magnetik said:
Yup, opteron support. Gonna try a 170 in there tomorrow and see what happens.
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magnetik said:
Volume said:Something I hate about this board is the layout. I can't have a two-slot AGP card (fan takes up a slot) and sound card and still be able to use the Floppy without cramming the vid and sound right next to each other. The sound card, when on the bottom PCI slot, blocks the Floppy connector partially.
And the IDE connectors are too far down for an 18" cable to be able to have optical drives on the very top of a mid-tower.
It would also be great if ASRock supported flashing via Windows like Abit and others do. Hence my floppy drive dillema.
Oh definitely. I really don't mind a little workaround here and there. I guess every motherboard has its quirks. I'll probably get a 24" Round IDE for my DVD-ROMS and just do the workaround whenever I need the Floppy. Now... to actually find a flopppy disk to use... I don't think I've seen those in quite a while.magnetik said:It is kind of a weird layout ... but it's workable. Since flashing is done pretty infrequently.. I just go through the pain of plugging one in when I need it. As far as the ide cable (and floppy for that matter), You can get a super thin sleeved rounded cables at Frys that work great. It's not for HD use (since it doesn't have the extra conductor wires) but works for cdroms, etc. (I do wish they made 6" "L" shaped sata cables though)
1.30
ADA3700DKA5CF - Athlon 64 3700+, 939pin, Rev. E6
ADA4000DKA5CF - Athlon 64 4000+, 939pin, Rev. E6
ADA3200DKA4CG - Athlon 64 3200+, 939pin, Rev. E4
ADA3500DKA4CG - Athlon 64 3500+, 939pin, Rev. E4
ADV4400DAA6CD - Athlon 64 x2 4400+, 939pin, Rev. E6
Since mine is a San Diego, maybe this update will bring at least a little bit more performance? Not sure, but if I update I'll post bench comparisons.ScYcS said:Rev. E6 is the SanDiego core.
If your rig runs fine with 1.20, then I don't see a reason to go 1.3 or 1.4
torkelom said:Is it possible to run any of these ram configs on the Asrock 939dual sata2:
Dual channel 400 mhz:
config 1:
Channel A: 1 x 512 mb PC3200
Channel B: 2 x 256 mb PC3200
or
config 2:
Channel A: 1 x 512 mb PC3200 + 1 x 256 mb PC3200
Channel B: 1 x 512 mb PC3200 + 1 x 256 mb PC3200
All ram modules are the same brand.
I'm currently running a dual channel config: 1 x 512 in channel A and 2 x 256 mb in channel B (Nforce 2 ultra 400 chipset).
I have just ordered the asrock motherboard, and have a problem sorting out what I'm gonna do with my ram modules.
Bar81 said:You cannot use an odd number of modules in dual channel mode. You either use 2 or 4 ram sticks. one or three ram sticks results in single channel mode. And as the manual says for dual channel you have to put the two ram sticks in either slots 1&2 or 3&4
torkelom said:Will it work with 2 x 512 mb in channel A and 2 x 256 in Channel B?
Bar81 said:Yes.
torkelom said:Thank you so much. this has been a tricky question for me some time now...
awdark said:So is it advisable to use the 1.3 bios on this board then? I just ordered an Opt 146 and I think I will do a happy dance until it comes.
However, until it DOES come, I want to learn some more about what bios to use. I will OC, I dont want to mess with voltages... I have an EXTREMELY bad experience with volt mods lol. But I look forward to waht I can push out of it.
awdark said:BleH I meant that one
So does the 1.4 fare okay in OC? Im really hoping for some Opteron goodness that I have been reading so much about.
Niloc said:My Opteron 146 works with BIOS versions 1.20 and OCWB1. CPU-Z 1.29 identifies the cpu in either BIOS. I don't know what the support added by the newer revisions is, as i've had no problems whatsoever using either BIOS. Maybe it's for the 165 or something. So anybody who gets this board and a 14x opteron should have no issues related to CPU support out of the box.
Basically the only good oc'ing bios for this board is the OCWB1 bios. OCWB2 was unstable for me, and 1.20 has a HTT limit of 274. The newer BIOS revisions are apparently much, much worse. For the OCWB1 BIOS you have to do some crazy voodoo to get much higher than 270 HTT (i'm at 271 now) so keep that in mind if you intend to overclock with a low multiplier.
Bakku said:ya, i found that backplate but the shipping costs twice as much, CRAP!!! and you are right, many online stores show OOS. i ordered both bigtyphoon and the backplate, hopefully they'll fit on the board without problems.
FamMOn, how hard is it to remove the cpu bracket? do you need to break anything to get it off?
QuimZ said:Anyone know if the Zalman CNPS7700-Cu will fit it? It's the 120mm deal, looks like it would be super tight.
magnetik said:just a reminder for everyone NOT to install the agp drivers off Asrocks site. I had trouble uninstalling the drivers to replace them with the ones of Uli's site. I was stuck at agp 0x and it would never take the setting to Agp 8x or 4x. I was wondering wth happened to my framerates... I reinstalled windows and now it works fine with the updated drivers. Just FYI for anyone that has the same issue.