ultimate S939 mainboard guide - tweaking guide ,known bugs, and fixes

[`schr0et]

I tried the MSI K8N NEO2 and it just wasn't for me. Really annoying board made me feel like I was back in the stone ages because the chipset fan would randomly stop running and I would have to give it a kick start by flicking the rotor with my index finger.

CPU placement made closing my case impossible. Ram slots were annoying. Bios NEEDS to be tweaked just right or your OC is fubarred. SATA slots weren't a big deal just really out of the way. Looked and operated as a 5 minute fix up board. If you compare MSI's 939 NF4 board and the K8N NEO2 you'll realize whY Ithink it was a 5 minute fix up board.

ASUS A8V v2.0 loved this board apart from the OVP on VDimm. CPU placement was fine, all ram slots worked bios 1005.20/21/27 all have working AGP/PCI locks. Performance was great and very comparable to NF3. No need to worry about HT being 600-1000 as board was 8+ hour prime stable 260x11 with 1000 HT

CPU volts was pretty good, ram volts is perfect for TCCD. Board layout is very nice, aesthetic looking board. MSI board looked ok too.

[HKPolice]

I tried the MSI K8N NEO2 and it just wasn't for me. Really annoying board made me feel like I was back in the stone ages because the chipset fan would randomly stop running and I would have to give it a kick start by flicking the rotor with my index finger.

CPU placement made closing my case impossible. Ram slots were annoying. Bios NEEDS to be tweaked just right or your OC is fubarred. SATA slots weren't a big deal just really out of the way. Looked and operated as a 5 minute fix up board. If you compare MSI's 939 NF4 board and the K8N NEO2 you'll realize whY Ithink it was a 5 minute fix up board.

ASUS A8V v2.0 loved this board apart from the OVP on VDimm. CPU placement was fine, all ram slots worked bios 1005.20/21/27 all have working AGP/PCI locks. Performance was great and very comparable to NF3. No need to worry about HT being 600-1000 as board was 8+ hour prime stable 260x11 with 1000 HT

CPU volts was pretty good, ram volts is perfect for TCCD. Board layout is very nice, aesthetic looking board. MSI board looked ok too.

Thanks for the info, whats the OVP set to on the Asus?
What kinda ram does the board like? I think EB worked fine on it? But EB needs 3.2v+ to really shine, so the OVP would be an issue...

[`schr0et]

Thanks for the info, whats the OVP set to on the Asus?
What kinda ram does the board like? I think EB worked fine on it? But EB needs 3.2v+ to really shine, so the OVP would be an issue...

OVP is 3.15 Last I heard. I would say just about any non BH5/EB ram would be perfect on this baord.

But honestly I beleive TCCD is the best bang for the buck availible right now. 300 HTT @ 2.5-3-7 is really something, I still remember pentium people braggin about 300 3-4-4-8 (hehe)

[HKPolice]

OVP is 3.15 Last I heard. I would say just about any non BH5/EB ram would be perfect on this baord.

But honestly I beleive TCCD is the best bang for the buck availible right now. 300 HTT @ 2.5-3-7 is really something, I still remember pentium people braggin about 300 3-4-4-8 (hehe)

Personally, I'd rather do 3-2-2-10 @ 270 with EB or ballistix @ 3.5v if I have to

There are mixed reviews of the asus board though. I've seen people give up on it and sell their boards for the MSI.

[`schr0et]

Personally, I'd rather do 3-2-2-10 @ 270 with EB or ballistix @ 3.5v if I have to

There are mixed reviews of the asus board though. I've seen people give up on it and sell their boards for the MSI.

Yeah I've heard of the same thing with people not liking the ASUS board I don't know why because it was by far the easiest A64 board I used. It makes sense though if so many people liked the K8N NEO2 and I hated it, it can work the other way aswell.

It comes down to what you use it for and personal preference. I prefer the ASUS.

Also 3-2-2-10 @ 3.5V seems rediculous you can more than likely get that with BH5 @ 2-2-2-5 @ 3.4V (or atleast I was able to on the K8N PRo with kyosen's vdimm bypass)

[HKPolice]

Yeah I've heard of the same thing with people not liking the ASUS board I don't know why because it was by far the easiest A64 board I used. It makes sense though if so many people liked the K8N NEO2 and I hated it, it can work the other way aswell.

It comes down to what you use it for and personal preference. I prefer the ASUS.

Also 3-2-2-10 @ 3.5V seems rediculous you can more than likely get that with BH5 @ 2-2-2-5 @ 3.4V (or atleast I was able to on the K8N PRo with kyosen's vdimm bypass)

Well 256mb BH5 @ 270 maybe, but 512mb probably won't do 270 without like 4v, lol

[mike.elmes]

Does the ram booster work with ASUS board?