ASUS - Official AMD 9xx Chipset Series Motherboard Support

[FlanK3r]

I think, 4+8 PSU is for extreme OC or for BD chips (more hungry ampers)

[charged3800z24]

Am i missing something here? Are you talking about the 8pin (4 12v with 4 grounds) connector for the CPU that has been on most boards for a while now? Or is there something new here

[mav2000]

There is an extra 4 pin along with the 8 pin

[FlanK3r]

charged: look at photo...8pin+next extra 4pin (for extreme OC)

[Ghostleader]

Finally a new GeForce that supports AMD chipsets: 990FX, 990X, and 970, the 275.50 beta.

New in Release 275.50

•Enables SLI technology on SLI-certified motherboards with AMD chipsets: 990FX, 990X, and 970.
•Improves 3D Vision performance with Duke Nukem Forever with 3-way SLI and Quad SLI technology.

NVIDIA Driver Downloads



Maybe put info about this in the first post Raja@ASUS

[Raja@ASUS]

Finally a new GeForce that supports AMD chipsets: 990FX, 990X, and 970, the 275.50 beta.




NVIDIA Driver Downloads



Maybe put info about this in the first post Raja@ASUS

Done

[charged3800z24]

charged: look at photo...8pin+next extra 4pin (for extreme OC)
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I see now. My board doesn't have one. I'd guess it is for more current.

[Raja@ASUS]

Added BIOSes 0027 and 0028 for the C5F to 1st post.

-Raja

[Dirk Diggler]

How stable is 27 and does it offer more stability over 010? Other than add CP/NB multiplier what else has changed.

Thanks

[charged3800z24]

Any work being done on the Sabertooth Board's BIOS?

[Raja@ASUS]

How stable is 27 and does it offer more stability over 010? Other than add CP/NB multiplier what else has changed.

Thanks

If you are using the board is a 24/7 system then please use either the 009 or 0027 BIOS only. I have posted the only fixes I have been given from 009+ so it's all the info I have.

-Raja

[Raja@ASUS]

Any work being done on the Sabertooth Board's BIOS?

Yes, there should be 05** up for the Sabertooth soon - fixes will be the same. Soon as I have the BIOS I will post it.

-Raja

[MusicIsMyLife]

I already gave the information to my contact over at ASUS Germany:

I'm running a CH V (tried bios 0009 and 0027) with 4x 4 gb Corsair Vengeance ddr3-1600. When loading optimized defaults the memory runs at 1333 but with a command rate of 1t.

1333 is right but looking in AMDs BKDG (page 125, table 56) it should be 2t command rate.

1t works totally fine, no problems here. But its not the right value when using defaults.

[fastleo63]

Hello to all of you!
I'm running a Sabertooth 990FX since last week, with a 1090T and a pair of G.Skill Ripjaws (4GBx2) DDR3-1600 CL7-8-7-24. Initial BIOS 0402. Very stable, an excellent mainboard.
No overclock yet, I'm waiting to adjust CPU fans orientation because airflow is not so good with my current setup.
But I have a pair of issues: the first is a non functioning AiSuite II (appcrash at Windows startup, a very common issue, often reported by several users), and the second is the impossibility to control CPU fans speed (a pair of Noctua 3-pin cabled 12 cm units, connected to CPU_FAN and CPU_OPT connectors). The strange thing is that another pair of fans, same make/model, are currently cooling my case, and I can control them perfectly within SpeedFan or directly from BIOS (Q-Fan option). I connected them to CHA_FAN headers. I'm wondering if this could be a BIOS issue...?

[csatahajos]

Hi All,

probably an amateurish question but I can't seem to get around it. I have an M5A97 PRO board with an X6 1055T sitting in it. When I try to install WIn 7 SP1 x64 onto it it asks for some extra driver whenever I rach the gathering info step in the win install rpocess. It's the same window that one gets when creating a RAID install and it asks for the RAID driver.

But it is not RAID, I'm installing it onto a single WD Raptor; also I've tried to install the same OS from the same pendrive to my main PC (Crosshair IV Formula) and it doesn'T ask for it there.

So what am I missing?

Oh forgot to mention that in BIOS i'V tried both SATA mode (IDE/AHCI) and it's the same...

[Raja@ASUS]

Hello to all of you!
I'm running a Sabertooth 990FX since last week, with a 1090T and a pair of G.Skill Ripjaws (4GBx2) DDR3-1600 CL7-8-7-24. Initial BIOS 0402. Very stable, an excellent mainboard.
No overclock yet, I'm waiting to adjust CPU fans orientation because airflow is not so good with my current setup.
But I have a pair of issues: the first is a non functioning AiSuite II (appcrash at Windows startup, a very common issue, often reported by several users), and the second is the impossibility to control CPU fans speed (a pair of Noctua 3-pin cabled 12 cm units, connected to CPU_FAN and CPU_OPT connectors). The strange thing is that another pair of fans, same make/model, are currently cooling my case, and I can control them perfectly within SpeedFan or directly from BIOS (Q-Fan option). I connected them to CHA_FAN headers. I'm wondering if this could be a BIOS issue...?

