Everything worked fine with the evga wich i had in here before the IN9.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny Bravo
So i know everything can work perfectly on another board.
I have plugged in the minimum of components PSU/RAM/GPU/HDD and it still does exactly the same.
Hold on a sec.. Is it my understanding that up to this point the IN9 32MAX has problems with 8800GTX in SLI?
I am waiting for mine and will use this setup but I have 2GB of OCZ Titanium Alpha Memory instead of the Corsair.
If this is the case i don't know what to say - this must have been the worst mess a company has created and I mean NVIDIA.
How the hell can they not even make their own freaking platform to work. Solve it or release damn SLI drivers for 975 boards.
nvidia is not interested in running sli on intel chipset boards. this would only take sales away from their own chipset/motherboard division. since they are not about to cut their own throat, forget about official sli/975.
the error one of the above posters was getting, ie blue screens during xp install and reboots at splash screen is about 80% of the time a memory problem, the other 20% is power supply. i have seen it caused a few times by hdd probs, tho. good luck with that.
very truly yours,
politenessman
Right now I run My E6600 on an ASUS P5W64 WS Pro @3.6GHz on ait and 1.45v and my OCZ Titanium ALpha 2.3v @ 800MHz 4-4-4-12 and its is very stable and never crashes no matter what. This is with a 8800GTX and an AUDIGY 2 ZS Platinum Pro (with ex/box)
I also have a second 88GTX and waiting on this ABIT to arrive next week so I can finally use it in SLI.
All will be watercooled with 3 loops (CPU/VGAs/SB,NB,Voltage regulators).
I hope it goes well and I am expecting at least a 400FSB and I target a 430-440 but depends on the CPU limits).
JargonGR what type of GPU waterblocks you going to use just wondering really. I also am getting my In9 32X MAX next week. Still cant make up my mind on if want 2 GTX's or GTS's in SLI.
I will also be watercooling the cards and NB but putting the CPU on phase.
I need another connector to test this. Any plans for SLI Johnny?Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny Bravo
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Originally Posted by Crazystang01
I have gathered the w/c parts already and for the GPUs I went with 2x Apogee 1U Server coupled with the G80 adapter plates. The reason I went with the Apogees instead of the MCW60 is because I felt it might be a bit more future proof since it has a larger contact area.
Ofc you need a lot of BGA RAM sinks and the ones from swiftech cost a lot, meaning that for the same money you can also go with a FULL cover block. However when new cards come out you can kiss a full cover goodbye.
Best bios form me the 1.0, shipped w/ the mobo.
I was gonna put my board in today but, the some of my water cooling parts haven`t arrived yet:mad: this is what i`m going with.....
CPU - Storm/ApogeeGT/D-Tek Fusion(waiting for stock of any).
RES - Swiftech MCRES Micro.
RAD - Thermochill PA120.3(custom mount thanks to Vapor).
VGA - EK full cover SLI setup.2 x 7900GTO/2 x 7900GS
PUMP - LAING DDC/Petra`s top.
TUBE - Masterkleer 7/16id(5/8od).
I`m gonna pull the heatpipe and watercool the chipset, DangerDen have released a 680 block which comes with sli fittings but i cant find info to see if will fit on southbridge with both cards installed. I think i`ll order one, see if it fits then order a second. If its no good try a low profile chipset fan like on DFI boards.
you waste your time with WC, because the mobo suffer for unstability, try it on aire, then when All OK do it on WC
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Originally Posted by G H Z
I've 2 7600GS cards coming, REALLY don;t have the cast for a 8800GTAnything SLi setup so I won't be the one tested the duel SLi connector idea.
I'm quite perplexed by these few cases where people are having problems with their setups, SmokeyTheBandit in particular as he has the same RAM as me and says it worked on the eVGA board. I can understand other peoples problem with Corsair RAM as it needs 2.2v and the Abit defaults at 1.8v, but apart from that I dunno.
Have managed to get hold of some more Raptor drives so I'm gonna test RAID0 and see if that problem still exists.
