QuadGT Arrived (56k warning)

[MADMAX22]

i hate to say it but this is the only board that i have ever had crash during the bios update thru windows, this board for some reason does that alot, its the only one i will never update thru windows ever again

[Ajfina]

i hate to say it but this is the only board that i have ever had crash during the bios update thru windows, this board for some reason does that alot, its the only one i will never update thru windows ever again

nop , never update quadgt on windows, even using floppys everytime i do it i cross my fingers

[Daveb2012]

nop , never update quadgt on windows, even using floppys everytime i do it i cross my fingers

Good thing I just SMASHED my floppy driver with a hammer before this,

[Ajfina]

Good thing I just SMASHED my floppy driver with a hammer before this,

LOL get another one

[Blacklash]

Bunch of questions.

Does anyone have a board that makes a buzz or some odd noise with 1.45v and greater vcore? How about the Jmicron controller? Have you fellows been able to install Vista from an IDE DVD? No matter what I set it would fail. I have a feeling it wasn't changing from PIO mode regardless. Windows did indicate UDMA if possible.

Also is changing the BIOS chip difficult? I ordered one from Abit to revive my board.

@Ajfina

Yes I used flashmenu in windows because I've never had a problem before and won't do that again with this board. I hate floppy disks and wish they would die. The Jmicron contoller was acting weird so I didn't look into DVD options. I use DVD burners|players because of the superior audio capability. I suppose I could go SATA DVD and I like both the players I have now.

[DaFox]

Im going to be building a new rig in 2 weeks, and I have been looking for my next motherboard. This looks like a real winner in my book.

Anyone have any advice for me with this board?
I don't plan on any mobo Mods.

e4300 OC'ed to 3.0-3.2ghz
G.Skill HZ OC'ed to 1066
No Raid, 1x SATA2 drive, 1x IDE DVD drive

[426hemi]

Yeah good luck getting over 480fsb.
@blacklash had no problem with vista64 and ide dvd.

[Blacklash]

Im going to be building a new rig in 2 weeks, and I have been looking for my next motherboard. This looks like a real winner in my book.

Anyone have any advice for me with this board?
I don't plan on any mobo Mods.

e4300 OC'ed to 3.0-3.2ghz
G.Skill HZ OC'ed to 1066
No Raid, 1x SATA2 drive, 1x IDE DVD drive

QuadGT should do that easy, as would most decent 965 mobos. The QuadGT is a very attractive mobo too. I stuck one of these on the CPU and it really looks nice.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835106102

It sort of matches the NB and has a blue LED to go with all the others

[DaFox]

I stuck one of these on the CPU and it really looks nice.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835106102

It sort of matches the NB and has a blue LED to go with all the others

Hehe that defiantly looks pretty flashy, Im personally going for performance and not looks though sadly.

Something along the lines of a Tuniq Tower or TR Ultra-120 Extreme.

[Ajfina]

Also is changing the BIOS chip difficult? I ordered one from Abit to revive my board.

not at all , is very easy and simple , the bios chip is plug in inside a little socket, u just have to use a little screw driver or a hook tool

i even found u this http://www.biosflash.com/e/bios-chip-removal.htm quadgt is PLCC-Socket
i did mine and it was very easy, good luck
and yes i hate floppys too
i have drflash if u need it sometime

[Daveb2012]

I hate floppy disks and wish they would die.

Me too, I figured, when will ever use this thing again? and gave it to the hammer that it deserved, floppy drive are only good for smashing and Bios flashing.

[Blacklash]

not at all , is very easy and simple , the bios chip is plug in inside a little socket, u just have to use a little screw driver or a hook tool

i even found u this http://www.biosflash.com/e/bios-chip-removal.htm quadgt is PLCC-Socket
i did mine and it was very easy, good luck
and yes i hate floppys too
i have drflash if u need it sometime

Thank you.

This is my first time having to do it since I started tinkering with computers. Now just to wait for my replacement to arrive.

@DaFox

I just got tired of the same old same old. I already own a TR Ultra 120 and like it. The difference between a Tuniq Tower and the V1 will be small @ stock speed and up to 1.45v and|or 3.3GHz. If was planning on using 1.5v and shooting for 3.5GHz and up, yeah I'd get the Tuniq. As is I am planning on having a medium OC on 1.45v or less with my QuadGT rig. (E6320 @ 3.0-3.3GHz) I will likely be surrendering a 2C load temp advantage using the V1 instead of the Tuniq Tower under the conditions I describe.

