UNOFFICIAL BIOSTAR TPower I45 M/B

I'm officially unofficially giving up on this board. Simply put, I shouldn't be having the issues that I'm having. I'm stable at 3.4GHz, but I should easily be able to push my FSB further.

With some great assistance from Dryadsoul I've learned a bit about this stupid Azz BIOS on this board & it's not for impatient people with little time to tinker like myself!!! I bought this board second-hand & the previous owner had this same CPU over 4GHz w/o any problems at all!

I'm on the lookout for a Gigabyte UD3P. At least I'm familiar with the BIOS & there's plenty of others with this combo with successful 4+GHz OCs.

Sorry, there's not many threads on the net to :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: about this board :D

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Originally Posted by Wallbanger

Did you clear the cmos after you switched parts?

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yes i did. I let it sit for a while and now it booted. I dont like this board

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Originally Posted by Indignity

I'm officially unofficially giving up on this board. Simply put, I shouldn't be having the issues that I'm having. I'm stable at 3.4GHz, but I should easily be able to push my FSB further.

With some great assistance from Dryadsoul I've learned a bit about this stupid Azz BIOS on this board & it's not for impatient people with little time to tinker like myself!!! I bought this board second-hand & the previous owner had this same CPU over 4GHz w/o any problems at all!

I'm on the lookout for a Gigabyte UD3P. At least I'm familiar with the BIOS & there's plenty of others with this combo with successful 4+GHz OCs.

Sorry, there's not many threads on the net to :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: about this board :D

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I relate man having this board myself.
If i known i would never have bought it.
Altough i have reached 4GHz.

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Originally Posted by Indignity

I'm officially unofficially giving up on this board. Simply put, I shouldn't be having the issues that I'm having. I'm stable at 3.4GHz, but I should easily be able to push my FSB further.

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Don't be too quick to blame the board, the other parts and pieces can also limit the OC. The ram from Crucial is a weak link. There have been many issues with the Ballistics.

Looks like my Tpower is dead:mad:
No display at all on the led code indicator

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Originally Posted by Pcuser

Looks like my Tpower is dead:mad:
No display at all on the led code indicator

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Been there, I had to replace my :/
How much time passed until the problem started ?

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Originally Posted by Wallbanger

Don't be too quick to blame the board, the other parts and pieces can also limit the OC. The ram from Crucial is a weak link. There have been many issues with the Ballistics.

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I've got 4x2GB G.Skill DDR2-1100 that all passed multiple hours of memtest.

3.6GHz on a Q9550 isn't good enough for me for a $600 investment in mobo, CPU & RAM alone! ....

I have purchased a Gigabyte UD3R board, so I do expect greater things on pretty much the same platform & I'll probably never go back to BioStar again sadly said!

I've learned my lesson though! ... Then again, if I wanted to drop another $250, I could get a decent C2D & get my 4.5GHz overclock on it, but then I'd just have too many tools to play with & we all know how much that sucks! :rofl:

I got my E8500 to 4.0ghz @1.23V with 40 passes of IBT (100% passed) max load temp of 69C

Gotta love the dual 45nm Wolfdale + TPower i45

Also if you would have done any research on this board you would have realized that it isn't that great of a Quad OCer. This board doesn't have the BIOS settings to optimally clock a Quad, however this is one of the best boards at clocking dual cores.

This is why after winning this board in a G92 OCing competition I immediately picked up the E8500 (being the best clocker/value)

double post

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Originally Posted by Indignity

I've got 4x2GB G.Skill DDR2-1100 that all passed multiple hours of memtest.

3.6GHz on a Q9550 isn't good enough for me for a $600 investment in mobo, CPU & RAM alone! ....

I have purchased a Gigabyte UD3R board, so I do expect greater things on pretty much the same platform & I'll probably never go back to BioStar again sadly said!

I've learned my lesson though! ... Then again, if I wanted to drop another $250, I could get a decent C2D & get my 4.5GHz overclock on it, but then I'd just have too many tools to play with & we all know how much that sucks! :rofl:

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The toy box keeps filling up.
If I remember right, I saw in another forum yesterday , the 9550 was locked or something (where it was not supposed to be) and does not OC very well. That said the 9650 is the one to go with. Curiously I was running GSkill and found Corsair Dominators to be more stable for me. I am running my 8500 about .6GHz over. It is nice and stable.

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Originally Posted by Wallbanger

The toy box keeps filling up.
If I remember right, I saw in another forum yesterday , the 9550 was locked or something (where it was not supposed to be) and does not OC very well. That said the 9650 is the one to go with. Curiously I was running GSkill and found Corsair Dominators to be more stable for me. I am running my 8500 about .6GHz over. It is nice and stable.

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The EO q9550's will do an easy 471x8.5-4.0ghz on the UD3P board.

I've been noticing a lack of FSB speed stability on my T-Power i45, however I am having no trouble benching 9x500 @ 1.37V, so what is going on here?

My FSB is at 0.250V and my Chipset is at 0.275V with GTL Ref @ 0.63VTT on both with a 1.6V reference.

