Anyone try this Jetway ATI board yet?

[hans007]

Originally posted by: sdo
Ahhh, Fair enough..

Regarding the SPDIF header on the board, does it come with the bracket or will I have to buy one seperatly...
If it doesn't come with one, does this look like it will work with the board ?

http://www.eyo.com.au/prod_B-Audio6.1_p...Module_SPDIF_Coaxial_IN_OUT_6-pin.html

Ta,

doesnt come with the bracket. that looks like the correct type of bracket though. its a normal 10 pin block connector that probably fits with aftermarket say front panel i/o kits like those 10 in one cardreader audio things

 

[tabel]

Is This Motherboard passively cooled or there are fans on any of the Bridges? North or South?
Also, is the South bridge SLOW like MSI RS480M2-IL?

Thanks.

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: tabel
Is This Motherboard passively cooled or there are fans on any of the Bridges? North or South?
Also, is the South bridge SLOW like MSI RS480M2-IL?

Thanks.

passive cooling.

and it uses the ULI 1573 southbridge.

the difference is this one has native command queing support, and azalia audio

 

[tabel]

passive cooling.

and it uses the ULI 1573 southbridge.

the difference is this one has native command queing support, and azalia audio

Thanks hans007 !

 

[sdo]

Thanks Hans007,
The board should arrive on monday, everything else is here waiting to be built.

Have you got a link for the latest audio/chipset/etc drivers for this specific board (the A210GDMS-PRO) ??
The jetway site is just confusing... definately not made for easy navigating.

Ta

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: sdo
Thanks Hans007,
The board should arrive on monday, everything else is here waiting to be built.

Have you got a link for the latest audio/chipset/etc drivers for this specific board (the A210GDMS-PRO) ??
The jetway site is just confusing... definately not made for easy navigating.

Ta

yeah the site is pretty much terrible.

ati.com has the northbridge stuff, the southbridge stuff is at uli's site though i forgot what the url is. its on the cd that comes with it too.

 

[ND40oz]

Finally got my RMA back and have it up and running. Anybody have a link to the beta bios that has the ram dividers working?

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: ND40oz
Finally got my RMA back and have it up and running. Anybody have a link to the beta bios that has the ram dividers working?

Try looking on the HardOCP SFF Form Factor Forums - I saw a link there to beta BIOSes for the GDMS Pro and non-Pro with divider and LDT support.

 

[ND40oz]

Originally posted by: ariafrost

Originally posted by: ND40oz
Finally got my RMA back and have it up and running. Anybody have a link to the beta bios that has the ram dividers working?

Try looking on the HardOCP SFF Form Factor Forums - I saw a link there to beta BIOSes for the GDMS Pro and non-Pro with divider and LDT support.

Excellent, thanks. If anyone else needs the modded bios, it can be found here.

Edit: got my 3000+ to 9x267 = 2.40 GHz, will prime it overnight, CPU-Z

 

[Zothik]

After reading this thread i finally took the plunge and ordered:
AMD64 3200+(Venice), Asus 7800GTX, 2x1024 DCpack from PQI, Antec NeoPower 480w, WD 200gb SATA(used for storage), WD 80gb SATA(used as C: drive), Plextor SATA DVD-RW (PX-716SA/SW), Sony IDE DVD-Rom (DUU1615), Silverstone SG01 case (verrry nice looking btw)and the wonderful JetWay A210GDMS-Pro Socket 939 ATI RS480 Micro ATX mobo. Also running Windows x64 edition.

After spending a few hours today putting it all together and getting the ULI drivers to work (had to end up connecting a floppy drive) i cant get my sound to work.
I did as you all suggested for somebody that mentioned this question previously, but i think my problem is a little bit different.

When in device manager under Sound, video and game controllers- "Microsoft UAA Function Driver for High Definition Audio - Realtek 880/860" has a yellow exclamation mark which reads "This device cannot start. (code 10)".

I have tried uninstalling it reinstalling it, using drivers found online including multiple versions, tried it using the driver off the included mobo CD, and i just cant get it to work.

I should probably mention that it also wont let me install the ATI motherboard driver either. When i attempt to run the one i got from ati.com it says "Setup was unable to find components that can be installed on your current hardware or sofware configuration. Please make sure you have the required hardwareor software." (the one off the mobo CD does not work either)

I tried fixing both of these for multiple hours today, but i seem to have hit a brick wall. If anyone has any information on these problems or is willing to help out, please do so Thanks in advance.

 

[ra990]

HAS ANYBODY SUCCESSFULLY INSTALLED AND BOOTED TO WINDOWS ON A RAID DRIVE?

Here is my problem:

1) I installed Windows XP, using the SATA RAID driver off the floppy disk. The installation saw the RAID drive, formatted it, copied files, then needed to reboot the computer and boot to the drive it just copied all the files to.

