Originally posted by 214thCavalier
WhiteHawk your temps.
Personally i think Abit are measuring incorrectly as temp probes seem to confirm its high by approx 10 degrees C.
Stop panicking get a better heatsink fan combo than standard, and overclock the SOB.
Point is its not all bad and some of the boards have no problems anyway.
The Asus board may be easier to deal with out of the box but even that board has its problems for overclocking.
OK so the Abit has voltage problems in the 2.9 to 3.2v range (which can now be cured)
But the Asus only goes up to 2.85v anyway. You can get higher than the 2.85 on the Asus but it involves a motherboard mod.
Oops theres that phrase again motherboard mod.
Point is none of them are perfect for overclocking, yes many review sites led us to believe the Abit was perfect in this regard, express your dissatisfaction to them.
Its obvious you are new to overclocking, as you dont even know about memory timings you need to go read up on it. I also suggest you go read up on the various Bios options and how they will relate to your overclocking attempts.
When it comes to overclocking and this applies to all, if your not prepared to put time into it learning the whys and wherefores, tinkering, and modding then perhaps you should not be doing it.
And just why is your particular motherboard a POS WhiteHawk ?
You have not had it long enough to know whether any of the problems some have are actually affecting you.
You do of course realise all of them are perfectly stable up to 2.8v for the memory which is already well in excess of the standard voltage for memory anyway.
And your memory is rated to run between 2.5 and 2.75 volts so its not really a problem.
Its a problem for those guys who buy the expensive ram rated for 3.1 volts.
Geez..An abit sales rep???
Sorry im late w my response, but, I bought this board because it could handle upgraded components. Sure they only said it had VDIMM up to 3.2V. They didnt say it actually worked. My bad, ishould have read between the lines.
So even tho my DRAM only needs 2.5 to 2.75 Volts, should I decide to UPGRADE my DRAM to a higher caliber that requires higher voltage, or could be enhanced with a higher voltage than 2.8 V, I am dissappointed that I dont have the opportunity to do that.
Yes, I am not an advanced technician like i am sure you are. But I am learning quite a bit from my first system project. Some of us can read books and learn, some of us need to actually do it 'hands on' and ask questions. Most of the time the responses are positive and helpful. Sometimes there are responses from people who cant wait to make it clear that they are the masters of the art, and nobody else should even make an attempt, in fact there should be laws....
Why is my MOBO a POS? Because I paid at least 50% more for it with the plan that all of the advertised features worked, even though they didnt specifically say that they are guarnteed to work. It is like paying $1000 for a stereo because the box says "200 db blast!!!" , only to discover the thing is unusable over 120db, which is just barely better than the one yuou gave away, and not quite as good as the one you could have bought for $400.
Bottom line is, this board is defective. There is no in between. there are faulty cirucuts in it. The VDIMM issue is not the only issue here. abit is saying, you shouldnt be (listening to music over 120db). We are saying (Why would you advertise up to 200db, charge as if it were a 200db system and then tell us that 200db could hurt our ears, so dont turn it up so loud and you wont have a problem?) My MOBO as it is, is probably onwe of the best on the market, if the mc64 mods were done and the vtt issue were resolved, it would be what I paid for it to be.
It leaves a sour taste in my mouth to be a guienea pig. I am quite sure abit is working feverishly to fix the board. We will see if they are gonna offer it as an exchange or if it is gonna be the IC7-max4.
