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DUDES!!
i heard someone saying that bios 17 was released!!!
Where can I get her?!?!?
You should have read the last posts to find it. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by SrJabardo
HERE you have it anyway.
yea but the DFI uses pretty colored Dimms, PCI slots, and has a cool looking black PCB !!!!!! :D (being sarcastic of course !)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ket
I'm really disapointed in the AN8 SLI, I just couldn't manage to get it to OC at all. Wouldn't even keep my bios settings, everytime I booted into windows they were always back at default.
?!?!?!? really weird!!!
have you cheched the CMOS jumper? or the Baterry... it can be defective
Major you seem to have experienced the bios losing settings bug i posted on. When the bios loses or wont hold settings do this.
Shut psu off remove battery and leave jumper on for about 15 mins also hit the power button to help disharge any juice left in capacitors. Apparently using sanyo oscon caps has its disadvantages.
Bugs people have experienced or I have experienced is no overclockability, hard drives just dissapear( arent recognized ), bios settings won't hold, and a sytem is running in failsafe mode message.
I've conviened myself to give it one more try in my game rig, this time with a fresh install of windows and a good clearing of the CMOS as you suggest chew* ;) I would really like to have something different to play with for a change.Quote:
Originally Posted by chew*
chew* -- Are you the one that had the weird WD HD trouble? If so, did you ever resolve the issue (i.e. were you able to get the WD HD’s to work with the problem MB) & what specific MB was it on - AN8 Ultra, AN8 SLI, Fatality etc... (I see your Fatality has WD HD's in your sig, so maybe it was an Ultra??) ?
Mainly, I have the AN8 SLI, and I plan to use a Raptor -- possibly two in RAID 0. However, if WD is a common issue on these MB's, then I'll use Seagate SATA II instead.
Thanks :cool:
Yah i figured out the issue i got so pissed i ripped out the an8 sli and to my horror the same issue reared its ugly face. I then reset cmos on the fatality with the above procedure and all's well. Currently I'm priming at 2.5 gig with a lackluster 3700+ good stepping bad chip 0517 upbw. temps are phenomonal under load. 77C under load.........@1.49 vcore. Course atm im using a stock but good cpu fan. Its a big old chunk of copper with some very thin fins, came with my old clawhammer 3500, ( fxx 55 or 53 cooler?) anyway im at ddr 416 with oldschool bh-5 with only 2.8 volts. 2-8-12-2-2-6-2-2-1-1-1T timings. I found it real Odd that the HD issue carried over to another board but it was the same bios and its like it reprogrammed my drives or some weird :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:. Anyway I just need a CPU and VIDCARD for my an8 ultra build should be a screamer when its done.Quote:
Originally Posted by hansbroken
abit an8 Ultra, X2 4200, 4x256mb crucial ballistix PC 4000(@ $26 dollars each how can you go wrong) , Seagate 250gb 7200.8, WD raptor 36gig (boot drive), Seasonic 500 watt PSU( one of the few that didn't fail in Toms test), and either a 7800 gt or gtx. Of course theres other odds and ends but thats the main part.
Good luck major and try gradual OCing. This board needs a little finesse, It doesn't like wild ramp ups in clock speed.
Thanks man :D Considering the problem occurred on another MB, I am half tempted to switch plans and use the Seagate Drives instead of the Raptors -- just in case (I'd rather work on OC settings than deal with any HD issues).
Also, the 77 C temp at full load: I assume this is more like around 65 C actual?
And I have to agree on the gradual OC on this MB (at least, that was my impression with my AN8 SLI). I was time limited on my initial test of the MB, and I tried to dial in 230 HTT right off the bat (I did a quick set of the HTT to 4x and 2T command rate – but no mem dividers) and it did not like that too much (nor did it like 225 either, lol). But, I was in a hurry, so I was not discouraged. The MB just needs some time, patience, and a little finesse .. then I’m sure it will pay off :D
Mine likes monster jumps just doesn't like 1T for the life of me or 4000VX sticks....I need TCCD again.....
