!UPDATE! abit AW9D-Max (retail) arrived

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11-21-2006, 09:16 PM
fhpchris

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hilfiger

friendly advice.. dont get abit, as long you dont wana feel like a beta tester of the board

The Abit AW9D-MAX is a great board, I have no clue what crack you are smoking...

REPLACE THE CHIPSET COOLER, DUH!
11-21-2006, 09:22 PM
StealthyFish

Well, I'm most likely sticking with netburst for a while since I really don't have the money to spend after this. My next upgrade is a PD950 and it's over for the next year. Stuck between this board and the 975XBX, and I could go either way. is there anything that would make this board preferred over the XBX?
11-21-2006, 09:41 PM
Revv23

Well if overclocking the XBX is annoying as it only lets you OC by %...

the AW9D is a good board for the 950 as you wont ever hit the FSB wall.

Why not get an e6300 though? it would be faster.
11-21-2006, 10:01 PM
RLM

Not a world beater, but considering no aircon on, was pleased to see orthos still running this morning.

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/8898/test1yu7.jpg

RLM
11-21-2006, 10:29 PM
StealthyFish

Quote:

Originally Posted by Revv23

Well if overclocking the XBX is annoying as it only lets you OC by %...

the AW9D is a good board for the 950 as you wont ever hit the FSB wall.

Why not get an e6300 though? it would be faster.

well, I can get my hands on a 950 ES for 70 dollars =). I guess that's good enough for school work and a little gaming on the side ;) . Hmm... I heard about that % FSB overclocking. thought my friend was joking since he used to own a 955X, but he wasn't. He said you get used to it though. *Shrugs* I guess now it comes down to price and where I could get my hands on em. I could get one for 230 at fries electronics, but it's far far away, or 215 for an XBX near my house.
11-22-2006, 12:03 AM
Hilfiger

Quote:

Originally Posted by fhpchris

The Abit AW9D-MAX is a great board, I have no clue what crack you are smoking...

REPLACE THE CHIPSET COOLER, DUH!

replaced the heatsink, and have a fan bowing in to it too,

runs at 400fsb , but dosnt pass any stress test,
11-22-2006, 12:11 AM
fhpchris

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hilfiger

replaced the heatsink, and have a fan bowing in to it too,

runs at 400fsb , but dosnt pass any stress test,

un hunh...

Quote:

yes

i run 24/7

401x9
3609 mhz
1.6 v cpu
2.3 v ram
1.7 v mch/pci

all on air cooling

cpu temps abit high.. 45c.. but ill get tuniq tower soon with ac5 paste..and ill get under 40 for sure..

So you say, "IT WONT PASS STRESS TEST", yet you use it 24-7?

1) 1.7 vmch is ~1.61 or less vmch @ the nb itself -- far from extreme as the board does ~2.0v bios and ~1.91 at the nb for me.
2) 1.6 cpu in bios is ~1.55v real, so really not much.
3) Your cpu might not do 3600 @ 1.55v real, and 45c idle @ 1.55v is HORRIBLE!

This isnt difficult:
MCW30 or MCX-159
Mount correctly with Ceramique
set 2.0 vmch bios
YAY, 430+ fsb prime stable easy!

@RLM , your voltages are very low and you have alot of potential left to unlock ;)
11-22-2006, 12:32 AM
RLM

Quote:

3) Your cpu might not do 3600 @ 1.55v real, and 45c idle @ 1.55v is HORRIBLE!

Just regards that comment. With my setup, Aircon is on, set to 27c, volts are 1.34 and my processor is sat at 37 idle under water cooling. Is that :banana::banana::banana::banana:ehawk? Really limited for choice on watercooling parts here, but thinking it maybe time for a new setup.

RLM
11-22-2006, 02:06 AM
MrDeeds

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hilfiger

friendly advice.. dont get abit, as long you dont wana feel like a beta tester of the board

I'm having a hard time understanding what your looking for here, because if its help its been given. I need at least 1.85mch to run prime stable around 410 to 415 fsb and 2.0 to run prime stable between 420 to 430. You don't really gain much over 1.85mch without active cooling on the nb, so there's no point in attempting it and saying its not working if you don't cool the northbridge correctly.

