New Natural TH7II Raid Beta Bios!

[MrNatural]

New Natural TH7II Raid Beta Bios! UPDATED!

Ok guys and gals. Here you go. Been testing this new one for about 4 or 5 days and so far all looks good. So if you want it then here you go.

Updated CPU Code and tweaked a couple little under the cover things. So far I've experienced no problem with the Cold Boot thing any more. You think maybe I hit on something?

TH7II-Raid Bios v.39C

Enjoy and let me know if it helps. Hell. Let me know if it doesn't help also.

 

[Redphex]

just flashed it - everything seems to be ok

just a question - what is the second 400MHz Rambus speed setting for?

 

[Cooler666]

i flashed it, looking good but still experiecing the cold boot problem

 

[dankal]

Hi Mister Natural ,

Thanks for providing us your bios , i'm using your 43a which was the first bios to allow my cpu 1,6a to run stable @2407 .
What more would this new one bring to my system ?
So long , keep on truckin' !
Dan

TH7 II +P4 1,6a@2407 +Coolermaster 7H-53D hs
Iiyama AX 3815u LCD monitor
Leadteck GF2 , Maxtor 740 40G + IBM DTLA 45g (broken in RMA)
Lian LI PC-69 case + Pionner dvd 116+ cdrw Lite-On 16101 B

 

[Redphex]

@Mr.Natural ...

reporting stability problems with the new bios.

I've been running 166FSB with the 43a bios without problems for some time now, after flashing the 39b, i get Prime95 torture test errors after some iterations.
re-flashed the 43a for now.

 

[MrNatural]

@Mr.Natural ...

reporting stability problems with the new bios.

I've been running 166FSB with the 43a bios without problems for some time now, after flashing the 39b, i get Prime95 torture test errors after some iterations.
re-flashed the 43a for now.

Was this running at the same speeds as before? I'll look onto it.

 

[Redphex]

exactly the same bios settings used with both bios'es

could it be that the 39b gives also a fraction less performance?
interestingly, i was about 3sec. slower at 1M SuperPi than before - this could be uptime related, though.
superpi's running faster the longer the system's up. and i wasn't really running it very long concerning the instability...

 

[MrNatural]

exactly the same bios settings used with both bios'es

could it be that the 39b gives also a fraction less performance?
interestingly, i was about 3sec. slower at 1M SuperPi than before - this could be uptime related, though.
superpi's running faster the longer the system's up. and i wasn't really running it very long concerning the instability...

K. Thanks. I'll go back and switch a couple things back. I havent really put it through a Prime95 testing for any real time so I may not have noticed anything with it.

 

[Redphex]

I really appreciate your work

what basic skills are required for modding BIOS'es like you do? are there web-sources explaining techniques somewhere?

 

[MrNatural]

I really appreciate your work

what basic skills are required for modding BIOS'es like you do? are there web-sources explaining techniques somewhere?

Takes knowing the chipset and cpu registers as well as Machine Language (the true programming language. Last step before binary). O've worked with that for a lot of years so it's easier to work with the files that way. I decompile them module by module and see what little things I can find that can enhance the board.

On a side note. I'm also looking into the problem of the Cold Boot problem that ppl have been getting. Seems this also has been occuring with other companies boards and not just the i850 chipset but also the i845 chipset. Looks like its a VID setting problem before and after powerup.

 

[MrNatural]

exactly the same bios settings used with both bios'es

could it be that the 39b gives also a fraction less performance?
interestingly, i was about 3sec. slower at 1M SuperPi than before - this could be uptime related, though.
superpi's running faster the longer the system's up. and i wasn't really running it very long concerning the instability...

Ok guy. Try the updated version which is uptop. Running Prime95 and it does look to be faster now.

 

[Redphex]

thx!
flashed & testing ...

 

[MrNatural]

thx!
flashed & testing ...

How are you figuring the time for your Prime95 to deterime 3sec slower? Are you looking at the time each percetage step is taking?

 

[Redphex]

the 3secs difference was not using prime, but SuperPi

initial tests with the 39c version show no stability problems with prime, speed tests with superpi will come later (i need some sleep )

 

[Cooler666]

I've flashed as well and no problems enountered.
I've not checked if there is a speed difference between this and the previous though. Mr Natural thanks again.

 

[Rainman]

Re: New Natural TH7II Raid Beta Bios! UPDATED!

Enjoy and let me know if it helps. Hell. Let me know if it doesn't help also.

Thanks for the BIOS Mr Natural.

Flashed to 39C...so far, I cannot detect any difference from 43A..

Still testing.............

R

 

[gone_fishin]

Thanks for the bios Mr Natural!
Been running for a few hours now and no problems to report. Did you by chance stabalize the voltage somehow because I seem to be reading less fluctuations in the cpu core and 12volt line using the winbond monitor and from bios? Or maybe it's just my imagination or my pot was acting up? Keep up the hard work

 

[arman68]

Just back from vacation.

Thanks Mr Natural, I am truly impressed. I will be trying your new BIOS later tonight.

Does ABIT know of your work? It would be a shame to waste your talents ;-)

.aR

 

[laja]

Mr. Natural, does your 39c BIOS also work with Willamette CPUs? Any advantage over the latest official (38) BIOS? Thanks.

 

[MrNatural]

Mr. Natural, does your 39c BIOS also work with Willamette CPUs? Any advantage over the latest official (38) BIOS? Thanks.

More stable and works fine with the Willies.