QuadGT Arrived (56k warning)

[Dublin_Gunner]

I went back to B07, B08 for me seems to have trouble with multi. I put 400x8 i bios and booted up and cpu-z says 400x6. No mather what settings i keep stay on x6. Now with B07 i trying to find an stable 24/7 and this is what i reached for now.



Vcore: 1,4850 in bios and Uguru shows ~1,45
DDR2: 2,300
Cpu Vtt: 1,30
Mch: 1,50
Ich: 1,10
IchIo: 1,5

Can run dual super pi 32mb and going thru Nature and Lobby high without problem. And i call it 24/7 stable. No problem playing WOW to Will try to lower the vcore a bit more. But only ~1,45vcore for 3,6ghz i thinks it´s pretty okey, or have i wrong? Cooling the PWM sink with a 40mm adda fan.

Happens to me too. Its one of the thermal control / speedstep type things. If you loaded your cpu you wouyld see the multi change in CPU-z.

[Ace-a-Rue]

I went back to B07, B08 for me seems to have trouble with multi. I put 400x8 i bios and booted up and cpu-z says 400x6. No mather what settings i keep stay on x6.

did you turn off (disable) C1E and EIST in CPU features in the bios?

[guynemer]

Wha C1E is for ? I mean what's the purpose of this setting ?

[ziddey]

it drops multiplier and possibly voltage when system is idle to save power and reduce heat

[korby]

Any OC diferences from B06 to B07?

[fhpchris]

This board is TRASH.

STAY AWAY FROM THIS BOARD PLEASE!

I just got my second one from RMA, and I have spent over 4 hours trying to get an os on it alone....

AWDFLASH hangs
bios 1.0 blows hard
will not boot from a CD with certain options in bios.

DO NOT BUY THIS BOARD, ABIT = TRASH.

[Dublin_Gunner]

This board is TRASH.

STAY AWAY FROM THIS BOARD PLEASE!

I just got my second one from RMA, and I have spent over 4 hours trying to get an os on it alone....

AWDFLASH hangs
bios 1.0 blows hard
will not boot from a CD with certain options in bios.

DO NOT BUY THIS BOARD, ABIT = TRASH.

Funny, mine booted perfectly first time, loaded Vista Home Premium perfectly(in about 10 mins), OC'd to 3.2Ghz straight away (havent bothered seeing how far it will go yet) and has been ultra stable in games and apps.

Either a) you've been really unlucky, or b) you're doing something wrong

[ziddey]

This board is TRASH.

STAY AWAY FROM THIS BOARD PLEASE!

I just got my second one from RMA, and I have spent over 4 hours trying to get an os on it alone....

AWDFLASH hangs
bios 1.0 blows hard
will not boot from a CD with certain options in bios.

DO NOT BUY THIS BOARD, ABIT = TRASH.

i expected more from you

[fhpchris]

Funny, mine booted perfectly first time, loaded Vista Home Premium perfectly(in about 10 mins), OC'd to 3.2Ghz straight away (havent bothered seeing how far it will go yet) and has been ultra stable in games and apps.

Either a) you've been really unlucky, or b) you're doing something wrong

I have had more boards in the past two months than you have ever had in your life, so I think I know WTF I am doing.

[Dublin_Gunner]

I have had more boards in the past two months than you have ever had in your life, so I think I know WTF I am doing.

Really? How many boards do you think I've used in my life?

And if you cant get it to run, well.........................

[ziddey]

wow

[fhpchris]

Really? How many boards do you think I've used in my life?

And if you cant get it to run, well.........................

Lets count with the past two months only for me,

Evga 680i TR
Evga 680i A1
Quadgt #1
QuadGT #2
Asus Commando
DFI Rd600
P5B DLx #1
P5B DLX #2
Badaxe 2
Abit AW9D Max
Asus P5WDG2 WS PRO
Aopen I975XA-YDG

What about you?

Yes, after hours and hours, I did manage to get it to boot a CD and I had to install windows on the JMICRON to flash to the B07, but THE BOARD IS TRASH ANYWAY

[situman]

I have had more boards in the past two months than you have ever had in your life, so I think I know WTF I am doing.

That don't mean nothing, each board is different.

[fhpchris]

That don't mean nothing, each board is different.

not so true, many P965 boards use both the ICH8R and the JM363 or JM360, and the problems stem from the bioses of those boards.

