UNOFFICIAL BIOSTAR TPower I45 M/B

[EliTE22]

My OCZ memory hasn't really been a good clocker on this board or my previous p35 board. It's rated at 1066, but I see errors as soon as I hit 1080. I'd think this ram should have more headroom than it does. The labels on the dimms specify 2.2v as the proper voltage. The closest I can get with the .1v mem voltage increments on this board is 2.168 or 2.268. I've been running the former, would it be safe to go to the latter? Certainly .068v over the manufacturer spec'd 24/7 voltage couldn't do that much dammage, could it? I tried it briefly, and found I'm stable and without memory errors at up to 1125mhz with that voltage at 5-5-5-15-60 on PL9.

--Matt

ur ram should be fine as long as their not too hot, as long as their cool it shouldn't be a problem

[Gh-x]

but if you don't go 2x2 and just 2x1 of 1066 Corsair Dominator 2GB (2 x 1GB)
is pretty good
$22 Dollars after Rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145043

Damn the newegg price is really nice, those RAM i can get here around $68

[mattkosem]

ur ram should be fine as long as their not too hot, as long as their cool it shouldn't be a problem

I figured as much. They're barely even warm to the touch.

--Matt

[GeorgeStorm]

I believe..I can save you a couple a buck if your in the
states at newegg.com for that G.Skill 4GB 2 x 2GB DDR2
1066 (PC2 8500) at $59.99 Free shipping if that's what
you like Hopfully your system will be 64bit cause if it's
32bit it will not see pass 3.5ghz on a 32bit system..

some more
A-DATA G series
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820211281

Here's that Geil Memory you showed at a way lower price at newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820144254
and free shipping

but if you don't go 2x2 and just 2x1 of 1066 Corsair Dominator 2GB (2 x 1GB)
is pretty good
$22 Dollars after Rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145043

Newegg dont ship internationally do they......

Well, I am not sure what to get tbh, Im not sure whether its worth getting some relaly good RAM, (D9 stuff), although that G.Skill, while im saving £42, (and it stil costs that much!) does seem like a really good deal.
Although, I still dont know whether to get 2 or 4 gb....


Im really not sure, partly coz Im not sure what CPU i will be getting, wolfdale/yorkfield yes, (i7 is too much), but I dont know what one, all depends on if I can find one for cheaper, in a sale or whatever....
By the way, im not sure about vista yet, and why wont i be able to get past 3.5 on 32 bit? with which RAM/cpu???

Thanks for all your help.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Hello everyone, i'm new on this forum so I hope I post well, and thanks a lot for this very good threads witch contain a lot of infos

Well I have this board too and have made some tests at 10x480 (E8600) one month ago and everythings was ok. Then when I tried to put everything stock again but I can only boot with RAM set at 800Mhz. Having no time I leave it so for a moment. But yesterday I realise that my PCI-E run at 1X instead ok 16X. I do some tests but can't have PCI-E at 16X.
Have anyone an idea? Is it a know problem?
Thanks




Biostar I45 + E8600
2x1024 kingston HyperX 8500
Point of View 8800GT 512
2x74 Raptor

have you tried clearing CMOS with the battery out for about 5 minutes...also, do not forget to pull the power cord to the PSU and push the power button to unload the caps.

[philbrown23]

and why wont i be able to get past 3.5 on 32 bit? with which RAM/cpu???

Thanks for all your help.

hes talking about the computer will only see 3.5gb ram you can clock your cpu up as high as you can and it will see it right but with ram 32 bit can only use 3.5gb. also whenn buying ram 2x2gb sticks are far better than 2x1gb stick you get more for the same amount of northbridge stress. I say for this board get a wolfdale like E8500 or E8600 and 2x2GB or Gskill or dominators.

[GeorgeStorm]

Oh, I knew wondows would only see 3.5gb, I was getting worried I wouldnt be able to overclock!
So, going for the 4gb,
Im looking at these: (having read around a little)
http://www.memoryc.com/computermemor...pc28000pq.html
Any other reccomendations?
I have been looking at the e8500, ( the e8600 is another £40 or so, and I didnt think it was worth it, considering im only on air cooling, and it will be my second overclock, )


Thanks

[chad]

Can someone help me out with setting to get my Q9450 to 8x500. Right now Im 3d stable at 475x8. My settings are

CPU +.150
DDR +.300
Chipset +.275
FSB .250

GTL Ref
.63
.63
.64
VVT 1.6

Then the other clocks are fir cpu and mch.
200
400
1000


Thanks Guys!

[bigwill68]

Can someone help me out
with setting to get my Q9450 to 8x500.
Right now Im 3d stable at 475x8.
My settings are

CPU +.150
DDR +.300
Chipset +.275
FSB .250

GTL Ref
.63
.63
.64
VVT 1.6

Then the other clocks are fir cpu and mch.
200
400
1000


Thanks Guys!

