***ABIT BE7 i845pe***

[DoobieOnline]

Thanks for the info Thugs. You just know I gotta try it out now.

 

[Mikki]

Let us know how you make out Doobie...

 

[DoobieOnline]

It didn't really do anything for me at 5X. I ran all the benchmarks again and some were a few points higher, some lower (all within margin of error for sure). I switched it back to Default since I couldn't see a difference in OC'ing either. I'm still not seeing any boot issues, which I'm completely thankful for, but you have to wonder what's up with that since so many people are experiencing it. HTH!

Doobie

 

[jpetermann]

Just found this at OCWorkbench about their Granite Bay be cancelled...

OCWorkbench interview

It saddens me greatly!

PJ

 

[DoobieOnline]

Uh-oh. Are you still gonna get a GB Thugs? Thanks for the link PJ!

Doobie

 

[jpetermann]

I think Thugs is gonna go Asus GB. He will likely get his before any of us do...
Although I am keeping my eye on pricewatch!

PJ

 

[Mikki]

Thanks for the info Doobie, I had wondered about that setting when we were trying to find out the boot problem. There are a lot of people with that problem, but probably only a small percentage are regular forum users (I'm guessing). The rest are probably people that joined a forum just to find a solution to the problem. So the percentage of folks having problems with the board is probably relatively small. But them I'm just guessing (trying to find a logical explanation as to why Abit hasn't provided a solution)....hehe

 

[DAPUNISHER]

<shameless recruiting>Gentlemen, the surest cure for your cold boot issues is to crunch SETI or another DC project for TeAm Anandtech 24/7/365 </shameless recruiting>

 

[Mikki]

hehe...is that like "Take two projects and call me in the morning"? Thanks for the tip DAPUNISHER!

 

[Exec]

Any of yours using Nero and Lite-On burner succesfully in WinXP? After upgrading to BE7, Nero seems to stall at the "Lead In" phase when burning. Tried clean install of XP, with and without IAA, etc... Help!

 

[DoobieOnline]

Hey Exec, I'm using a Lite-On 48x12x48 (model LTR-48125W) with Nero 5.5.9.14 in XP Pro (NTFS) and not having any problems. I threw a bunch of MP3's on a disc to test it and didn't experience any problems. Hope you find a fix for your setup soon!

 

[Tates]

My BE7 should arrive in a day or so.

 

[DoobieOnline]

Hey Tates, let us know how it works out for ya!

Thugsy, you've been quieter than usual around here - would that be because you're testing something new for our viewing pleasure? hehe Hope so!

 

[THUGSROOK]

nope ~ nothing new for me to talk about.

im just waitin on granite bay...

 

[PhoenixOfWater]

No fix for the cold boot yet?

 

[Tates]

originally posted by THUGSROOK:

ABIT BE7 MOTHERBOARDS SUFFER FROM COLD BOOT SYNDROME ~ DO NOT BUY ONE FOR OVERCLOCKING!!!

 

[Mikki]

And mine is in the post....looks like an rma, and wait for GB...:disgust:

 

[THUGSROOK]

there is no fix and we cant even find the cause.

some ppl cant even boot at 133fsb.

the board is a great performer ~ but there is something seriously wrong with it.

 

[DoobieOnline]

Well that stinks that so many are having probs OC'ing and there's no workaround. I absolutely love mine and it's been problem-free, so I would have suggested it to anyone interested in the PE chipset. Maybe the production quality of the BE7 isn't up to par since it's hit and miss, but I guess we'll never know unless ABIT comes clean.

 

[Jargs]

Hi all, I'm new to all this overclocking stuff, But I'm about to build a system with a P4 2,4B(B0)@x.xx?, Abit BE7, Corsair DDR XMS3200C2 512MB, I'm just waiting for my Alpha PAL8942T + Arctic Silver III . I hope to get this in the end of this week!

But couldn't this cold boot problem have anything to do with that you have different PSU's? Like Doobie have a 430W TruePower PSU and no problems? Remember I'm a total noob in overclocking!

 

[THUGSROOK]

nope, we ruled out PSU since many users are already using 500+W units.

<EDIT> oops sorry! i didnt realize i deleted everything in the main post ....its back up

 

[D3xx]

Ive had my BE7 for a few days now. I havent had the cold boot problem, but
when I push the memory a little too far it will not post. Thats to be expected.
A couple of points - the reported temps seem way out. My system temp
is higher than my cpu temp! Another thing is a USB controller that shows
up as a problem in device manager. The 845pe specific usb devices are
there and correct, but this other one wont go away.

 

[Tates]

She's up and running.

P4 2.4B @ 160Mhz (2,880MHz) with Corsair XMS3200C2 @428MHz (3:4) 2/3/3/5
AGP/PCI 66/33

Had a few cold boots, a few issues with Intel AA, but after a little trial and error.....stability

Boots up every time now, cold or warm boot.

Needless to say, I'm happy with the results

 

[jpetermann]

Nice Tates. Are you gonna try to run the mem ratio 1:1 and see how far you can get the CPU? Is it a c1? If so, you should be able to hit 3.0.

PJ

 

[THUGSROOK]

nice job Tates