Asus and gigabyte have both put out bioses that fixed the problems and updated the new boards in retail channels, but abit still puts crap out that does not work.

Again, this is 100% an Abit bios problem. If you do not run RAID or try to enable RAID on the ICH8R than of course you wouldnt see the problem...

1) does the ICH8R+JM363 work out of the box? No
2) does the board have upward multis working on Quadcore? (4 cores)No
3) does this board work with SATA burners? not really
4) does this board vdroop horribly? YES
5) does the digital PWM hinder overclocking? YES, even without quadcore
6) do people still get stuck with EIST not working and stuck at a multi of 6x? YES

All of those are clearly abit problems, only the digital PWM and vdroop are not BIOS problems.

[mukmaster]

WOW this board look awesome I am going to order one from theegg tonight
I fryed my p5b-d so I need a new board and this seems to be the best.

Good work abit

[Ace-a-Rue]

I have had more boards in the past two months than you have ever had in your life, so I think I know WTF I am doing.

i have to laugh because you can take that statement either way...either you are a hardware junkie or you don't know sh*t about which board to live with...all said in fun, not a critique.

[fhpchris]

i have to laugh because you can take that statement either way...either you are a hardware junkie or you don't know sh*t about which board to live with...all said in fun, not a critique.

I enjoy testing new hardware as anyone here at XS does.

I would also say that you would see much better results on an EVGA 680i A1/T1, and that it would be worth it to get rid of your quadGT.

[Ace-a-Rue]

WOW this board look awesome I am going to order one from theegg tonight
I fryed my p5b-d so I need a new board and this seems to be the best.

Good work abit

when you have time go over to abit forums to find the latest beta bios which is "B08"...i am using B6R which was modified by a guy named "richh" over in the forum...i like B6R better because it performs a tiny bit better than B08.

http://forum.abit-usa.com/forumdisplay.php?f=48

[Ace-a-Rue]

I enjoy testing new hardware as anyone here at XS does.

I would also say that you would see much better results on an EVGA 680i A1/T1, and that it would be worth it to get rid of your quadGT.

is that EVGA A1/T1 the newer version?

how high can i go on a quad-core with that board...my Q6600 will go to 420 on the QuadGT but i have to stoke it with a lot of vcore...so..i live with 380 fsb and a more moderate vcore.

[fhpchris]

when you have time go over to abit forums to find the latest beta bios which is "B08"...i am using B6R which was modified by a guy named "richh" over in the forum...i like B6R better because it performs a tiny bit better than B08.

http://forum.abit-usa.com/forumdisplay.php?f=48

I know where the bioses are, and Ive used all of the bioses except B08 and B06R.

Once I got a good copy of the B07 bios on the board and working, everything was fine, but that was not easy.

is that EVA A1/T1 the newer version?

how high can i go on a quad-core with that board...my Q6600 will go to 420 on the QuadGT but i have to stoke it with a lot of vcore...so..i live with 380 fsb and a more moderate vcore.

Yes it is, people have seen ~480 FSB with quad on the new revision board out of the box. If you have a QX6700, most of the upward multis work fine, some of the high ones like 15x and higher are a little buggy as far as I know, but the board is great. It has stable voltages and it works very well.

[Ace-a-Rue]

isn't that board pricey?

[Ace-a-Rue]

I know where the bioses are, and Ive used all of the bioses except B08 and B06R.

Once I got a good copy of the B07 bios on the board and working, everything was fine, but that was not easy.

B08 should work nicely for you although B6R is my choice...i tried both

[momomo6789]

lol Seems like someone has a hard to figuring out bios's =/

[Ajfina]

had a few boards too in the past 3-4 months and i have to say that this one is one of my fav ones , im not using RAID or SATA burners "maybe thats why" but it take me high FSB i run this thing @3.6 24/7(bios B6R) sooo stable
i also had the 680I (but first rev) and i can tell u that this one beat that $hit out of it
ive been looking to buy another HD to try RAID , maybe i can talk $hit about it after the RAID
Sorry fhpchris for all the troubles QUADgt is giving you
BTW whos running RAID 0 or ! here on the super duper QUADGT? with B6R?

[Ace-a-Rue]

i am going to give intel raid a chance in a couple of days...i will report back..currently, i run raid on an Areca raid card.