so now that i killed the AN7, what do i do? do i get a refund or do i get another an7 and hope it doesnt suck/break/is second batch/rev1.2/the japs find my mod?
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so now that i killed the AN7, what do i do? do i get a refund or do i get another an7 and hope it doesnt suck/break/is second batch/rev1.2/the japs find my mod?
Well if ya bought it from newegg send it back.. they dont check or care.
excaliber..... *sigh* newegg was out wheni got it.
Oh boy.. Well all i can say is clean it all up as best you can and carefully move tht pin back into place and take a chance.
Tell them the board starting smoking and it took your drives with it. You had a bad board anyway and was going to RMA it so you're just telling a white lie.
it's not like you're scheming on them or something.
ill tell them it wouldnt boot!
then i heard a crackle and now it wont boot again... no lie in that lol.
and as we know that IC is *TINY*
if you werent loking specifically for it you would never see it.
What the hell? A grabber that costs over a hundred dollars? Can I get a picture of one of those?
Gold with diamond tips. :rolleyes: :DQuote:
Originally posted by Lithan
What the hell? A grabber that costs over a hundred dollars? Can I get a picture of one of those?
Looks like it's the same as the V-Link mod (VDD) for MSI K8T Neo/K8T800 VIA mobo for Athlon 64. So it's 5k pot to pin2 and ground on LM358 chip.
I wouldn't recommend using mosfet as ground point.
Anyone wanna try? Ohterwise you should ask Shamino aka. LardArse and make sure i'm right.
Nice try Evil ;)
BIOS 13 is the last for AN7 !?
correct as far as i know. it is the last and only bios release for the AN7. and i didnt like it.
$5.50
five dollars and fifty cents lol.. boy how a typo can get people amazed :p:
ill post pics of the grabbers i used tonight. and that pin2 to ground with a 5k pot soudns right to me. from my experimenting that shoudl work,.
But it's hard to know which is pin 2 since I don't see a dimple or circle for pin orientation.Quote:
Originally posted by QuadDamage
Looks like it's the same as the V-Link mod (VDD) for MSI K8T Neo/K8T800 VIA mobo for Athlon 64. So it's 5k pot to pin2 and ground on LM358 chip.
I wouldn't recommend using mosfet as ground point.
Anyone wanna try? Ohterwise you should ask Shamino aka. LardArse and make sure i'm right.
tech look at my schematics i posted, those *ARE* correct. 100% sure. i tested it all myself and then marked the pins. those are correct, pin2 is the pin you see i burned, so you need only to get a 5k VR and go pin2 to ground with 5k tween them. if i end up getting another AN7 ill try it if you dont want to risk it.
grabber full shot.
the tip
the whole doodad in my paw. to show relative size of this stuff..
here is a chip of the same size as the one on the AN7 that were messing with in my attempted mod.
it has teh grabbers on it as you can see, thats how it was done on the AN7 aswell.
check white paper which pin or pins are ground there should be at least one. then measure the resistance on each pin.
btw, i would rather use 20k pot for starters just to be safe.
Yes that's a good approach. But I'd like to have my 1/2 multipliers before I do a mod.Quote:
Originally posted by QuadDamage
check white paper which pin or pins are ground there should be at least one. then measure the resistance on each pin.
btw, i would rather use 20k pot for starters just to be safe.
I'm pretty surprised a new bios hasn't been issued already.
But I relly want to Vdd mod this board to decide what's what with it.
OH BTW Sporker,
great pics. I'd like to pick up the A70 but I want a cancorder so I'm passing on cameras for now. I do have my eyes on the cheaper A60 though. Also good I hear.
