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ok i give up, again. i have had this board since the beginning and while it does ok with fsb, the shortcomings with memory (latency, performance, overclocking) and bios features (not enough tweaking options, granularity of all voltage settings except vtt) and lack of interest from biostar have done the trick. i have tried 5 different kits of ram, g.skil 4gb ddr2 1000, ocz 2gb ddr2 1100 (4 different kits now) tracer 2gb 1066, g.skill 2gb hz and g.skill 4gb 1100 pi. none would clock over 1000, most would not clock over 960. i have been thru this thread many times, tried all settings, vdimms, straps, timings. since intel 975 ( my first ddr2 board a few years ago) i have never had a board that would not run ram at its rated speed. even my pos msi 750i board can oc ram better. so back to dfi until x58, when i will try the foxconn or the evga. good luck here guys.
I had better luck with my msi 780i myself. I really dont like this board. I dont know how you stuck it out for so long.
I just got some cellshock 1066mhz d9gmh ram, and am chugging right along at 1100mhz, not easily aquired mind you took me like 5 hours of tweaking. finally I decided to use the 1333 strap and not 1:1 but the next one down, timings auto, rcomp to 4 pl auto, nbv auto fsbv auton and a milt 4.22ghz@4.2XXv e8500
I no longer have my own I45 so no comment on the whole BIOS status/testing/brick issue thing...
If for some reason Ket decides not to pursue some actual testing of modded TPower BIOS and sells the board, I think it fair that he either forward any funds recovered back to those that got it for him based on what they contributed (or percentage thereof), or he can forward said funds to me and I will do it for him. I am not attacking Ket nor defending him as he is a grown man and do as he pleases.
I am NOT trying to fan the flames - just making sure folks know where I stand on the whole matter in an honest effort to be fair to everyone involved and have nothing further to say about it.
...and now back to tweaking my rig...
thehinge1,
Thanks for the message. I chip in because I feel it is for a good cause. I sincerely hope Ket would ignore the flame and prove all the doubters wrong.
Hm...so i guess this is canceled? :(
Wait a go WZ.
I am not sure, I'll pm KET about it and be his BETA tester if need be, because I will not complain if my board gets bricked, I'll simply recover the bios rom or switch chips as I like to have 2 chips if my board has a removable chip, just in case.
Well I guess the fun is over now living on the edge of technology. Wasn't it fun to know that your are pushing the technology beyond what a manufacturer did. Sure there are always set backs but it the one who hangs in there and believes he can get there who ends up wining the game. I guess what I'm saying the cause is worth it taking a board and making it better is a good thing !
Is it still running? :)
I really would love to have P4 support on my TPower :D