Yeah, that score above was generated with ACC at 2,2,2,2. Definitely more stable at speed than Auto. On auto, I couldn't get through 3DMark06, on 2,2,2,2, it sailed through!!
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Yeah, that score above was generated with ACC at 2,2,2,2. Definitely more stable at speed than Auto. On auto, I couldn't get through 3DMark06, on 2,2,2,2, it sailed through!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by nanohead
Hi Nanohead awsome score...looking forwad to seeing more..!!!
I finally placed an order today for a M3A79-T....though I'm a little dubious about whether or not they had stock....I rang the retailer yesterday and they said they were getting stock today, I palced my order online today, and rang again later in the day to confirm, and the guy I spoke to on the phone sounded a bit confused, but said they had 2 in stock.... and that it should be sent as normal...
But I havn't had an e-mail confirming despatch or anything even though the website says that an email is sent confimring despatch...!!!! Its a reputable etailer, so should be OK but I'm a little wary as to whether they actually had stock or not....
I hope that it'll be OK, I;ve been waiting forever to get one of these mobo's.....!!
Congrats Kazgirl on your purchase! Make sure you keep it in the box for the 125w'ers :)
THanks....
HAha...not a chance...as soon as it arrives I'll be stripping down my current rig, replacing the M3A32-MVP with the M3A79-T and putting my 9850BE in it....it'll be about a month again before I can get a 125W 9950BE, so I'm itching to see how the 9850 performs in it....
Max stable on the M3A32-MVP is 2.9Ghz. Hoping to finally get 3.0Ghz+ stable.... and depending on how much of an improvement it gets I may even try to hold off on the 125W 9950 until Deneb 3.0Ghz is available....
The M3A32-MCP will then replace the M2N32-SLI that I have a X2 6400+ in with a 3870, and will become my secondary PC. The M2N32-SLI will then be put out to pasture on ebay..... it served me well....!!!!
RIP M2N32-SLI.. May 07 - Sep 08...!!!
No doubt about it. I went from 2.8 Prime stable in a Jetway (SB600) to 3.25 Prime stable in the 79-T. You'll like!:D
Awesome, we all know you waited a while for this one. I continue to be amazed at how competent this board is. I'm working on a temporary Vista 32bit install so I can do a few more tests of the RAID/SATA combos.Quote:
Originally Posted by kazgirl
This time, I installed a plain Raptor using the AHCI/RAID driver via the RAID Option ROM, instead of the Asus BIOS. I set that up as the disk 1 boot device. I'm about to install 3 new WD 500GB drives and set up a RAID 5 array (SATA II) and see how that whole thing behaves. If all is well, I'll migrate everything from the DFI tonight.
I'm gonna get an SSD I decided as my boot device, just cuz my brain is the size of a peanut and I cannot control my urges. My wife is convinced I'm daft, but my kids think its cool that we have the fastest AMD phenom on futuremark ORB at the moment. This whole faster phenom thing is quite amusing I must say. I'm getting interested in this whole thing again. It was such a drag for the past year or so.
I just hope that when the bunch of us start getting these systems to present respectable numbers, all the naysayers will stop being such dolts and the rampant fanboyism will get quieter. But I'm an optimist :)
anyone know if this motherboard is available in the UK, and if so, where?
cant seem to find it in stock anywhere.
other than this, what other SB750 boards are available? i see the foxconn at overclockers.co.uk for a whopping 211 pounds. grr
Hi Lightspeed..Quote:
Originally Posted by LightSpeed
I'm in the UK, the etailer I ordered from is Offilke.co.uk
But as I mention in the posts above, I'm a little dubious as to whether or not they had stock or not...
I rang them on Wed to ask about stock/availability and they asked me a couple of odd questions, like if the board was for myself, and if I needed it urgently etc..... before saying they were getting stock in on Thurs, I thanked them and said I'd order the next day.....
I ordered via the website, it took my order and payment, and then I rang them back again later that day, as I didn't get any email confiriming depsatch of the mobo, and the guy I spoke to sounded a bit confused but said they had 2 in stock and that it would be sent as normal.... that was Thursday evening....
