Solving the AN7 issue

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12-18-2003, 03:47 PM
sr1

First AN7 review I've seen.

http://www.legionhardware.com/html/doc.php?id=273

Steven Walton seems to like the board. Does he know what he's talking about?
12-18-2003, 04:14 PM
MrIcee

Calcu:)

I am not at liberty to share this bios. It's soley for testing at this point.My apologies.

Randi:D
12-18-2003, 04:21 PM
eclypse

Your the man Randi!

Let us know soon..
12-18-2003, 04:36 PM
twiggy

Hopefully that BIOS is the key.

Good luck Icee!
12-18-2003, 05:07 PM
MrIcee

Guys:)

I have issues with my board that some of you don't have, it prevents me from evaluating how this bios overclocks the FSB.

- can adjust Vcore but it stays 1.84-88v no matter what setting

- can adjust northbridge voltage but it stays 1.65v no matter what

- can set any multi on my 1700+ JIUHB and it remains 11 no matter what

I have offered to send my board to the engineers for their evaluation and testing.....they cannot reproduce these issues on their test systems.

I'll keep you posted as we make headway. I apologize for the lack of progress here, but I'm doing all I can to help the AN7 owners get their boards up to snuff.

Randi:D
12-18-2003, 05:43 PM
Marci

Got one on test at the moment....

So far, straight outta the box no vmods vs my NF7-S also with no vmods, it matches it. No probs at all here... can post above 225, but so far haven't had time to sit and get it up into windows to play... but runs perfect in windows at 220x11@1.9v with an 1800+ DLT3C...

All voltages change as they should, as do multipliers...

This is with stock Bios... will post up revision l8r (the boards on the test bench at work...)

Am doing me usual review of it as I did with the NF7-S so I'll put all my findings up in there... so far it seems like an NF7-S with dangly bits to appeal to the non-overclockin' crowd, rather than a progression in attainable speed for our chunk o' the market...
12-18-2003, 05:54 PM
eclypse

Welp looks liek that beta bios may go to waste on that funy board ya got there Randi.

Wish ya could send it to me since i have nothing but time right now.. and can easily test it 24/7 for days on end with a 2500+ Barton and a 2100+ TB B. Water cooling will be used as well.. so heat should'nt play a roll.

I was going to buy both the An7 and NF7-S but i decided to try out the AMD 64 3000+ in a Chaintech board.. Buyin the An7 was a last min thought since i'm currious as to how much faster the 64 would be compaired to an overclocked Barton at 2600-2700Mhz.
12-18-2003, 05:54 PM
beatnic

Quote:

Originally posted by MrIcee
Guys:)
- can adjust Vcore but it stays 1.84-88v no matter what setting
- can adjust northbridge voltage but it stays 1.65v no matter what
- can set any multi on my 1700+ JIUHB and it remains 11 no matter what

sounds more like a board problem to me, rather than the bios

my board is all OK, only some minor gripes:

+ set vdd at 1.75v, shows 1.76v in BIOS.. Good sign
+ ddr volt overvolts a bit. eg: set 3.05v, it'll show 3.13v.. set 3.10v yields 3.15, set 3.2v yields 3.30v! Good :D
+ vcore doesn't fluctuate like NF7 does.. set 1.625 and it'll stay around 1.63~ 1.64v.. Good!
- no .5 multis work
- board will not boot with CPU interface OFF

board is doing 225 @ 2-2-2-5 out 'o the box
12-18-2003, 09:08 PM
eclypse

I just got an email from Abit Marketing and they have now sent me a Beta bios for the An7!!

:)

I'll be sure to let you all in on my findings and if there possitive i am allowed to share.
12-19-2003, 05:41 AM
beatnic

pls, let us know ASAP :D
12-19-2003, 10:48 AM
buff

ooo, TALK!!!
12-19-2003, 10:51 AM
beatnic

Ahh.. finally someone has found a fix to get rid of the siren when using uGuru software to monitor fan speed!. check it out here :banana:
12-19-2003, 11:03 AM
TechTones

Quote:

Originally posted by beatnic
Ahh.. finally someone has found a fix to get rid of the siren when using uGuru software to monitor fan speed!. check it out here :banana:

But what about the siren that goes off when you boot up?

