Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe - 530FSB 1:1 4-4-3-4

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09-30-2006, 07:35 PM
Lestat

damn it where the hell is this board in the USA!!! ggrrrr
10-01-2006, 02:25 PM
Rol-Co

problem with the board is memory, you need good one's

corsair 6400 c5 fatty did 500+ on the asus p5b ,on the biostar it stopt at 370, no matter what timing.
now g.skill c3 and running smooth at 500x8 :D
10-01-2006, 02:37 PM
bingo13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lestat

damn it where the hell is this board in the USA!!! ggrrrr

Late October at best, shortage of ICH8R chips right now. ;)
10-02-2006, 09:02 AM
Arska

If you need a pic of the 965PT, here's one from me: http://users.utu.fi/artani/temp/biostar-965pt.jpg

I'm also curious to hear about the differences between 965 deluxe and 965pt. Obviously 965pt has just 4 sata ports and no raid. What about overclockability, possibly missing bios settings compared to deluxe and if all bios releases are suitable for all 3 different versions of the mobo?

It's not quite clear in my picture but the memory voltage jumper is there, and also the manual mentions 8 GB max for both deluxe and 965pt, so I'm pretty sure that biostar's web page reports a wrong maximum for deluxe.

My situation is that I ordered the deluxe and received the 965pt. I'm considering keeping the pt if the only differences are the sata ports and raid. This is why I can't test it unless I first decide to keep it. Of course I'd demand a discount in this case.
10-02-2006, 10:22 AM
pcmoddingmy

Arska, basically the PT and Deluxe has the exact same board layout and I would like to believe that they both share the same BIOS. However, flashing the Deluxe BIOS to the PT is not recommended unless Biostar says so. This is because the PT does not support RAID.

I would also say that the overclockability should be just as good as the Deluxe. I'll drop Biostar an email today and update this thread once I got a reply from them.
10-03-2006, 02:42 AM
Arska

My bad, I checked Biostar's homepage again and noticed that they do offer a separate smaller bios for the 965pt.
10-03-2006, 10:23 AM
loserkids

just got 965pt today, i flash it with deluxe bios date 0803. it able to hit fsb 500

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/3897/fsb500if9.jpg

but its not stable, but it boot to windows n able to do 1Mb pi, try orthos n it restarted

put it down to fsb 450 n its rock stable with default voltage
10-03-2006, 11:32 AM
SynGroW

I decided to do a vcore mod today. After some research I found a way to do the mod.

http://home.hccnet.nl/J_Bongers/P965...iostar_pic.JPG

http://home.hccnet.nl/J_Bongers/P965...ostar_pic2.JPG

Special thanks to persivore and Rol-co for the help they gave :)
10-03-2006, 12:13 PM
FLMJIGGY

how is vdroop?
10-03-2006, 12:14 PM
FLMJIGGY

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arska

If you need a pic of the 965PT, here's one from me: http://users.utu.fi/artani/temp/biostar-965pt.jpg

I'm also curious to hear about the differences between 965 deluxe and 965pt. Obviously 965pt has just 4 sata ports and no raid. What about overclockability, possibly missing bios settings compared to deluxe and if all bios releases are suitable for all 3 different versions of the mobo?

It's not quite clear in my picture but the memory voltage jumper is there, and also the manual mentions 8 GB max for both deluxe and 965pt, so I'm pretty sure that biostar's web page reports a wrong maximum for deluxe.

My situation is that I ordered the deluxe and received the 965pt. I'm considering keeping the pt if the only differences are the sata ports and raid. This is why I can't test it unless I first decide to keep it. Of course I'd demand a discount in this case.

Thank you 4 pic

Thank you PC Mod as well 4 finding out 4 us.
10-03-2006, 12:49 PM
pcmoddingmy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arska

My bad, I checked Biostar's homepage again and noticed that they do offer a separate smaller bios for the 965pt.

Here's Biostar's respond:

The BIOS (for 965PT) is different. However the OC options are the same.
There are indeed only 4 SATA ports.

