Recent content by tommyz2kool

T
Frustration with DFI Lanparty PRO875 & BIOS

I finally ended up getting rid of my pro875 board. I really liked the DFI and has the best feature set and layout of all the 875 boards, but it was too unstable. I actually tested 2 boards, and both of them were unstable. the first one eventually died because of a beta bios that dfi sent me...
- tommyz2kool
- Post #8
- Jun 10, 2003
- Forum: Motherboards
T
*** Official AOpen AX4C/Max (875P) Thread ***

well, whatever. I dont have the board anymore so I cannot do anymore testing. But I know for a fact that if you try to set this board to FSB 250, you will get dropped back down to default speeds. and even thought the post screen shows you to be at whatever FSB speed you chose, you really are...
- tommyz2kool
- Post #91
- May 9, 2003
- Forum: Motherboards
T
*** Official AOpen AX4C/Max (875P) Thread ***

I did not even test at FSB 200, DDR 400 because to me, it is a given that any CW board will be able to run stable at those speeds. the board is stable at stock speeds.
- tommyz2kool
- Post #89
- May 9, 2003
- Forum: Motherboards
T
*****DFI Lanparty Pro875????****

yup raid 1.5 for ata drives only. and I guess the raid controller doesnt sit on the pci bus. I dont use raid so I dunno lol. 1 drive is noisy enuff already, I would go crazy w/ 2 + drives in my rig!
- tommyz2kool
- Post #27
- May 9, 2003
- Forum: Motherboards
T
*****DFI Lanparty Pro875????****

I have a radeon 9700 pro, and I'm not having any problems. this board is stable at FSB 250 = 3.0ghz, DDR 400. it is true that 533 cpus are limited to 165 FSB and 400 FSB cpus are limited to 132FSB. but whats the point of getting a canterwood board without an 800 FSB cpu? you dont get to use...
- tommyz2kool
- Post #24
- May 9, 2003
- Forum: Motherboards
T
*****DFI Lanparty Pro875????****

you know, when I first got this board, I was really disappointed because of the FSB limit. but now the DFI is looking really good because it seems like all the other CW boards have major issues. the only bad thing about this board is the 255 FSB limit
- tommyz2kool
- Post #22
- May 8, 2003
- Forum: Motherboards
T
*** Official AOpen AX4C/Max (875P) Thread ***

=I am using the latest version of CPU-z and I seriously doubt it is misreporting FSB speeds. If the aopen were indeed running at FSB 250 (3ghz) and 5:4 (DDR 400) why is the ALU score in Sandra arith. test only 7000? the DFI Pro875 scores around 9300 at the same speed. there is definitely...
- tommyz2kool
- Post #83
- May 8, 2003
- Forum: Motherboards
T
*** Official AOpen AX4C/Max (875P) Thread ***

at stock settings, the board is fine. but at FSB 250, DDR 400, I am not able to get into windows using CAS 2. I can get into windows if I drop down to CAS 2.5, but when I run CPU-z, it reveals that my cpu is still running at FSB 200 (2.4ghz) and DDR 320 (5:4). and even then, it is still very...
- tommyz2kool
- Post #80
- May 8, 2003
- Forum: Motherboards
T
*** Official AOpen AX4C/Max (875P) Thread ***

I just tried this board out and I am VERY disappointed. I really don't know what is up with this board. I downloaded the newest 1.03 bios and set my FSB to 250, 5:4 (ddr 400) memory ratio. the post screen shows my 2.4c (800fsb) cpu at 3.0ghz and my memory at DDR 400, but guess what? when I check...
- tommyz2kool
- Post #78
- May 8, 2003
- Forum: Motherboards
T
*****DFI Lanparty Pro875????****

a new bios with higher fsb limit would be great. do you know if they are doing this for sure?
- tommyz2kool
- Post #19
- May 1, 2003
- Forum: Motherboards
T
*****DFI Lanparty Pro875????****

I doubt there is a recall. if there were intel would have said something by now and it would be in the news or at least the inquirer would have some blurb about a recall.
- tommyz2kool
- Post #16
- Apr 30, 2003
- Forum: Motherboards
T
*****DFI Lanparty Pro875????****

not high enough for a 2.4c...probably enough for a 2.6c on air and definitely enough for a 2.8 and 3.0
- tommyz2kool
- Post #11
- Apr 30, 2003
- Forum: Motherboards
T
*****DFI Lanparty Pro875????****

oh and I got my 2.4c from gamepc.com. they have all the northwood c variants but they are charging more than everyone else. my 2.4c cost $240!! if you are in the bay area, you can order it and pick it up the same day like I did!
- tommyz2kool
- Post #9
- Apr 30, 2003
- Forum: Motherboards
T
*****DFI Lanparty Pro875????****

the DFI PRO875 uses an award bios. most of the overclocking options are in a section called "genie bios" FSB: max up to 255 for fsb 800 cpu, max up to 132 for fsb 400 cpu. not sure what fsb 533 cpu limit will be..I'm guessing 165. memory settings available for fsb 800 cpu are 266, 320, 400...
- tommyz2kool
- Post #8
- Apr 30, 2003
- Forum: Motherboards
T
*****DFI Lanparty Pro875????****

well got some news for whoever's interested. the highest the fsb can be overclocked using a natural 800fsb processor is 255. the vcore on this board goes up to +350. so using a 2.4c the highest oc you can attain at this time is 3.06ghz so far seems stable.
- tommyz2kool
- Post #4
- Apr 29, 2003
- Forum: Motherboards

RESOURCES

Top Bottom