I havn't receieved anything yet, though they're based in Scotland and I'm in South Wales, so didn;t really expect to get it overnight, there's no next day delivery service offered, just standard delivery.....
But so far its the closest I've been able to get to ordering one here in the UK, most other places seem to have no ctock and very poor re-stock dates, I think the latest is 7th Oct for some..... it sounds like availability is very limited here in the UK at the moment, hence the questions they asked me when I first rang I guess...!!!!
I've seen the Foxconn mobo around as well, but at £200+ there's no way I'm paying that much..... not sure why the price is so high for the Foxconn mobo, its not as if its got an amazing feature set or anything, the ASUS has more features than it IMO... at less price, which is somewhat unusual as I've become accustomed to ASUS being the most expensive brand, but seems that Foxconn are vying for the title now.... £211 = US $391 for a motherboard.... no way am I paying that....
I'll let you know if I have any luck with getting mine, I'm hoping that it may arrive on Mon/Tues now, if it hasn't arrived by Tuesday I'm going to query it with the seller to see what's going on...
Thanks for the help I'll get a pic up a little later after I try finding it.Quote:
Originally Posted by justapost
Also I seem to have a strange anomaly.
I just got a 125W 9950 and so far have OC'd it to 3.3Ghz @1.4375v and 2.4Ghz @ 1.4000v NB.
I'm running BOINC to stress the system and everything is fine and stable, but when I came home today ~19H of stress testing the system has a strange stuttering problem.
When moving the mouse and open windows and stuff there seems to be a strange lag and when playing music there is an obvious stutter in the sound.
So I restarted the system and everything was back to normal no more stutter :shrug:.
This is the second time I've noticed this and both times a restart fixed this.
Right now I've boosted the vcore up to 1.4500 and updated the chipset drivers to see if it makes a difference.
I just wanted to know if anybody has noticed this strange behavior.
Oh BTW I'm running Vista x64 if this makes any difference.
Also I originally thought it was a sound driver problem with my X-Fi after updating the drivers, but I rolled back to the older ones and still the same thing.
Hey, is anyone else using Everest with the M3A79-T. It says my 12V is running @ 9.92, which is not correct. Asus Probe agrees with the BIOS which says 12.xx Also, AOD says its running @ 9.92, which doesn't make sense either.
I kinda confused. If it was just Everest, then I wouldn't care and just submit it as a bug to Lavalys. But AOD is also reading it wrong..... :shrug:
Iv'e got a silver stone 1200 watt that shows up 7.75 volts in speedfan and in bios.Quote:
Originally Posted by nanohead
it's just some things don't ever read right.
Im using Everest and it reports my 12v+ @ 10.05v I guess if it were true my system wouldn't be running right now.
Thanks guys! At least I'm not the only one....
I'm gonna post pictures of the board installed with EVERYTHING water cooled. The system is near silent, even under heavy gaming load. This is a great board (and Zalman makes a great power supply, that I don't hear!)
Here is with the water blocks installed, and then with the system completely plumbled and ready for boot.... a true nest of wires and hoses
:shocked: :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by nanohead
I just wish the M3A79 had PCIe x1 slots instead of those PCI slots. As it is, I'm not willing to kill off a x8 slot for my x1 Xonar DX. I ultimately want to go 3x4850s and need a x8 for my RAID controller.
Hey Particle, just PMd you....Quote:
Originally Posted by Particle
Haha nice :clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by nanohead
I'm in the middle of doing this right now just waiting for my chipset blocks to come in :D.
Cool. What kind of blocks did you get?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaivan
BTW, your new picture looks much more... you know.... violent :rofl:
I got the same mosfet block as you the koolance one two of the XSPC X20 delta universal chipset blocks.Quote:
Originally Posted by nanohead
Just recieved them when i got home i'll post pics of my install later tonight:D.
Haha you think my avatar look funny you should look up "Hard Gay" on youtube its the funniest thing ever.
I guarantee that you'll laugh your head off!!
I just got this board and paired it with a 9950 BE.
I am very new to AMD chipsets and all of the BIOS settings that are different from Intel.
