Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe (790FX) *Pictures + Benchmarks + Overclocking*

[Oliverda]

When doing Cinebench there was an increase...Time was1:07 score was around 13196
Sometimes when I booted up it didnt take in affect untill I changed it in AOD

Thanks! And what about the voltages?

[HondaGuy]

Thanks! And what about the voltages?

CPU@1.45v first test 2nd test 1.5v.....NB@2600 volts at 1.55 on both test.....HT first test 1.5v.....Second test HT@2000 back on auto in Bios

[Final8ty]

CPU@1.45v first test 2nd test 1.5v.....NB@2600 volts at 1.55 on both test.....HT first test 1.5v.....Second test HT@2000 back on auto in Bios

When are you going to give that chip the 750 treatment that it needs

[Oliverda]

CPU@1.45v first test 2nd test 1.5v.....NB@2600 volts at 1.55 on both test.....HT first test 1.5v.....Second test HT@2000 back on auto in Bios

Thank you.

Strange... I've never thought that the HT bus speed has any effect to benches like Cinebench.

[HondaGuy]

When are you going to give that chip the 750 treatment that it needs

Just pushing this board to its limits ..when it blows then I'll get the 790FX...I just keep pushing the board but it wont blow up on me..lol

[A1ien]

The third temp is video card, sometimes it reads properly nothing to worry about

I thought it was the NB?

holy sweet mother............................ was a bad bios install.

went back to 6030 or what ever and no more memory errors.

if your having trouble like me. tech asus support blows chunks.

when you reset cmos. move the jumper. then turn power on. hold for 5 seconds. it wont shut off after it turns on. but hold it in for 5 seconds.
then shut off power and move jumper back.go into bios dont set anything.load bios flash. go back to 6030. then let it boot up. just hit F2 to load defaults and let it boot to windows. then shut down.
when it comes back up go into bios. dont change anything. load bios defualts again. just to make sure. then flash back to 1002. no more mem errors @ 1066 gang or unganged.


wtf 2 weeek of wondering if i had bad mobo,ram,cpu, gpu. all becuase i set date and time, and ram timmings and voltage. well anyways im back up will have to format again. have new ram on the way lol even thoug i dont need it now. with the bad bios install. ram @ 1066 would error in memtest86 and in vista memory test. 800 would seem like it was ok but its not. now no errors but still have a bad install from last format so i will be formating again for the 5th time or so . ugggggggg. then i will get back to oc'ing again.

i did reach 2.9 in 0603 with just using standard. up the multi. not manual or ai nos. running full mem test now as i type. use to phail @ test 5 or 6. its on test 8 and 93% done. so its lookign good. i will be back @ 3-3.2 tomorrow after i format.

Do you think this may be why I can't seem to overclock? When I got the board I it had 1002, & I ran it with that & my X2 6000 at stock for a week or so until I got my 9950, & flashed it to 1203 before putting the 9950 in.

I know the RAM's good for at least 215 at stock voltage, as it managed that with the X2 on my old Asrock AM2NF3-VSTA, but I'm not really looking for a RAM overclock, I was hoping to be able to just up the CPU multiplier, but when I tried setting OC mode to standard & multi to 14 [all other settings left untouched] I got as far as getting into windows, but as soon as OCCT went from idle to load the whole thing rebooted.

Hi,
Does someone have a problem with board, when PC turns off for few seconds after applying some changes in BIOS? I'm using Athlon 5600+
Is there any fix for this problem? BIOS update wasn't usefull
Thanks!

It is supposed to do that.
Some BIOS changes don't take unless the board is reset like that

I wish they'd mentioned that in the manual, scared the crap out of me the first time it did it!

Another thing I've seen mentioned in this thread is the issue of temps of chipset & possibly mosfets too. I'm not sure I'm willing to take the risk of water cooling just yet [still feeling rather paranoid about the idea of leaks], but I was thinking of replacing the stock heatpipe setup with 3 seperate coolers, but apparently none of the different versions of that Thermalright mosfet heatsink are compatible, nor are any others I've seen so far, except possibly for the small individual ones that you're supposed to stick on with thermal adhesive/tape. Why anyone would use that method when there are perfectly good mounting holes available is a mystery to me. <mutter... grumble... PowerColor... stupid ramsink. Grrrr!>

[tbone8ty]

Another thing I've seen mentioned in this thread is the issue of temps of chipset & possibly mosfets too. I'm not sure I'm willing to take the risk of water cooling just yet [still feeling rather paranoid about the idea of leaks], but I was thinking of replacing the stock heatpipe setup with 3 seperate coolers, but apparently none of the different versions of that Thermalright mosfet heatsink are compatible, nor are any others I've seen so far, except possibly for the small individual ones that you're supposed to stick on with thermal adhesive/tape. Why anyone would use that method when there are perfectly good mounting holes available is a mystery to me. <mutter... grumble... PowerColor... stupid ramsink. Grrrr!>

yeah i was considering this myself, i guess using the provided MOSFET fan might work???

also i was lookin at this online shop

http://www.petrastechshop.com/rahesp.html

i dunno if any of those would work.

maybe these?

http://www.petrastechshop.com/enmomohekit.html

i suppose u could cut the heat pipes on the mosfet and just replace the NB chip with one of those thermaltake or thermalright sinks

[tbone8ty]

im running (2 x 1gb) of Corsair 1066 sticks...


if i added another set, would i run into any trouble keeping all 4 sticks running at 1066?