@chad

did you take a sample of the first page of the thread?
if not Ace-a-Rue maybe can give a hand with
he helped me out alot with my E8400 setting..
I'm new to this board myself..

GeorgeStorm Wrote:
Im looking at these: (having read around a little)
http://www.memoryc.com/computermemor...pc28000pq.html

Pretty good choice in memory..I believe those will work out..I hate to see u
spend that type of money over seas for the same..I can get for $44.99 &
free shipping.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231145
but shipping is what cost more to ship over seas and philbrown23 is right
on a 32bit operational sytem it will only see 3.5gbs now if you had Windows
Xp Professional 64bit it will see all your ram..

philbrown23 Wrote:
I say for this board get a wolfdale like E8500 or E8600 and 2x2GB or Gskill or dominators

I can't agree on the E8500 I would say the E8400 reasoning
is Price differents why should you pay $29 or $30 more for
.16 ghz more? they Oc the same they are the same to me
but.. i payed $149.99 + taxs at mico center for mine.
this newegg link below Compares them in price
and $29 or $30 could be a (Burner or something else)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115037

But..I do agree with you on the memory selection he can
always upgrade to 64bit OS later and Quad core

[GeorgeStorm]

Hi,
a little development, my friend is looking at buying some new RAM, (PC6400), and I found these:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143844
Which I think is a great deal, and so was wondering, should I get a set aswell, rather than the G.Skills,

And, a little more on topic, would you reccomend the HP, or the proper version?, Is it worth the extra £30...?

Thanks

[GueD'S]

Yeah right, I completly forgot to update the firm xD

CPU: E8500 BATCH Q814A161 SLAPK
MEMs: Crucial Ballistix 2x1GB PC2-8500 1066Mhz AA1065.16FD5
MOTHER: Biostar TPOWER I45 v5.1 last bios, I already check it.
VGA: Zogis 8600GT 512MB DDR2
PSU: PowerCooler 550W Type-R
HHDs: Hitachi Deskstar 160GB and WD AAJS 160GB both SATAII
CPU cooler: Sunbeamtech Core Contact Freezer

Running on Windows XP SP2

Now Im running the pc without problems, but I want to start benching and doing some OC but, the two times I tryed doing some OC, this wierd thing happend to me... That's my pc for now, but if problems keep showing up, I will send this mother to rma and never again will buy a biostar

have you tried other ram?...crucial can be real fussy with some boards.

Right, i have a 4x1GB set of on tracers crucial Ballistix DDR2 8500 too that also did not even boot with my system, showing an E1 code on the 7 segment leds, so i go for Corsair Dominators 8500 and it run prety well at first try, but cant get at specs 1066 yet, i think because this mobo cant handle in most cases the higher frequencies we see in another ones and have to stuck at the DDR2 1000 limit. I'm running my system here like writed in sign and full stable. The max i get with some unstabilities was as seen on screen and didnt try to raise voltagem beyound that:

[hokiealumnus]

I haven't had a problem with my G.Skill at all.

DDR2-1000


DDR2-1036


DDR2-1068


DDR2-1100 is fine as well, but I don't have a SS of it unfortunately. That's as high as it'll go with 5's & 2.1v. I played around and managed DDR2-1128 at the same Vdimm but it took 6-7-7-24 to do it. Haven't tried over 2.1v yet, but we all know 2x2G don't OC all that well.

[DonNiger]

GueD'S - there must be something else. I could run my OCZ KIT @ 650 Mhz - before that mobo, my (their) record was 640 Mhz.
And that mobo is holding the FSB WR - because the lowest multy is 1:1 and the record is 740+ Mhz, ......

[GueD'S]

GueD'S - there must be something else. I could run my OCZ KIT @ 650 Mhz - before that mobo, my (their) record was 640 Mhz.
And that mobo is holding the FSB WR - because the lowest multy is 1:1 and the record is 740+ Mhz, ......

Yes, but i'm complaining about mem freq. my crucial ballistix PC8500 can do 1400FSb in older mobo (P5K Deluxe) and didnt even boot with biostar, and corsair dominators run below default specs and when running at default gets instabilities without touching mobos settings. Here i could do 533 in mobo fsb but mems voltages had to be very high (didnt remember nunmber now) to achieve that, and mobos voltages almost at default. All due to the lowest multi 1:1 if we have a lower multi we could raise mobo's fsb easily, or a better mem compatibilitie. I think the mobo's fsb could be better (higher) if it haven't these issues with mems.