Anxiously awaiting results and further analysis before I do the deed and buy one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny Bravo
Are you using USB keyboard/mouse? I had major problems with an older Abit board that a bios update was supposed to fix but didn`t. In the end i used PS2 mouse/keyboard throughout install and solved problem. You never know it may be worth a try!Quote:
Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBandit
For those of you having problems here's a few things to look out for:
a) Check that the BIOS is setting the appropriate voltage for the memory as it defaults to 1.8v and high performance sticks need a minimum of 2.2v. Actually this really bugs me. EPP is supposed to be capable to dictating the voltage of the memory modules. So it would seem either Corsair or Abit have not implemented this feature fully, or that by default EPP is not turned on.
b) Check keyboard and mouse support is set to OS and not BIOS, there has been reports that USB keyboards/mice can cause problems on the nVidia platform too.
c) Disable eSATA (in bios, under Integrated Peripheals, "Onboard SATA") and both the onboard LANs, reports that there are hardware conflicts.
d) If possible, enable EPP in uguru if your memory has an EPP programmed SPD.
e) Check temperatures, it's a rare event but there are reports of peoples setups running very high temps on PWM and "system". REMEMBER TO USE A FAN IF OVERCLOCKING ON THE NB! For reference I used a stock Intel cooler and at 1.6volts core the PWM could go as high as 80oC. Some have reported as high as 100oC as IDLE, this is not a good thing........
f) For those of you watercooling, Abit as a fan protection mechanism that in the case of not detecting a cpu fan wth automatically shutdown the system. You will see the error code on the board, but there's a chance you may not have noticed. This can be disabled by just inserting a fan, going into the BIOS and disabling the feature.
PWM#3 going to 140°c on OCCT load, just with 1,4V NB and CPU Vtt and a 120mm blowing to the mobo facing the NB .... disapointing... but it is not high fsb nor high voltages , do not know why is so high ... so far, OCCT can complete a 30 Min burn. I replace pad with paste, and clips are well plug.
Right. EVERYONE WHO WENT AND REPLACED THE PAD ON THE PWM WITH THERMAL PASTE PLEASE REPORT YOUR TEMPS. IF YOU NOTICED THE PWM HEATSINK HAS "FEET" ON EITHER SIDE OF IT ACTING AS SPACERS. WHEN THEY ARE IN CONTACT WITH THE BOARD THERE IS A GAP BETWEEN THE HEATSINK AND THE DIGITAL PWM CHIPS THAT THE PAD TOOK UP. I FEAR THAT THE PASTE YOU PUT INSTEAD IS NOT MAKING CONTACT AND WILL THEREFORE CAUSE POOR THERMAL CONDUCTION!!!
did not see this "feet" ....
As in didn't see it missed it or didn't see it they aren't there?Quote:
Originally Posted by noobzed
Had to steal a photo to do this....Quote:
Originally Posted by noobzed
ok look at this:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/45/36...1c7f90.jpg?v=0
to the extreme left and right, where the pins come through, do you see how they are raised from the thermal pad. These are the feet and make a gap. They create a space between the HS (heatsink) and the PWM ICs because they are just raw silicon and VERY easily damaged (silicon of quite brittle) so the feet stop you whacking the HS onto the chips and basically breaking them. I think that the gap however means there isn't good contact between the PWM ICs and the HS, so when you applied the thermal paste theres no pressure making it a thin film. Best way to see if I'm right or wrong is to take off the HS again and see if the pastes has been squeezed out, ideally there should be five squares in the thermal paste that are showing the metal HS, if not and its just all paste then there's your problem.
I'll pull mine again and take a look. Can you give a pic of the "feet" we should be looking for. Also, I'll test the EPP deal on my board, which is defaulting to 1.85v Vdimm. I have not tried EPP yet but, if it is not working properly, my guess is that it is the bios, not the memory.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny Bravo
For the feet bit see above Yellowbeard. Also I agree with you on the BIOS front, if it works on other manufacturers boards then why not on the Abit. I have sent an e-mail to the relevant people and hopefully should hear back about it soon.
As for the Molex connector for the SLi power stiffening, yeah that was a bad move. Either the could use a 90 degree connector or include a similar cable like that shown below
http://www.chieftec.de/images/_2sata.jpg
For those in the UK, if it's a real problem then why not try this:
http://www.kustom.co.uk/acatalog/info_1951.html
But how to cool the mosfet region ifI WC NB + SB ?
Leave that part of heatpipe in place and attach a fan.Quote:
Originally Posted by noobzed
jonny, did you report the issue with QX6700 and locked upward multiplier?
I am worried this is just like previous ABIT boards, looks cool... but in fact is a dud.