Is there something I need to do in order to get higher than 500-520FSB? It seems like anything past 520 always crashes no matter what voltages.

If someone could help me I would greatly appreciate it since as we know FSB provides higher gains than raising the multi.

maybe your rams all done led?

shouldn't be a problem with 1066 RAM running below spec (525 would be 1050)

well it would not be the first time a ocz 4g pair would not go to its rated speed,have you run memtest?
also did you try adjusting your clock skew?

For me FSB 600 with E8600 (multi 6x) is very easy. Just set CPU skew +100ps and it works.
Do not cross VTT 1,35V and vMCH over ~1,4. It works good.
Remember of this memory configuration option (1st option in timing menu).

just bought the board,having a play with it,i wanted to ask when an overclock fails is it a case of having to clear the cmos everytime as thats what i had to do when it failed on me,quite annoying having to do that each time,
i am hoping that i have overlooked something silly and its going to be easier,any help is greatly appreciated
got a e2200 not the best but should overclock reasonably well,lets hope.
regs
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Originally Posted by cholo777

just bought the board,having a play with it,i wanted to ask when an overclock fails is it a case of having to clear the cmos everytime as thats what i had to do when it failed on me,quite annoying having to do that each time,
i am hoping that i have overlooked something silly and its going to be easier,any help is greatly appreciated
got a e2200 not the best but should overclock reasonably well,lets hope.
regs
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Just decrease the overclock retry count to 1, and you'll never have to use the :cussing: jumper.

anyone here now where a vdroop pencil mod is for this board? I mean one that actually stops vdroop not vdrop...I did the vdrop mod which is labeled as vdroop from some chinese site and it seemed to fix vdrop, for the setting in the bios is exactly what shows in windows now...but that is useless, for if I set 1.352 in bios if I put any load on this thing it drops down to about 1.20 to 1.33 depending on load and it ruins stability...and considering other than hard mods I know no way of getting less than a .5 volt jump on the processor and that's too much for what I'm shooting for. Also anyone in general have luck with 4.5 ghz stable on an e8600 with this mobo? If so I'd like to know you're secrets to success, I'm using linpack testing for it heats it up the most so if the settings aren't perfect it basically fails, so far about 4.4 is highest I can get it seems.

Do you need to run the Aux Graphics Card Molex Power if you using a Dual GPU single PCI-e slot video card? I know you are supposed to with Crossfire cards installed, but I'm not sure with onboard SLI with my GTX 295. If anyone knows please respond.

just try it and see how it responds...it is there for auxillary power support.

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Originally Posted by Indignity

I've got 4x2GB G.Skill DDR2-1100 that all passed multiple hours of memtest.

3.6GHz on a Q9550 isn't good enough for me for a $600 investment in mobo, CPU & RAM alone! ....

I have purchased a Gigabyte UD3R board, so I do expect greater things on pretty much the same platform & I'll probably never go back to BioStar again sadly said!

I've learned my lesson though! ... Then again, if I wanted to drop another $250, I could get a decent C2D & get my 4.5GHz overclock on it, but then I'd just have too many tools to play with & we all know how much that sucks! :rofl:

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Q's do not over clock well on this board, the real world record holder is the TP45HP (least it was before) not sure now. Still they do have issue's after being pushed to far, like givng the NB to much voltage.

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Originally Posted by cholo777

just bought the board,having a play with it,i wanted to ask when an overclock fails is it a case of having to clear the cmos everytime as thats what i had to do when it failed on me,quite annoying having to do that each time,
i am hoping that i have overlooked something silly and its going to be easier,any help is greatly appreciated
got a e2200 not the best but should overclock reasonably well,lets hope.
regs
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Have you tried a different bios? If you read the whole thread you may find a link to modded bioses, check aces signature! And no you shouldn't have to do that unless you trying to know the snot out of it.........

Hi searched a little and there are 2 new bioses online.

One on the chinese biostar website and one on the international.

Chinese : http://www.biostar.cn/app/en-us/t-se...s.php?S_ID=361

this one is from april:
http://www.biostar.cn/upload/Bios/P45BA416.BST.rar

one from march:
http://www.biostar.cn/upload/Bios/P45BA306.BST.rar

International : http://www.biostar-europe.com/v3/app...s.php?S_ID=365

!!!! the newest from 12 /05 /2009:
:shocked:
http://www.biostar-europe.com/v3/upl...s/P45AA512.BSP


Happy flashing!!! :up:

the new BIOS is Beta: http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en-us/...s.php?S_ID=365

does anyone have a doc on fixes included?

Guys,

Please does anyone know how much juice one can safely pull from the fan headers on these boards?

In other words, what are the headers rated at (Watts and/or Amps)?

The User Manual for most boards gives you the figure but there's nothing in the manual I got with this board. I checked the Biostar site but there's nothing there and I mailed Tech support but they don't know either.

Any clues?

Thanks in advance.

OB

I just installed the new Bios, when Vista started every device got recognised again. Don't know if there are (m)any improvements
since the beta from november.
But maybe its a sign, that biostar hasn't totally given up on this board. I got new RAM (OCZ Blade low voltage 1066MHz)yesterday,
maybe this BIOS does help to stabilise my Board over 500 MHz with my Q9450...

