AOpen 915GM" Alviso" i915GMm-HFS MainBoard

The AOpen 2005/1/19, issued Intel the 915GM embarkation "i915GMm-HFS" the MB prearranges in late March sells, the selling price is undecided.

I915GMm-HFS, uses Intel 915GM MicroATX, FSB 533MHz Dothan Pentium M use

http://pcweb.mycom.co.jp/news/2005/01/19/008al.jpg
i915GMm-HFS

http://pcweb.mycom.co.jp/news/2005/01/19/008cl.jpg
supports DDR and DDRII

http://pcweb.mycom.co.jp/news/2005/01/19/008dl.jpg
expands the slot to support PCI-Express x16×1, PCI×2, PCI-Express x1×1

http://pcweb.mycom.co.jp/news/2005/01/19/008bl.jpg
outputs

Information

mmmmmm..... yummy.
Will it be backwards compatible with 400fsb Dothans?? I'd think so.....


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:cool:

really nice, maybe next investment?:)

Thats a lot of gfx inputs/outputs there :slobber:

They shouldn't have given up the P4 mounting tho :(

dual channel?

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Originally Posted by Franky 4 Finger

dual channel?

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The chipset should support it, as should Alviso, so i'd think so :)

i think i just wet'meself.
but late march? oh come on... how about late january. that'd suit me just fine :D

also, does anyone else think it's ironic that the chipset cooler is so much bigger than the cpu-socket and almost uses the same space a normal p4 hs would use? lollinger at that.

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

"Holy mother of all gods".......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just got my self a hardon.... :D :D

This is just beautiful..I was about to give on dothans...but I might just stick with it for a while.

I guess I'll be waiting even longer to build my Dothan system... I've got this chip just waiting, but no board.

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Originally Posted by b|gf|sh

They shouldn't have given up the P4 mounting tho :(

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2nd that :(

none the less, maybe it's time to shift towards DDR II and PCIe :cool:

March ARGH!!!! CANT......WAIT.....ANY.....LONGER

:D

There's a distinct lack of legacy ports on that board. Not that I mind.

march? too long....

but one thing i'm not sure of is whether this board supports OC =)....as it is, it'll make as a good quiet and very flexible small form factor system.....

If that really is a RGB output. i think im in love.

It supports dual channel ddr2 for sure, but what about ddr1?

After some research, it does appear the GMA 900 (intel integrated graphic solution) supports up to 720p resolutions, thus it will be able to drive a hdtv

http://www.viperlair.com/articles/te.../925x/p2.shtml

Now, if that board includes the gma900, it would make one sweet quiet and small HTPC

Who here reads Japanese?

So dual channel ddr2 but not ddr1?


Gritty google translation:

I915gMm-HFS

A open Japan announced on the 19th, from the same day Intel the MicrocAtx motherboard " i915gMm-HFS " which loads the 915GM tip/chip set which is announced is sold from March first third. Price is undecided.

The tip/chip set where the 915GM tip/chip set which was called in the development code name " of the Alviso " corresponds to the Pentium M of the FSB400MHz or the 533mHz, adopts PCI Express bus architecture. Same as 915 series tip/chip sets for the Pentium 4, PCI Express x16 video card, DDR2 memory and high * デフィニション * audio et cetera available.

With the i915gMm-HFS, it has 2 the both memory socket of the DDR and the DDR2 2 can use each memory respectively. In this case, when using DDR2 memory only, it operates with dual channel connection. As for graphic function 915GM built-in?, installing the video card in the PCI Express x16 slot, it utilizes. The ICH6M is used in the southern bridge, the PCI Express x1 slot 1, the PCI slot 2, serial ATA II is prepared 4 ports, the IDE (the ATA100) channel 1. In addition, being onboard, also the IEEE1394 has.


DDR and DDR2 both slot equipment


As for extended slot PCI Express x16 and x1, 1 at a time PCI 2

That especially it is unique, in the display output part of the back panel, the DVI-I and the component (the Y/Pb/Pr), the D terminal (at present time as for the corresponding range is unclear) it is prepared in addition to the orthodox analog RGB. Because heat generation is small relatively, it adjusts to the Pentium M which, can make the CPU cooler quiet as a PC for the media server who is connected to the television and the like of the living it has become the constitution which it is easy to use.

