New A7N8X Deluxe BIOS 1002 - 250MHz FSB

[beatnic]

Joy fellow A7N8X Deluxe owners!

props to ljmario for the heads up

BIOS Rev 1002 Beta 001
Date: 26/12/2002

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...1002aw4m01.zip

oopss.. and here's for non-deluxe version as well

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...1002aw2m01.zip

[N8]

Nice, now lets see some of u A7N8X owners' FSB's

[impulse]

Just another heads up, Its also out there for the non-deluxe.
Non deluxe

Hope it helps the fact that i cant get passed 188 fsb :\

[Pjotr]

Originally posted by impulse
Just another heads up, Its also out there for the non-deluxe.
Non deluxe

Hope it helps the fact that i cant get passed 188 fsb :\

What CPU, is it 333 MHz FSB?

[Pjotr]

This 1002 flashing fails as bad as C and E on my G BIOS mobo. The G flashing gets only 1 write block fail, C, E and 1002 gets 90+ % write fails. I have to RMA this board.

[scottk]

Just flashed to it from 1001.C.

No problems encountered (yet) like with 1001.G.

[QuadDamage]

OPP, Randi :

could you pleasr check this mobo out? so far the only issue with this mobo was 211fsb limit, v-mods for both vcore and memory are piece of cake and i can tell you it's very fast. mine's dead so can't do anything...

[twiggy]

It works!! My 2400+ is unlocked now too!!! weeeeeeeeeeee

[Svenn]

Hrmm... I was gonna get an 8RDA+, but now I'm not sure...

[MrIcee]

Quad

If someone would send us one for review I'd be obliged. My finances can't pull off a purchase at the moment, tho I got a bunch of stuff for sale that could help out finances

Randi

[nikhsub1]

What this board really needs is the chipset volt-mod!

[beatnic]

Originally posted by twiggy
It works!! My 2400+ is unlocked now too!!! weeeeeeeeeeee

you sure about that? without using any trick?

[shortcircuit]

I just bought an a7n8x a few hours ago (after toasting an epox 8k5a2+ yesterday) and I just flashed to the 1002 bios.

I can select up to 250mhz and my 2400+ is unlocked now. I previously connected the last L3 on this chip but it was not unlocked with the original bios on the board. Now it's unlocked. But I just bought the board and it won't boot on any of my hdd's so I think I need to reload the OS before I can start benching.

[twiggy]

Yep, totally unlocked now. I didnt do anything just flashed the BIOS. Im happy now.

[Henry]

Twiggy , what's the max "3dmark fsb" that you can archieved ??
Thanks

[Pjotr]

Originally posted by nikhsub1
What this board really needs is the chipset volt-mod!

I have seen a Voltage mod for A7N8X, very nicely explained, somewhere on the web. It included which pins to measure Voltage on too.

[Optical]

Originally posted by shortcircuit
I just bought an a7n8x a few hours ago (after toasting an epox 8k5a2+ yesterday) and I just flashed to the 1002 bios.

I can select up to 250mhz and my 2400+ is unlocked now. I previously connected the last L3 on this chip but it was not unlocked with the original bios on the board. Now it's unlocked. But I just bought the board and it won't boot on any of my hdd's so I think I need to reload the OS before I can start benching.

Wich Bios did your board come with ?

and can you use low AND high multis with this Bios , and are you still using the wire ?

I wonder if this one will unlock my 2200 also ...

[shortcircuit]

I'm posting at 233mhz with the board now using a stick of twinmos pc3200 ddr and stock cooling on the northbridge

I think my board came with 1001.E but I didn't really pay attention to it much.

The last L3 bridge on this chip is still connected - the next time I take the hsf off (or when I put it back on my prommy) I'll wipe the conductive grease off the chip and see if it's still unlocked.

I can use 9.5x - 13x. The next lowest mult that works is 7.5x, if you set 8x you get 16x, 9x gives you 17x, etc...

[Henry]

Shortsircuit, can you run 3dmark at 233 fsb ?
Thanks !

[mrbucket]

did it fix the lower than 10 multi problem where it was realy slow?

im gonna flash it now anyway

[beatnic]

Originally posted by shortcircuit
I'm posting at 233mhz with the board now using a stick of twinmos pc3200 ddr and stock cooling on the northbridge

whoaa.. 233MHz have you got a board with Nichicon caps? http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&threadid=7661 im getting a new one from komplett and hoping to get 'the' board

[twiggy]

Originally posted by mrbucket
did it fix the lower than 10 multi problem where it was realy slow?

im gonna flash it now anyway

So far I'd say yes. I did sisoft at 190 fsb with a 7.5 and 11 multi and it(7.5) was only bout ~40mb slower. Still a decrease but wayyy better then what I seen with my NF7.

On another note, I can not do over 190 fsb. No matter what. I've used 7.5, 9.5, 10, 10.5 and 11x multi's and still a no go. Upped all the voltages to max and still no dice. Notta clue whats up. NB isnt hot, matter of fact nothing is really too hot. It'll boot up but as soon as I start 3Dmark it freezes.

Its gonna be along night.

[shortcircuit]

Yes my board has Nichicon caps

I managed to get an OS loaded on it now (W2k Pro) and I've been doing some benchmarks... I got 3400MB in Sandra2003 at 235 X 9.5, it locked up a little while after that. I'm at 225 X 9.5 right now. I think I'm limited by the ram but I'm sure I could bump up the fsb a few more points. Using a GF3 Ti500 (not overclocked), default bios settings basically with relaxed memory timings, I got 10312 3dMarks that's the best score I ever got with that card and it's not even overclocked.

I'll try the corsair xms3500 tomorrow and see how high I can clock it

[shortcircuit]

Originally posted by MickeyMouse
I haven't checked does the new bios show DDR voltage in the HW monitor window??

No it doesn't. The only change I noticed in the bios was that I could turn up the fsb higher.

[Henry]

Originally posted by MickeyMouse
henry heres a quick bench with single channel
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=5120647

That's your 16492 score
BTW what's your max 3dm2k1 fsb Jasson ? Already tried that bios ?