Does anyone have vdimm info on the board?
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Does anyone have vdimm info on the board?
Does the P5B Dlx, Commando, Striker, P5W DH, or XBX2 have Digital PWNs? Or is this unique to Abit?
Boards with digital PWM:
Abit QuadGT, Abit IN9-32x Max, Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H, DFI RD600, DFI 680i (to be released this month).
Something about the QuadGT:
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Hi,
So far I am really liking this board, however I encountered one show stopper last night.
1. I can replicate this issue with just about any memory module.
2. Corsair 6400C3 2x1GB was used for the initial test run.
a. Set the memory to 2.4V in the BIOS (actually any setting above 2.3V will have the same issue).
b. Boot into XP, open uGuru, the memory will show at 2.175V or 1.8V.
c. Change the memory voltage in uGuru back to 2.4V as requested in the BIOS. More importantly at this time, just leave as is since uGuru is reading it incorrectly or use the BIOS to change voltages.
d. Run benchmarks, start Orthos, watch XP become corrupted and lock or just plain fry the memory as it turns out.
e. Exit XP or use the reset switch if locked up, enter BIOS, and notice your memory is now set to 2.7V in the BIOS (tried this on replacement modules) which explains the smoke and locked up PC after running Orthos for a couple of hours.
Lesson learned after frying a set of Corsair's good stuff......Check the BIOS settings quickly after using uGuru as they very well could have changed.
A few minor Issues -
1. The board goes to 525 and hits a brick wall. I am sure this is the limit on the 1067 strap. Performance is incredible but it would be nice to switch straps (1333) and take the board on up as it is capable of doing it.
2. 1T setting does not work at DDR2-800 nor does it work by setting the MCH to 800 strap and memory to 533 which ends up being around DDR2-712. 1T at DDR2-667 works fine in most cases on the high end memory modules but had failed with several budget memory modules.
3. Auto Recovery after failed BIOS settings works about two times in ten. The new CMOS switch location is a blessing. Also, the power down and restart after just about any change in the BIOS will have people screaming since Asus and Gigabyte have basically eliminated this on their high end boards.
4. My board is scoring about 200~300 points less in PCMark 2005 than other P965 boards with the same components and settings. Also, BF2 has stutters at times and online game play suffers from these stutters. I have tried a multitude of settings and varying components but the stutter remains, not seen in other P965 boards setup in the same way.
5. I was excited after booting at 6x555, the BIOS showed 6X555 at POST, uGUru shows 6x555 in XP, but actual settings confirmed were 6x266. This happens at just about any setting over 525. I was going to post a screenshot at 6x600 but thought that was just not fair as someone might believe me.
6. The I/O shield does not match the board layout.
Otherwise, the board has been extremely solid, performed very well in most cases, and is light years ahead of the AB9 Pro.
posted by bingo13 on abit forums:Quote:
The ability to set the 1T Command Rate on the P965 has always been in place. abit has decided to allow the users to change it and I applaud them for it. It still needs some fine tuning. I think there is just a software glitch between the board and uGuru as the voltage remains at your setting in the BIOS as long as you do use uGuru to change it at certain voltage points. The issue is somebody will look at it, change it thinking maybe it did not take or they forgot to change it, and then realize the error when the memory smokes or on a reboot and tune situation. Although I am a huge fan of the software programs to make BIOS changes on the fly, I always test them. Unfortunately this error bit me before I went back to check on the settings, stupid me as I know better.
http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread...=118701&page=2
I condemn the use of programs that come with the motherboard for overclocking. All the companies have their own version, and they all cause problems. Something I learned a long time ago, apparently that guy hasn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by doompc
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Originally Posted by pauldovi
bingo13 is the editor of anandtech, he knows how to clock motherboards.
Abit's uguru is well known as a good OC utility. There is nothing wrong with using it.
Anandtech doesn't exactly impress me with their overclocking skills, selection of components, or reviews. Sorry, I am not on that bandwagon. :nono:Quote:
Originally Posted by Revv23
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Originally Posted by pauldovi
i didnt say they did for me either, but why rag on him for using a proven OC tool? he knows what he is doing.
Its not about a bandwagon thing if you look around here you'll see that bingo13 knows his stuff. The oc utilities arent all the same. Uguru is one of the best that comes with a board. Its volt readings in windows are sometimes off but its up to the individual user to get the correct readings with a dmm.Quote:
Originally Posted by pauldovi
Clearly it is not proven if it fried his memory.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Revv23
It didnt fry his memory. He set the memory to 2.4v in the bios which uguru read as 2.175V in windows which he then set to 2.4v in windows with uguru.Quote:
Originally Posted by pauldovi
He probably should have measured the vdimm before he set it higher but he didnt so he ended up with 2.7v which in the short run wouldnt have killed his ram but he proceeded to run orthos and bench for a couple hours which definately killed his ram. I say it was user error because we can only trust oc software to a certain degree but that doesnt mean the guy doesnt know what hes doing.
It just seems like your being abrasive for the hell of it. Stop the flamebaiting.
uguru sucks, so does ntune, so does easy tuner, so does the asus one whatever its called I never install them they are useless and they all suck
May the gods of early adoption be damned! It's not thats I'm unhappy with my AB9-Pro, It can keeping me stable over 430mhz on air(which is awesome for a stock ab9) and not to shabby for over clocking, It's just they had to go and fix everything wrong with my boards layout. Makes me one sad panda, but I hope it's an awesome board, the ab9-pro though not with out it's flaws is definitely a step back in the right direction for Abit.
Can't wait for reviews.
Tomorrow, or after tomorrow I'll get the QuadGT!:) Can somebody inform me about the voltages? I should like to see BIOS screenshots too!
Exercise my bad english!
I like the board. If I would have designed a 965 board it would have looked much like this one. I hope Abit will have good bios support also. Then we have a winner as it's a little cheaper than the Commando.
Max vDIMM is 3.0v, max vMCH is 1.7v and looks like it has no FSB VTT adjustment, nor 1333 strap...
Commando has 2.0v vmch. DFI P965 Infinity too.
Well, I couldn't hesitate and wait for all the reviews, I just ordered one of these boards, I hope to have it here tomorrow or maybe on wednesday!! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
Anandtech just reviewed one of this boards...
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We were able to reach a final benchmark stable setting of 7x515 FSB resulting in a clock speed of 3605MHz. The board was capable of running up to 7x525 FSB but would consistently fail our Dual Prime95 test, although it passed all our game and synthetic benchmarks. We settled on the 7x515 FSB setting and set our VCore to an acceptable 1.4850V with Vdroop being around .02V during load testing. We were able to operate our GEIL memory at 4-4-4-12 at 2.4V with these settings.
Looks good!! 525MHz is more than I need.... :banana:Quote:
Originally Posted by DjKlax
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Originally Posted by GrossmeisterB
At least 600FSB would be nice :fact: :D
600FSB with unmodded :stick:Quote:
Originally Posted by alpha0ne
If we assumed that your Mobo will go that high your CPU wont
Just got this board, and loaded latest beta bios. Multipliers dont work on this mb. Cpu-z shows either 6 or 9(default). Cpu speed is always 9xfsb. (Just check superpi times). Its fast, faster than P5B dlx anyway.
Gary, can you test if mp 6 really works on your E6300 ?