TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

GreiverBlade · Mar 5, 2014

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

STUPID ME STUPID stupid stupid!

the K8D failure beside the Pin bent in the ram slot : BIOS VERSION! The Opteron 250 (troy) is a E4 stepping ...
i swapped the 246, who is a Sledgehammer and so supported by the 1st bios, and the rig started just fine ... currently fetching all the files to update the bios

i keep you updated ...

TRWOV · Mar 5, 2014

I don't know what is wrong with the ICH5R on my IC7-G. I've tried the intel drivers and also drivers from the Gigabyte and Asus websites. Is the same thing, the two drives show up as separate. I already tested the iRAM RAIDed on my AM2NF3 board so it's not beacuse of them. Something fishy going on... maybe the ICH5R firmware is bugged :confused:

I got it from a scrap yard after all. Maybe the previous user found this error too?

I'll have to rethink my build, maybe test with actual hard drives. What sets me off is that the iRAM lists the ICH5R as being compatible :banghead:

MaxiPro800 · Mar 5, 2014

Mr.Scott said:
All VIA chipset and SATA controller.
Be advised, VIA chipsets have no PCI/AGP locks on them. If you up the FSB the other bus's increase also. It won't be long before you run into data corruption or bios corruption issues. NF2 boards are the way to go. You just need to find a decent one.

After hearing that,I'm glad I didn't find the A7V600 and went with a K7S6A.
This K7S6A had the lost CMOS problem that ECS boards have,but as the BIOS is Award I easily got around that by editing the BIOS settings in modbin6 then reflashing the created BIOS.

It runs a Athlon XP 2200+ underclocked to 1500+ (yet POST shows Unknown CPU type,going to install and set a Sempron 2400+ to the same 1500 speed to see if it works)and it came with a stock Pentium 3 cooler (from Intel).I installed 1GB of RAM,along with Windows 7 Lite,on the 10GB HDD.It's usable BTW,I can even run latest Firefox version on it.
For the BIOS logo,I ditched the idea for using the BIOS logo posted earlier and used another picture of Zone-Tan as the logon background,since I generally like custom logon screens.(even my main AM2 system has one,it's a Rammstein wallpaper)
Desktop wallpaper is a black and white image of a ship named "Rosenrot"breaking through ice with two mens next to it.

Right now I only have a shot of the logon screen captured from my Radeon 7000's TV out,but as soon as I fix my webcam I'll try taking some pictures of the rig.

Random Murderer · Mar 5, 2014

MaxiPro800 said:
After hearing that,I'm glad I didn't find the A7V600 and went with a K7S6A.
This K7S6A had the lost CMOS problem that ECS boards have,but as the BIOS is Award I easily got around that by editing the BIOS settings in modbin6 then reflashing the created BIOS.

It runs a Athlon XP 2200+ underclocked to 1500+ (yet POST shows Unknown CPU type,going to install and set a Sempron 2400+ to the same 1500 speed to see if it works)and it came with a stock Pentium 3 cooler (from Intel).I installed 1GB of RAM,along with Windows 7 Lite,on the 10GB HDD.It's usable BTW,I can even run latest Firefox version on it.
For the BIOS logo,I ditched the idea for using the BIOS logo posted earlier and used another picture of Zone-Tan as the logon background,since I generally like custom logon screens.(even my main AM2 system has one,it's a Rammstein wallpaper)
Desktop wallpaper is a black and white image of a ship named "Rosenrot"breaking through ice with two mens next to it.

Right now I only have a shot of the logon screen captured from my Radeon 7000's TV out,but as soon as I fix my webcam I'll try taking some pictures of the rig.

Love the Zone-tan logon!

MaxiPro800 · Mar 5, 2014

Random Murderer said:
Love the Zone-tan logon!

Thanks!
I took a few pics of the HSF,RAM,video card and NIC I use on the rig.Pic of the entire rig will come later.

GreiverBlade · Mar 5, 2014

Random Murderer said:
Love the Zone-tan logon!

ahahaha i was right the 1st time to suspect a Raven halloween ed. of Zone Tan

ok now i need to figure out how to do a Dos bootable CD for bios update ... (no floppy and the K8D don't have the option to boot on USB) beside this im still wondering if i need to flash every update since the initial or if i just need to flash the latest one ...

pretty stupid eh? but my only bios update was done thru A-Tuner on my FM2A88M Ex4+

MaxiPro800 · Mar 5, 2014

Easier is to make a PLoP Boot manager disc,it can boot from a bootable USB pendrive on PCs that don't support that.I used it to flash even a Pentium II motherboard.

GreiverBlade · Mar 5, 2014

MaxiPro800 said:
Easier is to make a PLoP Boot manager disc,it can boot from a bootable USB pendrive on PCs that don't support that.I used it to flash even a Pentium II motherboard.

im currently doing a custom Hiren's boot cd but i will look into your method if the 1st doesn't work as intended

emissary42 · Mar 5, 2014

if i only knew, where i left my modded nf2-400u *G*

GreiverBlade · Mar 5, 2014

SUCCEEEEEEEEESSSSS curently typing that post on it ...

bios 2.50 flashed easily with a usb drive (i forgot but Hiren's boot CD pack PLoP Boot Manager

)

and also it recognise the full ram but i have still some issues to sort out and i will be ready. (Win XP Pro atm for test and stuff)

as you can see the RAM isn't at the right frequencies and not detected in the SPD part and both CPU have some differences... work work work but still i will not have to buy a new mobo or cpu's YAY

Backfire · Mar 6, 2014

Hmm, seems I'm to tired to post ...

