ASRock 775Dual-VSTA

[nuke868]

They should help us for anw bios altogether to fix ram ide issues for BSOD !

Thres clearly something wrong in the Bios !

 

[hamltnh]

Don't know--I've had no problems with my ATI x800xt AGP card--in fact I didn't even have to reinstall XP and I was coming from a Gigabye board with a -865 chipset--all-in-all, a great upgrade experience--now I'm interested in seeing how far I can push it.


****** My System Specs.******
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400
ASRock 775Dual-VSTA, bios 1.90
2GB DDR2-667 Value Ram
ATI x800xt PE AGP, 256MB, 526 MHz CPU, 560 MHz memory, Catalyst 6.9 drivers
Soundblaster Audigy 2 PCI soundcard

Originally posted by: andy318
For what it's worth, i bought the 775Dual-VSTA to upgrade to Core 2 Duo without having to buy expensive RAM and a PCI Express video card.

I found out the hard way that my video card (ATI Radeon X800 Pro) is not compatible with the motherboard - XP would not load after the Catalyst driver was installed. I sold that on Craigslist and bought a 7800GTX. I then found out that i whenever i try to do somethings on my machine - like play a game or unzip a big file, it would just fail on me. During games, the machine would just lock up requiring me to press the reset button. During unzipping some big files, i would get CRC errors but the exact same file would unzip fine on my laptop. The latter problem made me suspect that my memory was not compatible with this motherboard either - OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K (2*1GB, 2-3-2-5, PC3200 DDR RAM). I tried all kinds of things - playing with the timings, changing DRAM voltage to high/low/normal, enabling/disabling memory flexibility but this intermittent problem persisted.

I finally gave up and sold the memory on Craigslist too and bought the Patriot PDC22G8000+XBLK memory (2*1GB, low latency PC2-8000 (1000MHz) memory). Now i have a stable machine with the following settings -
no overclocking (haven't tried that yet...probably won't), DDR2 667 dual channel, 3-3-3-8-2T, DRAM voltage - Auto, Memory flexbility - enabled (all kinds of memtest errors if this option is disabled), Spread spectrum - Disabled.

So much for saving money
I would not recommend this board to anyone. Any motherboard that works with a limited amount of graphics cards and memory is useless in my opinion. The headache of getting this thing working is not worth saving the money.

Anandtech - i would highly recommend that you try out boards with a few different cards and memory combinations to see how versatile it is. No use giving high marks to something that works with limited components (or at least warn people).

 

[tmoneygetpaid]

Weird, your ambient temps are so much lower than mine, but your cpu temps are so much higher.

I modded a thermaltake sonic tower-- put a 120mm fan in between fin stacks with some paper clips-- and I'm getting between 32-34C cpu at 100% cpu all night long (Rosetta@home/ task manager confirms 100%cpu). But my ambient temp is 30-32C.

E6600-- maybe 6400 runs hotter?

I'm having even more mem issues now, too. One mem slot doesn't recognize any DDR-- think I might have damaged it installing this mammoth cooler.

Originally posted by: Kruiser
Seriously Guys i have not had one single issue with this board i have

E6400@2.4Ghz
1Gig DDR400
1XPata 200Gig Maxtor Drive
1xPata 160 Segate Drive
6800xt@6800gt

Bios 1.90 Loving this board

Ambient
22c

Idle 41c
Load 51c

My bios settings are default, except I manually set ram speed to ddr400. Also changed drive priority to IDE > SATA. Wouldn't boot otherwise. DDR2 didn't work, but it was OCZ Gold pc6400 kit, which has widely reported SPD problems. Just RMA'd and will be trying the new sticks on this board soon.

My system runs great with the following:
1x 250gb Seagate 7200.10 SATA II jumpered to 1.5gbps
1x160gb WD 160GB IDE on primary IDE
NEC 16x DVD+-R IDE on secondary IDE
Core 2 E6600
1x 1gb ddr400 samsung/ generic
NV 6800GT OC AGP

I did have to remove the "master" jumper from the IDE HDD to ensure it was detected 100% of the time, for some reason.

 

[CalmarBjorn]

Hi!