But do you guys know if JVC or Panasonic makes the better
analong camcorder?? Sorry off topic I know :rolleyes:
A60 is the same as the A70, only 2megapixel instead of 3.2
just go on ebay and grab an A70 for abotu $250.
back to topic, i used a 15k pot and it provided too much resistance. i needed about a 5k pot. and i did map out which pins where which using the ground. i posted pics of it on the last page.
that mapping of the IC IS correct. unless they put the IC on upside down.... couldnt be. COULD IT?!
also SHOUDL I GET ANOTHER AN7?!?!?!?! im sending my RMA in tonight and i dont know if i should just get a replacement or a refund!!!! HELP ASAP I NEED TO TELL THEM.
How about a DFI !? I like his Infinity mobo..
You know what,
it would be nice to see if the board is any better and/or you get a newer one. The only thing I'll say for this board is that it OC's CPU's very well. The problem is you can't go too high to be really use it but if you're willing to stay under 220, it's OK.
But not untill they fix the 1/2 multiplier issue and stabilize the board.
The sensible thing to do is get a refund and wait for rev 1.1. It won't be a long wait; my bet is Abit will release it in the first Quarter of '04. It makes business sense that they'll get the new revision out sooner rather than later cause a new revision will help ease potential buyers' concerns about getting a cut-up mobo (among other issues).Quote:
Originally posted by Evil_Spork
dont know if i should just get a replacement or a refund!!!!
hmm
i guess a refund it is then.. and ill wait for a second mobo! ohwell... i kinda wanted another AN7 to play with so i could get the vdd mod working and see if 1.9-2.0vdd would bring some life to this mobo.
I really doubt a VDD mod is gonna help this board. My does 225 at default VDD but its not stable at anything higher no matter what the VDD is. Unless its gonna take 2v+ on the VDD and the only thing I'd have to say about that is @#$% that.
The new NF7's also don't respond to vdd voltage. My board is actually better w/o mod. It's stable and all, but the screen flashes with the mod. Without it there's no problem :SQuote:
Originally posted by twiggy
I really doubt a VDD mod is gonna help this board. My does 225 at default VDD but its not stable at anything higher no matter what the VDD is. Unless its gonna take 2v+ on the VDD and the only thing I'd have to say about that is @#$% that.
I NEED a new board and NEED to order tomorrow.
Do I get a NF7-S V2 or a AN7?
Bare in mind I have a NF7-S V1.2 ATM, and I'm so used to 200MHz FSB that 220MHz would be great IMO :) I have 2x512mb TwinMOS PC3200 with Winbond BH-5s.
I have a 1700+ DLT3C JIUHB, does 2.8GHz nicely at 1.95v.
What do you think, I'd really like to try out the AN7 for myself.
well it looks like both are doing about the same but the nf7 has more of a chance to be better i think.
Bare in mind there has only been 1 BIOS update for the AN7. ;)
Yeah, pretty fkn ambitious to fix it arent they. :rolleyes:
So far.....Quote:
Originally posted by twiggy
Bare in mind there has only been 1 BIOS update for the AN7. ;)
Anyway, I think 3.2v VDimm is enticing me to go with the AN7, I can't see how it can be worse than a NF7-S V2, all new NF2 boards don' seem to be doing as well as the week 9s to 11s :(
I'd say go with it!Quote:
Originally posted by Walrusbonzo
So far.....
Anyway, I think 3.2v VDimm is enticing me to go with the AN7, I can't see how it can be worse than a NF7-S V2, all new NF2 boards don' seem to be doing as well as the week 9s to 11s :(
Hell i cant seem to overclock my Barton 2500+ as high as i could with that An7.. Might be the bigger mosfets or something..
It clocks higher on CPU but the FSB is just fuct.
I tried the 12 bios again and it's all messed up but the 1/2 multies
work slightly better. When I mean better it doesn't reboot as fast. :( The ram timings don't hold with the 12 so...
You would think Abit would have released a quickie bios fixing the 1/2 multi problem but no.
I will agree the board OC's CPUs very well. But that's it.
Ordered the AN7 :D
Should be here tomorrow.
As long as I can get 220MHz+ FSB with RAM timings of x,2,2,2 and get my 1700+ to 2.8GHz+ I'll be happy :) Don't want to have to do any mods to the board either.
