ASUS MOD BIOS ，Phenom II X3 @ Phenom II X4

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M3A78-T

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M3A78-T Deluxe

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M4A78-E

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M4A78T-E

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M4A79 Deluxe

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M4A79T Deluxe

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3 Core-2982

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4 Core-3686

BIOS Soon

very nice, you give hope to Asus owners.

Your amazing ,,Along with the Score increase to a fouth core ,,Priceless.

Just a quick question about the OS used in SS, is that Vista X64 or 32?
And a Question about the Bios Mods, any other tweaks in there?

This is great. I was hoping someone would try a bios mod for the Asus motherboards. This could save a bunch of us Asus owners that have been trying to get this to work. Now maybe we can get in on the fun? Thanks for all your effort.
Will this mod bios work on The Asus M3A79T Deluxe? I have this motherboard along with the Phenom II X3 720 BE installed and the fourth core will not enable. Batch 0904DPAW.

Sorry but after reviewing the post the cpuz screenshot shows the M3A79-T Deluxe. I read the text below the picture that read M3A78-T Deluxe thinking that the 79-T hadn't been tested.

Can I request a mod for the M2N32 series? Even though they are only AM2 boards they still support the new Phenoms including the AM3s. We could really use the mod as so so many people own these NF590 chipped boards.

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Originally Posted by chris.y2k.r1

Can I request a mod for the M2N32 series? Even though they are only AM2 boards they still support the new Phenoms including the AM3s. We could really use the mod as so so many people own these NF590 chipped boards.

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Must use south SB750 the bridge

yay ddr 3 mobo

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...6&Tpk=M4A78T-E

ASUS M4A79T Deluxe 0082 Beta Bios

ASUS M4A79 Deluxe 0082 Beta Bios

ASUS M4A78-E 0082 Beta Bios

ASUS M4A78T-E 0082 Beta Bios

Thanks sxs:up:

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Originally Posted by sxs112

ASUS M4A79T Deluxe 0082 Beta Bios

ASUS M4A79 Deluxe 0082 Beta Bios

ASUS M4A78-E 0082 Beta Bios

ASUS M4A78T-E 0082 Beta Bios

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Did you add a separated option for the tweak or what is the difference compared to the original versions? When will the M3A79-T version available? :D

It's so great someone's doing this, wonder is anyone would do a modded bios for the Gigabyte MA790FXT UD5P

Nice work sxs112 :up:
Finally a DDR3 board that can unlock the X3 to X4! :D

I love the 720BE. Neatest chip to come out in quite some time.

Hopefully I end up with a BIOS for my UD5P. I have a Biostar 790GX AM2+ as well, I may give it a shot in that.

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ASUS M4A79T Deluxe 0082 Beta Bios

ASUS M4A79 Deluxe 0082 Beta Bios

ASUS M4A78-E 0082 Beta Bios

ASUS M4A78T-E 0082 Beta Bios

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Any mods for the M3A78-T Bios?

oh man this is awesome someone want to do this with the new batch of DDR3 GB boards too :D

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Originally Posted by DPGX

oh man this is awesome someone want to do this with the new batch of DDR3 GB boards too :D

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Yeah, more specifically, the Gigabyte 790XT-UD4P :D

We need m3a78-T!! Not the deluxe.

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Yeah, more specifically, the Gigabyte 790XT-UD4P :D

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LOL I agree thats what I have as well ;)

ASUS M3A79-T 0030a Beta Bios

i am just going to wait for the 945 to come out even though this is great find!
I also found it on engadget!

Hi, can you please post the M3A78-T bios :)

Thanks

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ASUS M3A79-T 0030a Beta Bios

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Thanks sxs112, I’ll flash it tomorrow. Is there anything special I should know about this beta bios? Flash it, set ACC to auto and if all goes well the X3 720 in my M3A79-T Deluxe should be running on all four cores right?

its sad i RMA'd my dead X3 720 week 0904 to get the M4A78T-E and now the unlock Bios is out :shrug: oh well good thing i have a PHenom 945 already :rofl:

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Originally Posted by dehx

Any mods for the M3A78-T Bios?

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Originally Posted by jlacy76

We need m3a78-T!! Not the deluxe.