[SkullCracka]

ive been running my spider with crucial 4x1gb @1066 @ 2.2v cpu @ 3ghz for 8 months. all temps are good dont see why it would be any different for any one else.

[tbone8ty]

ive been running my spider with crucial 4x1gb @1066 @ 2.2v cpu @ 3ghz for 8 months. all temps are good dont see why it would be any different for any one else.

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cool thanks skullcracka... there is a nice deal on newegg for 2 x 1gb corsair 1066 memory for $54 - $30 MIB = $24 bucks

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145043

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just curios u said u have yur memory set @ 2.2v in the bios...when i open up amd overdrive or cpuz it shows only 1.8v....is it only sb750 that show correct momery voltage in amd overdrive? i noticed in other threads of sb750 mobos showing correct memory voltage



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[SkullCracka]

na im on sb600 and mine shows correct voltage for ram in cpuz and in aod.

the cpu allways seems to show sightly lower cpu voltage. like when i set cpu for 1.3 it will show as 1.28 or somethign close to that.

[SkullCracka]

new 1301 bios out today. says fixed bugs for 64bit od with 4gig of ram and above. gona try that out as soon as i get home.

[HondaGuy]

I've upgraded to that BIOS.. still stable

[SkullCracka]

I've upgraded to that BIOS.. still stable

it seems me and you have identical set ups. what OS are you using curently?

[XRogerX]

ok i did alot of messing with my system and i have it stable without no heat problem , i put everything back to stock seeting in the bios

Ram was @ ddr2 800 went in bios and put it to 1067 and adjust the timming to 5-5-5-15 T2 , Ram now running at DDR2 1066

Stock temps were 35c idle and 40c load

turned off CPU Tweak BEFORE i turned off CPU Tweak idle temp were 35c when i turned it off temp went to 31c

Also i enable CnQ

At 2.8 idle was 31c and load was 41c with stock volts

At 3.0 idle temp was 31c started to check for stableness and it fail this was also at stock Volt

2ND try @ 3.0 idle temps were 31c to 32c and load was 44c and this is with 1.30 Volts

3rd Try @ 3.0 idle temps were 32c to 33c and load was 48c and this is with 1.32 Volts

then i went to try for higher clock to 3.1 idle temp was 33c but stableness fail ,Test stopped

thought it could be caused by not enough Volts so i upped it to 1.35

at this time the idle temps are looking great there were at 33c to 34c but when i try to stress it at these volts the load temp went to 52c

so i think i high my limit at 3.0 with idle temps 32c to 33c and load temps are 48c with the volts @ 1.32

is there anything that i missed remind you i didnt touch nothing else like the NB or anything


SRY ALL I PUT THIS IN THE WRONG THREAD CAN A MOD DELETE THIS PLZ

[HondaGuy]

it seems me and you have identical set ups. what OS are you using curently?

I have Dual boot XP SP3/ Vista 64 bit

[SkullCracka]

well you really do have a nice cpu there then. i can only get too 3 on vista64bit and 3.1 on xp32bit. ill see what i can get afetr the bios update tonight.

but it runs just fine @ 3ghz. hopefully deneb will be as good or better then im hoping.

[kazgirl]

Hmm anyone getting audio or usb issues since updating to the 1301 BIOS.

I just updated to it now, and my USB speakers are acting a bit dodgy now, so not sure if its down to USB settings or soemthing else related to Audio.

Everything was fine until I flashed the 1301 BIOS, so if it nothing changes I'll probably go back to the 1203 BIOS.

Just wondering if anyone else is having this problem, since flashing the 1301 BIOS...????

[SkullCracka]

still have high clock of 3ghz in vista64 but i do have nb @ 2.6

[demonkevy666]

still have high clock of 3ghz in vista64 but i do have nb @ 2.6

damn you >_<

[HondaGuy]

still have high clock of 3ghz in vista64 but i do have nb @ 2.6

CPU@ 3.3 in vista with NB/HT@2600

[kazgirl]

Well just to confirm that 1301 BIOS was the cause of my sound problems, and also affected my USB HDD performance I was getting stuttering and lagging when trying to watch media in media centre from the USB HDD.

I've gone back to BIOS 1203 now, and its solved the problems straight away...!!!

PS: 3.1Ghz on Vista 64-bit, NB @ 2400, though this is with a 9950BE, best I had with my 9850 was 3.0Ghz (though not 24/7), 2.9 was best 24/7 stable OC for my 9850.

[SkullCracka]

lol im bck to 3.0 cpu and 2400 nb LOL ohwell........ hurry up phenom II

[tbone8ty]

CPU@ 3.3 in vista with NB/HT@2600

whats yur north bridge voltage settings at to reach 2600mhz?

im trying out the silly memory heatpipe thing supplied with the board. so far seems to help keep the northbridge cooler. id say temps have fallen -6 C




also trying out the zalman 8700NT...so far seems to have higher idle temps than i previously had with my coolermaster gemini II. ah well...gonna have to switch back or find a better one

[roofsniper]

anything positive about this new bios?