!UPDATE! abit AW9D-Max (retail) arrived

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Originally Posted by CoNMaN

awdflash M606C_13.A02 /CC /CD /CP /F /R /PY /SN

that will do it :toast:

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yea but can't i flash in windows using flashmenu? too lazy to find working floppy...

More safe to do dos flash, some have hade bad flash in windwos with aw9d-max :slapass:

please try to do dos flash :fact:

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Originally Posted by CoNMaN

More safe to do dos flash, some have hade bad flash in windwos with aw9d-max :slapass:

please try to do dos flash :fact:

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and i did \o/ but still one thing i was hoping to get fixed is that i could use lower multi but nope still buggy as hell :(

The board is less buggy:
@ 1:1 and
@ less than 395fsb or moore than 405fsb try that.

SuperPi 1Mb below 11 sec (4,62Ghz)
http://www.conman.se/x6800/pi1mbliten.JPG

SuperPi 32Mb 12,37 sec (4,40Ghz)
http://www.conman.se/x6800/pi32mbliten.JPG

Everest, 10700 Mb/s (4,62Ghz)
http://www.conman.se/x6800/everestliten.JPG

well first thing i must do is cool down this 7950gx2 beast, man it's hot hot hot

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Originally Posted by CoNMaN

More safe to do dos flash, some have hade bad flash in windwos with aw9d-max :slapass:

please try to do dos flash :fact:

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Works perfect with flash in windows:fact:

I've flashed from windows all times too (using winflash).

I'm the only one with this problem ?

My hard drives shutdowns every time I reset my computer ! This makes me nuts, I need to wait about 8 segons when Raid is loading every time... (they don't power up at POST, not until intel raid post is loading... )

is that with the 1.3 or 1.2 bios?? i noticed that as well... not sure if it's always or just sometimes...

not bad, i have flash to new beta bios, max mulitpiler to 31x,
http://img.oc.com.tw/281d03/20061011...886152903.jpeg

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Originally Posted by hicookie

not bad, i have flash to new beta bios, max mulitpiler to 31x,

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8246 mhz, that`s like a 1M pi of 5 sec :D

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Originally Posted by Pjoeloe

8246 mhz, that`s like a pi of 5 sec :D

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haha, i wish i can do that:D ,,but, at least 15x aircooling is not problem to me;)

http://img.oc.com.tw/281d03/20061011...621589969.jpeg

i have a strange yet extremely annoying problem with this board. I have since reformatted twice only to have the same results. I change the windows appearance to "Classic Windows" to get rid of all the cartoony garbage, but 50% of the time upon a reboot it boots back up to Windows XP Theme. WTF! Im getting pretty annoyed here. This didnt happen at all with my DFI board. I dont even understand how a motherboard could cause this...

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Originally Posted by Budwise

i have a strange yet extremely annoying problem with this board. I have since reformatted twice only to have the same results. I change the windows appearance to "Classic Windows" to get rid of all the cartoony garbage, but 50% of the time upon a reboot it boots back up to Windows XP Theme. WTF! Im getting pretty annoyed here. This didnt happen at all with my DFI board. I dont even understand how a motherboard could cause this...

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Hey I had that happen too! I thought it was something else like a bad windows install. I changed to the XP style but in grey and kinda forgot the problem until now. If anyone has some info there are at least 2 of us that would appreciate it :)

lol, so it IS a board issue!

nice new Abit's AB9 Pro and AW9D MAX motherboard reviews
http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q4...2/index.x?pg=1

the highest they could get the Max was 350? something wasnt right...

Tell me if I am wrong but, did they really test the motherboards without updating the BIOS? :confused:

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Originally Posted by Pjoeloe

nice new Abit's AB9 Pro and AW9D MAX motherboard reviews
http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q4...2/index.x?pg=1

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The "Dual Graphic Link" may have also been included for future CrossFire products, which ATI has admitted will move to an internal connector.

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Uh wasnt that already shown here that its an SLI connector?

I'd still like to see a formal review of the AW9D non-MAX.

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Originally Posted by Knight

Tell me if I am wrong but, did they really test the motherboards without updating the BIOS? :confused:

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they used 1.2. look at their setup page.

Sorry that I was not clear. I meant for the P5W-DH. I thought it should be like 14xx? Could the newer bios change the scores to be better?

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Originally Posted by Hazzan

I think big problem bios AW9D MAX 12 or higher version NOTHING PCI-E Lock !!

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sorry but what do you mean exactly?? :confused:

another overnight Blend Test, tested with lower vMCH (1.65v) & vdimm (2.1v).

P.S. I forgot to set back the RAM timing to 4-4-3-8, just forget it.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...en/blend-1.jpg

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Originally Posted by Hazzan

I think big problem bios AW9D MAX 12 or higher version NOTHING PCI-E Lock !!

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Actually I think it is locked @ 100mhz. If you try to change it in using guru in windows, system crashes.

kenofstephen,
you have had impressive results with is board, but considering your using an ES chip I can't see where its doing much good as a comparison since retail is what's available for purchase for most people.

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Originally Posted by The Nemesis

Actually I think it is locked @ 100mhz. If you try to change it in using guru in windows, system crashes.

kenofstephen,
you have had impressive results with is board, but considering your using an ES chip I can't see where its doing much good as a comparison since retail is what's available for purchase for most people.

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Hi Nemesis,

from my observation, there are a lot of good B2 overclockers, especially the L628B121 batch, also, my ES is not that good, just I have no money to get a retail. :(

looking forward to B3 Stepping 7, I expect it will be even better.