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Originally Posted by KarateBob

Hi, can you please post the M3A78-T bios :)

Thanks

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What they said.

sxs112, something is up with that link for M4A79deluxe bios, it opens up as a mediaplayer file. :shrug:

Heres to change to .rom....http://www.mediacollege.com/microsof...on-change.html

Ran with M4A79T Del. and X3 720 0903
Disabled bank interleaving and set acc to auto
ram, nb and ht have to be in auto

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Originally Posted by Zeus

sxs112, something is up with that link for M4A79deluxe bios, it opens up as a mediaplayer file. :shrug:

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.ROM.MP3 TO change .ROM

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Originally Posted by sxs112

ASUS M3A79-T 0030a Beta Bios

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Sxs112 I flashed the M3A79-T Beta Bios today but no joy. My M3A79-T Deluxe won’t boot with ACC on auto. I tried auto, all cores and per core but it still wouldn’t boot. I had to clear cmos to get it to boot. With ACC disabled it will boot into windows and runs fine but just three cores are running. Any other setting that you would suggest I try?

I also tried the setting that Dumo used on the MA79T Deluxe and Disabled bank interleaving and set acc to auto then ram, nb and ht on auto. Still no joy.

Is the mod for the M3a78-t also available?

Well, I was able to use the bios for M4A79T and unlock #4 core on my 0904BPMW. At first, the system couldn't even start, but after forcing the bios to set itself to default, it booted with #4 core unlocked.
But it seemed the cpu is not stable with 4th core unlocked. oh well.

ASUS M3A78-T 0023a Beta Bios

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Originally Posted by sxs112

ASUS M3A78-T 0023a Beta Bios

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Thank you very much!

Too bad my 720 Doesn't POST with ACC set to auto with that BIOS. I tried Auto and the option that lets you set everything by core. It showed core 0, 1, 2, 3. -2 is what i set, and no post again. Any advice? Or is this really a defective quad?

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Originally Posted by sxs112

ASUS M3A78-T 0023a Beta Bios

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The bios works fine, thank you very much again.

Is this modded one the latest M3A78-T BIOS 0802 or another version?

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Originally Posted by breakfromyou

Thank you very much!

Too bad my 720 Doesn't POST with ACC set to auto with that BIOS. I tried Auto and the option that lets you set everything by core. It showed core 0, 1, 2, 3. -2 is what i set, and no post again. Any advice? Or is this really a defective quad?

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Hmm i always thought weaker cores used More Volts to get stable.

Try +2 or +4. ,, -2 may is taking volts away from that core. It would be like not giving a good CPU enuff Volts you will BSOD when you boot or OC if its not enuff.

m3a78-t with my 720 and this bios locks on 4 cores even at 1.55v core also locks up on prime at stock voltages.

I tried vista64 and xp64, both lockup right when prime 95 starts, must do a hard boot. Any ideas?

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Originally Posted by jlacy76

m3a78-t with my 720 and this bios locks on 4 cores even at 1.55v core also locks up on prime at stock voltages.

I tried vista64 and xp64, both lockup right when prime 95 starts, must do a hard boot. Any ideas?

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Maybe your fourth core is defect? Which batch do you have?

0904cpmw

I've tried every configuration I know to get this to work. It shows 4 cores fine but locks up. One other note, windows shut down locks as well and I have to hit power to shut the machine down.

I think your forth core is defect, the bios works fine, but my fourth core is also defect :(

I have 0904 dpaw and m4a79 deluxe, 1.45 V 3,8 ghz superpi 4m stable at 4 cores . with 3 cores max speed is same

But Lan is not working with moded bios. Any solution for this?

I think M4A79T DLX's Bios is not stable when enable ACC functions.
I have 0904CPCW CPU which can work to quadcore processors perfectly on DFI's LP JR 790GX.
But this processors doesn't pass stable test(like Prime95 or Intel Burn test.).
I think M4A79T-DLX's bios needs some debug.

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Originally Posted by getfeus

I think M4A79T DLX's Bios is not stable when enable ACC functions.
I have 0904CPCW CPU which can work to quadcore processors perfectly on DFI's LP JR 790GX.
But this processors doesn't pass stable test(like Prime95 or Intel Burn test.).
I think M4A79T-DLX's bios needs some debug.

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Same Problem with Bios for M3A78-T.

@ getfeus
does it directly hang up after starting Prime large FFTs?

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Originally Posted by tosunermc

I have 0904 dpaw and m4a79 deluxe, 1.45 V 3,8 ghz superpi 4m stable at 4 cores . with 3 cores max speed is same

But Lan is not working with moded bios. Any solution for this?

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Get an Intel PCI-X network card. It doesn't cost much and works a lot better.

