!UPDATE! abit AW9D-Max (retail) arrived

blend will fail if your not using 2 matched pairs of ram
or 2 diffrent part numbers hidden in the SPD table.

my ram had same part numbers on sticker's but cpuz showed
them to be diffrent.

i found my orthos problem at 400 fsb was defently caused by
my ram


http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/2503/module1pw3.jpg

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/8870/module2zl5.jpg


notice they have two diffrent part numbers and two diffrent timings:nono:
BTW the memory will pass memtest all day long
but always failed orthos blend withing 10 minutes

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/6...lsblendic8.jpg



now i opened up my other set of ram since i bought 2 sets just incase:)
set 400 fsb x 8 mulitplyer Ram now @ DDR 800 as this was defently a matched pair.

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/9804/otherramyd5.jpg


looked good so now upped fsb to 425 and DDR 850 up the vcore to match FSB
and done blend again.

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/7783/5hrblended1.jpg


http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/3180/shot0001qy5.jpg


as you can see my problem was RAM as it also failed prime two
even though it passed memtest.

TG 6400 C3, 2x1Gb, DDR900, 3-3-3-1, 1:1, 2.8V

WinRaR Bench:

[IMG]http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/3...r900lo7.th.jpg[/IMG]

Everest:

[IMG]http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1...3331vv2.th.png[/IMG]

I can`t go above 455Mhz FSB:brick:

swiftech chipset coolers on the waw, i hope that will fit on southbridge too, if not i have an zalman flower for southbridge. one of them weights almos 300g.. half of my cpu weight lol


only issue is that "northbridge" is kinda in centre of board , lol, more ecactly under my tuniq tower, i just hope it dosnt hit the cpu cooler when i will install


anyone have custom chipset coolers installed? some pics will be nice

I don't understand.I can raise no more than 365fsb no matter of multi (i have an extreme).The only way that works is raise vcore..
I can reach 400fsb with 1.55v but no more.I've tried more volts to mch but it doesn't matter.

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Originally Posted by deadlock7

I don't understand.I can raise no more than 365fsb no matter of multi (i have an extreme).The only way that works is raise vcore..
I can reach 400fsb with 1.55v but no more.I've tried more volts to mch but it doesn't matter.

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youre lucky


i cant get at 400fsb without 1.6v vcore, some told me i have a bad cpu :stick:

so must be the cpu, now what i dont undestand is how will this high voltage affect the cpu? hope it dosnt die, actualy i hope it dies :banana: .. so i can get a later version from intel thru rma :D

so ye, join the club "we have a bad steping cpu" :clap:

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Originally Posted by deadlock7

I don't understand.I can raise no more than 365fsb no matter of multi (i have an extreme).The only way that works is raise vcore..
I can reach 400fsb with 1.55v but no more.I've tried more volts to mch but it doesn't matter.

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With my X6800, it would only boot @ 380ish even on lower multis, but in windows you could change fsb to ~435ish

I can only do ~435 prime even on 6x multi on x6800, so that is where my wall is on an unmodded board.

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Originally Posted by fhpchris

With my X6800, it would only boot @ 380ish even on lower multis, but in windows you could change fsb to ~435ish

I can only do ~435 prime even on 6x multi on x6800, so that is where my wall is on an unmodded board.

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and you system hangs when you restart if you useing uguru in windows to rise the fsb?

never tried windows tool to oc,

I was able to run 445mhz stable w/ my E6600 @ 1.6vcore & 2.0vmch w/ BIOS 1.2 but as soon as I tried the first Beta BIOS 1.3 it totally screwed that and no matter which BIOS I try I can't get past about 400mhz stable no matter how hard I try, even when going back to 1.2. I think my board is totally fubarred now.

lol, look what some guys did with the aw9 max , actualy hipro5 was there .. but he didnt want to tell us anything about the event,.. bad boy!! ....keeping everything for himself :D



now thats what i call ocing:banana: :banana: :fact:

http://www.driverheaven.net/articles/abitoverclock/



edit: look at the tons of mods, custom cooler and at the amount of fryed stuff, but again great review, driverheaven.net style ^^

official Bios 13 from abit site out

ftp://ftp.abit.com.tw/pub/download/bios/aw9d/

wow a xmas gift from Abit

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Originally Posted by Hassan

wow a xmas gift from Abit

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... i don't know if i'd call it a gift...