2) There is no option in the bios to set the RAID drive to boot. Therefore, the computer always boots to the CD ROM. The bios does not let the RAID drive boot.

3) Since the windows xp setup could not continue because the RAID drive was not bootable, I cannot get to Windows. I keep getting the Insert System Disk Error.

On my old nforce3 mobo, the bios had NVRAID as a boot device, so I set that as primary boot device, and it worked fine, but this bios has no mention of the word RAID anywhere in it!

Jetway has been so awful at helping me out, they keep sending me instructions on how to copy the RAID driver on a floppy in order to use during the windows installation. I don't even think they read past the first line of my emails.

Can anybody offer any advice?

 

[ChicagoPCGuy]

Originally posted by: Zothik
After reading this thread i finally took the plunge and ordered:
AMD64 3200+(Venice), Asus 7800GTX, 2x1024 DCpack from PQI, Antec NeoPower 480w, WD 200gb SATA(used for storage), WD 80gb SATA(used as C: drive), Plextor SATA DVD-RW (PX-716SA/SW), Sony IDE DVD-Rom (DUU1615), Silverstone SG01 case (verrry nice looking btw)and the wonderful JetWay A210GDMS-Pro Socket 939 ATI RS480 Micro ATX mobo. Also running Windows x64 edition.

After spending a few hours today putting it all together and getting the ULI drivers to work (had to end up connecting a floppy drive) i cant get my sound to work.
I did as you all suggested for somebody that mentioned this question previously, but i think my problem is a little bit different.

When in device manager under Sound, video and game controllers- "Microsoft UAA Function Driver for High Definition Audio - Realtek 880/860" has a yellow exclamation mark which reads "This device cannot start. (code 10)".

I have tried uninstalling it reinstalling it, using drivers found online including multiple versions, tried it using the driver off the included mobo CD, and i just cant get it to work.

I should probably mention that it also wont let me install the ATI motherboard driver either. When i attempt to run the one i got from ati.com it says "Setup was unable to find components that can be installed on your current hardware or sofware configuration. Please make sure you have the required hardwareor software." (the one off the mobo CD does not work either)

I tried fixing both of these for multiple hours today, but i seem to have hit a brick wall. If anyone has any information on these problems or is willing to help out, please do so Thanks in advance.

I think you get that audio portion driver off of the Microsoft Update site. That driver is loaded prior to the Realtek ALC880 driver in order to support HD Audio.

 

[xVaSSagox]

Originally posted by: ra990
HAS ANYBODY SUCCESSFULLY INSTALLED AND BOOTED TO WINDOWS ON A RAID DRIVE?

Here is my problem:

1) I installed Windows XP, using the SATA RAID driver off the floppy disk. The installation saw the RAID drive, formatted it, copied files, then needed to reboot the computer and boot to the drive it just copied all the files to.

2) There is no option in the bios to set the RAID drive to boot. Therefore, the computer always boots to the CD ROM. The bios does not let the RAID drive boot.

3) Since the windows xp setup could not continue because the RAID drive was not bootable, I cannot get to Windows. I keep getting the Insert System Disk Error.

On my old nforce3 mobo, the bios had NVRAID as a boot device, so I set that as primary boot device, and it worked fine, but this bios has no mention of the word RAID anywhere in it!

Jetway has been so awful at helping me out, they keep sending me instructions on how to copy the RAID driver on a floppy in order to use during the windows installation. I don't even think they read past the first line of my emails.

Can anybody offer any advice?

Do you mean booting up from your sata drive? I set it as boot up from SCSI and it works fine. Hope that helps.

 

[ra990]

Oh wow, a reply. Thanks!

So you have two SATA drives setup in a RAID array and are able to boot to it by selecting the SCSI boot device?

I can boot from my SATA drive fine, when not in a RAID array. It is the RAIDed SATA drives that I am unable to boot.

 

[xVaSSagox]

Ah, sorry, I only have 1 sata drive and I set it at scsi boot. I'm not sure if that'll help you or not.

 

[ra990]

Would anybody be willing to try installing and booting to windows off a RAID array on this mobo for me? I have tried absolutely everything and can't get it to work. Jetway has not been helpful at all.

 

[hurtstotalktoyou]

Hans, did you ever get the memory divider to function?

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: hurtstotalktoyou
Hans, did you ever get the memory divider to function?

there was a beta bios that eventually allowed it. i was given it by tech support i believe it is a release bios by now, i no longer have the board.

i know there was an entire thread about this board on hardforums.


from what they said, the memory divider works, but over 250bus you need to supply your own nic card, since the onboard will crap out.

