fatal1ty fp-in9 sli

[CptGrey]

From what I understand, any BIOS version over 1.0 (or 10) is a beta version.

Am I wrong? Is there an offcially released non-beta version for download that's better than the beta BIOS 1.4 that I'm currently using?

Thank you for clearing up my confusion.

Bests...

[chienbleu]

cold boot issue gone with bios 14.

...my motherboard reports my cpu temps to be 10c higher than before even at stock volts/clocks?

Exactly the same with bios 14

3.0 GHz works fine with same settings than bios 13 (except fanEQ of course :/), I'll try 3.4 later

[ollie27]

So its not just mine then with the extra 10c temps - thats cool then. Bios 14 the best by far for me no cold boot issue and a fully stable OC with stock volts. Not going to push it more as the performance gain will be minimal for the extra volts/heat. Overall am chuffed with this board now the bios is matured, not yet checked out SLI but its there if i do decide to add an extra GPU in the near future. Well done Abit i was beginning to think different as my last 3 builds have been Abit boards and been solid. Peace Out

[ZuluZ0mbie]

I've flashed to bios 14 and my temps have actually dropped 2-3C

I have lost some overclocking ability though, I can only reach 3.33Ghz stable now with the same voltages that got me to 3.6Ghz with bios 12.

I'm guessing that I might be getting a bigger v droop with this bios?

Basically happy though as cold boot issue is resolved

[BUFF]

From what I understand, any BIOS version over 1.0 (or 10) is a beta version.

Am I wrong?

any of the BIOS files on the ftp are official releases, betas have a slightly different filenaming format etc. too.
ftp://ftp.abit.com.tw/pub/download/bios/fpin9sli/

[chienbleu]

No more boot for me @ 3.4 GHz with previous settings :/

3.0 GHz now working @ 1.30 real Vcore (bios 1.35) correction : Orthos fail :'(

[ZuluZ0mbie]

BUFF

These aren't beta as they don't display the 'For evaluation only' message.

There is a /beta/ folder for beta versons (although last time I looked they weren't any for this board)

Cheers

[chienbleu]

Cold boot issue with Bios 14 :'(

Back to beta13, and waiting for bios 15

I know something that can help Abit engineers providing us a better bios:

[BUFF]

BUFF

These aren't beta as they don't display the 'For evaluation only' message.

There is a /beta/ folder for beta versons (although last time I looked they weren't any for this board)

look at the last time they actually used that beta folder - 2005

[ollie27]

Yeah theres definitely room for improvement. from 2.4Ghz - 2.9Ghz it will not boot but will at 3Ghz same voltage settings (100% stable). Must admit though when these are clocked at 3.0Ghz they are silly fast saved me alot of cash instead of going for a 6700.

My Fsb is 333Mhz and my LDT at x2 i have not tried it at LDTx3 witch it should do but will i lose any performance with it at only 2x.

Another thing my NB & VTT voltages are 1.33/1.35 are these low for a good overclock because they can go up quite alot more if i decide to OC some more.

Also i found that when i added a chipset fan on top of the NB h/s it dropped my PWM temps by 8c and my 8800gts by 10c. I think in my system it gets really hot between my NB & Gpu. Just thought i would add that incase anyone is getting higher GPU temps with this board because my GPU ran cooler in my old mobo.

Thanks

[BUFF]

pretty much all the 650i SLI board need MCH~1.6V or more for very high fsb - imo this is 1 of the reasons that the FP-IN9 SLI doen't get there as it's options are limited (the Asus allows upto 1.75V).
They all have fsb/memory holes & they all run hot ...

[s_noopy]

@BUFF - and will it be extended to more than 1.58V for MCH? Or is it technical limitation?

@ollie27 - I can do up to 375MHz FSB with 1.20V/1.20V stable. Nothing more no matter what volts.

Anyone knows what's the issue of E4300 vs E6xxx when reaching high FSB? I would love to see E4300 @ 6x500 and some low clock spi challange :] It would be a question for Abit bios engineers if it is possible on FP-IN9...

[BUFF]

@BUFF - and will it be extended to more than 1.58V for MCH? Or is it technical limitation?.

I don't know but I suspect that it's an engineering limitation (otherwise they would have it in the BIOS already).
Remember that Fatal1ty branded abits are not supposed to be out & out overclockers - that's the MAX line.
Having said that I've seen 1 screenie at 520+ fsb & quite a few in the 430-480 area.

[s_noopy]

I know about fatality, but i'm growing nuts when seeing 375MHz @ min volt stable, and nothing more... I have no ideas what can be holding back from getting higher FSBs... :/ Hope that newer bioses will help in that matter... If this board scales with voltage, I should be able to achieve quite high freqs..

[BUFF]

do you know that your particular CPU can do more fsb?
Iirc a lot of E4300s are known to "wall" around the 400fsb level.

[miesso]

pretty much all the 650i SLI board need MCH~1.6V or more for very high fsb - imo this is 1 of the reasons that the FP-IN9 SLI doen't get there as it's options are limited (the Asus allows upto 1.75V).
They all have fsb/memory holes & they all run hot ...

what are the highest (but safe) voltages for the NB and cpu vtt?
1.5v for both is still ok?