I have a 256mb 9800 coming too, hope it clocks better than this 128mb 9800 Pro :)
do you run 1.6Vdd or 1.7Vdd? in the bios?Quote:
Originally posted by Fewture
The new NF7's also don't respond to vdd voltage. My board is actually better w/o mod. It's stable and all, but the screen flashes with the mod. Without it there's no problem :S
This is off topic, but i'd like to see a screenshot of this one. What kind of cooling?Quote:
Originally posted by Walrusbonzo
I have a 1700+ DLT3C JIUHB, does 2.8GHz nicely at 1.95v.
wont get that without a prommie
Yeah It's Prommie cooled, not a biggy really, many people get them type of 1700+s to 2.8GHz+. Bowman has his at very near 3GHz :)
I have some news for you guys.
I had to send my an7 back because of the voltage problems i was havin.
I just have recevied my replacement board, and it does not have any signs of any tracers being cut on it.
The shop where I bought it from quoted with my RMA.
We have been advised that Abit have revised the board so that this issue cannot happen again.
You're replacement board was one of the newer boards so that should be the end of it.
This is only the second AN7 board sent back to us out of about 60 sold to date, and this is well below average, so we are confident
you will no longer have any problems.
So looks like that problem may have been solved
Lets hope SO!!!!
where did you guy this. and is it maked as a rev 1.1 or is it still a 1.0 but without the ghetto hand mods?
NewEgg has alot of the AN7's instock.
I can't for the life of me find this cut trace on my AN7, it's a Rev 1.0.
Nope it still marked as a rev 1.0, also it shipped with 13 bios instead of old 12, so it must be from a new batch.
Im in the uk buy the way. So i dont knwo how the situation is else where.
CHeers
I just got mine today and it doesnt have the cut trace either.
From the Egg?Quote:
Originally posted by Sovereignty
I just got mine today and it doesnt have the cut trace either.
Got it from xcsystems. I ordered it back on Nov. 15th before newegg/excal had it. Yes, I just got it today. Apparently Abit has a problem with shipping crap on time.
Mine also didnt have the cut trace, but nonetheless it still sucks ass for stability and OC.
Oh well. I'll probably eBay it as a media rig (it does have its good points, 4 USB backpanel + Firewire, 2 Optical-Out and better RLT codec.
Its just that its not very stable for SATA and needs lots of NB volts to stay happy. :|
Wonder if a 1.1 is around the corner. I dont think anyone intended this board to clock worse, its just some design glitches.
Just recieved mine from the newest batch out of Abit.
I have a week 19 Barton 2500+ on it....unlocked CPU for sure as I could change multi's on my old beater NF7-S rev 1.
Bios version 13.
I cannot change multipliers to anything, nothing, nada.
11 is it.
No matter what the Vcore is set at in the bios, it shows 2.05 in the bios monitor and in uguru on the desktop. Not sure if to believe it or not as my temps are 32c...which clearly should be substantially higher if the voltage was 2.05v.
I'm not happy that my unlocked Barton cannot have it's multi changed with this board.
My voltages are more than excellent all the way around and stable...this is a a major plus.
Anyone else have the multi problem on a known unlocked cpu?? or the Vcore showing over 2 all the time no matter the bios setting??
Let me know:)
Randi:D
As I said before this crap board won't do 1/2 multies on my unlocked and working prefectly in other N2 board Barton 2500.
I can do whole numbers, but no .5's.
So I'm stuck at 208 cause I want my CPU maxed out and I can't choose much else. It won't do over 221 at all.
Icee1:
Try a reflash? These boards hate the ridiculous windows-flash util.
I grabbed the .exe, reflashed with all the usual flags, and its a bit more behaved than usual.
And yeah, this board hates multis under 11. Although I can use 10 somewhat.
