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Bios 15
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I read abit forums and this bios S&$KS !
any change in bios and system won't boot ...
btw - vdimm can be raised in uGURU according to people there ...
really sucks~:mad:Quote:
Originally posted by S&M
I read abit forums and this bios S&$KS !
any change in bios and system won't boot ...
btw - vdimm can be raised in uGURU according to people there ...
choose any other dividers or locked mode will not boot!
And I also only have 2.8V Vdimm in both BIOS and uGuru(Newest version) :mad:
What the hell is going on? :stick:
I got my KV8PRO with my 3200+@220*10, RAM at CL2-2-2-5, DDR440, X800PRO at default, 3Dmakr01se = 25259 Win XP, it seems that your 3dmakr01se score is abnormally low.Quote:
Originally posted by impu|se
Kv8 Pro Bios 14
This is the bios with the supposed agp lock. So far it seems if you set the agp/pci lock option to anything other then default it locks the system, no boot. Also, the vdimm went from max 3.2 to max 2.8 :|
Looks like one killer bios, agp/pci settings lock the bios, less voltage options? Please throw in a kick to the sack and ill be a happy customer. Besides all this the kv8 pro is a good board, heres a x800 pro minimally overclocked with the kv8 pro
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7862466
I have some mushkin L2 that doesnt even doo 220 1:1 with 3.4 volts. I have to run it out of sync at ddr333. I get killed on all the bandwidth intensive benchmarks. It was just the best score I got out of running it 5 times, The x800 is only at 565/565(just breaking her in).
Yep it officially blows. Only the 6.2.1 ratio works, and max vdimm is 2.8, but you can change it to 3.2 with uFooro or whatever it's called. I think they need to edit the bios so the ratio reads:
6.2.1
maybe
it's
fuxed
Hey at least its something, Ill take it.Quote:
Originally posted by OcTC
Yep it officially blows. Only the 6.2.1 ratio works
I am working with Abit about this problem. I will keep you guys posted about this tomorrow.Quote:
Originally posted by impu|se
Hey at least its something, Ill take it.
A new version of uGuru will release tomorrow.
Oh! Do you think the CPU temp reading is abit too high with the 1.1 bios? Abit told me they fixed it with the 1.4 beta. Any comments on that? I found that it did lower the temp reading by 5 to 7 degrees C. I still find it a bit higher compared to other motherboards (eg. Gigabyte and Asus).
BTW, is it still BETA??
man - i just ordered this mobo - as i couldnt wait for nf3 250 mobo's to come out - I gave abit credit as my last abit mobo - AI7 - worked like a dream ...
now - dont get me wrong - i saw all the threads on abit forums - but i said - ah - it's all bios related ...
but now i see - from bios to bios - this mobo is loosing features ....
one of my main considerations when buying this mobo was 3.2V vdimm - now it gets down to 2.8 ?!
man - i am starting to be sorry not waiting for gigabyte mobo ....
Yes.Quote:
Originally posted by TinTin
BTW, is it still BETA??
Just give abit time. You are complaining about a beta bios. I have sent abit an e-mail and will wait for their reply tomorrow. I am sure they will fix the problems.Quote:
Originally posted by S&M
man - i just ordered this mobo - as i couldnt wait for nf3 250 mobo's to come out - I gave abit credit as my last abit mobo - AI7 - worked like a dream ...
now - dont get me wrong - i saw all the threads on abit forums - but i said - ah - it's all bios related ...
but now i see - from bios to bios - this mobo is loosing features ....
one of my main considerations when buying this mobo was 3.2V vdimm - now it gets down to 2.8 ?!
man - i am starting to be sorry not waiting for gigabyte mobo ....
The guy I spoke to said he managed to overclock the system at 270mhz fsb with the AGP/PCI lock.
I am sure the final bios will have DDR voltage up to 3.2V.
NP at all - mobo is not even here- but i can wait ....
Give abit somwe time they will get this issue fixed defenitely!!!! Then this will be the BEST sckt 754 board
It should have been working before they started selling the board. It's like going to a drive through and getting your napkins in the mail 2 weeks later.
I'd say it's more like getting your drinks in the mail two weeks later.Quote:
Originally posted by OcTC
It should have been working before they started selling the board. It's like going to a drive through and getting your napkins in the mail 2 weeks later.
I have sent Abit an e-mail. Waiting for their reply now.
Please guys... Post your comments about the new bios ASAP! I'll buy a nwe mobo soon, so i would like to now if the Abit is a good oc'er :confused: :banana: :stick: :toast:
Not without the lock it isn't. If you have a sata drive you can get to about 210htt before your drive disappears.
Abit released a new version of uGuru today.
ftp://ftp.abit.com.tw/pub/download/beta/uguru/KV8Pro/
See if it helps with the beta 1.4 bios released yesterday.
Abit gave me the link for the new uGuru yesterday and told me it will only be released today. I guess it has.
However, I still haven't received a reply from Abit regarding the problems.
