Gigabyte MA790FX DQ6

[KTE]

Guys, don't believe obvious hoopla. We were told the same about why no DDR2-1066 would first run with Phenom boards.

That's not an exclusive reply, it's a standard reply of most MB MFGs when either their own board (i.e. HW) does not support adding such a feature within the BIOS or either when they just don't have it, don't want to add it or don't know anything about it. It happens regular, happened with me on all the RD790 boards I tried and worked with MB MFGs with.

You can change NB VID, FID and DID higher and lower on all 9600 BEs. 9500/9600 NB FID can only be dropped but I'm not sure of the NB VID, if it's hardware locked at 1.25VID or not (IDR). IIRC it is locked as is CPU VID, but CPU volts and CPU NB volts are not locked. Either way, CPU NB Voltage is what is required, so even at stock CPU NB 1.25VID you can increase/decrease CPU NB volts to 1.537v-ish.

You can just use MSR Editor or Sam2008's tool to set the VID/Volts you want if you really want it now before BIOS. We were fed up waiting and so we decided to collaborate and Sam2008 jumped in to provide the tool we required to enable easy one click changes to oc without any of the BIOS options or AOD, since Phenom technical documentation is plenty. Now I just start my system and the tool runs auto, and I have the settings I require including downclocked core3.

[Boschwanza]

NB VID is locked at 1.25 Volt, just decreasing not increasing works for me using
MSR Register 0xC0010070

[Daveburt714]

NB VID is locked at 1.25 Volt, just decreasing not increasing works for me using
MSR Register 0xC0010070

Bosch, are you running a Black Edition CPU or a Standard?
As far as I know standards won't allow you to go higher than 1.25v on IMC.
I know my 9600std wouldn't on the K9A2, and it had the option..

KTE: I'll look for the sam2008 software, thanks for the tip!

[Boschwanza]

IIRC i, so even at stock CPU NB 1.25VID you can increase/decrease CPU NB volts to 1.537v-ish.

How?