UNOFFICIAL BIOSTAR TPower I45 M/B

[Ace-a-Rue]

but when i was only using single card , its no problem at all , this problem came when i upgrade to Cross Fire , stiil need solution , please help anyone experiencing the same problem with crossfire?

solution is above!

[makaka]

take a look at this link..."FF" is a bootblock problem.

http://www.ami.com/support/doc/AMIBI...e_List_PUB.pdf

Thanks for notice but , Removing the battery and clearing the CMOS do not help , moreover i placed a boostable flash disk with the bios inside and AFUdos in autoexe , but the motherboard do not even reach the USB disk (USB light is off) , I also used floppy disk but it also do not light , I tried a PCI card and again nothings .
Any why how to clear the bios or to force the reflash it may be using pin or somethings similar ?? .
CPu FAN work and post lead show FF and notings in the screen

[Ace-a-Rue]

did you try to flash the bios before the "FF" code showed up?

EDIT:..need to know if the floppy drive green light ever came on, like it is looking for a recovery disk???

[Ace-a-Rue]

read this about AMI Bootblock bios recovery: http://www.biosman.com/biosrecovery.html

[makaka]

did you try to flash the bios before the "FF" code showed up?

No i was just under windows uning some benchie , then the motherboard shut down , power up then hung up .
I

EDIT:..need to know if the floppy drive green light ever came on, like it is looking for a recovery disk???

No the floppy drive green light do not come on . This is what i am trying to say

[Ace-a-Rue]

No i was just under windows uning some benchie , then the motherboard shut down , power up then hung up .
I

No the floppy drive green light do not come on . This is what i am trying to say

follow the procedure in the link above your post...good luck!

[makaka]

follow the procedure in the link above your post...good luck!

I will try and report back

[Damian^]

I dont see the E7200 on the support list only the E7300, i have the E7200 is that a problem?

[scorpion]

ace new at this how do i take sceen shots to post my overclock. thanks

[tomati]

ace new at this how do i take sceen shots to post my overclock. thanks

1°) Hit the print screen button

2°) open paint then hit ctrl + v in paint

3°) save it

[Ace-a-Rue]

I dont see the E7200 on the support list only the E7300, i have the E7200 is that a problem?

i can't see why it would not work...some times the updates for the website come slowly.

[makaka]

follow the procedure in the link above your post...good luck!

No go

[scorpion]

thanks tomati, i will give it a shot.

[makaka]

Ace-a-Rue

any why to do a pin mod to force the boot block or reflash ??

[Ace-a-Rue]

any why to do a pin mod to force the boot block or reflash ??

i can't help you there.

have you tried a different video card; different memory sticks (use only one and try every slot)...detach all hard drives, DVD drives but leave your floppy attach!

are you getting any other post codes other than "FF"?

[makaka]

i can't help you there.

have you tried a different video card; different memory sticks (use only one and try every slot)...detach all hard drives, DVD drives but leave your floppy attach!

are you getting any other post codes other than "FF"?

Yes only one memory stick installed , i tried OCZ and Geil ram the same result .
Nothings , i just power the motherboard CPU fan spin and i am getting FF code , later after 5 or 6 seconds the motherboard shut down then power up again directly with FF code and in this time it remain working with FF code no beep no display nothings ,

[barong]

solution is above!

is this mobo cannot use crossfire?

[JWilson]

I'm running the 710 bios, 2x2gig G.Skill, 8x500 with a E8500. I have both the C1E and Intel Speed Step disabled, but at idle, CPU-Z is showing the cpu multiplier going to 6x. Did I miss something?, or is the board flakey, or the bios flakey?

[Ace-a-Rue]

Yes only one memory stick installed , i tried OCZ and Geil ram the same result .
Nothings , i just power the motherboard CPU fan spin and i am getting FF code , later after 5 or 6 seconds the motherboard shut down then power up again directly with FF code and in this time it remain working with FF code no beep no display nothings ,

if you tried holding down the "Cntrl+Home" keys while powering up and the floppy does not come alive, then you have to RMA the board...you have a bad bios chip.

[Ace-a-Rue]

is this mobo cannot use crossfire?

read the manual..it tells you right there that it is a crossfire board...also, the information is on the 1st page of this thread.

do you have all EIGHT red jumpers and the one small black jumper set to the correct jumpered position????..if not, the manual describes how to do it on page 20 & 21.

[Ace-a-Rue]

I'm running the 710 bios, 2x2gig G.Skill, 8x500 with a E8500. I have both the C1E and Intel Speed Step disabled, but at idle, CPU-Z is showing the cpu multiplier going to 6x. Did I miss something?, or is the board flakey, or the bios flakey?

there are two "CPU Configuration" categories where C1E shows up...just make sure both are disabled.

[makaka]

if you tried holding down the "Cntrl+Home" keys while powering up and the floppy does not come alive, then you have to RMA the board...you have a bad bios chip.

I tried "Cntrl+Home" no go thanks i will check the processor in another motherboard if it is alive then i will RMA the motherboard

[Ace-a-Rue]

here is the latest image of PCMARK 2005 with the same raid drives attached to an Areca Raid PCIe 8x card...same memory was used on my Abit IP35 Pro, along with the same 9800 GTX and the same QX9650 cpu.

this completed test is slightly lower than Gigabyte's X48T-DQ6 (ddr3) board by about 400 total points...the difference is graphics and memory scores.

all the benches were run at 4 ghz at the same FSB except for the Biostar board where i had trouble holding (stable) 5:6 memory strap (DDR-1068) so i decided to use 470 FSB (8.5x) and use 1:1 memory strap with fairly tight timings along with the QX9650...biostar obviously needs to tweak the bios some more for the straps and overclocking stability.

the very bottom slide shows the WD Veloci-Rapto drives...they made a difference of about +900 points more in overall system performance.

EDIT:...i should add: if i did not have to set crossfire to allow my Areca Raid card to work, i would had the first 16x PCIe slot working at 16x link speed...then, i would be ahead or at least equal with the X48T (ddr3) board.

DOUBLE EDIT:...graph was coutesy of extraordinaire reviewer, Supershanks of this forum...his forum home: www.Clunk.org.uk/forums

[Damian^]

Can someone tell me how to properly increase the VCore, im used to my AMD build where i can increase it simply by entering the number, but with intel im a bit lost, it has "+, and - numbers"

RIght now my CPU VCore is i think, 1.17V which option d i choose to increase it by small increments? -50 or +50 ???

[Ace-a-Rue]

Can someone tell me how to properly increase the VCore, im used to my AMD build where i can increase it simply by entering the number, but with intel im a bit lost, it has "+, and - numbers"

RIght now my CPU VCore is i think, 1.17V which option d i choose to increase it by small increments? -50 or +50 ???

enter the "voltage configuration" on the "O.N.E." page...you have to switch it to manual overclock...once there, the very first entry is the Vcore...increments for this board is in 'plus' or 'minus' increments.

other intel board makers usually allow setting the vcore by selecting an actual numeric number within the design limits of the board.