Shame on Abit

[wicktron]

For those who don't know, the IC7-MAX3 has issues with using DDR voltages at/over 2.9v. There were people such as Bigtoe and CATCH22PLAY who worked on resolving the issue, and pretty much found out how to fix it. They found that it was impossible to fix the issue without RMA. Abit complied to fix the VDD stability issue, but will not fix the underlying VTT issue, which hampers ability to tight timings at high speeds on the high voltages.

Post from Abit official

For those with an IC7-MAX3 and are happy with it, good for you. However, as a rabid overclocker, I am disappointed that Abit is not fully supporting their product when they provide such options. If they would have not included DDR voltages from 2.9-3.2, I would have been fine with it, but since they do, I fully expect them to back their product.

 

[chr6]

amen

 

[Peter]

So? Next thing I'd expect is Abit putting out a BIOS update that removes the non-working option. Problem solved, party over. Those voltages are beyond damaging the delicate DDR RAM silicon anyhow. There's a limit for everything, even in the "beyond reasonable" realm there's an absolute brick wall somewhere. If you are given the option of trying to break through and bruise your head, don't come back whining if you actually did hurt yourself.

Mind you, overclocking still is an at-your-own-risk game.

 

[wicktron]

Originally posted by: Peter
So? Next thing I'd expect is Abit putting out a BIOS update that removes the non-working option. Problem solved, party over. Those voltages are beyond damaging the delicate DDR RAM silicon anyhow. There's a limit for everything, even in the "beyond reasonable" realm there's an absolute brick wall somewhere. If you are given the option of trying to break through and bruise your head, don't come back whining if you actually did hurt yourself.

Mind you, overclocking still is an at-your-own-risk game.

Of course it is, and no I don't whine if I break something or hit a brick wall, but the matter of fact is, if you want to hit the fastest of all possible speeds, you need those options. Who cares if the voltages are beyond damaging, I bought it, I have free reign to do whatever I please with it. The fact of the matter is that Abit caters to overclockers so much when they release these boards, but when a problem arises, they back out of it and sweep it underneath the carpet.