Asus M4a79 deluxe up close and personal

[Tomasis]

I read somewhere that the heatsink is not properly attached on pwm. Does it happen on few mobos or is more common thing?

chew, what replacement parts?

[soundood]

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.

you really need to get those areas covered with a fan or two, i allways have both those areas cooled by air, especially to fetsand chokes area, heres a pic of what its doing at the moment. both areas barely get above 35 degrees C, 40 on a hot day

I read somewhere that the heatsink is not properly attached on pwm. Does it happen on few mobos or is more common thing?

i have found personaly that most Mobo's regardles of who makes it, have badly fitting or non fitting heatsinks, abit and asus are famous for it. as chew demonstrated at the start of this thread, it is better to pull it off and remount it with some new pads and paste, that way there are no headaches later, if its in the case.

[chew*]

I read somewhere that the heatsink is not properly attached on pwm. Does it happen on few mobos or is more common thing?

chew, what replacement parts?

The PWM chokes for the CPU PWM are unbranded no names..........and the NB and DDR PWM is not using TRIO chokes...........The problem with the heatpipe is it's usually not mounted well and has barely any pressure on one side, not making good contact on mosfets...

Seems asus is selling newegg repaired boards from RMA with cheaper components for the egg to sell as open box.............

Excellent QC asus Note the sarcasm

[mcbalaban]

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)

That'd be the clock generator. I always put a heatsink on it.

Here's what I did to my RD 580.... ...still serves me good, the ol' bastard...

[FoxRacR17]

now there is bios 1403 up on the asus ftp website, no mention on their product page of it yet though. I'm going to stay with 1402 since i finally got my system rock solid with prime for 24hrs though.

[soundood]

now there is bios 1403 up on the asus ftp website, no mention on their product page of it yet though. I'm going to stay with 1402 since i finally got my system rock solid with prime for 24hrs though.

i knew they would release a 1403 sharpish, 1402 seems like a beta to me, im going to flash this when i get home, will post results

[wez]

now there is bios 1403 up on the asus ftp website, no mention on their product page of it yet though. I'm going to stay with 1402 since i finally got my system rock solid with prime for 24hrs though.

1403 did wonders for me, can run my RAM in cas 1 now... Or its just bugged out, decide for yourself

[wesleys_dad]

whats the address for the ftp site to get the 1403 bios for this board

[Jethro]

1403 seems great. I can confirm cmd rate 1 is applicable now. NB is less flakey as well.

[chew*]

Can someone on 1202 run PI 32M 4-4-4 @ 1000 let me know if you pass?

[afireinside]

whats the address for the ftp site to get the 1403 bios for this board

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

[wez]

Can someone on 1202 run run PI 32M 4-4-4 @ 1000 let me know if you pass?

I would if I had any sticks that would allow it

[chew*]

I would if I had any sticks that would allow it

I will drop my cellshock 2x1 gig sticks in then....maybe its a 2x2g issue.

980 is fine it seems with 2x2g.......these 2x2g sticks in theory should do 4-4-4 1000 though so it must be the board, bios or 955 not agreeing with them.....

Update

Allrighty cellshocks will not do 1000 4-4-4 with even 2.3v, couldn't even get into windows 1202 bios......My gigabyte will 32m with just 1000 4-4-4-10 set and 2.2v.......
Will try another bios........

[Martin.v.r]

bad vdrop
tweak ??for some volt saw has only played with it in a day, have water on CPU http://www.octeamdenmark.com/forums/...5&d=1241899979

[chew*]

Well I settled on 1303 myself.......1202 has issues.....will pass memtest and hardlock in windows....

1402/3 seems to have borked the timings.........and 1303 although I don't think its up to par is probably the most reliable.........1102 does not work correctly with PH II 955.........

Still can't do 1000 4-4-4, and I used this same cpu and ram on another board and it could at least pass 32mPI with just setting speed 4-4-4-10 undervolted by .1 and go..........

Get to work asus....seems you guys have a bit of polishing up to do.....

[wesleys_dad]

I tryed the 1403 bios after having alot of issues with 1402..
1403was better but buggy so went back to 1303 and ill have to agree with chew it seems to be the best and most stable at least on my system with the 7750be...
I sure wish asus would work on the cpu vcore voltage issue...i dont understand why when you set voltage to a certain spec its always alot higher than what ive set..
this issue dosent seem to me it would be hard to correct with a bios update....
im holding off right now to see the new dual cores and lower wattage x3 and x4's coming out next month....
living in florida heat is always an issue down here even with the air conditioner cooling things off....
ive always thought asus was the most stable of boards as the ones ive owned have been great but ill have to say this board has been a bit of a disapointment for me...
I wonder now if i should have gone with a gigabyte board as i almost did....spending 200$ on a board and having such issues for so long now dosent build alot of confidence..
wouldnt you think with the 8+2 phase control this board would have very little vdroop and voltages would be spot on......

[Zeus]

Well I settled on 1303 myself.......1202 has issues.....will pass memtest and hardlock in windows....

1402/3 seems to have borked the timings.........and 1303 although I don't think its up to par is probably the most reliable.........1102 does not work correctly with PH II 955.........

Still can't do 1000 4-4-4, and I used this same cpu and ram on another board and it could at least pass 32mPI with just setting speed 4-4-4-10 undervolted by .1 and go..........

Get to work asus....seems you guys have a bit of polishing up to do.....

I can do 32M 4-4-4-12 DDR1000 no problem with bios 1402 and my OCZ Blade ram.

[chew*]

I can do 32M 4-4-4-12 DDR1000 no problem with bios 1402 and my OCZ Blade ram.

Are you using a 955? I think its an issue more so with the support for the new cpu's..720 BE and 940 BE work/clock fine since 1102.....

[Zeus]

No, didn't know that would make a difference really. Offcourse the imc is different so you might be onto something.

Send me 955 and i'll test it for ya.

[Martin.v.r]

bug here ? bios 0803 an 1402/1403 can not run whit Cellshock 2x1GB PC8000 cl4
an Cellshock PC6400 cl4,can not run in dual.

[chew*]

bug here ? bios 0803 an 1402/1403 can not run whit Cellshock 2x1GB PC8000 cl4
an Cellshock PC6400 cl4,can not run in dual.

Thats the ram I was testing with to verify that it was the board, becasue other ram had issues . That ram is fine on other boards

[Martin.v.r]

hmm i got this Cellshock PC8000 cl4 on ASUS P965 / 680I / P5K an P5Q Deluxe
no go on Asus M4a79 deluxe

[Zeus]

I had my Cellshock PC6400 black running dual channel and cas 4 on this board. Used the yellow slots.

[Martin.v.r]

have tried everything
I just can not send it to RMA? TEST sys from AMD Dragon test kit.

[Lastviking]

Hmmm any more have trouble to get over 230 bus speed in 1303 bios?, i dont realy get it my NB,Ht link, Memory and cpu speed is not to high...but what setting is holding me back?!, some one did 300 bus speed in this thread whats the secret?