ASrock 890GX Extreme3

[onTOPtheROCK]

1.10
1.20
1.51a
going to try 1.53...

let me know how the new bios is

[DedEmbryonicCe1]

...& here's how the new WD640g SATA3 Black performs on the 890GX new SATA 3

For comparison my 7200.12 drive on SB750/SATA2 (IDE mode):






The cache size and burst speed are the only noticeable improvements with the new SATA3 drives.
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/..._motherboard/2
This review has better numbers for the 1TB version of the Caviar Black SATA3 but they used HD Tach and I don't know how well that correlates to HDTune... I tried to install HD Tach just now and it gave me an error message saying it requires XP/Windows2000.

[Rol-Co]

let me know how the new bios is

except on the ucc oc , no difference , only the annoing shutdowns again.

1.20 far best till now

[barong]

where can i get the 1.20 bios

[onTOPtheROCK]

except on the ucc oc , no difference , only the annoing shutdowns again.

1.20 far best till now

What does the new "Turbo UCC" function do?

[barong]

anyone can disable turbo x6 1055T with this mobo, im already disable it at bios, but the turbo still kick. right now im using bios 1.51
please need guide

[onTOPtheROCK]

why trying to disable it?

[barong]

i would like to oc without the turbo, because the turbo messing around when windows startup such when i run @3710 [ 265 x 10 ] when turbo it becomes more than 4ghz, make crash

[mikedepetris]

let me know how the new bios is

It's all as before on my system, Turbo UCC only sets some overclocking values.

I still can't run my X2 555 with core 0 only or combinations of two cores.

[Rol-Co]

It's all as before on my system, Turbo UCC only sets some overclocking values.

I still can't run my X2 555 with core 0 only or combinations of two cores.

Possible... why? because its the same

today i was playing a little and found out that one core of my chip has trouble to do 2600 nb at 1.20v nb. so i unlocked the cpu and in windows i had 4 cores and checked with affinity wich core give me the error on that 1.20v .

it was core 3 , 0-1-2 running fine at that speed. so i went back to the bios and selected 0-3 and back to windows ...... zero fine , 1 (bios 3) error.
went back and selected 0-2 .... same issue , zero fine , 1 (now 2) error
again went back, selected 0-1 ......you would guess already .same effect.

so no matter if you select 4 or 2 , or stock , always the same core.....and you have a bad chip i think.

[onTOPtheROCK]

Has anyone tried the BIOS version 1.40 from ASRock's site? ASRock

[mikedepetris]

Possible... why? because its the same

today i was playing a little and found out that one core of my chip has trouble to do 2600 nb at 1.20v nb. so i unlocked the cpu and in windows i had 4 cores and checked with affinity wich core give me the error on that 1.20v .

it was core 3 , 0-1-2 running fine at that speed. so i went back to the bios and selected 0-3 and back to windows ...... zero fine , 1 (bios 3) error.
went back and selected 0-2 .... same issue , zero fine , 1 (now 2) error
again went back, selected 0-1 ......you would guess already .same effect.

so no matter if you select 4 or 2 , or stock , always the same core.....and you have a bad chip i think.

Bad chip? Maybe bad for unlocking:

UCC: disabled
CPU Active Core Control: All Cores
AMD Overdrive :
"The result of last successful tune is:

Last CPU clock is: 200 MHz
Last HT Link ref. clock is: 200 MHz
Last CPU multiplier is: 19.5 X"

tested at 18X with no problems, not that bad

[duron]

according to the link -
ASRock 890GX Extreme3 Motherboard is first board to unlock Phenom II X4 and turn it into a X6

http://en.ocworkbench.com/tech/exclu...to-a-x6/all/1/

[onTOPtheROCK]

too bad they can't make a black edition of one of those babies!

[duron]

^ can't or Wont

[Valg]

^ can't or Wont

I think they will, but not right now...

To much BE procesor on the market, other have no place to fit...

Or they will think like Athlon II VS Phenom II.
No BE for A-II, so i think no BE for Zosma, just Tuban.

[onTOPtheROCK]

what kind of overclock's have you guys been getting with this board, especially since i know alot of you guys are using the same CPU as me (555)?

[mikedepetris]

what kind of overclock's have you guys been getting with this board, especially since i know alot of you guys are using the same CPU as me (555)?

a simple +30% from BIOS works fine for me, a run of AMD overdrive went up to x19.5

but I did more tries about unlocking, without luck, but I see that situation improves rising both CPU and NB voltages, what do you think is the upper limit for them? I went up to 1.6/1.4 and windows boots but explorer crashes, able just to launch taskmanager

and still can't understand why any combinations of single or dual cores does not work, is there a way to exclude core0 and use other two or three cores like cores 2, 3 instead of core 0 or cores 0, 1 - 0, 2 - 0, 3 ?

[Leeghoofd]

We tested a 555 for the Azerty compo, works fine here up to 4.2 (2800mhz NB) on air ( it's a hothead though) at 1.425Vcore... more speed is fully limited by the cooling...

For those that run Thuban on this motherboard, with beta bios 1.51 I have loads of of overvolting Vcore issues (eg 1.35 bios is 1.41 under load), anyone experiencing the same ?

[Milans]

all 890GX Extreme3 motherboards have same issue.

[onTOPtheROCK]

all 890GX Extreme3 motherboards have same issue.

and what issue is that? the vocre and the thubans?

[FlawleZ]

Just got the mobo Today from Jumbo here in HK but i had to wait for one more hour coz the mobo was en route to the shop, so i had to walk around a bit thinking of what DDR3 ram to get & I also remembered that I should get an SATA HD & ODD coz this mobo doesn't have any IDE's anymore & for those still using floppy disk - no luck for you too

FINALLY! This needs to happen on all enthusiast level motherboards.

Thanks for sharing!

[mikedepetris]

but I did more tries about unlocking, without luck, but I see that situation improves rising both CPU and NB voltages, what do you think is the upper limit for them? I went up to 1.6/1.4 and windows boots but explorer crashes, able just to launch taskmanager

and still can't understand why any combinations of single or dual cores does not work, is there a way to exclude core0 and use other two or three cores like cores 2, 3 instead of core 0 or cores 0, 1 - 0, 2 - 0, 3 ?

I emailed Asrock about the problem and they answered two times sending BIOS 1.2 and now 1.72. CPU Active Core Control selection is different but I am still not able to make it work in any combination even with one or two cores only, all is fine only with UCC and ACC disabled.

Anyway thanks to Asrock for answering and continuosly updating the BIOS.

[Rol-Co]

cpu steady with newbios ? , still have a random speed of 50mhz difference .......all the time.
And better voltage's .....?

[mikedepetris]

cpu steady with newbios ? , still have a random speed of 50mhz difference .......all the time.
And better voltage's .....?

isn't random speed due to Cool'n'quie?

What do you mean about better voltages?