Quote Originally Posted by Formula350 View Post
EDIT: Olivera-- try getting a reading from this spot, where it says VT8 (or might be a 6, can't tell). I've discovererd those are Voltage Test locations, which I'm sure people knew about but I wasn't aware of haha Anyways, I've noticed they are pretty standard on a lot of boards now (my Giga and DFI S939 both don't), all with the same "VT#" indicators. I think it's worth mentioning that not all of the locations, like on my 890FX Deluxe3, are small double-pad solder points for like SMD resistors or caps, but most of the time just a single round dome of solder.

EDIT2: Holy crap I can't believe I uploaded the version where I didn't point out where I was talking about >_< lol
That point is for the CPU_NB voltage. I found an another VT point (VT1) which is for the cores.

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Quote Originally Posted by FlawleZ View Post
Do you have to use the UEFI or does it provide an optional standard BIOS layout?
Yes you do. There is no any other layout so far.


Quote Originally Posted by Formula350 View Post
IF the 2x2GB 2133 9-11-9-24 modules G.Skill is sending have PSC, I can test it properly, sure. Otherwise, the PSC-based modules I currently have my 'boss' wasn't able to get them running at their advertised specs of 2200 @ 10-11-10, but I can't verify that since the Deluxe3 only has 1600 divider.

While unrelated, the Micron D9's I have, and the PSC modules I mentioned above, both do 7-7-7 and 7-8-7 @ 1600 just fine on my old 555BE. Mind you, that is on my Deluxe3, but it still doesn't matter since neither of them are Hypers. heh

EDIT: Oh, hey Oliverda... Could you do me a big favor, since you have an X-Fi? ^_^ All of their 890FX boards (and 990FX unfortunately, by the looks of it) have a NB heatsink that was poorly designed, not allowing for any fitment of a long PCIe x1 card in that first slot. I'm not able to tell definitively by the pics I've seen, but will a sound card fit in the first slot and still clear the NB heatsink? I know it isn't necessarily the ideal spot for a sound card, being in the middle of all that noise, but IF a person were to be silly and use that PCIe x16@x4 for a graphics card then that first slot would be all that is left for discrete audio :\
I haven't got that PSC kit unfortunately.

I have an earlier PCI X-Fi so I can't say that. Anyway I think you can't put a longer card into that slot so you forced to use one of the longer x16 slot for that purpose.


I sent an email to ASRock support and they sent me an updated UEFI where you can switch on/off the two LAN and the three USB 3.0 controller separately. They sent me and updated version of F-Stream utility as well which now can use the POST CODE led to display the current CPU temperature. I really satisfied with the support so far.