Damn! Hell of a nice board, anybody wanna buy my _old_ KD7-R ?!?! hehe
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Damn! Hell of a nice board, anybody wanna buy my _old_ KD7-R ?!?! hehe
:> EBAY !!!!! =D
Guys my NF7-S hits a brick wall at 188fsb just like in all the reviews. Even with SPD timings, 2.7v I'm not even close to 200fsb. Also the vcore seems to under volt by .5v. When I set my vcore to 1.85 the bios and MBM reports it at 1.8v.
Praetereo, I using TwimMos -5ns winbond chips and a SLK800 also. I need to know where your friends board is made from. Mine is a "Tean TN2". Maybe if we can find a "Yang" board and find out how that performs that would help. Ask your friend the lettering is on the back of the board very small print but its there.
I hope this isn't going to be the luck of the draw with the NF2 chip kinda like the KT400 with data corruption.
Anyone know where I can find a 1.8 C1 stepping unlocked?
:) Sorry couldn't resist. And yes I know the any Intel chips don't come unlocked unless your a lucky few who knows someone.
I heard that they were going to release a 2nd version for the mobo?
is this correct ?
I see OPP hitting 198FSB @the ORB
so it is possible... no ?
RacerX, I am sorry to hear your board is not doing over 188.
I will get in touch with my friend Aceman tonight and have that info to you as soon as he gets back to me. It would suck if some of the boards are unlucky.
Guys this is what I know. I disconnected my hdd and now able to boot all the way up to 230fsb into the bios, Turbo timings cas2, 2,2,7 at 220. This proves a flaw within the board.
I have tried 2 drives, my standby Seagate that loves high FSB and still no go. I have tried the SATA with same results.
I have contacted Abit Marketing to let him know of my situation. I don't think a bios can fix this. I will be getting a pci controller card tomorrow to see if that helps, it should since the board has a pci lock.
Not great news but its a start.
Wait a minute! Not necessarily so about the board being the problem. What was the original HD. What about taking crap out and going with the bare mins. Change out the VC. Try a different stick of memory and different slot.
Right now I have hooked up my G4 ti4600, TwimMos, Seagate drive out of the case. Can it get any better than that.Quote:
Originally posted by Ace-a-Rue
Wait a minute! Not necessarily so about the board being the problem. What was the original HD. What about taking crap out and going with the bare mins. Change out the VC. Try a different stick of memory and different slot.
I have tried both sticks of my TwinMos, Xtremeddr PC3500, True DDR400 and PC3200. I think that qualifies for enough modules don't you think.
My hardware is great stuff and I know what it can do! Just got off the phone with Abit Marketing from Abit a few moments ago. I told him to try a pci controller since I'm short on one. If this board really has a PCI lock than it should work.
oh yeah tried a G3 ti500 also.
Like any board trace wires, chipsets, IC's, CAPS and so forth can vary in quality. That is why one can do better than the other. That said. What Vcore and Vmem are you using?
The max this board gives is 1.85v vcore and 2.7 vdimm. Yes the latter is low but any of my modules can easily do 200+ relaxed timings with the TwinMos more aggressive timings.
Abit Marketing should be getting back to me shortly. Hope he has good news. Remember what little reviews of this board there are nobody has been able to get over 188fsb with the exception of
Praetereo's friend.
Wouldn't doubt him using a pci controller.
But what have you used for Vcore and Vmem on your board??
IDE controllers have always been subjective to low PCI bus signal. That is why I like to use a HPT PCI card becasue the newer ones from HPT372 and upwards are designed to handle PCI bus speed up to 66mhz.Quote:
Originally posted by RacerX
Wouldn't doubt him using a pci controller.
I know this thread is aimed at the Abit, but I wanted all to know that the new BIOS for the EPoX EP-8RDA+ allows up to 250MHz FSB and it is taking it all the way up!
Racer, have you tried different ATA cables, and CS setting
I've tried it all besides doing any voltage modding to the board. I know of others in the same boat as myself.Quote:
Originally posted by Ace-a-Rue
Racer, have you tried different ATA cables, and CS setting
SPQQKY I've read how the 8RDA+ is doing, quite impressive. If Abit can't come up with a fix I'm jumping ship.
Again, what value Vcore and and what value Vmem have you used on your board?Quote:
Originally posted by Ace-a-Rue
But what have you used for Vcore and Vmem on your board??
I have tried 1.85v vcore and 2.7 vdimm. I just spoke with Abit Marketing and he and his techs had no problems booting into windows at 230fsb.Quote:
Originally posted by Ace-a-Rue
Again, what value Vcore and and what value Vmem have you used on your board?
He's gonna call back within the hour with his bios settings.
Still stumped.:rolleyes:
It has to be a timing issue then. Also, find out what memory are they using. One or two sticks.
RaxerX, can you tell me exactly where on the board to look for the information you requested? Aceman says he is not seeing it. Also, about the hard drive problem - I know he is running a hefty setup :) I have asked for details for comparison sake, but if my memory serves me, I think he is running three drives. Atleast one is a WD SE with 8 MB cache - I think 120GB. I also know he is not using an add-on card. I hope some of this information will help.
Quote:
Originally posted by Praetereo
RaxerX, can you tell me exactly where on the board to look for the information you requested? Aceman says he is not seeing it. Also, about the hard drive problem - I know he is running a hefty setup :) I have asked for details for comparison sake, but if my memory serves me, I think he is running three drives, one on the SATA adapter and two in an IDE RAID. Atleast one is a WD SE with 8 MB cache - I think 120GB. I also know he is not using an add-on card. I hope some of this information will help.
I'm sorry where is that IDE RAID you claim he is using??
http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/...7-8X-large.jpg
Hey Praetereo, if your refering to the name of the place the board is built, it's on the back of the board.
Geez, is he going to get reimbursed for yanking it??!!:D
JBELL, I apologize. It is the SATA that has RAID on that board, not the IDE, right? I was just going off my (poor) memory of his previous board before this one. Sorry about the confusion.
Sharpbw, I told him it was on the back :)
Yay Holes! After 3 attempts with the a7n8x I'm really hoping I'll have better luck with the abit. No way i can mount my pelt/waterblock without the holes. Wonder how long its gonna take them to get that board here to the states...Quote:
Originally posted by JBELL
I'm sorry where is that IDE RAID you claim he is using??
http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/...7-8X-large.jpg
Dec 17th.
Santa made some early trips.