Who wants P4GD1s in the US? I've got a plan...

warning!
i almost forgot, franck the author of cpuz is working on a p4gd1 tweaker for us :banana:

i was beta testing the tweaker and while i was at it i discovered a serious issue on the p4gd1 board. never, ever, use clockgen and cpuz at the same time on this board!
if you do both will report an increased fsb but the speed will actually stay the same! well whats the problem with that? :D
after you reboot your memory will die... dont ask me how or why, but i lost a 256mb bh5 stick at first and thougt it was a coincidence and the stick was just old, but i repeated the same situation and lost yet another stick... :(


oh and none of the boards i sent out yet have the bios flashed!
im sorry but i only got a cpu to flash the bios on monday, and i had the boards already wrapped in paper and put in boxes.
i will try to flash all the boards i havent sent out yet, but i dont know if i have enough time.

if you get your boards and want to flash them i recommend you to flash to 1006 and not 1005, i dont know if it was me or if the options werent available, but in 1005 there was no option whastoever, no fsb setting, no dram setting, vcore, vdd, vdim, fsb termination voltage, pc and pciE locks etc etc...

the bios is really lame imo, and it took me some time to get used to it. i will make a new thread with tips soon :)

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Originally Posted by saaya

Ratax ojdr2001 and pedro rocha, i sent the ct479 and 780ES and the two boards to ratax on monday 21st

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Hi!

You mean you sent ct479, 780es and a p4gd1 to me, one board to ojdr2001 and one board to pedro, and not only 2 boards for the three of us, right?

Regards!

Come on saaya..........Make it quick......I'll get a Shaphire X1800XT for free to test it in a few days........ :D

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Originally Posted by hipro5

Come on saaya..........Make it quick......I'll get a Shaphire X1800XT for free to test it in a few days........ :D

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i can send you one board with ct479 right now :P
but then you pay extra shipping... let me know.... :D
for 50€ i could even send it as express and you would have the board and ct479 in 1-3 days :D

but i wouldnt recommend that... too much money...

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Originally Posted by Ratax

Hi!

You mean you sent ct479, 780es and a p4gd1 to me, one board to ojdr2001 and one board to pedro, and not only 2 boards for the three of us, right?

Regards!

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i sent you:
3 boards
2 780ES chips
1 ct479

sorry if i mixed things up in my other post :D

Saaya
Didn't realize you had access to 780 ES's!
Any still available? I have a new retail 770 here waiting for a board but would love to get my hands on a 780 ES! :)

yhpm :)

Saaya
PM sent

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Originally Posted by saaya

warning!
i almost forgot, franck the author of cpuz is working on a p4gd1 tweaker for us :banana:

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w00t Any estimation when it would come out to the public? :D

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i was beta testing the tweaker and while i was at it i discovered a serious issue on the p4gd1 board. never, ever, use clockgen and cpuz at the same time on this board!
if you do both will report an increased fsb but the speed will actually stay the same! well whats the problem with that? :D
after you reboot your memory will die... dont ask me how or why, but i lost a 256mb bh5 stick at first and thougt it was a coincidence and the stick was just old, but i repeated the same situation and lost yet another stick... :(

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:caution: Thanks for the warning. However, if I recall properly, I've used clockgen and cpu-z simultaneously on this board without any issues... but I don't think I'll repeat this as I don't have any "spare" BH-5 around :D

i think the 915 tweaker will go public during theese days :)
ill ask franck if i can share the current version with you guys. atm its just memory timings, but better than nothing :)

franck said he wants to implement multiplier and vcore as well. he would like to implement more settings but he doesnt have the infos about the chipset he would need from intel :/

biggest problem i see with the p4gd1 is the lack of dividers. theres only a 5:4 and a 1:1 divier, thats it... :/

i hope a new bios adds all the other dividers.

and about killing the memory, well my banias couldnt get over 150fsb for some reason, 150fsb was stable, 150.5fsb would freeze the system...

when i had cpuz and clockgen running i could get over 150fsb... or so i thought :D
actually the seed was still the same. when i closed cpuz and restarted it it was showing 150fs again... i rebooted and thats where my memory died.
no idea how this happened, franck has no idea either...

i tried the same thing again and again my memory died, so it wasnt a coincidence...

as i mentioned via pm, this might very well be due to a faulty board, as both sticks
died in the same board, maybe even the same slot - i know i'll test mine with some
infineon 6as first ;) not to waste some good ole bh5

i dont think the board is faulty, it worked perfectly fine except for the sticks dieing when using clockgen and cpuz to increase the fsb beyond of what was stable...

