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*** Official EPoX 8RDA/+ (nForce2) Thread ***

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irabufan, another big difference between them is that the 8RDA3+ doesn't have the MCP2-T southbridge chip which means no nForce APU. Most 8RDA+ boards purchased today are coming with the 400MHz capable northbridge chips. And even most of those who got older 8RDA+ boards are able to get their systems up to 200MHz.

I'd definitely go for the 8RDA+.
 
Ok, I like my 2700+ running @ 11.5x200fsb, but as I've had it almost 2 weeks, it's time to upgrade. Which is better, the 2800+, or the 3000+?
 
WhiteKnight
I have a sale going on Buffalo pc3200 CH-5 $49 that will do 5322 @ 230 fsb @ 2.7V on my 8rda+.(2 day FedEx) (Luvs nforce2) .the link is in my sig.
Please list ALL your parts and the problems you are having.
 
Well, I already determined that one of my sticks of Crucial 2700 512 was bad, so I guess that means that the one remaining one is too, even though I can get the system to boot with it. Damn, now I have to RMA both. Marmaduke, I'll take a look, but I'm not looking forward to the 15% restocking fee if I want to return my current stuff, rather than exchanging it.

Edit: What happened to the stickiness of this thread?
 
Quoting Megatomic from that linked forum:

I'll gladly trade a little speed for an increase in stability if the system is already really fast. My system is faster than I need it to be right now so I'll give the new BIOS a shot. Thanks for the heads-up EpoxUSA Tech.

Er, did you really mean that "..system is faster than I need it to be right now..."? None of my systems have ever been faster than I need......😕
 
Originally posted by: pspada
Quoting Megatomic from that linked forum:

I'll gladly trade a little speed for an increase in stability if the system is already really fast. My system is faster than I need it to be right now so I'll give the new BIOS a shot. Thanks for the heads-up EpoxUSA Tech.

Er, did you really mean that "..system is faster than I need it to be right now..."? None of my systems have ever been faster than I need......😕
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Yep. I don't have a game that my system can't play extraordinarily well. And if the game was running slow, it wouldn't be the memory subsystem causing the slowdown.
 
Well, I feel I got ripped off. Purchased the FIC AU11, and now I see I have no 400 bus support, even though the board was marketed as such.

 
Originally posted by: pspada
Quoting Megatomic from that linked forum:

I'll gladly trade a little speed for an increase in stability if the system is already really fast. My system is faster than I need it to be right now so I'll give the new BIOS a shot. Thanks for the heads-up EpoxUSA Tech.

Er, did you really mean that "..system is faster than I need it to be right now..."? None of my systems have ever been faster than I need......😕
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Oh, I should have mentioned that my system is running stably at 180MHz FSB with PC2700 memory installed. The Barton is clocking along at 2260MHz with Vcore at default still. I have speed to spare over here. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Wag
Well, I feel I got ripped off. Purchased the FIC AU11, and now I see I have no 400 bus support, even though the board was marketed as such.
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Wag, can you do the Vdd mod on the AU11 like you can on the 8RDA+ boards? If you can, I'll give you a pair of SMD grabbers for free, you'll just have to come up with your own potentiometer. PM me if you want them.
 
This is all new to me. Where do I find info on the vdd mod?

AFAIK the AU11 is exactly the same as a 8RDA+.
 
I wouldn't know where to go to find out for sure other than asking right here in this forum. Or maybe over at the nForcersHQ forums... Just keep my offer in mind if you find that you can do the mod.
 
Originally posted by: Wag
Well, I feel I got ripped off. Purchased the FIC AU11, and now I see I have no 400 bus support, even though the board was marketed as such.
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So you're saying you cannot at least attempt to adj the mem. bus speed to 200MHz? If it's non-adj in bios, a vdd mod is still not going to work. And of course, you have to have PC3200 min for 200MHz/400MHz DDR operation.


 
Hmm, I understood his post to mean that he couldn't get the system to run at 200MHz FSB due to low Vdd.... Wag, can you adjust your CPU and Memory FSB?
 
Well, I am using the 8RDA+ bios, but I still can't get it to 400. In fact I can't even flash it back to the FIC bios because it has the stupid bios protector and I forgot to turn it off before flashing. Lol. Not that it matters, the FIC bios is out of date.

The real funny thing is that I can flash Epox bios to my heart's content.
 
Greets, I just built my first system and I'm wondering if I need to change anything in the BIOS to optimize without OC'ing just yet (this is all still new to me). Any help would be appreciated.

The specs....

8RDA+
2800+ Barton
2x512 Crucial 2700
ATI 9800 pro

Any timings I should adjust without getting too ambitious just yet? Thanks, and please go easy on the new kid 😉
 
Pspada - thanks for the advice, but I don't plan on OC'ing the thing. I'm just wondering if the defualt BIOS settings need tweaking.
 
Yes, you'll need to manually change the FSB speed from 133 to 166 to make the 2500+ run properly.

But even if you don't intend on overclocking, you'd be better of trading the PC2700 in for PC3200.
 
questions:
if i wanna run dual-channel on this board, does the 2 sticks have to be EXACTLY identical?
i just purchased 2x512 kingston valueram pc2700 today, both are kingston oem chipsets i suppose, but one is made in USA and the other one in china, and the chips made in china had much less description on it compared to the one made in USA
i wanna know whether i should go back and exchange one of them so that the chipsets would be EXACTLY identical (ie. same company chip & made in same country)

and the other question is, is there much real-life performance difference if i run dual-channel vs. non dual-channel?

thx for the help
 
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