So far, I have not had any of these issues with my almost year old 2500+. I cannot get any .5 multi's to work, but I can get to 225 x 10 and 218 x 11 for 2398 (shows 2402 in MBM5) I have had it at the 218x11 for weeks now. I am running the original Bios. My Vcore always shows the 1.9v I have it set for both in Bios and in guru. It has always showed the right voltages.Quote:
Originally posted by MrIcee
Anyone else have the multi problem on a known unlocked cpu?? or the Vcore showing over 2 all the time no matter the bios setting??
My board initially detected my 2700 as a 2700+ .. Then it detected as a 3200+ ( 200x11 ) .. Then .. It could not detect - it would say user define - BUT @ 166x13 .. Now it detects it as 166x14 and I can NOT change the freaking mutliplier .. Before then it was 166x10 and I could change mults .. This board is screwed .. Major pain .. :cussing: @ Abit
The 1.2 bios doesn't keep the ram timings changed. No matter what you se them to it will default to SPd settings. Check it you'll see.Quote:
Originally posted by Spire
So far, I have not had any of these issues with my almost year old 2500+. I cannot get any .5 multi's to work, but I can get to 225 x 10 and 218 x 11 for 2398 (shows 2402 in MBM5) I have had it at the 218x11 for weeks now. I am running the original Bios. My Vcore always shows the 1.9v I have it set for both in Bios and in guru. It has always showed the right voltages.
I'm not talking .5 multi's, or multi's below 10 etc. I'm talking about having NO control over any multiplier choice. Whatever I set it for..it remains 11....just like a locked CPU.
The CPU is NOT locked.
When clearing the cmos or a fresh startup, the default volage as set by SoftMenu is 1.885v for my Barton. THAT is definitely NOT right either.
No matter what I set the Vcore to in SoftMenu...it shows as 2.05v in all monitoring.
Hallowed..I will do a fresh flash after work today in dos and see if this indeed straightens out. The board has no cut traces or added resisters either, so it appears to be the "refined" version 1.
I will work diligently to get this board working up to it's potential in the coming weeks:)
Randi:D
I wish you luck Randi :cool:
I always liked you and hope things work out.
Remember this. The AN7 is really the NF7 with some extras. That's it. There is NO reason for the multipliers not to work.
Now, is it possible Nvidia and AMD are in this together to get people to lay off the cheap CPU's and N2's in favor of the N3?
Yes it's very possible. AMD starts by locking their CPU's. But, they hear people are still oc'ing great with them using a high fsb.
So they see their plan is not working completely. So they go straight to the source of the chipsets, Nvidia.
Nvidia cripples the chipset on purpose by hindering it's top FSB to
say 220 and takes out the multiplier ability.
This is all a well thought out plan by AMD to force us into buying the new AMD64 and FX cpu's and the boards to go with them.
Doesn't seem far fetched to me.
my AN7 allowed me to change voltages and multis and all, just died when i tried 230fsb. i never saw teh vcore weirdness in windows either. though my temps WERE out of whack in windows. methinks my next mobo will be a dfi infinity. less issues. sorry abit, you blew it.
Only problem i'm having with my AN7 is getting it stable at 200MHz+ FSB :(
Everything else is fine.
Yes I'm thing of getting the DFI rev B BUT, the vcore is only 2v :(Quote:
Originally posted by Evil_Spork
my AN7 allowed me to change voltages and multis and all, just died when i tried 230fsb. i never saw teh vcore weirdness in windows either. though my temps WERE out of whack in windows. methinks my next mobo will be a dfi infinity. less issues. sorry abit, you blew it.
I'm not apying $156 for a board I have to mod. How foolish of them. They give you 3.30v on the Vdimm, and 1.9v Vdd but only makes 2v on the cpu. makes sense to you?
LD, you are smoking waaay too much ganja my friend. :)Quote:
Originally posted by TechTones
I wish you luck Randi :cool:
This is all a well thought out plan by AMD to force us into buying the new AMD64 and FX cpu's and the boards to go with them.
