ASUS - Official AMD 9xx Chipset Series Motherboard Support

[freeloader]

Does Asus ever plan to release a signed 64 bit driver for RAID use on the Crosshair V? One that's compatible with a standard Windows 7 installation?

[devguy]

0813 BIOS now available for M5A97 Evo (and presumably similar boards).

1. Improve memory compatibility
2. Improve system stability

I wonder if this bios is good for those of us still on Thuban/Deneb, or if from now on, ASUS will be optimizing only for AM3+ CPUs?

[fastleo63]

Does Asus ever plan to release a signed 64 bit driver for RAID use on the Crosshair V?

You can use the SATA RAID driver available on AMD site:
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...d_windows.aspx
It's showed as "SB8xx RAID Driver for Windows 7", but it can be safely installed on all SB7xx/8xx/9xx Southbridge based motherboards.
I used these drivers for a long time, in a RAID-5 configuration on my previous board (ASUSTeK M3A78-T, AMD 790GX/SB750 chipset).
Now I'm running my RAID on a discrete PCIe SAS card (see my signature), so I don't need them anymore.
The latest version of these AHCI RAID storport drivers (belonging to Catalyst 11.11) are reported as of version 3.3.1540.17.
In RAID package you'll find the latest array management software: AMD RAIDXpert.

...I wonder if this bios (0813) is good for those of us still on Thuban/Deneb, or if from now on, ASUS will be optimizing only for AM3+ CPUs?

I'm wondering the same, too. I'm still running on 0705...

[mAJORD]

does anyone know if the M5A79 Evo supports induvidual core control of BD? (as opposed to just being able to kill modules)

[mAJORD]

^

for the record, it does NOT :p

[BeepBeep2]

I don't see why it would matter, considering the gained performance is lost in 4 threads and extra OC headroom

[mAJORD]

Cos we like to play :p

some benchmarks may favour a 1 core / module situation.

it allows switching off a whole module currently

[BeepBeep2]

Does Asus ever plan to release a signed 64 bit driver for RAID use on the Crosshair V? One that's compatible with a standard Windows 7 installation?

You can use the SATA RAID driver available on AMD site:
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...d_windows.aspx
It's showed as "SB8xx RAID Driver for Windows 7", but it can be safely installed on all SB7xx/8xx/9xx Southbridge based motherboards.
I used these drivers for a long time, in a RAID-5 configuration on my previous board (ASUSTeK M3A78-T, AMD 790GX/SB750 chipset).
Now I'm running my RAID on a discrete PCIe SAS card (see my signature), so I don't need them anymore.
The latest version of these AHCI RAID storport drivers (belonging to Catalyst 11.11) are reported as of version 3.3.1540.17.
In RAID package you'll find the latest array management software: AMD RAIDXpert.

I'm wondering the same, too. I'm still running on 0705...

I've never had an issue, I just used the driver on my install disk...

In device manager the RAID controller is listed as

Driver Provider: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Driver date: 9/23/2010
Driver Version: 3.2.1540.92
Digital Signer: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher

Cos we like to play :p

some benchmarks may favour a 1 core / module situation.

it allows switching off a whole module currently

Yeah, but only some single thread programs benefit and only a small amount...programs using 2-4 threads will benefit as well but you lose approx 100-200 Mhz OC headroom which offsets the performance difference especially when you add the threads back. It seems it scales better though, especially in games that use up to 4 threads but scale no further

[halfwaythere]

Anybody tried a 960T on a M5A97 board? I want to know if its worth updating to the latest bios or I should just return the board. 0705 doesn't recognize this chip.

[The Stilt]

Anybody tried a 960T on a M5A97 board? I want to know if its worth updating to the latest bios or I should just return the board. 0705 doesn't recognize this chip.

The chip has been supported since day one since the 960T is a normal Thuban with two disabled cores.
Supporting the CPU and displaying its name string correctly are two different things.

However the name string should be displayed correctly with 0810 bios

[halfwaythere]

Since the board doesn't boot and the cpu warning led is lit I'd say the cpu is not supported in 0705. I wouldn't have bothered posting if this was just a naming problem.

[BeepBeep2]

The chip has been supported since day one since the 960T is a normal Thuban with two disabled cores.
Supporting the CPU and displaying its name string correctly are two different things.

However the name string should be displayed correctly with 0810 bios

No, the ASUS M5/CHV series do not support 960T at all. This has been a known issue...