In back panel many display output line ぶ

Product which adopts 855GME tip/chip set " i855gMEm-LFS " similar and the CPU cooler are done same company original ones bundled until recently. Also the SpeedStep utility which can set the operational clock and the like on the Windows belongs.

ok judging from that translation only when ddr2 is used will we be able to run dual channel. ddr1 will still be single channel.. anyway nice board and especially nice for small silent multimedia stations.

so is this thing dual channel?

it should be, I mean, it's a 915 chipset.
but, it's such a hybrid already that I am just guessing...

It is dual channel, but I'm not sure if it just the ddr2 or not.

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With the i915gMm-HFS, it has 2 the both memory socket of the DDR and the DDR2 2 can use each memory respectively. In this case, when using DDR2 memory only, it operates with dual channel connection.

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Thats from my post just above. That was using googles translation, beta.
Anyone read japanese?

info from THG also says that 915GM/PM support dualchan ddrII-400/533 and single chan ddrII-400/ddr333
but weird that according to thg, only 915PM has pciex 16x while other 2 have not.
clearly this isnt the case, because aopen mobo has 915gm chipset and pciex slot..

i'm in love with the rgb port....

it's got a dvi port too

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba...mage/nhfs1.jpg
i915GMm-HFS

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba...mage/nhfs2.jpg
output

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba...mage/nhfs3.jpg
ICH6-M

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba...mage/nhfs4.jpg
SPEC

□i915GMm-HFS（AOpen）
http://aopen.jp/products/mb/i915gmm-hfs.html
http://aopen.jp/company/news/2005/i915gmm-hfs.html
□Centrino/Intel 915GM Express
http://www.intel.co.jp/jp/products/notebook/centrino/
http://www.intel.co.jp/jp/developer/...bile/915gm.htm

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Originally Posted by sxs112

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba...mage/nhfs1.jpg
i915GMm-HFS

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba...mage/nhfs2.jpg
output

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba...mage/nhfs3.jpg
ICH6-M

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba...mage/nhfs4.jpg
SPEC

□i915GMm-HFS（AOpen）
http://aopen.jp/products/mb/i915gmm-hfs.html
http://aopen.jp/company/news/2005/i915gmm-hfs.html
□Centrino/Intel 915GM Express
http://www.intel.co.jp/jp/products/notebook/centrino/
http://www.intel.co.jp/jp/developer/...bile/915gm.htm

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any idea when its due for release?

it's written in the very first post here.

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Originally Posted by gkiing

it's got a dvi port too

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...it's got nearly every available video port conceivable HDMI, RCA, DVI, VGA, S-Video. Too bad it's all for crappy onboard vid. ;)

Yay for DDR1 support!

Damned shame about the loss of the P4 heatsink mounting. No es bueno. You really could move that northbridge cooler over... :p:

Intel sure does make feature-rich boards though. I wonder if the memory slots will cause any conflict with an ARIA PSU.

Wonder if this chipset has the same limitation like the other Intel 900 series... 10% overclock and system crashes and resets frequency :mad:
Several manufactures done something about it and made 25% overclock reachable, but still - non of them managed to lock the PCI-E frequency... only manipulate it wich got Abit to ~260-265 MHz FSB and Asus to ~275-280MHz FSB (remember 200MHz is default - Dothan is 133MHz so 25% would be a max FSB of 166MHz).

Looking forward to se what Alviso does.. it's a major step ahead for the Dothan to be a workstation alternative. Still needs hyper-threading though, but Yonah should have that (dual core Dothan:))

Another thing... just saw that the board only supports dual channel when using DDR2, but on the brigth side I don't think that asynchronous FSB:RAM ratios are neccerssary anymore now it gets the bandwidth it needs. So considering the Dothan is a 133MHz FSB and FSB migth only be overclockeable to 166-200MHz, then DDR2 running synchronously with the lowest timings (3-2-2-8?) can't be that expensive. A good pair of value PC4200/5300 will proberly do it :)

Hey,

Sexy board :D

Forgive my ignorance, but what are the R/G/B ports, and the small connector underneath it?

Cheers,

Suman

apoen > dfi for now.. the newer dfi board doesnt have dual channel and lacks all those nice video outputs.