Thanks for the info Manoj. Looks like the only thing that I can see this uGuru version fixed is a bug where it showed 0MHz for cpu frequency. Agp/pci ratio is still greyed out. Thanks.
noidster
hmm hope they will hurry op at Abit. I took almost 6month for them to solve the divider issue above 250fsb on the IC7-MaxII!!!!
Is there no other mobo that offers high vdimm?
I'm afraid not:stick:Quote:
Originally posted by rro
Is there no other mobo that offers high vdimm?
Bios 15 is available.
Multipliers are functional, locks/dividers are not.
http://www.bleedinedge.com/download/...ro/kv8p_15.zip
more info here,
http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread...6&pagenumber=4
One small step for abit. Lets hope the locks follow soon.
so does the agp pci lock work or not?
Quote:
Originally posted by Unknown Soldier
Bios 15 is available.
Multipliers are functional, locks/dividers are not.
HAHAHAHA!Quote:
Originally posted by OcTC
Not without the lock it isn't. If you have a sata drive you can get to about 210htt before your drive disappears.
I had the KV8-Max3. Prime stable running off a SATA drive at 225.
So there.
Bios 14 was used on the Anandtech review..the board hit 248fsb and showed 33MHZ on a PCI geiger at this speed.
if your board has the pro chipset and you have bios 14 or 15 installed the lock should work.
bigtoe, that sounds good, but can you trust 130% at that?
If you can, then i will buy the Abit, if they have fixed the problem with booting up at x9 on x10 cpu's ??
gut feeling,
Dont buy it.
Incidently,
Im told 13 was the bios used in Annands review, but it didnt work for me. So far I have tried 11, 13, 14, and 15. 15 seems best by virtue of its functional mutlipliers.
http://www.bleedinedge.com/download/bios/abit amd bios files/KV8 pro/KV8Pro13.zip
DOnt worry guys abit will have this fixed soon or else their really screwed. I am sure they got guys working on it. Just give them sometime.
I hope it will be fixed soon - else - this is my last experience with abit - just when i thought this company is starting to get things going well ....
What drive do you have? I'm running a Seagate, and when I go past 212 the bios doesn't even detect the hard drive during post - just get the message about nothing to boot from.Quote:
Originally posted by boshi
HAHAHAHA!
I had the KV8-Max3. Prime stable running off a SATA drive at 225.
So there.
I wont buy the ABit, i'll buy the new Soltek barebone w/nf3 250
Dont buy the Soltek either.
I have a gig of 3500 mushkin level 2 black.
It is spd programmed at 2,2,2,5.
My soltek nf3 150 wouldnt run trcd @ 3 and the bios didnt offer manual dram timings. There has been no bios release for the board yet. Totaly unstable with this ram without one.
Your luck may be better, but there are better options.
If you want a barebones Nf3 the chaintech vnf 250 looks to be the current front runner. Ive read it has manual ram timings and a new bios with multi's working.
so what to buy
Im not an expert, but my money is on NF3 250 untill shown a kick ass overclocking, fully lockable via board.
I want the 250 gb for its on board gigabit nic, because it features a hardware firewall and doesnt ride the pci bus.
The msi looks to have what I want, unless it suprises everyone and ends up being a pos. The epox also uses the onboard nic/firewall.
To be honest, any Abit board scares the scat out of me.
one WD 36GB raptor, and one seagate 120GB.Quote:
Originally posted by OcTC
What drive do you have? I'm running a Seagate, and when I go past 212 the bios doesn't even detect the hard drive during post - just get the message about nothing to boot from.
In fact, if my CPU and ram would have let me, it would get to windows at 233 FSB, it just wasnt prime stable.
Hmm now you have me wondering if I should pull one of my raptors from another board and try it on this one.
I think I'll be waiting for DFI NF3250/KT800Pro boards.
You can only rely on DFI fixing BIOS issues and giving us what WE want :D
Dang, I was really interested in trying one of these out. I imagine they'll get it sorted out , but what is with them dropping the vdimm to only 2.8v from 3.2? Come to think of it, why do all the A64 motherboard makers have only 2.8-2.9v max for vdimm?
I'm sure the reason is hidden in an X Files episode...Quote:
Originally posted by jhatfie
Dang, I was really interested in trying one of these out. I imagine they'll get it sorted out , but what is with them dropping the vdimm to only 2.8v from 3.2? Come to think of it, why do all the A64 motherboard makers have only 2.8-2.9v max for vdimm?
Maybe someone can edit that Kv8pro bios that we get 3.2 vmem back , or is it not so simple ?
I'd rather have the lock working - you can still get 3.2 volts for the ram in windows.
Over at Abit-USA's forum, "Abit Marketing" stated,
I personaly have applied for an RMA. I want to see one of the working boards he has. Many other people seem to be doing the same. If Abit takes care of this properly I will be impressed.Quote:
The boards that we have here are all working properly. For people that who are having issues with locking up after you change AGP/PCI lock or Multipliers, I would suggest you to contact our RMA department to replace the boards.
