!UPDATE! abit AW9D-Max (retail) arrived

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11-22-2006, 11:09 PM
Virtual

theres the point :P
but when i see the screens from 911us.. its taking months for this ?!
well gonna test it after work... mah im gonna sick when i look in the p5be thread.. :(
11-22-2006, 11:27 PM
Blacklash

Huge FSB doesn't matter if you eat a large performance hit to match.
11-23-2006, 02:46 AM
Steelsie

Quote:

Originally Posted by fhpchris

I would not even bother. I would remove the stock nb heatpipe crap before I even put a cpu in the board!

Swiftech MCX-159 is what you want ;)

Is it really that bad?? The swiftech MCX 159 is virtually impossible to get hold of in the UK at the moment, at a rough estimate how much do you think it would drop the temp??

Also, does anyone have know of any articles for preparing this board for OC'in, i'm prob gonna re-set the heat sinks and strap a fan on em but wonder if there are any other trick?

Cheers
Steelsie
11-23-2006, 05:42 AM
situman

,thernalright HR05 is a great or better alternative. I have one and its great.
11-23-2006, 06:49 AM
shimmishim

i'm with the nemesis on this one.

i've replaced the aw9d-max with an asus pb5-deluxe.

but i can't seem to get myself to sell the aw9d-max. i'm hoping REALLY REALLY hoping that abit will release a new magical bios that'll really unlock the potential for this board.

does anyone know what the bios date of the beta 13 b2 is? i just want to make sure it's different from the beta 13 b1.

beta13 b1 is 11/8/06 i blieve.
11-23-2006, 06:53 AM
situman

Hmm what's with all the Betas? Not enough engineers?
11-23-2006, 07:00 AM
coop

I still have all my stock heatsinks. I did remove the heatpipes. Lift all of them off at once. They come apart from HS by working them back and forth, except for SB. Leave it or cut it off. I replaced the thermal pads with AS5 after sanding them all but the SB. SB has nice copper plate that is plenty good. I just have fans on them. My temps are always in the 29 to 34c range. One reading may get to 35 but I don't remember which one.
11-23-2006, 08:30 AM
Steelsie

Quote:

Originally Posted by coop

I still have all my stock heatsinks. I did remove the heatpipes. Lift all of them off at once. They come apart from HS by working them back and forth, except for SB. Leave it or cut it off. I replaced the thermal pads with AS5 after sanding them all but the SB. SB has nice copper plate that is plenty good. I just have fans on them. My temps are always in the 29 to 34c range. One reading may get to 35 but I don't remember which one.

Thanks coop, i'll bin the pipes then for sure!!! I'd be happy if i can get temps around that area!!!

Cheers
Steelsie
11-23-2006, 09:17 AM
Hilfiger

Quote:

Originally Posted by shimmishim

i'm with the nemesis on this one.

i've replaced the aw9d-max with an asus pb5-deluxe.

but i can't seem to get myself to sell the aw9d-max. i'm hoping REALLY REALLY hoping that abit will release a new magical bios that'll really unlock the potential for this board.

does anyone know what the bios date of the beta 13 b2 is? i just want to make sure it's different from the beta 13 b1.

beta13 b1 is 11/8/06 i blieve.

11/08/2006

actualy is not a new bios, is the same which was provided here few weeks back
11-24-2006, 11:28 AM
puttekula

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrDeeds

Yes its a single stage. Good luck hopefully we'll all be able to get that far once the bios is updated.

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7958/nbbq4.jpg
If you hold the max sink for the mosfets over a stove it makes it a lot easier to remove the nb sink heatpipe from the lower heatpipe. I didnt want to cut the sink away and i didnt have anything available to put on the southbrigde and mosfet area so i was happy that i was still able to keep the sinks for those two areas.

Just make sure you wear an oven mit.

Im curious as to what cooling your using and what your max fsb is at 10x multi. Im only asking because im looking into getting a 6700 or 6800 soon and only really just started noticing the people that are having max fsb issues with the board are using 6700s.

I do share your frustration that it has been too long between the last official bios update but i dont think its time to abandon ship just yet. Its tough to say which board to go to. The other 975x boards arent that great and 680i performance seems a little off and has damn near the same fsb constraints.

I personally would only recommend the aw9d-max to someone willing to modify it to get the most out of it but i think if you already own one it wouldnt make much sense to get rid of it.

