Asus M4a79 deluxe up close and personal

[xman01]

gonna try the 1303 right now

[wez]

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so.../M4A79_Deluxe/

there is another new bios on there now also, 1402. Going to flash it and see how it is.

Cool, thanks giving it a try later tonight.

[afireinside]

1402 rocks! Running 2.75ghz NB rock solid. Never been able to get this high with the older BIOSes.

[gaidin]

I will still help you guys out as needed with it however the majority of my work will be on am3 as they appear to need more work.

you need to start a thread on up close and personal with 9T then

[Zeus]

1402 rocks! Running 2.75ghz NB rock solid. Never been able to get this high with the older BIOSes.

That is some good news, gonna flash this one tonite!

[HondaGuy]

Flashed to this bios, seems to be working well.....In AOD I now have a CPU/NB Multi slider, along with some more sliders in the Voltage, bottom right

[soundood]

ho ho ho, i am so impressed now, changing NB multi on the fly? extra voltage sliders, heres a screen, and this was not possible on the 1303 bios.

hello 1402

this pic of course shows my rig in a custom c'n'q mode, i havent had time to play with anything yet, just thought i would post a screen

[wez]

The "cpu extra-ov" slider is sweet, helped with vdrops a lot. Have to play around with it some more, but so far it seems very promising.

[afireinside]

CPU extra-OV does not work for me. It sets back to zero every time I hit apply. Also, the NB multi option is useless because it requires a reboot.

[wez]

CPU extra-OV does not work for me. It sets back to zero every time I hit apply. Also, the NB multi option is useless because it requires a reboot.

The CPU OV is in 0.1v steps, so make sure you move it far enough, or it will go back to zero

Edit: It's not perfect, but a lot better than trying to compensate with high vcore

[FoxRacR17]

never messed with the windows AOD stuff, always been a bios tweaks kinda guy. I am having some bad vdroop issues, so if i install AOD and mess with this CPU OV slider, does it stay after every reboot? Will AOD always be running in the background after every restart? Also how much is safe to apply to the CPU OV?

[soundood]

i tried to move the CPU OV slider too, moved to 1 and fell back to 0, then i moved it to 3 and the comp rebooted, lol

ahh well, maybe 1403 bios will support this all, ohh and yes the NB Multi requires reboot, defeats the purpose really

[FoxRacR17]

yeah when i set the CPU OV to .1 it went down to 0 when i hit apply, so I moved it up to .2 and hit apply it went down to .1 Also it doesnt seem to stay when I reboot my computer, anyone know how to make it permanent?

[wez]

1402 is up on the official site now; "Improve system stability under overclocking condition"
Whatever that means ^^

FoxRacR17, there should be a option somewhere that allows you to load your last settings at boot.

[FoxRacR17]

I think i found the setting wez, I click on preformance, then on settings, and under misc there is an option that says "apply my last settings when system boots" and I have that checked, hit apply, and then change the cpu ov so its a .1, then hit apply again, and then ok. Restarted my computer and the cpu ov is back at 0

[wesleys_dad]

Im running a raid 0 setup with this board and 1303 ran fine but since i installed 1402 it crashes loading vista on the raid array...tryed bios defaults and made sure all settings in bios were correct and every time no matter what the settings are i get a crask...it happens when the loading bar is running across the screen...
went back to 1303 and all is good...i o/clock using bios so aod isnt really a concern but was hoping with later bios updates the voltage settings would be more accurate as far as setting it at 1.3 and actually having it at 1.3 and having auto setting would be somewhere close to what amd specifies default voltages to be for a particular cpu...
not having owned a dfi board im considering a 790gx or 790fx board due to the fact from what ive read that they are spot on with voltage settings..anyone have any input on voltage settings for the asus m4a79 dlx and also if the dfi boards have spot on settings for voltage......

[soundood]

well what can i say, i am having or was having rather, major issues with 1402,

for the first time since i got this board i was getting BSOD's, when shutting down crysis and IE, also it wouldnt allow sleep mode.

it seems very rough around the edges somehow, so i lfashed back to 1303 and all is well again.

ill be sticking with 1303 util they release another

[Zeus]

Is there a Vdroop mod for this board? Voltage seems to droop real bad under Prime 95 causing the system to reboot.

Also, anyone tried this block for the PWM's yet?:

http://www.aquatuning.de/product_inf...---Acetal.html

The heatpipe gets real hot on the upperside, maybe this mosfetblock is usefull?

[wez]

Is there a Vdroop mod for this board? Voltage seems to droop real bad under Prime 95 causing the system to reboot.

Also, anyone tried this block for the PWM's yet?:

http://www.aquatuning.de/product_inf...---Acetal.html

The heatpipe gets real hot on the upperside, maybe this mosfetblock is usefull?

Have searched for a mod, but no real luck so far. Might as well put the iron on this board now, so shout if you find one.

[Lathode]

Anyone else having issues with 1402?

[chew*]

you need to start a thread on up close and personal with 9T then

I will see what I can do......No promises as the board costs a tad more than I'm willing to spend......Maybe I'll grab an open box..

I have another ddrII board now....got to test some ddr II so......will fool with bios's over the next week.

[9X23RNFA]

im also running the 1402 bios , no issues tho actually got my 3.5ghz clock stable still cant get past that but.., has anyone had an issue with 1.500v set in the bios? if i set my voltage higher or lower than 1.500v in the bios i can get into windows at 3.6ghz, if i set it to 1.500v it wont load windows?

i dont have a dmm to test with, if someone could test the actual voltages would be great.

9X

[Zeus]

Anyone noticed the chip to the right of the memslots (outlined red) becoming very hot?

I can only hold my finger for about 5 seconds on it at most. (60ºC+ i guess)

Also the chokes and caps outlined red in the pwm area become very hot, i have to admit i don't have any casefans though.



The heatpipe feels pretty warm too.

[chew*]

Hmm, I have fans blowing on both areas, no issues here....

My replacement board however is using cheap replacemnt parts....no to happy about that.......

Not using yageo chokes for CPU pwm and not using trio chokes for ram and NB PWM........

Testing some nice gskills out atm.......I think everyday users will be happy with them 2x2 gig

[Jethro]

1402 works great here, vdroop is still present. I have to set 1.41v to get 1.36 for example. Even with really good cooling my board flakes out with anything over 1.425 as set in bios. Going water soon so ill at least then be able to see if its heat or just really crappy pwm.