The thing that really bugs me is the you don't really know if its your cpu that's at its limit. Just because you've got a 6700 doesn't mean you've got a golden pass to 3.6ghz. I think you should take it easy on the bashing. The board is far from perfect but show me one better and there will be 10 people just like you that bash it.

I can't imagine that if you thought you had better options you wouldn't have moved on by now.
11-22-2006, 02:16 AM
tjelaw

Quote:

Originally Posted by fhpchris

un hunh...

So you say, "IT WONT PASS STRESS TEST", yet you use it 24-7?

1) 1.7 vmch is ~1.61 or less vmch @ the nb itself -- far from extreme as the board does ~2.0v bios and ~1.91 at the nb for me.
2) 1.6 cpu in bios is ~1.55v real, so really not much.
3) Your cpu might not do 3600 @ 1.55v real, and 45c idle @ 1.55v is HORRIBLE!

This isnt difficult:
MCW30 or MCX-159
Mount correctly with Ceramique
set 2.0 vmch bios
YAY, 430+ fsb prime stable easy!

@RLM , your voltages are very low and you have alot of potential left to unlock ;)

When u mount a diffirent NB cooler, whats happends to to heatsinks that are on the mosfets etc. next to the cpu socket? Since its all connected with heatpipes and stuff.
11-22-2006, 03:33 AM
elefsinaras

dear friends i have read this tread and i have understant that
many of us have problems with this board personal i use this
board only for o/c
i buy it because all the max series i was hear that are good for this
i want to do........
so personal i am 60% happy that i am owner of this board
but i feel ungry only for one reason
when all of us we have give 250-300 $ for this board (personal i have pay 250 euros that is the price in my country about 310$)
we wait from abit SUPPORT
i think that the board is good but ABIT HAS LEFT US ALONE
WITH 0 SUPPORT
that is all i want to say
:( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
11-22-2006, 07:50 AM
Steelsie

Hi y'all,

I have the AW9D-Max on order and was just wondering if people would recommend apply new paste to the north and south bridge, will it make a lot of difference??

Was gonna use AS5 for paste, is this a lot better than the standard stuff??

Also thinkin of strapping a little 40mm fan on the NB, i have a scythe ninja though, will it get in the way?

Thanks guys & gals!!!
Steelsie
11-22-2006, 08:52 AM
kiner

Quote:

Originally Posted by elefsinaras

dear friends i have read this tread and i have understant that
many of us have problems with this board personal i use this
board only for o/c
i buy it because all the max series i was hear that are good for this
i want to do........
so personal i am 60% happy that i am owner of this board
but i feel ungry only for one reason
when all of us we have give 250-300 $ for this board (personal i have pay 250 euros that is the price in my country about 310$)
we wait from abit SUPPORT
i think that the board is good but ABIT HAS LEFT US ALONE
WITH 0 SUPPORT
that is all i want to say
:( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

what support ? :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:
11-22-2006, 09:14 AM
911us

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiner

what support ? :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

That 's "bios issue" I think.
11-22-2006, 09:15 AM
elefsinaras

the release of a good bios it is a support from abit to customers my friend
please think how long abit has delay to release a good
bios the last one was 1.3 beta soooo......
and if you want original bios is 1.2
THIS IS I CALL AFTER SALE SUPPORT
and abit dont have it until this time
for this board:slapass: :slapass: :slapass: :slapass:
11-22-2006, 09:51 AM
Virtual

agree.. :( i cant understand why no one from abit post on the abit forum.. or just say the mods something about the new bios.. i think i/we dont need a exactly date of release, just a point that they dont forget us..
11-22-2006, 10:24 AM
Bryants97240sx

Quote:

Originally Posted by Virtual

agree.. :( i cant understand why no one from abit post on the abit forum.. or just say the mods something about the new bios.. i think i/we dont need a exactly date of release, just a point that they dont forget us..

QFT:fact:
11-22-2006, 10:42 AM
The Nemesis

I've not sold my board yet because its an awesome benching board. Even though mine tops @ about 440FSB. I still have hope that a new bios will correct some of our issues. Besides, if I sell the board & then the release a new bios to fix everything I'll be sick.
11-22-2006, 08:13 PM
maxwedge

New beta 1.3 B2

http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread...893#post780893
11-22-2006, 09:02 PM
Lvcoyote

I'm glad you guys are keeping this Hilfiger guy occupied over here.... keeps him out of our forum.....LOL:rolleyes:
11-22-2006, 09:54 PM
fhpchris

Quote:

Originally Posted by tjelaw

When u mount a diffirent NB cooler, whats happends to to heatsinks that are on the mosfets etc. next to the cpu socket? Since its all connected with heatpipes and stuff.