Looking forward to hearing some results
Am wondering if this new BIOS will give any performance/stability improvements.

i am glad biostar realizes that they have to provide support for all their current boards...this is a NICE board!!..i am glad to hear biostar is stepping up to the plate!..yes!:)

So i've played with the settings a lot. It's been priming with 4GHz now, but i don't think it is stable. Super pi 32m doesn't like it.
But i don't think it's because of the new bios. Up to now i never gave a lot of voltage to this processor. Also haven't played a
game yet. So i don't know how long i am able to run the board with 500MHz.
:clap:


http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/8...oweri45.th.jpg

the P45AA416.rar bios doesnt work for me. Are there more people getting problems with it? If i manually set my chipset voltage but he dont get that and runs on his original setting, so i cant change it....

The newest, P45AA512.BSP someone tried this one out? I dont get it better with this version but there is a new function, pll nb chip. i dont know what i must do with it

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Originally Posted by QerryTerry

So i've played with the settings a lot. It's been priming with 4GHz now, but i don't think it is stable. Super pi 32m doesn't like it.
But i don't think it's because of the new bios. Up to now i never gave a lot of voltage to this processor. Also haven't played a
game yet. So i don't know how long i am able to run the board with 500MHz.
:clap:


http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/8...oweri45.th.jpg

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a quad at 500 mhz FSB is very difficult to maintain stable on this board...a dual core is fine at 500 mhz, but not a quad core unless it is an exceptional chip..and..not many of those out there.

suggest you lower the FSB down to 485 Mhz...ace:)

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Originally Posted by wortelsky

the P45AA416.rar bios doesnt work for me. Are there more people getting problems with it? If i manually set my chipset voltage but he dont get that and runs on his original setting, so i cant change it....

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i hope you did not try to flash with a "RAR" extension because that is like a "ZIP" file...the real binary bios file is inside the 'rar' folder.

Anybody tried this yet? I haven't even had time to flash it yet. Just found out a couple days ago. Must say I'm surprised. Thought everyone at Biostar had completely forgotten about us.

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Originally Posted by wortelsky

the P45AA416.rar bios doesnt work for me. Are there more people getting problems with it? If i manually set my chipset voltage but he dont get that and runs on his original setting, so i cant change it....

The newest, P45AA512.BSP someone tried this one out? I dont get it better with this version but there is a new function, pll nb chip. i dont know what i must do with it

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-P45AA416 - Bugged LCD (doesnt show cpu temps), bugged vMCH hardware monitor (i guess the vMCH actually changes, but it doesnt show it in the monitor)

-P45AA512 - vMCH in hardware monitor is fixed. LCD still bugged.

This last two betas have upgraded memtest and added the option for MCH PLL voltage.

I would stick with the P45AAB03 (11-2008), because of the issue with the lcd in the new betas.

Well
Today is a bad day
Benched on SS earlier, got my e7300 to 5G,
Then turned it on to have another go, then it suddenly turned off,
Then, went back to air, reset the CMOS, and then nothing, I had wiped the area to make sure not condensation or anything,
But it looks likes the board has short circuited,
Anything I can do, i take it the warranty is void?
All that happens is the fans turn on for less than a second, and then a red light comes on on the back of the PSU and nothing.

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Originally Posted by GeorgeStorm

Well
Today is a bad day
Benched on SS earlier, got my e7300 to 5G,
Then turned it on to have another go, then it suddenly turned off,
Then, went back to air, reset the CMOS, and then nothing, I had wiped the area to make sure not condensation or anything,
But it looks likes the board has short circuited,
Anything I can do, i take it the warranty is void?
All that happens is the fans turn on for less than a second, and then a red light comes on on the back of the PSU and nothing.

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Doesn't show any code in the LCD?

No, coz the whole thing stops in less than a second,
The fans begin, but then nothing,
I think ive shorted it, will probably try to RMA, as there is no physical damage to the motherboard.

Tested further everything than superpi is stable @3.94GHz with 493 MHz FSB. Don't know if it's a other problem, prime is stable for hours, Intel Stresstest too.
I also tested my old Conroe E6300, i only got it to benchstable 520 MHz. Anything higher it doesn't like. My board isn't an monster in overclocking.
With my OCZ low voltage Blades it defaults to 2.1 volts, it only needs 1.8 - have to set it to +0.05V to get near the default voltage. But it's nice ram, stable
at 1020MHz 4-4-4-13!

lovin my board...specs in sig.note the CO stepping dual cores ran HORRIBLE for me.it was NOT the boards fault.plopped my E0 stepping in and bam 4ghz first shot auto volts.1.28 is stable as rock.




Running The Biostar T-Power I45 at 600FSB and Higher!!
http://www.rebelshavenforum.com/sis-...&f=33&t=000194


Biostar T-Power I45 Motherboard Discussion Thread-amazing reading..

http://www.rebelshavenforum.com/sis-...;f=33;t=000183



Biostar T-Power I45 Sticky Topics---good read

http://www.rebelshavenforum.com/sis-...;f=33;t=000199


bios galore.
http://www.lejabeach.com/Biostar/TPI45/


hope this helps...

