An announcement for the SL-K8TPro-939 review by Mr. Fink

[LydiAtSoltek]

Thanks, Jackeyzhao.
If I guess right, you are talking about the "PCB version" of the mainboard.
The latset PCB of the SL-K8TPro-939 is "KD".

Best regards,

 

[LydiAtSoltek]

Hi Sykofanten,
Could you please provide us with the following readouts? Then we can check it further:

BIOS:
CPU Internal Temp.=?
System Temp.=?

Soltek HM:
CPU Die=?
RT1=?

BTW, what version is the Soltek HM you use now?

Thanks and regards,

 

[Megatomic]

Lydia, thanks for spending so much of your valuable time helping us out.

Do you happen to know if the Soltek BIOS engineers have a beta BIOS for the K8AN2E-GR or had there been no plans for an update? I'd be happy to help test.

 

[LydiAtSoltek]

Hi Megatomic,
According to our BIOS team, there is no plan to update the BIOS for SL-K8AN2E-GR at present.
However, they have noted down the issues you mentinoed and they will try to fix some of them when revising the BIOS in the future. Also I will send the BETA BIOS to you for test once it is available.

Thank you for your kindness

 

[Sykofanten]

bios temp is 50c at idle at default volt settings
system temp is 27c

In xp with the hwmonitor from the cd I get
cpu die (doesn't say what that is in the program or the manual) is 50 at idle and 65 after ½ an hour of load in prime95, cpurightmark and r1 is 27c

Since the air which flows seems to be quite cool and I think the processor runs quite decent (sometimes it reboots but not especially under load) and since it is a winchester it shouldn't be able to run stable at that high temperatures.

If I try the hwmonitor 1.26f from the german hp of soltek, the cpu die is only 18 degrees and r1 (whatever that is on this specific mobo) is the same, 27c

In the first program the volt is 1.38 or something (im not home right now) and in the 1.26f version it's set to 1.42

I don't know what to believe - is the mobo defect, is it a bios issue or is it the hwmonitor?`Should I invest in a new cooler just to make sure, or can you tell me if it's normal with so high internal temps - is it external temps people brags with when the say 33 idle and not above 40 at load? Can the motherboard influence the cpu temp or what is most likely the problem? MBM isn't supported by this mobo and speedfan isn't either so I can't even check it myself.

 

[Sykofanten]

hmm sry but i can't remember the versions right now. The hwmonitor which was downloadable from the german site showed very low cpu die temp while the one from the driver cd to the mobo showed as high as the bios.

 

[LydiAtSoltek]

Hi Sykofanten,
Thank you very much for the detailed information.
The Soltek HM 1.26f is NOT supported by the SL-K8TPro-939. That's why you got the unbelievable reading "18*C" for the "CPU Die". So the HM in the Support CD you have now is just for this mainboard. We suggest you use this version to monitor the system.
As to the CPU temperatures you observed, all of them are acceptable for the K8 939 CPU. So there is no problem with your mainboard. Don't worry.

Best regards,

 

[Unaimed]

http://60.248.100.178/soltek/d...8TPro-939/K8T93913.zip
SL-K8TPro-939 W1.3 link

Edit: Also, is there a document describing all the changes in the bios? (Seeing as the FSB max clock was raised aswell?)

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: LydiAtSoltek
Hi Megatomic,
According to our BIOS team, there is no plan to update the BIOS for SL-K8AN2E-GR at present.

Well, thanks for being honest Lydia. I hope they (the BIOS team) take the time to release at least one more BIOS for this board. To date I've seen only 2 which is an extraordinarily small number of BIOS revisions especially for an nForce board.

 

[BF04]

Thanks for the response. I upped the dimm voltage and will test again tonight.

 

[elocal]

I will flash with the new BIOS tonight and see if it fix my underperforming graphics subsystem this afternoon. Else, I will contact Soltek tech support.

 

[jackeyzhao]

Originally posted by: LydiAtSoltek
Thanks, Jackeyzhao.
If I guess right, you are talking about the "PCB version" of the mainboard.
The latset PCB of the SL-K8TPro-939 is "KD".

Best regards,

Sorry bothering you again Lydi. So, is "KD" the exact word I should be looking 4 on the board pcb? No #s?