You can take the nb heatpipe off from the mosfett thing...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steelsie

Hi y'all,

I have the AW9D-Max on order and was just wondering if people would recommend apply new paste to the north and south bridge, will it make a lot of difference??

Was gonna use AS5 for paste, is this a lot better than the standard stuff??

Also thinkin of strapping a little 40mm fan on the NB, i have a scythe ninja though, will it get in the way?

Thanks guys & gals!!!
Steelsie

I would not even bother. I would remove the stock nb heatpipe crap before I even put a cpu in the board!

Swiftech MCX-159 is what you want ;)
11-22-2006, 10:09 PM
911us

So far,450 with 1.3 B2

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...mtechvn/pi.jpg
11-22-2006, 10:15 PM
Lvcoyote

Nice job 911us
11-22-2006, 10:32 PM
coop

I posted some pics of mods I did here. http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...2&postcount=45
11-22-2006, 10:37 PM
911us

V-core = 1.6v (bios)
v-dimm = 2.35v (bios)
v-mch = 1.95v (1.86 measured)

Fail out at very early moment !...:confused:

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...hvn/orthos.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...hvn/sp2004.jpg
11-22-2006, 11:09 PM
Virtual

theres the point :P
but when i see the screens from 911us.. its taking months for this ?!
well gonna test it after work... mah im gonna sick when i look in the p5be thread.. :(
11-22-2006, 11:27 PM
Blacklash

Huge FSB doesn't matter if you eat a large performance hit to match.
11-23-2006, 02:46 AM
Steelsie

Quote:

Originally Posted by fhpchris

I would not even bother. I would remove the stock nb heatpipe crap before I even put a cpu in the board!

Swiftech MCX-159 is what you want ;)

Is it really that bad?? The swiftech MCX 159 is virtually impossible to get hold of in the UK at the moment, at a rough estimate how much do you think it would drop the temp??

Also, does anyone have know of any articles for preparing this board for OC'in, i'm prob gonna re-set the heat sinks and strap a fan on em but wonder if there are any other trick?

Cheers
Steelsie
11-23-2006, 05:42 AM
situman

,thernalright HR05 is a great or better alternative. I have one and its great.
11-23-2006, 06:49 AM
shimmishim

i'm with the nemesis on this one.

i've replaced the aw9d-max with an asus pb5-deluxe.

but i can't seem to get myself to sell the aw9d-max. i'm hoping REALLY REALLY hoping that abit will release a new magical bios that'll really unlock the potential for this board.

does anyone know what the bios date of the beta 13 b2 is? i just want to make sure it's different from the beta 13 b1.

beta13 b1 is 11/8/06 i blieve.
11-23-2006, 06:53 AM
situman

Hmm what's with all the Betas? Not enough engineers?
11-23-2006, 07:00 AM
coop

I still have all my stock heatsinks. I did remove the heatpipes. Lift all of them off at once. They come apart from HS by working them back and forth, except for SB. Leave it or cut it off. I replaced the thermal pads with AS5 after sanding them all but the SB. SB has nice copper plate that is plenty good. I just have fans on them. My temps are always in the 29 to 34c range. One reading may get to 35 but I don't remember which one.
11-23-2006, 08:30 AM
Steelsie

Quote:

Originally Posted by coop

I still have all my stock heatsinks. I did remove the heatpipes. Lift all of them off at once. They come apart from HS by working them back and forth, except for SB. Leave it or cut it off. I replaced the thermal pads with AS5 after sanding them all but the SB. SB has nice copper plate that is plenty good. I just have fans on them. My temps are always in the 29 to 34c range. One reading may get to 35 but I don't remember which one.

Thanks coop, i'll bin the pipes then for sure!!! I'd be happy if i can get temps around that area!!!

