ASRock 775Dual-VSTA

[jimmor]

Originally posted by: vgrigor5
jimmor, really thanks.

now I need to understand - does this version of Bios will not crash my computer
or disable overclocking ?

Have you some based opinion about that?
somebody tested this Bios ?

what was in a result?

I have a 4coredual-sata2, not a 775dual-vsta, so I have no way of testing/proving the functions or quality of the 3.10A bios?

However, since every computer setup is essentially different (with different combinations of CPU, DRAM, VGA card, HDD's, etc ---> including overclocking differencies), the only real way of knowing whether the 3.10A bios will create any new issues with your particular setup is by trying it?

 

[vgrigor5]

thanks again jimmor.

I have some more problem with flash bios - I have no Floppy disk drive,
so do not see way how to write this DOS flash.

Is it possible to flash from HDD or CD booted as DOS ?

or are there any another way to it?

 

[jimmor]

Originally posted by: vgrigor5
thanks again jimmor.

I have some more problem with flash bios - I have no Floppy disk drive,
so do not see way how to write this DOS flash.

Is it possible to flash from HDD or CD booted as DOS ?

or are there any another way to it?

Why don't you just download Asrock Winflash v4.22, and then flash the 3.10a bios from within windows?

Link below is to Winflash v4.22 zip file,


http://www.pctreiber.net/filebase_redirect.php?fid=6499

 

[vgrigor5]

Flash Bios with 3.10A is successful ! THANKS.

Now I search which 4GB memory is best for this board ?

which modules 2x2GB is tested for this board?

can you advice some good (High Performance) DDR-2 modules,
(which able to work wih this mobo at lowest latencies)
or links to discussion about it ?

not of very super cost.

what about as a sample

OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500 Reaper HPC 4GB Edition ?
http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1250&pageID=4639

from this it need to perform normally.

this is only 1 Gb modules:
OCZ Reaper HPC PC2-9200 DDR2 1150MHz RAM Kit

does such a memory ompatible with kept mode of freqency- 667 and 533 (stable mode) ?

2.1V voltage cpecification will permit me use it on this board ?
http://www.ocztechnology.com/p...reaper_hpc_4gb_edition
may be 2.1V is noted for high performance mode, but I need just "usual".

ability to work with low latencies and frequency seems optimal..
_____________________

My Results:
it was work fine only first two boots (Windows XP 3.3 Gb, Bios see 4Gb)
now system can not pass post with 4 Gb.


Have you any Idea why it happens so ?
and how make this borad work with 4 Gb ?

 

[imported_stickboy]

the fact that it posted at all and recognized the 4gb is a good sign... try going into BIOS with only 2GB and try setting the memory to flexible. This may at least allow you to POST. You may have to experiment with different RAM settings in BIOS.

 

[vgrigor5]

fact of passing post and booting with 4Gb means that it is possible
but something prevents it,
what I did not touched to correct.
____________

I tried flexible mode,
yes it reduced speed settings much, (for one module)
but not helped to pass post if two modules 2x2Gb was used.

Tried to change some other settings change with no order:
Voltage,
Maximize timings,
two channel model on and off manually,

but it not helped.

I looking for else ideas and suggestions.

thanks for anyone who can propose some.

 

[WT]

I'm having weird issues with my Asrock 775VSTA board. I had put together a budget rig to use with Vista Ultimate 64 and was initially using a 6800 PCIe card. Once I got to the desktop, all icons/background were gone and the context menus were black, so I booted to safe mode and loaded the newest Nvidia driver for the card (169.25). Same thing after a reboot, so I pulled the 6800 and used a 7900GS card, which fixed my black screen issues. But as soon as I tried to run the Performance Index test, a kindly Nvidia popup informed me that I had forgotten to plug the PCIe power plug in .. DOH !!! Stupid, WT .. stupid ... so after powering down and plugging it in, I booted back up to .. the same no icon desktop with black menus !! ARGHH

It appears that the board, or more specifically the PCIe slot, is causing some PSU issues, as I had already swapped out the Ultra Connect-X 500w unit (measured 11.5 on +12 @ idle) with a Aerocool ZeroDBA 500w unit that measures 11.4 @ idle. This is not good, but I know that either PSU should power my modest hardware, and the Aerocool is indeed a capable unit but the Asrock board is now my main culprit. Asrock's RMA is anything but painless.

