Asus M3A79-T Deluxe

[Chicken Patty]

Of course I have it.
But it isn't a matter of "RIGHT" or "WRONG" bios.
It's a matter of a bios that can handle an overclocked system and keep it stable.
With NF we had to try 4-5 different modded bios to see what goes better with your system.
And it's supposed that ACC helps OC.How is this helping, if I MUST use +4% only or else I can't even boot.This is not so much of help, if only a particular option works and you can't try different things.

You can't tell that a mobo kicks ass, when no matter if you use 1,45 or 1,65, you see no differences..

I guess it could be different things. I love this mobo, Just my opinion.

[Chicken Patty]

Hey Milans, great clock on both of the CPU's in your sig


Also, thanks for the heads up on the new BIOS, will grab tonight, thanks.

[DoubleZero]

One question,

CPU voltage for CPU frequency, NB voltage for NB frequency, HT voltage for HT frequency... what about bus speed? What do i have to raise? i can't get stable with 260htt, even with cpu,nb and htt low dividers. I've tried the core\pcie with no result. Do i have to raise NB voltage even if i have for example only 1400 nb frequency?

[demonkevy666]

One question,

CPU voltage for CPU frequency, NB voltage for NB frequency, HT voltage for HT frequency... what about bus speed? What do i have to raise? i can't get stable with 260htt, even with cpu,nb and htt low dividers. I've tried the core\pcie with no result. Do i have to raise NB voltage even if i have for example only 1400 nb frequency?

drop the north bridge multiplier

2600mhz is max for NB speed.

[DoubleZero]

drop the north bridge multiplier

2600mhz is max for NB speed.

I'm not even over 2000mhz.

[demonkevy666]

I'm not even over 2000mhz.

oh your right it's 1400mhz ( didn't even see you said it)

it needs Volts did you try the CPU-NB volts ?

not just the nb volts....

there two of them one in CPU one on the board.

[leoy]

Info on Bios 0504 :

1. Can't post at 1066 ram.
2. At 3.2(stable o/c previously) bsoded in prime within 5 secs.
3. After that couldn't pass welcome screen(bsod)

Last thing tried Cpu Prefetcher= DISABLED!
Seems to be working, now priming at 3.2 cpu, if nb is up to 2.4 and ram to 1066 like in 0403 i will keep it.

[Chicken Patty]

^^^ oh oh not good news , I downloaded it already, just have to flash. I'll wait this out ehhe, thanks for the input dude.

[leoy]

Ok forget whatever i said.

It seems that i was putting 14x nb multi....
Now prime at my previous 3.2/2.4/1066 ram and everything seems ok.
Cpu prefetcher although may cause problems.
Under testing....

[Chicken Patty]

Ok forget whatever i said.

It seems that i was putting 14x nb multi....
Now prime at my previous 3.2/2.4/1066 ram and everything seems ok.
Cpu prefetcher although may cause problems.
Under testing....

wow, you were running that NB up there dude hehehe.

Thanks for the input, great news

[RASTAVIPER]

Anyone found out, what all these new options in CPU CONFIGURATION mean?
-Prefetching
-C1 Support

[Oliverda]

Anyone found out, what all these new options in CPU CONFIGURATION mean?
-Prefetching
-C1 Support

If you mean C1E, it is a power state. Enhanced Halt State.

"C1 (often known as Halt) is a state where the processor is not executing instructions, but can return to an executing state essentially instantaneously. Some processors, such as the Pentium 4, also support an Enhanced C1 state (C1E) for lower power consumption. "

Justapost and KTE have already tested it: http://www.ocxtreme.org/forumenus/sh...3081#post53081


I don't know anything about this CPU prefetching option.

[nanohead]

At last... I hope that they've fixed some of the bugs that I've discovered so far.

AGESA: AMD Generic Encapsulated Software Architecture

""...The AMD Generic Encapsulated Software Architecture (AGESA) is a
library of validated processor procedures designed to aid customers with
quick adoption of AMD technology into their products. AMI’s drop-in
support of AGESA allows minimal time-to-market for APTIO® customers to
integrate AMD Processor Solutions into their products. AMI’s integration
in APTIO® indicates that AGESA™ code is versatile enough that it can be
dropped in totally new architecture (UEFI) with minimal build changes...."

I think the AGESA contains the AMD CPUs CPUID opcodes as well.

I'm wondering if AGESA includes core AMD based ACC code as well. AGESA seems to be the core BIOS code that AMD sends to the mobo makers, and then the mobo dudes shape their own BIOS around AGESA. I believe that to be the case, but could be wrong.

[justapost]

I don't know anything about this CPU prefetching option.

Did a quick search in the BKDG and i think you can enabled/disable dram prefetch training with that flag.

[Daveburt714]

Have any of you folks flashed the "0504" bios yet, and is it worth it?

I just got it today, and the "0403" seems to work pretty well so far.

Just curious if there are any benefits to the new version....

BTW, so far I'm pretty impressed with this board.

[XRogerX]

I just order this board today also and i will be getting it on monday , i want to do CF but i was told that my 5400+ be WILL BOTTLE-NECK the CF

[duploxxx]

Have any of you folks flashed the "0504" bios yet, and is it worth it?

I just got it today, and the "0403" seems to work pretty well so far.

Just curious if there are any benefits to the new version....

BTW, so far I'm pretty impressed with this board.

m3a79-t board with 0403 is not better for my 9850be then my old msi k9a plat, acc does nothing. let's see if this bios is any better.

[Chicken Patty]

daveburt, I flashed to the 0504 bios, so far so good, not one problem. Flawless so far.

Duploxxx, I dont know about your comment dude, ACC works great. My 9850 was stable up to about 3.3 GHz, with ACC it did 3.6 GHz @ 1.456v.

My 9950 goes good up to about 3.1 GHz, with ACC I can do 3.45 Ghz. in my case, it works like a charm.

[RASTAVIPER]

Have any of you folks flashed the "0504" bios yet, and is it worth it?

I just got it today, and the "0403" seems to work pretty well so far.

Just curious if there are any benefits to the new version....

BTW, so far I'm pretty impressed with this board.

I flashed it at the first day it came out.
I works fine.It has some new options, but nothing that really makes a big difference.

[demonkevy666]

this CPU Vdda just made my over clock go form 2.8ghz @ 1.475 volts down to 2.8ghz @ stock volts O_O and this is on 64 bit.

[Oliverda]

this CPU Vdda just made my over clock go form 2.8ghz @ 1.475 volts down to 2.8ghz @ stock volts O_O and this is on 64 bit.

The VDDA voltage doesn't help me at all. I use XP 32bit.

[Chicken Patty]

this CPU Vdda just made my over clock go form 2.8ghz @ 1.475 volts down to 2.8ghz @ stock volts O_O and this is on 64 bit.

I heard it should be kept at 2.6v????


I will try it at 2.7 see if I can stable out my clock at a higher clock. Thanks for the info.

[demonkevy666]

I heard it should be kept at 2.6v????


I will try it at 2.7 see if I can stable out my clock at a higher clock. Thanks for the info.

it's a PLL though.

[Chicken Patty]

it's a PLL though.

what is a PLL?

I've never came across to research it or even look into it? Just did now though, and still not clear.

[Oliverda]

what is a PLL?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-locked_loop