 

[agpts]

I have been looking for days for a thread dealing with this problem!!! I want to install XP Pro on a RAID 0 using WD Raptors, and am having your same problem. It is like the Jetway board does not recognize the RAID array. I have set all boot priorities to SCSI (and every other hard drive choice) with no luck. I get the ULi RAID screen, and the array is there with no problems. As you it will boot from a single SATA drive, but not a RAID array. I see your last post on this was August, so I am hopeing you or someone else in this thread can solve this problem because I have tried everything. I can't even get a reply from Jetway, and it has been over a week. This looks to be a nice board if you can get past the bugs and bad Jetway support.

 

[ra990]

Originally posted by: agpts
I have been looking for days for a thread dealing with this problem!!! I want to install XP Pro on a RAID 0 using WD Raptors, and am having your same problem. It is like the Jetway board does not recognize the RAID array. I have set all boot priorities to SCSI (and every other hard drive choice) with no luck. I get the ULi RAID screen, and the array is there with no problems. As you it will boot from a single SATA drive, but not a RAID array. I see your last post on this was August, so I am hopeing you or someone else in this thread can solve this problem because I have tried everything. I can't even get a reply from Jetway, and it has been over a week. This looks to be a nice board if you can get past the bugs and bad Jetway support.

Sorry. I gave up on this problem since August. I'm glad that someone else reported it here though. That makes 5 people that I know of with this issue, just from reading forums. The only thing I can advise you to do is to keep emailing Jetway and be persistent so that they realize this IS an issue.

In my last email I asked them to follow the directions they sent me and to reply to me if it works. I was sure it wouldn't, because I went through two Jetway boards and a number of harddrives, but cannot boot to SATA RAID. Sadly, I never got a reply from them after my request. They seem to have never tried installing XP on a SATA RAID setup, because otherwise they surely would have run into this problem.

 

[eplebnista]

Originally posted by: andbob
I got my A210GDMS-Pro system up and running tonight.

Athlon 64 3000+ Venice core
1GB Corsair twin value select (2 x 512)
Regular parallel IDE hard drives, no raid yet
On board video (w/32Mb built in video, not a gamer)

Most everything went smoothly except ...
- My USB ports are acting as 1.1 rather than 2.0. Something funky about the WinXP driver? Any ideas?

- Leadtek WinFast 2000 XP TV card drivers would not install. I'm trying again tomorrow in a differenct PCI slot. Best guess is an interrupt conflict on the PCI bus. I have read about PCI bus conflicts on TV cards elsewhere.

- Fedora core 3 dual boot install overwrote my Master boot record. oops. WinXP recovery console had me up in 5 minutes after a brief web search. This is not a board problem but my user error. Apparently a known issue with Grub boot loader and XP. Many sites explain work arounds.

Overall I'm very happy with board, assuming I get the USB driver issue figured out. It is very fast compared to my Athlon XP 1800 box with 512Mb ram, even without the SATA disk ports in use.

Edit: A couple more things: The attachment shown in the pictures at newegg is an s-video/composite tv output adapter. I thought it was extra usb ports, as the description at newegg did not mention tv out. It works well, and shows a pretty clean (for low-res analog tv) picture at 800x600 (better but not very useful at 640x480) You can not use this tv out and the onboard vga out at the same time. The manual does say you can use the onboard vga in addition to the pci/pci-e video cards for multiple monitor output. They call it "video surround" or something like that in the manual.

Also not mentioned anywhere I noticed, the board has headers for a second com port and front panel mic input and audio port. It delivers more than promised.

Finally, the www.jetwaycomputer.com website finally has some good feature comparisons between the regular and pro versions, plus the ATX version of the board (with the HD audio codec). Three .pdf files and one .doc file.

Thanks for the information! :thumbsup:

 

[RobsTV]

This is one sweeeet board!!

First time running A64, and with only a little bit of testing, have ran this board at 300x10 with my Opteron 146!!! All seems to work fine. Installations was easier than any NF2 motherboard I've installed (still have 4 NF2's here for HTPC's). Azilla HDA is much better than Soundstorm. Onboard video is all I'm using, and it is much better than I expected. I did not use SATA, so can not comment on it. Using Athenatech A100BB with it's stock 200w power supply for now, and it is 100% stable at everyday speed of 2400MHz!!!!!

http://www.robstv.com/Files/Jetway_3009MHz.JPG

Also check madonion for 3dm2k1 and 3dm2k3 results on first attempt

Couple questions.
Has anyone found a way to run both TV Out and VGA at the same time?

What are you using to monitor temps?
With socket A I used MBM, so am looking for something small that runs in tray like MBM did.

BTW, I bought this refurb at Newegg for $55, and it came in sealed retail package with all
brackets and accessories. In the past 3 days, I've ordered two more each day (2 is limit), so now will have 7 of these. I have to thank nvidia for the Jeyway. If it wasn't for the new 6150 boards I wanted so much, I never would have done the research and found out about the Jetway ATi board.

 

[mikefarinha]

I just purchased this board and was wondering if the problem regarding booting up in RAID configuration has been resolved yet?