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well so far is not so good....
board is VERY tempermental and it does NOT like the gskill 6400 HZ's.
so.. another baord that doesnt like the micron D9
since the bios only shows dram as 533 667 or 800 i cant really tell what the ram speed is until i get into windows,, if i can.
overclocking utility is a HUGE pile of crap,, absolutely worthless
NO CPU MULTI ADJUSTMENTS
this makes overclocking impossible as the 6600's wont let me max out the FSB
try http://www.lejabeach.com/Biostar/p96...P96A803TSA.rar , it`s stilt`s version of this bios see http://www.lejabeach.com/Biostar/p96...965deluxe.html
thanks for the reviews :)Quote:
Originally Posted by qdemn7
hahahaha
well i got tired of the fact that this board wouldnt OC for sh|t for me,,, sure 400x9 would go but the system would lock all over the place even locked in the bios.
so... by ACCIDENT i flashed to the Deluxe bios..
using the integrated flasher i didnt see it was reading my floppy and i hit enter to see if the screen would change,, ok well then it starts loading the Deluxe bios as that was the first one it saw on the floppy.. the 965PT bios was second.. ok.. so it flashed it..
rebooted..
100% ok......
(g)MCH is now up to 1.8v!!!
havent tested yet if its truly 1.8v
only thing different is PWM slope for CPU fan and SAT = IDE or AHCI or RAID
cpu-Z now does not see the board as a 965P Deluxe it is just a Biostar...
NOT ICH8R still ICH8
412x9 1.4v booted right up... no problems yet..
so.. let see how the D9 reacts
The deluxe version should be available early November in mass in the USA.
i hope its the C2
ok new update.
been playing around with FSB vs Dram Divider.
using 800mhz Dram Freq which is 2:3 i am able to run 1000mhz 5-5-5-15 @ 2.2v but only if i set the 2.2v jumper. otherwise the vdimm is like 2.17v.
im also 32m Priming right now at 333x9 @ 2:3 so thats 3ghz w/ 1000mhz 5-5-5-15.
so far so good about 1/3 the way done.
so sure why or what or how... but having to run the 2:3 divider literally destroys my overclocking as im stuck at some very low overclocks..
hhmmmmm.... odd.....
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...1&d=1161410042
well thats it for me for the night
526 wasnt stable at 5-4-4-12
i dropped it to 1:1 to see what i could do and things went wacky so screw it..
i need to get my water on this thing so.. i'll continue this tommorrow.
I've my got P965PT "Deluxe" initial results too.
Running on E6400 L29A, 2*1GB Kingston 533 Valuerams.
Coretemp reports 51/52. On a Ninja+ with AS5 and stock Vcore. Is this a bit on the high side?
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/6...0x8couzht9.jpg
so, is this mobo really good or not? at least for a daily overclocking...
see rebel has a 6400 i have a 6600.
so his lower multi will allow him to get a higher FSB.
Rebel....
Flash it with the Deluxe bios right from their website
or use the hacked Deluxe bios.
I recieved my Biostar 965 PT Tuesday normaly :)
hacked bios better:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
My TforceP965 just died on me. Resetted the system and no display. LED 1 on , LED 2 off. Tried my gfx on my ds3 and it works. Resetting bios doesnt seem to work. Dead PCI-E slot?
rut-row!:(
now its in my main rig with the water on it.
i did the vdimm mod. vdimm is set to 2.4v.
bios is set to 4-4-4- but since there is the cas3 bug cpu-z says 3-4-4
i have to use memset965 and change Cas to Cas 4 and apply then CPU-Z will see 4-4-4
Quote:
Originally Posted by RebelsHaven
yeah i have the 914 retail on right now.
i wont gain anything but using Stilt's bios.
and the pci is locked at 33mhz so there really isnt a need for the auto detect pci.
other than that, a modded bios just to reveal and set defaults to a few things but nothing major.
i havent seen anyone say its improved their clocks or anything.
but then again, its new.. :\
really nice value for te money.. :D
:woot:
any mod on the voltages partQuote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
only one i am aware of is the vdimm mod.
look at the 965 Dlx thread its the easiest mod in the world.
CHECK THE VOLTAGES BEFORE POWER ON YOUR MOBO! and do NOT have your ram inserted into the mobo... doing so could fry the ram as the ram is actually being fed voltage.
also, you MUST remove your video card to add or remove the ram!
god damn biostar,, thats .... thats just inexcusable....
unless you have a short video card then your ok.
with the psu in the ON position, the vdimm is being fed the voltages you do NOT need to turn on your pc.. just install the mod, make sure the psu switch is on. and measure the vdimm. since the jumper is on 2&3 it should read 2.2v then start turning the POT,, it will move slowly then BAM it will jump very fast.
so once you see it start moving go very slowly it only takes a little bit to adjust the voltages.
also if you flash the PT with the Dlx bios your gmch voltages now go up to 1.8v but you had better have a 40mm fan on that northbridge or your gunna start it on fire...
all it takes is a 40mm fan and she will stay nice and cool.
well guys i dont know what it is about the 5:4 divider but the system refuses to boot when the ram is less than 400mhz. thats only 800mhz or less. on a 5:4 divider. it wont even boot at 360 dram @ 5:4 which is 720mhz.
i guess i dont understand what the deal is but at 1:1 and 2:3 she will go as far as you need.
also i was mistaken the pci lock does NOT work according to Clockgen.
if you try and move the pci-e freq. the pci also increases.
this is even when you lock the pci-e in the bios at 100
so,, not sure exactly what biostar is thinking but thats naughty,, lol.
so i guess Stilt's auto detect pci freq in his modded bios will infact come in handy.
i will flash it in a while and try it out.
good work everybody and keep the results comin cuz im buildin a new system and want this board just watchin the details
You must have a bad board or picked the wrong clk-gen:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
http://www.lejabeach.com/pics2/965pt102106-2.jpg
flashing should be fine
I flashed my p4gpl-x to p4gd1.. that has a different NB, missing IDE channel and missing ram slots ;)
Quote:
Originally Posted by JWilson
wislon if you notice i have a 6600 ES and for some stupid reason biostar didnt add hte cpu multi even for ES chips.
so how in the world can i drop my multi if i cant do it in the bios ?
what program will let me do that.
i've never needed a windows program since ever board i have had so far has the multi's open for the ES conroes ..
if i can drop it to 8 or 7 then im quite sure ill be able to go to town
Note that I'm running a 6400, but have a 7x multiplier..Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
Crystal CPUID changes the multiplier.... Google for it....
if your referring to the Gcpuid that is found when using core temp that doesnt do anything for ME
it says my Min Multi is 9 and my max is 9.
so,,, not sure what the deal is..
funny thing is if i open TAT, is says there was an error something about the realtime clock generator or something like that. and my cpu multi instantly drops to 6x.
then running gcpuid all i get is min6 max 9...
Crystal CPUID is something else ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
And it does work on the Biostar (atleast on mine too)
You can get it here
The option that you can use for multiplier management is "Intel Enhanced SpeedStep Control" in the Function menu
And then, you can do stuff like this if you're a bit lucky with your board.