has any one heard anything about a new bios for a79a-s. the nb volts i think are to high even at the lowest settings. 1.6 volts. my 940 is running prime stable so far at 3.5ghz. running vista64 and crashing alot due to overclocking, i decided to install windows 7 beta. is any one running windows 7 out there and overclocking with there phenom 940 or 920. having alot of fun and 7 is 64 bit
Foxconn dosen't do there volts for the NB the same way all the other board maker do . I run my 9850 with 2400 NB & HT link speed all the time and i have the NB set at 1.95v . I also have the HT set 1.34v and run those volts on my 24/7 clock .I'am also running vista-64 trouble free with the 9850 i see what happen Tuesday should have my Ph II 940 by then . As of right now i have not heard a thing as to when they will have the new bios out but maybe SoF know some thing.
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Anyone try to see if this board BSOD's coming out of sleep in vista? I'm curious to see if any of it happens to you guys.
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merrk1,that makes me feel better about the volts. i am running all chipset volts as low as i can set them and the 940 likes it.just ran prime at 3.5 for 2hrs15min. running 3.6 is where i have problems. my luck was not good with my 9850 either on this board only 3.1 in vista64
Dang it... still can't find the S03 bios anywhere on the net.
Guess I'll have to start out using the P05 bios with the PHII.
Dang them. Not even a leaked beta to be found.
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I hear you on that Keithlm i have my Ph II 940 tomarow and i see how it gose .
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Nevermind::::
Update:
P06 Available On The Website! YES... the 782F1P06 bios for the A79A-S
Good timing. I can update now... and have the board all ready when fedex comes by in the morning.
YAY!!!!!
Last edited by keithlm; 01-12-2009 at 09:22 PM.
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Keithlm
Can you post the link . I do not see it out at Foxconn web site .
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It is an aspx website... so there is no link other than the main site:Originally Posted by merkk1
http://www.foxconnchannel.com/support/downloads.aspx
Then you have to select:
Motherboards
Socket AM2+/AM2
A79A-S
(and then hit the search button)
(OR you could type in A79A-S in the KEYWORD field on the right side, select BIOS then hit that search button.)
Apparently they added SO much stuff that it scrolled off the first page... but it IS on the A79A-S only page. NOPE... it was on the page if you searched by hand... NOW it is on the front DOWNLOAD page.
Last edited by keithlm; 01-12-2009 at 10:11 PM.
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UPDATE:
The P06 apparently has the Phenom II timings/strings/etc. Which will be good for me when I get my PHII 940 in the morning.
BUT::: It does NOT have fixes for a few of the bugs I already know about: (And I have reported to Foxconn even though they have apparently ignored me and closed the online trouble tickets even though the problems still exist.)
1. The fan controller is always on FULL SPEED if you use a fan with only a 3 pin connector. (Fans with the four pin connectors DO correctly change speed.)
2. If you set the EPP "OPTIMIZED" setting in bios it will never post and continually beep requiring a bios clear/reset. (I think it is trying to put it in 1T mode... but that is only a guess.)
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Host it, it's not there.
EDIT~! Don't try and get the bios file from firefox. Apparently foxconn has something against foxes! Must use chrome or IE to get access to the newer dates than 1/5/09
Last edited by NCspecV81; 01-12-2009 at 11:17 PM.
Seems like they took it down......get it while you can guys.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TI05X1SG
EDIT: LOL Their website is coded horribly. If you click reload a few times it magically appears if you're paranoid about my link.
Last edited by blah4u3; 01-12-2009 at 11:25 PM.
Thank you for the link guys
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Asus DVD Burner
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Acer 21.5" LCD 1920x1080P
windows 7-64 bit
Yeah that's what I remarked as well. They told me a new bios is on its way but think they will do nothing about the EPP issue yet.
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I guess the AM3 update to the bios was more important.
But dang it... it would be nice to just make one bios setting ENABLED and not have to worry about memory speeds.
Oh well.
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It's still only showing the BIOS from September for me.
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As a thread about any computer related subject has its length approach infinity, the likelihood and inevitability of a poorly constructed AMD vs. Intel fight also exponentially increases.
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When it comes to computer news, 70% of Internet rumors are outright fabricated, 20% are inaccurate enough to simply be discarded, and about 10% are based in reality. Grains of salt--become familiar with them.
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You just can't win. If your product offers feature A instead of B, people will moan how A is stupid and it didn't offer B. If your product offers B instead of A, they'll likewise complain and rant about how anyone's retarded cousin could figure out A is what the market wants.
Aren't you in Australia? So you should have seen it on the website yesterday.
OOPS. Nevermind... I just checked and it looks like they "rolled back" the website to what it was before they added a number of updates about midnight (MDT) last night. (Maybe it is a "rollover" or secondary webserver and it just hasn't been updated yet?)
I have my PHII 940 running at stock doing a few hours of prime95 just to verify stability at stock. It is running 45C at full load.
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Have you try the link Blah4u3 put up it should be there .
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I tried the new BIOS last night. My first experience with it so far has been bluescreens at stock settings. I think I'll go back.
As a thread about any computer related subject has its length approach infinity, the likelihood and inevitability of a poorly constructed AMD vs. Intel fight also exponentially increases.
Likewise, the frequency of a car pseudoanalogy to explain a technical concept increases with thread length. This will make many people chuckle, as computer people are rarely knowledgeable about vehicular mechanics.