Doesn't seem far fetched to me.
I think Abit foobed something along the design of the PCB. There really isn't a good reason for it to clock worse. If you look at the traces it is substantially different than the NF7-S in key areas. I'm guessing Abit §§§§ed up on a few.
Why the hell would Abit purposely release a product solely to piss off enthusiasts and kill sales? They wouldn't, all there is to it. ;)
Ya think so mon? :cool:
No really, how come reports about the latest NF7's are the same?
They don't clock high anymore. How come?
My last NF7 sucked bad. Also peaked out around 222. Exact same hardware as on a old Nf7 that did 234+
Same CPu same everything.
LD, rma AN7 and get the dfi? Interesting. You need to start going out on the limb "a bit". (no pun intended) By the way, 2v on the cpu isn't so bad.
Hi X-G-Man:)Quote:
Originally posted by xgman
LD, rma AN7 and get the dfi? Interesting. You need to start going out on the limb "a bit". (no pun intended) By the way, 2v on the cpu isn't so bad.
What do you mean go out on a limb?
Yeah mon 2v sucks on the CPU. I need at least 2.1v to make the slaves sing :eleph: :cord:
222 sounds like a BIOS problem.Quote:
Originally posted by TechTones
Ya think so mon? :cool:
No really, how come reports about the latest NF7's are the same?
They don't clock high anymore. How come?
My last NF7 sucked bad. Also peaked out around 222. Exact same hardware as on a old Nf7 that did 234+
Same CPu same everything.
Its so fkn weird. On a normal board stability gradually fades away. My NF7-S is like this. 223 a bit shaky, 225 needs some help, get the ambient cold and start playing with 228-230-232.
AN7 is like ho-hum... 220... 221? Go f yourself. Oh all right. 222? Im outta here. I mean if I use 1 & 3 the board is as stable as an earthquake, but manages to hit 221. Using 2 & 3 wakes the board up, but STILL limited to 221. WTH?
I've never seen boards hit walls like that except for flakey BIOS's... remember in the golden days with our XP333's it took a BIOS to get us past 190? :D
Perhaps we should try bridging the 200 connects on our 2500+'s and see if that fixes anything. I gotta redo my 333 contacts anyway.
Well
if you're going to do it I'll just wait :smileysex
But I will try my 2400+ tonight and see if the board likes her.
I don't there is any conspiracy with Abit and Nvidia. Coincidentally, they both just seemed to have had some major screwups lately i.e. nvidia w/ gforce fx and driver issues, abit with all its latest motherboards. It would be stupid to intentionally piss off their customers but whatever the reason, it doesn't matter. That's why I'm looking to ati and other reputable mobo manufactures for my hardware in the future until they get their act together.
tech, teh dfi infinity is teh same as the lanparty version, same voltages and stuff, just no fancy gigalan and uv stuff. and differant color pcb *gasp*
just go for the $94 infinity
What about water block mounting holes? I know one of their boards don't have them.Quote:
Originally posted by Evil_Spork
tech, teh dfi infinity is teh same as the lanparty version, same voltages and stuff, just no fancy gigalan and uv stuff. and differant color pcb *gasp*
just go for the $94 infinity
But how can you get along with 2v vcore?
The lanparty rev B has holes the rev A does not. The infinity is similar to the lanparty revB and has holes. I think people calling the infinty revB are a bit confused because I think there only is one; making that mistake because an infinity is a slightly stripped lanparty revB.
2.0vcore should be decent for 24/7 use. Depends what you want to do with the board. I just want my Hyper X 3500 to stretch it's legs a little bit. Maybe it was my NF7S but OC's in the 2.06-2.1v range just couldnt really get a 100% stable as a rock system with that on my board. I woudl certainly liek a vmod though. Some thoughts in that DFI lanparty thread about fluctutations. Most interested in that. I will mod the board but if it fluctuates under normal bios settings....
