AM2 testing -> ASUS M2N-SLI Dx, Orleans 3200+, G.Skill F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ

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Originally Posted by Corsair

Sweet... I'm buying that ram... nice to know it's awsome. I was going to get the MSI k9N SLi Plat, but I've decided to try the Abit k9N SLi instead.

Looking nice tho! Also, how's the compatibility w/ heatsinks and stuff with sAM2? You seem to have the 64 pro on there w/o a problem...

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mmmm i did a review based on a MI k9n 570 SLI Platinum and i'm working at this time in one based on epox MF570 SLI... the epox motherboard rocks but you can get the same clocks on bothg motherboards

using a 3500+ single core + zalman 9500 AM2 + Supertalent 2x512 T1066UX1G5 (1066 mhz @ CAS 5) + epox mf570:

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7...led1rk1.th.jpg
(you can get this also with stock cooler)

this are only preliminar results with my CPU. But Am2 (single core CPU) are just the same thing as socket 939 core venice

c'ya

This is a great thread, I am hoping I can get some great results from my AM2 setup. Currently I will be using a Sempron 2800+ until; I can score a X2 5000 for a deal

I am gonna be running

Asus M2N32 SLI Deluxe wifi 590 chipset
Sempron 2800+ AM2
Corsair DDR2 XMS2 PC6400 Extreme
XFX XXX 7600GT
Noisetaker 485w PSU
Arctic Freezer 64 Pro

I am thinking of adding a second 7600GT for SLI, anyone running a similar setup with a Sempron? I am also looking for feedback on the latest bios. My board revision is 1.03g. I have seen some results of the 2800 and 3000's hitting 350x8 for 2.8. I just need to get to 2.4 for time being which should be able to tie me over for a while till I can score on the price drop as I only paid equal of 50 shipped for my 2800+ retail.

Great screenshots and great post by threadstarter. :toast:

great post

time to oc my box :(

A64 Orleans 3500+ AM2 @2999mhz BOX
2*512 ddr2 667@428mhz 4-4-3-5-11-1t
28.031
http://images.people.overclockers.ru/82818.jpg


http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=106955

Russian over!

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Originally Posted by ZETT FX

A64 Orleans 3500+ AM2 @2999mhz BOX
2*512 ddr2 667@428mhz 4-4-3-5-11-1t
28.031
http://images.people.overclockers.ru/82818.jpg


http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=106955

Russian over!

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:D

http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/2016/dibujodr1.jpg

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=109161

but its 100% stable only at 2966 mhz


3500+ AM2 (Orleans)
Epox MF 570 SLI
Supertalent T1066UX1G5 (Micron D9GKY)
Zalman 9500 AM2
Zalman 460B-APS PSU

http://www.madboxpc.com/foro/index.p...pe=post&id=462



c'ya

Is any of the owners of the M2N SLI Deluxe 570 having cold boot and reboot problems also. Because I sure am when I overclock.

When I keep my computer at stock everything is fine and it will boot and reboot. But who buys this mobo and an X2 3800+ on Swiftech H20 to leave it at stock? NOT ME!

I upgraded my BIOS which has enabled me to get the HT over 300 (311 and my CPU x is 9 for a 2.8GHz oc exatly) which is a dream compared to the previous BIOS which was s***.

When I cold boot usually the computer locks on the BIOS splash screen, so I reset, get the "warning screen" reset again and usually I boot into the OS then and everything is very stable for hours and hours of use. However, I can't reset and I hardly want to turn off the computer and have to do that all over again.

So I am wondering if it is my own issue or if this is also happening to others.

specs:

CPU - X2 3800+
Mobo - ASUS M2N SLI DELUXE
DDR2 - Corsair XMS2 6400, 2GB 5.5.5.12 2T
PSU - Antec True Power 550
VGA - XFX 7900GT EE

BIOS is not 100% ready, first BIOS is not so good for OC, second fix that, but cold boot/reset problems when OCed is stil present, so i think the next one will do the job, did somebody try remove all PCI cards, what happend then?

And maybe people from Asus know how to fix, i will email them.

I have the same problems as jpennster, my 3800+ am2 is overclocked to 2.2ghz(a modest o/c) on stock voltages and stable in windows but once I reboot, my computer will just die. Power off/Power on will solve it but I would get a warning msg of a failed boot and my bios settings are put back to default. Quite annoying.

yesh it is hella annoying..... last night it was happening to me but it was midnight and I had to go to bed. Came back later the next day to turn it on and give me some beeping as if the memory was bad. *sigh*. So I pulled out one of the sticks thinking that was the problem. Restarted and then I got the BIOS screen and then it froze. Uninstalled a secondary hard drive and then it went into Windows XP. LOL

Everything is fine now. I'm back to 2.8GHz. I reach 2.9, however, 3.0 is always BSoD. So whatever. How much more is 100mhz except bragging rights which isn't worth much to me; don't have anyone to brag to. :D

thanks for the replies. :)

There is a new BIOS for M2N-SLI, available on ASUS FTP server - BIOS 0402 (07/13/2006). You can either download it from the link above or thru Asus Update. I wonder why they kept it out for the whole month before putting up for a download... Anyway, let's see what's new and hope for a fix regarding restarting issues :)

UPDATE: BIOS flashed! I have not noticed anything new in BIOS. All devices have been re-installed upon logon to Windows, so there must have been a change with ACPI, I think. Restarting issue is still there, which kind of leads me to believe that maybe it's not the BIOS but something about nForce570 SLI chipset drivers that cause that? :shrug:

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Originally Posted by bachus_anonym

There is a new BIOS for M2N-SLI, available on ASUS FTP server - BIOS 0402 (07/13/2006). You can either download it from the link above or thru Asus Update. I wonder why they kept it out for the whole month before putting up for a download... Anyway, let's see what's new and hope for a fix regarding restarting issues :)

UPDATE: BIOS flashed! I have not noticed anything new in BIOS. All devices have been re-installed upon logon to Windows, so there must have been a change with ACPI, I think. Restarting issue is still there, which kind of leads me to believe that maybe it's not the BIOS but something about nForce570 SLI chipset drivers that cause that? :shrug:

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Ive been using the Bios revision 0402 since 2 weeks ago (got it from ocz) I believe the 0402 bios is beta.