I was wondering if someone might post a templete or image of good settings for say a 3.4 overclock.
There are some wierd settings in the BIOS I have never even heard of being from the intel side for 5 years.
I would appreciate it if someone could post what some of these are and if I need to chnage anything other than FSB and voltage for over clocking the 9950.
Thanks
AMD is different from Intel when it comes to overclocking. There is no such thing as a FSB for starters. Since you have a 9950 BE then I would stick with mainly trying to up the CPU multi and vcore to get a stable overclock. Also these things get pretty hot so in order for you to get a stable 24/7 3.4GHz you will probably need to have this on water since I bet you will need between 1.4 - 1.5 vcore to do it, unless you got a good chip.
I recommend you get the latest version of AOD (which is 2.1.4, and there is a link posted on the site somewhere, I just can't find it.). Use that to find stable settings and then once you have a them go to the BIOS and input your stable settings and then try and overclock it farther. Doing it this way will save you from having to clear your BIOS if you mess up.
I'll take a look at youtube.... love that goofy stuffQuote:
Originally Posted by Jaivan
FYI, I had to mess around with the Koolance PWM block mount. The screws that they gave were too thick for the holes in the mobo. I used some M4 metric screws, they worked fine. Also, I had to mount the whole assembly using one of the lower screw holes on the cold plate in order to get it fit (you can see it in the pic). We got lucky, because the cold plate has to push against the 8 Pin 12V mobo socket on the board, and the clasp on the 8 pin power supply connector just clears it
I also had to modify the Northbridge block by machining a small amount of material off, because there was a capacitor in the way.
Hope your install goes uneventful. Mine required a little brain surgery as usual. A little nip and tuck as it were.
Now I have to mod the video card cooling system. The VRMs get so freakin hot, the boards overheat and the system shuts down (I love a good heat problem to solve).... I'm gonna buy a hard drive cooler and cut it up into parts to use as a heat sink!!!
I am the butcher of new jersey!! Long live the sawzall
http://www.abload.de/img/m3a34rs.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Jaivan
I'd try those points.
Seems to be this chip, same as on the el cheapo Asrock 790GX/128M. :)
http://www.abload.de/img/pwm-chipnvr.jpg
New sweet ride
Just bought M3A79-T and Phenom 9950BE(JAAAB AA 0836CPAW)
And within a few hours I set whole bunch of new personal best records
@3547 MHZ(16.5x215 11xNB 11xHTT PCI-E@125MHz)
CF 4870's @ 750/900
3DMark06 18577
SuperPI@21.844
@3535 MHz(17.5x202 12xNB 12xHTT PCI-E@118MHz)
CF 4870@ 790/1080
Lost Planet Performance test,1680x1050 8xAA, 16xAF and high setting on everthing else
snow=61 fps, caves= 78 fps
Half-Life2 video stress test(1680x1080)= 198 fps
LightsMark(1280x1024)= 298 fps
CineBench
1 CPU=3154
4 CPU=11229
OPENGL=6887
:up:
Just have to figure out how to get 3.6GHz stable
I know I need more volts to the caches
but I'm not sure what to adjust :shrug:
CPWAW? :confused: Voltages? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by AMDDeathstar
If I'm not mistaken this is the new 125W version of 9950. :)
AMDDeathstar is aiming for the new highs on the top list :D.Great chip and clocking there!
WR SuperPI. this silicon must be awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by AMDDeathstar
get Nb speed up too.
this really blows that my phenom is so slow lol
Gratz :up: , what cooling do you use? , any screens? , what vcore?Quote:
Originally Posted by AMDDeathstar
Should be CPAW ,fixed now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oliverda
First few tries were on water only(temps got up 53 C at 3.4GHz range)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lastviking
the only thing I had change the bios were ddr voltage,ram speed and disable gang support
I got it to run at 3.4GHz by just upping the multi to 17x and bumping the vcore 1.35
I did a run of 3DMark06 17978, 22 points behind Ben_Brown top score.