I recently upgraded from 2.4 ghz celeron and some Asus mobo to Conroe E6400 Dual Core and a 775Dual-VSTA mobo. Kept my old 6600gt AGP card and my DDR I sticks.

The new system runs fine EXCEPT when playing 3D-games - strange green artifacts / lines appear on the screen, sometimes after a while and sometimes right in the beginning of a session. Afterwards they sometimes appear in browser images and BIOS during POST. Checked temperatures with Speedfan and in Nvidia´s control panel - nothing strange: ambient and GPU around 35 - 40 degrees C. I have not OC´d the card.

Sent the video card back to vendor - they stress tested for 24h with with no problem, say something is wrong with mobo.

Sent the whole comp to vendor - they say the vid card is damaged, tested w/ another agp card w/ no problems.

So, any suggestions to what may cause the instabilty? I ran Memtest86 - no errors. Also changed drivers from Forceware 84.21 to latest and back w/ no luck.

Could it be BIOS reltated? Heard somewhere about the AGP Strenght mode - is it available on the 775DUAL-Vsta? Computer still away, can´t check it yet.

Grateful for any help whatsoever! Thanks.
--
2.4 ghz Conroe e6400
775Dual-Vsta
768 ddr 2700
160gb barracuda SATA
Geforce 6600gt AGP
BIOS v1.4
PSU: 350w

 

[imported_ANGELo]

hi, im lucky i have no problem using this motherboard with E6300.....

i want to ask about memory timing, right now i set all timing parameter to AUTO, for memory speed i choose DDR333. i know my ram only DDR333 2,5-3-3-7, i know they are: CAS Latency - RAS to CAS - RAS precharge - Active precharge.

i want to set it up in the bios, but im confuse because in this bios got many timing parameter ....
must i set the 4 parameter like above and leave others to AUTO ? or what?

when in auto timing setting, i change the FSB to 7x300MHz @2,1GHZ my system can boot normally, but super pi 1M got same result with 7*285MHz
*all in default voltage*

i think because its set to AUTO then they automatically relaxing the timing.......
help....

sorry for my english.....
thx

 

[Mr Vain]

Originally posted by: CalmarBjorn
Hi!

I recently upgraded from 2.4 ghz celeron and some Asus mobo to Conroe E6400 Dual Core and a 775Dual-VSTA mobo. Kept my old 6600gt AGP card and my DDR I sticks.

The new system runs fine EXCEPT when playing 3D-games - strange green artifacts / lines appear on the screen, sometimes after a while and sometimes right in the beginning of a session. Afterwards they sometimes appear in browser images and BIOS during POST. Checked temperatures with Speedfan and in Nvidia´s control panel - nothing strange: ambient and GPU around 35 - 40 degrees C. I have not OC´d the card.

Sent the video card back to vendor - they stress tested for 24h with with no problem, say something is wrong with mobo.

Sent the whole comp to vendor - they say the vid card is damaged, tested w/ another agp card w/ no problems.

So, any suggestions to what may cause the instabilty? I ran Memtest86 - no errors. Also changed drivers from Forceware 84.21 to latest and back w/ no luck.

Could it be BIOS reltated? Heard somewhere about the AGP Strenght mode - is it available on the 775DUAL-Vsta? Computer still away, can´t check it yet.

Grateful for any help whatsoever! Thanks.
--
2.4 ghz Conroe e6400
775Dual-Vsta
768 ddr 2700
160gb barracuda SATA
Geforce 6600gt AGP
BIOS v1.4
PSU: 350w

AGP strength is available in the Bios.

Set card to AGP in the Bios.
Overclock Mode: Async
PCI-E: 117
Spread Spectrum: Disabled
Enable ram flexibly
Set command rate 2T for ram
DRAM Latencies: set known values to RAM specs in the bios
DRAM Voltage: High
AGP Voltage: Medium
AGP Fastwrite: Enabled
AGP Aperture Size: 256Meg
V-Link Speed: Fast
IDE Drive Strength: Medium
Disabled stuff that you don?t use like game port etc

 

[hamltnh]

Mr. Vain--are the BIOS settings you provided unique to Cheex's HW configuration??