Anybody tried a 960T on a M5A97 board? I want to know if its worth updating to the latest bios or I should just return the board. 0705 doesn't recognize this chip.

That's because it doesn't support the CPU, you should know already as it's not in the CPU Support list. All M4A/CH4 boards support the 960T though.

Since the board doesn't boot and the cpu warning led is lit I'd say the cpu is not supported in 0705. I wouldn't have bothered posting if this was just a naming problem.

It's not supported at all on these boards...

[halfwaythere]

That's just lovely. The only decent board is almost 50$ more. Thank you Asus.

Apparently my reading skill are not what they used to be and forum folklore doesn't really help:

From the M5A97 Pro compatibility page:

Phenom IIX4 960T (HD96ZTWFK4DGR),3.0GHz,95W,rev.E0,SocketAM3,Quad-Core ALL
0402

I could have gotten a dud that has all of the cores locked. Hopefully tomorrow when I'll be getting another AM3 cpu all this will be cleared.

[PatRaceTin]

I wonder DRAM ratio setting in BIOS of CH5F is not official support by CPU (over 1866 @ 200BCLK)

anyone try it ?

[BeepBeep2]

That's just lovely. The only decent board is almost 50$ more. Thank you Asus.

Apparently my reading skill are not what they used to be and forum folklore doesn't really help:

From the M5A97 Pro compatibility page:



I could have gotten a dud that has all of the cores locked. Hopefully tomorrow when I'll be getting another AM3 cpu all this will be cleared.

Hmm, interesting.
The CHVF doesn't support Zosma last time I checked, neither did M5A99X Evo, maybe it was added in a later BIOS or the 97 is fine with it O_o

[halfwaythere]

I guess no one knows it all, but 0402 is a pretty old bios.

Anyhow it appears I got a DOA board since the second CPU and a new set of ram gives me the same result. So much for asus and their great quality control. I hate that freakin' cpu_led.

@ beepbeep2: If you look real close you'll find that Zosma is supported on all of the 9xx boards and for a while now.

[Tonyb]

I wonder DRAM ratio setting in BIOS of CH5F is not official support by CPU (over 1866 @ 200BCLK)

anyone try it ?

I had no problems with the ram @ 2133Mhz in the Crosshair V ( same settings as this board ) until the LAN and USB died and I RMA'd it, I'm still waiting for it to be replaced. Frankly I was disappointed with the V I've found the SABERTOOTH to be a far better board so far, when they finally replace it I'll use it in another machine on the network.

[PatRaceTin]

I had no problems with the ram @ 2133Mhz in the Crosshair V ( same settings as this board ) until the LAN and USB died and I RMA'd it, I'm still waiting for it to be replaced. Frankly I was disappointed with the V I've found the SABERTOOTH to be a far better board so far, when they finally replace it I'll use it in another machine on the network.

Thankyou

i just try myself i can select DDR 2400 without overclocking cpu bus

[halfwaythere]

Got myself a 990x Evo on the way. Hoping this one works.

[Daveburt714]

Finally! New bios for the Sabertooth, vers 0901 ....

Find it here:
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/So...ERTOOTH_990FX/

I haven't tried it yet, don't have time tonight.
I'll flash it tomorow though.

[halfwaythere]

Also available for M5A99X Evo.

[Blacklash]

If you want to possibly unlock a 960T try the Biostar TA990FXE for 130usd.

I've a 960T in my CHV that runs fine. It does 4.3GHz on air, I can't successfully unlock it though.

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2078376

It can almost run 4.5 and I can't get that stable. I'm not willing to use more voltage than that on air.

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2079884

[halfwaythere]

You should try a newer version of cpu-z because older ones don't report voltages accurately. I don't care so much about unlocking as long as my chip runs cold and stable at 4Ghz and 1.32v.

[BeepBeep2]

You should try a newer version of cpu-z because older ones don't report voltages accurately. I don't care so much about unlocking as long as my chip runs cold and stable at 4Ghz and 1.32v.

1.57.1 isn't very old

[Panther_Seraphi]

Bit of a Thread necro but here we go

Sabertooth 990FX
1090T @ 4Ghz
16Gb of Crucial Smart Tactical Tracers @ 1600 7-7-7-21

What do we think is better

Above or

CPU @ 4.3
RAM @ 1866 9-9-9-27