Then it was TNPNTP(Take No Prisoners, Nuke The Place)
Water/Ice cooling(kept my CPU temp at 32 C)
Set vcore 1.550v
upped HTT voltage 1.4v
upped ddr voltage
then I just kept adjusting ref. clock and multi's
I wasn't concerned about finding the lowest vcore voltage to run at those speeds, that's for a later date.
Alright I can get one now, its about time they show up... http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16813131339
I tried those points with voltage at 1.3v BIOS and I got ~1v with the voltage at 1.375V BIOS I got ~.56v.Quote:
Originally Posted by justapost
I tried poking around other points around there but non of them seem to give the right voltage :shrug:.
Also a little update on my chipset water cooling attempts right now its a complete failure :(.
Well the chipset blocks were fine but seems like my BP 1/2" fittings don't like to work with the EK Multioption Res and the EK 4870 WB.
It didn't pass the leak test and I don't have very much time right now to figure it all out so I'm sadly on air right now.
Anyone know how far the bus speed goes on this board with a Phenom CPU? It would be nice if the NB speed could be pushed up to 2.6GHz or more on this with a Phenom :)
i managed 289 on my 9850Quote:
Originally Posted by EniGmA1987
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/8274/fsbgd8.jpg
I saw the following by gOTVOLTAGE on an M3A78-T (I think he was using a 140w 9950):Quote:
Originally Posted by EniGmA1987
Quote:
Originally Posted by gOtVoltage
I'm running @ 230 currently, but the n/b has mutis if you want to push it. I haven't tried to push the bus with four sticks in the board.Quote:
Anyone know how far the bus speed goes on this board with a Phenom CPU? It would be nice if the NB speed could be pushed up to 2.6GHz or more on this with a Phenom
This is what I've gotten to date with a 125w 9950(JAAAB AA 0836 CPDW)/M3A79-T.......http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=427562. NOT the golden sample I hoped for....:(
Idles around 52ºC (Swifty 220 Compact|not the best w/c setup!) @1.55v :eek:
One thing I noticed about both the Phenoms I have is that they hit the wall about 3.2ghz, after which it becomes a point of diminishing returns. Way more voltage, heat and instability to gain a couple of mhz.
Anyhoo, to all those getting a 125 watter, may the force..er golden sample be with you!:D
I had a small breakthrough with the kit after my previous post. I raised the bus to 250, lowered the cpu multi half a click to 13.5x, dropped the vcore to 1.4 and now have a reasonably stable 3.375 o/c (Everest Stress), idle temps 34º - 37º depending on which OS it's on. One thing I found at these settings is the n/b absolutely doesn't like the 9x multi..........wouldn't post on this board. Jacked it up to 10x.....no problem.
If anyone is using HWMonitor and can dual boot (Vista/XP), please check your core temps under each OS. My setup is showing 4-7ºC higher under Vista x86 than it does under XP3 x86...........version 1.11.2 HWMonitor.:confused:
Hello guys.
I would also like to pitch in on this thread with my experience with the M3A79. the most I can do stable with my M3A32 mvp deluxe was about 3.3 GHz. I switched over to the M3A79 board and boy was it a difference.
Here is my validation at 3.6 GHz
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=425352
Also my best Super Pi Run at 3.55 GHz. Memory at SPD (5-5-5-18-24), my Super Talent RAM doesn't like tighter timings, runs slower :(.
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5...resizeday1.jpg
If I was to rate this board, i'd give it a 10/10.
Hey Honda guy, I see you got a heck of a chip there man, gotta be very very lucky to hit 3.6 GHz stable with the SB600 :)
NEW official BIOS
0403 BIOS of M3A79-T Deluxe
1.Enhance some memory compatibility
2.Update Marvell 88E8056 LAN Option ROM
You can download it from the ASUS support site. :)
Chicken Patty: Just lucky I guess, Couldnt of done it without the help of gOtVoltage. I have to keep up with you.. If you can hit 3.6 So can I...lol
wow this is great guys, those newer steppings, especially the 0836s, seem to be hitting 3.5+ with SB750 boards. that's some serious beef :up: And it can only get better.