It seems to work fine in 2D mode, but I don't build PCs that aren't capable gamers. I wish I could test the AGP slot, but I'd have to steal a video card from my wife's rig, and I know better than to fool with her PC unless I have ample time to repair my handiwork. I have even older AGP cards around, but none that would run Vista, so for now this build sits and waits for Asrock to get the RMA gears spinning.

 

[millerbrad]

The pctreiber.net link appears to be dead for the 3.10A BIOS. Can anyone point me in the direction of a BIOS that'll get S3 standby up and running for me on the DUAL-VSTA775?

E6400 CPU
Old Nvidia FX 5900 XT AGP video card
Windows Vista Ultimate

 

[ardo]

I just got 2X1GB of Crucial DDR2-667 CL5 to replace my DDR-400. I wasn't interested in OC, so figured if I just set FSB=266 the memory will run at 5-5-5-15 as DDR2-533 at 1:1 ratio. Actually, the modules are rated at 4-4-4-12 at 533Mhz, but some people here suggest loosening timings, so I thought I did...

Still, with any changes I make, Everest reports my memory running at 400Mhz, with DRAM:FSB ratio = 6:8. I tried both Auto & 5-5-5-15 timings; I get 3-3-3-9 in Auto, but same 400MHz. I have read & re-read this thread for the past week, but I'm still missing something fundamental here.

My current settings are:
775dual-vsta, E6400, HD2400PRO PCI-e, BIOS 3.10

CPU Configuration
Overclock Mode [CPU,PCIE Async.]
CPU Frequency (MHz) [266]
PCIE Frequency (MHz) 100]
PCI Frequency [33.33MHz]
Spread Spectrum [Disabled]
Boot Failure Guard [Enabled]

Chipset Configuration

DRAM Frequency [266MHz (DDRII533) ]
Flexibility Option [Disabled]
DRAM CAS# Latency [5]
DRAM Bank Interleave [Auto]
Precharge to Active (Trp) [5T]
Active to Precharge (Tras) [15T]
Active to CMD (Trcd) [5T]
REF to ACT/REF to REF (Trfc) [Auto]
ACT (0) to ACT (1) (Trrd) [Auto]
Read to Precharge (Trtp) [Auto]
Write to Read CMD (Twtr) [Auto]
Write Recovery Time (Twr) [Auto]
DRAM Bus Selection [Dual Channel]
DRAM Command Rate [2T Command]

Advanced Host Configuration

Pipeline DRQCTL [Enabled]
GTL Control [Auto]
3V66 group delay [Auto]


DRAM Voltage [Norm]
AGP Voltage [Norm]

Primary Graphics Adaptor [PCI]
AGP Mode [8x]
AGP Fast Write [Enabled]
AGP Aperture Size [128MB]
AGP Staggered Delay [Auto]
AGP GADSTB Output Delay [Auto]
AGP 3.0 Calibration [Auto]
AGP 3.0 DBI Function [Auto]
DBI Output for AGP Trans. [Auto]
DBI Output for FRAME Trans. [Auto]

V-Link Speed [Fast]

PCI Delay Transaction [Disabled]
IDE Drive Strength [Normal]
PCIE Downstream Pipeline [Auto]


As pathetic as it sounds, if anyone may spot a glaring error in my setup, please let me know. TIA - ardo.

 

[ardo]

Originally posted by: millerbrad
The pctreiber.net link appears to be dead for the 3.10A BIOS. Can anyone point me in the direction of a BIOS that'll get S3 standby up and running for me on the DUAL-VSTA775?

E6400 CPU
Old Nvidia FX 5900 XT AGP video card
Windows Vista Ultimate

http://www.pctreiber.net/downl...310a_pctreiber.net.zip

 

[millerbrad]

Yep.. it eventually came back up, and I flashed the 3.10A BIOS to my DUAL-VSTA775.

S3 sleep works now, but when my computer wakes up, my Logitech MX 3200 mouse/keyboard only work about 1/3 of the time. Not sure if I should blame Logitech or ASRock...