Originally posted by: ANGELo
hi, im lucky i have no problem using this motherboard with E6300.....

i want to ask about memory timing, right now i set all timing parameter to AUTO, for memory speed i choose DDR333. i know my ram only DDR333 2,5-3-3-7, i know they are: CAS Latency - RAS to CAS - RAS precharge - Active precharge.

i want to set it up in the bios, but im confuse because in this bios got many timing parameter ....
must i set the 4 parameter like above and leave others to AUTO ? or what?

when in auto timing setting, i change the FSB to 7x300MHz @2,1GHZ my system can boot normally, but super pi 1M got same result with 7*285MHz
*all in default voltage*

i think because its set to AUTO then they automatically relaxing the timing.......
help....

sorry for my english.....
thx

 

[hamltnh]

Sorry replied to the wrong post previously--Mr. Vain, are the BIOS settings you suggest below unique to the poster's HW configuration?

Originally posted by: Mr Vain

Originally posted by: CalmarBjorn
Hi!

I recently upgraded from 2.4 ghz celeron and some Asus mobo to Conroe E6400 Dual Core and a 775Dual-VSTA mobo. Kept my old 6600gt AGP card and my DDR I sticks.

The new system runs fine EXCEPT when playing 3D-games - strange green artifacts / lines appear on the screen, sometimes after a while and sometimes right in the beginning of a session. Afterwards they sometimes appear in browser images and BIOS during POST. Checked temperatures with Speedfan and in Nvidia´s control panel - nothing strange: ambient and GPU around 35 - 40 degrees C. I have not OC´d the card.

Sent the video card back to vendor - they stress tested for 24h with with no problem, say something is wrong with mobo.

Sent the whole comp to vendor - they say the vid card is damaged, tested w/ another agp card w/ no problems.

So, any suggestions to what may cause the instabilty? I ran Memtest86 - no errors. Also changed drivers from Forceware 84.21 to latest and back w/ no luck.

Could it be BIOS reltated? Heard somewhere about the AGP Strenght mode - is it available on the 775DUAL-Vsta? Computer still away, can´t check it yet.

Grateful for any help whatsoever! Thanks.
--
2.4 ghz Conroe e6400
775Dual-Vsta
768 ddr 2700
160gb barracuda SATA
Geforce 6600gt AGP
BIOS v1.4
PSU: 350w

AGP strength is available in the Bios.

Set card to AGP in the Bios.
Overclock Mode: Async
PCI-E: 117
Spread Spectrum: Disabled
Enable ram flexibly
Set command rate 2T for ram
DRAM Latencies: set known values to RAM specs in the bios
DRAM Voltage: High
AGP Voltage: Medium
AGP Fastwrite: Enabled
AGP Aperture Size: 256Meg
V-Link Speed: Fast
IDE Drive Strength: Medium
Disabled stuff that you don?t use like game port etc

 

[imported_ANGELo]

Hi

last night i try this...
E6300
ASROCK 775DUAL VSTA Bios 1.90 with latest VIA hyperion driver.
2x256 KVR PC2700 2,5-3-3-7
Inno3D Geforce 6600GT AGP Forceware 91.31
2xHD PATA 120 & 40 GB
1 DVDRom LiteOn
PSU TT 430W


setting my bios like this=
DRAM Freq: 166MHz
Flexibility Option: Enable
DRAM CAS Latency: 2
Trp: 3T
Tras: 6T
Trcd: 3T
Trfc, Trrd, Trtp, Twtr, Twr: AUTO
Command Rate: 1T
All Voltage: AUTO


Result default setting:
Default Clock + Auto Timing in bios:
266MHz -> SuperPi 1M=33s, 2M=01:26s
-> CS-S Recommended Setting=147 FPS


with that tweak bios setting above, I try increase FSB to 300, 305, 310, 315MHz.
Highest Result:
315MHz -> SuperPi 1M=28s, 2M=01:11s
-> CS-S Recommended Setting=161 FPS

this 315MHz slighty better than 310MHz.

i didnt try burn test again this setting to know where its stable or not, yet. only Dual Prime95 for 5 minutes. because i will use default setting for daily use. this is just experiment only....

