Originally posted by: vailr
Originally posted by: redhawk56
Originally posted by: jimbofoxman
Originally posted by: redhawk56
Does your northbridge heatsink say Gigabyte on it in big letters?
Yes it does....
Ok.....good..........then we have verified that some people are getting the real rev 2 boards. I just hope I get one when my replacement comes from newegg. What bios came on it? Was it F7?
redhawk:
Did you get an answer from Gigabyte tech support, as to why the "GIGABYTE Virtual Dual BIOS Technology" wasn't able to recover your board to a bootable condition?
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Originally posted by: ThePiston
i have a bunch of thumb drives alying around and I've been meaning to do that - care to link me to the place where you learned that? thanks
Thanks, I'll give that a try, and yes its with @bios due to no floppy.Originally posted by: Gary Key
Originally posted by: amenx
This F8 is a step backwards for me. After loading optimized defaults, then re-entering my OC settings, it wont post. Went back to F7 which was working OK.
Did you clear the CMOS after loading the F8 also? I have found this to be an issue when using @BIOS. Usually, I shutdown the system after flashing, clear CMOS, boot, load defaults, reboot, load my settings, and all is well.
Originally posted by: redhawk56
I would strongly suggest against flashing the F8 bios. I've seen 2 boards DOA since last night. One on XS and one on another forum. I would not risk it.
Well any more feedback on f8 yet? I'll load it tonight.
This bios thing reminds me of chaintech woes using winflash. With a dual core and version f5 chaintech bios would flash bad. Many, many people had problems with flashing.
Use the built in flash utility and a floppy.
BTW I used the new jmicron drivers. I tried them out last night and am using the 1.17.08.1 drivers for XP. Raid.
I did not use the drivers in windows yet. The utility they give when loaded is about usless.
Seen here:
http://www.station-drivers.com/page/jmicron.htm
Get to flashing everyone!
Gary does this version bios fix the D9 bug? What are the stated fixes?
Originally posted by: dnottis
I wanna know if this solves the cold boot issue - where the OC is lost on a cold start.
The e6600 multiplier is 9 not 8, so 350 x 9 = 3150.Originally posted by: ThePiston
hey guys, I put my multiplier at 8X and the CPU controller at 350 and when I boot it says I'm getting 3150mhz, shouldn't it be 8x350=2800? Now I nkow why it wouldn't post at 400mhz on CPU host controller. Someone helpe me out and tell me what I'm doing wrong.
Originally posted by: amenx
The e6600 multiplier is 9 not 8, so 350 x 9 = 3150.Originally posted by: ThePiston
hey guys, I put my multiplier at 8X and the CPU controller at 350 and when I boot it says I'm getting 3150mhz, shouldn't it be 8x350=2800? Now I nkow why it wouldn't post at 400mhz on CPU host controller. Someone helpe me out and tell me what I'm doing wrong.
Originally posted by: tastyratz
no the highest multiplier you can use is 9. You can use 6,7, and 8 as well