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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

Hi Hazelnut. It's very disappointing that you've contacted Asrock technical support and they haven't replied. Recently, that's happened to me as well. I first sent them a bug report on Oct 16 and received a test version of the BIOS the next day, which didn't fix the bug. I emailed them about...
- imported_weblurker
- Post #225
- Nov 5, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

I absolutely agree with you, Radski. Had I known what I know now about the SATA2 with the ICS PLL, I would never have bought this motherboard. I would have waited until Asrock sorted out the BIOS problems, or just ditched the DDR ram I had and gone with DDR2 and another brand of motherboard...
- imported_weblurker
- Post #223
- Nov 1, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

SetFSB works quite well and the E2180 and SATA2 ran Orthos and OCCT for 24 and 12 hours at 266Mhz. But I found that when SetFSB changes the cpu speed, XP doesn't know about the change (unlike CpuZ, which checks dynamically). I use HDTV video apps that use the reported cpu speed to calculate...
- imported_weblurker
- Post #222
- Nov 1, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

Actually, brokencase, as I mentioned in my previous post, when I used SetFSB to set the cpu host frequency to 266Mhz, the E2180 with DDR400 ran for 24 hours under Orthos and 12 hours under OCCT. It works overclocked to the same speed as your Q6600, which is about 2.6Ghz. CpuID shows that the...
- imported_weblurker
- Post #218
- Nov 1, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

Hi Hazelnut. I was considering writing another post summarizing the problems I've had with the SATA2 and E2180, but I wasn't sure if the problem would affect anyone else. I'll post a summary later today or tomorrow. I was hoping that Asrock would fix the problem quickly. I'm glad you posted...
- imported_weblurker
- Post #216
- Oct 31, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

Many thanks BAUBAU for taking the time and effort to find out the part number of the chips and posting them. That was excellent and effective work. I think the difference between our two motherboards has answered the question, almost certainly completely. Your motherboard uses the RTM682-800...
- imported_weblurker
- Post #206
- Oct 25, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

I'm not the only person who has had this problem. If you go back in this thread a few pages and look at posts by NeonGerbil and Farfle, they had the same problem as I've experienced. I didn't post all my notes about the issue (which now run about 10 or 15 pages) but I'm very sure that neither...
- imported_weblurker
- Post #204
- Oct 25, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

Yes, I see. I was wondering if you were seeing the same problem I'm having with the E2180 and the SATA2, that the BIOS is messing up the cpu frequency. But it sounds like the SATA2 BIOS is handling the Q6600 correctly. I had a theory that the new M0 stepping might have caused the SATA2...
- imported_weblurker
- Post #201
- Oct 24, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

Hi Baubau. I'm also running an E2180 but I find that the BIOS doesn't generate the correct cpu speeds. When I set the FSB host frequency to 266Mhz, the BIOS sets the cpu to 1995Mhz instead of 2660Mhz. Did you seeing proper cpu speed calculations from the original Asrock v1.60 BIOS...
- imported_weblurker
- Post #199
- Oct 23, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

Hi Farfle. I think the BIOS is messing up the cpu and board parameters because it's assuming the 200Mhz parts are 266Hmz. That's probably why the BSEL mode fixes those problems, you're essentially making the hardware match what the BIOS is assuming about the cpu. The E2180 I'm running is...
- imported_weblurker
- Post #197
- Oct 22, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

I noticed something very similar. Using setfsb to change the fsb from the BIOS set value to any fsb, either higher or lower than the BIOS set value, caused WatchHDTV to have audio problems within a few seconds. But using setfsb to restore the fsb back to the BIOS set value allowed WatchHDTV to...
- imported_weblurker
- Post #195
- Oct 22, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

To: Farfle NeonGerbil I think there is a bug in the SATA2 BIOS that affects the E21xx cpu series. If you're having problems setting the proper cpu speed with an E21xx cpu and a 4CoreDual-SATA2 motherboard, I would strongly suggest that you email AsRock technical support about it...
- imported_weblurker
- Post #192
- Oct 18, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

Hi brokencase. Very good observation. I checked my SATA2 mobo and found the same PLL. I was able to read the part number of the PLL near the ram sockets and it showed ICS SP933 DFLF. SetFSB did bring up the current settings. But I'm using DDR1-400 and setfsb seemed to assume that the ram...
- imported_weblurker
- Post #191
- Oct 18, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

I noticed the same thing on Newegg, the SATA2 motherboard listing was only up for a few days before disappearing again. I wonder if they have an automated feature on their web page that removes items when the inventory falls to zero. You're right about 1333Mhz FSB parts, the E67xx series cpus...
- imported_weblurker
- Post #64
- Sep 11, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

What programs did you test the overclocked system with?
- imported_weblurker
- Post #62
- Sep 9, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

You were right, eplebnista (great nym, BTW). I accidently clicked on the NewEgg link for the SATA2 motherboard and they're restored the page. There are now 3 positive reviews of that motherboard.
- imported_weblurker
- Post #57
- Sep 6, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

Hi Dzigmo. Thanks for posting the response you got from Newegg. I had just done exactly the same thing as you, I sent a query to Newegg.com about the SATA2 motherboard and then I checked the Anand Forum and saw your post. I guess I'll get the very same reply from them. I wish we knew why Newegg...
- imported_weblurker
- Post #49
- Aug 30, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

I checked Newegg to see if any new reports had been posted about the SATA2 motherboard. But it appears that NewEgg no longer lists that motherboard. The link I had bookmarked for that board new comes back with a message saying that listing has been deactivated. Here is the listing that used...
- imported_weblurker
- Post #43
- Aug 30, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards

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