I install the SiSoftware Sandra Lite 2007, in Processor section, its show a warning like this:
"Warning W236 - Processor core voltage (Vcore) is higher than rated maximum. Unless the reported value is incorrect or the processor is a different type that is not correctly detected, the voltage is higher than it should be. If you?re over-clocking the processor you may have pushed too far."

Its say mine is 1,28v - 1,3v. And Core Voltage Rating is 1,212v, so my Core voltage is over about 0,068 - 0,088v
is this ok? or I miss something? because i can not find any setting for VCORE in bios.
how to make VCORE to default?

Then i reset FSB to normal 266MHz, and i keep the memory timing setting. then i shut it down for a moment.
after one hour, i turn on the computer again, got error message ... bla bla ... windows didn't load to prevent hardware damage ...bla...bla....

then i restart the pc, then load the bios setup....its said my processor is 2,3GHz....????? when i want to change memory timing to AUTO, my pc lock up and got continous beep until i restart again. this is happen several times (3-4 times). then after next restart, i directly load default setting. save bios setting then restart the pc. now its back to normal again.....

i just curious why my KVR can run fine in that setting previously (for a while)....maybe because Flexibility Enable? then CPUZ can not detect correct memory setting? and again... did I miss something with this mobo?


thank you

 

[Mr Vain]

No the settings that I have provided are general settings for high compatibility.
If you are using PCI-e card then set PCI-e in the bios instead of AGP.

 

[CalmarBjorn]

Thanxs, mr vain!

I´ll try the settings as soon as I get the computer back. Tomorrow that should be.

One more thing: memory settings - how do I find out the best latency times, is it via cpu-z? (not experienced in the memory department).

 

[pdawg1717]

FYI everyone...when you enable the flexibility option for memory, it may be allowing you to o/c more, etc but realize it is cutting down the fsb of the memory big time...for my ddr400 at least, it uses a 2:1 ratio (147fsb) instead of the "default" 4:3 (220fsb)...and yes - I did set the memory for ddr400 and set the timings as well...so for me for example, my sandra memory score goes from 4400 to 3200 when I enable the flexibility...

 

[Mr Vain]

Originally posted by: CalmarBjorn
Thanxs, mr vain!

I´ll try the settings as soon as I get the computer back. Tomorrow that should be.

One more thing: memory settings - how do I find out the best latency times, is it via cpu-z? (not experienced in the memory department).

You will find the best latency times by experimenting with timing in the bios.
And yes CPUZ, HWiFO32, EVEREST HOME or ULTIMATE edition also give you read out's.

 

[Mr Vain]

Originally posted by: pdawg1717
FYI everyone...when you enable the flexibility option for memory, it may be allowing you to o/c more, etc but realize it is cutting down the fsb of the memory big time...for my ddr400 at least, it uses a 2:1 ratio (147fsb) instead of the "default" 4:3 (220fsb)...and yes - I did set the memory for ddr400 and set the timings as well...so for me for example, my sandra memory score goes from 4400 to 3200 when I enable the flexibility...

If your pc holds without crashing, disable flexibility option by all means, and if it holds in 1T use it, but if not then you should go to safer settings and of course you lose some performance.

This new setting is a magic bullet for extra memory bandwidth according to everyone that?s used it!
In the Bios find
Advanced Host Conf:
Pipeline DRQCTL - Enabled

Thanks to Oliver for finding this out.

Try it and you should be Amazed, it?s a huge boost. :Q

 

[pdawg1717]

Originally posted by: Mr Vain

Originally posted by: pdawg1717
FYI everyone...when you enable the flexibility option for memory, it may be allowing you to o/c more, etc but realize it is cutting down the fsb of the memory big time...for my ddr400 at least, it uses a 2:1 ratio (147fsb) instead of the "default" 4:3 (220fsb)...and yes - I did set the memory for ddr400 and set the timings as well...so for me for example, my sandra memory score goes from 4400 to 3200 when I enable the flexibility...

If your pc holds without crashing, disable flexibility option by all means, and if it holds in 1T use it, but if not then you should go to safer settings and of course you lose some performance.

This new setting is a magic bullet for extra memory bandwidth according to everyone that?s used it!
In the Bios find
Advanced Host Conf:
Pipeline DRQCTL - Enabled

Thanks to Oliver for finding this out.