Don't forget to reinstall AOD after updatingQuote:
Originally Posted by Oliverda
More sliders showed up after I did
DDR and SB voltages were added
Thanks. :) Any other experiences so far?Quote:
Originally Posted by AMDDeathstar
hehe, yeah bro, i loved my 9850. This 9950 is not so great i think, hard time to get over 3.3 Ghz stable. I got the 0831 stepping though.Quote:
Originally Posted by HondaGuy
Thanks for that, I'll try to update tonight and see how the puppy runs :)Quote:
Originally Posted by AMDDeathstar
Hi cp!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Chicken Patty
i loved your 9850 toooo
as for the 0403 bios. it posted :) gonna run prime95 after this post, but so far so good
I am having a unique problem with my M3A79-T Deluxe....
If I shut my computer down completely, switch off the PSU, and then come back and turn it on, it will not post... so I push reset button on the motherboard and sometimes it will go ahead and post the first time and sometimes I have to reset 5 or 6 times to get it to post.
Today, I had to reset the BIOS with the CMOS pin just to get it to post.
Once it posts and loads windows, it runs great and I can do a "reboot" with no problems, but as soon as I shut it DOWN completely, I have to go through this ritual of "reset" over and over to get it to post.
Any ideas?
I think it's some sort of RAM problem. I had almost the same with my DFI LP UT 790FX and when I changed the modules it disappeared. Try to enable the MemClk Tristate C3/ALTVID option in BIOS.Quote:
Originally Posted by v3rax
That’s Asus build quality for you.
They are grate when they are working, but can give you a lot of post problems. Go to the Asus forum and you will see all there models of motherboards have post problems, not switching on, boot for 3 sec then shut down, etc, etc.
as weird as it may sound. Try picking up the new bios. I had a few posts problems too, some guy over at TPU said it vanished with the new bios, check it out for yourself.Quote:
Originally Posted by v3rax
I had a problem with rebooting and cold starts yesterday when I was playing with Quad CrossfireQuote:
Originally Posted by v3rax
I traced it back to overclocking the GPU's, a pair Sapphire 3870's and a pair of Diamond 3850's
Once I reset them back to stock, I didn't have a problem restarting
Thanks for the advice and suggestions...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Oliverda
I did update the BIOS to the new 403 and it didn't help.
I swapped out RAM, still no help...
I may have to RMA it...
The "run greats but have a problem when rebooting" normally have to do with a high bus speed, lower HTT or up the voltage.Quote:
Originally Posted by v3rax
hey guys. i'd be super greatful if someone could post dpc latency values of this board. as i need to know before buying as i'd like it for an audio workstation. :)
http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml
cheers!
Made a screenshot of the latency on my DFI FXB M2RS.
Phenom at 3.2Ghz 1066 Mem 2GHz Northbride.
Not specially tuned yet.
The Asus should perform similar at those settings.
Quote:
Originally Posted by v3rax
Yes i have seen a similar issue!
Has nothing to do with RAM.
When ACC is enabled and tuned(hand tuned?) to best stability together with a high overclock you get POST issues with the board and PCIe issues with add on cards.
Try to disable ACC and you might see your problems go away.
Sorry but it seems ASUS has still alot BIOS issues to solve.
For example my issue was that mostly when i turned on the computer for the first time it would not post, just startup for like 3 seconds then shutdown.
But impossible to powerup again. I had to switch off the PSU everytime and repeat until PC posted, sometimes i had to do it 5 times.
Quote:
Originally Posted by xPliziT
thanks! i'll have to look into this dfi board.
there's no guarantee that the asus performs as good so please post anyone. after eyeing thru this thread i've read some posts of people having audio drop outs and that could be bad dpc latency.
did this dpc thing on my m3a79-t with a 9950@3.2ghz and nb@2ghz on vista64
Wow Vista seems to add alot latency there.Quote:
Originally Posted by MadDias
FYI my sound card is Auzen XFI if it matters
yeah.. it seems to peak when i open programs. i was loading my aod settings when those max peaks appeared.Quote:
Originally Posted by xPliziT
i don´t think that the soundcard matters... does it? i´m on standard onboard sound
Thanks xPliziT I will give that a try. None of the other things suggested above have worked, so hopefully this will. Otherwise I can never turn this thing off until ASUS fixes this.Quote:
Originally Posted by xPliziT
Well, unfortunately, disabling ACC didn't work either.