Another note to Major.....the only bios I have seen not remember the settings is BIOS16 :mad:...i never tried bios15......I reckon you should probably avoid 16and have a go at BIOS13 and see what happens...I am happiest at this bios...just had a crack at 3500+ Newcastle and still 1T problem....also playing with a week16 3000+ venice with 1T problem however the OC is looking good so far...did 32M SuperPI at 2.9GHz second go...first run was with less voltage and stopped on 24th pass...bit of burn-in and tweaking and it will rock at 2.9GHz :D.....I want to see how you guys go with X2s before i take a plunge....so keep those screenies coming :cool: .......1T sux 2T rocks....if i still have problems with TCCD :banana::banana::banana::banana: I'm gonna start peaking man....my SuperPI benchies are suffering....I want to go to 24m territory
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Originally Posted by chew*
ramp ups at 1T dino remember im always at 1T no matter what board ive used so far.
is rev 1.5 the only bios that supports higher DRAM timing (up to DDR500)? i have 1.7 it only supports up to DDR400.
Anyway which memory banks are recommended to use with? black ones? or the red ones?
No its venice or sandiego or X2 cpu's that enable the ddr 500 setting on any of the bioses.or at least 13 and UpQuote:
Originally Posted by bazzah
chew* you never got around to marking the voltage checking points on the Ultra...or any of these for that matter...they are all very similar anyways
Yah i suck. Ok i will work on that next. although I wish someone would post pics of the FP_USB 1 header. I'm trying to find out what a resistors pupose is just left of that header attached to an green X16 chip. It is deffinitely different on the fatality then it is on the ultra. And the one on the Ultra looks like it was soldered on as an afterthought. Might i add that an an8 Ultra is just a vanilla an8 with nf4 ultra chip. Which leads me to believe that this may be a way to unlock voltages on the fatality.
Well, it seems that they did more to the 17 BIOS than "Recalibrate CPU temperature" as I'm now ABLE to run my RAM at 1T, whereas before, it would shut down when loading windows.
So, needless to say, I'm very happy.... My RAM runs at 1T now, and I found out my system doesn't melt down when my water pump fails (actually, just a loose connection). The temp hovers around 57C at idle when the pump isn't running.. So that's nice to know it won't blow up should the pump fail..
Oh, and they did recalibrate the CPU temp.. Now my Winchester 3200 idles at 27C @ 1.55v and 43C load.. With a swiftec watercooling system.. before it was around 37C idle and 50C load..
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pic of resistor in question. yah my good camera is broken atm sorry bout the blurry pic but look to the left and about a half inch down from the FP_usb 1 header. This is a hand soldered resistor which is totally diff then the one on the fatality which is machine soldered.
http://members.cox.net/wmdieselmc26/resistor-000.jpg
Same resistor is on my AN8 SLI too Chew*
BTW, Tomorrow night is attempt #3 with the Abit and my X2 4600+ with the LS ;) keep your fingers crossed ! lol
what happened did you skip 2 alltogether heheheQuote:
Originally Posted by Major
Well the first day I had the Abit AN8 SLI, I spent the entire evening taking my rig apart and changing mb's. I also swapped out the 6800's in SLI for 7800's which had to be Vmodded and put on water cooling and I had to undo the Vmods on the 6800's and put the stock HS's back on, etc, etc, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by dinos22
To make a very long story short. After 5 hours of that and the Abit refusing to work right I put the DFI back in so I could play with the new X2 4600+ and my new OCZ PC4000. So that counts as my first try even though it was only for an hour or so.
The next day after getting some sleep I put the Abit A8N SLI back in and played with it for 5 or 6 more hours before giving up :D so that would be my second try.
This time I will be at my other house for 5 days with my play rig, I already know what the X2 4600+ can do. And I've read a few more posts about the Abit so I think it is worth another try. You just don't know how bad I want something new to tweak !! lol
If I can't get any satisfaction from the Abit I'm going to pick up an Asus A8N SLI Premium thats at a local store, put the Vcore mod to it and see what it does. Worse case I'll stick the Asus in my work rig, and my Daughter will get an upgrade to the Abit.
Well you asked !!!! :D
Awesome. I just ordered me a 3200+ venice, AN8-Ultra, and eVGA 7800GT this morning from newegg. Can't wait for it to arrive! Are you in the Army? I am in the Air Force...so I was just wondering from your avatar.Quote:
Originally Posted by Major
Jared
Not until you get it going in Abit you don't heheheheheh ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Major
Ok does it looked hand soldered and its most likely in a diff location than the ultra as the usb header its placed differently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Major
I dun have any problems with WD raptors. Have 2 36GB raptors on raid0 no problems at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by hansbroken