Most people say dual channel only in DDR2 but VR says DC for both? they are mistaken?

http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=1659&s=1

looks promising.
But if they're going to use DDR2, I'd hope they have dividers to take advantage of it. You really need like a 1:2 divider, so 166 will give DDR666...... and then use some of that sweet OCZ stuff that runs 3-2-2

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Originally Posted by sumang007

Forgive my ignorance, but what are the R/G/B ports, and the small connector underneath it?

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They're video outputs. RGB component and the small one is HDMI (used in projectors)

Maybe i'm missing something, but since when has the japanese-only "D-Terminal" - an analogue video only output - become one and the same as HDMI (digital audio and video output)?

I'm seeing forum after website after forum referring to it as a HDMI socket... but the press release and photos show a D-Terminal (which, fair enough, does look very similar)...

I have to presume that the D-Terminal is on there for the same reason it exists on the Gamecube Q (made by Panasonic); because Japanese TV's - particulary HDTVs, were sold primarily with D-Terminals, not component outputs. In the USA/Europe regions, component is now very popular though. D-Terminal never really made it across the sea.

On a slightly different note, i too hope they have fixed the quite awful 915G/915P lock problem with the pci express slot, otherwise there will be some really disappointed Dothan owners who have waited 2-3 months for nothing :(

with dual channel does this mean that the dothans will benift more from the timmings on ram rather than the mhz

I don't think the coax ports are RGB - it says they are component - which is good but not as good as RGB... And practically no use in the UK (and the rest of europe?)... The reference to "the orthodox analog RGB" is just the normal VGA (DSUB) AFAIK. Still - the best thing to do is to buy an LCD / plasma TV with a DVI connector anyway ;)

when is someone going to release a setfsb/clockgen for the 915?! I just bougth a Sony Vaio which uses 915GM qnd wanna clock the sucker

the non-P4 heatsink is a huge downfall, I'll probably hold out for DFI's 915 Board.

i want a better cpu posisiton. and sata
a good heatsink or phasechange would interfere with a nvidia gfx card

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Originally Posted by charlie

looks promising.
But if they're going to use DDR2, I'd hope they have dividers to take advantage of it. You really need like a 1:2 divider, so 166 will give DDR666...... and then use some of that sweet OCZ stuff that runs 3-2-2

C

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Is async memory that is higher than the FSB really beneficial? I know the nForce2 had that and it didnt seem to help much.

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Originally Posted by vapb400

the non-P4 heatsink is a huge downfall, I'll probably hold out for DFI's 915 Board.

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yeah, me too

imagine a p-m oc'd with an x800xl :slobber:

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Originally Posted by reject

i want a better cpu posisiton. and sata

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Aren't 4 SATA ports enough? Totally agree about the CPU positioning though... seems like they switched the CPU socket and NB around :confused:

Suman

is this out yet? Where can i get it?

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is this out yet? Where can i get it?

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May apparently - according to Tom's

where do you have a link? I think I saw this motherboard on the american aopen site.

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Originally Posted by cirthix

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the non-P4 heatsink is a huge downfall, I'll probably hold out for DFI's 915 Board.

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yeah, me too

imagine a p-m oc'd with an x800xl :slobber:

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When is THIS board coming out?

God, that looks awesome.

If DFI makes a similar chipset with the standard P4 lugs Im going for that. Plus to be honest Aopen flat out sux.

why is xtremesystems drooling over a HTPC board?

you guys are WAY too caught up in this dothan fever

sure, gaming performance is promising, but...i mean c'mon guys, there are like two desktop boards that simply aren't very good for desktop use and dothans are still an arm and a leg

when is this board coming out.. its killing me waiting!!!

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Originally Posted by snowwie

why is xtremesystems drooling over a HTPC board?

you guys are WAY too caught up in this dothan fever

sure, gaming performance is promising, but...i mean c'mon guys, there are like two desktop boards that simply aren't very good for desktop use and dothans are still an arm and a leg

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with the asus ct479, the boards wont be so expensive, and the chips have just had (or will have) a price cut (soon), so the price will come down a LOT in the coming month and a half :)

the msrp of the aopen board is $300

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Originally Posted by cirthix

with the asus ct479, the boards wont be so expensive, and the chips have just had (or will have) a price cut (soon), so the price will come down a LOT in the coming month and a half :)

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That isin't an option, because the asus adapter won't let you set the vcore and will be hell to install another heatsink onto (other than the factory provided one with the adapter).

