thanks
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I am sorry, but I don't have any new BIOS files yet. Did you check the Biostar website?
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Mine is going back to Newegg as I can't get the nvidia drivers to install no matter what I do. I have been at it for 6 hours today and finally I swapped out the board for a DFI Blood Iron and guess what, the system now runs flawlessly. Now they want to charge me a $25.50 restocking fee plus $10 to ship it back to California. I am not sure how they can feel good about that one as there is no doubt in my mind the b oard is defective.
EDIT: link to latest bios
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sofarfrome
Mine is going back to Newegg as I can't get the nvidia drivers to install no matter what I do. I have been at it for 6 hours today and finally I swapped out the board for a DFI Blood Iron and guess what, the system now runs flawlessly. Now they want to charge me a $25.50 restocking fee plus $10 to ship it back to California. I am not sure how they can feel good about that one as there is no doubt in my mind the b oard is defective.
EDIT:
link to latest bios
You RMA'd the board for that?!?!?!?!?!? :shocked:
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Hutch
You RMA'd the board for that?!?!?!?!?!? :shocked:
yes...there is an issue with the PCI-e bus. One shouldn't get BSODs for installing a graphics driver at stock settings. All of the exact same equipemnt is currently running on a DFI Blood Iron and worked previously on an Asus Rampage Formula with absolutely no problems.
But the board is still here so if you have any suggestions feel free to send them my way. I did everything I know of to remedy this problem to no avail. 2 clean install each of vista32 and xp32, all power connections secure, all jumpers set correctly, read the manual carefully, card seated well, driver installed after chipset drivers only installed, etc. I completely removed the board from the mobo tray and set it up with one stick of memory and one HD. No LAN and no on-board audio installed or turned on. One hour bios clear, re-flashed the original bios, flashed to a new bios. I used DC-Pro to clean all driver remnants between install attempts. I tried installing over the previous failed install in safe mode. I could go on but I was at it for 6 hours. I have posted on the nVidia site and here in the general hardware section but so far I haven't recieved a response from anyone (72 people have viewd my posts) other than you being shocked. So, again, if you or anyone else has any clue on what is wrong I am all ears...I would like to keep this board.
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Pudi
Does it have RAID?
no raid, single HD
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Originally Posted by
sofarfrome
Mine is going back to Newegg as I can't get the nvidia drivers to install no matter what I do. I have been at it for 6 hours today and finally I swapped out the board for a DFI Blood Iron and guess what, the system now runs flawlessly. Now they want to charge me a $25.50 restocking fee plus $10 to ship it back to California. I am not sure how they can feel good about that one as there is no doubt in my mind the b oard is defective.
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link to latest bios
Bios P45AA620.BSP right click -> save as
1. Added several memory timing option
2. Added FSB Compensation FineTune
3. Some brand's 8800GT/9800GTX hang during 3dmark06, and fix nvidia drivers install (it's intel BIOS spec issue )
This bios Fix Nvidia Graphics card issues.
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I did some more testing with my 4th R8500 under single stage. 600 MHz FSB is only stable enough for the BIOS, booting at 550 MHz works like a charm. Clockgen in windows up to 580-595 MHz depending on the mood of the hardware :)
I tested my D9GMH from G.Skill with the board. They can run up to 740 MHz single channel, single stick, so I am pretty sure the CPU is the limiting factor here. The board features a lot of BIOS options as shown above. Higher voltages are not always better. In some cases it causes instability, so you have to play a lot with different values in order to find the right combination.
So far, all BIOS options works like they should, which is not always the case with other P45 boards from MSI and Gigabyte that I tried.
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Fr3ak
I tested my D9GMH from G.Skill with the board. They can run up to 740 MHz single channel, single stick, so I am pretty sure the CPU is the limiting factor here.
I would love to see a picture of that, just for the big numbers... :)
If you have time, could you take a photo of it, MemSet included? Would be very much appreciated! Thanks!
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Well, a "nice" review would contain a lot of text, benchmarks and pictures. I only posted pictures so far, so the whole "thing" is not even close to a nice review and probably never will get to that state. I need 36 hour days here :/
After I installed the chipset drivers, my USB functionality is gone. That means I cannot install memset for now. Have to fix that issue first, but not within a week.
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Fr3ak
After I installed the chipset drivers, my USB functionality is gone. That means I cannot install memset for now. Have to fix that issue first, but not within a week.
No problem, take your time, Oliver. It's not that important, though nice to see. ;)
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I definitely want this board--it looks EXCELLENT from the overclocking topics... anyways--is there a download for the board manual?
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bump, is there any review now?
