**Official DFI LanParty UT 790FX-M2R Review/Overclock/Guide Thread**

[Brother Esau]

I would be interested in you're thoughts on this Bios when you use the Phenom with 12/21/07 Beta

[Brother Esau]

Personal Request to Phenom / D.F.I 790FX-M2R Owners


Please if there are any owners of this combination could you please post pictures of you options in Bios for anything Related to CPU/NB/PWM/HT/Ram Setttings?.............I only ask to see for myself what options are different for you guys pertaing to those settings compared to those of us that are runnin Dual Core vs Quad Core Processors.


Thank you very much.........................Campbell

[Brother Esau]

Bump:>>>>> Anyone care to help with my request please?

[KTE]

I can´t help you out Campbell, but I tried to get the DFI board again to test from a few countries away and they were out of stock (all stock taken/reserved). I´d love DFI to sell them here, I´d get hold of it as soon as I could though the price is the same as Id be paying for ASUS Striker Extreme II here. Uber.

[serial099]

Brother,

I got my Phenom 9600 BE on it's way now....should be here on Monday (and I got the DFI board of course).....then I'll just have to find the time to put everything together.

[Brother Esau]

Thanks guys I appreciate it!

Will be posting up some more stuff about 12/21/07 Beta Bios Issues and things that you should be aware of! Speaking of Bios WTF ...D.F.I wheres the Bios support on this Board?

[serial099]

Well, I have the 12/21 BIOS on the wife's rig that I just rebuilt. That one has a x2 5000+ BE in it. It seems like it's pretty good so far. Haven't had a chance to tweak it as much as I would like to as yet though.

[Brother Esau]

D.F.I 790FX-M2R 12/21/07 Beta Bios Findings


The Good:...Ok, heres my thoughts on this Bios from testing it out, what I come to find is that the 12/21/07 Bios Clears up a lot of little annoyances such as USB Keyboard Lock ups in Bios, Less C1 Error then all previous Official and Beta Releases also allows me to achieve 40mhz higher HT on Overclock and excellent Ram Bandwidth and very low latencies with less Vcore & Vdimm used compared to 11/22/07 Official Bios also it appears the HT 600MHZ setting is working better as well. Smart Guardian is reading Temps more accurately too and Bios displays correct CPU Temp in Bios now which coensides with Core Temp and Everest/ on the Downside Smart Guardian is still way off when put under load like 20c off from Core Temp / Everest

The Bad: there is some form of issue when in Bios and you load Optimized Defaults so you can start with a clean slate and configure you're settings once again. By Loading Optimized Defaults and then Configuring you're Overclock Settings Immediately after loading the optimized defaults then Save / Exit I got what appeared to be C'mos corruption when it rebooted something I had never seen before ever on any board which was a Bunch of small Random moving Colored Grid squares (thats not cool) and shortly after that I started getting allot of C1 Errors and Random IRQ Address Allocation on my Raid Controller and what that means is that at different reboots the Raid Controller FW Bios would show different (Bus Device #) as well as Different (IRQ Addressing Assignment Adressing #)

I also notice that with this Bios using anything after 2.16Vdimm it does not want to play nice to any degree more VCore and other Voltages applied it did not matter!
Their is also what appears to be a issue the Weak Ram Drive Strength setting as that does not seem to be working correctly compared to 11/22/07 Official

Edit: Also I forgot to mention there is a slight Refresh Issue when Going into Bios with the New PCI-E 2.0 GFX Cards I have confirmed this being Fact with 2 X POWERCOLOR HD 3850's Running in CrossFire as well as it being duplicated with the Single HIS HD 3870 GFX Card. This issue is not present with my XT1950 XTX

Apparently there are still issues with AMD Overdrive and this Board as well even on Current 12/21/07 Beta I still get Lock Ups just by opening the Program this is with Optimized Defaults set in Bios too! I don't quite know where to point the Finger at that one whether its a Bios Issue or on a Software Level or Both.

So if any of you gents could confirm any of these findings that I have just mentioned Especially the Load Optimized Defaults in Bios and Immediately after that re configure you're overclock Save / Exit and see if its a issue beyond my experience we could really help this along with some hard info to submit to D.F.I so we can get a really Stellar Official Bios Release in a Timely fashion.

Thank You.......................Campbell

[BadNizze]

Just got my BE and I it´s SLOWLY going forward, My CPU will not boot @ 13*200 with defau7lt voltage and I can´t sett vcore other then "Auto" but adding extra v-core in % works so I´m at 1,22*1,06xx for 1,32v @ 2600mhz. Lots of small anoying things with my BE, It locks like it´s not 100% suported yet. i have to dile in my settings in baby steps, sett ram+muliper+v-core+v-dimm all att once will not boot. Also I can´t overklock my NB speed at all yet, atlest not together with CPU+RMA. If I set a higer value then "Stock" (05) It reverts back to 05 upon boot. 05 = 1800mhz 09 (2600mhz) was stable with my 9500. Cpu-z will not load either with my BE, nor will HW monitor...

Campbell: I could sett what ever settings i like with my 6400+, after Cmos clean. BUT i got the same Colored Grid squares, once when i pushed my ram too hard. Will test with my 9600 BE as soon as i can!

[Brother Esau]

@BadNizzle........so did you use a Phenom 9500 in this board? If so how well did it work in it?

