UNOFFICIAL BIOSTAR TPower I45 M/B

[Dottore]

HI,
Just got my i45, with an e7300, (small budget)
Im using a TRU120 (non extreme) with a zalman F3, Im running at 3.6 (450x8) at 1.272v (havent tried any lower)
However, for 4GHz (10x400), or 4.05GHz I needed 1.416v, (not stable)
What do you think I should be able to get? (both max and 24/7)
tried for 4.5GHz (10x450), and it got just after the loading bar for windows before crashing,a nd that was at 1.56v!

Thanks

can you become a picture with ThermalRight? way to see how it looks. depict the angles to see whether interfering something ..

[GeorgeStorm]

You want to see it before you buy?
Or to see if its intefering and therefore intefering with my overclock?
CAnt get a pic atm, will try to, but its not touching anything, good clearance all the way round

[Nelly]

you are not de-railling the thread

i agree with you not upgrading!

the X58 and i7 core cpu are a nice combination if you are not intending to overclock very high.

i think it is a wee-bit to expensive (not necessarily a waste of money) to upgrade...for me, i do not play games so it is nuts & bolts operation for me..i mean: i have it all with the IP35 and and a QX9650...why spend a good amount of money on a low to maybe a slightly better bump in overall speed!

lol resistance was futile.

[Dottore]

You want to see it before you buy?
Or to see if its intefering and therefore intefering with my overclock?
CAnt get a pic atm, will try to, but its not touching anything, good clearance all the way round

I want to see how TRU stands at biostar and whether it bothered refrigerator on motherboard.
planning to buy it but I'm not sure whether bothered. for example that I can put two cooler

[DonNiger]

I have raid0 here with a set of two partitions working like a charm and i just have saved this screen
So, Raid works very well, if its good or not i dont know yet, but this setting is running about 3 months ago.
Just an advice when using raid0, don't let important data on arrays, put them of a safe non-raid backup HDD or use another raid setting.

I was thinking a bit higher OC, my crappy E8500 couldn't post after 4,9 Ghz, killing RAID took me up to 5,2 stable.

[hokiealumnus]

lol resistance was futile.

OMG I'm jealous. Start a thread already! I won't be able to afford an i7 for a long time, but there's something to be said for living vicariously.

[XTwarrior]

i am confused about you not being able to post in the thread but you are able to send PM's!

i presume the both go together...I would email one of the moderators to ask for assistance in your matter.

as for the bios, look at page one of the thread to see my bios images with settings to attain 550 FSB...you just scale down from there to attain a lower overclock.

remember, not all hardware are equal in performance or max overclock from user to user.

Ace
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ACE-A-Rue, sorry about the PM a few weeks ago, you get limited access if you don't get the activation e-mail but you can PM people


As for the OC I wanted, I started messing around and I could go no better than a 3.4Ghz OC or the board would just state that the OC failed and reset to previous settings (I set retries to only one). At that point my CPU temps were 47 Celsius at idle....and I was uncomfortable with that since I wasn't even under any load.

If it matters, I have version 5.1 of the board, and I read that may be an issue with overclocking?



Also, a bit off-topic for OC....has anyone had any issues with SATA Hard drives randomly disconnecting? I've had 3 brand new hard drives ( 2 WD's and 1 Seagate) and every single one of them have the same problem....just random resets and then the hard drive will not read. I have to switch SATA ports and then it reads fine again? I've tried BIOS reflash to no avail. Ohh, the board is a Tpower I45...I'll list hardware in sig shortly

[XTwarrior]

Post to see if Sig works.

[TurK-FX]

i cant pass 3400ghz with my zalman 9700nt. actually i had it @ 3560mhz,then i tried 3600mhz it BSOD. then i screwed up the settings, i didnt take a note so i couldnt get that clock rates again.

is there any suggestion?
i ordered Sunbeam CR-CCTF 120mm Core Contact Freezer, i may get better temp with that.

[Ace-a-Rue]

you are not de-railling the thread

i agree with you not upgrading!

the X58 and i7 core cpu are a nice combination if you are not intending to overclock very high.

i think it is a wee-bit to expensive (not necessarily a waste of money) to upgrade...for me, i do not play games so it is nuts & bolts operation for me..i mean: i have it all with the IP35 and and a QX9650...why spend a good amount of money on a low to maybe a slightly better bump in overall speed!

lol resistance was futile.

..HEY, i came into some play money and i think i might make the jump from the QX9650 to the Biostar X58 and XE965 cpu....if i don't do it then i will have to spend it on my wife; don't want to waste money!

eeks!...my wife might be spying on me!

[Wallbanger]

OMG I'm jealous. Start a thread already! I won't be able to afford an i7 for a long time, but there's something to be said for living vicariously.

Hell, I'm having issues with changing cell phone plans. much less an i7 system.

