EPoX 8KDA3+ Vmods (Dimm + Vcore)

[SmokeyTheBandit]

I just got this motherboard ant off course i want to mod the hell out of this thing

I got some high resolution pix of some chips of wich i think have somthing to do with the Vdimm and Vcore

Ill post them later tonight .

I Hope you guys can help me

[reject]

have you looked at motherboardFAQs?
your sig says it is fully modded ?

[SmokeyTheBandit]

Originally posted by reject
have you looked at motherboardFAQs?
your sig says it is fully modded ?

Your right

Forgot to correct that

[SmokeyTheBandit]

Ok i figured out the Vcore mod !

Put 50 k VR to pin 10 of the ISL6569CB on the top of the board.

[YoupY]

Figured out the Vdimm mod tonight together with smokey. Use a 20K vr on pin 6 of the TR9202 chip located in the right upper corner.

[SmokeyTheBandit]

Originally posted by YoupY
Figured out the Vdimm mod tonight together with smokey. Use a 20K vr on pin 6 of the TR9202 chip located in the right upper corner.

Its RT9202 :P

And YoupY

[YoupY]

Will you post some pics here Smokey.

Resized please....

[blinky]

do u mean 8RDA3+ cuz the 8KDA3+ isnt out yet, only reviewers have em

how the hell did u get one?

[Tedinde]

They arent here in the USA yet. Epox comes out in europe always early for purchase.

Looks like "the" board to get!!!

[Tedinde]

Originally posted by SmokeyTheBandit
I just got this motherboard ant off course i want to mod the hell out of this thing

I got some high resolution pix of some chips of wich i think have somthing to do with the Vdimm and Vcore

Ill post them later tonight .

I Hope you guys can help me

what's the stock voltages on this board max out @. Epox was always generous on their voltages in the past.

[blinky]

yah this board looks awesome

[YoupY]

Hmm, I doubt it.

The board hasn't a decent multi control as far as I know. Most of the multi's won't work AFAIK. And biosses aren't very stable atm.

Also there isn't any room for attaching watercooling to the chipset, which get's pretty hot.

One positive thing about the board is that it get's it's mem voltage from the 5V.

I'm waiting for the MSI nf3-250.
Yes I know what MSI usualy stands for. Not to good, It has a working multi control (only integer numbers), and it has holes for attaching wc. Also the bios has HTT upto 300 wich may be updated to 350 or higher.
And standard mosfet cooling is on the board (dunno if it's because they get really hot, or just in case there is some serious tweaking to the board is expectd).

Also standard voltages are higher then on the epox board....

Let's wait what the future brings. I'm expecting this board next week. Will post some Vmods when I find them, unless somebody beats me to it

[blinky]

Originally posted by YoupY
Hmm, I doubt it.

The board hasn't a decent multi control as far as I know. Most of the multi's won't work AFAIK. And biosses aren't very stable atm.

Also there isn't any room for attaching watercooling to the chipset, which get's pretty hot.

One positive thing about the board is that it get's it's mem voltage from the 5V.

I'm waiting for the MSI nf3-250.
Yes I know what MSI usualy stands for. Not to good, It has a working multi control (only integer numbers), and it has holes for attaching wc. Also the bios has HTT upto 300 wich may be updated to 350 or higher.
And standard mosfet cooling is on the board (dunno if it's because they get really hot, or just in case there is some serious tweaking to the board is expectd).

Also standard voltages are higher then on the epox board....

Let's wait what the future brings. I'm expecting this board next week. Will post some Vmods when I find them, unless somebody beats me to it

clockgen, clockgen, and clo.... wait good point about the holes by the nb

[SmokeyTheBandit]

Well as is promissed the pix of the mods

I got this mobo from a shop here in the Netherlands wich had them for a day or 2 (only 20 available).

Vcore mod !!! :

Information about the Vcore mod for the EPoX 8KDA3+ :

Voltage Regulator Chip : ISL6569CB
Pin to mod : Pin 10
Pot Type: 50 k (i was out of 50 so thats why i used a 100 k )

Here are the nice High Resolution Pix !!

http://www.voidyourwarranty.nl/image....vcoremod1.jpg

http://www.voidyourwarranty.nl/image....vcoremod2.jpg

VDimm mod !!! :

Voltage Regulator Chip : RT9202
Pin to mod : Pin 6
Pot Type : 10 k

And also for the Vdimm mod some nice High Resolution Pix :

http://www.voidyourwarranty.nl/image....vdimmmod1.jpg

http://www.voidyourwarranty.nl/image....vdimmmod2.jpg

http://www.voidyourwarranty.nl/image....vdimmmod3.jpg

http://www.voidyourwarranty.nl/image....vdimmmod4.jpg

@ YoupY

Im a beta tester for EPoX with biosses and the newer betas are realy good !!!

HTT @ 350
Full Working MP Control (already worked perfect with 1st release bios)

The only thing is the max working HTT thats something they are working on.
I cant run over 300 HTT not even @ 8X MP.
But thats only a temporarily thing because the support of EPoX Rox

Im very pleased about this board because it runs frikkin fast and extremly stable

And this motherboard can work extremely well with BH-5 Sticks (512 MB) and it can run @ 2-2-2-5 1T timings @ 240 + FSB.
That is something i havent seen any other A64 board do !!!

Im very and i mean very satisfied with this board !!!

[xxORBxx]

Thanks smokey!! I think ill be getting this board whenever it comes to the US

I need to find a freakin 50k vr though

[SmokeyTheBandit]

Originally posted by xxORBxx
Thanks smokey!! I think ill be getting this board whenever it comes to the US

I need to find a freakin 50k vr though

Your welcome m8 let us know the results

[damsxx]

hello

is your 3200+ a CG or C0 core ?
does in the epox bios the possiblity to choose betwenn 1T and 2T ?

thanks

[xxORBxx]

Im pretty sure you can run 1T

[SmokeyTheBandit]

Yep i always run 1T works like a charm

[damsxx]

Originally posted by SmokeyTheBandit
Yep i always run 1T works like a charm

can you run synch (1:1) with your 2x512 on epox ? more than 240
your answer can permit me to buy this MB

[SmokeyTheBandit]

Originally posted by damsxx
can you run synch (1:1) with your 2x512 on epox ? more than 240
your answer can permit me to buy this MB

Yep

[xxORBxx]

why does it say the mem size is 256 in that pic? Bug or not your 2x512?

[Victorshen]

Hi, what is the highest stable FSB, given that the MP is low enough to keep the CPU stable

Cheers

[Demogorg]

how are the standard cores and how far u could go with no modding ?? i gonna buy a new a64 system in about 2 weeks i dont really know which board i will purchase yet

[SmokeyTheBandit]

That run is done with my extra memory wich i have

2x 256 MB PC 3200 Kingston Valuream BH-5

The new biosses wich are going to be released shortly have Vcore up to 1.85

Till there is a new bios that fixes the 295 HTT + bug i cant take full advantage of this board.
The board can run max HTT but when it loads windows its running the good mp but the default FSB/HTT .......