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 .......

[morbidj]

Sweet man right on for the vmod info good stuff! Im sold your results are exactly what I need to see to leave my k8npro in the dust.

BTW, what are the highest default cpu and memory voltages allowed in bios as of now? What do the voltages then jump to with the vmods in affect? Lastly do you know where to measure the voltages on the board? Thanks for any info...

[damsxx]

Originally posted by SmokeyTheBandit
Yep

thanks for answer but you don't understand what I mean :-/

My question is : Can you run SYNCH (1:1) with your 2x512 BH5 on the epox 8KDA3+ more than 240mhz with good timings ??????


because your screen is done with 256mo
so if I want to buy this MB it's because I want to run 1:1 with 2x512 due to my actually MB dont' do this !!!
my MB (AN50R) does equal like epox with 256 or 2x256 bh5 !!![

[SmokeyTheBandit]

Originally posted by damsxx
thanks for answer but you don't understand what I mean :-/

My question is : Can you run SYNCH (1:1) with your 2x512 BH5 on the epox 8KDA3+ more than 240mhz with good timings ??????


because your screen is done with 256mo
so if I want to buy this MB it's because I want to run 1:1 with 2x512 due to my actually MB dont' do this !!!
my MB (AN50R) does equal like epox with 256 or 2x256 bh5 !!![

YES

[damsxx]

Originally posted by SmokeyTheBandit
YES

can you show me a screen with the 2x512 at 1:1

thanks for your help ; )

[Der_KHAN]

Originally posted by SmokeyTheBandit

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

where do i get those betas?

[esoteradactyl]

im not sure about bh-5. right now i have 2x512 ocz 3500EB running 260 2.5-2-2-5 1:1 with 3.2v

[xbladex]

Der_KHAN i have a new bios dated 01/06/04

[Mr. Freeze]

Der_KHAN i have a new bios dated 01/06/04

Could you please PM that new bios to me, please.I would appreciate it very much

[xbladex]

check ya pm bud

[Lucus Maximus]

Thanx for the great info SmokeyTheBandit This has convinced me to get this board once I get a few more pay checks

-Lucus

[Jeff]

Any idea on the ETA to North America? This board looks very nice indeed.

[esoteradactyl]

Originally posted by Jeff
Any idea on the ETA to North America? This board looks very nice indeed.

got mine here there are a few other sites selling it also.

[SmokeyTheBandit]

Oh and the Vdimm can go realy realy high been @ 3.9

[Der_KHAN]

friend of mine got his board last week, saturday it suddenly wouldnt boot anymore. rma

anyone who has bad experiences with epox quality as well?

[morbidj]

Its still to soon to judge the whole line, maybe your friend received a bunk board ? Hopefully it is not the case of shotty workmanship which is doubtful in any event time will tell.

BTW will some one please send me the beta bios I have my board on order thank you in advanced.

[Mr. Freeze]

I love this board! with vcore and vdimm mods this board rules even more.Here´s results:

Epox 8KDA3+ Superpi 8M

[morbidj]

Thats one hell of a comforting screenie, good stuff BTW!

[Jeff]

Originally posted by esoteradactyl
got mine here there are a few other sites selling it also.

Thanks!

(btw... keep an eye out on the forsale forum since I'm going to be clearing out 2 or 3 crunchers to fund my A64 project... )

[xbladex]

Yep this board is great just recieved a new beta bios dated 14/06/04 at 300HT still doing some testing but good resaults so far

[trueplaya4ever8]

ahh does it work with true mobiles? whats the stock vdimm and cpu voltage? does it get any better with other bios.
debating on this or the msi k8n....

[blinky]

can smokey or someone PLEEEEEEEEASE test this with mobiles. pwitty pweez

[SmokeyTheBandit]

In Holland there arent any real mobiles to get
But if we can work something out with a person in the us i might be interested

[xbladex]

What voltages you guys running on ya vdimm in other words what safe for BH5 ?

