Good design, good overclock, good pipe-The MSI P35 Neo2-FR overview

[@rne]

Nah, thats not enough. I was thinking of regions below 1V

[clon22]

i have this board since 1 month now , using 1.6 official bios (flashed today with 1.7 beta 7 bios )

Using 2x1GB OCZ XTC Titanium EPP @ 1002Mhz 4-5-4-12 2T ( 6-5-4-5)
+ 1 Micron D9 Based 800Mhz memory @ same speed total 3GB ;]
Xeon 3060 can do easy 7x500Mhz @ 1.478V = 1.465 Real
Runnin 24/7 @ 9x401 ~3609Mhz + EIST Enabled ,
Cooled by Scythe Ninja Rev.B
Great board.
Will post pics soon.

Cool man...
Luv to see some pics soon.

[Bl4ck^!]

Well , as you can see i have some trouble with the 1.7 Beta 7 bios , it isn't stable with the 4-5-5-15 timings :/ i'll just rollback to official 1.6

[wyemarn]

MSI told me to try out Performance BIOS P09 for 2GB modules' overclock. Anyone try before?

[Bl4ck^!]

MSI told me to try out Performance BIOS P09 for 2GB modules' overclock. Anyone try before?

i can try it , where is it available ?

[tty]

Here it is:

http://www.badongo.com/file/5585294

I heard it has some bug with some G92 cards but not sure.
I'll try it too.

[wyemarn]

ftp://jerryuser:msienduser@ftp.msi.com.tw/BIOS/7345/

MSI beta bios FTP.

[clon22]

Well , as you can see i have some trouble with the 1.7 Beta 7 bios , it isn't stable with the 4-5-5-15 timings :/ i'll just rollback to official 1.6

Very good chip u have there.
I like.

[Bl4ck^!]

Very good chip u have there.
I like.

heh , i like it too , but i wouldn't mind if it where QX9650 ;F (as we all wouldn't i
'm sure )
Going to check that Performance 09 beta bios today, looks like it's legit.

[tty]

Tried P09, it's bollocks. Same like 176/177 .

[Bl4ck^!]

Tried P09, it's bollocks. Same like 176/177 .

P09 gives me constant "CMOS checksum error" can't save anything, but the good news is that i removed one "troublesome" memory stick (micron D9) and left the other 2 OCZ XTC and bumped the cpu a little ;>

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=288234
nothing special , but i will brake the 4Ghz barrier , only a matter of time.

The BIOS is 1.7 beta 7

[tty]

I highly recommend to use afud408 to flash the bios, 412 and 418 cause cmos errors, basically they don't destroy it.

[wyemarn]

Did you guys try out the USB memory stick BIOS flashing by MSI forums? I've been using it all this while and it's great. Everything is automated.

[Bl4ck^!]

Did you guys try out the USB memory stick BIOS flashing by MSI forums? I've been using it all this while and it's great. Everything is automated.

yep, i only use the tool to make a bootable stick , then i cancel the "auto" mode and prefer to flash myself ;] (old school ;f)

must try that method with older flashing tool, i did use the AUFD412 since it common practice to use the latest flash tool with the latest bios (at least that was the fact with ASUS boards ) but i Guess MSI does it different ;]

Today it's going to be a busy day for me ;]

[tty]

Did you guys try out the USB memory stick BIOS flashing by MSI forums? I've been using it all this while and it's great. Everything is automated.

Yes I'm using that, actually I use a usb flash drive ever since.
It's alot more safer than floppy disk, besides, I don't even run a floppy drive for ages.

[clon22]

I used the usb too.
Very convenient.
Been using afud412 to do my flashing...
so far all is well...
pray nothing goes wrong..
heehee...

[clon22]

P09 gives me constant "CMOS checksum error" can't save anything, but the good news is that i removed one "troublesome" memory stick (micron D9) and left the other 2 OCZ XTC and bumped the cpu a little ;>

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=288234
nothing special , but i will brake the 4Ghz barrier , only a matter of time.

The BIOS is 1.7 beta 7

When you hit 4ghz.
I'd luv to see some 3Dm06 cpu scores
and nuclearus multicore.

[Bl4ck^!]

PCI Cirrus Logic 5480 2mb ;D and voila

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=289941

Super Pi 1m run , bumped the vcore to 1.57 just to be "safe" ;] , memory @ 5-5-5-15 just to be sure that they aren't the "culprit"

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5...perpi1mux7.png

[Hans Gruber]

Right now I'm using official bios 1.6 I would like to know which bios has the best overclocking on memory? Will bios 1.7 improve memory overclocks and timings? My A-Data Vitesta is supposed to hit 1066Mhz and I can only get 962Mhz.

[Bl4ck^!]

Right now I'm using official bios 1.6 I would like to know which bios has the best overclocking on memory? Will bios 1.7 improve memory overclocks and timings? My A-Data Vitesta is supposed to hit 1066Mhz and I can only get 962Mhz.

is your Vitesta guaranteed by the manufacturer to hit 1066 ? , i didn't find any kind of differences with different bios'es , 1.6 is ok , i'm now on 1.7beta7 and i don't see any difference , some ppl like the 1.1 version , some 1.3 or 1.4
You have to check what version is best for you.

P.S. Xeon booted with 4.0Ghz and 4.3Ghz but either not enough V for cpu or fubar ;F

[WSX]

I'd like to know how that MSIHQ tool works ... for instance where does it get the boot files from, and what about the SureHands option, and how does it know the difference between a beta bios & an official one.

[Bl4ck^!]

I'd like to know how that MSIHQ tool works ... for instance where does it get the boot files from.

it's just bunch of DOS files, and generic USB Key boot files + the MSI .bat files

and what about the SureHands option

there are only a few supported MSI Boards , the tool recongnizes from the BIOS name for example MSI 7345 (P35-Neo2) and since the FR and FIR use the same bios it's all good,

and how does it know the difference between a beta bios & an official one.

beta bios is named like this A7345IMS.177 (the extension of the file is for version 177 or 176 )

and the official has xxxx.bin extension ;]

[WSX]

good to know ... but I still like to do it myself when it comes to BIOS updates, I stick 3 or 4 BIOS on a CD together with afudos & the boot files, then it's easy to change between them.

[clon22]

PCI Cirrus Logic 5480 2mb ;D and voila

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=289941

Super Pi 1m run , bumped the vcore to 1.57 just to be "safe" ;] , memory @ 5-5-5-15 just to be sure that they aren't the "culprit"

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5...perpi1mux7.png

Very nice xeon u have.

[clon22]

Right now I'm using official bios 1.6 I would like to know which bios has the best overclocking on memory? Will bios 1.7 improve memory overclocks and timings? My A-Data Vitesta is supposed to hit 1066Mhz and I can only get 962Mhz.

Really depends on the individual...
Personally, I still like v1.1.