Btw, check a few posts above mine and you will see loserkids doing 500FSB with the 965PT with DLX BIOS. :clap: Maybe you should just fire up that board of yours... ;)
10-03-2006, 03:02 PM
Rol-Co

Look at this........the board has 4x sata
ordered a deluxe , and getting this :hm:

http://82.173.172.10/Rol-Co/bio1.jpg

http://82.173.172.10/Rol-Co/bio2.jpg

http://82.173.172.10/Rol-Co/bio3.jpg

But it runs 500fsb with the 0914 bios......only no goodies

so this is the way biostar selling the boards now??? OMG but its cheap € 115,-
10-03-2006, 03:06 PM
FLMJIGGY

LOL Aw man. That is not cool.

I'm sure there is a decent price difference. Some kind of $ back is due :mad: :slapass:
10-03-2006, 04:21 PM
Arska

Quote:

Originally Posted by pcmoddingmy

Btw, check a few posts above mine and you will see loserkids doing 500FSB with the 965PT with DLX BIOS. :clap: Maybe you should just fire up that board of yours... ;)

Yeah, it's running alright now. I requested a discount due to getting a different model. Nothing much in overclocking department yet, trying to figure out how to get a sata drive recognized (wd2500js). Bios can't detect it, shows only a blank entry for it. I wonder if I should change something in bios to cure that? Not recognized even when sata 2 was disabled.
10-04-2006, 05:53 AM
keiths

Yet another product that's not available in the US.
10-04-2006, 06:13 AM
Ace-a-Rue

this is typical of manufacturers...nothing new!
10-04-2006, 10:06 AM
SynGroW

Quote:

Originally Posted by FLMJIGGY

how is vdroop?

No problems with vdroop :). Vcore increases a litte under load (0,02v)

Did a max. FSB test with my E6700ES.
http://home.hccnet.nl/J_Bongers/motherboard/551_fsb.PNG

551MHz FSB, not bad for a budget board :)
10-05-2006, 12:18 PM
pcmoddingmy

OMG..... did I just see 550FSB on a Biostar board??! :eek:
10-05-2006, 08:06 PM
Dax5

this is sick! 551FSB!!!!!!!!!
10-10-2006, 07:20 AM
Arska

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rol-Co

But it runs 500fsb with the 0914 bios......only no goodies

Are you hitting 500fsb with the pt and its original 0914 bios? If so, could you share your voltage settings and what fsb do you boot it with?
10-10-2006, 08:04 AM
Cappie

Some more pics from tweakers.net,

http://home.hccnet.nl/J_Bongers/P965/PB080048.JPG

http://home.hccnet.nl/J_Bongers/P965/PB080050.JPG

http://home.hccnet.nl/J_Bongers/P965/PB080051.JPG

http://home.hccnet.nl/J_Bongers/P965/PB080052.JPG

http://home.hccnet.nl/J_Bongers/P965/PB080067.JPG

http://home.hccnet.nl/J_Bongers/P965/PB080075.JPG

Full article HERE

Board can apparently be bought in germany for one hell of a cheap*** price of 113€:LOL:
10-10-2006, 10:17 AM
Pjoeloe

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cappie

Board can apparently be bought in germany for one hell of a cheap*** price of 113€:LOL:

the webshop you mean send only the stuff to germany and all the others don`t have this board in stock and won`t get it for a long time, I don`t care because this board is to small for me ( my cooler is to big because memory is to close )

edit : asus p5b vanilla is 113 euro also in germany. You get a bigger board, and clocks the same as the biostar, only, with the biostar you get a few extra`s you don`t get with the asus.
10-10-2006, 10:44 AM
Cappie

Not a big fan either of biostar, but still looks like a very nice budget board.
10-10-2006, 04:04 PM
Pjoeloe

new Intel P965 Shootout Part 1
http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/963/
10-10-2006, 04:31 PM
Lestat

where the hell is this board in the USA damn it!!

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