Asus M3A79-T Deluxe

[Xajel]

@RASTAVIPER

Thanks for this, I'll try it as soon I go back to home as I'm in the work now ( only 13 minutes to finish )

[RASTAVIPER]

If for some reason it has issues...can't I flash back to 0602 via some other method besides the bios utility?

With all flash methods, you can always flash back and forth between different BIOS versions.

[SLK320]

New bios! 0703 is now available from:

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...3A79-T_Deluxe/

Haven't tried it yet.

[Halk]

I wasn't able to find release notes for this BIOS. Has anyone seen any?

[Ben_Brown]

From the ASUS forums:

[ 0703 ]
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01. Support ACC with AM2+ 45nm CPU.
02. Improve the system performance when use certain CPU.
03. Fixed System may show Boot fail message if ACC enabled.
04. Fix the problem that AM2 CPU Vcore voltage may be incorrect if change CPU voltage in AI Suite.
05. Fix the problem that AI_NAP may not work after resuming from S1 or S3.
06. Set the value of "Processor Frequency Multiplier" option in bios up to 35 for certain CPU.
07. Support new CPUs. Please refer to our website at: http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx
(ACC is a overclock technique which can adjust the voltage and frequency for AMD CPU directly under OS)

[Sunfire]

So far so good:

[redrumy3]

If you don't mind can anyone post some pictures using aftermarket heatsink and this board trying to see how close it comes to ram slots, looking to grab corsair 1066 ddr2 with fan to see if fan will be able to fit without hitting heatsinik thanks

come someone also take a pic of stock phenom II 940 BE heatsink, im trying to find out if it has heatpipes

[ChristmasGT]

Yep it does

[demonkevy666]

So far so good:

ACC support dose it work it yet ?

[aGeoM]

ACC support dose it work it yet ?

Hi

Not with PII's. System can't boot, needed to clear CMOS.

[MadDias]

ACC support dose it work it yet ?

"yes" it does... at least better than on 0602 and 0701..
i can post with acc on auto or +2% on all cores (haven´t tried much more).
but booting windows with acc enabled does not work that well.
i could get into windows with acc on auto, but coretemp can´t read the cpu temp then. and when i opened aod to check temps i got a bsod.

[HondaGuy]

I have ACC enabled in BIOS ACC set on all cores with +6......

[MadDias]

I have ACC enabled in BIOS ACC set on all cores with +6......

ohh... can u show me a screenshot of ur status page in aod? does it read 0°C on all cores?

[Doctor Pepper]

ACC support dose it work it yet ?

And I got my usual 25 degrees "bonus" temperature on my CPU readings (both in AOD and SpeedFan) when I enable ACC. Maybe it is some kind of strange offset/error reading, and the CPU has normal temperature?! But it ain't fun beginning to overclock with a idle temperature at stock frequence hovering around 73+ degrees...

I give up on ACC! I have tested every bios available (including a couple of betas), and ACC simply doesn't work!

But, other than that, 703 seems to be a stable bios, perhaps with one or two degrees hotter temps than previous!?

[HondaGuy]

ohh... can u show me a screenshot of ur status page in aod? does it read 0°C on all cores?

Yea I get the same thing with AOD, thats one thing I notice, Its the same thing with everest, but I do get a CPU reading that is right, just not the cores

[Oliverda]

Yea I get the same thing with AOD, thats one thing I notice, Its the same thing with everest, but I do get a CPU reading that is right, just not the cores

Have you noticed any advantage on Phenom II OC when you turn the ACC on?

[XenoMorpH-TDI]

Yeah it sure is. I can hit 4GHz now with my 940BE where I couldn´t even touch it. But I don´t c any temp dff.

[demonkevy666]

And I got my usual 25 degrees "bonus" temperature on my CPU readings (both in AOD and SpeedFan) when I enable ACC. Maybe it is some kind of strange offset/error reading, and the CPU has normal temperature?! But it ain't fun beginning to overclock with a idle temperature at stock frequence hovering around 73+ degrees...

I give up on ACC! I have tested every bios available (including a couple of betas), and ACC simply doesn't work!

