FIC AU13 Nforce2 MCP-T $91 shipped- Newegg

[m1ke101]

so anyone actually order this board? How does it perform?

 

[LED]

I received the Mobo today and it does not have RAID (SATA or IDE) nor with Firewire and I'm deciding whether to go ahead a built the kit or send it back...If I decide to built it I will post performance from it tomorrow or day after @ the latest .

 

[Blooz1]

I'm very curious to see what this board performs like...I know 2 people who bought the AU-11 and love 'em!

 

[pspada]

Originally posted by: LED
I received the Mobo today and it does not have RAID (SATA or IDE) nor with Firewire and I'm deciding whether to go ahead a built the kit or send it back...If I decide to built it I will post performance from it tomorrow or day after @ the latest .

I suspected as much, particularly at that price. The board is a good performer, if you can live without those options.

 

[markrb]

Reading this thread I thought I would point out some things that might be confusing for some.

The AU11 is the Epox 8RDA+. All the 8RDA boards are made by FIC.
Early Epox 8RDA+ boards actually say AU11 under the sticker on the bios.
This was one of the changes in version 1.1. It no longer says this.

The AU11 can be flashed with the Epox 8RDA+ bios and has all the same mod potential.

The AU13 is NOT the same board and flashing it with Epox bios maybe harmful.

The AU13 does not have CPU heatsink mounting holes. This is a spec change that AMD requested.
So if future boards are going to be AMD compliant they will no longer have these holes, which sucks
for me since I watercool and need these holes. I am only guessing, but I think it has to do with making
the traces as short as possible.

Mark

 

[LED]

I'm thinking the only difference between the 2 boards other then a few cosmetic changes is the this 1 has the NVIDIA Crush 18D chipset instead of the Crush 18 which has OFFICIAL 400Mhz Barton support. Someones looking @ buying this or my Abit Rev 1.2 so I may start putting the Kit tomorrow. 😉

 

[pspada]

Originally posted by: LED
I'm thinking the only difference between the 2 boards other then a few cosmetic changes is the this 1 has the NVIDIA Crush 18D chipset instead of the Crush 18 which has OFFICIAL 400Mhz Barton support. Someones looking @ buying this or my Abit Rev 1.2 so I may start putting the Kit tomorrow. 😉

400Mhz Barton? I thought the Barton chips were 333, not 400

 

[LED]

Originally posted by: pspada

Originally posted by: LED
I'm thinking the only difference between the 2 boards other then a few cosmetic changes is the this 1 has the NVIDIA Crush 18D chipset instead of the Crush 18 which has OFFICIAL 400Mhz Barton support. Someones looking @ buying this or my Abit Rev 1.2 so I may start putting the Kit tomorrow. 😉

400Mhz Barton? I thought the Barton chips were 333, not 400

They are for now hence the new Rev for later as the NForce chip set officially support 200FSB as well and many new Models can/could not hit it with anytype of RAM so out came the Crush 18D. The new Abit Rev2.0 has it as well and I was informed that it will have new BIOS's as opposed to the Rev1.2 which was just released last Month...Technology on the move

 

[markrb]

The newer 8RDA+ boards are starting to show up with this same northbridge.
It is stepping A1. The older chips are actually A2 and A3.
These new chips have no round copper heat spreader on the top.


There is a thread on it over in the Epox forum of www.amdmb.com

Mark

 

[pspada]

OIC. Maybe I'm glad I'm still on my KT400 chipset based motherboard, it hit's 400 with no problems whatsoever.

 

[LED]

Originally posted by: pspada
OIC. Maybe I'm glad I'm still on my KT400 chipset based motherboard, it hit's 400 with no problems whatsoever.

LOL yes but it doeasn't Officoally support it as that would be the KT400A chipset 😉

 

[pspada]

Yea, here's what it says about memory on the FIC AN19E:

DDR 200/266/333/400
(Only limited support DDR400 memory modules....)