When confronted with a post that is contrary to what a poster likes, believes, or most often wants to be correct, the poster will pick out only minor details that are largely irrelevant in an attempt to shut out the conflicting idea. The core of the post will be left alone since it isn't easy to contradict what the person is actually saying.
When a poster cannot properly refute a post they do not like (as described above), the poster will most likely invent fictitious counter-points and/or begin to attack the other's credibility in feeble ways that are dramatic but irrelevant. Do not underestimate this tactic, as in the online world this will sway many observers. Do not forget: Correctness is decided only by what is said last, the most loudly, or with greatest repetition.
When it comes to computer news, 70% of Internet rumors are outright fabricated, 20% are inaccurate enough to simply be discarded, and about 10% are based in reality. Grains of salt--become familiar with them.
Remember: When debating online, everyone else is ALWAYS wrong if they do not agree with you!
Random Tip o' the Whatever
You just can't win. If your product offers feature A instead of B, people will moan how A is stupid and it didn't offer B. If your product offers B instead of A, they'll likewise complain and rant about how anyone's retarded cousin could figure out A is what the market wants.
Wow... I didn't see any difference at all. Well other than the settings for NB and HT are separated.
At stock and at 3.6Ghz@1.4V the system seems to be more stable than my old 9850 ever was at stock. (But really think I had a borderline 9850.)
And I REALLY like using C'n'Q at 3.6Ghz. It works just fine with not seen problems. I can even leave it on when I run various applications and not really see any degradation in speed. (With the older CPU I had to turn it off or you would REALLY notice the system being "jerky".)
Last edited by keithlm; 01-14-2009 at 09:14 AM.
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I was able to get 3.665 1.45v with the P06 bios how the P05 bios work for Particle ?
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Cooler Master HAF932 AMD Limited ED. case
Acer 21.5" LCD 1920x1080P
windows 7-64 bit
It was working pretty well really. I was in the neighborhood with 3.6GHz coming fairly easily. I could also do up to the 3.8s for simple stuff--my main enemy was thermals under load. It would work for a while but get too hot and BSOD eventually.
As a thread about any computer related subject has its length approach infinity, the likelihood and inevitability of a poorly constructed AMD vs. Intel fight also exponentially increases.
Likewise, the frequency of a car pseudoanalogy to explain a technical concept increases with thread length. This will make many people chuckle, as computer people are rarely knowledgeable about vehicular mechanics.
When confronted with a post that is contrary to what a poster likes, believes, or most often wants to be correct, the poster will pick out only minor details that are largely irrelevant in an attempt to shut out the conflicting idea. The core of the post will be left alone since it isn't easy to contradict what the person is actually saying.
When a poster cannot properly refute a post they do not like (as described above), the poster will most likely invent fictitious counter-points and/or begin to attack the other's credibility in feeble ways that are dramatic but irrelevant. Do not underestimate this tactic, as in the online world this will sway many observers. Do not forget: Correctness is decided only by what is said last, the most loudly, or with greatest repetition.
When it comes to computer news, 70% of Internet rumors are outright fabricated, 20% are inaccurate enough to simply be discarded, and about 10% are based in reality. Grains of salt--become familiar with them.
Remember: When debating online, everyone else is ALWAYS wrong if they do not agree with you!
Random Tip o' the Whatever
You just can't win. If your product offers feature A instead of B, people will moan how A is stupid and it didn't offer B. If your product offers B instead of A, they'll likewise complain and rant about how anyone's retarded cousin could figure out A is what the market wants.
Particle & Keithlm you guys using vista-64 also ? If so maybe 3.6-3.7 is what you get when using the vista-64 on the Phenom II
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2600NB@1.350v 2200HT@1.206v
2 Asus 5850s running in crossfire
2 WD 320gig SATA-2 hard drives raid-0
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Asus DVD Burner
Cooler Master HAF932 AMD Limited ED. case
Acer 21.5" LCD 1920x1080P
windows 7-64 bit
Not yet... I"m on Vista 32 right now. I went back to Vista 32 awhile ago so I could play with the ATI Gaming Fusion beta. Now the release version includes a 64 bit version.
I plan on re-loading in the next week or so after I play some more. (I may also try 8Gb of ram just for fun... but I suspect I'd have to slow it down a bit. If not that would be very cool.)
I suspect that I will be able to very easily get 3.6-3.7Ghz even with Vista 64. (I believe I can get 3.8-3.9 on Vista 32. I SOOOOO want to buy water cooling and a pretty case for it.)
EDIT: OMG::: Just upped the NB to 2.6Ghz in bios... rebooted... tested... it gained me almost 1Gb/s memory bandwidtch and the latency went from 56 to 49ns. (Sadly I had to back it the NB back to 2.4Ghz... so only 800Mhz/s faster and 50.5 nm latencty.)
Last edited by keithlm; 01-14-2009 at 02:49 PM.
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With the 2.4Ghz NB I re-ran 3DVantage.
CPU@3.6Ghz NB@1.8Ghz:
P11780
CPU 12106
GPU 11675
CPU@3.6Ghz NB@2.4Ghz:
P12058
CPU 12180
GPU 12018
So the NB made the CPU and the GPU score go up just a bit.
(The newest ATI 8.12 drivers are not "certified" so if you search on the orb for 3dVantage you have to tell it to show ALL video drivers AND also to show "unofficial" results...)
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