ASrock 890GX Extreme3

[mikedepetris]

2.50 works for me, but can't see anything better, and it still does not offer "safe removal" that I can only get with 2.41G so far

any tip to enable it?

[biohead]

2.50 works on 880G btw

[duron]

anyone tried this setup? 1:5, is this a hardware + software setup?

Phenom II X6
Asrock 890Gx
Gskill 4Gb DDR3-1333 Dual Channel
2pcs 1Gb ATI 4670
Epsilon 700watts PSU



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[mrcmark]

@wheelee

will that really work?

[duron]

^ well that's what i really want to find out since haven't seen a real setup in this configuration
for the VGA's i guess 2 GPU's + 1 IGP = 5monitors & as for the mouse KB's i guess his using some sort of a KVM switch?


but what about sound?
the 890GX has a 7.1 output, hmmmm ???

[Davey]

^ well that's what i really want to find out since haven't seen a real setup in this configuration
for the VGA's i guess 2 GPU's + 1 IGP = 5monitors & as for the mouse KB's i guess his using some sort of a KVM switch?


but what about sound?
the 890GX has a 7.1 output, hmmmm ???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg2q9...eature=related

Haven't tried it myself, interesting nonetheless.

[Valg]

2.50 BIOS works great...

RAM is much cooler and more stable to OC...

ASRock with AMD chipset has many problems with Mushkin RAM,
with the Black Line series, but on BIOS 2.50 all the problem are solved...

[Muraretu]

Test 2.50 per 880G Extreme3 , if i set CPU voltage to 1.4V in BIOS the voltage reaches 1.480V @3.8GHz in Prime95.

[Valg]

Set the CPU Load Line Calibration to Normal...

Beather to overvolt then volt-drop...

[Davey]

2.50 bios is the worst s*h*i*t bios i've ever come to witness xD

It isn't stable (doesn't boot or hangs a while after boot) for any Loadline calibration option for the settings in my signature, when all the previous bios were fully stable, and 2.42b is rock stable.

The only thing that seems better is memory support. 2.50 detects memory timings correctly when you select 1600Mhz mem. Nice for people who don't know how to set it manually.

2.50 keeps enabling CnQ when it's disabled in BIOS (#%!"@"!$"%&!%%"@!!!)

Asrock, seriously, fire some people in that bios department. Spent 1h 1/2 hours for nothing.

[mrcmark]

^
+1 on that. When you email them no one will answer. Im thinking twice if I will buy an asrock motherboard in the future.

[biohead]

CnQ doesn't disable here as well with the 2.50 bios. still can't boot 300 htt at 1600mhz mem. so all i got from this bios was the LLC which has pushed down the vcore (both load and idle, oddly) about 0.02v.

[Valg]

It has to be an issue with Thuban X6 CPU's,
because this is the most stable one for my 555BE X2 @ B55 X4 @
4.0 core0
4.0 core1
3.6 core2
3.6 core3

2.50 BIOS -> The best for Phenom II X2/X4...
2.44 BIOS -> The best for Thuban X6

[biohead]

how so? i haven't seen much definitive results from anyone yet. who's running 2.44?

[sjohnson]

Interesting. I have an 880g and 555BE X2, three cores work, 4th is NG, even at 4x X 800.

[Hawkeye4077]

I just got mine fired up with a Sempron 140 that will unlock to a 2 core, but no matter what. The system WILL NOT REBOOT. It will power cycle over and over and over C7 is the last it shows before 00...

Any ideas? It came with 2.40 installed, I bumped it to 2.5 and then back down to 2.42b.. no dice.

Fresh bios flash/ clear CMOS it will boot. go into bios fix time etc, it will reboot. But any kind of windows reboot it will just cycle over and over.

Edit: The plan is to get a 1090T, but that wont be till the weekend.

[mikedepetris]

I tried with another CPU, a Phenom II X2 550BE, having same results.
UCC unlocks 4 cores, disabling all cores except core0 and the system can't boot, even raising the CPU voltage.
Tried many BIOS settings + different BIOSes up to the last 2.50.
I think I have a defective board.
What can try?

[Hawkeye4077]

Well I got my 1055T 95w and I am stuck at 260ht. No amount of voltages settings or anything will get me beyond it. At 260ht its perfectly stable with no issues with all volts other than vcore stock. 261 = no boot codes or blue screen from windows.

I can drop the multi down to keep the cpu below stock speed and it still wont post/boot. I have adjust voltages and multi's down to compensate for the high ht and it still wont successfully boot.

i am at a loss.

[biohead]

Well I got my 1055T 95w and I am stuck at 260ht. No amount of voltages settings or anything will get me beyond it. At 260ht its perfectly stable with no issues with all volts other than vcore stock. 261 = no boot codes or blue screen from windows.

I can drop the multi down to keep the cpu below stock speed and it still wont post/boot. I have adjust voltages and multi's down to compensate for the high ht and it still wont successfully boot.

i am at a loss.

did you play around with the ram dividers?

[Hawkeye4077]

did you play around with the ram dividers?

I did, i've underclocked everything in an attempt to get beyond 260ht.. no luck

[Hawkeye4077]

Figured out my problem:

Ram. Pure and simple the X6 does not like this ram. I tried it in a 790GX and still limited at 260ht. Plopped in some Crucial basic DDR3-1333mhz and it will boot right up to 295ht now.

[n!Cola]

I have very good deal on second 8800gt, will it work on this board ? sli hack no go ?

[Valg]

SLI hack is a good go!

Did it with:
3x 8500GT
2x 250GTS

No problem at all.

[n!Cola]

SLI hack is a good go!

Did it with:
3x 8500GT
2x 250GTS

No problem at all.

Good to hear !

p.s
My PSU died yesterday, wich to get for my pc and offc. another 8800gt, needs to be under 100$, ispod 500kn

[Hawkeye4077]

Now we're gettin some where !!