UNOFFICIAL BIOSTAR TPower I45 M/B

**OftenBaffled** · 05-16-2009, 06:23 AM

Guys,

Please does anyone know how much juice one can safely pull from the fan headers on these boards?

In other words, what are the headers rated at (Watts and/or Amps)?

The User Manual for most boards gives you the figure but there's nothing in the manual I got with this board. I checked the Biostar site but there's nothing there and I mailed Tech support but they don't know either.

Any clues?

Thanks in advance.

OB

**QerryTerry** · 05-16-2009, 09:41 AM

I just installed the new Bios, when Vista started every device got recognised again. Don't know if there are (m)any improvements
since the beta from november.
But maybe its a sign, that biostar hasn't totally given up on this board. I got new RAM (OCZ Blade low voltage 1066MHz)yesterday,
maybe this BIOS does help to stabilise my Board over 500 MHz with my Q9450...

**GeorgeStorm** · 05-16-2009, 09:50 AM

Looking forward to hearing some results
Am wondering if this new BIOS will give any performance/stability improvements.

**Ace-a-Rue** · 05-16-2009, 06:13 PM

i am glad biostar realizes that they have to provide support for all their current boards...this is a NICE board!!..i am glad to hear biostar is stepping up to the plate!..yes!

**QerryTerry** · 05-17-2009, 01:06 PM

So i've played with the settings a lot. It's been priming with 4GHz now, but i don't think it is stable. Super pi 32m doesn't like it.
But i don't think it's because of the new bios. Up to now i never gave a lot of voltage to this processor. Also haven't played a
game yet. So i don't know how long i am able to run the board with 500MHz.

**wortelsky** · 05-19-2009, 08:52 AM

the P45AA416.rar bios doesnt work for me. Are there more people getting problems with it? If i manually set my chipset voltage but he dont get that and runs on his original setting, so i cant change it....

The newest, P45AA512.BSP someone tried this one out? I dont get it better with this version but there is a new function, pll nb chip. i dont know what i must do with it

**Ace-a-Rue** · 05-20-2009, 04:44 AM

Originally Posted by QerryTerry

So i've played with the settings a lot. It's been priming with 4GHz now, but i don't think it is stable. Super pi 32m doesn't like it.
But i don't think it's because of the new bios. Up to now i never gave a lot of voltage to this processor. Also haven't played a
game yet. So i don't know how long i am able to run the board with 500MHz.

a quad at 500 mhz FSB is very difficult to maintain stable on this board...a dual core is fine at 500 mhz, but not a quad core unless it is an exceptional chip..and..not many of those out there.

suggest you lower the FSB down to 485 Mhz...ace

**Ace-a-Rue** · 05-20-2009, 04:50 AM

Originally Posted by wortelsky

the P45AA416.rar bios doesnt work for me. Are there more people getting problems with it? If i manually set my chipset voltage but he dont get that and runs on his original setting, so i cant change it....

i hope you did not try to flash with a "RAR" extension because that is like a "ZIP" file...the real binary bios file is inside the 'rar' folder.

**hokiealumnus** · 05-20-2009, 06:06 PM

Anybody tried this yet? I haven't even had time to flash it yet. Just found out a couple days ago. Must say I'm surprised. Thought everyone at Biostar had completely forgotten about us.

**Eagle_Watch** · 05-21-2009, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by wortelsky

the P45AA416.rar bios doesnt work for me. Are there more people getting problems with it? If i manually set my chipset voltage but he dont get that and runs on his original setting, so i cant change it....

The newest, P45AA512.BSP someone tried this one out? I dont get it better with this version but there is a new function, pll nb chip. i dont know what i must do with it

-P45AA416 - Bugged LCD (doesnt show cpu temps), bugged vMCH hardware monitor (i guess the vMCH actually changes, but it doesnt show it in the monitor)

-P45AA512 - vMCH in hardware monitor is fixed. LCD still bugged.

