Hi, a mate is thinking of getting this board along with 2x2gb g.skill PC2-8000, this will have no prob running the 1000mhz ram just changing a divider?
Thanks
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Hi, a mate is thinking of getting this board along with 2x2gb g.skill PC2-8000, this will have no prob running the 1000mhz ram just changing a divider?
Thanks
The board is awesome, I'm sure (no guarentee) it will do it fine.
Damn it.
Had my heart set on this board but it just disappeared from Ebuyer.com.
Any other suppliers of this in the UK?
w00t! I just bought this motherboard! It was either this or the gigabyte p35 DS3R rev. 2.1 (budget constraints lol)
I'll test this later when I get home! :D
Please tell me I chose wisely hahaha
those are both great mobo's but i think you will like the blood iron
woah bad news :( the board just boots then dies down, then it powers on and goes off again and it just repeats over and over...
off to rma :(
Board is OK, BIOS is problem.;) You have to update BIOS.Quote:
Originally Posted by Retrolock
:( how can i update? I only got the e8400, do i need to borrow older c2d? thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by garson
Yes, you need older CPU to update.There is thread on DFI forum about this problem, same symptoms (power on, then off repeatedly).Quote:
Originally Posted by Retrolock
k thanks man!Quote:
Originally Posted by garson
yep garson is correct...
hi, sorry to resurrect a 5 months old thread.
I recently bought this mobo to match with my e8400. I have to admit, I'm fairly new to DFI and the vcore setting is a bit confusing for me. For this mobo, the way to set the vcore is by VID + xxmv. Problem is for me, the VID as reported by realtemp is inconsistent. Most of the time, the VID for my processor (or what my mobo reads it to be) is 1.2125v, but sometimes the reported VID is 1.16v.
Since the only way to set the vcore is by adding x mv to VID, I can't seem to get the same vcore everytime as the VID keeps changing from this two values. Case in point, I need roughly about 1.28v to get 3.6 ghz stable (400x9). So, i'll set VID + 75mv in bios. But once the VID changes to 1.16v (which happens quite often), the effective vcore changes to about 1.235v, which make my OC unstable. I've updated my bios to the latest stable build as at march 08.
My last build was e6300 + 965 ds3 where I can set the absolute vcore value i.e. 1.28v which seems a bit more straightforward. But for this mobo, it just doesnt seem so -- unless i'm missing something.
Could this be that my CPU is crap where it doesn't have a fixed VID or the mobo could't read the VID reliably?
Hey man!
I'm totally with you on this!
The voltage goes rampart on it's own indeed!
I have e8200 which defaults on auto on 1.2V. Though the board most of the time detects the starting voltage of 0.99V and sometimes even on 0.89V (it does work on default clock with this voltage though lol - under prime stressing my coretemp shows 37° under CM Hyper 212 :D). If is set the increment of voltage to +0.3V it sometimes sets it at 1.2V but sometimes when it detects the correct start value it equates 1.5V! Makes me crazy and wanna beat my head against wall!
There was no issue when i had my old e6750 on it. I've installed the latest bios (11/03/08) with no luck.. :(
DAMN YOU BI!!!
EDIT:
Actualy i've found out that when you set the AHCI ROM (in integrated peripherals) to enabled, the reference voltage always is retrieved correctly. You have to have AHCI drivers installed on OS though - otherwise it will BSOD at booting windows. Hope this helps..
So setting AHCI ROM solves your inconsistent VID? I'm not really familiar with AHCI, googling about this brings results of ppl moaning of crashing windows for not having installed ahci during the beginning. :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by trez0r
I know it sounds quite absurd, but enabling ahci bios indeed seems to have solved the problem. Don't know how much truth is in this we'll see if i still say the same after a few days.
So far so good.
AHCI (or RAID) + AHCI bios rom enabled seems to have solved my incosistent voltage settings on my E8200.
I'm sorry to revive this old thread, but I just shot this mobo @ ebay & i would appreciate to know, which bios is gonna be the best for my e2180 & my G.Skill...my sys is the following one: *take a look around*
I have to admit, I'm fairly new to the current DFI-mobos....i had a infinity nf4 ulra-u with an amd x2 3800+, i think 3 years ago...;)
Thanks for everybody's help!