**Unified** DFI LanParty UT 790FX-M2R-M2RS / Phenom /Data Base Thread**

[Brother Esau]

Hey guys any Feedback on the 12/26/2008 "Beta" Bios?

[Oese]

y to me it works absolutely well.

x3 bug is also fixed, only thing is some people mentioned that cnq would not work with their g2 revision 65nm x2 cpus. But i dont know really, as the descriptions are very vague..

Perhaps i'll try it out with my g2 that is now in the gigabyte when before i put in the pII in a few days..

[Brother Esau]

OK...........I have installed the 12/26/2008 "Beta" Bios all works fine!

I made a specific point of checking for the "Garbled Text" And "Missing Options" In every single Bios Menu as well as Sub Menu..........No Problem with either is Present!

LAN Works well...........Cool & Quit working properly......NB Frequency Scales Upwards Without Issue.............The Bios is Fine further Testing is needed but None of the Issues that others have posted exists.


That leads me to believe that the Award Flasher is to Blame yet again for allot of Recent Issues in Bios Release.

I have always Downloaded the ZIP.Package and Extracted to a Formatted Floppy With Dr Flash on it and Ran the Manual Syntax Switching Commands

AWDFLASH.EXE R7LDC26.BIN /CKS /PY /SN /CC /CD /CP /LD /QI /WB /CH /E

The /E Switch takes you back to A:\Prompt and I repeat the Flash Once More to make sure the Previous Bios Code is overwritten Fully without incident.

I have Been using this Method since RGone showed it to me 2 years ago and have yet to have a bad flash yet!

[SAB]

Oese....I havent ever tried cool n quiet ...so Im kinda clueless on how to get it working.
Can u post a link on how to set up...and I will test.

Hey Esau...do u use cmos reloaded?
Ever since I read Tonys post saying cmos reloaded could be the cause of bios corruption.
I havent used cmos reloaded and havent seen the weird text or missing boot options.
And since I bought this board I have been following that olympic sport of bios flashing u have taught us so well.

[Brother Esau]

Oese....I havent ever tried cool n quiet ...so Im kinda clueless on how to get it working.
Can u post a link on how to set up...and I will test.

Hey Esau...do u use cmos reloaded?
Ever since I read Tonys post saying cmos reloaded could be the cause of bios corruption.
I havent used cmos reloaded and havent seen the weird text or missing boot options.
And since I bought this board I have been following that olympic sport of bios flashing u have taught us so well.

To be honest with you the only decent Phenom I ever had in this Board was my 9850 BE that I sold to Particle. Due to Family crisis and Death the past year I just did not have the time to overclock this board thats why I sold my 9850 and put this ty 9600 BE (B2) back in

So in short I have not truly even explored this boards potential yet due to lack of really great CPU..........so Cmos reloaded was never used either.

Where is the post from Tony saying that about cmos reloaded?

[BulldogPO]

Any info on Phenom II support?

[possessed]

it's already supported, theres some news about it on dfi's main page

[Oese]

i will put one in on saturday hopefully...

[LotusNegra]

Do you have amd overdrive installed? When it was installed on mine no matter what I set it to in the bios it would always stay at 1.25 in windows.

Thanks, that was excatly the problem. After uninstalling it, the sky was blue again CPU-Z recognized the increased voltage and it seemed stable at 3.0. However I had to stop my tests because it reached a wooping 80ºC in one minute

Before that I cound't even start a test. At least that gave me hope to buy a nice cooler (using box).

[mcmeat51]

Don't use AOD........Overclock via Bios Only! 1stly..Did you read and study the thread I provided you? Reading about Overclocking Phenom is essential......Not Reading and understanding Phenom and Reaching for too much at one time = Dead Motherboard or Dead CPU or Ram

Now if you are smart you will read up on this and read allot! Why don't you start on the Front Page of this Thread as I have a Bios Settings Template with overclock of my Phenom 9850 BE Posted .......Also what Bios are you Running? Please Create a signature and Post the Bios Version adjacent to the Motherboard like I have mine.

Yea That was the 1st time I used AOD... and last.

I read the whole thread (well skim read alot of the non-relavant stuff), thanks for the info, I have aswell read LOADS on the 9500, 9850, 9950 and the dfi m2rs and m2r motherboards aswell as general K10 overclocking guides.

I am running the latest bios that dfi website show.

I have also tried about a million and one bios settings and have changed settings from default, one/two at a time to find out any sources of instability.

Ill update my sig.. been busy and sisnt get round to it.

