UNOFFICIAL BIOSTAR TPower I45 M/B

[Ace-a-Rue]

what max temp is showing for your processor?...105C or 95C?

[Slovnaft]

WHile we're on this topic, anyone know tjmax for 65nm quads? QX6850 spec'ly?

[bigwill68]

Which program you use for checking the temp with this board ? Almost every program shows me different number :/ (I'm using the newest BIOS)

- The program that came with the mother board disk shows the same number as on the 7-segment (on the board itself).
- Realtemp 2.70 shows me another number.
- OCCT v2.0.0a shows me the same number as SpeedFan 4.35 and this number is different from the other two above.

all software temps programs are off a few degrees would'en the true temp come from the bio readings you see in the bios..?

[napox9]

all software temps programs are off a few degrees would'en the true temp come from the bio readings you see in the bios..?

Define "few degrees" :p
I'm talking about 17c difference at idle between the programs.

This is a picture with a very basic OC at idle -



Edit: I tried CoreTemp0.99.3 as well and it shows me different temp from all the rest programs.

[Pcuser]

The temp in bios on my Tpower shows 239c

[Slovnaft]

Yea are you all refering to the 'hardware health monitor' thing that comes on at boot?
i wouldn't trust that with my dog's life.
These softwares aren't reading the temperature, they're calculating it based on readings they recieve from the diodes all based on the value it assumes is tjmax. That's why, unless you know the value it's using is correct, you can't trust any of them wholesale. Based on when they were created and by whom, each different program has a different default tjmax. Bios uses the same kind of calculations as any other software and is just as much an 'estimate' as anything else.
Find the right tjmax for your chip and use Real Temp.
Or buy an IR gun and remove your heatsink every time you want to check the temp...XD
Now intel has released official tjmax values for all their chips, and they are buried somewhere in the forums, but i can't find them atm, so i'd be grateful to anyone who can.

[Mortis360]

There is possible that a new BIOS are coming soon, after our Biostar dealer asked us costumers for improvments! We have suggested that the voltage steps should be smaller (0.010) and, its gonna show real volt instead of +0.150, instead it will be 1,400 (1,250v stock). They have contacted Biostar and have recived a positive answer about our wishes! Anyone here that dont like these wishes or are they good?

~ Mortis360

[Slovnaft]

That sounds great! that's one of my big issues with this board!
I've heard people complaining that some of the RAM dividers don't work.
And currently it won't run my GEIL 1066 cl5 at 1066, i have it at 800 cl4. i'm thinking it's a BIOS issue as these stcks work fine on other boards, so if they could work on that, that would be fantastic.

[thomas hobbes]

Wow this is a great mobo! I've been priming away at 4.4Ghz (440x10) on 1.32v hitting a max of 69c for an hour or so now without issue (early days yet I know) but I'm noticing that the VRM heatsink and the NB are getting very hot to the touch. Most of my settings are on Auto except for RAM volts, CPU volts and FSB strap. CPU PLL is set at 1.5v. I think the chipset volts is set at +0.300v or so. Has anyone else got this board running with a similar overclock? If so whats the temperature of your heatsinks to the touch?

I'm not overly worried but it would be nice to know of others experiences.

I must say I love this board as its undoubtedly the easiest board I've worked with and that includes my old P5K Premium, P5K-E and S2E which were all extremely fussy about which RAM you put in them and/or had cold boot issues.

NB. Should of mentioned that I'm currently running on air with an OCZ Vendetta 2.

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

Is it worth selling my p5k deluxe wifi for this board? I have a q6600 that was doing about 3.8 ghz on water, but after bios updates, basically killed my OC past 3.6 ghz. I'm guessing I could push my chip farther with this board or at least get back to where I was? As well, it'll take ddr2 1000 g skill 2x2gig kits?

[Mortis360]

That sounds great! that's one of my big issues with this board!
I've heard people complaining that some of the RAM dividers don't work.
And currently it won't run my GEIL 1066 cl5 at 1066, i have it at 800 cl4. i'm thinking it's a BIOS issue as these stcks work fine on other boards, so if they could work on that, that would be fantastic.

Tipsed them about it, theyre gonna talk to Biostar about that problem, and hopefully get it fixed!

~ Mortis360

[Glow9]

Is it worth selling my p5k deluxe wifi for this board? I have a q6600 that was doing about 3.8 ghz on water, but after bios updates, basically killed my OC past 3.6 ghz. I'm guessing I could push my chip farther with this board or at least get back to where I was? As well, it'll take ddr2 1000 g skill 2x2gig kits?

why not just go back to the last BIOS?

