Ya I'm overall happy with the board. I can't blame the board for my memory holding me back. I'm curious as to what sauria is gonna be able to squeeze out of it.
Ya I'm overall happy with the board. I can't blame the board for my memory holding me back. I'm curious as to what sauria is gonna be able to squeeze out of it.
still tweaking but wow the board rocks! 275 x 9 1:1 1100HTT seems stable atm. my cpu sucks a lil bit but i cant complain 2.5 aint terrible.
Great, I have some of that Patriot RAM too -- where did you get your Giga board from?
Any chance to see BIOS screenshots?
Thanks chew. I should have the board tomorrow. Unfortunately, I got some GSkill LA 2x256 today -- but they were damaged in shipping -- the dimms were jarred out of the plastic and touching when they arrived. I wonder how often this happens as they ship in flimsy plastic. They would fail memtest86 at stock 200 MHz DDR 2225 on my nf7-S v2.Quote:
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go tmine from newegg. It came with f5 bios but i dont have the +3 vddr option and my vcore only goes up to 1.7 is this normal?
i could take some photos of bios maybe tomorrow. going to bed for now.
Great, thanks Jethro
yah thats normal it lacks voltage but from what i hear might be a good thing seems people who do vdimm mod kill the cpu. the vdimm actually runs at 1.85 when maxxed.Quote:
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The F8 beta bios runs really nice. Much more stable. I like the board @ 252 x10 1:1 with faster ram timings atm.
F8 beta bios where did you find that. You sure thats not um the bios for the k8nsxp?
http://chinese.giga-byte.com/Downloa...k8nn939_f8.exe
thats where i got it the xp is identical board dood so no worries. all i know is my system is smokin fast even at just 252 now! your mileage may vary!
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What revision is your board Jethro? Did you add arctic silver to the chipset and check the date/specs?
i did not add artic silver to chipset. I thought i should have but now i feel the heatsink and its never warm! so i dunno. I see a revision 1.1 at the bottom corner of the board near the last pci slot.
F8 bios is definatly more friendly and very fast. im getting over 7000mb's per sec @ just 252!
Ok, thanks. I just got my rev 1.1 board too, 3200+, and will report how it does. You seem to like that beta bios F8!?
k8nn 939?
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That's with the 1G Patriot XBL?
odd i just downloaded the k8nsxp ultra 939 from usa site and its also named k8nn
Hmm, same beta BIOS f8 on USA site?
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Originally Posted by Jethro
It may be never warm because it's not conducting heat away from the chip?
i dled the file from taiwan then i dled the k8nsxp ultra bios and it asked if i wanted to copy over the existing file. so it appears to be same file yet it won't let me install it still. I just renamed the file maybe it will work now how did you flash it jethro did you rename the bios file or.........
Never mind figured it out you used the windows based flash utility. I always flash from dos.
possibly sauria. do these NF3's get hot?
Yeah i use windows based flash :)
257 x 10 1:1 is benchable and seems very stable so far but im sure im near my limits for these timings and cpu. Have to use 1.7vcore tho :( cpu reads 22c.
I don't think that they do that much compared to an old NB but, I just put AS5 on mine. Can anyone decipher the chipset info for me:
nforce 3
039463.1 0403A2
S Taiwan
Ultra
everyone running DIMMS in slots 1&2 Purple slots?
yep
And A2 at the end is revision 2 its the better one.
Ok, thanks -- what is the year week info?
yup got 2 x 512 patriot in the purple :) let me know if you NB heatsink gets warm ok?>
i do get some AGP issues @ high fsb 1:1 thats why im curious