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Originally Posted by gkiing

That isin't an option, because the asus adapter won't let you set the vcore and will be hell to install another heatsink onto (other than the factory provided one with the adapter).

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m8 I suggest that you read the LegitReview´s article again WITH the update...if you haven´t read it allready, that is. ;) ;)

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Originally Posted by Naughtyboy

m8 I suggest that you read the LegitReview´s article again WITH the update...if you haven´t read it allready, that is. ;) ;)

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i'll get right on it.. hopefully report back with good news.

edit: read the review, "All of these programs that Franck created work fine on our test bed and allowed us to do everything we wanted, but up the vCore of the processor."

looks like there is still no manual control for the vcore on the adapter :(

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Originally Posted by gkiing

i'll get right on it.. hopefully report back with good news.

edit: read the review, "All of these programs that Franck created work fine on our test bed and allowed us to do everything we wanted, but up the vCore of the processor."

looks like there is still no manual control for the vcore on the adapter :(

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Did you really read both articels on LegitReview..????
THIS for example..???

Or this:

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Originally Posted by Apoptosis

UPDATE: A few hours after posting our article ASUS-USA delivered a Beta BIOS to us. They have filled every overclockers dreams with Voltages all the way up to 1.95V. The BIOS also improved graphics performance a ton! We will be updating the rest of the review today with the benchmark results from the latest BIOS. ASUS really pulled one off for the enthusiast community with this BIOS release.

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:D :D :D :D :D :D :D

But I still think that the little board has killer multimedia abilities.

Indeed! I'm looking forward to it :D

Perhaps http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=22222 could explain why this board is taking a little longer to reach availability?

ah ha that would explain why i guess :)

I got mine today. I can't test it, since my processor hasn't arrived yet. The DFP Port is missing. I hope I get my CPU (1,86 GHz Pentium M) on Monday. I'll do some tests then using DDR1 and DDR2...

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Originally Posted by Thcm

I got mine today. I can't test it, since my processor hasn't arrived yet. The DFP Port is missing. I hope I get my CPU (1,86 GHz Pentium M) on Monday. I'll do some tests then using DDR1 and DDR2...

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Nice one :cool:

Where did you buy / acquire that? ;)

Also, layout/specs any different to the board sxs112 showed us?

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Originally Posted by Thcm

I got mine today. I can't test it, since my processor hasn't arrived yet. The DFP Port is missing. I hope I get my CPU (1,86 GHz Pentium M) on Monday. I'll do some tests then using DDR1 and DDR2...

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YAY!! Finally someone on XS has one! Where'd you get it?? Looking forward to your tests :slobber: .

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Is async memory that is higher than the FSB really beneficial? I know the nForce2 had that and it didnt seem to help much.

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NF2 is probably the only chipset which doesn't gain from running RAM clock higher than FSB clock.

where'd you get it???

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Originally Posted by b|gf|sh

Nice one :cool:

Where did you buy / acquire that? ;)

Also, layout/specs any different to the board sxs112 showed us?

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When I look at the mobo I see 2 remarkable diffrences with the the images that sxs112 has posted.
+The SouthBridge is equipped with that fancy "Aopen" HS (the one that was on the NB of the i855gmem-lfs) :)
-on my board the HDMI connector was missing :( (the one under the components (G/B/R) and right of the s-video), whatabout you Thcm?

A glimpse of bios-setting in the manual
-I couldn't find any divider options :(, only "System Memory Frequency": DDR 333Mhz/DDRII 400Mhz/DDRII 533Mhz. Is that the new divider option? Sounds like Chinese to me (Although I am Chinese :D)
-Couldn't find the lock setting either (PCI/PCI-e whatsoever) :stick:. Does it lock automaticly? Or there is no need for a lock (I'm new to PCI-E :))
+I see a cool feature. You can adjust the NB voltage :). I hope that works.
-But still no Vdimm adjustement :rolleyes:

I can't fire it up, cos I sold my i855 setup and my friend still hasn't returned my 2 banana CPU's (banias :banana:)

I hope I won't regret this purchase, and live up my expectations (I was very happy with my previous setup :))

Stuff I have to buy :D:
-new dothan CPU :P (400/533, still don't know)
-some DDRII with Micron chips :) (does any one know which sticks has thos "Micron D9" IC's ?)
-pci-E vga card :D (my first one, any suggestions?)

hhmm, no vdimm options again? Maybe there's a new bios out, have you checked if there's a new one out? I've been waiting for this board for a while too now, hopefully it won't be dissappointing.

