It's HERE!

[SeaFoam]

Well its here! stuffing it in my case right now Anything anyone wants me to test? Got photos too.

 

[imported_operator]

1) Are you in Canada
2) Post the pics!
3) How's the temp on the chipset.

 

[SeaFoam]

in the us, i just put the chip in so i'm about finished - couple more things and i'll fire it up

 

[Diogenes2]

Originally posted by: SeaFoam
in the us, i just put the chip in so i'm about finished - couple more things and i'll fire it up

I just want to know if it will run 2 x double sided DIMMs at 1:1 - 200FSB and higher..??

 

[SeaFoam]

well it sure didn't like trying to run with their optimized defaults, guess i'll have to do it the old fashoned way.

 

[tr1kstanc3]

im curious to know if it will run the mobile chips with the default bios

 

[SeaFoam]

http://svoshark.home.mchsi.com is where all the pictures are.... i'll get the temp readings here in a second, just finished installing winxp

 

[imported_operator]

I'm guessing you're installing the 64 bit edition of winxp?

P.S Nice legs

 

[SeaFoam]

well it says the system is 44c/111f, cpu 37c/96f, that sounds reversed, so the chipset is running 96

 

[SeaFoam]

lol, thanks- i was grounding myself just regular winxp pro for now, i have 64 but there isn't enough driver support yet.

 

[CraigRT]

nice, still up in the air, i might get one, or i might wait a bit longer.

my XP2500 still works

 

[dimasukr]

Could you please test the following
1. 2 DIMMS of double sided mem - do they work at 1:1 FSB and what is the max working FSB with 2 DIMMs 1:1
2. If you have mobile or DTR a64 - does it boot with this CPU?

 

[SeaFoam]

No mobile chip here but i'll check the mem in a second.

 

[mbf]

Here's a test you quite probably *won't* be able to perform...

Still... on the off chance that you by some divine intervention are in the possession of a stick of ECC DDR memory, I'd like to know what the board says about that stick. Is it recognized, and if so, as what? Regular memory or ECC memory? BTW, mixing ECC and non-ECC memory *always* turns off ECC support.

The reason I'm asking is that I'm very much into ECC memory (yeah, I know it's not kool but neither am I... ). In fact it's a must-have feature to me, and while the A64 itself supports it, the verdict is out on the mobos. MSI US states on their product page that it does, but only after I sent them an inquiry. No other MSI site does, including MSI Taiwan, and neither manual nor BIOS (both found at the Taiwanese site) express ECC support.

Still, paper (or in this case, a web page) is indulgent, and only a real world test will tell the truth. Sadly, I cannot perform that test myself at the moment.

So... are there any takers for this challenge?

Thanks in advance!

 

[SeaFoam]

well, i have aggressive timing set in the bios, maxmemclock 200, 1t timing, 2.0 cas and it's running fine - at stock fsb, i'll start bumping the fsb up in a bit

 

[dimasukr]

what kind of memory are you using?
what size

 

[SeaFoam]

just corsair value - 2x 512 sticks

 

[hokahknow]

What video card are you going with?

I don't suppose you will be trying an X800 XT or GF6800??

Would love to see which card runs the best on this motherboard??

Are you going to use the SATA??

 

[SeaFoam]

I'm using a Radeon 9800 pro - yes i'm using the SATA with a WD Raptor

 

[XeroXed]

RAID or not with the Raptor(s)?

 

[SeaFoam]

just a single right now - as soon as i sell this extra case and motherboard i'll have 2

 

[MoobyTheGoldenCalf]

Did it come with the 2 port firewire bracket?

 

[XeroXed]

Did you have to mess with any extra drivers, tweaking, etc to get everything recognized and Windows installed?

Edit: The reason that I ask is because I want a good and stable, but simple AMD 64 motherboard.

 

[RLiu818]

did you have to install SATA drivers or did WinXP install fine without it?

 

[SeaFoam]

I'm at the station right now, so i'll have to get back to you on the bracket- I don't remember seeing one. But that doesn't mean it wasn't there.
As for the windows install it was flawless, no floppy needed and everything worked like a charm.