Anyways the infinity seems to be the best non NF7 choice right now. Of course a new rev AN7 might just own as well as the fact that mobo makers will probably be releasing more NF2 with release of MCPS if it comes out. Via has said they have a few pci locked board plans... don't know if socket A included.
Basically, If I had to pick a board to try I'd try a Infinity. the NF7 might still be the best choice for some. But Abit p1ssed me off.
Not only that but I dont have a super barton. I get like 2.3GHz and 2.4GHz up in the 2.0v region. So even if the NF7 is an fsb monster, without 10 and 10.5 I might find any extra fsb headroom north of 225 would have to be squandered to maximze my cpu. I guess everyone needs to set their goals. If the board doesn't fluctuate too much I'd like to settle on 225-230*10.5 and I should hit that with 1.95v to 2.0v.
My AN7 hates my BH5's as well so, I'm really staring at the order button for the infinity.
Yes I found the AN7 likes Ch5's much better.
The thing is both my CPU's need 2.1 to do 2500Mhz+
I don't want to run at 2400 or even less. That means a volt mod.
This is what I'm going to do.
Try my 2400+ tonight and see if I have 1/2 multies. If I do, then *maybe* a bios fix might fix the Barton problems.
If it doesn't work I'll wait like another week. If I see better reports on the newer AN7's I'll rma. If not, then I guess it's vcore modded Infinity.
Quote:
Originally posted by TechTones
What about water block mounting holes? I know one of their boards don't have them.
But how can you get along with 2v vcore?
both have mounting holes, the lanparty rev A had none that was the big flop mobo, both new ones have holes. they are teh same mobo just differant colors and one has more useless goodies, like gigalan and uv and whatnot. also a few moer sata headers but who gives a flying... *ahem*.. ya. same mobo, one with glits and flashystuff other without.
maybe my fsb woes were form BH5. though my friend with corsair bh5 is fine at 225 and so was i. anyone gettign higher using ch5 instead?
BH5 doesnt work for me in it.
Anyways, it's official now. I'm returning my AN7 and going back to my NF7-S v1.2. Shame, I undid my L12 mod on my 2500+. I had used defogger repair kit. Think I'll throw my 1700+ in to avoid redoing L12 mod. So I guess that also means I need a new board for my barton. Infinity here I come.
seems like a lot of people are jumping ship from the AN7 to the infinity.. i too am one. i would have liked to wait another month and get an AN7 that works.... shame.
***UPDATE****
Ok gentlemen,
I put my 2400+ in the AN7 and I HAVE 1/2 multies now!
Priming right now at 11.5. Seems the issue is with the 2500+ Bartons. I just put it in 10 min ago so let me experiment.
With the Barton in it at 11.5, IF it boots into windows and I touch any program, it BSOD or doesn't boot at all.
So here's the problem CPU folks. The prized Barton 2500+ :(
Ok
I can't seem to boot any higher then 221 like before. But I have 1/2 multies now. I can't understand why 1/2's work with the 2400+ but not with the 2500+???????????????????????
I mean same PID's right?
Hmmm,
it's funny, even though no .5 multies with the barton, but it seems more fluid and stable then the 2400+. The baby 2400+
did 2700 in my Prommy and approx 2500 on water.
I can't seem to OC that high in this board. I'm at 2400mhz right now but need 2.094v vcore to do it. It's Priming steady using
11.5 x 208 for testing purposes till i put my barton in.
The barton does like 2540 in the AN7 so it still looks like the bartons are the way to go in this board IF they fix the .5 multis and some stability problems and tune OC Guru better.
Techtones,sorry for the OT,but since i consider u one of the most "educated" for everything concerning oc and pc's in general,what's ur opinion on the DFI LANPARTY NFII B?is it a good overclocker?I am planning to install a cpu with peltier cooling on.
Thank you for the kind words but I think there are other people in these forums that are more knowledgable them me....
Maybe not that much more knowledgable :hehe:
Ok I don't know a lot about this board, but from what I've read,
it sounds like a decent board.