We have another WR on TPOWER I45 HP, FSB up to FSB734MHz instead od FSB724MHz
will release the news later.

Today, Tpower I45 and TP45 HP let Biostar achieved a incredible OC records .
We totally 10 World records from Tpower I45 and TP45 HP. see the list as below
, please share this honors with our customers :

See the billboard from this site (http://www.ripping.org/database.php?act=records)

1. E7200 : 5765.94MHz, 127.6% OC
* http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=389492

2. E8200 : 5243.93MHz, 96.64% OC
*http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=391851

3. E8300 : 5875.64MHz, 107% OC
* http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=391793

4. E8400 : 6106.70MHz, 103.56% OC & Super Pi 1M WR
* http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=395178

5. E8500 : 6513.90MHz, 105.7% OC& FSB724MHz
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=389306

6. Q9450 : 4317.4MHz, 61.8 % OC
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=384252

7. Q9550 : 4679.07MHz, 65.14% OC
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=394981

8. Xeon E3110 : 6035.08MHz, 101.2% OC
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=388389

9 . Xeon X3360 : 4421.92MHz, 56.07% OC
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=390346

10 . Aquamark3 WR , 362,604 points
http://www.ripping.org/benchmarks.ph...phic=Aquamark3

railmeat are you using the new BIOS? I'm wondering if it is worth it to bother flashing the BIOS or not?

I've been having issues with my 295 and had to do 2x RMA, was wondering if this new BIOS fixed any issues or provided higher OCability.

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Originally Posted by railmeat

lovin my board...specs in sig.note the CO stepping dual cores ran HORRIBLE for me.it was NOT the boards fault.plopped my E0 stepping in and bam 4ghz first shot auto volts.1.28 is stable as rock.

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i agree 100% ,C0 stepping run so uggly...in this day i try with E8600 and i hope that x10 multipler and E0 stepping really help.

P45AA513...is the last official bios?...update from 710? i use ocz rams and in a couple of days i still tyring with e8600.

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Originally Posted by LedHed

railmeat are you using the new BIOS? I'm wondering if it is worth it to bother flashing the BIOS or not?

I've been having issues with my 295 and had to do 2x RMA, was wondering if this new BIOS fixed any issues or provided higher OCability.

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cpu-z is tellin me below

BIOS version 080015

date 6/20/08


rebelshaven bios page is golden.
http://www.lejabeach.com/Biostar/TPI45/

i had e6400,e6420,e6600(2 of em),q6600,now second e8400 no issues.i know that E0 stpping screams with low voltage.

had the following cards in it---8800gtx,gtx280,gtx 260 core 216,gtx 275,now gtx 295(all evga) sock pci ex freq.no issues.

ram in board
4 gigs gskill ddr800 4-4-4-12 2.0 v
2 gigs ocz sli 1066 2.25 volts
2 gigs cell shock ddr1000cas5 2.3 volts d9ghk they ran ok...i didnt tweak them much.
now 8 gigs crucial tracers 2.08 volts ddr 900 5-5-5-15
no issues

How do u manage vdrop on load?

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Originally Posted by hersounds

i agree 100% ,C0 stepping run so uggly...in this day i try with E8600 and i hope that x10 multipler and E0 stepping really help.

P45AA513...is the last official bios?...update from 710? i use ocz rams and in a couple of days i still tyring with e8600.

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it's an official beta bios. It has a bug with the cpu temp. in the lcd. But you will see many new options and tweaks if you upgrade from 710.
Saludos :D

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Originally Posted by Eagle_Watch

it's an official beta bios. It has a bug with the cpu temp. in the lcd. But you will see many new options and tweaks if you upgrade from 710.
Saludos :D

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thanks eagle, bueno verte por aca :up:, today i install the 8600

i test "new" bios 513 too,and all run fine,the 8600 i don't touch nothing in vcore, just set 430 x 10 in bios and boot fine, absolutly stable
remember i use thermalright ultra 120 extreme and closed case ( chenming 601 yeah, old but classic and vintage )

http://i43.tinypic.com/14mq1ip.jpg

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=577971

batch are Q820A324 ( same as BNDMOD) .

core 1= 25 c
core 2 = 25 c


so what you think about this 8600?

hers do u have a vdropp on that mobo?

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Originally Posted by dpokrajac0

hers do u have a vdropp on that mobo?

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yes a little vdroop, for example in bios you set 1.30 vcore and cause to vdroop raise to 1.29,maybe in frecuencies more high this really matter.