What bios works with this board... I am thinking about getting one....

Alex

well good luck finding one :D

1006 or 1007 beta i think is floating around... 1005 and below are worthless iirc, until 1006 there are no vcore vdimm and fsb options etc...

hey everybody... i'm looking at 11 P4GD1s droolllll. the boards came in today. unfortunately, the shipping bios does not support the adapter and i dont have a 533/800fsb p4 to flash with. good news is that my local pc shop owner owes me a favor and said i could bring a board in (he doesnt know there are 11, so i might hotflash the rest and not burden him.. or i could just push my luck) and flash it using one of his cpus.

more good news is the atx power plug, its 24 pin, but has the little nub all the way along it, so 20 pin connectors will have no problem clipping on.

more good news: 2 people dropped today, the first 2 to pm me gets em:)

bad news: due to shipping costing about 10 bucks per board more than what we expected, the costs of a board is now 150usd shipped. sorry for the increase, but shipping was just more than we expected (and paypal fees too, grr).

sorry about the shipping costs thing, i really misread the pricing system :/
but i have to say this dhl pricing table is a pos! :D
its incredibly complex and there are many things that arent mentioned in the right places...

good to hear the boards arrived zizi :D
and it passed customs just fine? :D sweeeeeet :D

Saaya
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Originally Posted by AgonxOC

What bios works with this board... I am thinking about getting one....

Alex

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The 1006 bios rocks and I have had 0 issues with it. Can't speak for other bios's.

i split off the discussion to a new thread here, the p4gd1 torture chamber :cord: :D

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=81795

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Pertinent information:
**The shipped price of a board to the U.S. is 150usd. If you are in Canada, we'll talk in PMs, but it won't be much more.
**Unless you're fine with waiting a week for your personal cheque to clear payment is by postal money order only.
**If you have not already sent me your address, please do so.
**Inside the envelope with payment, there should be three things: the money order, your XS username, and your shipping address. This will help me keep track of things and reduce possible errors.
**Please let me know when you send payment, that way i wont nag you :D
**If you do not respond to my pm to this post within a week, I'll put the board that was reserved for you in the for sale section.
**In the event that a board is dead on arrival, I can't do anything for you, but luckily ASUS is pretty quick with RMAs.
**My heatware is under cirthix and i'd appreciate a review after you get your board.
**All boards are brand new, in the retail box with all accessories, but i'm not going to test each and every one of them.
**In the event that you ask me to flash your bios, I'll put it in my board and flash it there(much easier than swapping everything, especially with a 7700cu).
**I will use one board to flash my bios, it will be out of the stack that is going to the people that need them flashed. This board will not be oc'd and only used for flashing bioses. consider it being tested :P. I'll let you know if you will be getting this one. I'll only use it to flash my bios, and anyone else who needs it will be hotflashed in my personal board.
**If you want your bios flashed, just ask. If you don't, i'll assumed that you don't need it flashed.
**If you have any questions, just ask.
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edited because i spelled a name wrong

dude, you still dont have a paypal account? :D
if anybody needs to rma a board and they want a copy of the bill let me know, still have all 3 bills here and will keep the 4th one as well :D

Cirthix
PM sent

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Originally Posted by saaya

dude, you still dont have a paypal account? :D
if anybody needs to rma a board and they want a copy of the bill let me know, still have all 3 bills here and will keep the 4th one as well :D

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asus doesnt need the original receipt, all they need isthe sticker with the serial number on it to be good


and hey, the smilesy changed:) :( :D ;) :p: :cool: :rolleyes: :mad: :eek:

Is it too late to join in on this?

cirthix, we should have the old smileys back soon :)
and lowfat, yes, check the dates :D
sorry...

updated the status in the first post

neova just told me that all the boards and the 780es for ben arrived at his place today. what about the other boards?
did anybody else receive their stuff yet?
frozendetah?
caater?
johnny bravo?
ratax? your box had to be re-sent, so i guess it will arrive tomorrow or on wednesday.

please report back once the boxes arrived!