Now the Infinity which is much cheaper has all the same voltages as the rev B. The major difference seems to be the Gigabyte Lan
and the nice UV colors whatever that's worth.
But the voltages are pretty good except for the Vcore IMO.
All the way to 3.30v on the ram, 1.9v on the Vdd {chipset NB}
but only 2v on the CPU. I need a minimum of 2.1v
Now, you probably can volt mod the vcore. Then this board would be tops. But you know, I'm getting tired of having to mod IC chips
for what I want. I'm willing to pay for what I want if it does what I what.
I would buy the Infinity this SEC if the vcore was higher.
Now if you're using a pelt, 2v might be enough to get what you want.
I suggest you do a Google search for this board, and read every review out there. Then do a search for the board in this forum and others and see if their results match. End user reviews are the BEST though.
But for $94 for the Infinity, hard to go wrong.
Hehe thanks techtones,anyway ill get the lanparty cuz i want the extras it has ;) Cost isnt an issue,i have an a7n8x dlx now and the 2 lan + sata raid are very useful,from all the other nforce2 boards around only the DFI offers all that and more!I even got a modded case with everything integrated and i care about the looks of it :) Thanks for the advice techtones!
P.S. there must be a way to give more power to the cpu through a Vmod no?
I would assume there is mod out there for it by haven't looked.
Did you look in the vmods forum? I'm sure it's been done.
Yes I forgot the Infinity has Ide Raid, but the rev B dropped it for Sata Raid. For the price of the B, they should have included both,
but one can buy a Sata or Ide raid card if it's that important.
I'm not looking to drop too much cashola right now. I just might shoot for a either the new socker 939 with regular DDR, or the AMD64.
So, if this AN7 can hold me over till say, March-April of 2004, it would be best since I these new systems will run me a higher layout then before. Figure what, anywhere from $400 to $700 depending how I go.
***Retraction*** :D
I went into the bios and saw I was running the Vcore for 2400Mhz at 2.063 where I quoted 2.094v. That was a lie and I'm sort of sorry about it :banana:
thats high either way.. and very close.
this board is odd..
and ive been hearing noise that only the very first batch of AN7 have all the hand mods. possibly the second batch have less issues and are stable?
Not enough people have one to see yet. Remember Abit that the future boards would be cut too but would be covered up right. Maybe they cut it someone else instead?
I'm waiting for two things.
1} a bios fix for the board
2} a new revision that's fixed from reports
If this doesn't happen within the next say, month, I drop the board and get something else.
If the vcore mod on the Infinity is easy, I'd get that fa sure.
im getting the infinity anyway. its having very few issues and theres several reports of very high fsb.
maybe if an7 rev 1.1 is really good ill rma and exchange.. who knows
I'm Primin' her at 2420 still 2.063v
11.5 x 210. It's nice to have the .5's back but I'm going to put the Barton Baby Back in cause it clocks higher and has the extra cache.
I might wait for a bios fix before I BBB. :cool:
Yeah this board is too quirky.
I can't do 11 x 220 with this chip even though the CPU can do it and the board can do it since the barton did it.
So the Tons of Bart are much better for the AN7 based on my experience with it and so are the CH5 sticks over the Bh5.
But the best combo would not include the AN7 :cussing:
unless you like a challenge :rolleyes:
My AN7 has no cut trace or extra hand solder resistors and it's rubbish.....
I've tried 3 types of RAM now and even Single Channel mode. At 200MHz FSB I occasionally lose the ability to use my keyboard. At 210MHz my keyboard will stop functioning after about 10 characters. And it's the same for my other keyboard! At 215MHz+ FSB lots of other really weird stuff happens, general system instability.