Now it is getting to where if I shut it down and turn OFF my PSU, then come back later and turn it on, I get nothing but a black screen, then if I hit the reset button a few times it will eventually begin to post, however, I then get a Boot Failure, Press F1 or F2, so I have to do that, reset the BIOS, then reboot again.
I suppose I could just leave it ON all the time, but this is annoying and I hope there is some logical explanation for it that I can fix.
It's a very nice board but I have some issues with it.
1. Under 100% load the CPU temperature which reported by the mainboard is approximately 10-12C degrees more than the cores temperature (which reported by the CPU itself eg. via AOD). I think it's an unreal value and it causes some trouble. (eg. higher CPU FAN speed than necessary)
2. When the CPU temp (which is incorrectly reported by the mainboard) reaches the approx. 64-70C degrees the system automatically switches back the CPU's multiplier to 6.5x (1300MHz). It results that the systems slow down significantly. (The Cool and Quiet is disabled in the BIOS.) I haven't met this kind of thing on DFI or Gigabyte boards.
3. When I do a Save&Exit in the BIOS the hard drives and the fans stop and suddenly start again (like a very quick power off/on). I think it may cause damage to the hard drives.
4. The motherboard overvolts the CPU under load. For instance when I set 1.35V in the BIOS it means 1.39V under 100% load (reported by PC Probe).
5. The "Advanced Clock Calibration" option in the BIOS has no any effect. Nor yet the overclocking is worse when I turn it to auto or +2%. When I set it to +4% or more the system can't start at all and I have to do a CMOS CLEAR.
CPU: 9950BE 125W
RAM: SuperTalent T1000 2x1GB
PSU: Corsair HX520
BIOS: 0403
I hope that ASUS will fix this issues soon.
I get the exact same issues, however I notice that ACC works best at +2 for me. If I set higher than +4 i get a BSOD on boot up. Set to +4 actually makes my CPU unstable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oliverda
You should report your experiences about the issues to ASUS. http://vip.asus.com/eservice/techserv.aspxQuote:
Originally Posted by Chicken Patty
It may speed up the new BIOS releases. ;)
i cant believe you have bben posting this to some of xtremes finest without them picking this up and seeing what it is,Quote:
Originally Posted by v3rax
you are never gonna believe the solution to this, think about it.........
wont hold boot information in bios,
when going from cold boot, computer needs to be restarted several times before boot option to bios.
mmmmmmmmmm......... any takers yet?
ok ill carry on, with some more clues........
ok i wont,
heres the solution,
BUY ANOTHER CMOS BATTERY, JUST BECAUSE THE BOARD IS NEW DOESNT MEAN THE BATTERY IS !!!!!!!!!!
YOU HAVE A DUFF BATTERY IN THERE, I DONT KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE SEEN THIS,
ALLWAYS THE SAME, WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS BOARD ROUTINE?
yeah not the board, its the cmos battery, go get another, or try one from another mobo
Quote:
Originally Posted by soundood
Wow!! that does make complete sense! And I will definately give it a try.
Come to think of it... my clock has been messed up since day 1. I keep having to set the time and I figured I would need a new battery but did not put two and two together that it could be the cause of the other problem.
Now I have to find a place to buy one.. I live out in the middle of no where.
OK, now to my next question........
One guy on another forum told me that it was probably the PSU.
My PSU is a brand new PC Power and Cooling 750w Silencer. So... with my setup, should it be sufficient?
