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

[starpoe2]

Did anyone notice there is a new bios the Soltek's website that says it fixes the temp issue?

 

[orangat]

Originally posted by: starpoe2
Did anyone notice there is a new bios the Soltek's website that says it fixes the temp issue?

By golly. Gotta try it tonight.

Regarding the memory timings - 1T is probably too tight with 512MBx2. I was just testing it along with other settings and was surprised to see Sandra reporting 2T.

 

[silverpig]

I just installed the 1.4 BIOS. The temperature is sort of fixed.

It holds at 43 C for me, then oscillates back and forth between 43 and 38, then drops to 6 C every once in a while... better than before as there's no 250+ C temps reported

 

[silverpig]

Been running 9x263 = 2366 MHz for a little while now while running seti. Everest shows 43 C max in the cpu temp department. The mobo sensor is pretty hot though at 65 C.

 

[dashiki]

sweet I need to update hopefully they can get it fixed. time to ramp this thing up a notch again!!! 1t is not too tight with 2*512 2t kills bandwidth

 

[dashiki]

I just updated the bios and it still reads bad fromt eh Soltek HM 50c at idle, Sandra 2005 Lite 23c, Everest home 45c. I just dont't get it how hard isit to put out a product that works this is a huge problem I can't overclock if I don't know how hot it is. Lydi what's going on with this?

 

[orangat]

After installing 1.4, my BIOS temps dropped by 10C to 40C idle. But Soltek HM is unchanged at 50C.

 

[dashiki]

what are you using to check your temps? I'm thinking mine hould read less than 40c with the new Zalman running @ full speed

 

[LydiAtSoltek]

Hi All,
Actually the HM must be revised for the new BIOS W1.4 of SL-K8TPro-939. Therefore our software engineer is working on it. We will inform you all when it is released.
Sorry for the inconvenience!!

Thanks and regards,

 

[Unaimed]

Hello dashiki. I had the same problems with my old SL-K8TPro-939 board. It was a "VER: KC" board, do you have one of those aswell?. The version can be read in the corner closest to the pci slots. I have returned that board and will probably get a new one today. Let's hope this new board doesn't have the same issue.

 

[dashiki]

mine says KD so hopefully the new HM will fix the issue but what's up with the 3 programs and 3 readings? how come none of the reviews said anything about this?

 

[dashiki]

anyone have an issue with running this board at 1:1 with ddr500? I can't get it to run stable at 240 which is dissapointing. any one else know what could be wrong or maybe a setting I have overlooked.

my new ram is Kingston Hyper-X PC4000 (DDR500) 2*512

 

[X2C]

I get 240fsb stable at 2.5-2-2-5 with DDR400 running 1:1

 

[X2C]

* Blank post*

 

[X2C]

Yo LydiAtSoltek,

Will a OCZ DDRBooster work on this board?
I dont want to waste my money if it dont.

 

[X2C]

Also 1.7vcore is not enough can you give me more?

 

[Unaimed]

I'm still getting the same memory problems. This board has version KD. I'm guessing the problem could be some incompatibility between Kingston memory modules and this board. Please test this Lydia. Thank you.

dashiki: Try download "A64 Tweaker" and lower the memory timings to the correct values. It works for me.

 

[rocketman14]

unaimed, it think it may be a problem with the board because orangat is also having the same problem. i just got this board (version KD) and will be building my system tomorrow. ill let you know whether i have the same problem.

 

[dashiki]

I am very unhappy with my current situation this board is very buggy. Unaimed what memory are you using??

 

[Unaimed]

2x512 Kingston Hyper-X 3200 2-2-2-5 Modules.

orangats problem is different. He can't change his 1T/2T option. Which we can all change. But still, there is something very wrong here.

 

[dashiki]

rocketman: whats your new setup?

 

[dashiki]

The red storm overclocking utility is available from www.soltek.de

 

[dashiki]

just tried out the new redstorm util and it runs the htt up to 240 and says to save or risk system failure so I did and it turns out that its not stable!!! whats up with that?

 

[rocketman14]

Im gonna be putting it together tomorrow so on monday ill post how it went and if i had any problems. i have

AMD A64 3000+
Zalman CNPS7000B-AlCu
Soltek sl-k8tpro-939
1GB DDR400 Corsair Value Select
Ati Radeon 9600XT
Antec Sonata
AOpen 1648/AAP DVD-Rom
120Gb Seagate PATA
Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Deluxe

 

[CharlesMcKinney]

Hello all,

I just received my SL-K8TPro-939 yesterday, along with a new 3000+ Winchester. I am wondering what programs you are using to check the temps? Sorry for the ignorance.