I just hope this restarting issue is a bios issue and not the chipset itself.

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Originally Posted by bachus_anonym

Restarting issue is still there, which kind of leads me to believe that maybe it's not the BIOS but something about nForce570 SLI chipset drivers that cause that? :shrug:

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No, i can't be anything of software, because software is dead when reseting, only BIOS counts, so drivers isn't the problem, BIOS or board, maybe new revision of mainboard will resolve problem or maybe is some other incompatibility, for exemple i had almost same problems with nf4 when my tv card was in last PCI slot, in first or second PCI slot problem dosn't exist. And now with MSI 550 AM2 when i cold boot it, i must do power on power off 3-4 times to boot into windows.

I agree, it must be something with the motherboard and not OS or drivers.

I think I'll stick with the 0304 BIOS for now until restarts are fixed.

I messed with overclocking quite a bit last night and realized that the mobo was more stable if you can keep the HT v @ 1.2v because as soon as I changed it, the computer wouldn't restart after F10 and I'd have to reset it. However, this low of HT doesn't help OCing above 2.4GHz (at least for me).

After careful tweaking I got my X2 3800+ at 2.85GHz (317x by 9x @ 1.55v) with an HT of 2.536GHz (4x @ 1.35v) and my memory at 815Mhz (533, /7, 5.5.5.12 2T @ 2.1). I ran 3dmark06 several times and ran 16mil pi in parallel for an hour and everything is cool, quiet and stable.

I'll do some more testing tonight. But its very fickle when overclocking and with the memory and HT even 0.05v makes a difference.

does me sig work?.......... woot :)

new bios

ftp://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/s...eluxe/0307.zip

revision 0307

anyone wanna give it a try?

please I beg of someone else to try it for me!

I flashed it last night. Nothing different from 0402 I flashed with few days ago...

I plan also to buy ASUS board, but with 570Ultra chipset. But if there are same problems like with SLI version, i don´t want it :nono: These are serious issues, so i´m quite suprised, what it "does".

I have an MSI K9NU Neo - V for testing, with Uli 1657 chipset, which is really terrible board, unstable even at stock speeds, even worse is DDR2@800MHz with my Corsair XMS2 TwinX 6400 sticks - unstable as hell, im not able to run them at stock timings and 1T. Also no VCore options in BIOS and overvolting CPU core.

Maybe I will have to stick with the DFI again. :toast:

a64 3500+ box 2x512 goddram 800mhz pc2-6400 @ 1000mhz and asus m2n-sli deluxe

Has anybody instaled 64bit beta-version of Windows on m2n-sli?
I wonder how they are work together?
Maybe it can help with the problem of restarting issue? If the problem is with driver or OS of course...i still hope that hardware is ok :confused:

Hey guys!

I just wanted to bump this thread to let those of us with this motherboard know, that I have a new BIOS on hand, I think it's still BETA (0503) dated 9/25/2006. Although, there is a reference to this BIOS on an official ASUS website, this version is nowhere to be found on their FTPs yet.

http://www.clockmehigh.com/cooler/sc.../0503_cpuz.png

Now, the good news is that problem with restarts has been fixed. System no longer "dies" after reboot and this time it POSTs like it should. Now, unfortunately, there is a little something that popped up that has not been happening on previous BIOSes. Right before Windows logo shows up and OS starts to load, there is a momentary power off/on cycle on HDD, which YES, makes a "click" sound. OS loads and all is fine and dandy, though...

I'm trying to get the same person at ASUS I've been in contact with, to find out what can be done about it and hopefully, new BIOS will come out of it. That's why, I will not put this BIOS up for download just yet. Let's wait couple more days and see what happens, OK?

Thanks for understanding!

friggen awesome bachus! That reset bug is quite annoying, can't wait for that bios!


EDIT: can you run your ram @ DDR800 stable?

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Originally Posted by bachus_anonym

Now, the good news is that problem with restarts has been fixed. System no longer "dies" after reboot and this time it POSTs like it should. Now, unfortunately, there is a little something that popped up that has not been happening on previous BIOSes. Right before Windows logo shows up and OS starts to load, there is a momentary power off/on cycle on HDD, which YES, makes a "click" sound. OS loads and all is fine and dandy, though... [cut] Thanks for understanding!

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Great news!! I thought they'll never sort it out. Please keep us posted and thanks!!

Apparently, there has been another BETA floating around ASUS's Technical Support (0601) since last month.

http://www.clockmehigh.com/cooler/sc.../0601_cpuz.png

I have flashed it few days ago, but unfortunately, symptoms are exactly the same as with 0503 - look few posts above for explanation. I was told, that ASUS is aware of the problem with HDD's off/on before loading OS and are trying to fix it. But definetely, 0503 and 0601 do not have a problem with restarting, when overclocked, at least for me. That's one step in a right direction, right? :)

Anyway, I decided to add both BETA's to my host - feel free to play with them ;)

0503 BETA --- 0601 BETA

:peace:

BIOS 0504 (the HD issue should be sorted out) can be found here:

http://www.filesend.net/download.php...a7de4052d28a4c

Thanks to jms45 from Asus forums for making it available and uploading it.