EPOX 9NDA3J VER.:2.1 test

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02-25-2005, 03:14 PM
okra

does anyone know where to put the heatsinks that came with the board?
I'm imagining it's the little one's to the right of the cpu socket, looking down from top of board.
02-25-2005, 03:25 PM
sauria

Quote:

Originally Posted by okra

does anyone know where to put the heatsinks that came with the board?
I'm imagining it's the little one's to the right of the cpu socket, looking down from top of board.

Put them on the mosfets near the CPU and mosfets near RAM. A nice touch for a "bargain board"
02-25-2005, 04:00 PM
SPQQKY

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Been running mine for about a week now. I finally got my Patriot 3200+XBL. I haven't really pushed it, but have been running the RAM at 250 2.5-3-3-10 @ 2.7v for the last couple of days. CPU is at 2.5GHz @ 1.4v.
02-25-2005, 04:02 PM
sauria

Quote:

Originally Posted by SPQQKY

Been running mine for about a week now. I finally got my Patriot 3200+XBL. I haven't really pushed it, but have been running the RAM at 250 2.5-3-3-10 @ 2.7v for the last couple of days. CPU is at 2.5GHz @ 1.4v.

great, what's that cpu & stepping -- the good "surprise you got" @ 1.35V?
02-25-2005, 04:06 PM
SPQQKY

3200 .09
CBBID 0451MPM

My chip was cursed the minute I got it! CBBID and week 51. I guess I got lucky because with all that was against it, it turned out to be a good cpu.

Edit: Any good A64 Tweaker tips for the TCCD?
02-25-2005, 04:11 PM
sauria

Quote:

Originally Posted by SPQQKY

3200 .09
CBBID 0451MPM

My chip was cursed the minute I got it! CBBID and week 51. I guess I got lucky because with all that was against it, it turned out to be a good cpu.

Edit: Any good A64 Tweaker tips for the TCCD?

I just got one of these
3000+ Retail
Local Shop
CBBHD 0449 MPM

Maybe good? My others are the dreaded CBBID
02-25-2005, 10:18 PM
sauria

Quote:

Originally Posted by okra

for 9nda3j board, I used the Magic Bios utility which downloaded & flashed bios 2/15/05.

I'm running 2x512 sticks in channels 1&2, using 1t timings, and it's solid.

Still has the fast writes enabled bug, so make sure fast writes is DISabled.

http://img82.exs.cx/img82/198/screeny12me.th.jpg

I can't seem to flash to this BIOS in DOS. I tired and ended up with this:
Award BootBlock BIOS v1.0

BIOS ROM checksum error
Had any problems with this BIOS?
02-25-2005, 10:21 PM
sauria

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheReaper

I’ve had mine for about a week. It ran great and was very stable. Yesterday I flashed the BIOS to 1/11/05, that’s when things went downhill. CPU temps skyrocketed and the board is no longer stable, even at stock settings. I’ve flashed between three different BIOS’s and the problem still persists. I’ve tried two different CPU’s with water cooling and a H/F. I’ll try the new 2/15/05 BIOS before switching back to my MSI board.

Did you get a corrupted BOS with this message?
Award BootBlock BIOS v1.0

BIOS ROM checksum error :confused:
02-26-2005, 02:50 AM
Mentaly

Hi

Well i tried updating mine 2 and got the same error and now I cant revive it it just says "unknown flash type" every .... time I try to flash it, anybody here who knows what might be the problem ?.

Menty
02-26-2005, 05:08 AM
Mentaly

Hi

Well just a little update I hotflashed the chip in an nforce 2 board, now its fine again :), but im gonna make another chip before trying flashing this board eva again :).

Menty
02-26-2005, 05:47 PM
okra

i used the magic bios utility to flash it in windows, I hate flashing in DOS.
02-26-2005, 08:21 PM
sauria

The DOS flash with the 2/22/05 BIOS always has failed and corrupted my BIOS. I had to do this to fix it:
http://forums.windrivers.com/showthread.php?t=64279
02-26-2005, 09:53 PM
Big Duke Six

How did you do that?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mentaly

Hi

Well just a little update I hotflashed the chip in an nforce 2 board, now its fine again :), but im gonna make another chip before trying flashing this board eva again :).

