Asus M3A79-T Deluxe

[charged3800z24]

Still waiting for someone to confirm which bios is the best...its been 3 days since I post this question Since I just got the mobo 4-5 days ago I really dont have any idea on bios??

Sorry, I am in and out quick.. I have only used 0602 and no other.. It worked fine for me until boom day. ChickenPatty seems to like 0403, I can't rember what everyone else prefers...

[MadDias]

Because the one that came with it is modified, and i need an original to rma the board. Anyone happen to have one their willing to get rid of? Im pretty sure that this same heatpipe is used on a couple of different models, so it doesnt have to be exactly from a 79-t, seems like most of the m3as use the same heatpipe assembly.

no original cooler, no rma.
i could send u mine. but it has some bent fins on the mosfet side (stepped on it unfortunately) and the thermalpad of the nb has melted onto the nb socket. also i had to squeeze the push through pins hard, so that everyone that takes a look at the mobo would see that it has been modified.
what´s wrong with ur board anyway?

[Titan7171]

why don´t u just use the latest 0602? i don´t know if it´s the best, but it´s working good for me.

Well Im trying to find out which one works good,maybe a more stable higher ocing bios. I dont want to flash to a bad, corrupt or problematic bios. I just had a bad bios flash with my DKA790GX, so Im a little weary now. Are you ocing?? whats the highest you got up to??

0403 was the most stable and the less buggiest one. my highest overclock was with the 0403 as well.

sweet.....what was your highest oc??

[Titan7171]

Sorry, I am in and out quick.. I have only used 0602 and no other.. It worked fine for me until boom day. ChickenPatty seems to like 0403, I can't rember what everyone else prefers...

its no biggie just thought someone would have chimed in at least 1 person lol

[MadDias]

whats the highest you got up to??

currently i´m at 3.2GHzCPU and 2.4GHzNB at 1.4v+2%acc and 1.35vNB. that´s my 24/7 config.
for benching i go up to 3.4GHz but things get a lil hotter there. i´m using the 0602bios

[charged3800z24]

its no biggie just thought someone would have chimed in at least 1 person lol

I hit 3.4ghz stable in XP 64 with 1.52 or something volts. I locked er' in at 3.3ghz 1.42v for 24/7 use on the 0602 bios.

[demonkevy666]

I have to format something messed up my meida center no video in window mode and overlapping flashing picture in full screen.
only way I see of fix is a whole new format.

[faior]

my board just ted its primary pcie slot. There was a powerdown for a second and i tried to start the comp again and only blackscreen now. All the other slots work fine. And i cant use the second 16x port because my case is too small for the card in that position.

I just hope that the warranty works.. Damn crappy things argh!! Ffs. And the phenom 2 seems to be little crappy too what it comes to people results.

[informal]

my board just ted its primary pcie slot. There was a powerdown for a second and i tried to start the comp again and only blackscreen now. All the other slots work fine. And i cant use the second 16x port because my case is too small for the card in that position.

I just hope that the warranty works.. Damn crappy things argh!! Ffs. And the phenom 2 seems to be little crappy too what it comes to people results.

Sorry to hear about your board .
As for Phenom II being crappy,yeah those 3.7-3.9Ghz OCs on air are sure "crappy" .Oh yeah it's slower than C2Q in SuperPi ,so if you "run" this or sisoft sandra all day,you should not consider Phenom II at all

[faior]

Sorry to hear about your board .
As for Phenom II being crappy,yeah those 3.7-3.9Ghz OCs on air are sure "crappy" .Oh yeah it's slower than C2Q in SuperPi ,so if you "run" this or sisoft sandra all day,you should not consider Phenom II at all

I was talking about the one review which has 33 pages, dont remember the address but perhaps you know. There seems to be very small performance gain to 9950 .. the positive thing is the OC capability yes.

Im not very sure is it ok to spend 300 euros for .. lets say 400MHz gain?

Btw does this board has 3x 16x slots? I can only get 8x from the middle one, below from the primary one. Can it give 16x with some tweaking?

[informal]

I was talking about the one review which has 33 pages, dont remember the address but perhaps you know. There seems to be very small performance gain to 9950 .. the positive thing is the OC capability yes.

Im not very sure is it ok to spend 300 euros for .. lets say 400MHz gain?

Btw does this board has 3x 16x slots? I can only get 8x from the middle one, below from the primary one. Can it give 16x with some tweaking?

Maybe you should wait for some official reviews past the launch date from say lost circuits or even anandtech? Some of their results are not consistent with what we've seen from end users,and that clock to clock comparison with Agena shows that Deneb is even slower than Agena in number of apps which is practically impossible(so the test is not quite correct).I'd expect around 8-10% better performance on average,per clock, than Agena.
Also in Greek review,Kentsfield beats Yorkfield and Nehalem is some of those tests ,so you get my point.Also the power draw test seems a bit unrealistic.Again,I'd wait for official launch and reviews from more reputable sites(not taking away anything from hwbox.gr).

As for the Mhz gain,it depends om cooling used primarily .If you can get a good air or wc kit you are set for 4Ghz,which is impossible for Agena.
The board question: I'm not sure.Maybe there are some users here at XS who own it and can confirm/deny the x16 functionality of the lower slot.I think it's a moot point since these are 2.0 PCIe and they will not bottleneck your card ,even if you have 4870X2 it should be enough.

[faior]

Maybe you should wait for some official reviews past the launch date from say lost circuits or even anandtech? Some of their results are not consistent with what we've seen from end users,and that clock to clock comparison with Agena shows that Deneb is even slower than Agena in number of apps which is practically impossible(so the test is not quite correct).I'd expect around 8-10% better performance on average,per clock, than Agena.
Also in Greek review,Kentsfield beats Yorkfield and Nehalem is some of those tests ,so you get my point.Also the power draw test seems a bit unrealistic.Again,I'd wait for official launch and reviews from more reputable sites(not taking away anything from hwbox.gr).