That is very small one. Good for u.

i don't know yet if good or bad E8600 but with 1.44 vcore this batch make 4606 mhz ( remember ever with thermalright ultra 120 extreme )

http://i39.tinypic.com/vi2u5f.jpg

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=578048

ram timings settings in default 5-5-5-15

the biostar run well,no troubles with 513 new bios.

just testing i don't like vcore up to 1.45

http://i42.tinypic.com/302mkia.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/2qs7bdv.jpg



http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=578057

well I thought this was a dead thread along with a dead motherboard, no new bios's forever and hadn't seen many postings on here or other threads for this mobo and I just happened to come on today and saw the latest few posts and mentioning a new bios even! Anyhow I have no new results but I did flash to the new bios and the OC I had is still fine...

e8600 @ 4.43 ghz 1.328 volts
with a 7.5x 590 fsb

kept all my settings the same and after flashing voila it still works fine, with luck maybe I can push beyond this a bit and do even better, I'm so tired of hearing of gigabyte's ud3p and I post my results anywhere and they get compared to that motherboard usually with the pretense that mine are quite good or great even but if "ONLY" I had a ud3p they'd say I'd do even better...I'm hoping to totally dispatch that statement although they do have the best board for ram OC'ing but so far it hasn't been any limitation for me.

Yeh, show them with that ram thing.

Somebody mentioned that there are some new tweaks available in bios - which ones?

Wait!...read my own experience...yesterday i put e8600 and flash bios to 513,all fine...today 11:15 pm, the system just shut down,i check all settings, all fine, look the lcd and say first "IA",power off system,load settings default...load ,once again into windows,the system shut down again,see again lcd and this time just say "00".
solution?...pen drive with old bios rom ( 710) flash again and all fine,only bad is vcore...why?

with bios 513 4,3 ghz ---1.30 in bios load and stable

with bios 710 4,3 ghz --- 1.32 boot, but stable with 1.34 vcore

be carefull because 513 bios, shut down aleatory...for 24 hours run fine,try up if u want ,i don't recommended.

Is anyone using this BIOS from Rebel's Haven? http://www.rebelshavenforum.com/sis-...&f=33&t=000194

Feedback and comments are appreciated. Thanks

Finally this chip ----- Q820A324

http://i43.tinypic.com/2e30f34.jpg

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=578718

reach the 5 Ghz with air cooling ( true120e)

http://i41.tinypic.com/24vs8l2.jpg

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=578756

yea I can boot into Windows @5ghz, but where are your stress tests? How about showing us a screen of 100% completion Intel Burn Test 20-30 passes, along with the idle/load temperature.

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Originally Posted by LedHed

yea I can boot into Windows @5ghz, but where are your stress tests? How about showing us a screen of 100% completion Intel Burn Test 20-30 passes, along with the idle/load temperature.

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LOL but ,i don't say anything about stress pass, just reach 5 ghz...with air cooling i go for sure and don't like set beyond to 1.45vcore to 24/7 use,that this chip take 5 ghz ,just talk fine about him.

yea but who brags about boot able speeds what merit does that hold in the OCing community? People in here care about stable stressed speeds and hell most complain if you don't use certain specified stress tests. What you are doing is simply child's play compared to real Over Clocking.

Also I never said anything about you saying something about stress passes, I ASKED you for them...brush up on the English reading skills.

LedHed, there are monay who dont care about stable speeds
There are two types of overclocking, daily, just to get a faster PC, and then ones which benchmark/try to get it as fast as possible, regardless.

led u must understand ALOT of the ppl in here could careless about stabilty.they like impressing each other with hi numbers on the verge of a fiery meltdown resulting in countless rmas.my pc must be stable or i dont consider a solid overclock.these guys just want 30 seconds of glory.....i dunno.i got 4ghz stable out of mine and i love my biostar board for its easy o/c options.hell u can set it on auto and it actually sets the volts for u in a decent ballpark to get u started.if u argue with him requesting stabilty screenshots u mine as well argue with everyone in here except the rare breed who actually consider a overclok STABLE with some kind of stabilty tests ran....


@dalekusdukeboy

"with luck maybe I can push beyond this a bit and do even better"

WHY?a unstable 4.43 is not good enough for u?lol....clock it til something breaks,ya!!!!u must be loaded or bored.

e8600 @ 4.43 ghz 1.328 volts <--no way in hell thats 24/7 stable dude,unless your on phase.i had this board long enough with MULTPLE cpus on it and sorry i dont belive that clock with those volts.im requesting a 30min run of occt plz linpak test.i will be waiting for those screenshots.pointless to post unless u can stabilize it and prove it.anyone with decent cooling,cpu,and this board can clock real quik...stabilty means nothing to anyone anymore..
with a 7.5x 590 fsb


@hersounds

INTEL E8400 @ 4,5 Ghz 24/7- u like a flacky overclock with no stabilty?what good is it?if u fire up a game on your 24/7"setup it will crash trust me.

trust me, i have 31 years old..i never play games or casualty...use the computer to others uses more "lights" and is 100% stable for my use.

what is stable?...wrong...what is your use? are the question.

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Originally Posted by hersounds

trust me, i have 31 years old..i never play games or casualty...use the computer to others uses more "lights" and is 100% stable for my use.

what is stable?...wrong...what is your use? are the question.

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click my sig links;).pick any 1.and why build a gaming rig if u dont game on it???

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Originally Posted by railmeat

click my sig links;).pick any 1.and why build a gaming rig if u dont game on it???

