*** Abit Fatal1ty F-I90HD ***

[Zap]

Flasher702 with 1 post, welcome to the boards.

I would suggest you look at "Cedar Mill" Celeron D chips because those are on the 65nm process and have double the cache at 512k. I picked up a Celeron D 347 for $46 plus shipping at eWiz. Just look for the 512k cache Celeron D chips.

Haha, AMD hides this under "other chipsets." Guess they don't really want to admit to making a chipset for Intel CPUs.

ATI Radeon? Xpress 1250 (for Intel)

Supports Front Side Bus (FSB) speeds 533, 800, and 1066MHz*.
*Note: Not all variants support all FSB speeds

I take that to mean there may be a cheaper version that doesn't do 1066MHz, not that there's one that drops support for 533MHz.

 

[Skott]

Highest reported OC so far is 370fsb on this mobo. Not too shabby for Conroe mATX. Hopefully a bios update will make 400fsb possible. Also I hope other manufacturers take notice of what ABIT is doing and make some good OCing Conroe mATX mobos too. The technology is certainly there.

 

[Steeeeve]

Originally posted by: Flasher702
I've ordered one from SFFclub.com. UPS says it'll be here on the 14th but I'm waiting for the April 22nd price cuts to buy my processor.

Has anyone tried installing a 533mhz FSB processor on this board (ex: Celeron D 331)? Abit says they support only 800 and 1066mhz FSB CPUs but the BIOS can reportedly be set to 533. For $40 I might just get one and test it out. Would make for a very cheap HTPC.

Thanks for the order Arriving on the 14th? Crazy UPS, hopefully it arrives earlier. You must have been my CA customer

Enjoy!

 

[EnglishLion]

Originally posted by: Flasher702
I've ordered one from SFFclub.com. UPS says it'll be here on the 14th but I'm waiting for the April 22nd price cuts to buy my processor.

Has anyone tried installing a 533mhz FSB processor on this board (ex: Celeron D 331)? Abit says they support only 800 and 1066mhz FSB CPUs but the BIOS can reportedly be set to 533. For $40 I might just get one and test it out. Would make for a very cheap HTPC.

Yes, I'm running a 331 Celeron right now. It's on default voltage and running @ 3.7Ghz which is a good OC from 2.66Ghz I feel. With additional V I can probably take it further. It's ~50-55C @ load with the BIOS fan control targetting 50C! Getting 42s SuperPI @ this clock speed.

Memory is speed is unaffected by CPU OC, the board keeps mem speed that's set, good for high CPU clock but I can't see how to OC the mem though.

The GPU is clocked @ 500Mhz, not 400Mhz like in some reviews of AMD boards. And gives me 916 in 3dmark05 with CPU @ 3.7

 

[PV HK]

My little review of the f-i90hd!
http://forum.hardware.fr/hfr/Hardware/C...nter-i90hd-sujet_760299_1.htm#t5322597

lost my old password for pvhk

 

[Flasher702]

Originally posted by: EnglishLion

Originally posted by: Flasher702
I've ordered one from SFFclub.com. UPS says it'll be here on the 14th but I'm waiting for the April 22nd price cuts to buy my processor.

Has anyone tried installing a 533mhz FSB processor on this board (ex: Celeron D 331)? Abit says they support only 800 and 1066mhz FSB CPUs but the BIOS can reportedly be set to 533. For $40 I might just get one and test it out. Would make for a very cheap HTPC.

Yes, I'm running a 331 Celeron right now.

Excellent. I'll order myself a celery when I order ram most likely then Just have to figure out what to do with it when I get my e4300 though.

It's on default voltage and running @ 3.7Ghz which is a good OC from 2.66Ghz I feel. With additional V I can probably take it further. It's ~50-55C @ load with the BIOS fan control targetting 50C! Getting 42s SuperPI @ this clock speed.

185mhz FSB... meh. Not going to be able to go too high with a 20x multi though xD

Memory is speed is unaffected by CPU OC, the board keeps mem speed that's set, good for high CPU clock but I can't see how to OC the mem though.