But, other than that, 703 seems to be a stable bios, perhaps with one or two degrees hotter temps than previous!?

they shouldn't put ACC supported for am+ 45nm if it's not going to work right ever >_>
I've tested my chip with 1.70 volts it throttle at 72C it will kick down the multiplier to 4 so it will be 800mhz for a few seconds. Did you turn off cpu tweak ? my 9850 hated cpu tweak like 6-9C hotter with it enabled.

[HondaGuy]

Have you noticed any advantage on Phenom II OC when you turn the ACC on?

Since the new PII have them built in, I wonder by doing it this way through the bios over rides what is already built into these new chips?

I could never cold boot right up from bios with these settings before. I was able to reach them through AOD in windows

[Doctor Pepper]

they shouldn't put ACC supported for am+ 45nm if it's not going to work right ever >_>
I've tested my chip with 1.70 volts it throttle at 72C it will kick down the multiplier to 4 so it will be 800mhz for a few seconds. Did you turn off cpu tweak ? my 9850 hated cpu tweak like 6-9C hotter with it enabled.

And I got 72C everything default with ACC enabled... (Yes, CPU tweak enabled, but thats only a couple degrees which I presume give a good performance boost)

I wonder if this MB can handle a PII 940, which I eventually plan to get, or if something is wrong with my M3A79? On the other hand, it overclocks fairly well without ACC, and is rock stable...

What temperature readings are other people getting with ACC enabled compared to it disabled. Does anyone get the same temperature deltas (+25C) as I do?????

[charged3800z24]

Have you noticed any advantage on Phenom II OC when you turn the ACC on?

I get same clocks, regaurdless of ACC settings. But my chip OC's pretty good anyways. Might be same effect on Phenom 1. Where it helped the ones that don't OC as well.

[HondaGuy]

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[gOtVoltage]

I get same clocks, regaurdless of ACC settings. But my chip OC's pretty good anyways. Might be same effect on Phenom 1. Where it helped the ones that don't OC as well.

ACC Works exactly the same as the Beta701 for B3.

It may even be more stable.

Allows same High overclocks as preveouse 701.
Even the Supi 1m is the same speed as 701.

ATm i have not tried for 300HTT. All previose bioses are bugged with my 9950chip and will show 3800ghz after 293htt


0703 installed on first try and all voltages appear to be the same.

0701Beta



0703 Official



AOD 0703 ACC +4/ CPU TWEAK/ Idle 35c /Bios reads 34c @ 1.74vcpu/1.66vNb@2630

People with PHII should notice (stability and possiable higher Overclocks) when using higher NB/Ram settings.

This does perform better than the 0701Beta with B3 . I dont have a 940/945 yet. Do not expect a huge Oc increase with 0703 over the 0701 Beta if that what you had before,, its more or so tweaked for stability with PHII ACC SHOULD NOW WORK. If it dosnt at first try lower voltages with ACC(not Higher)

[Daveburt714]

FWIW, it seems pretty safe to turn ACC on using the 703 bios with a PhII. I've been playing with it for a few hours and haven't had to move the jumper yet... (much better than 603 bios!)

Here are the things I've noticed so far:

1) It does screw up the individual core temp display in AOD 2.1.4 (and HWMonitor), but the TIMPIN1 still works so you'll have an idea of the CPU temp...

2) Unlike the 9950 which liked positive numbers (+4/+6) the PhII likes negative numbers better (-4/-6). I started off raising the ACC and went all the way up to +8, but I had much better luck on the negative side. The side benefit of that was that even at higher V's the temps stayed lower (of course thats assuming TIMPIN1 is reliable)....

These are very preliminary results, and ACC is just as confusing as it was using the 9950 but at least it's safe to play with again...

Heres a SS of what I have so far.



Actual speed is 3.85, not sure why AOD shows current speed as 3.71. I can only assume Bios still needs a little more work...

BTW, I'm running 64bit Windows7 now, so take that into consideration as far as odd results are concerned. It runs pretty stable so I doubt that has anything to do with the wierd temp/speed results...

[HondaGuy]

Same setting in Bios ACC tho @ -6 with 1.45volts to CPU