Oh well. I guess I'll just completely shut down and power up like I always have..

 

[merikgvr4]

ok, got my order from 3btech and wanna get her running. I have the ff stuff to install
e2200
nvidia fx5900 agp
2x1gb crucial or ocz ddr2800, which setting would be best? 533 or 667? sorry been away from messing with puters for awhile.
zalman cnps9700
antec 430w psu
Can I get the e2200 to run 1066 for 2.9ghz? What settings to use for the ddr2 mem?
Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[bvalpati]

Has anyone tried running a 9600GT with this motherboard? If so please let me know if you had to update the BIOS to get it to work.

 

[instago]

Hey guys, I just received a http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814125086]Gigabyte HD 3870 from Newegg[/url] and have been having problems getting it to work on my computer. The monitor says that there's no signal detected, and I tried a different monitor and that didn't work either. Then, thinking the card may possibly be DoA, I put it in a friend's computer. It worked. So then I thought perhaps my PCI-E slot was screwy, so I borrowed his 6600 and it worked in my computer. I'm baffled as many people report 3870s working without problems on 775dual-VSTAs. I think it may be a problem with this specific Gigabyte 3870.

Any ideas? I emailed Gigabyte support along with Asrock asking if they had a special BIOS version compatible with the motherboard. Hopefully they'll figure this out for me. I'll update you as things go along.

By the way, if I need to return my card, which manufacturer's HD 3870 should I purchase? I know 3870s out there are compatible with the 775dual-VSTA, but I'm not sure which ones are. Also, do I need to downgrade my motherboard's BIOS from 3.10 for the card to work? So far I've tried 3.00, 2.40, 2.70, and 2.90 iirc. Thanks

 

[VirtualLarry]

http://www.pctreiber.net/download_kategorie_22.html

Showing a BIOS version 3.12. Is that newer than 3.10A? Is it modded or official? (Seems the modded ones have "A" suffix?)

Will any of these BIOSes allow 45nm CPUs to work?

 

[bobross419]

instago - Did you go into the bios and change the display from AGP to PCIe?

 

[Mr Vain]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
http://www.pctreiber.net/download_kategorie_22.html

Showing a BIOS version 3.12. Is that newer than 3.10A? Is it modded or official? (Seems the modded ones have "A" suffix?)

Will any of these BIOSes allow 45nm CPUs to work?

Yes it is a Modded bios and it is the latest for this mobo.

This latest bios seems to add support for the ATI 4850 graphics card.

I went back a few bios versions but could not find support for the 45nm PC's on this mobo.
For AMD Radeon Hd 4850 Karten
Add Radeon HD 4850 in "PCIE downstream Pipeline? and ?PCIE VC1 Request Queue?



http://www.pctreiber.net/filebase.php?fileid=2595&lim=0

 

[Ganeedi]

I have a HD4850 video card so for kicks tried it on my 775DUAL-VSTA mboard. It had some lingering crashing and gaming artifact issues after i played around with it for awhile.

Flashed the BIOS from 2.7 to the pctreiber.net v3.12 and all the issues cleared up.

Nice work there fellas...

 

[Mr Vain]

Below link to site that has new bios supporting ATI 4xxx cards.

http://www.ocworkbench.com/news.php

Radeon HD 4850/4870 for 4CoreDUal-SATA2, 4CoreDual-VSTA and 775Dual-VSTA
Posted on 07/18/2008 @ 10:40 AM


Some members of our forum have experience stability issues with their systems running the VIA PT880 chipset mainboard with the newest Radeon HD4850 or HD 4870 PCIe 2.0 Graphics cards.

If you want to use ATI HD 4870/4850 series PCIE VGA card on
ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2
ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA/775Dual-VSTA

You would need these latest OCWORKBENCH beta bios available in our ASRock (Intel) forum.


OCWorkbench beta bios L2.02 for 4CoreDual-SATA2, L2.33 for 4CoreDual-VSTA, L3.13 for 775Dual-VSTA

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If users want to use ATI HD 4870/4850 series PCIE VGA card on 4CoreDual-SATA2/4CoreDual-VSTA/775Dual-VSTA, please suggest users to flash attached beta BIOS first.

