Phenom 9500 w/ MSI K9A2 Platinum

[Swanie]

Hi There KTE, Compliments of the season to all. No news on a new BIOS for the MSI? How the system performing under SP3 would you say there is major improvements and worth going back. I know overclocking a person get more points on XP than Vista but what you reckon? And what about XP X64

[KTE]

Here's where to get the latest MSI K9A2 Platinum BIOSes from: http://www.msi-forum.de/thread.php?t...tuser=0&page=6

Move onto the next page and there is a new BIOS release: v1.22

I've not tried it yet but should do by Saturday.

Hi There KTE, Compliments of the season to all. No news on a new BIOS for the MSI? How the system performing under SP3 would you say there is major improvements and worth going back. I know overclocking a person get more points on XP than Vista but what you reckon? And what about XP X64

SP3 performs better than SP2, for me it is more stable too. XP 64b is better for K10 than XP 32b. Best wishes to you too!

[Swanie]

Thanks KTE. I read the read but see this one has the Errata fix and cannot be turned off in the BIOS. It fixes the Phenom /1066 DDR memory isssue- so that good but the loss of speed due to the fix not good. I heard that with the new AOD the "fix" can be turned off, if so ,where

[Daveburt714]

Swanie, At the top of AOD (tool bar) on the left hand side you will see a circle click on that, the outside of the ring will turn yellow (turbo, but not sure what it does)... Click on it again and the outside of the ring will turn red... I'm pretty sure that disables the TLB patch!!

I don't have a phenom yet, but I have read that that is how AOD disables the patch...

[KTE]

I hope it doesn't have the "fix" hard coded. As for the TLB turn off, I was thinking it is that button as well, but I'm not sure until I try it now.

[Brother Esau]

@KTE....What Phenom are you currently using ATM?

[KTE]

ATM?
Blacker Edition...
Core 2 Duo

[Brother Esau]

Where Prey Tell did you get that Old Boy

[KTE]

I have the X2 BE-2300 here. Have to set it all up yet.
Then comes the other AMD CPU. Stock still non-existent for me, prices heavens high and I don't like paying a dime.

They fly to me through my window while I lay to dream.
Eh?
Santa missed his train so he sent Peter Pan to bring them.

[Emperor]

KTE, possible to try out the 122 bios for us please?

[KTE]

I don't have a Phenom to try it sorry. Only an X2 here.

Phenom I need to collect.

[gareth170]

hi kte

thank u for your reply in http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...48&postcount=6 that helps alot..

if i set the AM2+ Custom P-States to what u said, could i then use AOD to do everything else? im asking because i can't use my hands has im disabled so its very difficult for me to do stuff in the bios...

[KTE]

hi kte

thank u for your reply in http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...48&postcount=6 that helps alot..

You're welcome.

if i set the AM2+ Custom P-States to what u said, could i then use AOD to do everything else?

Yes you should be able to do everything within Windows (AOD). AOD is the main tool you need here. Is your CPU on stock heatsink/fan?

im asking because i can't use my hands has im disabled so its very difficult for me to do stuff in the bios...

I didn't know. Had I known earlier, I'd have wrote more in the linked post.

[gareth170]

Yes you should be able to do everything within Windows (AOD). AOD is the main tool you need here.

that's great.. thats one of the reasons why i got this motherboard..

Is your CPU on stock heatsink/fan?

no.. its a Akasa AK-922 EVO blue

I didn't know. Had I known earlier, I'd have wrote more in the linked post.

its ok mate

[KTE]

What are your stock core temps gareth170? (you can check in AOD tabs)

[gareth170]

What are your stock core temps gareth170? (you can check in AOD tabs)

32c ida, between 37c - 38c load

[KTE]

Yep, about right.

[gareth170]

Yep, about right.

btw thats on half speed on the fan...

on amd site it says the phemon 9500 max temp is 70c.. is this true?

[KTE]

Not sure if they're specifying case operating temp or internal core temp both of which can have a delta of ~15℃. You should avoid getting above 55℃ for 24/7 usage though.

[KTE]

Ah the BE is DOA! What a n PITA!! More delays

[Lightman]

Ah the BE is DOA! What a n PITA!! More delays

Any chances for quick replacement?

Do you have second board to test it?

PS. What is stepping and production week of these chip?

[KTE]

No second board.
By BE I meant X2 BE-2300 that I mentioned earlier. Sorry if you thought it was the Phenom.

The Phenom 9600 BE I'll have tomorrow morning.

[Lightman]

No second board.
By BE I meant X2 BE-2300 that I mentioned earlier. Sorry if you thought it was the Phenom.

The Phenom 9600 BE I'll have tomorrow morning.

OK!
I can go sleep then

[Brains1]

Reading off that German MSI site I gather that this new Bios has the TLB temp fix. Choking the system a bit... 15%

I have a Phenom 9500 running with Bios 1.1 which I believe does not have the TLB fix. Correct???

The system run flawlessly on stock settings. Never a crash. That's running Crysis, Call Of Duty 4, Red Baron3d, Autocad, Battlefront 2, Battlefield2, Winxp64 sp2

So when will this TLB bug bite?? Besides the rough fix patch????? Only when overclocking it seems.

Or maybe some chips are worse then others??

So hopefully this bios will fix more then it may break. My problem remember is i'm STUCK at 1 stick at 1GB. So single channel and 1 tiny GB of ram

So dual channel at 1066mhz and 2gbs might get me back to break even or faster.

Will report back with more info

Thanks
Brain

[blargman]

interesting. haven't compared the 2 bios's as far as performance goes. Any suggestion on an app to try?

I just installed 1.22 this morning. Dunno why, really was no reason to, it didn't do anything for me. still can't run my 1066mhz ram @1066.

Anyone know why frequency is grayed out in AOD for memory? I'm guessing the divider isn't changeable on the fly. It's set 1:1 right now. I've got the HT up to something fairly low atm. Last I checked I think my CPU is running around 2.4ghz. HT @ 218 or so. So the ram is running around 436. I know it can go faster than the HT/CPU. just wish I could up it