Cheers
Steelsie
11-23-2006, 09:17 AM
Hilfiger

Quote:

Originally Posted by shimmishim

i'm with the nemesis on this one.

i've replaced the aw9d-max with an asus pb5-deluxe.

but i can't seem to get myself to sell the aw9d-max. i'm hoping REALLY REALLY hoping that abit will release a new magical bios that'll really unlock the potential for this board.

does anyone know what the bios date of the beta 13 b2 is? i just want to make sure it's different from the beta 13 b1.

beta13 b1 is 11/8/06 i blieve.

11/08/2006

actualy is not a new bios, is the same which was provided here few weeks back
11-24-2006, 11:28 AM
puttekula

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrDeeds

Yes its a single stage. Good luck hopefully we'll all be able to get that far once the bios is updated.

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7958/nbbq4.jpg
If you hold the max sink for the mosfets over a stove it makes it a lot easier to remove the nb sink heatpipe from the lower heatpipe. I didnt want to cut the sink away and i didnt have anything available to put on the southbrigde and mosfet area so i was happy that i was still able to keep the sinks for those two areas.

Just make sure you wear an oven mit.

Im curious as to what cooling your using and what your max fsb is at 10x multi. Im only asking because im looking into getting a 6700 or 6800 soon and only really just started noticing the people that are having max fsb issues with the board are using 6700s.

I do share your frustration that it has been too long between the last official bios update but i dont think its time to abandon ship just yet. Its tough to say which board to go to. The other 975x boards arent that great and 680i performance seems a little off and has damn near the same fsb constraints.

I personally would only recommend the aw9d-max to someone willing to modify it to get the most out of it but i think if you already own one it wouldnt make much sense to get rid of it.

Excuse a noob, but wich one of these is the NBsink

//:p
11-24-2006, 11:32 AM
fhpchris

Quote:

Originally Posted by puttekula

Excuse a noob, but wich one of these is the NBsink

//:p

The one in the middle, it comes off from the other big one easily...
11-24-2006, 11:49 AM
puttekula

Quote:

Originally Posted by fhpchris

The one in the middle, it comes off from the other big one easily...

Ok, thx...

And is there some kleggisch schlibbish in these pipes?:rolleyes:

//:p
11-24-2006, 03:08 PM
shimmishim

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hilfiger

11/08/2006

actualy is not a new bios, is the same which was provided here few weeks back

thanks for the clarification
11-24-2006, 03:38 PM
Hilfiger

Quote:

Originally Posted by shimmishim

thanks for the clarification

im not sure sems like is an new bios with same date? :(

you shoulkd try it, however it gived me memory problems..
11-25-2006, 01:19 PM
Blue078

Anyone tried uGuru in Vista yet ?
11-25-2006, 01:55 PM
Budwise

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blue078

Anyone tried uGuru in Vista yet ?

yup, works fine. Just gotta set it to XP SP2 compatibility mode when installing but after that its just fine.
11-25-2006, 02:00 PM
Blue078

Quote:

Originally Posted by Budwise

yup, works fine. Just gotta set it to XP SP2 compatibility mode when installing but after that its just fine.

:cool: Thanks for the tip.
11-25-2006, 02:25 PM
coop

2 Attachment(s)

I got a couple screens last night showing temps in uguru. Slightly higher than mentioned in above post, but don't usually run like that. Stock HS (sanded) w/AS5 and fans on tops. One just before pi ends and one just after.
11-26-2006, 12:00 AM
RLM

Can we confirm that the reason that guru in bios loses it's settings after shutdown is due to bad batteries, or is it something else? Thanks:)
11-26-2006, 06:27 AM
Blue078

After shutdown, or after turning off power to the PSU? I'm not looseing settings by simply shutting down from windows and letting it set over night.

Havent turned off PSU yet, but if thats when settings get lost I better write down my settings because this board is running sweet where I have it set up now.
11-26-2006, 08:27 AM
Nettwerk

Quote:

Originally Posted by RLM

Can we confirm that the reason that guru in bios loses it's settings after shutdown is due to bad batteries, or is it something else? Thanks:)

This problem is fixed with the newest .13 bios
11-26-2006, 09:11 AM
RLM

Have the latest b2 bios thanks. Maybe switching the power off at the psu is the cause then??

