ASRock 775Dual-VSTA

[Mr Vain]

Originally posted by: Arcana
Anyone else got any ideas/solutions?

I think your pc2700 ram might be a problem.

Try it in single channel or one stick at a time.

 

[Arcana]

thanks Mr Vain. I have tried one stick at a time and both sticks in both sockets. That didn't help.
Isn't Single channel the same as one stick at the time?

 

[Mr Vain]

You can run 2 sticks in single channel in the bios or single sticks gets single channel straightaway.

 

[Mr Vain]

Originally posted by: Arcana
thanks guys.
I didn't get a beep code when starting up, but the fan on the heatsink and psu did spin.
I didn't try clearing the CMOS although it did cross my mind. Didn't think it would make a difference. I have returned that PCI-E card, thought I'd try and get one that is supported for sure.

Are you using both power connectors to the mobo?
Could be a DOA Mobo as their have been a few.

 

[Arcana]

Originally posted by: Mr Vain

Originally posted by: Arcana
thanks guys.
I didn't get a beep code when starting up, but the fan on the heatsink and psu did spin.
I didn't try clearing the CMOS although it did cross my mind. Didn't think it would make a difference. I have returned that PCI-E card, thought I'd try and get one that is supported for sure.

Are you using both power connectors to the mobo?
Could be a DOA Mobo as their have been a few.

Yes, both connectors were erm...connected. I presume you mean the 20 pin and 4 pin?
Otherwise fans wouldn't spin.
I'm gonna see if I can borrow a stick of newer RAM and graphics card at work, cause I can't keep going and buy new components just to test the damn thing :frown:

 

[imported_ANGELo]

Originally posted by: aussieburger

Originally posted by: ANGELo
Qs:
1. So what memory speed do you suggest for me?
2. What is dual chanel DDR? is this affect system performance or OC things?
3. Is this mobo will work fine if i just put 1x1GB value memory (not 2x512MB)? im thinking about adding another 1GB later if windows vista come out. for now i think 1GB is enough for me.
4. Is 1x1GB will affect in "little OC" things?

thx in advance pals...
sorry for my english

1. Probably the fastest you can afford ?
2. Dual channel is when u have 2 memory sticks of the same size and speed running together. This is the best for performance and may effect OC ?? I'm not sure as I've only tried dual channel as have most people here I think
3. It will work obviously but dual channel is the best way to go ... I currently have a cheapish 2*1gig DDR sticks running in Dual channel ... depending on what you do on the pc maybe 2*512 would be enough for you ? Or if you have alot of pc friends to sell stuff to get 2*512 now and sell them together when u have enough to upgrade to 2*1gig ?
4. don't know but don't think it would make a great difference ... anyone else running single channel and OCing ??

Ok .. aussieburger
thx a lot for your help ....

in my place E6300 = 179$ but E6400 = 243$
1GB cheap DDR2 PC5300 = 121$
1GB cheap DDR2 PC4300 = 116$

i think better i go to E6300 + this mobo and using my old 2x256mb DDR1 for a while... and wait for memory price drop

thank you!

 

[FreedomGUNDAM]

Just finished putting together my updated system, I went from a A64 3400+ with ECS Nforce4-A754 mobo to a Asock 775Dual-VSTA with a E6400.

The upgrade with smoothly without any problems. The asrock mobo came with BIOS version 1.10 but recognized my E6400 without any problems. Running with the flexibility option disabled and all memory settings at default (I think AUTO). Have disabled the onboard LAN, onboard AUDIO, floppy control, MIDI, gameport, parallel ports, COM ports.

Installed Windows XP Pro and SP2 and flashed to BIOS v1.80. Running autopatcher right now.

For $55 this motherboard is awesome, I can used my 2GB of DDR memory & 7800GT PCIe with the newest Intel processor. Thanks a bunch ASROCK!!!!

 

[Conky]

Originally posted by: FreedomGUNDAM
Just finished putting together my updated system, I went from a A64 3400+ with ECS Nforce4-A754 mobo to a Asock 775Dual-VSTA with a E6400.

The upgrade with smoothly without any problems. The asrock mobo came with BIOS version 1.10 but recognized my E6400 without any problems. Running with the flexibility option disabled and all memory settings at default (I think AUTO). Have disabled the onboard LAN, onboard AUDIO, floppy control, MIDI, gameport, parallel ports, COM ports.

Installed Windows XP Pro and SP2 and flashed to BIOS v1.80. Running autopatcher right now.