You may have to register with the site OCW (OCWORKBENCH)before you can obtain the bios from the below link.

http://my.ocworkbench.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=75467

BIOS L2.02 for 4CoreDual-SATA2
BIOS L2.33 for 4CoreDual-VSTA
BIOS L3.13 for 775Dual-VSTA



*The DOS update tool is included in the latest DOS version BIOS update file.
Please download it from ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/support/Download.asp
Attached Files

 

[jcascav]

Hi,

I bought a Powercolor HD3870 and my Asrock 775Dual VSTA does not boot.

I tried BIOS 3.10,2.90 and 3.13 but not been successful.
I tried PCIEDownnstream/disable and VC1 enable/disable,
but it did not work.
My PSU is a Enermax 460w:
- 12v: 33A
- 5v: 35A
- 3.3v: 35A

I tried on computer of a friend, with real PCI-Express and worked perfectly.
In my case, the computer switched on, but the sequence of boot does not occur, it seems that the VGA is not recognized.
What's wrong?

Is there any solution for my case?
Or I will have to sell the VGA or motherboard?

Help please...

 

[WT]

Weirdness. I got my Asrock board back from RMA and it does the same thing my second Asrock board does (my post is higher up on this same page). It won't go above 11.6v (dropping to 11.3 at times !) on the +12 rail with any PSU that I have tried in it and I get random graphical glitches that go away after a few seconds. I've tried AGP, PCIe, you name it ... no difference. Next step is to pull the two extra PCI cards I have in the rig to see if they are causing a problem.

 

[jcascav]

Originally posted by: WT
Weirdness. I got my Asrock board back from RMA and it does the same thing my second Asrock board does (my post is higher up on this same page). It won't go above 11.6v (dropping to 11.3 at times !) on the +12 rail with any PSU that I have tried in it and I get random graphical glitches that go away after a few seconds. I've tried AGP, PCIe, you name it ... no difference. Next step is to pull the two extra PCI cards I have in the rig to see if they are causing a problem.

Interesting.

My Asrock also mark the 11.6 times less in the line of 12v.
And I have a good PSU with real watts.

What is causing this vdrop?

Will has way to improve it?

 

[theAnimal]

Originally posted by: jcascav

Originally posted by: WT
Weirdness. I got my Asrock board back from RMA and it does the same thing my second Asrock board does (my post is higher up on this same page). It won't go above 11.6v (dropping to 11.3 at times !) on the +12 rail with any PSU that I have tried in it and I get random graphical glitches that go away after a few seconds. I've tried AGP, PCIe, you name it ... no difference. Next step is to pull the two extra PCI cards I have in the rig to see if they are causing a problem.

Interesting.

My Asrock also mark the 11.6 times less in the line of 12v.
And I have a good PSU with real watts.

What is causing this vdrop?

Will has way to improve it?

Measured with a digital multimeter? Software readings cannot be trusted.

 

[WT]

In my case, I didn't measure anything with an MM, but I guarantee you I have issues that directly relate to low voltage. Any higher end card will cause the video signal to drop out within 30 minutes.

I experienced the same weirdness on my HTPC using a cheap Ultra 400w PSU and a 6800AGP video card. It was fine for anywhere between 5-45 minutes, but would drop signal eventually. Pulling that card and replacing it with a mild ATI X1300 solved the problem. That same 6800 has been running 24/7 in my wife's PC for over a year now.

Same situation with my parts PC build - any mid range card (7900GS) will cause it to drop the signal soon after booting. I've tried all sorts of cards, some PCIe (6800) and some AGP (ATI2600) but all show some signs of graphics corruption, from mild to wild, due to voltage issues.
Sadly, since its Vista Ultimate 64, I can't go any lower than the 6800 with 128mb of RAM to make Aero work.

 

[jcascav]

Originally posted by: theAnimal

Originally posted by: jcascav
Interesting.

My Asrock also mark the 11.6 times less in the line of 12v.
And I have a good PSU with real watts.

What is causing this vdrop?

Will has way to improve it?

Measured with a digital multimeter? Software readings cannot be trusted.

I measured with software and multimeter.

Software: 11.6
Multimeter: 12