Are you selecting PWM mode for fan control on the CPU headers?

-Raja

[Raja@ASUS]

Hi All,

probably an amateurish question but I can't seem to get around it. I have an M5A97 PRO board with an X6 1055T sitting in it. When I try to install WIn 7 SP1 x64 onto it it asks for some extra driver whenever I rach the gathering info step in the win install rpocess. It's the same window that one gets when creating a RAID install and it asks for the RAID driver.

But it is not RAID, I'm installing it onto a single WD Raptor; also I've tried to install the same OS from the same pendrive to my main PC (Crosshair IV Formula) and it doesn'T ask for it there.

So what am I missing?

Oh forgot to mention that in BIOS i'V tried both SATA mode (IDE/AHCI) and it's the same...

Was the HDD you are using ever configured as part of a RAID array or experiment? It may contain some meta data that is flagging a RAID setup when you are installing Windows. If this is the case you need to wipe the RAID header information from the drive (either done vie the RIAD controller menu or a low level formatting tool.

-Raja

[csatahajos]

Well the disk was not in a RAID array in itself but it was in a PC with a 2 disk RAID 0 SSD array when I installed the OS onto those (on my Crosshair IV) and it was on a SATA port that was set to RAID operation (SATA headers 1-4). SHall I try with a different disk then?


Thanks

[Raja@ASUS]

Well the disk was not in a RAID array in itself but it was in a PC with a 2 disk RAID 0 SSD array when I installed the OS onto those (on my Crosshair IV) and it was on a SATA port that was set to RAID operation (SATA headers 1-4). SHall I try with a different disk then?


Thanks

Yes try another disk if you have one spare. The only other time I have ever seen this happen on a board is when memory is very unstable - Windows then does some weird stuff.

-Raja

[csatahajos]

Tried with two different memory, and it was the same (although the first ket, a Dominator GT 2133 does seem to be unstable in my main config - see signiture) so I tried my other normal DOminator kit which is rock solid, but the same came up. Hope it's the disk, will ive it a try with a brand new SSD today.

Thanks again!

[Raja@ASUS]

Tried with two different memory, and it was the same (although the first ket, a Dominator GT 2133 does seem to be unstable in my main config - see signiture) so I tried my other normal DOminator kit which is rock solid, but the same came up. Hope it's the disk, will ive it a try with a brand new SSD today.

Thanks again!

Might be worth "underclocking" the DIMMs just to make sure while you debug.

-Raja

[fastleo63]

Are you selecting PWM mode for fan control on the CPU headers?

-Raja

All fan headers are in PWM mode. But I think that the issue is fan related. The Noctuas can be controlled only by voltage, and seems that both CPU headers work in PWM mode only.
But, I have to say that with my past board (ASUSTeK M3A78-T), the same fans were functioning well, and SpeedFan, set in PWM mode too, was able to control their speeds... Very strange.
Maybe the M3A78-T CPU_FAN header was functioning in voltage mode regardless of SpeedFan settings...?
Next week I'll try to experiment more deeply...

[Raja@ASUS]

All fan headers are in PWM mode. But I think that the issue is fan related. The Noctuas can be controlled only by voltage, and seems that both CPU headers work in PWM mode only.
But, I have to say that with my past board (ASUSTeK M3A78-T), the same fans were functioning well, and SpeedFan, set in PWM mode too, was able to control their speeds... Very strange.
Maybe the M3A78-T CPU_FAN header was functioning in voltage mode regardless of SpeedFan settings...?
Next week I'll try to experiment more deeply...

I'll try some 3 pin fans on my side and see what happens.

-Raja

[nex_73]

But I have a pair of issues: the first is a non functioning AiSuite II (appcrash at Windows startup, a very common issue, often reported by several users), and the second is the impossibility to control CPU fans speed (a pair of Noctua 3-pin cabled 12 cm units, connected to CPU_FAN and CPU_OPT connectors). The strange thing is that another pair of fans, same make/model, are currently cooling my case, and I can control them perfectly within SpeedFan or directly from BIOS (Q-Fan option). I connected them to CHA_FAN headers. I'm wondering if this could be a BIOS issue...?

4-pin fans: choose PWM in uefi
3-pin fans: choose DC in uefi
I have to do that on my ChIV - think is the same for you?
Latest AiSuite II for SB990FX:
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/misc/...pVistaWin7.zip
Try reinstall it.
In the suite, you have FanXpert to control the fans - way better then SpeedFan

[nex_73]

Ch V F bios 0506:
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/So...-ASUS-0506.zip