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lol Good question ... ... because I was
today in day with childrens ,i use the computer to watch movies, listen music, surf the web, forums, reading pdf's, normal use.
anyway it is always good to have power there, you never know when you can use it?

that's my point,i know that if i wanna use 3dmark session or link suite,or folder@home,orthos,occt,etc i need stability and is posible that i can reduce the actual speed...but at the moment and with my use is not necesary believe me.

:up:

sounds like with your "use" there is no reason to have an OC at all, a stock speed C2D can easily do everything listed above. The only thing you are doing is shortening the life of your CPU if you aren't even using it except for music/web/pdf/normal use.

I understand you can't fully read English due to it being a second language, but trying to argue with people just because of that is no excuse; the only thing I asked for is to see if your CPU speed was actually stable or if you were just trying to grow your "31 yr old" E-Peen. I can show screens of my E8500 booting at 5.0ghz, but there is no way in hell that is a stable speed, it's just for show not usage.

if true, my previously post just are the first shots E8600, just one day of use, the talk now make me make test stability, I set out to prove stability, and as was suspected ,for to do stable the e8600 requires a little Vcore over, we know that boot only it is one thing and another complete stability.

anyway I let you catch some, which I think are quite good, it must be borne in mind that the case is closed and only air cooled.


http://i44.tinypic.com/15r1g76.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/2d88ig.png

http://i40.tinypic.com/zwdd78.png

http://i42.tinypic.com/2zso4r7.png

can be stable for the E8600 at 4.5 air specify a 1.47 Vcore in bios. i will put in test different voltages and check the maximum temperature.

indeed sorry, the intention is to never "be the big E-peen", if not ,show the E8600 from the moment that are installed.

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Originally Posted by hersounds

if true, my previously post just are the first shots E8600, just one day of use, the talk now make me make test stability, I set out to prove stability, and as was suspected ,for to do stable the e8600 requires a little Vcore over, we know that boot only it is one thing and another complete stability.

anyway I let you catch some, which I think are quite good, it must be borne in mind that the case is closed and only air cooled.


http://i44.tinypic.com/15r1g76.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/2d88ig.png

http://i40.tinypic.com/zwdd78.png

http://i42.tinypic.com/2zso4r7.png

can be stable for the E8600 at 4.5 air specify a 1.47 Vcore in bios. i will put in test different voltages and check the maximum temperature.

indeed sorry, the intention is to never "be the big E-peen", if not ,show the E8600 from the moment that are installed.

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very very nice hersounds:D:).u have my respect now as far as a STABLE ghz overclocker.NICE results and on AIR!wow:up::up: so how do u like this board back on topic?

thanks railmeat,I am glad you like it, anyway, today is the second day with the e8600, it will continue to test, I stay quiet is a good 8600.

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/3096/link2n.jpg


http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/6018/linx3.jpg


and about the topic? simply quoting and answering this question:

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Originally Posted by glide 1

Is anyone using this BIOS from Rebel's Haven? http://www.rebelshavenforum.com/sis-...&f=33&t=000194

Feedback and comments are appreciated. Thanks

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glide,I test some various bios for tpower i45,inclusive the unofficial, and for one or another bug, I have come back to 710,in my personal point is the last bios stable and serious for this mobo,and yes have some bugs with ocz rams is true, but i can sure that in some moment biostar can fix this bug and put another official bios "nervous" like 710.

Does anyone know if this board is compatible with the 3Ware 9650SE series PCI-E SATA controllers?
On their list of compatible motherboards the I45 is not included.

@dalekusdukeboy

"with luck maybe I can push beyond this a bit and do even better"

WHY?a unstable 4.43 is not good enough for u?lol....clock it til something breaks,ya!!!!u must be loaded or bored.

e8600 @ 4.43 ghz 1.328 volts <--no way in hell thats 24/7 stable dude,unless your on phase.i had this board long enough with MULTPLE cpus on it and sorry i dont belive that clock with those volts.im requesting a 30min run of occt plz linpak test.i will be waiting for those screenshots.pointless to post unless u can stabilize it and prove it.anyone with decent cooling,cpu,and this board can clock real quik...stabilty means nothing to anyone anymore..
with a 7.5x 590 fsb


Well, for starters I can and will supply you with a screenshot for I use linpack with 100% of my memory used to test stability, NOT the 90% which is the max OCCT allows least the version I had for a while...secondly, I'm on air not phase, thirdly and really most importantly...people can post whatever the hell they want, me/you/hersounds and if we want to post completely unstable OC's or not, it's really not for you to tell us what it's worth or not, particularly when no one asked and particularly not with such holier-than-thou condemnation as if there's no way you could be wrong...so, with that, I'll show you ON air the OC I told you I had is linpack stable :)

Unfortunately I have it saved on my pc and this site doesn't allow me to upload it that way...only by url which seems limiting but here's the page I posted 30 successful linpack runs with that system exactly as quoted...ACTUALLY the voltage was slightly less though under load as it will show...

http://forums.techpowerup.com
/attachment.php?attachmentid=25831&d=1242433144

and this is what I played and beat "the witcher" pc game on as well as played a few others without a hitch whatsoever, it's a good mobo and a decent e8600, simple as that, actually I think the processor is the limiting factor this board could probably go into the 600's fsb but processor dies beyond 4.45 ghz no matter what voltage/fsb/multiplier I use...fairly frustrating that it scales so well to a point then just refuses to do any more with any stability.

anyone using non-stock heatsinks on the chipset/mosfets? what should I use?
enzotech, thermalright, even a list of some compatible waterblocks would be cool.