It's intiated by the guru chip or the bios. So that means it makes noise till you boot into windows which turns it off?
12-19-2003, 11:27 AM
beatnic

hmm.. not sure about that..
probably the Guru chip is controlled by the software?! :confused: i think so.. software controlled microprocessor.. ooh sexy
i got no siren when booting up..
12-19-2003, 11:31 AM
TechTones

Quote:

Originally posted by beatnic
hmm.. not sure about that..
probably the Guru chip is controlled by the software?! :confused: i think so.. software controlled microprocessor.. ooh sexy
i got no siren when booting up..

You can no siren after this mod or even before it?

And you have no fan on the header?
12-19-2003, 11:34 AM
Sovereignty

I keep getting the damn siren on mine while it's POSTing no matter what speed it's running at.
12-19-2003, 11:38 AM
beatnic

no sirens even before the mod. I got fans on the CPU & NB header. my cpu is watercooled so none of my fans are running above 2000rpm.. i've replace the NB hsf with a zalman passive, and connected the PSU fan to the NB header.. no sirens.. oh, FanEQ is disabled.
12-19-2003, 11:41 AM
TechTones

Quote:

Originally posted by beatnic
no sirens even before the mod. I got fans on the CPU & NB header. my cpu is watercooled so none of my fans are running above 2000rpm.. i've replace the NB hsf with a zalman passive, and connected the PSU fan to the NB header.. no sirens.. oh, FanEQ is disabled.

Well of course you don't get the sirens if you have a fan on the CPU header! :lol:
Niether do I.
12-19-2003, 11:47 AM
beatnic

GrRrRrR! :mad:

:p:
12-19-2003, 11:53 AM
beatnic

well.. you can get rid of the siren without plugging a fan though..
try these:

Enable = 0
BeepEnable = 0
LoBound = 0

that should disable the siren completely.. Never tried, so Im not sure hehehe
12-19-2003, 12:45 PM
Jigga0o7

Um... well I just checked my bios and even though I have my vdd set to 1.75, it's only putting out 1.6v. WTF ABIT? Vcore is set at 2.06 and I can't change it... but that's no big deal at this point.
I still think it's a bios prob, so what are the differences of that beta bios? Or maybe it killed their boards or something...
12-19-2003, 01:35 PM
Sovereignty

Quote:

Originally posted by Jigga0o7
Um... well I just checked my bios and even though I have my vdd set to 1.75, it's only putting out 1.6v. WTF ABIT? Vcore is set at 2.06 and I can't change it... but that's no big deal at this point.
I still think it's a bios prob, so what are the differences of that beta bios? Or maybe it killed their boards or something...

Yep, mine does that too. No matter what I set the VDD to in the bios, it always reads 1.6, both in the bios and with a multimeter.
12-19-2003, 02:56 PM
MrIcee

Quote:

Originally posted by Jigga0o7
Um... well I just checked my bios and even though I have my vdd set to 1.75, it's only putting out 1.6v. WTF ABIT? Vcore is set at 2.06 and I can't change it... but that's no big deal at this point.
I still think it's a bios prob, so what are the differences of that beta bios? Or maybe it killed their boards or something...

The beta bios does NOT fix these problems. I already evaluated it. It is supposed to aid in the overclockibility of the board..but without multi control, or voltage control of Vcore and northbridge...I could not assess the bios properly.

Randi:D
12-19-2003, 04:27 PM
beatnic

still waiting for eclypse's results,
i hope his board doesn't have the vdd & vcore problems :)
12-19-2003, 06:05 PM
Kobalt

oh boy....this is exactly why i will have 2 dfi infinities at my door on monday...will overclock all winter break...getting a new barton 2500 UNLOCKED soon too...yummey

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