Gigabyte MA790FX DQ6

[Aussie FX]

Dave are you back on a x32 OS?
I'm sure x64 is hurting me.

Yeah I have played with Autoexpress but I didn't see any advantage so I turned it off again. I'm not having any stability issues at all, I just can't get above that wall, so I'm sure it's OS related.

As far as the voltage goes, just run with what you're happy with. More voltage will always hurt a cpu compared to it's stock VID, but I think you're always better with it rising like that and keeping things stable than having the dreaded Asus droop.
If it were me as long as the temps weren't getting out of spec then I would be inclined to keep it where it is. It's a personal opinion really.

I think as far as bioses go ours are good but we desperately need to be able to lift the imc volts. We've got the dual plane cpu, now we need to control it.
The NB multi option is good but I find going below 8 is pointless although that could be an x64 problem too.

[Boschwanza]

I think as far as bioses go ours are good but we desperately need to be able to lift the imc volts. We've got the dual plane cpu, now we need to control it.
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Tell me about it . Same Issue here 2.75 GHz no problem, >2.75 GHZ No Go, i think too, that the CPU Northbridge Voltage is everything holding back.

I just wrote Gigabyte Support if they are planning to implement a Bios Feature "CPU Northbrige Voltage". Did you already Faced Gigabyte with that Issue?

[Daveburt714]

Dave are you back on a x32 OS?
I'm sure x64 is hurting me.

Sorry it took so long to get back to ya Aussie.
Yep, I'm back on XP32. I still haven't decided which OS to stick with yet, as much as VISTA64 sucks I'm sure it's the main focus of Microsoft right now (hopefully it won't go the way of ME ). I'm still trying to decide which OS to actually set for this machine. Vista64 offers DX10 and the full use of my memory, but from my experiences it doesn't seem to OC nearly as well due to stability problems....

I've got half a notion to install 2000Pro on here (Best OS Microsoft ever made IMO), but thats really a step backward with new hardware...

I just got a reply from Gigabyte support.

Here it is
Dear Sir,

Thank you for your kindly mail and inquiry. About the issue you mentioned, we are sorry the board you have doesn't support the feature by H/W. Thus, even BIOS provides the option, you still can't make it working.

I don't believe that.
I'm sure it has a dual power plane.

I find that hard to believe too!! If thats true, I don't see how they could legitimately call it an AM2+ Motherboard...

KTE & Justapost have figured out how to change volatages on the IMC using the MSR registers (see later pages of DFI/K9A2 threads). If I'm feeling frisky and no one else tries it, I may do some testing this weekend to see whether it's true or not....

I get really aggravated with Phenom, but it is fun to play with... Kinda like the Rubic's Cube of CPU's.

[Aussie FX]

I get really aggravated with Phenom, but it is fun to play with... Kinda like the Rubic's Cube of CPU's.

Lol I could never work that bloody thing out. I hope Phenom isn't the same...