...what? That doesn't make sense. Are you sure? Have you run something like SiSoft SANDRA to confirm your memory speeds? What memory are you using?
EDIT: I see it being reported other places now also. How odd. I guess I'll check it out.

The GPU is clocked @ 500Mhz, not 400Mhz like in some reviews of AMD boards. And gives me 916 in 3dmark05 with CPU @ 3.7

How much memory did you allocate to GFX? I'm hoping it can at least run games as I want to hold off on buying a new GFX card for a bit.

 

[PClark99]

Just got done putting windows on my new rig

ABIT F-I90HD
E4300 @ 2700
2x1GB Team DDR800 D9s
evga 640mb gts
wd5000ks
samsung sata dvdrw
corsair 620W
Silverstone SG01B evolution.

I am very impressed with this board.

 

[compwarez]

has anyone use this motherboard with hdmi and xbox360 hd-dvd player before? how is the quality?

 

[sangboy]

ive tested 2 of these F*** F-I90HD and both of them suffer the same problem:
They cant install/load OS with whatever USB device plugged in. Even usb mices..

Bios is updated to m612a11.zip from ftp://ftp.abit.com.tw/pub/download/bios/fi90hd/
but problem its stil present !

test configuration:
cpu - p4630/640
hdd - wd3200ks/1600aajs/seagate250 (all satas)
mem - corsair vs512mb667/corsair8000ul2x512mb
psu - antec minuet's psu/sirtec500w
vga - onboard.

mobos rev. are 1.00.

Looks like i have to wait for a proper bios update. Abit .....

 

[compwarez]

The X1250 does NOT support HD-DVD or Blu-ray decoding. The GPU core is just not fast enough to handle the H.264 off loading and as such I feel the HDMI and HDCP support is really just fluff.


http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=376&type=expert&pid=13

 

[renethx]

Originally posted by: PV HK
My little review of the f-i90hd!
http://forum.hardware.fr/hfr/Hardware/C...nter-i90hd-sujet_760299_1.htm#t5322597

A nice review!

The modded BIOS by chris.dark is here (the link is in the first post of the above page).

I noticed that there is an onboard TV-out connector. That could be used for analog TV out (I know nobody uses it though).

 

[imported_drizzt81]

I am curious: Can you convert the HDMI output to VGA/ D-Sub? I see that the packing list includes a HDMI -> DVI converter, but I am curious if I could convert that to analog VGA. I am considering to get this for my mom and she has a VGA CRT at this point, but may more to LCD within the next year.

nevermind I am an idiot, it has a D-sub connector...

 

[compwarez]

anyone wants to sell your board to me? please PM me.

 

[EnglishLion]

It's on default voltage and running @ 3.7Ghz which is a good OC from 2.66Ghz I feel. With additional V I can probably take it further. It's ~50-55C @ load with the BIOS fan control targetting 50C! Getting 42s SuperPI @ this clock speed.

185mhz FSB... meh. Not going to be able to go too high with a 20x multi though xD

Update: now running at 4ghz prime95 stable for 83hrs (went on holiday!) which is a superPI of 39s

Memory is speed is unaffected by CPU OC, the board keeps mem speed that's set, good for high CPU clock but I can't see how to OC the mem though.

...what? That doesn't make sense. Are you sure? Have you run something like SiSoft SANDRA to confirm your memory speeds? What memory are you using?
EDIT: I see it being reported other places now also. How odd. I guess I'll check it out.

Yep can confirm definately the case! my 533 ram is at 533 all the time in all utilities that I try. Until I decided to overclock it to 667, haven't tried 800 yet?!?!

The GPU is clocked @ 500Mhz, not 400Mhz like in some reviews of AMD boards. And gives me 916 in 3dmark05 with CPU @ 3.7

How much memory did you allocate to GFX? I'm hoping it can at least run games as I want to hold off on buying a new GFX card for a bit.
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I allocated 256Mb memory but have found that it fails with 512Mb although I have 2 x 512 sticks and 2 x 256 sticks - so maybe smallest stick size is lowest allowed. Can run bf2 on low detail when set at 256mb though which makes me happy.