Thanks again.

 

[Kabob]

What is the max HTT clock now?? It was supposed to be 250 before this new BIOS release...

What speeds are you guys hitting??

I gotta wait a while for my new board to come in (RMA'd the other yesterday...$11.30 to ship the thing!)

*edit* Any chance that all my old problems arose from a bad processor guys? (for those of you who kept up with all the problems I was having) I bought the processor "lightly used" off of the AAT forums and the seller claimed it was not very old and had never been OC'd...I'd have thought that if my processor was messed up though, the problems would have been a little more...monumental. Windows didn't load...but that's the only remaining problem I knew of...Hopefully the new board will fire up right (when I get it after New Years!!)

-Chris

 

[vkb1982]

how come my multiplier is locked at 9

 

[vkb1982]

I have recently installed amd 3000+ on the soltek 939. My cd drive takes about ten minutes before it reads a cd? And I cannot overclock anything, multiplier seems like it is locked at 9 and will not change. Anything past 208 fsb crashes

 

[odd29]

255 still stable, at 260 my system is crashin during 3dmark05 test
tryed 1,5v for the cpu dont wanna go higher!
i think the mainboard isnt able to go higher

 

[Kabob]

I'll be happy if I can get a working board @ 250 HTT. 500 MHz overclock isn't too shabby. I just don't want to have to drop the multiplier down to 9...

 

[Unaimed]

Isn't the multiplier locked on the athlon 64 3000+ ?

 

[Megatomic]

You can't raise the multiplier past it's stock setting, but you can certainly lower it. That's how Cool 'n Quiet works. The FX chips are unlocked up and down, though.

 

[LydiAtSoltek]

Good morning, All.

Yes, Jackeyzhao,
"KD" is the PCB version you should look for.

Megatomic,
You are right. 2 versions of BIOS is too less for the mainboards based on nForce chips.
I think our BIOS team should keep working to make more

BF04 & Elocal,
Hope to hear the good news from you after you test.

Thanks and regards,

 

[ChineseDemocracyGNR]

Originally posted by: Unaimed
Isn't the multiplier locked on the athlon 64 3000+ ?

You can't select a higher multiplier than the default, but you can lower it on every AMD processor that supports Cool N Quiet.

 

[JimBoZo]

Lydia

Since the pin-out of the IEEE 1394 connetor on the mainboard is illustrated in the manual, can you find the pin assignment of the IEEE 1394 cable you have?

The cable that I have, has a standard IEEE 1394 6-pin end and an 8-pin inline plug-in. The standard end has the pin/color assignment (I checked with a meter) such: pin-1= white, pin-2= black, pin-3= red, pin-4= green, pin-5= orange, pin-6= blue. I?m getting the pin numbers by flopping what is on a header at this site http://www.cypressindustries.com/pdf/85-32007-10x-1.pdf. The 8-pin plug-in has the following assignments (the designators coming from the Bytecc BT-618 pc board): white= VCC, black= GND, orange= A-, red= B-, green= B+, blue= A+. The plan was to get an IEEE 1394 6-pin cable, cut off the ends and connect an 8-pin connector at one end and a 10-pin connector at the other end. I have all the necessary hardware, but I?m not sure of where the colored wires go (the black and white are straight forward).

Thanks for any help you can lend.

 

[unit85]

Lydiatsoltek,

I put 4 dimm 1 GB kingmax ddr400 memory,and only about 3.6GB was shown and run at 333MHz. Does the mobo support 4GB memory?

 

[LydiAtSoltek]

Hi JimBoZo,
According to our R&D engineer, the pin out of the IEEE 1394 connector on the SL-K8TPro-939 is the standard specification. But he is not sure if the pin out you provided is correct (sorry, no offense!!). If something is wrong with your pin out, the IEEE 1394 device may get damaged when connecting to the cable you made. So don't you consider just purchasing the IEEE 1394 cable from us? In my opinion, that will be the easiest way to get it work

Thanks and regards,

 

[LydiAtSoltek]

Hi Unit85,
Are you using the latest BIOS W1.3 on our website as follows:

http://60.248.100.178/soltek/d...8TPro-939/K8T93913.zip

Thanks and regards,