UNOFFICIAL BIOSTAR TPower I45 M/B

**Slovnaft** · 10-03-2008, 05:05 AM

No, I probably won't reseat the HS system on this one as it's a family build and those pushpins scare me. Maybe if i get bored. I was just refering to the low density fin design of teh NB. As of this afternoon I'm going to try and concentrate on my own rig.

**Marcam923** · 10-03-2008, 11:35 AM

Subscribing to this thread, The Biostar is on the way. Having OC'd on Nvidia chipsets for the past year and a half, I am gonna have to learn Intel again. I am sure this htread will help.

**BababooeyHTJ** · 10-03-2008, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by 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.

Really, at what voltage should I have to start worrying about NB temps? Should I invest in aftermarket cooling for the NB and mosfets, like that thermalright hr-05 and hr-09? Should I just reseat the heatsinks with some mx-2 and strap a 40mmx10mm fan to the NB sink?

**Ket** · 10-03-2008, 01:55 PM

God I cant stand it... this Tpower seems to be sex on legs... come on asus sort the P5Q series out so I can say its sex on legs as well

not that 550FSB+ is anything to sniff at on a P5Q board.. I just want asus to sort the BIOS out proper.

**~~philbrown23~~** · 10-03-2008, 02:02 PM

hey ket I know it's just tempting you to do up some modded bios, i got my hand on the bios dump key if so anytime.

**thehinge1** · 10-03-2008, 06:21 PM

Ket,
I'm counting on you as I have both boards... If I was independently wealthy I'd start up a super-secret BIOS creation/dissection/modding lab with a badass compiler.

The Biostar boots every time without fail and has NEVER spontaneously rebooted. The first P5Q-E did not always boot and the second one is a question mark.

ETA: How hard would it be to change the huge Vcore granularity issue? If we could at least do 0.0250v steps instead of 0.05v steps, my E8400 would be on the TPower in a heartbeat!

Originally Posted by Ket

God I cant stand it... this Tpower seems to be sex on legs... come on asus sort the P5Q series out so I can say its sex on legs as well

not that 550FSB+ is anything to sniff at on a P5Q board.. I just want asus to sort the BIOS out proper.

**Ket** · 10-04-2008, 04:52 AM

Sorry guys theres no TPower mBIOS coming at this time

That might change if I go buy a TPower.. (or somebody(s) donates me one

) I only like to mod BIOS code for boards I own or are in the same series, like the P5Q Series.

**thehinge1** · 10-04-2008, 06:36 AM

OK guys, it is time for us to step up to the plate here... I will donate the first $10 (more if I can get some more $ soon), and we need to get Ket a TPower. I'll even volunteer to get one from the egg & ship it to him, will pay the freight too if we can get it shipped for like $20-$25US.

Who is with me?
Chris

Originally Posted by Ket

Sorry guys theres no TPower mBIOS coming at this time

That might change if I go buy a TPower.. (or somebody(s) donates me one

) I only like to mod BIOS code for boards I own or are in the same series, like the P5Q Series.

**Ket** · 10-04-2008, 07:05 AM

Thats mighty generous of you starting a donation fund

The only reason I mod BIOS code for boards I have is simply so I can avoid releasing code that fubars the board, I can test it myself

**thehinge1** · 10-04-2008, 07:13 AM

Thank you, Ket. There are two main reasons I would like to see this happen:
1: I'm grateful for you helping my first P5Q-E kick ass before it totally flaked out and became fsb handicapped/downright unstable.
2: I'm genuinely curious to see what you can do with an I45. I would love the I45 to absolutely destroy all high-dollar mobos out there.

Now I just need to raise roughly $170 more to get you a board...

Originally Posted by Ket

Thats mighty generous of you starting a donation fund

The only reason I mod BIOS code for boards I have is simply so I can avoid releasing code that fubars the board, I can test it myself

**Ket** · 10-04-2008, 07:34 AM

All in a days work

I'll add something to my sig as well

**~~philbrown23~~** · 10-04-2008, 07:34 AM

im in $15 bucks here.

**thehinge1** · 10-04-2008, 07:43 AM

Thanks Phil!

I'm thinking once we know we are GTG (or at least close), I'll give everyone my info to make it happen!

I'm known as 'surftremolo' on eBay with 100% positive feedback since early 2002, and have been a 'verified by paypal' premium member since about the same time.

Originally Posted by philbrown23

im in $15 bucks here.

**Ket** · 10-04-2008, 07:45 AM

Is there somewhere we could make a thread for this? Otherwise I fear we might end up hijacking this one

**thehinge1** · 10-04-2008, 07:53 AM

Good point, I certainly do NOT want to cause any crap!

Ace - do you want me to make a new thread for this worthy cause?

If he does not reply in the next few hours I'll just make a new thread, unless you just want to go ahead and do it, Ket. I'd go ahead now but am not quite sure where (general Intel?) to do it, especially since I lost my old 'thehinge' handle hence 'thehinge1' and look like a noob to the uninitiated.

Originally Posted by Ket

Is there somewhere we could make a thread for this? Otherwise I fear we might end up hijacking this one

**Ket** · 10-04-2008, 08:08 AM

I was wondering where we could make a thread too.. I may of been a member for 4 years but am a relative n00b to the forums as usually I just made a flyby visit dropping my goodies enroute

. Perhaps it will provide a little motivation for some, but I am actually looking at the TPower BIOS right now

**thehinge1** · 10-04-2008, 08:15 AM

Woohoo! Price dropped $10 to $170.16 shipped to my door.

I started a new thread for the cause with apology to mods right up front: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=203566

**Ket** · 10-04-2008, 08:37 AM

*Goes off to the "official" thread*

**Skylinestar** · 10-04-2008, 04:58 PM

The southbridge is hotter than northbridge. is that normal?
anyone using this mothernoard with lian li casing? the backplate doesn't align with the IO ports. if it were to align, the motherboards mounting hole will not be aligned with the stud on my casing, which is a PC-G7

**Ket** · 10-04-2008, 05:20 PM

Cant comment on your install issues but dont worry about the northbridge. Its normal for it to be hotter than a southbridge.

**Skylinestar** · 10-04-2008, 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by Ket

Cant comment on your install issues but dont worry about the northbridge. Its normal for it to be hotter than a southbridge.

southbridge is hotter than northbridge

**Ket** · 10-04-2008, 05:34 PM

Opps my bad, late here read things the wrong way round

Usually a hot SB can easily be resolved by lapping the SB HS base and apply some decent TIM like AS ceramique

**firebane** · 10-04-2008, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by Skylinestar

southbridge is hotter than northbridge

thats not normal.

southbridge as far as I've always seen is cooler than the northbridge.

**Ket** · 10-04-2008, 05:37 PM

Yep, but like I said, if he laps the SB HS and uses some decent TIM those temps will come right down

had to do it on my P5Q Pro, after the SB barely got warm to the touch even under load with 1.3v.

**Skylinestar** · 10-04-2008, 11:16 PM

what is CPU Smart Fan Disabled(default)/Auto?
my E8400 HSF is the stock intel 4pin connector type (i assume it is PWM).
Disabled = fan running at max speed? Auto = variable speed?

besides that, evrytime the pc starts, the pc shows this:
Marvell 88se61xx RAID adaptor
initializing...
adaptor 1
disk information....blah blah hard disk not found...
..then, booting up windows.
i'm not running a RAID setup. i have only 1 hdd. what's up with the RAID marvell detection?

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