Menty
02-26-2005, 11:03 PM
Mentaly

Hi

well I started by booting up the nforce 2 board, booted to DOS, and removed the original bioschip put in my bad chip from the Epoxboard "while its still powered on and in dos", had the newest awdflash and the da3j5111.bin from epox ready on floppy, used these parameters to flash "awdflash8.exe bios.bin /f". the it all worked out for me again.

Menty
03-01-2005, 09:26 PM
sauria

Quote:

Originally Posted by windwithme

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http://hkp2p.shopping7.org/~hardware/TEST/9NDA3/01.JPG

2
http://hkp2p.shopping7.org/~hardware/TEST/9NDA3J/01.JPG

3
http://hkp2p.shopping7.org/~hardware/TEST/9NDA3J/02.JPG

4
http://hkp2p.shopping7.org/~hardware/TEST/9NDA3J/03.JPG

5
http://hkp2p.shopping7.org/~hardware/TEST/9NDA3J/04.JPG

6
http://hkp2p.shopping7.org/~hardware/TEST/9NDA3J/05.JPG

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http://hkp2p.shopping7.org/~hardware/TEST/9NDA3J/07.JPG

BIOS
http://hkp2p.shopping7.org/~hardware/TEST/9NDA3J/06.JPG

K8 939 3000 0.09 0441spmw
9nda3J 2.1
G-Skill TCCD DDR600 256MBX2
GeForce256
TEAC512EB
300W

DDR600 1T CL2.5 4-3-5 memtest
http://hkp2p.shopping7.org/~hardware...9NDA3J/600.JPG

3000+ oc 2.7g
http://hkp2p.shopping7.org/~hardware...NDA3J/2700.JPG

:)

Miss those great screenshots!?
03-02-2005, 05:40 AM
TheReaper

Epox support was a joke, so I RMA'ed my board back to Newegg. I feel bad doing that, but I don't want to deal with epox's support. I'm hoping to get the new board next week.
03-02-2005, 05:43 AM
sauria

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheReaper

Epox support was a joke, so I RMA'ed my board back to Newegg. I feel bad doing that, but I don't want to deal with epox's support. I'm hoping to get the new board next week.

Same board?
03-02-2005, 05:59 AM
TheReaper

Quote:

Originally Posted by sauria

Same board?

Yes, I'll report back when it's installed. The first board ran great and was very stable. It overclocked very well too. Before the problem occurred, I did hear some faint popping and ticking. I thought it was a fan or something. It was running my fx53 @ 2500 (10x250) at the time with 1.7 vcore. The power mosfets and caps were smoking hot. Before that they ran pretty cool, witch supprised me. Their was no visible burn marks or bulging caps that I could see. That's why I RMA it.
03-02-2005, 08:47 AM
okra

that doesn't sound fun at all!

I found I can run 2600mhz w/ this cpu in my 9nda3j, but needs a lot more voltage (1.5v to 1.525 v) than 2500 requires (1.375v to 1.4v). I booted into windows @ 2700 w/ same volts for 2600, it wouldn't bench, rebooted and found my Windows corrupted! :D
After reformat I'm back at 2500.
03-03-2005, 05:02 AM
sauria

Thanks, Reaper. I look forward to your results. Did you have heatsinks on the mosfets?
03-04-2005, 07:44 AM
TheReaper

Quote:

Originally Posted by sauria

Thanks, Reaper. I look forward to your results. Did you have heatsinks on the mosfets?

Nope. I have some ready for it, but found they didn't run that hot. That was before things started to overheat tho.
03-04-2005, 12:07 PM
sauria

I see -- How do you lke this board in comparison to your MSI?
03-06-2005, 01:37 PM
sauria

Quote:

Originally Posted by okra

for 9nda3j board, I used the Magic Bios utility which downloaded & flashed bios 2/15/05.

I'm running 2x512 sticks in channels 1&2, using 1t timings, and it's solid.

Still has the fast writes enabled bug, so make sure fast writes is DISabled.

http://img82.exs.cx/img82/198/screeny12me.th.jpg

Can you explain wht the problem with this bug is?

Thanks! :confused:
03-08-2005, 11:01 AM
okra

yeah, it won't run 3d benches, turn it off & good to go.
03-08-2005, 06:31 PM
sauria

Ok, thanks -- Auto would be "on"

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