Linkage to Abit Marketing's statement.
ABIT Marketing
Administrator
Registered: Oct 2002
Location: California
Posts: 1487
The latest 14 BIOS can fully support multiplier adjustment in the BIOS as well as PCI/AGP Bus lock. We have found that if you change the multiplier in the BIOS and save, the system will lock and the post code shows F1. However if you power it down and power it back up the multiplier selection should stay.
The boards that we have here are all working properly. For people that who are having issues with locking up after you change AGP/PCI lock or Multipliers, I would suggest you to contact our RMA department to replace the boards.
woah, hold it there, which multiplier are they saying you can adjust?
I'm supposing it's the ram one or something. Would be too good to be true....
That is strange. All the guys I have asked about the 1.4 bios, have confirmed that the AGP/PCI lock doesn't work.Quote:
Originally posted by boshi
woah, hold it there, which multiplier are they saying you can adjust?
I'm supposing it's the ram one or something. Would be too good to be true....
Does this mean all of us have to send the board for RMA?
Abit is apparently preparing for a rather large RMA session.Quote:
Originally posted by Manoj
That is strange. All the guys I have asked about the 1.4 bios, have confirmed that the AGP/PCI lock doesn't work.
Does this mean all of us have to send the board for RMA?
All Athlon 64's should have multipliers unlocked downward from their stock setting (ie. 3200+ CH should have access to Multipliers 4-10).Quote:
Originally posted by boshi
woah, hold it there, which multiplier are they saying you can adjust?
I'm supposing it's the ram one or something. Would be too good to be true....
It seems that there are 2 versions of the board the old oneQuote:
Originally posted by saaya
so does the agp pci lock work or not?
http://users.pandora.be/cranox/abit/abitold.jpg
that have not an agp/pci lock
and the revision one
http://users.pandora.be/cranox/abit/abitnew.jpg
The lock seems to work ( i have not such a board )
Maybe someone can affirm this
Appears as though they anticipate a little more overclocking to be done with the revision 1 - judging from the active cooler. Mine looks like the top board, and the lock does not work, but I've managed to get it up to 250 with a pata hard drive. The sata drive just wouldn't work above 212.
I have the board with the working lock, hits 300FSB no problem, which is the limit, mine is the board with the passive heatsink.
Main problem is low VDDT/VBT voltage I think, mermory does not overclock as well.
The later BIOS reduces memory to 2.8v but the earlier UGURU lets you put it back up there to 3.2v.
Now need better memory to run 1:1 rather than 5:4 as it is a massive hit.
Regards
Andy
Hi there
I was thinking to order this mobo(abit kv8 pro) but can i be sure that i can use my 2x512 Corsair Xms 4000 memory at 1:1 at 260-280mhz?
Currently i have a Chaintech znf 250 but i Suxx big times, cant use 2x512 sticks(wont boot at 1:1 210-260mhz, only manage too boot when i set my memory at 133mhz ht3 "fsb 260"2600mhz
Thanks
thats probaly cause you´re using 2 x 512 modules.. and dont expect the kv8pro would go there at all..
bias_hjorth:
Pretty stock here, My Chaintech znf-250 wont boot at 1:1 200-270mhz, but if i set my memory at 133mhz theres no problem(really kills my performance)
So any suggestion for a new mobo?
which mobo are you using?
TinTin can you do me a favor and use SiSoft and do both CPU benches @ stock speed I have roughly the same setup as you and I'm getting roughly the same score as a P4 2.8 I'm scoring roughly a 8800 on 3DMARK03 with a X800 XT. Tried on 2 different MBs and same score. I have a 3000+ clawhammer but a newcastle on its way. I have no clue why my scores are so low. My friend tried my X800 XT on a P4 2.8 and scored a 12880.
Here is a link of my stuff with a 5900 Ultra and do I really only have a CPU score of 226?
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=2018314
Luckily, I have this old picture in my PC! :DQuote:
Originally posted by =[PULSAR]=
TinTin can you do me a favor and use SiSoft and do both CPU benches @ stock speed I have roughly the same setup as you and I'm getting roughly the same score as a P4 2.8 I'm scoring roughly a 8800 on 3DMARK03 with a X800 XT. Tried on 2 different MBs and same score. I have a 3000+ clawhammer but a newcastle on its way. I have no clue why my scores are so low. My friend tried my X800 XT on a P4 2.8 and scored a 12880.
Here is a link of my stuff with a 5900 Ultra and do I really only have a CPU score of 226?
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=2018314
I have taken my 3200+ (claw) and plug a 3400+ (NC)! I want a claw 3400+/3700+, but no stock in HK, and the distributor said, never 3700+ (claw) :mad:
Did you check the BIOS (see RAM freq, setting, DDR400??) and try to reinstall the windows? And follow the normal rules for installing drivers sequence?
Yea I check everything but still very bad scores, guess I will just have to wait till Friday and see if its a CPU problem.
Ahhh totally forgot to install the via 4in1 drivers boosted my scores 30%