[Nelly]

..HEY, i came into some play money and i think i might make the jump from the QX9650 to the Biostar X58 and XE965 cpu....if i don't do it then i will have to spend it on my wife; don't want to waste money!

eeks!...my wife might be spying on me!

Hehe, I've been tempted with the i7 965 EE, it's a total waste of money but least I'll be able to run my ram above 1066mhz.

For some strange reason Biostar havent tweaked their bios so that the i7 920/940 can run higher because i7 920 can apparently only support memory ratio up to 4 and 133Mhz *4=533Mhz and double date to 1066Mhz.

Not the case with EVGA, Foxconn, Gigabyte, Anus.

Sent another e-mail to Biostar, Taiwan with screenshots of those boards clocking i920/940's out of spec, hopefully we will see a bios update.

I'm going to start a new thread for the X58. CLICK HERE>> **Official Biostar TPower X58 Review/Overclock/Guide Thread**

[Mark90]

I just put my system together, and I speculate its the motherboard's fault that the system won't turn on. I have everything connected properly, is there anything I need to do with the jumpers for the system to turn on?

Thanks,
Mark90

[napox9]

I just put my system together, and I speculate its the motherboard's fault that the system won't turn on. I have everything connected properly, is there anything I need to do with the jumpers for the system to turn on?

Thanks,
Mark90

You gave zero information in yours post.
Does the fans start to work and there are lights on the motherboard ?
There are two 7-segments LEDs on the motherboard, Whats the reading on it ?
Does the speaker that connected to the motherboard does any "BEEPS" ? (NOT the one that connected to the on-board sound card).

[Mark90]

Without the motherboard the fans spin, optical works, and HDD spins. But when I connect the motherboard everything is dead including the powersupply.

[hokiealumnus]

I just put my system together, and I speculate its the motherboard's fault that the system won't turn on. I have everything connected properly, is there anything I need to do with the jumpers for the system to turn on?

Thanks,
Mark90

You gave zero information in yours post.
Does the fans start to work and there are lights on the motherboard ?
There are two 7-segments LEDs on the motherboard, Whats the reading on it ?
Does the speaker that connected to the motherboard does any "BEEPS" ? (NOT the one that connected to the on-board sound card).

In addition to what he said, please list your full system specs. Leave nothing out, it's all relevant. Have you tried an out of box build? Build the system bare-bones (CPU, GPU, 1 stick of RAM) on cardboard and see if you can get it to boot in BIOS. This will rule out as much as you can without replacing stuff.

[Mark90]

Q9550
BS I45
Powercolor 4870 1gb
2x2gb Patriot DDR2 800
Tagan BZ700
Lite-on Optical
320gb 7200.10 Seagate

I did barebones on cardboard and the thing didn't turn on.

[bigwill68]

Have you tried an out of box build? Build the system bare-bones (CPU, GPU, 1 stick of RAM) on cardboard and see if you can get it to boot in BIOS. This will rule out as much as you can without replacing stuff.

smart move hokie there's been many times where..I have put a
whole system together and it would'en start and had to take all
apart again...

I just put my system together, and I speculate its the motherboard's fault that the system won't turn on. I have everything connected properly, is there anything I need to do with the jumpers for the system to turn on?

Thanks,
Mark90

@Mark90
my question to you is are you sure you have your front panel wiring
connected right? what case you using also please?

[Mark90]

I have the antec 900.

[chuck4456]

Q9550
BS I45
Powercolor 4870 1gb
2x2gb Patriot DDR2 800
Tagan BZ700
Lite-on Optical
320gb 7200.10 Seagate

I did barebones on cardboard and the thing didn't turn on.

Try another power supply.

[Mark90]

My other PSU is 5 years old. I'll see if I can borrow a friend's PSU. If it is the PSU, what PSU would you recommend?

[hokiealumnus]

My other PSU is 5 years old. I'll see if I can borrow a friend's PSU. If it is the PSU, what PSU would you recommend?

Any single-rail unit from Corsair or the best of the best, PC Power & Cooling. 500-650W from either of them should be fine for what you're running.

[Mark90]

I wanted modular, should the 620watt do?

[chuck4456]

I wanted modular, should the 620watt do?

Only if it's HIGH AMP SINGLE RAIL.

[Mark90]

No its not, But I found a non modular, corsair TX750. My current powersupply's output:+3.3V@24A,+5V@26A,+12V@56A(4 Rails),-12V@0.8A,+5VSB@3.0A. The output on the TX750 is +3.3V@30A,+5V@28A,+12V@60A,-12V@0.8A,+5VSB@3.0A. So is the TX750 that much better than my current because its 60amps on a single rail? I don't mind buying this, its just I will have to put extra time to hiding the wires behind the tray. Also extra modding so the fan points down. I'll order this PSU this Friday so I can test it. If it works, kudos to you guys.

Mark90