On the plus, I should be building a Phenom 920 rig soonish for someone and will let you guys know of the outcome, whilst Im on that, anyone know of a cheap 780G mobo that supports the Phenom II's, Im currently tyring to research to see which boards other than my own that have had bios updates to support them.

Thanks alot anyhow, I think my phenom is just limited (or the board is). At the end of the day, 3Ghz is fast enough for any game to be played at max settings.

My future upgrades im looking at are.
1)replace the 2GB Geil Black Dragon with 4GB patriot or corsair dominator.
2)buy second 4870 512
3)replace HD with a faster one, OR buy a cheap RAID card and RAID 0 two of my current ones.

Cheers

Matt

[Brother Esau]

Well I shouldn't of but I did I pulled the Trigger and Got the Phenom II 940 BE for Bios Testing and Overclocking
Attention:
Who would be Interested in a Back Up Pre- Programmed Bios Chip for D.F.I AMD 790FX - 790FXB - 790GX Motherboards?

I Will be ordering Blank "8mb" SST Bios Chips From Taiwan Please if Interested let me know so I know how many PLCC Bios Chips To order for AMD Boards. I will also be putting in a order for aout 100 SST Bios Chips for D.F.I Intel Motherboards as well. Yes AMD & Intel uses different types of PLCC FLASH CHIPS!

[Oese]

hehe good turn campbell i'd like one spare bios chip even if it takes months before its here actually xD you got pm..

[SAB]

To be honest with you the only decent Phenom I ever had in this Board was my 9850 BE that I sold to Particle. Due to Family crisis and Death the past year I just did not have the time to overclock this board thats why I sold my 9850 and put this ty 9600 BE (B2) back in

So in short I have not truly even explored this boards potential yet due to lack of really great CPU..........so Cmos reloaded was never used either.

Where is the post from Tony saying that about cmos reloaded?

Same thread page 9 post 222
One too many deadshows huh

[SAB]

Well I shouldn't of but I did I pulled the Trigger and Got the Phenom II 940 BE for Bios Testing and Overclocking
Attention:
Who would be Interested in a Back Up Pre- Programmed Bios Chip for D.F.I AMD 790FX - 790FXB - 790GX Motherboards?

I Will be ordering Blank "8mb" SST Bios Chips From Taiwan Please if Interested let me know so I know how many PLCC Bios Chips To order for AMD Boards. I will also be putting in a order for aout 100 SST Bios Chips for D.F.I Intel Motherboards as well. Yes AMD & Intel uses different types of PLCC FLASH CHIPS!

Set me up Bro,maybe I will be able to use cmos reloaded again.

[Russ_64]

Hey guys any Feedback on the 12/26/2008 "Beta" Bios?

BroE - can I use this BIOS on the 790FXB-M2RSH or should I just use the latest one on the DFi site (R7SDA30 - 10/30/2008)?

[Brother Esau]

BroE - can I use this BIOS on the 790FXB-M2RSH or should I just use the latest one on the DFi site (R7SDA30 - 10/30/2008)?

No You cannot! Hardware on the D.F.I LP UT 790FX-M2R is completely Different from your Motherboard.

[Russ_64]

Okay - thanks for that. Any idea on where I can get betas for my DK 790FXB?

[Brother Esau]

D.F.I Site Beta Bios in download section just choos your model and voila

[caveman_2]

I got a little problem i ran into today and wondered if anyone here has had similar issue with a dfi board.

got my p2 940 today , overclocked it upto 3.9 just using the multi, then went back to stock settings to see how it would play by upping the htt, first attempt was only 220*15, it worked but i've now lost the ability to read the temp of each core in everest & core temp. They just say each core is 0'C , be nice if it were true but until i changed the stock htt it was working

does this mean i've boinked something on the board?, oh btw its a dfi 790fxb m2rsh.

any help be much appreciated

[Oese]

i heard of that in the case of an asus user today as well... just rely on the cpu temp board readings i'd suggest...

[Brother Esau]

Software needs to have microcode update to read values correctly for new chips.............I would not be to concerned

[Brother Esau]

I see XS Forum now is Whoring itself out with annoying popup advertising Keywords...........This forum just keeps going down hill

[Oese]

arrived:

CACVC AC 0849BPEW

phenom II 920... more to come

[possessed]

arrived:

CACVC AC 0849BPEW

phenom II 920... more to come

keep us posted

btw which final 5 number do you have (something like 80xxx)

--edit--
is it possible to lower the multi on the 920?

[AbelJemka]

Yes of course