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08-08-2006, 09:24 AM
Charles Wirth

With the FSB and ram preoblems worked out, the AB9 should be the better board. Plenty of voltage now to go nowhere.
08-08-2006, 09:27 AM
Ace-a-Rue

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Originally Posted by FUGGER

Plenty of voltage now to go nowhere.

ooooh, that is funny!:D
08-08-2006, 11:47 AM
Evilsizer

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Originally Posted by FUGGER

With the FSB and ram preoblems worked out, the AB9 should be the better board.

hehe i like that should be, im hoping it will be, fugger any chance you can post some screenies of the bios? im still waiting on my e6600 to ship still...
08-08-2006, 12:39 PM
[TAG]Imp

wait, have u done any allendale testing on the AB9 Pro, or is it all x6800?
08-08-2006, 01:41 PM
JoeBar

Give them time guys... ;)
I wouldn't jump on the abit train now.
08-08-2006, 03:01 PM
Evilsizer

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Originally Posted by JoeBar

Give them time guys... ;)
I wouldn't jump on the abit train now.

TOOT TOOT im already on it! :)
08-08-2006, 03:05 PM
Haltech

Interesting thread so far. Wonder why Gigabyte and Abit are having incorrect memory timings when first booting?
08-08-2006, 04:08 PM
burningrave101

Yes i believe the OCZ PC2-6400 Platinum like i have uses Elpida chips so that is likely why it doesn't work on the Abit AB9 Pro or other P965 chipset boards very well or at all. Hopefully the next BIOS will fix the issue. Otherwise i will have to get ahold of something with micron chips.
08-08-2006, 07:51 PM
bingo13

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Originally Posted by burningrave101

Yeah but look at the kind of the overclock they got with the Gigabyte DQ6 and the other boards they've tested. They highest they've gotten was with the Asus P5W DH and that was like barely over 400MHz. There are plenty of people here on the board hitting 450MHz+ FSB and i think the Abit AB9 Pro will be one of them doing it as soon as more people get the board. Anandtech was probably limited by the settings they were using in the BIOS or the multipliers of these Conroe processors. People are having trouble getting over 400MHz FSB with the E6600/E6700 multipliers. We may need some form of enhanced cooling above stock for the Northbridge though when trying to hit 450MHz+.

They hit 440 on the Asus P5W-DH without mods, their DS3 and DS4 scores are equal to or better than most reports. Their results with the DFI 975X and Abit AB9-Pro were spot on with all reports. They were the first to get the Biostar board over 425FSB, not too bad in my opinion. ;)
08-08-2006, 09:19 PM
Evilsizer

one thing fugger and others have left out about the ab9 bios is in bios-10 the max selectable is 400mhz. while i have not checked out bios11 yet, i have done the update. im currently installing win2k and then pop in the the e6400 i picked up from fry's.
08-09-2006, 01:01 AM
Evilsizer

well the fsb option was for the p4 with a allendale in it the bios now has a 600mhz max setting... how ever with out a more mature bios to allow both fsb options and voltage options at the same time. i give up, but fugger what did you do to get things working... my c4's need 2.1volts and when tring to change the fsb first then the voltage after a restart the voltage is set back to auto.
08-09-2006, 08:06 PM
jaguarking11

Bump
08-09-2006, 08:35 PM
Evilsizer

tring 300fsb gets me to the post screan but hangs with memory not being completly spelled out. i think the ram speed is miss correctly being shown, over at abits forums one user thought the same thing. for those wondering i have picks of the bios up here
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=472002
08-09-2006, 09:27 PM
[TAG]Imp

what's the ETA on the new BIOS?
08-09-2006, 10:00 PM
Evilsizer

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Originally Posted by [TAG]Imp

what's the ETA on the new BIOS?

dunno wish i had contacts in abit... im just waiting so i can get rid of the errors in windows with my c4's the ocz gold sticks im using now. Work ok but i still get errors, just not as much as the c4's. come on abit :stick:
gigabyte and asus boards have 3-4 bios revisions now and Abit only 1 :slapass:
08-09-2006, 10:30 PM
[TAG]Imp

wats the ETA on the ugurus? :)
08-09-2006, 11:20 PM
Evilsizer

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Originally Posted by [TAG]Imp

wats the ETA on the ugurus? :)

dont know what you mean here but the uguru on the cd i have doesnt work. nothing at all shows up.
08-10-2006, 12:02 AM
bigboi86

Holy CRAP I love that front panel.
08-10-2006, 12:26 AM
Evilsizer

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Originally Posted by bigboi86

Holy CRAP I love that front panel.

what front panel?
08-10-2006, 12:42 AM
eiceman

Any info of AW9D?975 chipest is more attractive to me
08-10-2006, 09:47 AM
gundersausage

Abit AB9 Pro phase power?

Anyone know if it is 3 phase??? 6 phase???
08-10-2006, 11:26 AM
[TAG]Imp

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Originally Posted by Evilsizer

what front panel?

Fugger said he was getting Front Panel Ugurus and was gonna give some away... not the software utility (which i use and works fine)
08-10-2006, 11:35 AM
mcbarnet007

11 bios only let me boot at 320 FSB. Any higher the system hangs. I think I am going back to gigabyte (lets me boot at 430)
08-10-2006, 11:37 AM
[TAG]Imp

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Originally Posted by mcbarnet007

11 bios only let me boot at 320 FSB. Any higher the system hangs. I think I am going back to gigabyte (lets me boot at 430)

just as a question, if u were already at 430, why did you switch? and i still hope that future BIOS reivisions help out the AB9...
08-10-2006, 11:54 AM
dandersen

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Originally Posted by Evilsizer

... i give up, but fugger what did you do to get things working... my c4's need 2.1volts and when tring to change the fsb first then the voltage after a restart the voltage is set back to auto.

To make more than 1 stick of OCZ memory work for me, I had to set the voltage up using just 1 stick, let it completely boot up, power off, then insert the other stick.

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