Getting a bit confused by this now. Have been holding the power button in to shutdown on failed boots/oc's today. Then I switch the psu off and on and re-boot to bios. All settings in guru lost. Just thought it convenient today, but maybe that's the fail safe design and not a bug.

Will switch off the power to the psu tonight on a stable oc and see if all is fine in the morning.

Apologies for the sketchyness.

RLM
11-26-2006, 12:12 PM
Blue078

Nope! new beta BIOS dont fix it, at least not for me. Wrote down all my settings, loaded windows, played one round BF2142 :D . Shut down, switched off the PSU, came back in 15mins. switched on the PSU, pressed the power button...all the LED's are flashing something I had turned off. Went into BIOS and not a damn setting I had before is left :(

Gonna pull out the Battery check it with a DMM and stick a new one in either way and see what happens,,, shish I was starting to like this board:(
11-26-2006, 02:58 PM
Nettwerk

weird weird weird, I had the same problems but I updated from .13 alpha to the .13 beta 02 and it went away. I left my psu off over thanksgiving, came back, and turned my system on and the settings still stuck and booted right up. :confused:
11-26-2006, 03:47 PM
Blue078

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nettwerk

weird weird weird, I had the same problems but I updated from .13 alpha to the .13 beta 02 and it went away. I left my psu off over thanksgiving, came back, and turned my system on and the settings still stuck and booted right up. :confused:

:confused: Yea it's a strange one for sure.
I don't see anything wrong with the voltages of the battery 3.2 volts, but I replaced it all the same with a brand new Panasonic battery that also read 3.2v and now my settings stick after a PSU power off.

Got to thinking maybe the OEM battery wasn't seated right, so I stuck it back in, went to bios set it up booted to windows, then shutdown, and turned off the PSU's power, waited 10mins flipped the PSU back on booted, and was greeted to all default settings :confused: :confused: :confused:

:) I'm keeping the new battery in.
11-27-2006, 05:17 AM
Dr.No.pt

Is there a new beta 02 ?

Can someone point me the link please ?

Thank you.

:toast:
11-27-2006, 07:43 AM
easypanic

return a few pages ;)
11-27-2006, 11:43 PM
Budwise

WTF is up with Abit and this board??? First i jump ship from the DFI board to come to the Abit board and now DFI actually comes up with a decent bios while Abit has their thumbs up their bums. Its been nearly 2 months since the last bios revision, what the heck is going on at Abit lately? I new i shoulda trusted DFI and gave them a few more bios rev's to work out that Infinity board...
11-28-2006, 03:41 AM
Virtual

yep and all these betas.. with no big changes..

btw: http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread...114150&page=17

Quote:

AW9D-MAX 13B03 BIOS (22.11.06)!http://kiner-web4.myweb.hinet.net/AW9D/M606C_13.B03

HAvent tried it yet.

Just read it on the abit forum.. fake or real?
11-28-2006, 03:55 AM
NicoOCZ

Quote:

Originally Posted by Virtual

yep and all these betas.. with no big changes..

btw: http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread...114150&page=17

Just read it on the abit forum.. fake or real?

This file has been posted by Kiner here a few days ago. It's real (I flashed it).
11-28-2006, 04:27 AM
zeeke

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sicness

This file has been posted by Kiner here a few days ago. It's real (I flashed it).

Did it make any difference clockvice?

Im running b2 now and maxing FSB 473 for 1mb PI and 24/7 @ FSB 457
11-28-2006, 04:29 AM
NicoOCZ

Quote:

Originally Posted by zeeke

did it make any difference clockvice?

Im runnuing b2 now and maxing FSB 473 for 1mb PI and 24/7 @ FSB 567

No difference for me.
11-28-2006, 06:11 AM
Virtual

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sicness

This file has been posted by Kiner here a few days ago. It's real (I flashed it).

mhh.. Kiners post say: Released Date: 2006.11.08
and the new "should be" from: 2006.11.22 :confused:
11-28-2006, 06:16 AM
Hilfiger

new bios out, B03

http://forum.abit-usa.com/showpost.p...&postcount=161
11-28-2006, 06:57 AM
Nettwerk

anything new?
11-28-2006, 07:04 AM
shimmishim

sheesh... 3 beta's in 2 weeks... yet nothing really fixed... interesting...

i'm giving b03 a try. let's see if it does anything

edit:

the vcore voltages now show up correctly in uguru

1.55 bios = 1.55 uguru

that's a step in the right direction! :)
11-28-2006, 07:41 AM
Hilfiger

in the new bios:

memory is stale again, no more crashes
thermal monitor 1 and 2 is back
the voltages are real now

maybe other things too, looks good for the moment, and maybe is me but everything is faster now

http://files.myopera.com/hilfiger/al...9/untitled.JPG
11-28-2006, 07:49 AM
RLM

Quote:

thermal monitor 1 and 2 is back

Only recently got this board, what are thermal monitors for? I've disabled all that.