[Slovnaft]

Is it worth selling my p5k deluxe wifi for this board? I have a q6600 that was doing about 3.8 ghz on water, but after bios updates, basically killed my OC past 3.6 ghz. I'm guessing I could push my chip farther with this board or at least get back to where I was? As well, it'll take ddr2 1000 g skill 2x2gig kits?

I haven't had great luck with my QX6850 on this board, though I attribute that mainly to coarse voltage settings and, possibly, the chip itself. I've only gotten 3.6 absolutely stable at 400fsb, but I've definitely been up to 4ghz easily and I've been very conservative with volts.
IMO, no.

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

I was just interested if the p45 architecture would buy me anything. It's an awesome board. I just want an excuse to upgrade really within a small budget.

Thanks for the heads up.

[firebane]

There is possible that a new BIOS are coming soon, after our Biostar dealer asked us costumers for improvments! We have suggested that the voltage steps should be smaller (0.010) and, its gonna show real volt instead of +0.150, instead it will be 1,400 (1,250v stock). They have contacted Biostar and have recived a positive answer about our wishes! Anyone here that dont like these wishes or are they good?

~ Mortis360

awesome.

This is my biggest complaint of this board... screwy voltage adjustments.

[Shiranui Gen-An]

Dangit, I just took my I45 back and then this news comes out

[bigwill68]

Define "few degrees" :p
I'm talking about 17c difference at idle between the programs.

This is a picture with a very basic OC at idle -



Edit: I tried CoreTemp0.99.3 as well and it shows me different temp from all the rest programs.

i just wonder if your E8400 CO stepping temps would be different if it was a EO stepping..instead..a few people..i've talked to ran in to temp problems with the CO..i find alot people looking for the SLB9J ,Batch #Q820A726

[PolRoger]

There is possible that a new BIOS are coming soon, after our Biostar dealer asked us costumers for improvments! We have suggested that the voltage steps should be smaller (0.010) and, its gonna show real volt instead of +0.150, instead it will be 1,400 (1,250v stock). They have contacted Biostar and have recived a positive answer about our wishes! Anyone here that dont like these wishes or are they good?

~ Mortis360

The sooner the better. More refinement in the BIOS is a good thing. I also have some sticks that give me trouble at high speeds on my TPower and I'm hopeful that a new BIOS might remedy the situation.

[philbrown23]

I love this board, and the P45 chipset is WAY better than any X38 I've ran and I've run,asus,gigabites,dfi,andmsi X38's and p35's. my only beef is with volt adjustments.

[thehinge1]

My RMA replacement P5Q-E should be here tomorrow. I'm curious to see if it can even huff the I45's exhaust on a consistent basis. Stay tuned

[mattkosem]

e8600 is in and running pretty well at 4.4 (550x8). I'm able to run my memory at 1100mhz@5-5-5-15 pl9. I'm impressed with the performance so far! Pi times are 10.6ish at the moment. I'm currently running the chip at 1.336 VID and 1.256 FSB. One core errors in prime after 7.5 hours of running small FFTs. If my past experience with the q9450 is anywhere similar to this, it should just take a VTT adjustment to get it stable past that. The voltage selection really does suck in this bios though, the next jump lands me all the way up to 1.39. I've not touched the driving control or skew values yet, so there may still be more fun to be had. It's nice to see my ram running at 1100! I could never get it that high with the quad at any reasonable FSB.

--Matt

[BababooeyHTJ]

I just ordered this board today. I cant wait! The only thing that worries me abit is the southbridge heatsink. How does it perform? Im thinking about picking up that low profile enzotech heatsink. http://www.frozencpu.com/products/67...?tl=g40c16s501

[philbrown23]

southbridge works just fine, basically same as the enzotech would imo.

[Slovnaft]

yeah, there's really no reason to worry about the southbridge.
Now the NB cooler...sigh. It gets really hot and its designed for passive cooling so doesn't respond well to active cooling. If it weren't for the heatpipe i'd look into replacing that.

[Solarfall]

yeah, there's really no reason to worry about the southbridge.
Now the NB cooler...sigh. It gets really hot and its designed for passive cooling so doesn't respond well to active cooling. If it weren't for the heatpipe i'd look into replacing that.

have you checked does the nb heatsing make good contact with the nb chip ?? i had a terrible contact and after reaplying thermal compound i got much lower temps