Could anybody tell me the secret, how to go beyond 650Mhz for memory? 651 (Cl5) stable for benching, 652 does not boot.

anyone know if the Tpower I45 have a northbridge temp sensor? i can't seem to find the temperature for the northbridge on my I45, when i touch the northbridge it burned my finger :(

ANd does anyone use a air chipset cooling on this board?

Have a problem with my Tpower getting a ''Unknow bios problem-error code FFFF'' . It goes into windows and then bsod.Tried 4sticks of ram , removed the battery for 9hrs and stuff:confused:
RMA time?

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Originally Posted by Pcuser

Have a problem with my Tpower getting a ''Unknow bios problem-error code FFFF'' . It goes into windows and then bsod.Tried 4sticks of ram , removed the battery for 9hrs and stuff:confused:
RMA time?

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first try with an pen drive + another bios rom or same you select

put pendrive with bios file, turn on system and press F12,select pen drive ,flash your system y pray...just all.

if not work,so yes,time to RMA.

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Originally Posted by hersounds

first try with an pen drive + another bios rom or same you select

put pendrive with bios file, turn on system and press F12,select pen drive ,flash your system y pray...just all.

if not work,so yes,time to RMA.

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Thanks,will try that.

where's the railmeat"head" now that I actually posted a link with my results??? Anyway they're there for anyone else to check out if you're interested because he seems nowhere to be found all of a sudden:)

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Originally Posted by LedHed

yea I can boot into Windows @5ghz, but where are your stress tests? How about showing us a screen of 100% completion Intel Burn Test 20-30 passes, along with the idle/load temperature.

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I use 3Dmark tests neva used mem test, Is this stress enough?

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=6064401

Where is a link to the new bios? Found it, bear in mind that OC is on a GigabyteX48 board, everything under water. I do not game @5Mhz nor do i need to.
Thanks !

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Please does anyone know how much juice one can safely pull from the fan headers on these boards?

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Not sure what the voltage is but I do know you can't run a 120MM fan from it and expect it to still work.

Does anybody know if the I45 bios will work on the TP45HP board, they are pretty much the same board?

When I first won this motherboard a lot of people swore to stay away from quads, but now I keep seeing people with the TPower i45 Q9550s running 3.5-3.8ghz which would be perfect for my rig. My question is what is the best quad to put in this board or is it still best to stick with dual cores on this model? I heard the board lacked the options to properly OC a quad like other boards, but If I can hit 3.6ghz I'd be happy with it. Do I have to get a Q9550 in order to hit speeds like this or would one of the lower model quads also reach this speed?

Anyone with experience using quads in this board please provide some advice and I'm not trying to spend more than $220. The Q9400 looks like the best deal, but with the Q9550 only $20 more I would just get the Q9550. However I don't want to buy a CPU that isn't going to mesh well with this board and that is why I'd like to hear some opinions.

Is it worth it to sell my E8500 @ 24/7 4ghz (stable at 4.4ghz on air) and get a Q9550 (or similar)?

Thanks to Ace and makaka, following your settings I reached 5Ghz/4.3 stable with my E8500 EO............... PROOF

It was done on water with an IandH CPU block w/ mounting plates by Nafljhy and NB/Mosfet blocks by Fstfrddy.


http://www.rigshowcase.com/pic.php?u=60DjEY4&i=14688

http://www.rigshowcase.com/pic.php?u=60DjEY4&i=14679

http://www.rigshowcase.com/pic.php?u=60DjEY4&i=14689

http://www.rigshowcase.com/pic.php?u=60DjEY4&i=14690

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1418/biostar001.jpg

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/4076/biostar003.jpg

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1830/biostar011.jpg

Gotta love community effort.:clap:

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Originally Posted by LedHed

When I first won this motherboard a lot of people swore to stay away from quads, but now I keep seeing people with the TPower i45 Q9550s running 3.5-3.8ghz which would be perfect for my rig. My question is what is the best quad to put in this board or is it still best to stick with dual cores on this model? I heard the board lacked the options to properly OC a quad like other boards, but If I can hit 3.6ghz I'd be happy with it. Do I have to get a Q9550 in order to hit speeds like this or would one of the lower model quads also reach this speed?

Anyone with experience using quads in this board please provide some advice and I'm not trying to spend more than $220. The Q9400 looks like the best deal, but with the Q9550 only $20 more I would just get the Q9550. However I don't want to buy a CPU that isn't going to mesh well with this board and that is why I'd like to hear some opinions.