Backfire · Mar 6, 2014

long story short: the crossfire systeme has a watercooled northbridge now. The left board is broken, it's just to test if everything fits together.

Now its running with watercooled northbridge.

Random Murderer · Mar 6, 2014

Backfire said:
long story short: the crossfire systeme has a watercooled northbridge now. The left board is broken, it's just to test if everything fits together.

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Now its running with watercooled northbridge.

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Damn nice hardware. I always drooled over the CFX3200, but never got the honor of having one :/
What are the rest of the specs on that beast?

Backfire · Mar 6, 2014

A64 San Diego 3700+ @ 284x 11 = 3124MHz , 2x 512MB ADATA Vitesta DDR500, Radeon X1950XTX Crossfire, TerraTec DMX 6fire 24/96, 2x WD740 Raptor @ Raid 0

GreiverBlade · Mar 6, 2014

good news

the 2.50 bios add USB boot ahahahah so now i don't need to make a install CD for linux (i think i will dual boot for obvious reasons

)

Doc41 · Mar 6, 2014

MaxiPro800 said:
Easier is to make a PLoP Boot manager disc,it can boot from a bootable USB pendrive on PCs that don't support that.

Why am i just hearing about this, i cou...........wait i wouldn't be having problems updating the BIOS of my GA-5AX if i could boot from CD in the first place :cry:

GreiverBlade · Mar 6, 2014

finaly i managed to get the RAM to DDR 266 instead of DDR 200... still i am tempted to take the Riowork + the two 270... or 2 dualcore opty ... since the K8D is compatible with it (till opteron 280)... but the unusable ram slot make me angry ...

i got some overheat shutdown just now

temp CPU1 : 100c... i swapped the 70mm fan for a 80mm with a alu frame added (gettho mode ... pics will follow later ...)

before////after

details ... of the frame :roll:

yep it is a Thermaltake Silent boost frame.

the other one no overheat problems ... logical ... with 2 F8 just behind

and the FX5200 fit just fine in a PCI-X slot in PCI mode

MaxiPro800 · Mar 6, 2014

Alright.I said I'll post a pic of the Athlon XP rig I have,here it is!

Doc41 · Mar 6, 2014

GreiverBlade said:
yep it is a Thermaltake Silent boost frame.

but....but
is it me or the heatsink's airflow blocked by that metal frame thingy ??

stinger608 · Mar 6, 2014

Doc41 said:
but....but
is it me or the heatsink's airflow blocked by that metal frame thingy ??

Just where the lock down clips are on them. The other ends are open. It was to direct better air flow........Well that was the theory anyhow LOL

GreiverBlade · Mar 6, 2014

stinger608 said:
Just where the lock down clips are on them. The other ends are open. It was to direct better air flow........Well that was the theory anyhow LOL

its fitted the other way ... but the alu frame is not completely closed : result from 101c to 37c ... so it works

Random Murderer · Mar 6, 2014

GreiverBlade said:
its fitted the other way ... but the alu frame is not completely closed : result from 101c to 37c ... so it works

It could also be that you upgraded from the stock fan to a big-honkin' TT fan. Either way, however, a 64C drop is not to be scoffed at. For a lot of us, a 64C drop would put us sub-ambient, lol. :roll:

GreiverBlade · Mar 6, 2014

Random Murderer said:
It could also be that you upgraded from the stock fan to a big-honkin' TT fan. Either way, however, a 64C drop is not to be scoffed at. For a lot of us, a 64C drop would put us sub-ambient, lol.

oh 10mm more is nothing plus it is a "silent boost" open frame fan, it runs 1k rpm under the 70mm stock

what i wonder is the other one doesn't overheat and still has a crappy 70mm at 3k~ rpm but i think due to the placement of the socket the cpu2 get more airflow .... its directly after a 140mm TY-147 and has 2 80mm Arctic F8 + the 120mm from the PSU just near it ... the other socket has 2 60mm blue led who blow partially on it but it is directly after the 2 ODD and main HDD

Ruru · Mar 8, 2014

Got the HD3870 Ultimate today, ran very hot originally, 80C on desktop (dried thermal paste) but now it works perfectly after I put some fresh paste to the GPU. I quickly tested Dirt3 and ran perfectly at 1920x1020 2xAA medium.

stinger608 · Mar 8, 2014

9700 Pro said:
Got the HD3870 Ultimate today, ran very hot originally, 80C on desktop (dried thermal paste) but now it works perfectly after I put some fresh paste to the GPU. I quickly tested Dirt3 and ran perfectly at 1920x1020 2xAA medium.

Sweet card man. Always wondered how well them "silent" video cards ran. What did the temps get up to running Dirt3?

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TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

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Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

MaxiPro800

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GreiverBlade

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GreiverBlade

Backfire

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Backfire

GreiverBlade

Doc41

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GreiverBlade

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