BTW, where'd you get your board from vegeta?

I got mine from www.wave-computer.de, but they only sell to reseller. You can order it here: http://www3.alternate.de/html/shop/s...=147&cat3=000&

Layout seems to be nearly the same. The southbridge has also a passive heatsink. Only the DFP-Connector under the YUV-Output is missing, but I think it's only interessting for people in Japan, because it's not compatible to HDMI.

Perhaps I steal a processor from my notebook and do some tests this weekend!

please do!

aopen 915 did't have a fix pci-e.
i can't boot whit more fsb as 163. :mad:
aopen 915 = nothing for oc!!!

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Originally Posted by Bogi

aopen 915 did't have a fix pci-e.
i can't boot whit more fsb as 163. :mad:
aopen 915 = nothing for oc!!!

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:mad:
That just sucks. What to do now? Wait for DFI?

Awwww... man! Deja-Vu ALL OVER AGAIN!!!!!

C

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Originally Posted by macci

NF2 is probably the only chipset which doesn't gain from running RAM clock higher than FSB clock.

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actually, my Abit AS8 here is completly useless if I try to run the 4:5 ram ratio. does absolutly nothing... even gets lower overall bandwidth, in memtest 86, and does nothing when testing sisoft sandra, or 3dmark2001se lobby tests...

extremely disappointing in that sense.
the 4:5 feature of my AS8 is a phantom feature, I tried it with bios 10,15,16 and 17... no bios made a difference.

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Originally Posted by vegeta

-I couldn't find any divider options :(, only "System Memory Frequency": DDR 333Mhz/DDRII 400Mhz/DDRII 533Mhz. Is that the new divider option? Sounds like Chinese to me (Although I am Chinese :D)
-Couldn't find the lock setting either (PCI/PCI-e whatsoever) :stick:. Does it lock automaticly? Or there is no need for a lock (I'm new to PCI-E :))
+I see a cool feature. You can adjust the NB voltage :). I hope that works.
-But still no Vdimm adjustement :rolleyes:


-new dothan CPU :P (400/533, still don't know)
-some DDRII with Micron chips :) (does any one know which sticks has thos "Micron D9" IC's ?)
-pci-E vga card :D (my first one, any suggestions?)

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ah I knew you had the new Aopen :D You have to response faster on madshrimps :stick: :p

the 333/400/533 is indeed the ram divider, asus uses this method already for quite some time

get a 533 fsb dothan, they have a newer stepping and they oc better both MHz and fsb wise (X68-secret compared a 400fsb dothan to a 533fsb dothan)

I know Corsair CM2X512A-5400UL have those Micron D9 chips : http://www.legitreviews.com/article.php?aid=187&pid=2
and I might offcourse be wrong but I'm guessing that the OCZ ddr2 EB's also use these same chips...


now tell me, where did you get that board? :D

so what will be better that aopen board or asus adapter that one day may work with p4c800,

I am looking forward to anthing that supports pentium and overclocks well

Anyone been able to overclock this board yet? whether or not it does or not is a big part in my decision of buying it or not. I really hope it will, after waiting for so long, it'd be such a big dissappointment :( .

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Anyone been able to overclock this board yet? whether or not it does or not is a big part in my decision of buying it or not. I really hope it will, after waiting for so long, it'd be such a big dissappointment :( .

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Till now I'm dissapointed if it comes to OC abilities :( (hopely it will be fixed in the future).
Actually I wish I still that i855Gmem-LFS board :D.

If I were you. Wait a bit till the platform is mature.
Else buy an Aopen i855Gmem-LFS and a Dothan with 533Mhz busspeed :D ( a 2.13Ghz sounds nice :slobber: )

You guys knows newegg has it right:

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...137-061&DEPA=0

320$ =/

interesting... I have been checking the egg by sorting by socket for weeks... the neglected to put the socket in the board info so it doesn't show up when you search for socket 479 boards. Heh.

Thats a ridiculous RIDICULOUS price for a motherboard...

For that I could get a DFI NF4 SLI-DR AND a skt 939 A64... and that board can overclock...

The worst part about the price is that that means that they will not be dropping the price of the AOpen 855GME board... weak

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interesting... I have been checking the egg by sorting by socket for weeks... the neglected to put the socket in the board info so it doesn't show up when you search for socket 479 boards. Heh.