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Originally Posted by fanello

@ getfeus
does it directly hang up after starting Prime large FFTs?

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I alwasy run OCCT for stability and with 4th core enabled my sytem hangs right away. This happens even all bios settings in auto.

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Originally Posted by getfeus

I think M4A79T DLX's Bios is not stable when enable ACC functions.
I have 0904CPCW CPU which can work to quadcore processors perfectly on DFI's LP JR 790GX.
But this processors doesn't pass stable test(like Prime95 or Intel Burn test.).
I think M4A79T-DLX's bios needs some debug.

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What's the last 4 digits on the serial? I have one that ends 0073.

I was wondering if somebody could provide the bios for the M4A78T-E. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by CrazyHorse

I was wondering if somebody could provide the bios for the M4A78T-E. Thanks.

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Nevermind i m an idiot. :horse:

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Originally Posted by theoldtimer

Sxs112 I flashed the M3A79-T Beta Bios today but no joy. My M3A79-T Deluxe won’t boot with ACC on auto. I tried auto, all cores and per core but it still wouldn’t boot. I had to clear cmos to get it to boot. With ACC disabled it will boot into windows and runs fine but just three cores are running. Any other setting that you would suggest I try?

I also tried the setting that Dumo used on the MA79T Deluxe and Disabled bank interleaving and set acc to auto then ram, nb and ht on auto. Still no joy.

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I got the same problem with the M4A78T-E. I tired a few different things incl. increasing voltages ect... no luck so far.

Yeah CrazyHorse I’ve tried many different settings in the bios and I have about worn out my clear CMOS jumper. It doesn’t look like there is any core magic in my 720 but it’s still a good 720.

I would like to hear from someone with an M3A79-T Deluxe that has the fourth core unlocked. The one that Sxs112 had shown on the first page of this post is the only one I am aware of although there are undoubtedly more by now. I wonder which motherboard has had the greatest success rate for unlocking the fourth core?

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@ getfeus
does it directly hang up after starting Prime large FFTs?

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yes. directly hang uped.

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yes. directly hang uped.

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It seems everybody has the same problem with the beta bios. I will get an ASRock AOD790gx these days and after testeing, I will report, if the CPU or the beta Bios was the fault.

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Originally Posted by theoldtimer

I wonder which motherboard has had the greatest success rate for unlocking the fourth core?

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I think its all about what Cpu u got. All motherboards should have about the same chance of unlocking the forth core.

I have an Asus M4A78T-E and a 720BE 0904CPMW that i'll try to unlock as soon as i get my new memory's back from a RMA.

// Emil

Works great with Asus M4A79 Deluxe and Phenom II X3 720 BE (week 51):

http://plaza.fi/s/f/editor/attachmen...ench_x3_4c.png

- Every motherboard with SB750 and ACC are able to unlock 4th core..
- ..with proper BIOS (like the ones for Asus boards in this thread)
- It's just a matter of CPU if 4th core can or cannot be enabled

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Yeah CrazyHorse I’ve tried many different settings in the bios and I have about worn out my clear CMOS jumper. It doesn’t look like there is any core magic in my 720 but it’s still a good 720.

I would like to hear from someone with an M3A79-T Deluxe that has the fourth core unlocked. The one that Sxs112 had shown on the first page of this post is the only one I am aware of although there are undoubtedly more by now. I wonder which motherboard has had the greatest success rate for unlocking the fourth core?

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M3A79-T Deluxe is where it all started, possibly :p (/me waves at AMD, hint, hint). On mine with 0703 bios all I need to do is enable ACC, all core or per core, it doesn't matter - iirc Auto works too. The only thing to double check is that at least one core has an ACC correction of something other than 0 eg.

core1 = 0, core2 = 0, core3 = 0, core4 = 0 does NOT unlock my 4th core.

core1 = 0, core2 = 0, core3 = -2, core4 = 0 or any combination that does not set all = 0 does unlock my 4th core.

Also, I have never had to clear my CMOS. "Press F1 CPU has changed" is as bad as it gets for me.