But I've tried quite a few different pieces of RAM, and every PC3200 set the SPD to 400 flawlessly. Except for the one chip that was physically defective, that the SPD set to 266. But that chip still ran at 400 when I manually set it. All in all, probably the best m/b I've ever had, and I've had hundreds.

 

[Blooz1]

I ordered from Mwave today..$96.10 with 2nd day air! (Crossin' fingers here...)

Did anybody notice that this board also uses the 4 pin PS connector? (Near the processor socket....)

 

[Refresh]

I order this product from mwave and to my shock and dissatisfaction, this motherboard doesn't have any firewire ports! Not even the header for it!! This is an outrage! I'm very frustrated and dissapointed with this whole situation!

 

[pspada]

Originally posted by: Refresh
I order this product from mwave and to my shock and dissatisfaction, this motherboard doesn't have any firewire ports! Not even the header for it!! This is an outrage! I'm very frustrated and dissapointed with this whole situation!

Really? I'm surprised, it claims there is a pin header behind the PCI slots.

 

[Refresh]

Nope not there at all, I looked at the quick menu for the motherboard layout and found where the firewire port should be, but there is no ports there. This is definitely a bad deal for those of you that needed firewire like myself. And regarding the SATA, well the SATA chip isn't even there. I hope this information helps other with their purchased, because it would of helped me out a lot! 🙁

 

[quincy2002]

Originally posted by: pspada

Yea, my 12 year old nephew's web site is almost that low end. But that is indeed the link provided. I can't wait to order the "Millionaire System", with a 1.2 gig Athlon for only $4499!

I'm getting the Intel version of the Millionaire PC for only $5099. 1.4 Gig, yikes!

 

[vertexpc]

Embarrasing, I admit....but not my site! I am VertexPC, inc, but cannot get that domain name sadly. Don't know who owns that site, but whoever it is does not repond to my emails. Although, if and when i do put up a website (it will be a lot better than that) I will probably use vertexpcinc.com, and yes, it is even further embarrassing that a successful computer company doesn't have a website. So busy making deals, and business is booming without one, that i just don't have the time. If anyone wants to offer low cost site building, PM me (stressing the LOW COST part, because i can do it myself just don't have the time, therefore do not want to spend a whole lot. But, if anyone is interested, would allow a link and credit on the site.
Thanks for not being too brutal!! 🙂

 

[Solema]

He finally speaks! lol
I'm glad to hear that that site is not yours. You say he hasn't responded to your emails? Judging by that, and by the fact that the site is outdated and overpriced, if I were you I would just sign up with a "Domain Sniper" service and register the domain as soon as it expires. Unless he has an account with a place that auto-re-registers domains (like Register.com) then you should be able to get it. Looking at his site, I bet he doesn't even realize he still has it.

 

[k1114]

Originally posted by: pspada

Originally posted by: TurboCivic428

Originally posted by: sambao21

Originally posted by: TurboCivic428
I have the AU11 and flashed it with the epox bios. Works great!

You can do that? are they compatible?

Yep! I'm running it right now. AU11 is the same board as the Epox 8RDA+.

It is my understanding that FIC makes the motherboards, and Epox rebrands them. Here's an example, my FIC AN19E on the left, the Epox 8K9A2+ on the right:

http://img.neoseeker.com/v_image.php?articleid=1494&image=4

Epox splits R&D costs with other manufacturers sometimes (especially) FIC, so they both have rights to manufacturer boards that they design toghether. Epox still manufacturers their own boards, as does FIC. No rebranding has been done. One user reported having an 8RDA+ sticker over the "AU11" on his board, but it was probably done by a shady reseller. I've been following this from the beginning.

This AU13 is not the equivalent of the 8RDA3+, it's a completely new board designed by FIC. Hope that clears up some confusion 🙂

 

[vertexpc]

Yes, I am already on the waiting list for that domain name. If i didn't have such a name for myself in the consulting world, i might have considered changing the name of my company ;-)
and i have been away from the forums for a few day, which is why there was such a long delay in my response. At any rate, thanks for looking out, and if anyone is interested, still looking for some cheap website work (for MY non-existing site, not the poor ass website at that .com)
Thanks all