[SmokeyTheBandit]

Originally posted by xbladex
What voltages you guys running on ya vdimm in other words what safe for BH5 ?

BH-5 is rated up to 3.6
The A64 cpu on the other hand will not work long with that power.
So to be on the safe side for both the parts i wouldnt go above 3.2 if its a 24/7 pc .....

[esoteradactyl]

Originally posted by xbladex
What voltages you guys running on ya vdimm in other words what safe for BH5 ?

with bh-5 you can run voltages pretty high (3.8-4v) if your just benching. make sure you have some cooling on those puppies
be carefull though. there have been many a64 deaths due to high vdimm voltage.. i would say 3.2v-3.45v for 24/7 use.

[Highlander]

Originally posted by SmokeyTheBandit
In Holland there arent any real mobiles to get
But if we can work something out with a person in the us i might be interested

Try www.salomes-truhe.de , a shop in germany. i don't know if he's good or not. they ship to europe too. there are two mobile a64 listed, the 1,8ghz (3000+) version is available
they ship for 8,50€ (max. 2kg) to holland.

[damsxx]

Originally posted by Highlander
Try www.salomes-truhe.de , a shop in germany. i don't know if he's good or not. they ship to europe too. there are two mobile a64 listed, the 1,8ghz (3000+) version is available
they ship for 8,50€ (max. 2kg) to holland.

i live in france
and I have bought 2 AN50R and a A64 DTR
they are clean

[damsxx]

Originally posted by SmokeyTheBandit
BH-5 is rated up to 3.6
The A64 cpu on the other hand will not work long with that power.
So to be on the safe side for both the parts i wouldnt go above 3.2 if its a 24/7 pc .....

with Bh5 you can run 3.2/3.5, 24/7 on A64 platform with epox Mb due to vdimm on 5v rail

[blinky]

but i think the early A64 deaths resulted from changing vdimm in bios, with the vdimm already set high cuz of mods. i think if u just use the pots to adjust the voltage it should be fine

[Jeff]

Originally posted by trueplaya4ever8
ahh does it work with true mobiles?

My 8KDA3+ and mobile A64 3200+ should be here tomorrow sometime. Hopefully I'll be able to test it out tomorrow night or maybe Thursday sometime. I'm oncall this week so it's going to be tough getting a few hours of play time in. Worst case scenerio... Friday night or Saturday.

[UnderWare1213]

Anyone tried both the Epox board and MSI K8N? How do they compare to each other?

[Demogorg]

yeah that would be great i can´t decide which board i should purchase, i just dont wanna have such a bad luck like with my other mainboards before (actual the board i got right now isnt that bad but it just has a whole bunch of bugs)

[Fosco]

Originally posted by xbladex
Der_KHAN i have a new bios dated 01/06/04

I wonder if you could send me that bios.

Kindly Fosco

[esoteradactyl]

could somebody please post some pics of where to measure the voltages. i poked around with a multimeter and found various places. some where within .1v of eachother. i want to know exactly where there at.

ive noticed the vcore voltage seems to jump when load is applied. vcore is 1.7v and when i put load it jumps to 1.79v. weird stuff. im used it to boards doing the opposite.

[damsxx]

Originally posted by esoteradactyl
could somebody please post some pics of where to measure the voltages. i poked around with a multimeter and found various places. some where within .1v of eachother. i want to know exactly where there at.

ive noticed the vcore voltage seems to jump when load is applied. vcore is 1.7v and when i put load it jumps to 1.79v. weird stuff. im used it to boards doing the opposite.

i have the same matter like you
my vdimm voltage when it sets to 2.8 for example can be various from 2.67 to 2.81
and when the vdimm is enable , change the vdimm various in bios
( 2.5/2.6/2.7/2.8) and reboot don't change the vdimm mesure at multimeters or in the bios

I don't understand what happens

its probably a bios pbm

do you think that's the same bios for 3+ and 3J MB ?

thanks