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Originally Posted by nanoprobe32

blend will fail if your not using 2 matched pairs of ram
or 2 diffrent part numbers hidden in the SPD table.

my ram had same part numbers on sticker's but cpuz showed
them to be diffrent.

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Very interesting post, Nano.

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Originally Posted by shimmishim

... i don't know if i'd call it a gift...

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QFT

Strange, I cant load the ftp, anyone got a mirror?

final bios 13 , mirror download link


http://www.sharebigfile.com/file/45090/aw9d13.zip.html

Wasn't this posted a while ago? I remembered there wasn't any improvements.

I noticed something fishy within BIOS 13. Checkout the "Onboard PCI Device" menu in the BIOS and there's only IEEE 1394 option. The dual SATA and dual LAN options went missing after you save and reboot the mobo. So this could be the reason why some users were loosing SATA drives.

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Originally Posted by Hilfiger

lol, look what some guys did with the aw9 max , actualy hipro5 was there .. but he didnt want to tell us anything about the event,.. bad boy!! ....keeping everything for himself :D



now thats what i call ocing:banana: :banana: :fact:

http://www.driverheaven.net/articles/abitoverclock/



edit: look at the tons of mods, custom cooler and at the amount of fryed stuff, but again great review, driverheaven.net style ^^

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Hipro was not there, this event was held in Fremont California.
That was Fugger, Philly boy (for sure) and NJkid (maybe?)

Same event shown here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=127303

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Originally Posted by RyderOCZ

Hipro was not there, this event was held in Fremont California.
That was Fugger, Philly boy (for sure) and NJkid (maybe?)

Same event shown here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=127303

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oh, missreaded , they used hipro mods tho? (well micutzu mod too seems)

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Originally Posted by Hilfiger

oh, missreaded , they used hipro mods tho? (well micutzu mod too seems)

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They actually sent a board to hipro that he modded himself, unfortunatly that board got damaged in shpping and was inoperable, so they made a copycat board including his mods, only they messed up the vcore mod.

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Originally Posted by Revv23

They actually sent a board to hipro that he modded himself, unfortunatly that board got damaged in shpping and was inoperable, so they made a copycat board including his mods, only they messed up the vcore mod.

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nice, now give hipros address to send my board :D (and a duvet so he have "safe" package):p:

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Originally Posted by Revv23

They actually sent a board to hipro that he modded himself, unfortunatly that board got damaged in shpping and was inoperable, so they made a copycat board including his mods, only they messed up the vcore mod.

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The vcore mod worked fine for a while but then it stopped.

Hi all, I'm back.

My original post.

Still no go at 9*379. I've tried vcore as high as 1.5V and mch as high as 1.85V, still no stability (not even dual sp 32m).


Well, I thought all the "extreme" folks here would get a kick out of this. Just to make sure my nb isn't overheating (looking to vmch mod):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...travaganza.jpg


CPU cooler--TTBT lapped, Delta 120x76 vhw.
NB cooler--Dynatron all copper 60mm AthlonXP cooler, lapped
SB cooler--old Asus nb cooler, lapped
Ram cooling--Vantec nexus 2x70mm
Video card--Ultra Athlon XP cooler

pic2.

pic3.


We'll see if it helps.

navig


ps, my nb scoffs at that piddly thing fugger was running at the intel/abit event

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Originally Posted by Navig

Hi all, I'm back.

My original post.

Still no go at 9*379. I've tried vcore as high as 1.5V and mch as high as 1.85V, still no stability (not even dual sp 32m).

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Ok, first things first.

1) grab your DMM and start measuring the voltages, the bios/software just isnt accurate, and even just changing CPUs can change things around it seems.

2) 1.85v in bios for MCH is prolly more like ~1.7v real. 1.5v cpu isnt much at all either, measure it with a DMM first.

3) Your cpu might just need a crapload of vFSB, and 1.19v real isnt cutting it.

3) Your ram cannot do the tight timings that the bios is auto-setting. Download memset and make sure to show all of the timings that you are using.

4) are you trying to run blend or just small FFT? Running blend on this board is very hard and even I cant seem to run it over 400fsb, but you said you cant even run like 390 for single 32m...

5) Are you trying to run 4 dimms?