Excuse a noob, but wich one of these is the NBsink

//:p
11-24-2006, 11:32 AM
fhpchris

Quote:

Originally Posted by puttekula

Excuse a noob, but wich one of these is the NBsink

//:p

The one in the middle, it comes off from the other big one easily...
11-24-2006, 11:49 AM
puttekula

Quote:

Originally Posted by fhpchris

The one in the middle, it comes off from the other big one easily...

Ok, thx...

And is there some kleggisch schlibbish in these pipes?:rolleyes:

//:p
11-24-2006, 03:08 PM
shimmishim

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hilfiger

11/08/2006

actualy is not a new bios, is the same which was provided here few weeks back

thanks for the clarification
11-24-2006, 03:38 PM
Hilfiger

Quote:

Originally Posted by shimmishim

thanks for the clarification

im not sure sems like is an new bios with same date? :(

you shoulkd try it, however it gived me memory problems..
11-25-2006, 01:19 PM
Blue078

Anyone tried uGuru in Vista yet ?
11-25-2006, 01:55 PM
Budwise

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blue078

Anyone tried uGuru in Vista yet ?

yup, works fine. Just gotta set it to XP SP2 compatibility mode when installing but after that its just fine.
11-25-2006, 02:00 PM
Blue078

Quote:

Originally Posted by Budwise

yup, works fine. Just gotta set it to XP SP2 compatibility mode when installing but after that its just fine.

:cool: Thanks for the tip.
11-25-2006, 02:25 PM
coop

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I got a couple screens last night showing temps in uguru. Slightly higher than mentioned in above post, but don't usually run like that. Stock HS (sanded) w/AS5 and fans on tops. One just before pi ends and one just after.
11-26-2006, 12:00 AM
RLM

Can we confirm that the reason that guru in bios loses it's settings after shutdown is due to bad batteries, or is it something else? Thanks:)
11-26-2006, 06:27 AM
Blue078

After shutdown, or after turning off power to the PSU? I'm not looseing settings by simply shutting down from windows and letting it set over night.

Havent turned off PSU yet, but if thats when settings get lost I better write down my settings because this board is running sweet where I have it set up now.
11-26-2006, 08:27 AM
Nettwerk

Quote:

Originally Posted by RLM

Can we confirm that the reason that guru in bios loses it's settings after shutdown is due to bad batteries, or is it something else? Thanks:)

This problem is fixed with the newest .13 bios
11-26-2006, 09:11 AM
RLM

Have the latest b2 bios thanks. Maybe switching the power off at the psu is the cause then??

Getting a bit confused by this now. Have been holding the power button in to shutdown on failed boots/oc's today. Then I switch the psu off and on and re-boot to bios. All settings in guru lost. Just thought it convenient today, but maybe that's the fail safe design and not a bug.

Will switch off the power to the psu tonight on a stable oc and see if all is fine in the morning.

Apologies for the sketchyness.

RLM
11-26-2006, 12:12 PM
Blue078

Nope! new beta BIOS dont fix it, at least not for me. Wrote down all my settings, loaded windows, played one round BF2142 :D . Shut down, switched off the PSU, came back in 15mins. switched on the PSU, pressed the power button...all the LED's are flashing something I had turned off. Went into BIOS and not a damn setting I had before is left :(

Gonna pull out the Battery check it with a DMM and stick a new one in either way and see what happens,,, shish I was starting to like this board:(
11-26-2006, 02:58 PM
Nettwerk

weird weird weird, I had the same problems but I updated from .13 alpha to the .13 beta 02 and it went away. I left my psu off over thanksgiving, came back, and turned my system on and the settings still stuck and booted right up. :confused:
11-26-2006, 03:47 PM
Blue078

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nettwerk

weird weird weird, I had the same problems but I updated from .13 alpha to the .13 beta 02 and it went away. I left my psu off over thanksgiving, came back, and turned my system on and the settings still stuck and booted right up. :confused:

:confused: Yea it's a strange one for sure.
I don't see anything wrong with the voltages of the battery 3.2 volts, but I replaced it all the same with a brand new Panasonic battery that also read 3.2v and now my settings stick after a PSU power off.

Got to thinking maybe the OEM battery wasn't seated right, so I stuck it back in, went to bios set it up booted to windows, then shutdown, and turned off the PSU's power, waited 10mins flipped the PSU back on booted, and was greeted to all default settings :confused: :confused: :confused:

:) I'm keeping the new battery in.

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