I did some searching and as I expected... mods to this board are simple!Originally posted by DaGoochMeister
JBell:
Have you found any Vcore, VIO or VMem modification articles for the A7N266?
here is one
Another good one! to boost the voltage to 2.1 hehehe you figure it out!
Another one
I sent email to ASUS - I REALLY want the ACR-A6CH pci sound card!
Gootch - can xtw mod my mobo?
Yes, I already talked to them about the VCore modification and possibly the others. They don't have a board for reference right now. I need to give them information which chip is used on the Asus A7N266/E/C series of boards. I am looking into the A7N266-C based on the 415-D chipset myself and I need the Vcore! If you can check your motherboard, is the board using the HIP6301 chip? If it is, the VCore modification "should" be easy.
I have the nVidia nForce chipsetOriginally posted by DaGoochMeister
Yes, I already talked to them about the VCore modification and possibly the others. They don't have a board for reference right now. I need to give them information which chip is used on the Asus A7N266/E/C series of boards. I am looking into the A7N266-C based on the 415-D chipset myself and I need the Vcore! If you can check your motherboard, is the board using the HIP6301 chip? If it is, the VCore modification "should" be easy.
nVidia nForce IGP-128 North bridge
nVidia nForce MCP South Bridge
http://www.ocinside.de/index_e.html?..._workshop.html
Can you find any IC controller chips? HIP 6301 or Semtech SC 2422, CS 5303?
It seems the HIP 6301 is becoming the standard with all the new boards.
Factory settings for the board are as such..
All are configurable by jumpers!
CPURAM
133:133
133:100
100:133
100:100 *defualt
Vcore
1.85/1.825
1.80/1.775
1.75/1.725
1.7/1.675
VDDR
2.7V
2.6V
2.5V
Onboard LAN
Enable
Disable
audio 6 channel
Center/Bass
Bass/Center
Audio Codec
Enable
Disable
USB Devices
6 onboard!
Wake on USB
+5V
+5VSB
*requires ATX to have minimum 2A on the +5 lead
RAM - no less than 64Mb no more than 1.5Gb 2.5V
TWINBANK Technology - to function at 128-bit, 4.2Gb/second mode you must use two DIMMs, if one is used then the normal 64-bit 2.1Gb/second mode is active.
So basically you can Double your double data rate!!
1.5V and new 3.3V AGP are ok to use - old 3.3V canNOT be used.
onboard video is 32Mb DDR GEForce 2 with overclocking options in BIOS
onboard SMBus connector for Smart Media
chassis open alarm lead - 4pin
cpu die sensor is Not onboard but instead design to work with the XP chip
CAS settings:
2.0T (normal)
2.5T (normal)
auto (turbo)
2.0T (turbo)
2.5T (turbo)
VGA shared memory
8Mb
16Mb
32Mb
Graphic Aperture Size
32Mb
64Mb
128Mb
256Mb
512Mb
pretty damn impressive
Can you get over 133 fsb with that board?
yes I forgot to post but I can do 'user defined' in the biosOriginally posted by JAWS
Can you get over 133 fsb with that board?
I have seen screen shots where it does over 160fsb as stock options with no mods!!
That's pretty sweet man.Originally posted by JBell
yes I forgot to post but I can do 'user defined' in the bios
I have seen screen shots where it does over 160fsb as stock options with no mods!!
I talked with an ASUS dealer who sells the A7N266-e MOBO - he said he doesn't carry and has never seen them and that you have to go throw ASUS directly to obtain one - well at least I am one step closer!!!
I scored an thermaltake ram heat speader for 6 bucks also.... they had the price marked wrong so I will have to go back and get a few more!
That sucks!Originally posted by JBell
I talked with an ASUS dealer who sells the A7N266-e MOBO - he said he doesn't carry and has never seen them and that you have to go throw ASUS directly to obtain one - well at least I am one step closer!!!
I scored an thermaltake ram heat speader for 6 bucks also.... they had the price marked wrong so I will have to go back and get a few more!
ASUS will probably say you gotta buy the whole board.
Good deal on the ram sinks!
in that case I would just sell my board for 200 - and I would keep the chip and heat sinkOriginally posted by Smizack
That sucks!
ASUS will probably say you gotta buy the whole board.
Good deal on the ram sinks!
but I doubt it becuase they tell you about the card and have it's own serial number and everything - it SHOULD be sold separately!
but gotta wait and see.
Aight. I'll see what I can get out of them tomorrow. I'll get home late tonight.Originally posted by JBell
in that case I would just sell my board for 200 - and I would keep the chip and heat sink
but I doubt it becuase they tell you about the card and have it's own serial number and everything - it SHOULD be sold separately!
but gotta wait and see.
Thanks!Originally posted by Smizack
Aight. I'll see what I can get out of them tomorrow. I'll get home late tonight.
Well worst case I mod my BIOS to change my line in/out/mic settings to do the 6 channel....
but I would rather have the 'more' proper setup
Gootch - should I place a ramsink on my nvidia south bridge?
I am making a bunch up from scratch and want to know what can use and what should not have one...
It would probably help to keep the chipset very cool especially for clocking purposes with all that integration.
I test fitted by block... fits perfectly - doesn't over hang much on the south bridge... but does fully cover and is cold to the touch - this should work great once I fire it up.Originally posted by DaGoochMeister
It would probably help to keep the chipset very cool especially for clocking purposes with all that integration.
Have you tried the newest bios release? Here is a link if you need it. ftp://ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM/BIO...N266/1001C.zip
no my case shipped today... gotta wait for that - right now i am premodding my stuff before i installOriginally posted by DaGoochMeister
Have you tried the newest bios release? Here is a link if you need it. ftp://ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM/BIO...N266/1001C.zip
gootch - the black squares just left of the north bridge fan - those are mosfets correct? i got my sinks to go - throw two on those???
Yes, there are 2 pairs right next to the North Bridge.
slap some aluminum on those batages.... will that REALLY help at all?Originally posted by DaGoochMeister
Yes, there are 2 pairs right next to the North Bridge.
Some say yes, some say no. Eliminating all possible bottlenecks is always a good idea in my mind.
I think the blue color contratsed onto this mobo is reason enough with me LOLOriginally posted by DaGoochMeister
Some say yes, some say no. Eliminating all possible bottlenecks is always a good idea in my mind.
I got the aluminum - it can be a negautuve thing and if it doesn't help so what I got the looks right!
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