Asus M3A79-T Deluxe

[Zeus]

So what's the word on the pcb color?

Are there still balck and brown versions around?

I'm thinking about leaving Intel and go AMD but i'd really like a black PCB.

[charged3800z24]

So what's the word on the pcb color?

Are there still balck and brown versions around?

I'm thinking about leaving Intel and go AMD but i'd really like a black PCB.

Mine is Black, I am sure they are still available black. I got mine just before the holidays last year.

[Halk]

My DOA one was black, the replacement is brown.

[N19h7m4r3]

Mine is brown, I was kind of upset when I saw that.

It's not that great looking and sticks out abit in an all black system

Still an amazing motherboard though.

[Zeus]

So, still a mixed bag, hmmm

Hoping to get a black one then.

Do black ATI based cards exist?

[N19h7m4r3]

So, still a mixed bag, hmmm

Hoping to get a black one then.

Do black ATI based cards exist?

All xx70X2's are black and all XFX ATI cards are black also.

[Zeus]

All xx70X2's are black and all XFX ATI cards are black also.

Ah ok thanks.

Sorry for asking n00b questions but i've never really owned ATI cards apart from a x300se or something, lol.

Another question, does the M3A79-T deluxe come with a backplate that i can screw my threads in for my d-tek fuZion?

[MadDias]

Ah ok thanks.

Sorry for asking n00b questions but i've never really owned ATI cards apart from a x300se or something, lol.

Another question, does the M3A79-T deluxe come with a backplate that i can screw my threads in for my d-tek fuZion?

yes. it comes with a solid backplate.
i´ve cut m4 threads into mine for my ek supreme.

[Stoner133]

All xx70X2's are black and all XFX ATI cards are black also.

The XFX ATi cards may be black but there are many xx70X2 cards that are red so thats not true.

[N19h7m4r3]

Really? I've never seen a 4870x2 that's black.

I know the 3870x2's were.

[MadDias]

Really? I've never seen a 4870x2 that's black.

I know the 3870x2's were.

my 4870x2 is black.
i never knew that there were red ones too.. isn´t the reference pcb black too?

[cdnbum88]

I did a quick search, but did not see if you need to do a BIOS update for this board to use a 940BE.

Is this needed? If yes, normal BIOS utility update will work? If no, any other options besides getting a newer board?

Thanks

[G.Foyle]

940 BE should work with 0602 bios. Also, BIOS-based flash utility is perfect if you want to flash to 0701.

[cdnbum88]

940 BE should work with 0602 bios. Also, BIOS-based flash utility is perfect if you want to flash to 0701.

What is the word on the street for the 0701 bios and the 940? Good bad indifferent?

I RMA'd my board, so I am thinking it would come with the at least 0602 if not 0701 when I get it back in a week or so.

[charged3800z24]

What is the word on the street for the 0701 bios and the 940? Good bad indifferent?

I RMA'd my board, so I am thinking it would come with the at least 0602 if not 0701 when I get it back in a week or so.

I had to RMA mine and actually had 0602 installed. Phenom II 940 worked fine with it. I have went to 0701 since and have had no issues yet.

[cdnbum88]

I had to RMA mine and actually had 0602 installed. Phenom II 940 worked fine with it. I have went to 0701 since and have had no issues yet.

Good to know.

Are you OCing it and if yes what are you getting? Sample settings?

[charged3800z24]

Good to know.

Are you OCing it and if yes what are you getting? Sample settings?

well here is my first stable results. I have hit 4.2ghz with 1.5v valid and Super PI 1M ran. that was all I did @ 4.2.

Edit: I forgot the link to my stable results LOL... click on "here"

[MadDias]

I did a quick search, but did not see if you need to do a BIOS update for this board to use a 940BE.

Is this needed? If yes, normal BIOS utility update will work? If no, any other options besides getting a newer board?

Thanks

phenomII is officially supported since bios 0504.
even with the 0403 bios it will work, but it doesn´t recognize the cpu as phenom.

[G.Foyle]

cdnbum88, remember 0701 is a beta BIOS, it was made available here with absolutely no warranty and you use it on your own risk.
Thus your board cannot come back from RMA with 0701 flashed.
But it works perfectly fine, for some even better than 0602.

[pinoyxpryde]

I'm loving this 0701 bios. Getting better reference speed OCs while using less voltage on my 9850

[emersonsc]

where can i get this BIOS??? right now my 940 wont overclock for crap. i cant do ANYTHING w/o the board either not posting, or windows failing to even get to the scrolling status screen

[Xajel]

Hellow guys

I recieved the mobo long time ago and installed it too but I didn't tweak anything, and yesterday I upgraded the CPU to Phenom II 940 BE... when I went to change the RAM timing I found every thing complicated for me as there's some technical things I just saw it now and I don't know anything about them
my RAM is Corsair DDR2-800 5-5-5-12 1T, but this is the default, it can be 4-4-4-18 2T @ 2.1v and I have to set these manually, I did this already tens of times on my older mobo M2N32-SLI Deluxe WiFi, but M3A79-T Deluxe include a lot of details that I just saw now

currently, I know I have to set timing as follow
CAS = 4
Trcd = 4
Trp = 4
Tras = 18

ofcourse this is after setting 2T and upping the voltage to 2.1v...

but there's other settings I don't know like tRFC(x) which is valued with (ns) so it's just timing also but in nano-seconds which I don't know too what !!
and what about Primary and Secondary ( DCT0 & DCT1 )
and all other things that can be set already like tWR but I know nothing about them !!

[G.Foyle]

where can i get this BIOS??? right now my 940 wont overclock for crap. i cant do ANYTHING w/o the board either not posting, or windows failing to even get to the scrolling status screen

BIOS 0701 is available here.

[RASTAVIPER]

Hellow guys

I recieved the mobo long time ago and installed it too but I didn't tweak anything, and yesterday I upgraded the CPU to Phenom II 940 BE... when I went to change the RAM timing I found every thing complicated for me as there's some technical things I just saw it now and I don't know anything about them
my RAM is Corsair DDR2-800 5-5-5-12 1T, but this is the default, it can be 4-4-4-18 2T @ 2.1v and I have to set these manually, I did this already tens of times on my older mobo M2N32-SLI Deluxe WiFi, but M3A79-T Deluxe include a lot of details that I just saw now

currently, I know I have to set timing as follow
CAS = 4
Trcd = 4
Trp = 4
Tras = 18

ofcourse this is after setting 2T and upping the voltage to 2.1v...

but there's other settings I don't know like tRFC(x) which is valued with (ns) so it's just timing also but in nano-seconds which I don't know too what !!
and what about Primary and Secondary ( DCT0 & DCT1 )
and all other things that can be set already like tWR but I know nothing about them !!

Basic timings are the first 4 you mention.
All the rest is not so important to mess around, unless you are a hard OCer and want to optimise your ram to maximum.

[cdnbum88]

cdnbum88, remember 0701 is a beta BIOS, it was made available here with absolutely no warranty and you use it on your own risk.
Thus your board cannot come back from RMA with 0701 flashed.
But it works perfectly fine, for some even better than 0602.

If for some reason it has issues...can't I flash back to 0602 via some other method besides the bios utility?