As for the Mhz gain,it depends om cooling used primarily .If you can get a good air or wc kit you are set for 4Ghz,which is impossible for Agena.
The board question: I'm not sure.Maybe there are some users here at XS who own it and can confirm/deny the x16 functionality of the lower slot.I think it's a moot point since these are 2.0 PCIe and they will not bottleneck your card ,even if you have 4870X2 it should be enough.

I definitely hope that its much faster than agena, since my CPU should arrive next week. Here at Finland people could have bought the phenom2 for about 3-4 days and some people do have it and tested, not very much of tests have been revealed but for example there is no difference in 3dmark2006 CPU-test at same clocks.

Well this board should give triple CF and all 16x and quadCF with 8x, am I right? But it seems that there should be all the cards in the slots to get it function like that. With only one card it gives only 8x edit. I was wrong, it seems to work with triple CF like this: 1x16, 2x8x.. hmpf.

Its a little pain in the ass because my plan was to change the 9950BE to another HD4850 and put up a CF, but now it doesnt seem like im doing it.. damn.

And yeah 8x 2.0 PCI-E is enough for one card.. but there is some difference when using more than one.

edit2, do anyone have any idea why my primary slot doesnt work? Or any ideas what to try to get it back online, althought i have tried so many things that I cant even imagine to try something else..

[N19h7m4r3]

I have to wait another 2 weeks before I can order a 940, but atleast by then the prices might have dropped a bit.

Sadly I've yet to even power up my M3A79-T Still waiting on my test gpu to arrive.

[Cluster]

@faior You shouldnt have any problem rma'ing the board. If the PCI slot went on it, its brand new right? So long as theirs no mods or anything, shouldnt be a problem. I wouldnt put up with a lost pcie slot, i'd have returned it the moment it happened.

[faior]

@faior You shouldnt have any problem rma'ing the board. If the PCI slot went on it, its brand new right? So long as theirs no mods or anything, shouldnt be a problem. I wouldnt put up with a lost pcie slot, i'd have returned it the moment it happened.

Did same happen to you too? I have mine rmad by wednesday.. Only thing that can be a problem is that the true 120 e cooler scratched the mb.s mosfet sink because it didnt fit

[N19h7m4r3]

I just fired up my system with an X2 4200 and 2900GT, and I must say I love this Motherboard.

Feature rich and purrs like a dream

I cant wait to pop a 940 in and splash some water on to OC the bugger.

[gsk3rd]

Well I was wondering if i could get some help OCing my processor. My specs are in my sig. I am able to hit 3.330ghz but anything above this, it either hangs up or bsod. I am running bios 0403. my volts are up to 1.500 at a multi of 16.5 with fsb at 200. I was curious how much volts it could handle on air so i left the clock at 3.000 and bumped the volts up to 1.525 with temps maxing at 58c at full load. I am running ram at 800mhz ganged. I would love to hit 3.4 stable without water. Here are some screenies. If you need anything else as far as screen shots let me know. thxs.

[Cluster]

no original cooler, no rma.
i could send u mine. but it has some bent fins on the mosfet side (stepped on it unfortunately) and the thermalpad of the nb has melted onto the nb socket. also i had to squeeze the push through pins hard, so that everyone that takes a look at the mobo would see that it has been modified.
what´s wrong with ur board anyway?

It boots into windows and then shuts the power supply off after a couple of minutes. I had a small glycol spill, a few drops slipped by the oring on my block when i was taking the block off. It got suctioned down by the TIM pretty good, and the screws that hold that block together, well they dont really hold that well.

The board boots, POSTs, loads windows, then after a few minutes just shuts the power off. Voltages all look spot on from HWMonitor and the bios, temps are < 30c, and i've even had a run with temps < 0c, both cases shutdown almost nearly the same time after loading windows. I didnt time it but the subzero run did seem to last a bit longer. Someone had the idea that maybe some leftover glycol residue was in the socket. I had baked the board in the oven for a few minutes, and the socket seemed very dry, but that doesnt mean its clean. Going to try some electrical contact cleaner when i get a chance. Hopefully that solves it. Some have suggested the PSU, which is what i normally blame first, but its always performed very well. Residue on the contact points of the socket makes a sensible theory though, and i'll see what a proper cleaning does.

[Chicken Patty]

Well Im trying to find out which one works good,maybe a more stable higher ocing bios. I dont want to flash to a bad, corrupt or problematic bios. I just had a bad bios flash with my DKA790GX, so Im a little weary now. Are you ocing?? whats the highest you got up to??




sweet.....what was your highest oc??

on the 9850 3.6 GHz and the 9950 3.45 GHz, sorry for late response, my internet was down for a bit.

[sandeep]

How to get rid of the ASUS Over Volt protection feature. I cannot boot with any more than 1.55V due to this protection feature.

[RASTAVIPER]

How to get rid of the ASUS Over Volt protection feature. I cannot boot with any more than 1.55V due to this protection feature.

Go to BIOS, HW Monitor, select VCORE and put it to IGNORE.

[HondaGuy]

Quote:
Since Phenom II processors have Advanced Clock Calibration (ACC) goodness built-in, there's no need to enable the feature in the Platinum's BIOS. You'll want to turn it on if you're using an older 65nm Phenom, though.
Source: half way down the page... http://techreport.com/articles.x/16159/6

[N19h7m4r3]

Does bios 0602 recognise phenom 2's?

Just want to know if I have to get a new bios or not.

[Stoner133]

Yes BIOS 504 and 602 both support the Phenom II's

[N19h7m4r3]

Thanks I just ordered mine.

Just wanted to know