CrazyHorse, theOne, Sampsa and ecat thanks for the reply. My processor # is 0904 DPAW which may be meaningless in the grand scheme of unlocking the fourth core. I am starting to believe that it just has to do more with the luck of the draw rather than anything else. Based on your posts and what I have read on several web sites differently dated 720’s are running on four cores on a variety of motherboards.
I have tried every Asus bios for the M3A79-T Deluxe along with the mod bios in this thread although I haven’t tried every setting combination with every bios version. Ecat I may flash 0703 again today and make sure I have tried your ACC core settings. I may have reached a dead end toward unlocking my 720’s fourth core with this combination with hardware. I’m glad most of you have the fourth core unlocked in your 720 though and thanks again for the replies.

mod bios does not work by me ( X3 720 0851FPBW + M3A78-T ). It can boot up with 4th core and enter Vista x64 but hanged up when I open my browser!
Now I am even thinking about change to another 790gx mobo, gigabyte or foxconn A7DA-S.

ASUS ALL MOD BIOS Can run Phenom II X4 810 4MB @ 6MB

Does enabling 6MB make use of ACC as well?

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Originally Posted by blindbox

Does enabling 6MB make use of ACC as well?

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I will ascertain tomorrow

Dear blindbox

by ACC auto mode is ok

will the m3a78-t bios be debuged in future?

is this bios mod possible on other boards? the ones also using the ami type? any help would be much greatly appreciated.

Please help me! Will any X3 720 work to unlock the 4th core? When not witch dates of build? I 've read the 04/09. Are there more of them?
I also want to buy a MB who works with DDR3 Ram. Witch motherboard do you prefer?

@sxs112 do u mean the X4 810 will work the L3 wtih 6MB? how will it happens?

M4A78T-E & 720BE @ 4cores working OK, thanks sxs112:

Had some issues enabling it, then i figured it out that ACC must be set to 0% / 0 % / 0% / -2% !

http://www.shrani.si/f/y/NE/3XsEjT58/biosunlock.png

Wonder if these bios will help out with the 7750? into a Quad Core

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@sxs112 do u mean the X4 810 will work the L3 wtih 6MB? how will it happens?

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By Auto mode :D

This thread BIOS All Can

Phenom II X3 @ Phenom II X4
810 4MB @6MB
7750 @ Quad-Core

So long as your CPU may

Running M4A79 with bios 1303 trying to downgrade to the beta bios for this mobo, just wont let me telling me this version is older than the board.....

Any help on what I can do to downgrade bios, trying the 7750

Thanks

can you mod some newer bioses to do it too. for some reason i can't clock the cpu/nb with the multi now. only HT and it only does around 230.

I have tried the mod-bios for my M4A78T-E now and cant get it to work at all.
I can get into bios and test different setting then push "Save and Exit".
When i push that the computer restarts with a reseted bios and i have to push F1 to enter bios again or F2 to Load default settings. ( Which the bios itself allready did )
Looks like i cant change anything in bois without it resetting itself directly upon restart.

// Emil

sxs112 can you mod this bios http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_I...nrb&templete=2 (1402 this very stable ),sorry bad english

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Originally Posted by ptys

sxs112 can you mod this bios http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_I...nrb&templete=2 (1402 this very stable ),sorry bad english

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my friend only mod one bios ，Sorry

Is it good for bough M4A79T Deluxe Rev1.01G and Rev1.02G
I have the Rev. 1,02G and bios start shows 4 cores, but everything in windows shows only 3 cores.

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Originally Posted by HondaGuy

Running M4A79 with bios 1303 trying to downgrade to the beta bios for this mobo, just wont let me telling me this version is older than the board.....

Any help on what I can do to downgrade bios, trying the 7750

Thanks

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I presume you used /f to force it, correct?

http://www.biosflash.com/e/bios-update-howto.htm
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mai...os-update.html

hi, i'm wondering if Asus M4A78-EM can unlock 4th core?

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Originally Posted by THE JEW (RaVeN)

I presume you used /f to force it, correct?

http://www.biosflash.com/e/bios-update-howto.htm
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mai...os-update.html

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wtf? the bios for these boards is AMI, not Award :slapass:

also, the AMI flash utility supplied on the asus website doesn't seem to support forced flashing. The generic one you can get off AMI's website does have more options you can use, but I don't think there's a parameter "/F" at all.

E: the generic afudos.exe gives the error message "BIOS does not support AFU". Guessing the flasher doesn't support this type of ROM for some reason

E2: actually, it's not surprising that the AFUDOS found on AMI's website doesn't work: it's way too new. Going to try an older version

So. Who has a working flasher?

E3: Success! AFUDOS 2.19 flashes it to the older version without any problems. Found here: http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/flash/AFUDOS219.zip

E4: Seems to be working. So far the only complaint is that it takes incredibly long to POST because it can't load "Express Gate" for some reason. Fixed by disabling Express Gate. What the hell is Express Gate, anyway?

