WHAT i thought your gigabyte 8IRXP recomendations were about how you never had a problem?
you mean you have been recommending a buggy board to the masses?
and if my memory serves correctly you stated
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and the 8IRXP rocks >>
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Wednesday, February 06, 2002 9:40 PM (NEW!)
Maybe this can be a sticky but i wont hold my breath
the items that need to be listed are as follows
CPU:
Voltage:
Cooler:
SL code:
Fpo/Batch:
Location:
Pack Date:
Motherboard:
FSB:
Memory:
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CPU: 1.8A @ 2.427GHZ
Voltage: 1.8 Volts
Cooler: Sunflower by AVC
SL code: SL63X
Fpo/Batch: L147B189
Location: Malaysia
Pack Date: 1-6-02
Motherboard: Gigabyte 8IRXP
FSB: 135
Memory: 2-crucial ecc unbuffered 256MB PC2100 memory is at 266 through bios i have pc2700 on the way and will update then
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gotta get the whole shabang
8IRXP
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your words:1.8 is the stableist i have ben able to get it, if it craps out on me i have a 3 year warranty anyways
and I have the 8IRXP
i dont think 1.65 is achievable stable at least on this chip .guess you dont know intel warranties, i get 3 years. and it only voids the warranty if you claim it was overclocked, most people arent that stupid. and dealing with intel all you need is the cpu and a reciept.
my 1.8 with sunflower is at 2.427GHZ @ 1.75 @ 89F
got me some kingmax 2700 on the way
and another kicker:man thats a bunch of hogwash. looks liek they didnt do any stuying at all. but whats to be expected.
glad i didnt get a junk board like the p4b266,
so many incositencies , i know id never buy a pc from them,
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and here:my 1.8 kicks the 1.6 outta the race.
the 1.8 is the sweet chip, the 1.6 is just slower and a little cheaper
nothing like 2.45ghz out of the box stable
compared to 2.1ghz
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my response is:to each his own
my recomendation: do a little homework and try to get a better driver or try "omg" a different motherboard ans see if that fixes your great board.
or live with it
and say its still a good board but not the best overclocker because it has "omg" a flaw
or how about reporting it to Gigabyte.although that might get you these results and being as your nearing the time limit? might not have the same option:Q
Friday, February 08, 2002 4:33 PM (NEW!)
Well, I just got off the phone with the tech support person from Gigabyte regarding the shutdown problem when having a FSB greater than 125MHz or so. Well, he said and I quote, "We don't care about overclocking". When I asked if it might be fixed in a future BIOS, he said, "Hey, I seriously doubt it". Then I asked, if you don't care about overclocking then why do you provide all the options and advertise it as a great board for this purpose. He said, "I don't know, thats that marketing people not me, we don't care about overclocking".
I love this board except for that weird problem. When I select restart from windows in shutsdown and hangs and I have to hit the power to restart it.... then it is fine.
If I shudown from windows, the next time I boot it hangs and I have to turn it off from this state using the powersupply switch, then it boots fine.
Is that annoying or what?!? Don't have to do any of this at normal bus speeds.
I am about to send this thing back and maybe take the restocking fee and get a P4S333 or P4B266. Both of which don't seem to have these problems and overclock well, maybe even better since I need about 1.75V to get to 2.4 stable with my 1.8a. They don't have the USB2.0, RAID, or onboard LAN but they are cheaper.
Any advice, rude remarks, flames are welcome.... ok, maybe I would settle for just advice. I purchased from MWave, I consider this board defective but will they and will they credit me the full amount if I buy a different board off of them? I still have a few weeks to decide based on their 30 day return policy.
still I think I would try and speak to their customer support and explain it because everybody has a bad day or a bad week
hope this helps