To add, i have a set of OCZ Platinum Edition Rev2.0 DDR2 1000 2x2GB that can't do it's default specs shurely this is a mobo issue with mems.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Right, i have a 4x1GB set of on tracers crucial Ballistix DDR2 8500 too that also did not even boot with my system, showing an E1 code on the 7 segment leds, so i go for Corsair Dominators 8500 and it run prety well at first try, but cant get at specs 1066 yet, i think because this mobo cant handle in most cases the higher frequencies we see in another ones and have to stuck at the DDR2 1000 limit. I'm running my system here like writed in sign and full stable. The max i get with some unstabilities was as seen on screen and didnt try to raise voltagem beyound that:

i could not get my corsair dominators at specs either...i got to 1100 mhz instead of 1142 mhz...BUT...it was very similar to what i got on the Abit IP 35 Pro board...on that board, i maxed out around 1086 mhz...al ot has to do with how much voltage you are willing to dump on your hardware.

hey: like your signature...very cute little guy there!...is that your child?

[GueD'S]

i could not get my corsair dominators at specs either...i got to 1100 mhz instead of 1142 mhz...BUT...it was very similar to what i got on the Abit IP 35 Pro board...on that board, i maxed out around 1086 mhz...al ot has to do with how much voltage you are willing to dump on your hardware.

hey: like your signature...very cute little guy there!...is that your child?

Signature or avatar???

The avatar is the "angry/evil baby"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPI-qaaI-Vc
http://morebabyorly.ytmnd.com/

[DoObs]

So soon i will have one of these babies aswell...im keeping my expectations high

[PolRoger]

Yes, but i'm complaining about mem freq. my crucial ballistix PC8500 can do 1400FSb in older mobo (P5K Deluxe) and didnt even boot with biostar, and corsair dominators run below default specs and when running at default gets instabilities without touching mobos settings. Here i could do 533 in mobo fsb but mems voltages had to be very high (didnt remember nunmber now) to achieve that, and mobos voltages almost at default. All due to the lowest multi 1:1 if we have a lower multi we could raise mobo's fsb easily, or a better mem compatibilitie. I think the mobo's fsb could be better (higher) if it haven't these issues with mems.

To add, i have a set of OCZ Platinum Edition Rev2.0 DDR2 1000 2x2GB that can't do it's default specs shurely this is a mobo issue with mems.

I think this mobo does have issues running some brands of memory. My newer revision Reapers run fine but my HyperX and Patriot Viper don't like running high frequencies on this board. I think my Cell Shocks are okay but I'll need to run more tests. I think I've seen "philbrown23" do some screenshots in this thread with the same model Cell Shocks.

I'm still waiting for a new bios...

Some posts back I think there was a link for a beta bios and there was a mention of additional RCOMPS in it.

Come on Biostar bring it on!

[Lvcoyote]

Last official bios was back in July.... been a Loooooong time.....LOL

[hokiealumnus]

I think this mobo does have issues running some brands of memory. My newer revision Reapers run fine but my HyperX and Patriot Viper don't like running high frequencies on this board. I think my Cell Shocks are okay but I'll need to run more tests. I think I've seen "philbrown23" do some screenshots in this thread with the same model Cell Shocks.

I'm still waiting for a new bios...

Some posts back I think there was a link for a beta bios and there was a mention of additional RCOMPS in it.

Come on Biostar bring it on!

Beta BIOS if you're interested. (Thank Lv for that. )

For what they're worth: Comments post #1, Comments post #2.

[Lvcoyote]

When I received that BIOS from Biostar Tech, they said it was for the option of turning off the Pata controller, but obviously a couple adverse things were added in addition to that. I too found it not as stable as the official version 710.

[GueD'S]

I think what most of us are expecting from a newer version of official bios release is more memories compatibilitie, and an option to raise mobo's fsb keeping the mem freq, like 600 fsb with mems in 500, so we can run mems with poor specs and still get more juice from mobo, till now and with good mems we can't raise mobo's fsb because mem issues, as said, even with some brands that we have sure that run at good freqs we are having trouble. An exemple of it is my ballistix PC8500 kit, i never boot at least one unique time just to tell it run on this mobo, and i saw many people with the same kit running smooth, who can explain it??? New optimized bios NOW!! That's a chance Biostar is missing to raise its reputation and keeping the situation like this, only make them loose it.


Sorry about my english

[Shiranui Gen-An]

You can't go lower than 1:1 on an Intel chipset. That's not a Biostar issue, that's on any board.

[DonNiger]

GueD's - you need 600 + power pack

[GueD'S]

GueD's - you need 600 + power pack

No, i need compatibilitie, i have 2 kits crucial ballistix non tracer 4GB (2x1GB x2) that can do 700Mhz in Asus P5k Deluxe but can't even boot at specs with biostar, just it.