This last two betas have upgraded memtest and added the option for MCH PLL voltage.

I would stick with the P45AAB03 (11-2008), because of the issue with the lcd in the new betas.

**GeorgeStorm** · 05-23-2009, 07:44 AM

Well
Today is a bad day
Benched on SS earlier, got my e7300 to 5G,
Then turned it on to have another go, then it suddenly turned off,
Then, went back to air, reset the CMOS, and then nothing, I had wiped the area to make sure not condensation or anything,
But it looks likes the board has short circuited,
Anything I can do, i take it the warranty is void?
All that happens is the fans turn on for less than a second, and then a red light comes on on the back of the PSU and nothing.

**Eagle_Watch** · 05-23-2009, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by GeorgeStorm

Well
Today is a bad day
Benched on SS earlier, got my e7300 to 5G,
Then turned it on to have another go, then it suddenly turned off,
Then, went back to air, reset the CMOS, and then nothing, I had wiped the area to make sure not condensation or anything,
But it looks likes the board has short circuited,
Anything I can do, i take it the warranty is void?
All that happens is the fans turn on for less than a second, and then a red light comes on on the back of the PSU and nothing.

Doesn't show any code in the LCD?

**GeorgeStorm** · 05-23-2009, 02:51 PM

No, coz the whole thing stops in less than a second,
The fans begin, but then nothing,
I think ive shorted it, will probably try to RMA, as there is no physical damage to the motherboard.

**QerryTerry** · 05-24-2009, 12:23 PM

Tested further everything than superpi is stable @3.94GHz with 493 MHz FSB. Don't know if it's a other problem, prime is stable for hours, Intel Stresstest too.
I also tested my old Conroe E6300, i only got it to benchstable 520 MHz. Anything higher it doesn't like. My board isn't an monster in overclocking.
With my OCZ low voltage Blades it defaults to 2.1 volts, it only needs 1.8 - have to set it to +0.05V to get near the default voltage. But it's nice ram, stable
at 1020MHz 4-4-4-13!

**railmeat** · 05-30-2009, 04:57 AM

lovin my board...specs in sig.note the CO stepping dual cores ran HORRIBLE for me.it was NOT the boards fault.plopped my E0 stepping in and bam 4ghz first shot auto volts.1.28 is stable as rock.

Running The Biostar T-Power I45 at 600FSB and Higher!!
http://www.rebelshavenforum.com/sis-...&f=33&t=000194

Biostar T-Power I45 Motherboard Discussion Thread-amazing reading..

http://www.rebelshavenforum.com/sis-...;f=33;t=000183

Biostar T-Power I45 Sticky Topics---good read

http://www.rebelshavenforum.com/sis-...;f=33;t=000199

bios galore.
http://www.lejabeach.com/Biostar/TPI45/

hope this helps...

We have another WR on TPOWER I45 HP, FSB up to FSB734MHz instead od FSB724MHz
will release the news later.

Today, Tpower I45 and TP45 HP let Biostar achieved a incredible OC records .
We totally 10 World records from Tpower I45 and TP45 HP. see the list as below
, please share this honors with our customers :

See the billboard from this site (http://www.ripping.org/database.php?act=records)

1. E7200 : 5765.94MHz, 127.6% OC
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2. E8200 : 5243.93MHz, 96.64% OC
*http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=391851

3. E8300 : 5875.64MHz, 107% OC
* http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=391793

4. E8400 : 6106.70MHz, 103.56% OC & Super Pi 1M WR
* http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=395178

5. E8500 : 6513.90MHz, 105.7% OC& FSB724MHz
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6. Q9450 : 4317.4MHz, 61.8 % OC
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7. Q9550 : 4679.07MHz, 65.14% OC
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8. Xeon E3110 : 6035.08MHz, 101.2% OC
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9 . Xeon X3360 : 4421.92MHz, 56.07% OC
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10 . Aquamark3 WR , 362,604 points
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**LedHed** · 05-30-2009, 01:31 PM

railmeat are you using the new BIOS? I'm wondering if it is worth it to bother flashing the BIOS or not?