[Dublin_Gunner]

Backlash, I also had no issues installing Vista from and IDE optical drive.

[NinjaZX6R]

Me too, I figured, when will ever use this thing again? and gave it to the hammer that it deserved, floppy drive are only good for smashing and Bios flashing.

Seriously, I think the only reason floppys are still alive is because of bios flashing. I actually did the same thing to mine. You have to admit, it felt good right?

Too bad my girlfriend thinks I have "anger management" issues now.

-Collin-

[Dublin_Gunner]

The only reason I still have an FDD is for bios flashing

[Revv23]

hmm ive never had an issue flashing from windows ever on any board, including the quad gt.

to the people who had freezes were you at 100% stock and stable settings?

[MADMAX22]

yes i was, and i have never had a bad bios flash either till the quadgt, i dont know why but in windows i have heard numerouse accounts of peoples stuff freezing up on this board

and yes i got away with it twice with the quad but third times the charm and i had to get a new bios chip, oh well atleast they sell them

[Ajfina]

I dont think we should update in windows using BETA BIOS that was my mistake , officcial bios release from abit maybe , and remenber to be stock 100% b4 updating bios

[barrymaldon]

Hi,
Just ordered this mobo as i was fed up waiting for the dfi. what is the best bios currently? ok to flash using a cd or would it be better to use a floppy?
Any quirks i should expect?

[Ajfina]

Hi,
Just ordered this mobo as i was fed up waiting for the dfi. what is the best bios currently? ok to flash using a cd or would it be better to use a floppy?
Any quirks i should expect?

use latest bios and update using a floppy

[gunit]

can u do it using a cd image? that would be great.

[bro20000]

Does anyone know what new features the beta 13 bios has over the 11!

[Heidfirst]

it was supposed to address the LAN going missing on some mobos after running memtest.

As for flashing the BIOS with FlashMenu I've done it OK with a beta on mine.
Iirc the people that had problems were pretty much all running Vista.
& you can also flash from a USB memory stick (except on the original 1.0 BIOS) rather than a floppy.

[MuttonFlanks]

OK first and foremost this board is awesome, plugged in and booted up in Windows no problem, LED lights are a nice touch as well I updated the BIOS to ID: 11 so that's what I'm working with now.

I've got 2 SATA hard drives and 1 SATA DVD-RW and I don't want to run RAID. I've got the 2 hard drives plugged into SATA 1 and SATA 2 and the DVD in SATA 3. BIOS recognizes all these fine and dandy, but I can't seem to get my system to work in AHCI mode.

I've got my First Boot Device as SATA CDROM and Second Boot Device as Hard Disk, the rest are disabled. If I leave the SATA Mode as IDE everything works fine, I can get into Windows, and I can boot from my Windows XP CD. But the second I change it to ACHI everything goes wrong. Windows XP will BSOD while loading, and it doesn't boot from my CD anymore.

So how do I get ACHI to work? When I enable ACHI during boot up it will start the SATA ACHI detecting thing, and warn that "this version only works with Hard Disks and CD-ROMS." Then in the list I can see it properly detects my 2 hard drives and DVD Drive but it won't ask me if I want to boot from the CD

Since I'm not running RAID, can I disable JMB363 in BIOS? I have no IDE drives either, so can I disable IDE Bus Master?

In Windows it detects a ton of new hardware. Which ones do I *HAVE* to install? I have a X-Fi sound card so I disabled the onboard audio, then I don't need the Realtek HD Audio drivers right? I've got the INF Chipset Driver installed, but Intel Matrix Storage says I do not meet requirements. I've installed the Realtek LAN driver to get the LAN to work. Anything else I'm missing?

What's Onboard FDC Controller? Do I need it?

Thanks in advance for all the help, look forward to having some fun with this board

EDIT: Now if I set the SATA mode to ACHI and try to install Windows XP, it thinks I have an upgrade CD and asks for a full version of Windows. I encountered this same problem on my Bad Axe 2 motherboard and the reason was I needed the chipset drivers to run ACHI, so I slipstreamed it onto a WinXP CD and that solved my problem. But with this in IDE mode is giving me the same problem. ACHI mode won't let me boot from the CD for some reason.

Some shots of what I'm getting:




The boot failure is expected cause I deleted the partition, but it isn't asking me if I want to boot from the CD or not even though I have the Asus DVD as first boot device.

[Heidfirst]

I could well be wrong (I don't see any benefit in it for my usage so I don't bother) but I think that you ideally needed to install in AHCI mode.

& yes, if you aren't using it just disable the JMicron in the BIOS.