Thats a ridiculous RIDICULOUS price for a motherboard...

For that I could get a DFI NF4 SLI-DR AND a skt 939 A64... and that board can overclock...

The worst part about the price is that that means that they will not be dropping the price of the AOpen 855GME board... weak

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HAHA, I was doing the same thing! I would never see the board in the list of s479. Wow, I feel so stupid now, haha. Holy that's an expensive board, and from what vegeta was saying it doesn't have a great potential in oc. at least for now, maybe if they come out with new bios.

I am surprised that the i915gmm-hfs did not get any play here on this thread. After using this board for over sixty days I am extremely satisfied with the quality and features but with one exception. The heatsink (if you can even call it that), is junk. It fails to do the job it was designed for, keeping the stock 21-27watt M chip at a reasonable temperature.

The mounting holes that shipped with the board do not support any of the heatsinks that I want to use.

Is there a source for a custom heatsink vendor that could fabricate what I need?

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Originally Posted by mark4005

I am surprised that the i915gmm-hfs did not get any play here on this thread. After using this board for over sixty days I am extremely satisfied with the quality and features but with one exception. The heatsink (if you can even call it that), is junk. It fails to do the job it was designed for, keeping the stock 21-27watt M chip at a reasonable temperature.

The mounting holes that shipped with the board do not support any of the heatsinks that I want to use.

Is there a source for a custom heatsink vendor that could fabricate what I need?

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Overclocked or stock? I'm curious.
What about a custom heatsink? Measure the hole position and drill a good 6x6 copper heatsink, I believe everything over than 6x6 will not fit because of mobo component placement. This board has two ENORMOUS problems: price, and non-standard cpu cooling.

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Originally Posted by mark4005

I am surprised that the i915gmm-hfs did not get any play here on this thread. After using this board for over sixty days I am extremely satisfied with the quality and features but with one exception. The heatsink (if you can even call it that), is junk. It fails to do the job it was designed for, keeping the stock 21-27watt M chip at a reasonable temperature.

The mounting holes that shipped with the board do not support any of the heatsinks that I want to use.

Is there a source for a custom heatsink vendor that could fabricate what I need?

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Have you tried the new bios R1.08?
And are you using DDR1 or DDR2?

I've got one of these bad boys coming in soon. Will post results when I do.

:woot:

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Overclocked or stock? I'm curious.
What about a custom heatsink? Measure the hole position and drill a good 6x6 copper heatsink, I believe everything over than 6x6 will not fit because of mobo component placement. This board has two ENORMOUS problems: price, and non-standard cpu cooling.

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There is too much heat with the stock 1.5 ghz operation. 65-80 C if I leave the voltage at 1.34.

It overclocks to 2.0 ghz with the fsb jumper and is rock solid stable but the temps on the sink are above 85C which worries me. The bios I have been using lately is 1.07.

For every day use I run it at 1.66ghz (10x166fsb) with the voltage at 1.1v, (stable) with the 1.5mhz (715) chip. Occaisonally, the the fan on the heatsink will stop for no reason and the board alarms like crazy- drives me up the wall! If I didn't pay $285.00 for it (Computer HQ) I would crush the onboard speaker with a pliers and forget about it.

I have read a lot of squawking over the price of the board, and quite frankly you are paying for two things that you don't get by going with the cheezy adapter solution: avoiding any near term forklift because of the features that are supported, and the fact that this setup looks like the best HTPC platform you can buy for the price (without the convection spaceheater effect of a P4 in your living room).

Being able to buy the 715 or 725 chips for very low cost balances the higher motherboard price. I believe that the folks who shell out more on cpu's will often find themselves spending more. You always need a good board. The chips are the commodity. The main advantage for choosing the M on the desktop is the overclockability factor. An $85 1.5ghz chip performs at 2.0ghz perfectly for every day use. If somebody could help me identify a solid (small) permanent cooling solution, I suspect that I will be able to turn this chip up too much higher speeds for video editing.

Curiously, why does it seem that there is little to no interest in the DDR2 capabilities of this board? I really like not having to be concerned about the memory divider. Using 667 OCZ memory I select 166FSB and I experience no issues. Once the cooling issue is tackled, I want to run it at 15x166 to see if it is stable for every day use.

Please accept my apologies for the rant!

