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- Jan 21, 2003
Got my RMA back today, ended up being a 2.0 (I sent in a 1.2). So, I was pretty happy.
Not.
According to MBM5 and the BIOS, all the rails on my Antec 550 are undervolted. This is a powersupply that was fine with my own A7N8X, and another NF7-S I tested it in.
The 3.3 is 3.2, the 5 is 4.88, and the 12 is 11.70.
My 1800+ that was rock solid in the A7N8X at 2200 w/1.8 Vcore is now not stable at 2200 with even more Vcore.
Any FSB past 200 is definitely useless, and I'm not even sure about 200 really.
Every piece of my system has been tested by me to work properly, so I'm left thinking I've got a piece of crap for a board.
Yes, I know about the L12 mod. Yes, I know about adding cooling to the NB, SB, the vdd mod, disabling APIC for a windows install, etc. I am not too inclined to try any of these things when this board seems to have so amny problems.
This is with multiple different BIOS's as well.
Also, the Media XP I've had waiting for so long comes with the most uselessly short cords imaginable. In my fairly small mid tower I'll be forced to move the Media XP to the lowest bay available for the main connector to even reach. The wonderful engineers at Abit put the connection for the main harness on the bottom left of the board, instead of the top right which would make sense for a connector designed for a expansion bay mounted device.
Congrats Abit, job well done. You've actually made me consider getting a rev 2 A7N8X.
Not.
According to MBM5 and the BIOS, all the rails on my Antec 550 are undervolted. This is a powersupply that was fine with my own A7N8X, and another NF7-S I tested it in.
The 3.3 is 3.2, the 5 is 4.88, and the 12 is 11.70.
My 1800+ that was rock solid in the A7N8X at 2200 w/1.8 Vcore is now not stable at 2200 with even more Vcore.
Any FSB past 200 is definitely useless, and I'm not even sure about 200 really.
Every piece of my system has been tested by me to work properly, so I'm left thinking I've got a piece of crap for a board.
Yes, I know about the L12 mod. Yes, I know about adding cooling to the NB, SB, the vdd mod, disabling APIC for a windows install, etc. I am not too inclined to try any of these things when this board seems to have so amny problems.
This is with multiple different BIOS's as well.
Also, the Media XP I've had waiting for so long comes with the most uselessly short cords imaginable. In my fairly small mid tower I'll be forced to move the Media XP to the lowest bay available for the main connector to even reach. The wonderful engineers at Abit put the connection for the main harness on the bottom left of the board, instead of the top right which would make sense for a connector designed for a expansion bay mounted device.
Congrats Abit, job well done. You've actually made me consider getting a rev 2 A7N8X.