I now have to decide whether to get a NF7-S V2 or DFI Infinity NFII. The 2v on VCore worries me, it wont be enough for 2.8GHz on my 1700+ under my Prommie. And with all this talk of VCore instability over 1.85/1.9v I'd hate to do a VCore mod as I can see the board dying an early death. Looks like I may just get a NF7-S V2.
hmm odd, my AN7 was fine at 225fsb, tested at 227 fine aswell, my friends is doing 227 stable aswell.
I'm gonna try the L12 mod on my 1700+, maybe that'll help??
If not, the board goes back.
Got an AN7 yesterday and initially I had a lot of probs. BIOS died and drives got corrupted, used the BIOS Saviour in my NF7-S to get the AN7 BIOS going again, formatted and reinstalled and everything seems good. I dont have it in my case yet as I am repairing the insulation on the Vapo but even with a AMD stock heatsink I am running 10x225FSB . Wont be pushing it until I get it back in the Vapo and get the N/Bridge sink lapped and a sink on the S/Bridge.
I am happy so far as my last NF7-S needs 1.85v for over 210FSB and needs 2.11v for 225 and thats its max.
Hood
BTW its an XP1800 DLT3C JIUHB
I can do 225 with low multiplier.. but if i use high i must down to 220 .. going for A64 after xmas :)
You should read this article before you buy that 64. I'm waiting myself.Quote:
Originally posted by Orak
I can do 225 with low multiplier.. but if i use high i must down to 220 .. going for A64 after xmas :)
http://www.overclockers.com/articles902/
Update from the test bench of ICEE:
Put in my hand picked 1700+ JIUHB from my friends at XtremeTekWerks that I have had put away for awhile.
Guess what?? I still have no multiplier changability. Set it for 7,8,9...stays at 11. Set it for 13, stays 11. No multi's except 11 on my board.
I reflashed the bios(came with 13) to both 13 and then 12, from DOS and in Windows. No change in the multiplier problem.
Thought it might be a bad bios chip. Hot flashed a spare chip I keep on hand.....NO change.
Same problem with the Vcore. It sets default with both the 1700+ and 2500 Barton at 1.884v. It shows 2.08v with both chips in the bios voltage monitor and with ABIT EQ. I CAN change the voltage value in SoftMenu but it stays at 2.08 in both the bios voltage monitor and ABIT EQ. Like the multiplier it is stuck at one setting no matter the manipulation of voltages in soft menu.
My board is a late production version with no cut trace nor the additional resistor soldered on.
You guys are all talking about the DFI...have you looked at the Shuttle nForce2 Ultra 400?? With the great sucess I've had with their nForce3 board....even tho it may not be packed with extra features of other boards....for $65 I think I'm going to try it on for size. I have nothing to lose at this point and everything to gain.
I've read great comments about the boards overclocking abilities around the web, all the fancy crap does nothing for me...my needs are always a quality, highly functional overclocking board. I've tried them all over the years..ABIT was my preference over all others, but my initial Shuttle experience has changed all that.
Shuttle nForce 2 here we come:)
Randi:D
when do socket 939 hit the marked? is there any date ?Quote:
Originally posted by TechTones
You should read this article before you buy that 64. I'm waiting myself.
http://www.overclockers.com/articles902/
It says:Quote:
Originally posted by Orak
when do socket 939 hit the marked? is there any date ?
"Socket 939 boards should be out and plentiful within the next six months. That will give you dual-channel memory, and will also give you any performance tweaks those building a desktop board from scratch can muster over server-oriented socket 940 boards. (We strongly suspect there will be a bigger performance gap between socket 939 and 754 than currently exists between sockets 940/754"
But since Intel is releasing Prescott early, I expect AMD to ramp up 939 production. I think we'll see boards for sale in April.
I prefer the NF2 Infinity from DFI.
I did a 3dmard 2k1 at 255x10 dc fastest timings possible with the newest beta bios :)
But I had not been able to upload it yet. Maybe tomorrow... it's on my other rig :cool:
Good luck with the shuttle :toast:
Is there a Vcore mod for the DFI Infinity?
Can you tell us what chip you think the Vcore IC is on??