Asus M3A79-T Deluxe

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02-04-2009, 05:51 AM
RASTAVIPER

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Originally Posted by Xajel

Hellow guys

I recieved the mobo long time ago and installed it too but I didn't tweak anything, and yesterday I upgraded the CPU to Phenom II 940 BE... when I went to change the RAM timing I found every thing complicated for me as there's some technical things I just saw it now and I don't know anything about them
my RAM is Corsair DDR2-800 5-5-5-12 1T, but this is the default, it can be 4-4-4-18 2T @ 2.1v and I have to set these manually, I did this already tens of times on my older mobo M2N32-SLI Deluxe WiFi, but M3A79-T Deluxe include a lot of details that I just saw now

currently, I know I have to set timing as follow
CAS = 4
Trcd = 4
Trp = 4
Tras = 18

ofcourse this is after setting 2T and upping the voltage to 2.1v...

but there's other settings I don't know like tRFC(x) which is valued with (ns) so it's just timing also but in nano-seconds which I don't know too what !!
and what about Primary and Secondary ( DCT0 & DCT1 )
and all other things that can be set already like tWR but I know nothing about them !!

Basic timings are the first 4 you mention.
All the rest is not so important to mess around, unless you are a hard OCer and want to optimise your ram to maximum.
02-04-2009, 05:57 AM
cdnbum88

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Originally Posted by xoqolatl

cdnbum88, remember 0701 is a beta BIOS, it was made available here with absolutely no warranty and you use it on your own risk.
Thus your board cannot come back from RMA with 0701 flashed.
But it works perfectly fine, for some even better than 0602.

If for some reason it has issues...can't I flash back to 0602 via some other method besides the bios utility?
02-05-2009, 02:17 AM
Xajel

@RASTAVIPER

Thanks for this, I'll try it as soon I go back to home as I'm in the work now ( only 13 minutes to finish )
02-05-2009, 04:16 AM
RASTAVIPER

Quote:

Originally Posted by cdnbum88

If for some reason it has issues...can't I flash back to 0602 via some other method besides the bios utility?

With all flash methods, you can always flash back and forth between different BIOS versions.
02-06-2009, 12:27 AM
SLK320

New bios! 0703 is now available from:

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...3A79-T_Deluxe/

Haven't tried it yet.
02-06-2009, 04:10 AM
Halk

I wasn't able to find release notes for this BIOS. Has anyone seen any?
02-06-2009, 05:33 AM
Ben_Brown

From the ASUS forums:

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[ 0703 ]
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01. Support ACC with AM2+ 45nm CPU.
02. Improve the system performance when use certain CPU.
03. Fixed System may show Boot fail message if ACC enabled.
04. Fix the problem that AM2 CPU Vcore voltage may be incorrect if change CPU voltage in AI Suite.
05. Fix the problem that AI_NAP may not work after resuming from S1 or S3.
06. Set the value of "Processor Frequency Multiplier" option in bios up to 35 for certain CPU.
07. Support new CPUs. Please refer to our website at: http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx
(ACC is a overclock technique which can adjust the voltage and frequency for AMD CPU directly under OS)
02-06-2009, 08:51 AM
Sunfire

So far so good:

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/6605/0703cpuzjg4.jpg
02-06-2009, 11:17 AM
redrumy3

If you don't mind can anyone post some pictures using aftermarket heatsink and this board trying to see how close it comes to ram slots, looking to grab corsair 1066 ddr2 with fan to see if fan will be able to fit without hitting heatsinik :) thanks

come someone also take a pic of stock phenom II 940 BE heatsink, im trying to find out if it has heatpipes
02-06-2009, 12:20 PM
ChristmasGT

Yep it does :)
02-06-2009, 12:48 PM
demonkevy666

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sunfire

So far so good:

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/6605/0703cpuzjg4.jpg

ACC support dose it work it yet ?
02-06-2009, 12:55 PM
aGeoM

Quote:

Originally Posted by demonkevy666

ACC support dose it work it yet ?

Hi

Not with PII's. System can't boot, needed to clear CMOS.
02-06-2009, 01:23 PM
MadDias

Quote:

Originally Posted by demonkevy666

ACC support dose it work it yet ?

"yes" it does... at least better than on 0602 and 0701..
i can post with acc on auto or +2% on all cores (haven´t tried much more).
but booting windows with acc enabled does not work that well.
i could get into windows with acc on auto, but coretemp can´t read the cpu temp then. and when i opened aod to check temps i got a bsod.
02-06-2009, 01:40 PM
HondaGuy

I have ACC enabled in BIOS ACC set on all cores with +6......

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/1690/17047243vi1.png
02-06-2009, 01:46 PM
MadDias

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Originally Posted by HondaGuy

I have ACC enabled in BIOS ACC set on all cores with +6......

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/1690/17047243vi1.png

ohh... can u show me a screenshot of ur status page in aod? does it read 0°C on all cores?
02-06-2009, 01:50 PM
Doctor Pepper

Quote:

Originally Posted by demonkevy666

ACC support dose it work it yet ?