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Asus M3A79-T Deluxe
Phenom 9950 BE Stock until H20 arrives
4gb Super Talent PC6400
2 X Asus HD 4870 XFire
1 WD Velociraptor
1 Seagate 7200.10 320gb
1 Seagate 7200.10 250gb
Asus DVD Burner
8 120mm Case Fans
Quote:
Originally Posted by v3rax
your PSU is fine, and after what you have said about the time being messed up then i am even more sure you got a duff battery, its a pity your far away, they only cost a few pennys, and you could have picked it up tommorow,
let us know how you get on
Well, I am sad to say that the new battery didn't solve the problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by soundood
I went to Walmart (30 miles away) lol, and bought a NEW Duracell and plopped it in, started up, same thing.... turned it off, reset bios, started it up... same thing.....
:confused:
there is a new bios out, I just haven't tried it yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oliverda
http://support.asus.com/download/dow...Language=en-us
I did the tests with this 0403 version BIOS.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chicken Patty
there goes our hopes hehe, any difference at all though?Quote:
Originally Posted by Oliverda
Do you have ram in DIMMs 3 or 4 if you do try removing them and seeing if it boots successfully with only ram in the first two DIMMs.Quote:
Originally Posted by v3rax
I RMA'd my board because the if there was any ram in DIMMs 3 or 4 it wouldn't boot.
Did you check the bios clear jumper? is it on clear or normal.. might be a shot.. I had this on a user board once. had similar simptoms...
Hey guys, what do you run your CPU VDDA voltage at? I heard it should be at 2.6v???
Well, I tried this and still no change.. I think I am going to RMA this board.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaivan
Better yet if you still can return the board get the DFI 790FXB-M2RSH instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by v3rax
LOL< funny you should say that, I was just looking at those and was wondering if maybe that would be a better choice.
Only problem is that I have always had bad luck with DFI... probably because I am a noob and always seem to screw up on the BIOS flashing. That is the ONE thing I really like about ASUS is you can flash the BIOS quickly from a USB drive and it recognizes it right off without having to do anything.
With DFI boards I always have to use the floppy and my floppy drive is as old as I am and I get bad reads, etc... I suppose I could buy a new floppy drive, but first I would have to find an antique dealer that sells them.
Thats another badass board. However so far my M3A79-T has been so good I wouldn't trade it for anything. But of course if you have to RMA one, your point of view is obviously different .Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaivan
I have an M3A79-T sitting behind me that's waiting on deneb. As soon as it's released I'm gonna buy my HDDS/PSU and finish this build. I've been debating on switching to the 790FXB but I really like some features asus has like the Q-connector and the Q-Shield. I love DFI and Asus but working with my P5Q-Deluxe was a dream and I'm sure this 79-T would be the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chicken Patty
I always end up choosing between DFI and Asus and as of late Asus has been getting my buisness. I love DFI though. :(
I wish other manufacturers would take after asus and release things like the Q-connector and the Q-shield. I remember seeing that MSI had something similar to the connector but the Q-shield as little of a part that it is, is amazing. Best I/O plate ever. :D
It kind of sucks I had my build all planned out but I sold a bunch of my old stuff like my 150gb raptor, 500gb Seagate, and my Corsair hx620w to a friend in town. I ended up having to spend that money so I wasn't able to finish my build so now I have to wait till I have the money to finish it.
I've got a Lian Li v1010, 4gb of dominator 1066, M3A79-T and a HD4870. I plan on getting a Corsair hx1000w, 2x 150gb Velociraptors or a SSD if they're cheap and fast when I purchase my HDD's and a 1TB Caviar black. It's kind of stressfull because as much as i love my laptop I'm dieing to get back to my desktop and my x-fi :(
I disappointed about DFI. They needed about 6 months to make a normal BIOS for LP UT 790FX. :shakes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaivan
...and unfortunately the 790FXB-M2RSH has a little bit weak PWM and cooling.
I'm looking forward for a socket AM3 DFI LP UT with digit PWM. :yepp:
I think that in reality there's absolutely no point of having Digit PWM!Quote:
Originally Posted by Oliverda
and regarding the DFI's regular 4+1 phase solution on curent SB750 mobos, all I can say based on experience with JR is that DFI engineers really have created great PWM.