RLM
11-28-2006, 07:53 AM
Hilfiger

Quote:

Originally Posted by RLM

Only recently got this board, what are thermal monitors for? I've disabled all that.

RLM

to save energy, i mean is to acclerate or devrease your cpu in function of 1-throtle or 2-video ratio

i just leave it on to save some noise :p

also the new bios ,belive it or not is orthos stable . :D
11-28-2006, 07:58 AM
ken

nice one Abit, just after I sold my board yesterday :banana: :slapass:
11-28-2006, 07:58 AM
GhostMaster

is this a good motherboard for a c2d 6400? I want to buy a 975 chip7 but asus cant pass 400fsb and this?
P5b deluxe is better than this one?

Sorry for my bad english.
11-28-2006, 08:14 AM
MrDeeds

@Ghostmaster

This wouldn't be the best board for a 6400. If you look through the thread you'll see that a lot of people can't get orthos stable over the low 400s.

I would be looking for at P5B Deluxe or any of the other P965 boards. If you really want 975X check out the dfi infinity board.
11-28-2006, 08:16 AM
RLM

Okay Hilfiger thanks. i know on the x2's and dfi's it was recommended to keep the throttling off, I'll look into that:)

RPG
11-28-2006, 08:25 AM
GhostMaster

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrDeeds

@Ghostmaster

This wouldn't be the best board for a 6400. If you look through the thread you'll see that a lot of people can't get orthos stable over the low 400s.

I would be looking for at P5B Deluxe or any of the other P965 boards. If you really want 975X check out the dfi infinity board.

thanks m8.;)
11-28-2006, 09:14 AM
RLM

Just did a test with thermal throttling. Default settings, as I don't really understand how they work. This may well have been the reason for my results.

Did a 3d render with an app called fprime, using both cores, and my machine hung.

Took off thermal throttling and it's fine.

So just my own experience is that I'm better off without it.

RLM
11-28-2006, 10:25 AM
911us

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hilfiger

in the new bios:

memory is stale again, no more crashes
thermal monitor 1 and 2 is back
the voltages are real now

maybe other things too, looks good for the moment, and maybe is me but everything is faster now

any blend test pic stable ?...
11-28-2006, 10:27 AM
shimmishim

this bios looks more promising than the others.

i am now able to get 10 minutes of blend while before i was only getting 4 minutes.

gotta start somewhere right? :)
11-28-2006, 10:34 AM
sokarul

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sicness

This file has been posted by Kiner here a few days ago. It's real (I flashed it).

How do you flash that bios? Its not the right type of file to be a bios.
11-28-2006, 10:35 AM
NicoOCZ

Quote:

Originally Posted by sokarul

How do you flash that bios? Its not the right type of file to be a bios.

Works fine with abit's FlashMenu.
11-28-2006, 10:36 AM
shimmishim

Quote:

Originally Posted by sokarul

How do you flash that bios? Its not the right type of file to be a bios.

i use flashmenu through windows (comes bundled with uguru).

you don't have to rename the file. just flash as is with the .b03 extension. it'll flash fine.

i've done it 3 times now. :)
11-28-2006, 10:37 AM
RLM

Quote:

How do you flash that bios? Its not the right type of file to be a bios.

change .b03 to .bin

RPG
11-28-2006, 10:38 AM
shimmishim

Quote:

Originally Posted by RLM

change .b03 to .bin

RPG

or you could do that but you don't have to :)
11-28-2006, 10:52 AM
sokarul

Thanks.