Hi, last friday i got my motherboard, 1x1024 apacer ddr2 533(Samsung chip) and 725(16x100), with 1.3V i got solid 2.25Ghz. After wiretrick(1.55V) 2.5Ghz solid(16x156), but after 156 FSB integrated lan dissapeared :), no any difference when i rised northbridge-voltages from 1.0->1.5.
I send some pics later today when i get second memory.

Jolly, lock the PCI to 33Mhz...

Hmm how i can lock pci ? There is no such thing in bios. Now with 2x1024 ddr2 integrated vga freaked out 156x16, 150x16 runs smoothly, Cpuz validation

Jolly,

What are you using for cooling on this board? I am looking for solutions that are permanent. My board gets too hot at 1.34v and 2ghz to use the supplied fan, although I was able to reliably install XP and video software. I clocked it back after I saw 90 degrees C in BIOS.

News Article from DigiTimes related to Alviso:

Chipset shortage and falling prices to push Intel 915 platform to mainstream

Charles Chou, Taipei; Jessie Shen, DigiTimes.com [Thursday 7 July 2005]

According to sources in the motherboard industry, Intel’s 915 platform may become the mainstream motherboard platform this quarter, as the FOB (free on board) price of 915-based motherboards is expected to fall below US$80.

Demand may be further stimulated if the price of PCI Express graphics cards also fall this quarter, the sources added.

However, another reason the 915 platform is moving to the mainstream is that a tight supply of 845 and 865 chipsets remains in the market, other sources indicated. Intel has backtracked on previous statements and admitted there is currently a shortage of the two chipset series, but the chip giant has informed its customers that the shortage, especially for the 865 series, will continue through the third quarter, the sources indicated.

Taiwan chipset vendors including Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS), VIA Technologies and ULi Electronics, have also benefited from the shortage, the sources noted.

http://www.ocforums.com/attachment.p...chmentid=41813

That was the best what I could on that aopen 915 board with stock vcore,

This Cpuz image was prime stable and did 33s in 1M super pi with ddr1

I was not impressed by the board becasue once I added pci express I started getting random freezes so I had to down clock it to 2.0

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Originally Posted by mark4005

Jolly,

What are you using for cooling on this board? I am looking for solutions that are permanent. My board gets too hot at 1.34v and 2ghz to use the supplied fan, although I was able to reliably install XP and video software. I clocked it back after I saw 90 degrees C in BIOS.

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Now i am running 2.13(16x133)with stockcooler. I am making modication to stock prescott-cooler(socket 775), in next week it will be ready. I send some pictures then :)

Edit: I lapped the heatsink, temperatures dropped about 7 celcius. Now 65-90 C

Thank you Jolly!

Can we now turn this thread a bit to focus on how owners of this board onto practical cooling solutions for this board?

I am very interested in a custom copper sink that will fit the board. Were do i find the closest match?

I guess I'm a little late on this one but here are my results:

After setting up watercooling on this board, I managed to OC my Dothan 760 (2GHz) to 2.7GHz, 24/7. It managed to boot to the bios at 2.9GHz (194*15) but no further.

Something interesting I noticed is differences in RAM. Sure this board cannot change vDIMM but good modules can overclock somewhat at 1.8v. The RAM I got for this board is Kingston's DDR2-533 1GB HyperX kit. For reference, I ran these modules stable at 628MHz (157*4) for a long time at 1.8v. With this RAM (at a 3x multiplier) I was able to boot with the FSB at 194, stable at 181. Lowering the CPU multiplier to 14x, the FSB would go up to 199, then the system locked in the bios. It would boot at 198, but take an extra 5-10s.

Trying a single module of my OCZ Platinum Rev2 DDR2-800, the system would lock in the bios whenever I raised FSB above ~176. This correlates to a DDR RAM speed of 528MHz. This leads me to wonder a couple things:
1. The Kingston modules are of much higher quality, being able to work overclocked at a really high FSB?
2. Any chance that the low frequency made the OCZ modules less compatible? I ran the these modules in this system just fine at 668MHz for a while.

Either way, this board is clearly not made for overclocking, as I was only able to get these FSB speeds with the on-board graphics. No PCIe locks here. Luckily there are PCI locks though:p:. Pretty decent for a system that's folding 24/7 now.

Anyone have any ideas on how I could squeeze a higher overclock?