Try it and you should be Amazed, it?s a huge boost. :Q

Holy Mother of Moses! That setting got me from 4000 to 4800! Fantastic! Any other goodies?

 

[aussieburger]

um where is this setting exactly ? I don't have a Host configuration sub menu in the Advanced menu ??

 

[Mr Vain]

Originally posted by: aussieburger
um where is this setting exactly ? I don't have a Host configuration sub menu in the Advanced menu ??

What bios are you using now aussie?
In the 1.9 bios under the chipset section 2 below the memory command rate option
is your Advanced Host Conf:
Enter it to find Pipeline DRQCTL - and Enabled it.
do a memory bandwith test first with it disable and then enable it.
You wont be dissapointed

ENJOY

 

[aussieburger]

ah thx !! I was still 1.80 ... trying it shortly

EDIT: done ... thx for the tip ... didn't see this option in the 1.70 (sorry I was using 1.70)

I had to uninstall and reinstall my audio drivers after updating to 1.90 for some reason but all working now

 

[Mr Vain]

Originally posted by: aussieburger
ah thx !! I was still 1.80 ... trying it shortly

I think that it is available in the 1.8 bios also

 

[china]

Will the mobo work with Corsair TwinX2 DDR2 1GB KIT? I've got a kit coming and the mobo is already waiting, so I guess I'll know pretty soon.

 

[etrin]

I need to ask...I wanted one of the intel chipset boards like this but CANT get one in the states....that sucks

ok how is the VIA chipset? I am soooo scared of them after the mess they caused a few years back...

what memory speeds are you seeing...some said this board would not run 1:1 but would only do 3:2 is this true?

I am just updating an older system....ati 9700 pro and 1 gig ddr memory from an older 1600 amd system and need to mount an extra E6400 on it...will this do ok?

thanks big time from someone who wanted one board and after looking for 3 weeks I am here.

 

[Mr Vain]

Originally posted by: etrin
I need to ask...I wanted one of the intel chipset boards like this but CANT get one in the states....that sucks

ok how is the VIA chipset? I am soooo scared of them after the mess they caused a few years back...

what memory speeds are you seeing...some said this board would not run 1:1 but would only do 3:2 is this true?

I am just updating an older system....ati 9700 pro and 1 gig ddr memory from an older 1600 amd system and need to mount an extra E6400 on it...will this do ok?

thanks big time from someone who wanted one board and after looking for 3 weeks I am here.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/CustratingReview.asp?item=N82E16813157092

 

[etrin]

One more question I have an older antec 430 in the case now.
Will I have to get an adapter for the power plug or ???


again thanks for all your help

 

[arielp]

Originally posted by: Mr Vain

Originally posted by: pdawg1717
FYI everyone...when you enable the flexibility option for memory, it may be allowing you to o/c more, etc but realize it is cutting down the fsb of the memory big time...for my ddr400 at least, it uses a 2:1 ratio (147fsb) instead of the "default" 4:3 (220fsb)...and yes - I did set the memory for ddr400 and set the timings as well...so for me for example, my sandra memory score goes from 4400 to 3200 when I enable the flexibility...

If your pc holds without crashing, disable flexibility option by all means, and if it holds in 1T use it, but if not then you should go to safer settings and of course you lose some performance.

This new setting is a magic bullet for extra memory bandwidth according to everyone that?s used it!
In the Bios find
Advanced Host Conf:
Pipeline DRQCTL - Enabled

Thanks to Oliver for finding this out.

Try it and you should be Amazed, it?s a huge boost. :Q

hmm.. in my PC..
that setting doesnt make any performance boost..
i'm using DDR PC2700 Micron (from HP pc)
using all highest seting, 1T

but i dont get performance boost in Sandra or any benchmark software

i'm using PD805 (stock speed, stock cooling)
idle 41C
load 53C
ambient 25-26C

 

[Mr Vain]

Originally posted by: etrin
One more question I have an older antec 430 in the case now.
Will I have to get an adapter for the power plug or ???


again thanks for all your help

How many pins in the ATX plug?

Asrock 775Dual-VSTA board uses a 20pin ATX connection and a 4pin 12volt extra connection for onboard power.