You can flash the DFI with a usb stick by making it bootable and copying all the files in the BIOS zip file into the bootable usb and booting from it.Quote:
Originally Posted by v3rax
Yeah I know that the board seems kinda underpowered on the spec sheet but, I still prefer it over the ASUS.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oliverda
The FXB has a more stable PWM than the asus the voltages don't fluccuate as much and the sensor readings match the voltage you enter into the BIOS.
The layout on the DFI is better and I already have aftermarket cooling lined up for either boards so cooling is not a big factor for me.
There are also a lot more connectors on DFI there are 2 more internal usb and fan ports, plus it looks purdy:D.
Not all is perfect though as of now you cannot manually adjust the NB-VID for the FXB which you can on the asus.
Overall though the DFI just seems more stable and is a little cheaper than the asus.
Oh and there is no more squealing from the PWM's which is the best feature of this board :rofl:.
I'll be probably getting the LP UT AM3 board too this one will hold me out till then.
Just wish i had more time to actually work on my case to get my watercooling setup back up and running.
Have you ever tried F9 on bios main page for your DFI FXB board ? If you do this, you will get much more settings for NB-Vid etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaivan
backhand
yeah bro, lately asus has been getting my business too. The M3A32 was an outstanding board (still have it). The M3A79 is the same thing, the best board i've ever had.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mattskees
The DFI 790FXB board comes with Q-connector which I liked on the Asus board. I did not like the Q-Shield and the DFI does not use one of these. I have my DFI 790FXB board and just need to find the time to fit it.
thats good to know. I thought ASUS was the only one that had q connectors and stuff. Those are nice little gagdets that just simplify installing and wiring.Quote:
Originally Posted by nuts24
Let us know how you like that DFI board once you have it running.
MSI have the connectors to :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Chicken Patty
Yeah I have done the F9 thing but still no way to adjust NB-VID:shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by backhand
guess I was just missing out then hehe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Final8ty
That's good to know. What about the Q-shield didn't you like? It makes installation of I/O a breeze and it looks nice and clean.Quote:
Originally Posted by nuts24
may god bless the Q-shield, thing is awesome, and like you said, looks very very clean.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mattskees
I found the Q-shield a pain, if you did not put your board in dead on the q-shield looked bent, I know the old shields can be a bit of a pain, but once in they set flat.
i built my PC with a 9950, the m3a79-t, 1 stick of crucial(rated 667 with 3-3-3..)
coz the other died on me, corsair tx 750.
this is what i achieved:
multi 14x
bus:210, cpu speed:2940, ram:840(4-4-4-18) stable 30min. prime
bus:220, cpu speed:3080, ram:880(4-4-4-18) stable 30min. prime
multi 13x
bus:230, cpu speed:2990, ram:920(4-4-4-18)
bus:240, cpu speed:3120, ram:960(4-4-4-18)
i luv this board and proc :D
fsb:240
multi 14x
CPU: 3360
RAM:960(4-4-418)
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=432394
Yes, Oliverda the Bios Releases for the DFI LP UT 790FX-M2R were a absolute Joke and complete disappointment! Shameful work from DFI for this boards Bioses it was almost as if the Bios Team were internship Students with absolutely no experience writing Bios,Quote:
Originally Posted by Oliverda
Exactly. I loved that board's layout and the digit PWM was strong and accurate without any kind of drop or overvolt. The FAN controlling was almost perfect as well (better than on M3A79-T). So it was a good hardware with a bad software (BIOS). :shakes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Brother Esau
I hope they will produce a good LP UT board on AM3. I'm not sympathizing with the new SB750 DK boards at all. They look less serious than LP UT...at least for me.
exxx, really good overclocking, if you got the cooling and your temps are good, lets see 1.5v and some 3.4-3.5GHz runs :)
Good clocks Exxx :),you're doing fine so far.Update us if you can on the progress.
I have often wondered about this as DFI's literature claims 4+1 digital PWM, but it looks like analog on the DFI Dark boards. Maybe you can have digital without a single large chip as on the UT boards?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nedjo
Whatever they are doing, it works well, especially for the price point of the Dark series.
thx patty, informal.
i tried 1.49 but it didn`t get into windows(4 times)
i`ll try friday, maybe i`ll get luky for a cpu-z and a super pi