Retail Abit IN9 32X-MAX - Pictures, observations and testing...

[Johnny Bravo]

@ Johnny Bravo

I read somewhere that the temp. of a 8800gtx went up from 55 to 75 degrees because of the change from the aw9d-max to the IN9.
On the IN9 NB was a fan installed ....
Did u recogniced any graphic card temp increase or could u check that

Don't have a 8800GTX card mate sorry. Dunno why there would be in increase in temps tho I do know that the i680 chipset has linkboost which overclocks the PCI-E buses to improve performance. Perhaps the increase in temps is due to the card automatically overclocking?

[Johnny Bravo]

Dimensions

The NB cooler is 43mm high, the digital VRM cooler is 39mm high.

Mounting hole distances are exactly 60mm for both the NB and SB and a little less for the VRM cooler ~58mm

Ran a completely stock run (cleared the CMOS and went into windows) Temps on the NB didn't exceed 45oC and a little lower for the VRM. Uguru reported that the digital VRM ICs were topping 80oC but doesn't seem to have a NB monitor, instead it reports a "system" temp which hasn't much association with anything. The CPU cooler was the stock Intel one, it was running at a low rpm controlled by EZfan. I'd say you could probably get away with a very mild voltage overclock and stay passive on the NB. Tho this will depend highly on your own setup.

[axlros75]

I received my IN9 today. Great board but bios has multiplier locked. Someone knows if there is a new bios version that unlock cpu multi????
Thank you

[Johnny Bravo]

Very quick update. I've been testing 1T to the max, running real loose timings (5-5-5) and limiting my ddr voltage to 2.4 volts. The Sticks of ram are Crucial anniversary (Micron D9GMH) for reference.

OK first things first, testing in "linked" mode so have a few memory dividers 1:2, 5:4, 3:2 and 1:1. Depending on which you choose your max FSB seems to vary, and it seems to decrease as you approach 1:1.

The max I hit for 3:2 was 481MHz 32M Spi stable. At 1:1 its breaking 475MHz 32M stable.




This is very rough and ready stuff with a multitude of things I still have to play with. We'll see what the future brings

[Johnny Bravo]

NEW MAX FSB.....495MHz!!!



Link

[noobzed]

I currently use a SLI of XFX 8800 GTX, I played few minutes with Dark MEssiah game ( I know this game was sound distorted with ASus Striker and reference board bios prior to P21 ) and my conclusion IS ...

I have no sound issue with 8800 GTX SLi and IN9-32X original bios.

Another info for you I was able to do this score with a X6800 at 4000 ( 400 x 10 ).



Or 16XXX with GTX SLI and X6800 @ 4Ghz under phase.

The negative point for me, is the location of the molex supply for the SLI, is is located at the bottom of the mobo and when you plug a GTX in second slot, the heatsink touch the molex , so I HAD to remove the plastic cover to plug correctly the GTX.

Another point, my X6800 retail the multi are from 6 to 11 only and I wonder why...

[noobzed]

Jhonny what are your setting for 495 fsb ?

[H0RM0NE]

Abit says this about it's sound:

Audio
- On board 7.1 CH HD Audio CODEC
- Supports Jack Sensing and S/PDIF In/Out
- HDMI ready header (SPDIF header)

Who's audio chip are they using for on board sound? Intel, Creative X-Fi or somebody else?

Thanks.

[noobzed]

Yes I'm using onboard sound ATM.

[noobzed]

OK, finally i'm not happy, my eVGA do it better. I 'll stay with eVGA I think.... I liked the solid capacitor and the blue led backlights ...

[Johnny Bravo]

why are you not happy noobzed?

[ent]

Nice board Abit is back in the game!

BTW: noobzed could give me the link to your wallpaper? Im also a abit fanboy

[outblast]

Can any body post links to the other people testing this board right now? Thanks

[noobzed]

Because this mobo is unstable and capricious with my rig, sometimes boot fine at 400x10 and sometimes before going to windows with same settings simply reboots.... my eVGa is ugly , yes, but is more stable.

However i wait for a bios update for the abit one.

[Johnny Bravo]

Vmods for the IN9 32X-MAX



Solder a 100k variable resistor between the each of the points shown and ground.

One to the left is VTT, the one to the right is NB.

Still looking for CPU HT Voltage which is the real winner in terms of high FSB

[G H Z]

Wonder why they include two SLI bridges, is there any performance advantage using both rather than one in SLI mode?

[SmokeyTheBandit]

Because this mobo is unstable and capricious with my rig, sometimes boot fine at 400x10 and sometimes before going to windows with same settings simply reboots.... my eVGa is ugly , yes, but is more stable.

However i wait for a bios update for the abit one.

I'm experiencing the exact same thing although mine does this as good as always and even at default speed/Bios settings

Its always after windows load screen a spanking reboot ......

Jhonny you tested this board with the same memory i use, have you experienced any boot issues noobzed and i encounter ?

Got a new beta bios from Abit but this doesn't solve anything

I have the oppertunity to test another one today, if that one does the same im returing it .....

[Hazzan]

I think that board can run high FSB with new bios.

[\/ENDE][A]

Wonder why they include two SLI bridges, is there any performance advantage using both rather than one in SLI mode?

I`ve been wondering the same thing, i thought it may be for upcoming physics card but, the brigde is too long to connect to middle slot
Does anyone have any idea?

[Johnny Bravo]

well the 8800GTX has 2 connectors does it not ?

[Rol-Co]

doing stock now, might do a few OC on air getting the watercooling sorted tomorrow and maybe a bit of phase for the weekend....

Put the Tube on it johnny.....

[Johnny Bravo]

Put the Tube on it johnny.....

Haha Rol-Co you can't WAIT till I get that tube cooling something can you Actually It'll be going on something else entirely different

[noobzed]

I'm facing reboot issue with low OC settings and even default settings, and the mobo suffer from general instability ( BSOD, Reboots ).

Wonder why ... I don't have new bioses ... CAN YOU EMAIL ME OR PM ME PLIZ ?

[noobzed]

When entering the intergrated peripherals section and telling the motherboard to detect the mouse under BIOS instead of the ‘OS’ it causes a system instability when trying to boot into windows. Changing the setting back to ‘OS’ fixes the problem.

Quote from hexus forum...

[Johnny Bravo]

Noobzed, what is your setup physically, have you been monitoring temps? Check that the heatpipe system is mounted properly place (ie pins are fully inserted)