 

[Steeeeve]

Originally posted by: sangboy
ive tested 2 of these F*** F-I90HD and both of them suffer the same problem:
They cant install/load OS with whatever USB device plugged in. Even usb mices..

Bios is updated to m612a11.zip from <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="ftp://ftp.abit.com.tw/pub/download/bios/fi90hd/">ftp://ftp.abit.com.tw/pub/download/bios/fi90hd/</a>
but problem its stil present !

test configuration:
cpu - p4630/640
hdd - wd3200ks/1600aajs/seagate250 (all satas)
mem - corsair vs512mb667/corsair8000ul2x512mb
psu - antec minuet's psu/sirtec500w
vga - onboard.

mobos rev. are 1.00.

Looks like i have to wait for a proper bios update. Abit .....

This happened with the NF-M2 nView board as well but only with regards to getting into the BIOS at certain stages of boot-up. So far I haven't heard of any other problems with this board.

 

[Gary Key]

Originally posted by: compwarez
The X1250 does NOT support HD-DVD or Blu-ray decoding. The GPU core is just not fast enough to handle the H.264 off loading and as such I feel the HDMI and HDCP support is really just fluff.


http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=376&type=expert&pid=13

I have no issues with Blu-ray playback at 720P, 1080P is not fully supported yet. Our Asus M2A-VM has HDMI on a breakout card so it concerns me why Ryan did not receive one.

 

[compwarez]

Originally posted by: Gary Key

Originally posted by: compwarez
The X1250 does NOT support HD-DVD or Blu-ray decoding. The GPU core is just not fast enough to handle the H.264 off loading and as such I feel the HDMI and HDCP support is really just fluff.


http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=376&type=expert&pid=13

I have no issues with Blu-ray playback at 720P, 1080P is not fully supported yet. Our Asus M2A-VM has HDMI on a breakout card so it concerns me why Ryan did not receive one.

Gary, what is your cpu speed?

 

[Steeeeve]

6400 isn't it? It is on the mATX round up page.

For those wondering where these boards are...I got 100 for pre-order starting tomorrow or Thursday. Don't look for them to last too long though

(check sig for website)

 

[Steeeeve]

Pre-Order here: http://www.sffclub.com/store/index.php?...zenid=b66fd0ca1cc3a424dceda5fcaa8d8440

 

[Hajpoj]

AVAILABLE AT FRY'S B&M TODAY WITH E4300 COMBO! $263.99

 

[Steeeeve]

If you don't live near a Frys then you are SOL on that deal though...pretty good price for those that need both.

 

[compwarez]

does anyone here use this board w/onboad video to play hd-dvd disc w/powerdvd 7.3 and xbox360 hd-dvd player?

because everytime i use this program , it told me that is is uncompatible video card or unknown driver?


thank you


please give me some idea how to play it with powerdvd 7.3 and xbox360 hd-dvd player.

 

[BlingBlingArsch]

theres a new beta bios M612A_12.B01 send by a abit tech guy, thx@zaza: http://rapidshare.com/files/23203335/M612A_12.B01.html and thx @wildgunman for modding it instantly: http://www.geocities.com/christian.halle/

 

[compwarez]

what is the difference between first mod bios and this one??

 

[Skott]

Originally posted by: compwarez
what is the difference between first mod bios and this one??

Cpu Multiplier option it says. I guess so you can change it for a lower multi.




Cangelog:


M612A11:
ADDED:
- NB 1.2 Voltage (menu)
- New Voltages (2.160V & 2.232V) in the NB 1.8 Voltage menu added
- Spread Spectrum
- DRAM Multipliers (SYNC,266,333,400,1000)
- PCIe Frequency
- Drive B
- CPU L1 & L2 Cache
- C1E Function
- Configuration for NB (new menu)
- Adjust PCIe Config (new menu)
- onchip IDE Controller
- ATI Azalia Clock
- SB600 Spread Spectrum
- IDE Block Mode
- ACPI Function
- C2 Function


M612A12 Beta1:
Added:
- CPU Multiplier option