For $55 this motherboard is awesome, I can used my 2GB of DDR memory & 7800GT PCIe with the newest Intel processor. Thanks a bunch ASROCK!!!!

Be sure and install the latest VIA Hyperion drivers and you should be good to go.

http://www.viaarena.com/Driver/via_hyperionpro_v510a.zip

 

[FreedomGUNDAM]

got the newest Hyperion Pro 5.10a drivers installed.

Trying to decide if I should run with Flexibility option disabled or enabled with my ValueSelect PC3200

Flexibility = Disabled
FSB : DRAM = 3:5
memory timing = 2.5 / 3 / 3 / 7 2T

Flexibility = Enabled
FSB : DRAM = 3:4
memory timing = 2.5 / 2 / 2 / 6 2T

Suggestions/recommendation?

 

[Rza79]

Originally posted by: FreedomGUNDAM
got the newest Hyperion Pro 5.10a drivers installed.

Trying to decide if I should run with Flexibility option disabled or enabled with my ValueSelect PC3200

Flexibility = Disabled
FSB : DRAM = 3:5
memory timing = 2.5 / 3 / 3 / 7 2T

Flexibility = Enabled
FSB : DRAM = 3:4
memory timing = 2.5 / 2 / 2 / 6 2T

Suggestions/recommendation?

Flexibility slows down performance a lot to gain compability. So if possible, it should always be disabled.
Also, you shouldn't use CPU-Z because it doesn't recognise the memory settings of this chipset correctly. Use HWiNFO32 instead.
Just make sure you set the memory to DDR400 because AUTO will select DDR333.

 

[FreedomGUNDAM]

thanks for the suggestion, I change the memory for AUTO(DDR333) to DDR400, now according to CPUID(v1.36)

frequency = 533.8 mhz
FSB : DRAM = 1:2
memory timing = 3 / 3 / 3 / 8 2T

 

[Rza79]

Originally posted by: FreedomGUNDAM
thanks for the suggestion, I change the memory for AUTO(DDR333) to DDR400, now according to CPUID(v1.36)

frequency = 533.8 mhz
FSB : DRAM = 1:2
memory timing = 3 / 3 / 3 / 8 2T

CPU-Z, CPUID, SiSoft, ... all these programs will report the wrong frequency and FSBRAM ratio. Your memory is actually running 400Mhz and 4:3 ratio.
Next step is to try to run 1T if it works stable for you.

 

[Conky]

Originally posted by: Rza79

Originally posted by: FreedomGUNDAM
thanks for the suggestion, I change the memory for AUTO(DDR333) to DDR400, now according to CPUID(v1.36)

frequency = 533.8 mhz
FSB : DRAM = 1:2
memory timing = 3 / 3 / 3 / 8 2T

CPU-Z, CPUID, SiSoft, ... all these programs will report the wrong frequency and FSBRAM ratio. Your memory is actually running 400Mhz and 4:3 ratio.
Next step is to try to run 1T if it works stable for you.

I don't know how you or anyone else can figure out the speed the RAM is running at on this board, lol.

I set my Corsair XMS DDR400 to 400MHZ in the bios, disabled the RAM flexibility option and cpuz says 533.8, HWiNFO32 says 200.2, and WCPUID causes my system to instantly reboot(tried two different versions of WCPUID with the same result).

All I know is that this 533.8(according to cpuz) setting is the fastest in memory bandwidth benchmarks and the CS:S torture test and survived an overnight Memtest session.

 

[Conky]

ASRock released bios version 1.9 today. I don't know what else it does besides the description "Patch audio for Windows Vista."

http://www.asrock.com/support/download.asp?Model=775Dual-VSTA

 

[lepump]

my benchmarks match the numbers shown in cpu-z (FSB/RAM)

 

[FreedomGUNDAM]

i'm happy with my 533.8mhz, with 3/3/3/8 2T with flexibility = disabled. My system is fast and stable.

Can't ask for more from a $55 mobo

 

[Xellos2099]

I plan on getting this board as well for my new conroe build

 

[FreedomGUNDAM]

has anyone tried the 1.90 BIOS?