[speedlimiter]

If I set a higer value then "Stock" (05) It reverts back to 05 upon boot. 05 = 1800mhz 09 (2600mhz) was stable with my 9500. Cpu-z will not load either with my BE, nor will HW monitor...

I can only set a higher/ lower multi with CnQ disabled (GP-9500). But with the 9600BE every setting apart from 05 won't boot.

And yes i can't run CPU-Z and HW Monitor too.

This BIOS needs a lot of tweaking.

[Brother Esau]

OK.....Flashed back to 12/21/07 Beta to see if situation is duplicated this time around.\

Please anyone that has this Bios Installed see if you can duplicate what I have found in the above Post 3-4 back

[BadNizze]

I can only set a higher/ lower multi with CnQ disabled (GP-9500). But with the 9600BE every setting apart from 05 won't boot.

And yes i can't run CPU-Z and HW Monitor too.

This BIOS needs a lot of tweaking.

Was the same for me, before I did a "real" Clear of Cmos, Know with CnQ disabled I can boot with higher NB speed, Do it in small stepps, I.e Sett multiper, save -> boot -> reboot sett NB speed -> save -> reboot and so on, see if it helps. Also try to disavle CnQ FIRST before any other setting!

Edit: Brother, Also preformance is Crap even with erata disabled, 06 CPU score @ 2600mhz with 2400NB is 36xx. 2800mhz CPU and 1800mhz NB is also around 3600p. Did 4k EASY with 250*11 on my Gigabyte with 2250nb!

[speedlimiter]

Was the same for me, before I did a "real" Clear of Cmos, Know with CnQ disabled I can boot with higher NB speed, Do it in small stepps, I.e Sett multiper, save -> boot -> reboot sett NB speed -> save -> reboot and so on, see if it helps. Also try to disavle CnQ FIRST before any other setting!

Edit: Brother, Also preformance is Crap even with erata disabled, 06 CPU score @ 2600mhz with 2400NB is 36xx. 2800mhz CPU and 1800mhz NB is also around 3600p. Did 4k EASY with 250*11 on my Gigabyte with 2250nb!

Do you have boot problems with your 9500 on the DFI @ HTT 205 >?

[BadNizze]

Depends... I can run 220*11,5 for 24\7 use, but it is a bit pick at some times. But i have hade problems with warm reboots at some times. BIOS NEEDS WORK DID DFI HEAR THAT?

[Brother Esau]

Announcement:

OK.....Guys its time to start pulling together in unison and start finding out the glitches in this 12/21/07 Beta Bios for Both Dual Core and more Impotantly for the 'Phenom" Processors so we can submit the findings to D.F.I Taiwan and get some suitable D.F.I worthy Bios rolled out for us! I ask this from all of you with this Board to Please Participate in this event so we can get some results from D.F.I inc in a suitable time frame and seeing how there is a very small user base its even more important to do this so it does not go unattended to!!

All those that Participate Take Comfort in Knowing that in the Event anything should go wrong with you're Bios Chip due To Bad Flash or Bios Corruption During 12/21/07 Beta Bios Testing I have you're Back and will Provide a "FREE" Bios Reprogramming in the Event anything bad should transpire as mentioned above!








Gentleman with "PHENOM" Please post Bios Pictures of available opyions in Bios with Quad Core Installed anything related to CPU/HT/VDimm what ever is different in Bios options that becomes avalable when Phemon is installed please

[RGone]

Depending on how it fairs in FAE...there will be another beta 790FX bios out in a few days. So you may want to save your energy 'busting' that 12/21 bios.

[speedlimiter]

Depending on how it fairs in FAE...there will be another beta 790FX bios out in a few days. So you may want to save your energy 'busting' that 12/21 bios.

Any changes for Phenoms?

[BadNizze]

Rgone, Realy nice to see you here, we could need som more help! Do you know if the new beta bios will suport the 9600 BE?

Screns for Campbell






Campbell, If you Pm me youre mailadress i can send more pics to you!

[RGone]

Rgone, Realy nice to see you here, we could need som more help! Do you know if the new beta bios will suport the 9600 BE?

Don't have one myself but from what I heard it will at 270x10.

[BadNizze]

Don't have one myself but from what I heard it will at 270x10.

You just put the smile back on my face! 270HTT would be sweat!

[KTE]

AFAIK, it doesn't do 270 HT ref on MSI/ASUS boards, unless it be a MB limitation and not a CPU. So far it looks like a CPU limitation.

I just want to see 300x10.

[Oliverda]

AFAIK, it doesn't do 270 HT ref on MSI/ASUS boards, unless it be a MB limitation and not a CPU. So far it looks like a CPU limitation.

I just want to see 300x10.

So, I think MSI/ASUS boards can’t hold a candle to DFI.

[Brother Esau]

Depending on how it fairs in FAE...there will be another beta 790FX bios out in a few days. So you may want to save your energy 'busting' that 12/21 bios.

Hey, Robert great to see such a fine gentleman posting in my thread I have nothing but respect for you and you're skills and suggestions are always wanted and welcomed and held with high regard. Just wish we saw you stepping out more than you do on the forum you're such a nice person and we could use more of that around here lately


@BadNizzle.......thanks for the pictures mate I have been wanting to see that since Tony put up the thread over a month ago!

[KTE]

On a serious note, I've not seen higher than ~273HT on Phenom yet (ss) and higher than 265x10 or 259x11 stable.

The board I have can do 396 with X2 though and 370 was fully stable (only one I tested).