And I got my usual 25 degrees "bonus" temperature on my CPU readings (both in AOD and SpeedFan) when I enable ACC. Maybe it is some kind of strange offset/error reading, and the CPU has normal temperature?! But it ain't fun beginning :( to overclock with a idle temperature at stock frequence hovering around 73+ :eek: degrees...

I give up on ACC! I have tested every bios available (including a couple of betas), and ACC simply doesn't work! :down:

But, other than that, 703 seems to be a stable bios, perhaps with one or two degrees hotter temps than previous!?
02-06-2009, 02:02 PM
HondaGuy

Quote:

Originally Posted by MadDias

ohh... can u show me a screenshot of ur status page in aod? does it read 0°C on all cores?

Yea I get the same thing with AOD, thats one thing I notice, Its the same thing with everest, but I do get a CPU reading that is right, just not the cores
02-06-2009, 02:06 PM
Oliverda

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Originally Posted by HondaGuy

Yea I get the same thing with AOD, thats one thing I notice, Its the same thing with everest, but I do get a CPU reading that is right, just not the cores

Have you noticed any advantage on Phenom II OC when you turn the ACC on?
02-06-2009, 02:07 PM
XenoMorpH-TDI

Yeah it sure is. I can hit 4GHz now with my 940BE where I couldn´t even touch it. But I don´t c any temp dff.
02-06-2009, 02:09 PM
demonkevy666

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doctor Pepper

And I got my usual 25 degrees "bonus" temperature on my CPU readings (both in AOD and SpeedFan) when I enable ACC. Maybe it is some kind of strange offset/error reading, and the CPU has normal temperature?! But it ain't fun beginning :( to overclock with a idle temperature at stock frequence hovering around 73+ :eek: degrees...

I give up on ACC! I have tested every bios available (including a couple of betas), and ACC simply doesn't work! :down:

But, other than that, 703 seems to be a stable bios, perhaps with one or two degrees hotter temps than previous!?

they shouldn't put ACC supported for am+ 45nm if it's not going to work right ever >_>
I've tested my chip with 1.70 volts it throttle at 72C it will kick down the multiplier to 4 so it will be 800mhz for a few seconds. Did you turn off cpu tweak ? my 9850 hated cpu tweak like 6-9C hotter with it enabled.
02-06-2009, 02:14 PM
HondaGuy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oliverda

Have you noticed any advantage on Phenom II OC when you turn the ACC on?

Since the new PII have them built in, I wonder by doing it this way through the bios over rides what is already built into these new chips? :shrug:

I could never cold boot right up from bios with these settings before. I was able to reach them through AOD in windows
02-06-2009, 02:48 PM
Doctor Pepper

Quote:

Originally Posted by demonkevy666

they shouldn't put ACC supported for am+ 45nm if it's not going to work right ever >_>
I've tested my chip with 1.70 volts it throttle at 72C it will kick down the multiplier to 4 so it will be 800mhz for a few seconds. Did you turn off cpu tweak ? my 9850 hated cpu tweak like 6-9C hotter with it enabled.

And I got 72C everything default :shrug: with ACC enabled... (Yes, CPU tweak enabled, but thats only a couple degrees which I presume give a good performance boost)

I wonder if this MB can handle a PII 940, which I eventually plan to get, or if something is wrong with my M3A79? On the other hand, it overclocks fairly well without ACC, and is rock stable... :rolleyes:

What temperature readings are other people getting with ACC enabled compared to it disabled. Does anyone get the same temperature deltas (+25C) as I do?????
02-06-2009, 03:50 PM
charged3800z24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oliverda

Have you noticed any advantage on Phenom II OC when you turn the ACC on?

I get same clocks, regaurdless of ACC settings. But my chip OC's pretty good anyways. Might be same effect on Phenom 1. Where it helped the ones that don't OC as well.
02-06-2009, 06:41 PM
HondaGuy

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02-06-2009, 07:00 PM
gOtVoltage

Quote:

Originally Posted by charged3800z24

I get same clocks, regaurdless of ACC settings. But my chip OC's pretty good anyways. Might be same effect on Phenom 1. Where it helped the ones that don't OC as well.

ACC Works exactly the same as the Beta701 for B3.

It may even be more stable.

Allows same High overclocks as preveouse 701.
Even the Supi 1m is the same speed as 701.

ATm i have not tried for 300HTT. All previose bioses are bugged with my 9950chip and will show 3800ghz after 293htt:confused:

0703 installed on first try and all voltages appear to be the same.

0701Beta

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...biosM3A79T.jpg

0703 Official

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...79Tpirun1m.jpg

AOD 0703 ACC +4/ CPU TWEAK/ Idle 35c /Bios reads 34c @ 1.74vcpu/1.66vNb@2630

People with PHII should notice (stability and possiable higher Overclocks) when using higher NB/Ram settings.

This does perform better than the 0701Beta with B3 . I dont have a 940/945 yet:mad:. Do not expect a huge Oc increase with 0703 over the 0701 Beta if that what you had before,, its more or so tweaked for stability with PHII ACC SHOULD NOW WORK. If it dosnt at first try lower voltages with ACC(not Higher) :yepp:

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