I've been having issues with my 295 and had to do 2x RMA, was wondering if this new BIOS fixed any issues or provided higher OCability.

**hersounds** · 05-31-2009, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by railmeat

lovin my board...specs in sig.note the CO stepping dual cores ran HORRIBLE for me.it was NOT the boards fault.plopped my E0 stepping in and bam 4ghz first shot auto volts.1.28 is stable as rock.

i agree 100% ,C0 stepping run so uggly...in this day i try with E8600 and i hope that x10 multipler and E0 stepping really help.

P45AA513...is the last official bios?...update from 710? i use ocz rams and in a couple of days i still tyring with e8600.

**railmeat** · 05-31-2009, 09:10 PM

Originally Posted by LedHed

railmeat are you using the new BIOS? I'm wondering if it is worth it to bother flashing the BIOS or not?

I've been having issues with my 295 and had to do 2x RMA, was wondering if this new BIOS fixed any issues or provided higher OCability.

cpu-z is tellin me below

BIOS version 080015

date 6/20/08

rebelshaven bios page is golden.
http://www.lejabeach.com/Biostar/TPI45/

i had e6400,e6420,e6600(2 of em),q6600,now second e8400 no issues.i know that E0 stpping screams with low voltage.

had the following cards in it---8800gtx,gtx280,gtx 260 core 216,gtx 275,now gtx 295(all evga) sock pci ex freq.no issues.

ram in board
4 gigs gskill ddr800 4-4-4-12 2.0 v
2 gigs ocz sli 1066 2.25 volts
2 gigs cell shock ddr1000cas5 2.3 volts d9ghk they ran ok...i didnt tweak them much.
now 8 gigs crucial tracers 2.08 volts ddr 900 5-5-5-15
no issues

**dpokrajac0** · 06-01-2009, 12:36 AM

How do u manage vdrop on load?

**Eagle_Watch** · 06-01-2009, 04:17 AM

Originally Posted by hersounds

i agree 100% ,C0 stepping run so uggly...in this day i try with E8600 and i hope that x10 multipler and E0 stepping really help.

P45AA513...is the last official bios?...update from 710? i use ocz rams and in a couple of days i still tyring with e8600.

it's an official beta bios. It has a bug with the cpu temp. in the lcd. But you will see many new options and tweaks if you upgrade from 710.
Saludos

**hersounds** · 06-01-2009, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by Eagle_Watch

it's an official beta bios. It has a bug with the cpu temp. in the lcd. But you will see many new options and tweaks if you upgrade from 710.
Saludos

thanks eagle, bueno verte por aca

, today i install the 8600

i test "new" bios 513 too,and all run fine,the 8600 i don't touch nothing in vcore, just set 430 x 10 in bios and boot fine, absolutly stable
remember i use thermalright ultra 120 extreme and closed case ( chenming 601 yeah, old but classic and vintage )

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=577971

batch are Q820A324 ( same as BNDMOD) .

core 1= 25 c
core 2 = 25 c

so what you think about this 8600?

**dpokrajac0** · 06-01-2009, 01:28 PM

hers do u have a vdropp on that mobo?

**hersounds** · 06-01-2009, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by dpokrajac0

hers do u have a vdropp on that mobo?

yes a little vdroop, for example in bios you set 1.30 vcore and cause to vdroop raise to 1.29,maybe in frecuencies more high this really matter.

**dpokrajac0** · 06-01-2009, 02:26 PM

That is very small one. Good for u.

**hersounds** · 06-01-2009, 02:52 PM

i don't know yet if good or bad E8600 but with 1.44 vcore this batch make 4606 mhz ( remember ever with thermalright ultra 120 extreme )

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=578048

ram timings settings in default 5-5-5-15

the biostar run well,no troubles with 513 new bios.

just testing i don't like vcore up to 1.45

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=578057