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heres another review on a 4870. Doesn't seem bad

http://pcekspert.com/articles/622-3.html

ok theres 2 new beta bios for the K9A2. A7376AMS.121 and a new perf bios A7376AMS.P0D

Anyone try any of these?

Heya KTE,
Did you have any problems with the reset/power button on ur case not working with the K9A2? For some reason mine wont work and I know its not the case cuz i tried it with a old S939 mobo...

Ah havent tried hardware monitor, i'll give it a shot. What are you going to use/play around with after u sell the phenom? :p:

ah that stinks

BTW KTE,
does speedfan work with controlling your fans?

Yah, most companies just decided to not use the promise controller and switched to the JMB controller or something since its way less buggy. It took me 3 days to figure out wth was going on with my...

Nope no dedicated card, the MSI comes with 4 sata connectors that the SB600 controls and another 2 thats controlled by a Promise T3 controller which is a modified version of a promise fastrak...

I thought B3 samples are being released this week. Supposed to go retail around Jan-Feb

No clue, I'm using the Promise T3 controller on my K9A2 for Raid 1. I have my main 150gb Raptor on the SB600 controller and i cant access it if i switch the controller to raid. Also the Promise T3...

lol lucky. So far I got phenom to test and i can use it to replace a older S754 rig later if it doesnt work out. Was going to get something more permanent in Jan/Feb for my main rig so waiting to see...

yep im on 64-bit, 8gb ram which is why i cant really clock my ram any faster as im afraid its going to blow up :p:

So what are you going to get after u sell your phenom? Going to go with penryn?

heres my wprime at 2.64ghz. Vista business x64, 8gb ram, cpu 1.35v

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/817/264ghzwprimegq2.th.jpg

Edit: First pic was a tad small. Put a larger version up. I get...

hmm odd. my Wprime32m at 2.6ghz is 15.5s, i'd expect 2.7 to hit 15s or so.

heya KTE, what settings do you use for 2.7ghz?

lol yah. Been out of the loop when it comes to stability tests on multi cores. Only remember Superpi and prime95. Had to search on what the heck wprime was and i need to check what superprime is lol....

yah OCing this board is so weird, never overclocked this way before. Burn in huh, that would explain why after each reboot it BSODed less or took longer to, thats just so weird. After a few reboots...

lol ah, just switched to it. I can boot into windows for a little bit at 240HT but it crashes a bit after. I think its because i need to up the PCIE a bit but dont get a chance to. Wish they would...

Hey KTE,
i was wondering what bios u were using. Im using the 1.1 that was just released. Are you still using a beta bios? Which is the best so far that you've used?

Hi guys,
K i have a Phenom 9500 and MSI K9A2 (bios 1.1, is there a better bios to use?). Running Vista x64 and 8gb of ram. I tried OCing using stock volts at x7 HT/NB and 235HT, PCIE about 109 and...

hmm i dont have the option to change my DDR2 voltage. I'm using bios version 1.1 and theres a Memory Voltage selection in the options but its grayed out. Is that option only available in 113?
...

heya KTE,
what did u use to change ur DRAM voltage? OD?'

Have a Phenom 9500 and MSI K9A2 too. But i have 8gb of ram and running vista business x64 so hoping to get this junk to work :p

let us know how the beta bios works for u on the K9A2. I have one too but couldnt mount my thermalright Ultra 120 extreme because the backplate isnt the metal one. Hopefully getting a metal backplate...