Is it worth it to sell my E8500 @ 24/7 4ghz (stable at 4.4ghz on air) and get a Q9550 (or similar)?

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Read from the first page.........

@dryda,
Those are sweet looking blocks there!

Dryadsoul very nice block, I should have those before I tested my Quad ;)

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Read from the first page.........

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I've read the first page many times, just because one person had the most expensive C2Q on the market doesn't tell me anything about what I asked.

Anyone with any experience please reply to my post above

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Originally Posted by LedHed

Is it worth it to sell my E8500 @ 24/7 4ghz (stable at 4.4ghz on air) and get a Q9550 (or similar)?

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In my opinion the short answer would be no, since you are on air.

I bought the T-Power i45 to OC my Q9550, only to learn it is better suited for C2D's.
So, I've since purchased a Gigabyte EP45-UD3P for the Quad and transferred my E8500 the BioStar board.

Here are my results for both chips on the T-Power: Q9550 @ 4.27Ghz @ 5.9v and E8500 @ 5Ghz @ 4.8v.

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Originally Posted by LedHed

I've read the first page many times, just because one person had the most expensive C2Q on the market doesn't tell me anything about what I asked.

Anyone with any experience please reply to my post above

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IT says Read "FROM" the first page, not just the first page.

And yeah yer wasting your time :up:

thanks for the opinions guys, I think I'll just wait until the C2Q prices drop to dirt cheap and then give it a go.

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IT says Read "FROM" the first page, not just the first page.

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If I update my BIOS to P45AA512, will I need to reinstall my RAID e.g. format everything?

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(Beta) Fix hardware monitor bug; need to clear CMOS after update

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If I update my BIOS to P45AA512, will I need to reinstall my RAID e.g. format everything?

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Yes.

I started to play with that board once again.
What is the best bios for OC? What about the modde on (by Ket)?

hello guys...I am at a loss...I am chosing new board for extreme overclocking, but I don't know if this Biostar is best chose...what are your views?:confused:

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hello guys...I am at a loss...I am chosing new board for extreme overclocking, but I don't know if this Biostar is best chose...what are your views?:confused:

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with tpower i45 you get high frecuencies but not the best super pi times or best bench score.

of course that tpower i45 is an extreme mobo but think what you want high frecuencies? or best benchmarks scores?

it's quite difficult...I want both, but I don't know if is it possible:shrug:I will create new topic with this question...it will be better

Anybody in here got a Q9550 EO on there I45 board Oc'd and can you give me some good setting for it? everytime I go into put x8.5 it's saids x6.0 on the Cpu-z read out and I go into the bio's the multiplier saids x8.5 do...I need to update to new bio's...I did'nt have this problem with my E8400 EO is there a Differents with a Quad Core..I heard that the I45 don't like Quads to much and there better with Core 2 Duo's if anybody can point my in the right direction.. of oc'ing a Q9550... I would appreciated very much:yepp:

if so on the bio's will this be the right bio's update here?
http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en-us/...s.php?S_ID=365
P45AA512.BSP

Thats the thermal throttling kicking in. Leave CPU-z open and start something that works the CPU and watch the multiplier raise back up. If you want it to stay at 8.5, then turn off C1e and EIST in BIOS under CPU features.

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Thats the thermal throttling kicking in. Leave CPU-z open and start something that works the CPU and watch the multiplier raise back up. If you want it to stay at 8.5, then turn off C1e and EIST in BIOS under CPU features.

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Thanks Lvcoyote but those two are disabled they have been with the E8400 was installed..I had in on the board...I have never update the bio's sense I had the I45 and the Biostar site saids this under cpu support( If you plan to upgrade processor from your existing unit, please update bios first before changing or upgrading processors.) then after update the bio's it saids this(Beta) Fix hardware monitor bug; need to clear CMOS after update)Upload Date
2009-05-13 ...is that all when you move up to a Quad Core?

@Lvcoyote

Never mind got it working and Updated the Bio's also the board been back in the box sense feruary sense the remodel of my CM590 case bein painted on the inside and awaiting new parts also still to come Thanks my Friend holding at 3.9Ghz:yepp:

O now for the passing Grade:)

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/6...telburn.th.jpg

Hello all. Does anyone happen to know which is the last revision of this board ? Thanks in advance.

hi guys...does this Biostar like Cell Shock memory? I would like to buy this board, but I don't know, if it will like my Cell Shocks...thanks for answer

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hi guys...does this Biostar like Cell Shock memory? I would like to buy this board, but I don't know, if it will like my Cell Shocks...thanks for answer

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Don't take my word on this, but I think it's compatible with the same types of RAM as just about any other updated motherboard.

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hi guys...does this Biostar like Cell Shock memory? I would like to buy this board, but I don't know, if it will like my Cell Shocks...thanks for answer

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I don't know how would act but..I know it loves G.Skill for sure:yepp:
This Here
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231166

Any ideas as to why my I45 will not go into BIOS with Xfire enabled?
I had to unplug the bottom card and set the jumpers back to normal position so I could get in.

For video card's sake, I tested this with 3 different HD3870s in different combos.