UNOFFICIAL BIOSTAR TPower I45 M/B

[Sauron_Vie]

ok, i try to explain with my bad englisch:

no access to cmosclear jumper with long GPU Card
BIOS Post hide if you have two GPU Card
bad retention system for GPU Card
and more

yea m8, i know what u mean, but these r peanuts against the performance of the board

[mattkosem]

Will my TRUE 120 mounted vertically fit ok in an Antec P182SE?

No it will not. Horizontal mounting is the only way in that case, and it prevents you from installing the extra cooler over the VRMs.

--Matt

[philbrown23]

I love this board, and I had an asus p5Q-dlx, but I still find this board is better, I'll not ever go back to asus after that headache. still working on high fsb's though, my highest was 500fsb but on water cooling, when I get some DICE I'll see what this thing can really do.

[thehinge1]

Ugh, thanks though.

Does anyone know of a decent air cooler that will fit it in a vertical orientation?

And regarding the P5Q debacle: I would rather have a DFI in its place at this point, but may have to stick with an ASUS board depending on how the shop handles the whole situation. I was beyond the normal return point so I have to try another P5Q-E... if #2 is also a fail I may be able to get another brand

Needless to say I am quite curious how the I45 is going to test out - gonna try out the thoroughly wrung out E7200 first.

No it will not. Horizontal mounting is the only way in that case, and it prevents you from installing the extra cooler over the VRMs.

--Matt

[philbrown23]

Ugh, thanks though.

Does anyone know of a decent air cooler that will fit it in a vertical orientation?

And regarding the P5Q debacle: I would rather have a DFI in its place at this point, but may have to stick with an ASUS board depending on how the shop handles the whole situation. I was beyond the normal return point so I have to try another P5Q-E... if #2 is also a fail I may be able to get another brand

Needless to say I am quite curious how the I45 is going to test out - gonna try out the thoroughly wrung out E7200 first.

I think the true will fit, I KNOW a Xigmatek hdt-S1283 will fit and a sunbeam core contact will fit, so I dont see why the TRUE would not.

[philbrown23]

hi all, I found this while surfing the web http://www.rebelshavenforum.com/sis-...;f=33;t=000213

[thefrenchbird]

yea m8, i know what u mean, but these r peanuts against the performance of the board

yes but a board is not create to make only overclocking

if you are a board designer and you make a layout like this, change your job

[freaksavior]

I think the true will fit, I KNOW a Xigmatek hdt-S1283 will fit and a sunbeam core contact will fit, so I dont see why the TRUE would not.

Not 100% sure what you peeps are talking about but a true will fit on the biostar if thats what your talking about. i have had it both ways. facing up toward the psu and back to the case blowing straight out.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Not 100% sure what you peeps are talking about but a true will fit on the biostar if thats what your talking about. i have had it both ways. facing up toward the psu and back to the case blowing straight out.

when you had the TRUE facing the PSU, did you have to uninstall the "cooler Harbor" (active pipe cooler upgrade kit)?

[Ace-a-Rue]

yes but a board is not create to make only overclocking

if you are a board designer and you make a layout like this, change your job

give biostar a break...i've seen same type designs from other mobo makers.

[philbrown23]

yeah what he said!

[thehinge1]

TRUE does indeed fit vertically - especially as I do not use a fan in the top position. And I can run cooler harbor passively since it is between two 120mm fans forming a push-pull around it and the TRUE.

My cooler harbor has grey material on the bottom but no tape over it. Are they shipping the cooler with tape on the TIM now?

[Sauron_Vie]

I love this board, and I had an asus p5Q-dlx, but I still find this board is better, I'll not ever go back to asus after that headache. still working on high fsb's though, my highest was 500fsb but on water cooling, when I get some DICE I'll see what this thing can really do.

i have both boards under my desk. currently i am on the p5q-dlx and reached for 1m spi 575x10 with a e8600. same frequency on the biostar. why do u think the biostar is the better clocker ? i can´t find much difference yet.

[philbrown23]

I just dont care for the newer asus boards. does anyone else's cooler harbor fan make funny noises? kind of like the fan motor is crapping out? mine does big time, had to loosen the screws to make it quiet up a little.

[ceemic]

philbrown23, why You use it 24/7?

[Ace-a-Rue]

I just dont care for the newer asus boards. does anyone else's cooler harbor fan make funny noises? kind of like the fan motor is crapping out? mine does big time, had to loosen the screws to make it quiet up a little.

is this in windows or while in the bios?

i found my first board had a whinning "delta" like fan at high RPM...the 2nd board fan is quieter but i notice, when going into the bios, the fan is slowing down and eventually it will build up speed as i navigate through the bios; even though i have all the fan controllers disabled.

[firebane]

anyone know if there is a bios update or bios hack that will allow me to go from 1.39v to 1.41 or 1.42v instead of a huge jump to 1.44v?

The TPower2 software seems to allow these minute adjustments but the bios doesn't.. unless I've missed something.

[Ace-a-Rue]

look back a couple of pages..the links are there for voltage mods.

[firebane]

look back a couple of pages..the links are there for voltage mods.

i was hoping for not such a extreme way

[Ace-a-Rue]

i would not count on Biostar coming up with a complete bios change.

[firebane]

i would not count on Biostar coming up with a complete bios change.

I don't either.. but I don't think it would be that hard to allow that minute of an adjustment haha.

[philbrown23]

my cooler harbor fan was slowly getting louder at all times till it got real loud then stopped, so I pulled it apart and put it back together but loose screws and it is a tad quieter but F it, I'm working on modding the bios to allow smaller Vcore adjustments but cannot figure out the code it is in. every other option in the bios HEX is written out plain as day, but no volt option or fsb options anywhere, that is obvious. I'm working on it though.

[Ace-a-Rue]

i bet you need a compiler...that is what i hear from the experts like "Tony"...sounds like an expensive piece of computer programing designed to write bios code

[mattkosem]

TRUE does indeed fit vertically - especially as I do not use a fan in the top position. And I can run cooler harbor passively since it is between two 120mm fans forming a push-pull around it and the TRUE.

My cooler harbor has grey material on the bottom but no tape over it. Are they shipping the cooler with tape on the TIM now?

Wow, that's surprising... I have a P182, I45, and a TRUE here and it looks like there would be clearance issues installing the mobo with the top fan in-place. I didn't even consider removing the top fan, considering the mediocre airflow in that case. It fits the mobo fine in both directions though, never had issues with that.

--Matt

[thehinge1]

You'll need to clean it more but here ya go:
Step 1: Remove air filters.
Step 2: Cut metal mesh out of front intakes in both lower and upper front positions.
Step 3: Cut metal mesh out of upper rear 120mm fan location.
Step 4: Remove top fan as in my experience all it does is make noise & turbulence. My CPU actually ran 1-3c average hotter with it on and you can actually feel it pulling cool air into the upper part of the TRUE when the top fan is out.
Step 5: Place formerly top-mounted fan into 'upper drive cage' position blowing right into your graphics card and well away from the front of case. Remove the plastic tracks to get enough angle for it to blow across the mobo's chips as well.
Step 6: Enjoy your nice, quiet, free-flowing Antec case

This board looks good so far... had my E7200 at 3.8 with hardly any tweaking & now I'll start cranking up the FSB.

Wow, that's surprising... I have a P182, I45, and a TRUE here and it looks like there would be clearance issues installing the mobo with the top fan in-place. I didn't even consider removing the top fan, considering the mediocre airflow in that case. It fits the mobo fine in both directions though, never had issues with that.

--Matt