I bought this AW9D-Max and an E6400 for a build for a friend. No problems so far.
11-28-2006, 10:54 AM
LarsK

Well, new bios B03 still doesn't work properly with upwards multipliers with a QX6700. Up to 31x is available in bios, but only 2 of the 4 cores actually run @ +10x multiplier. Also with the QX6700 it really doesn't want to go much above 300 Mhz fsb either. So for now, the E6700 works quite well, and for QX6700 it is utter crap.
11-28-2006, 12:18 PM
sokarul

I saw that this board has some fitment issues with cpu heatsinks. Which one is most used? My temp is around 60 stock volts, 2.8Ghz and running 2 folding@homes. Idle temp is still hot at 48 and thats at around 2.5Ghz.
11-28-2006, 12:20 PM
shimmishim

Quote:

Originally Posted by sokarul

I saw that this board has some fitment issues with cpu heatsinks. Which one is most used? My temp is around 60 stock volts, 2.8Ghz and running 2 folding@homes. Idle temp is still hot at 48 and thats at around 2.5Ghz.

the scythe infinity fits fine as well as the tuniq tower 120
11-28-2006, 07:33 PM
johnsally

Quote:

Originally Posted by sokarul

I saw that this board has some fitment issues with cpu heatsinks. Which one is most used? My temp is around 60 stock volts, 2.8Ghz and running 2 folding@homes. Idle temp is still hot at 48 and thats at around 2.5Ghz.

@idle for me with everything stock i am 28-30c and load is 35c with a tower 120
11-28-2006, 10:45 PM
coop

4 Attachment(s)

If the new (03) bios provides more stability in orthos, that's good. It may provide some quickness as well over the 1.2 bios. I did a 16m pi then flashed to the 03 and repeated with "virtually" the same settings. The voltage options changed for vcore in bios or and uguru and did not provide for exactly the same as before flash. Close enough though. I did note the vcore on the 1.2 bios screen as 1.462v and should have been 1.562v. All instances were faster. In the last screen the vmch was increased .03v. edit** I did a 1m and an 8m and both were faster with the 03 bios as well, 15.578 to 15.562 and 3.11.344 to 3.10.859. Marginally but consistant.
11-29-2006, 01:49 AM
Dr.No.pt

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnsally

@idle for me with everything stock i am 28-30c and load is 35c with a tower 120

It seems very low that load temp johnsally, comparing to idle and on air ??
Are you using Core temp 0.94 to check temps ?

EIST is disabled in this 03 version.

I wonder why ?

I like the idling with lower voltage.
Didn't had time to play around with it, maybe tonight.

:toast:
11-29-2006, 03:04 AM
Steelsie

AW9D Max Nightmare

This board is driving me crazy, i cant even get it to boot with FSB over 320. Here's a list of my equipment.

E6600
2gb PC8500 Corsair C5
The said motherboard
x1950xtx gfx card
150gb raptor
tagan 580w modular PSU
Scyth Ninja with Fan

Now i am finding a couple scenarios, occasionaly i will get it to boot but it will freeze at the POST screen and most times i will get no POST at all.

I spent a couple hours last night playing with different voltages, different RAM timings and any other setting i could play with... but ended up gettin really frustrated and the lack of success i was having. I had to reset to CMOS too many times, it was like with every reset the board was slowly edging towards the window ;)

Now i would have thought that i would not need to change anything to boot the FSB at 320 and yet i was still gettin problems, could someone please post me the settings that they would recommend using to get to about 350fsb, hopefully if i can get there then i may be able to start to push it further.

I am using the new b03 bios.

Any help is GREATLY appreciated as this board seems to have so much potential, i am just need to work out how to unlock it :)

Cheers
Steelsie
11-29-2006, 03:27 AM
shark2

guys, i don't succeed to download the file from Kiner's link...:confused:
11-29-2006, 06:31 AM
G H Z

Hey Steele,

What vcore, vdimm and divider (if any) are you using ?
11-29-2006, 07:49 AM
fhpchris

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steelsie

This board is driving me crazy, i cant even get it to boot with FSB over 320. Here's a list of my equipment.

E6600
2gb PC8500 Corsair C5
The said motherboard
x1950xtx gfx card
150gb raptor
tagan 580w modular PSU
Scyth Ninja with Fan

Now i am finding a couple scenarios, occasionaly i will get it to boot but it will freeze at the POST screen and most times i will get no POST at all.

