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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

I've had my 4CoreDual-SATA2 since Xmas 2007 and it has been running perfectly stable ever since, even now that it is relegated to a HTPC. Just because it is cheap does not mean it is unstable, its usually down to user errors anyways. The support from ASRock has been top service and the...
- Phatjayunoi
- Post #2,090
- Feb 20, 2009
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

Official BIOS version 2.00 and above will bring support for the 7300 CPU. I suggest going for the latest 2.10 official one, or the unofficial 2.12b for all the extra little options.
- Phatjayunoi
- Post #2,071
- Feb 8, 2009
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

Hiya guys. I will finally be upgrading my motherboard hopefully within a few weeks to make better use of my Q6600 (+ more RAM, better graphics card etc) and will be turning my faithful SATA2 into a second PC as a backup/HTPC/mid-gaming rig. Because I will probably get a E5200 or E5300 CPU...
- Phatjayunoi
- Post #2,032
- Jan 7, 2009
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

Running a Q6600 at stock speeds myself and it has been running fine just at that. You will have to set the FSB to Manual and change it to the 266 setting since this board automatically underclocks Quad Core CPUs by 5%. Now this will be the strange part depending on your own luck since people...
- Phatjayunoi
- Post #1,928
- Nov 30, 2008
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

What the hell? Did you manage to get that from upping the FSB in the BIOS? Cause if so, you must be one of the few lucky ones since the Quad Core CPUs are extremely hard to overclock on this motherboard. And I can assume that will also be the reason why you may be getting the CRC errors i.e...
- Phatjayunoi
- Post #1,524
- Jun 23, 2008
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

The Q6700 is 2.66GHz default speeds. You'd probably lose about 100-200MHz from the 5% underclock since I have the Q6600 (2.4GHz), but you can easily set the FSB to manual 266 and it will give the proper stock speeds. Be wary though as many people's 4CoreDual-SATA2 motherboards tend to be...
- Phatjayunoi
- Post #1,346
- Apr 20, 2008
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

Yeah the reason why I went ahead and bought the Q6600 earlier this week was because the online retailer that I bought it from (www.overclockers.co.uk) started to do their own early "reasonable" price drop, and so I thought, the hell with it, just get it over and done with. It was around £160-ish...
- Phatjayunoi
- Post #1,303
- Apr 4, 2008
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

Yeah its basically like saying "Whilst Core 2 Quad CPUs are capable on this motherboard, just don't expect it to run perfectly" :P. But yeah, just blame the limited VIA chipset, and yet, its also why this is a good cheap motherboard in other aspects :).
- Phatjayunoi
- Post #1,298
- Apr 4, 2008
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

Pretty much from the general consensus I see. Although it also depends on how lucky or unlucky your particular motherboard is. Afterall this is a budget board, so you cannot really expect much. But from the many previous posts, it does tend to favour the lower segment of the Core 2 Duos very...
- Phatjayunoi
- Post #1,296
- Apr 3, 2008
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

Unfortunately not. Still only the 268FSB barrier. No changes on the other settings in the BIOS was able to make any difference. I left everything on Auto/Default settings just to be on the safe side when I repaired my installation.
- Phatjayunoi
- Post #1,293
- Apr 3, 2008
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

Yeah there was a point where even at 266 it had the same problem and when it did mange to get into the Windows boot logo, it would get an instant BSOD, not knowing what it says and it would restart the computer only to go through the same cycle. Only way for me to fix it was to repair the...
- Phatjayunoi
- Post #1,290
- Apr 3, 2008
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

Yeah I think that is the better description. Heck more like an "alarm" lol. I also thought that maybe the CPU fried or it was something to do with the PSU. Feared for the worse but yeah, couldn't believe it was just the power to the graphics card. The damn thing definitely is a wakeup call...
- Phatjayunoi
- Post #1,288
- Apr 3, 2008
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

Yeah I managed to have figured it out now, it was a one duff molex connector to the graphics card, after switching around each molex connected to used devices just to check. And yes it was a steady beep. Scared the crap out of me though, but at least I now know what this one means...
- Phatjayunoi
- Post #1,286
- Apr 3, 2008
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

Hello. I bought the Q6660 today to replace my Celeron D 346. As soon as I try to boot up the computer, I get a loud deafening beep and no POST on the monitor. I checked all connections on the motherboard and they seem fine and yet I have no clue as to what is going on. Even tried reseting...
- Phatjayunoi
- Post #1,283
- Apr 2, 2008
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

From the looks of that link, it says someone got it working with the R2.0 version of this motherboard, but it did not specify what BIOS version was used. Note that it was also posted on January 16th, so that was a while ago and long before this 1.90A modified BIOS showed up. So it brings up an...
- Phatjayunoi
- Post #1,156
- Mar 19, 2008
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

I'm currently using a Celeron D 346 3.06GHZ overclocked to 3.63GHz and compared to my laptop with a Core 2 Duo 2GHz, I find the laptop hands down beats my Celeron in performance. For obvious things like multitasking, much better performance from the Core 2 Duo. For example, my Celeron finds...
- Phatjayunoi
- Post #1,134
- Mar 16, 2008
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

LOL well at least its 3GBs exactly now. Perhaps maybe it is compatibility with certain RAM modules? Or maybe the BIOS needs more tweaking since afterall this is just the start of it, so I guess we'll wait till another version or something. But its nice to see that you checked though...
- Phatjayunoi
- Post #1,115
- Mar 12, 2008
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

Supports 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2?!?!?! Oh hell yes. I hope so! I remember way back when someone tried 2x2GB sticks and it only recognised as around 3GBs. I wonder if that person was using a 32bit OS cause of its 3GB limitation and didn't try a 64bit OS just to make sure. But oh well with this new...
- Phatjayunoi
- Post #1,112
- Mar 12, 2008
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

Just like to say Hello to everyone here since I have been lurking on this thread for a while now. I got this motherboard as a Christmas present and have been very happy with it since it allows me to still run my older stuff. Will be planning to upgrade my CPU sometime soon, the Q6600 is what...
- Phatjayunoi
- Post #1,059
- Mar 6, 2008
- Forum: Motherboards

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