E5: 4th core is stable. I'm now the proud owner of "AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 20"

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Originally Posted by iddqd

wtf? the bios for these boards is AMI, not Award :slapass:

also, the AMI flash utility supplied on the asus website doesn't seem to support forced flashing. The generic one you can get off AMI's website does have more options you can use, but I don't think there's a parameter "/F" at all.

E: the generic afudos.exe gives the error message "BIOS does not support AFU". Guessing the flasher doesn't support this type of ROM for some reason

E2: actually, it's not surprising that the AFUDOS found on AMI's website doesn't work: it's way too new. Going to try an older version

So. Who has a working flasher?


E3: Success! AFUDOS 2.19 flashes it to the older version without any problems. Found here: http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/flash/AFUDOS219.zip

E4: Seems to be working. So far the only complaint is that it takes incredibly long to POST because it can't load "Express Gate" for some reason. Fixed by disabling Express Gate. What the hell is Express Gate, anyway?

E5: 4th core is stable. I'm now the proud owner of "AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 20"

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Huh the GIGA uses AWARD i thought...

ASUS M4A 79 USES AMI ...............And if you use / F that works for Award not AMI.


So if you have AMI the comand is .........../ P B N C using the older AFUDOS

ok now that I got it working, what do you guys use to measure CPU temps? I've tried CoreTemp and RealTemp so far, and neither of those even support PIIs. AMD Overdrive just shows -256C for all temps.

thanks!
VVVV

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ok now that I got it working, what do you guys use to measure CPU temps? I've tried CoreTemp and RealTemp so far, and neither of those even support PIIs. AMD Overdrive just shows -256C for all temps.

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HWmonitor............Read TMPIN0 for Mobo temps.
..........................Read TMPIN1 for overall core temp(CPU).
..........................Read TMPIN2 ? not shure but may be secondary reading for CPU.


The new Everest ,,
This will show you CPU Temp under Overclcoking(SENSOR).

The cores will read Zero , but toward the Top youll see (CPU)..that reads correct.


Voltages are correct for me in both while locked or Unlocked.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...ockingMODE.jpg

Any new bios coming out soon? lol,,,,for M4A79

M3A76-CM anyone?

ASUS M4N78. Does someone have a beta bios or a link where can I find it to unlock my x3 720. TY

Bios for M4A78-VM would be more than great.

Anyone alive on this thread? Are there any tutorials how to mod bios for this case?

having strange issues with this setup
M4A78T-E (with mod bios)
PII X3 720 BE
this RAM

it seems to be getting less and less stable over time.

I was running it at at 2.8 ghz @ stock voltage for a couple weeks, with ram set to the 1600 mhz divider (@ 8-8-8-24, 2.0Vdimm). Notice how this ram is rated at DDR1800 9-9-9-24, 1.9Vdimm. In the beginning, it was memtest86+ and prime stable. A couple weeks later, it corrupted the hard drive. And fails to POST.

Turns out that one of the memory sticks is defective (errors in memtest86+ now at pretty much any frequency). Strange.. Anyway, Now with only 3 sticks it has cold booting issues. If it does actually POST, it's pretty stable. Although there's no way I can get it to POST with the 1600mhz divider now. It sort of works with the 1333mhz divider. Now, I need to up the voltage on the CPU to 1.375 (from 1.325) to even get it to POST 1/2 the time. Should I RMA the board? Is there another AM3 DDR3 board I should try? It's still failing to POST half the time. If this goes on, it will eventually not POST at all.

E: also, using the 1600mhz divider results in a cryptic DQS error. Anyone else getting this?

What with it being summer and all... have your ambient temps increased by any chance?

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What with it being summer and all... have your ambient temps increased by any chance?

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doubt it. air conditioning and all..

Hello, first sorry because my bad English :-(
I need big help; wich is mod BIOS for ASUS M3N72-D motherboard.
The last BIOS is "M3N72-D BIOS 1301". This MoBo don't support NVCC option in BIOS for unlocking CPUs.
I have X4 620 (CACYC AC 0931EPMW) wich is "unlockable"(L3).
Other MoBos with nVidia 750a SLI chipset support NVCC (OK, not all MoBos, but a few).

Thanks

what about crosshair III?

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what about crosshair III?

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Asus refines AMD core unlocking