I spent a couple hours last night playing with different voltages, different RAM timings and any other setting i could play with... but ended up gettin really frustrated and the lack of success i was having. I had to reset to CMOS too many times, it was like with every reset the board was slowly edging towards the window ;)

Now i would have thought that i would not need to change anything to boot the FSB at 320 and yet i was still gettin problems, could someone please post me the settings that they would recommend using to get to about 350fsb, hopefully if i can get there then i may be able to start to push it further.

I am using the new b03 bios.

Any help is GREATLY appreciated as this board seems to have so much potential, i am just need to work out how to unlock it :)

Cheers
Steelsie

1) run 1:1
2) Run 1.85v to 1.9v mch in bios
3) Set vcore = 1.55v in bios
4) replace chipset cooler with Swiftech one.
11-29-2006, 08:10 AM
SilveradoJ442

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr.No.pt

EIST is disabled in this 03 version.

I wonder why ?

I like the idling with lower voltage.
Didn't had time to play around with it, maybe tonight.

:toast:

I miss the EIST as well. The voltage does not lower when just surfing aroud. Now at my usual clock speeds when idle my phase controller is keeping the fans on high. Its not enough reason to go back though :)
11-29-2006, 08:11 AM
Steelsie

Quote:

Originally Posted by G H Z

Hey Steele,

What vcore, vdimm and divider (if any) are you using ?

Hiya,

I tried a few different combinations.

vcore: 1.4
vdimm: 2.25

I pretty much tried all the different dividers for the above voltages obviously starting at the settings that gives me the quicker ram speed as the set i have is verified to run at 1066.

I have been reading up on the straps today so i am going to cycle through all the ratio's setting the strap to 1066 tonight.

Do you think my voltages are sufficient?

Quote:

Originally Posted by fhpchris

1) run 1:1
2) Run 1.85v to 1.9v mch in bios
3) Set vcore = 1.55v in bios
4) replace chipset cooler with Swiftech one.

I'll give it a go thanks fhpchris, well except changing the sink, i dont really wanna do quite yet, plus there is not a lot of room between the gfx card and the ninja.

Many thanks :)
Steelsie
11-29-2006, 08:31 AM
Dr. Wakeman

Quote:

Originally Posted by shark2

guys, i don't succeed to download the file from Kiner's link...:confused:

the link is dead :stick:
11-29-2006, 08:38 AM
shark2

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Wakeman

the link is dead :stick:

would seems :D ....but i resolved, my friend shared me the bios :)
11-29-2006, 08:41 AM
Virtual

theres another dl link on abit forum
http://forum.abit-usa.com/showpost.p...&postcount=169
11-29-2006, 08:53 AM
shimmishim

if you can't get it, i will upload it for ya once i get home from work (assuming you desperately want it) :)
11-29-2006, 10:06 AM
Dr. Wakeman

Quote:

Originally Posted by shimmishim

if you can't get it, i will upload it for ya once i get home from work (assuming you desperately want it) :)

http://forum.abit-usa.com/showpost.p...&postcount=169
B03 works flawless :toast:
11-29-2006, 10:11 AM
Virtual

mh vmch 1.9 and vcore 1.55.. i think its rly high or? but dont have so much experience with this board..

running atm 378 with 1.35 vcore, 2.10 ddr and 1.7 vmch - temps are 35-37 idle and 46-50 load..

hope i get sometimes 400 stable :<
11-29-2006, 10:56 AM
shimmishim

up the vmch more.

i have yet to do 400 orthos blend stable but i've been messing with mem settings for a while now and have found that certain ones increase the length that orthos will run.
11-29-2006, 11:24 AM
shark2

thanks guys....i'll try it just when possible :D
11-29-2006, 01:47 PM
Virtual

im testing atm with 400.. temps are realy high :( 56-58 on load..
and the pvm1 on uguru @ 53..

vcore on 1,45, ddr 2,10
vmch 1,80 > error after some seconds
vmch 1,81 > error after 2 minutes
vmch 1,82 > error after 3 minutes
vmch 1,83 > error after 48 minutes
11-29-2006, 02:14 PM
Ten

vmch 1.75 @ 401 on my board, you can mayby put littlebit higher vore.
mem 2.1
vcore 1.52 idle temp 32c load 46c on water
pci-e 101

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