Biostar T Power I45 BIOS thread

[firebane]

Whats the support on this board for G.Skill? I have PC2-8000 G.Skill memory and I have a extremely tough time trying to get it to run at 1000mhz or more.

And trying to run it at anything other Performance Level 9 won't work.

[Mafio]

the trick is put ddr2 rcomp at 2 or 4 and disable ddr2 enhance mode

[firebane]

the trick is put ddr2 rcomp at 2 or 4 and disable ddr2 enhance mode

I don't have the ddr2 enhance on.. but I'll try the rcomp @ 2 or 4

Tried both with various Rcomps and PLs and nothing worked.

Going to update with this bios and see what happens.

*** BE WARNED I HAVE A DEAD BOARD NOW ***

I tried flashing this bios and now when I boot I get a POST code of 96 and can't figure out what it is.

[hersounds]

i waiting for a new release bios ( official ,no beta) and i hope that fix some items from bios

at the moment the mobo run very well,but sure can run better

here i try the "fsb 600"

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php



now some 3d bench in xp


and vista



forget the vcore's is only bench run

[philbrown23]

I don't have the ddr2 enhance on.. but I'll try the rcomp @ 2 or 4

Tried both with various Rcomps and PLs and nothing worked.

Going to update with this bios and see what happens.

*** BE WARNED I HAVE A DEAD BOARD NOW ***

I tried flashing this bios and now when I boot I get a POST code of 96 and can't figure out what it is.

well how did you flash the board? you had to have messed something up, I flashed to KET's new bios 4 times before posting that it works, and I did it in DOS the way it's supposed to be done.

[firebane]

well how did you flash the board? you had to have messed something up, I flashed to KET's new bios 4 times before posting that it works, and I did it in DOS the way it's supposed to be done.

Exactly how I did it too.

Flashed then cleared bios and now it won't post.

[philbrown23]

thats odd. I did not clr cmos myself but that should not affect it at all. how many times have you flashed b4 this time? do you know anyone with the same board near you, if so you can hotflash it back.

[firebane]

thats odd. I did not clr cmos myself but that should not affect it at all. how many times have you flashed b4 this time? do you know anyone with the same board near you, if so you can hotflash it back.

nobody unfortunately and its the first time.

I talked to Biostar and see if they may send me another chip

[hersounds]

guys, when talking about flash bios in biostar tpower i45, the best way to do it is using a pen drive, just put the bios file and executable in pen drive, configure the boot bios to pen and that is all.

[MiniMe1978]

i waiting for a new release bios ( official ,no beta) and i hope that fix some items from bios

at the moment the mobo run very well,but sure can run better

here i try the "fsb 600"

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php



now some 3d bench in xp


and vista



forget the vcore's is only bench run

possible to make screens from the important biosscrrens?

[hersounds]

sure man,but nothing that not be posted in the others biostar threads

special interesting in O.N.E?

[Ket]

I don't have the ddr2 enhance on.. but I'll try the rcomp @ 2 or 4

Tried both with various Rcomps and PLs and nothing worked.

Going to update with this bios and see what happens.

*** BE WARNED I HAVE A DEAD BOARD NOW ***

I tried flashing this bios and now when I boot I get a POST code of 96 and can't figure out what it is.

That is strange, I'm pretty sure I caught a glimpse of a few others who flashed to beta 4 and their boards are fine, I would suspect your 96 is not BIOS related, and if it is, the flash probably just went wrong. Happens sometimes, sucks, but it happens.

[firebane]

That is strange, I'm pretty sure I caught a glimpse of a few others who flashed to beta 4 and their boards are fine, I would suspect your 96 is not BIOS related, and if it is, the flash probably just went wrong. Happens sometimes, sucks, but it happens.

Yah its no big deal just wanted people to be aware.

I can get another bios chip for $15

[Ket]

I just flashed that b4 beta bios and I swear it looks the same as the official. Link the wrong one?

You will not see 99% of the changes I make, they are "inner workings", and hence not externally noticable. An eagle eyed user will notice a few differences though, unhidden features and some item rearrangement mostly.

[JWilson]

Bad news! The b4 bios is corrupt! I have the 96 after the flash also. When I said I flashed the b4 bios before, I was a mistaken. I had flashed the 1st bios posted and not the b4. Beta b4 is bad and my system is dead

[MiniMe1978]

Bad news! The b4 bios is corrupt! I have the 96 after the flash also. When I said I flashed the b4 bios before, I was a mistaken. I had flashed the 1st bios posted and not the b4. Beta b4 is bad and my system is dead

me too ( code 96

and now? what can i do to get the system running?

[JWilson]

That is strange, I'm pretty sure I caught a glimpse of a few others who flashed to beta 4 and their boards are fine, I would suspect your 96 is not BIOS related, and if it is, the flash probably just went wrong. Happens sometimes, sucks, but it happens.

I guess that means you didn't try this beta b4 bios before posting it!

[firebane]

me too ( code 96

and now? what can i do to get the system running?

Nothing.

You can do a hot flash if you know someone with that board or talk to biostar and get a new chip shipped for $15.

[thehinge1]

Ket - check your PM in a few minutes... I was talking to OCZ today and want to give you some info on getting that XTC cooler straightened out ASAP.

[MiniMe1978]

what ist th bios-relife ?

[MiniMe1978]

hm,maybe i shuold buy a new board an change the chip and send it back

[philbrown23]

yeah in the manual theres sometihng about bios re-life for bad flashes

[philbrown23]

oh and I was refering to the second beta bios, I did not know about the b4's till just recently, but KET himself stated that the reason these are beta bios'es is because he has not tested them himself and to flash at your own risk, I have a spare bios chip myself from a diff board that I hotflashed to biostars.

[mattkosem]

You will kill those 2x2GB DIMMs quickly above 2.2v and many of them do best at or below 2.1v. You need to set TRFC to 78 (max for the board). tWR is GTG at 6. I've yet to see a P45 that liked 1:1 with any 'normal' RAM like my P35 did (heck, my old P5W hates anything but 1:1). I seem to get best results in actual normal usage on 5:6 and 4:5 dividers.

Have you played with the clock skew? I think part of the reason TPower needs so much TRFC is lack of discrete RAM clk skew adjustments (and possibly dirty 'budget' clocks requiring brute force to hit high numbers).

I know that more than 2.2v will kill them eventually. I only tried it for 5 minutes or so, just long enough to validate the lack of improvement. The label on these dimms says 2.2v, so I'm sticking with that (or the 2.168v that I get IRL). tRFC of 78 huh? I didn't need to do that on the p35, but I can give it a shot. I slapped them on my GF's P31 mobo and am still able to run the same timings that I was able to run on the BloodIron, which includes the tRFC of 46. I had to adjust the clock skew to get my FSB stable. I'm using the settings in the first page of the unofficial tpower i45 thread currently. I'd love to run 4:5 or 5:6, but my ram isn't stable at 1250 or 1300, and I'm not interested in kicking down my FSB.

--Matt

[firebane]

yeah in the manual theres sometihng about bios re-life for bad flashes

yup but i can't find that software at all.