680i + 8800 SLI = Sound problems -Confirmed!

[pentium777]

Has anyone else had experience of previous memory overclock from P20 bios and after BETA bios upgrade now the memory overclock fails? Also now with BETA bios I'm limited at 2.5v which is what I had it at before but I'm wondering if the vdimm is drooping now as I have 2.48v reporting.

I've had to resort to DDR2-1132 @ 5-5-5-15 2.2v, my previous overclock I could top out around 1200 @ 5-5-5-15 2.5v or run 1167 @ 4-4-4-12 2.5v

Ran 3dmarks06 for 10 hours straight (looped advanced version) and it was still running flawlessly. Only game I'm testing currently is BF2142 and I had it lock up on me last night where video froze but pressing power I heard windows shutdown music and PC actually shut off.

Any advice?

PS: I seems the BETA bios did correct the sound and SLI issue for me.

[kyleslater]

I'm not really one to be talking about this much... But as for the sound issues on an X-Fi card... I have had many instances of audio being like that if I did not use the CD drivers. And about 50% of the time a udate from the web makes the sound terrible. I know this is not the real issue. But I do know that with the X-FI well... Let's just say I'm not happy with Creative drivers

[X.T.R.E.M.E_ICE]

Unlike the sound problem, the reports of "ram dying" is simply scarce. Go to the evga forums and count the posts about the mobo killing ram.

I know you lost a stick, but unless you ran your voltage at 1.9v at all times, its hard to say what happened. In addition, even if your particular board is "bad" and did kill some ram, the reports of this occurence are so slim it appears to be an isolated problem.

there is 4 people with dead ram and 5 counting me. there is not a lot of reports yet because not every one overclocks there ram or uses expensive ram. You only run your system at stock so the is less chance of this happening to you.

[rick_fx]

there is 4 people with dead ram and 5 counting me. there is not a lot of reports yet because not every one overclocks there ram or uses expensive ram. You only run your system at stock so the is less chance of this happening to you.

What does using expensive ram have to do with anything?

Unless it becomes a widespread issue, it will remain user error
4 or 5 people isn't widespread.

[Zizzman]

The beta bios fixed the sound problem but not I have a problem with the mouse going crazy at times. I'll be playing hl2 or fear and the mouse will suddenly do a 180 and point up i the air. Anyone else have this. I think the bios is on the right track., but

[pentium777]

The beta bios fixed the sound problem but not I have a problem with the mouse going crazy at times. I'll be playing hl2 or fear and the mouse will suddenly do a 180 and point up i the air. Anyone else have this. I think the bios is on the right track., but

Supposedly issues with PS2 mouse port, try USB only

[Zizzman]

Supposedly issues with PS2 mouse port, try USB only

Could be, but the mouse problem didn't start until after the flash. Trying USB now. Thanks.

[JAG87]

official bios P21 is out from evga in case you guys haven't noticed

ftp://ftp.evga.com/BIOS/NF68_P21.exe

[Donnie27]

Honestly, I think evga has a nice product with their 680i board. I think they did a great good job getting new BIOSes released to fix and improve the board. Yes, the sound problem sucked....but the beta BIOS fixed it. Considering the board has only been out two weeks, and they have addressed the biggest issues quickly, I'd say evga is serious about their mobo market. Frankly, the problems they are having are more nvidias fault.

Anywho, I find that my board rocks now. It overclocks well, can be tweaked to no end, and provides SLI on Intel the platform (the main issue for me as well). Its not perfect, but nothing is only 2 weeks out of the gate. A few more BIOS tweaks and I think they'll have the board humming along.

As with everything, early adoption has its risks. That's just common sense in this hobby.

The reason why this is more of an SLI Problem, as well as Mobo Driver problem is that 2nd Card is Routed through the South Bridge. X-Fi runs fast and almost at the limits of the PCI-Bus. Disrupt that BUS, and you get snaps and pops.

This is similar to a video card when it slows down from not being able to render a complex scene fast enough, it slows down. Sound Cards can't slow down when it is rendering sounds so "dropped sounds" are replaced with Snaps, Pops, Hiss and other noises. Many of the other sound cards don't do hardware processing, don't need that much bandwidth so they don't have a problem.

I can't find it but this was talked about when nVidia first proposed Doing SLI this way. Also note that ATI plans for all PCI-E lanes to go only to or through the North Bridge. So as even more demanding Games show up, this problem can rear its ugly head again!

http://forums.creative.com/creativel...ssage.id=61926

This is from about May-06. If the ATI motherboard doesn't have these same kinds of problems, it will be proof that running the second PCI-E through the South Bridge is not the best way to skin that cat.

[noobzed]

UP !

Is there a sound problem with the Striker mobo ?

If yes, is there a solution ?

[Donnie27]

UP !

Is there a sound problem with the Striker mobo ?

If yes, is there a solution ?

I couldn't find anything. If something comes up let us know?

[mascaras]

NVIDIA nForce 680i SATA Problems Fixed?

After [H]ard|OCP has published an article that discusses NVIDIA's nForce 680i chipset problems, NVIDIA stated that they have a BIOS for the reference 680i motherboards design that they "believe resolves the SATA problem." EVGA and others are working with 680i motherboard owners to validate if the fix actually works for all of those folks having issues. The P23 BIOS for EVGA motherboards can be found here for download (P23beta) >> ftp://ftp.evga.com/BIOS/nf68_p23beta.exe


http://hardocp.com/

regards

[J-Mag]

The reason why this is more of an SLI Problem, as well as Mobo Driver problem is that 2nd Card is Routed through the South Bridge.

The problem with the south bridge theory is that nforce4 SLI boards had this problem with the X-Fi when it first came out and they have no South Bridge.

Either way the PCI bus has to go through the NB on either the nf4 or 680, so it would be a total timing issue and not just related to the south bridge.

[Donnie27]

The problem with the south bridge theory is that nforce4 SLI boards had this problem with the X-Fi when it first came out and they have no South Bridge.

Either way the PCI bus has to go through the NB on either the nf4 or 680, so it would be a total timing issue and not just related to the south bridge.

Two North Bridges and one acts as the South Bridge=P That's why removing the Second Video card immediately clears up the problem. That's no theory but a fact. The problem is latency, timing and bandwidth.