 

[jws2346]

 

[jws2346]

OOPs, I goofed on the reply thing. I have a 775DUAL-VSTA motherboard. I got it because I wanted to wait for the Core 2 Duo's to come down in price. (maybe after the E4300's come out in Q1) I first used a Celeron 346 (3.06 GHz) OCed to 3.8 GHz stable. idle: 29 c, load:, after 1 hr of prime95, 40 c. Next I put a Pentium D 805 ( OCed to only 3.32 GHz stable, 166 fsb, no vcore adjustment) idle: 29 c, load: both cores 1 hr prime95, about 39 c to 41 c. I have accounted for about a 2 c margin in my BIOS. My apartment, where the machine is, gets about 20 c to 22 c I have had this board about 3 months and have NEVER had any problems with it. The only gripe I have is it doesn't have any vcore adjustment. Oh yeah, being cheap, I use a 1 GB stick of DDR1 PC3200 RAM. I did break out and get a cheap PCIe card though. (didn't have to, it supports AGP) I have a Tt Big typhoon HSF, 2x80 mm front fans, 1x80 mm side fan, 1x80 mm blow hole fan and a 1x120 mm back exhaust fan.

 

[Mr Vain]

Originally posted by: FreedomGUNDAM
has anyone tried the 1.90 BIOS?

I"m using the 1.9 Bios I'm Testing to see if any negatives in it.

 

[Mr Vain]

Originally posted by: jws2346
OOPs, I goofed on the reply thing. I have a 775DUAL-VSTA motherboard. I got it because I wanted to wait for the Core 2 Duo's to come down in price. (maybe after the E4300's come out in Q1) I first used a Celeron 346 (3.06 GHz) OCed to 3.8 GHz stable. idle: 29 c, load:, after 1 hr of prime95, 40 c. Next I put a Pentium D 805 ( OCed to only 3.32 GHz stable, 166 fsb, no vcore adjustment) idle: 29 c, load: both cores 1 hr prime95, about 39 c to 41 c. I have accounted for about a 2 c margin in my BIOS. My apartment, where the machine is, gets about 20 c to 22 c I have had this board about 3 months and have NEVER had any problems with it. The only gripe I have is it doesn't have any vcore adjustment. Oh yeah, being cheap, I use a 1 GB stick of DDR1 PC3200 RAM. I did break out and get a cheap PCIe card though. (didn't have to, it supports AGP) I have a Tt Big typhoon HSF, 2x80 mm front fans, 1x80 mm side fan, 1x80 mm blow hole fan and a 1x120 mm back exhaust fan.

This board will get your D 805 to 3400Mhz on stock voltage and with a pin mod to around 4000Mhz mine is 3840Mhz with a mild pin mod.

 

[jws2346]

Thanks, but no pin mod, I can get this PD 805 cpu to 3.4 GHZ and 3.6 GHz. I just can't get it to run prime95 above 3.32 GHZ for an hour. I can boot into WinXP okay, just no prime95 for better than 20 min on core1. (core0 keeps on keepin' on) What I'm thinking is it may be my PSU (it's only a Themaltake 420w) or maybe my RAM ? I read on the "Net" the PD 805 cpu is a real power hog. I've got a chip that shows 1.216 vcore @ 3.32 GHZ, 166 fsb, so it should stable clock higher than 3.32 GHZ. ( the vcore is from Everest Home and the BIOS, I've got enough cooling, I think ) I heard the PD 805 didn't start screaming until 3.6 GHz anyway. Yeah, I have the 1.9 BIOS also, I don't know exactly what it's for, DDR2 maybe ? I'm just glad this board will take a Core 2 Duo, because God willin' and the creek don't rise, I'll be gettin' a Core 2 Duo shortly.

 

[Mr Vain]

Volt Mod Guru (Mallet) has his Asrock 775Dual-VSTA board at 318FSB

For the full story.
http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=93127

Also some of (Mallet's) overclocking hints for the 775dual-vsta. In the Bios set:

Set Cpu pci-e async
Pci-e 117mhz
spread spectrum - Disabled
V-link - normal

 

[jws2346]

Mr. Vain, you are a genius. I'm still not too cool about any kind of mods to my board or cpu, but I did take you're suggestions about the overclocking hints. I already had my cpu (fsb) and everything else set to async, I had my spread spectrum disabled ( worthless ) and I had the V-link set at normal. What I didn't have was the PCIe set to 117 MHz. I'm using ORTHOS StressPime (for dual cores) instead of Prime95. (I like the gui better) I ran it for 1 hr @ 3.40 GHz (170 fsb) and it worked perfectly, ambient temp 24 c, test temp 41 c. Tonight, when it's cooler, I'm going to jack it (PD 805) to fsb 190 and see what happens. I know it's stable at 3.40 GHz (170 fsb), so i can only go higher. Oh BTW, it's all on stock vcore, no vcore adjustment on this board.