Abit AB9 Quad GT - What do you think?

[THCi]

Are you running the BIOS that shipped with the mobo? I updated to B02 and the temps upped by circa 10^C. Try a newer BIOS if available.

[daza]

Well it shows up in flash guru as -10 if that helps and I'm beta bios unless abit have officailly relesed a newer version although I cant find it on the us an uk sites unless I'm missing it.

[DratUK]

Thanks DratUK but the ones available in UK are the plain AF12025 without PWM http://www.arctic-cooling.com/fans2.php?idx=81 I am after the AF12025 PWM which is the link you kindly posted.

Arctic cooing use the same part no and add PWM to the end of the one I want...

I stand corrected

Shame really as they look the biz.

[0iD]

Well it shows up in flash guru as -10 if that helps and I'm beta bios unless abit have officailly relesed a newer version although I cant find it on the us an uk sites unless I'm missing it.

I'm currently using the B08 bios & have no issues.

[GuntherBierhoff]

RE: flashing the BOIS on the QUAD GT I am confused.
I am building a pc based on this board. I have been told i need to flash BIOS before installing Vista Ultimate 64. I have been given DrDos Floppy with B08 bios on it, but it doesn't have awdflash.exe on. I was told it was not necessary, but what i read it should be included on disk or can i flash without? And how?

[Gerrard]

I'm pretty sure you do. I think you need the following files (in addition to the bootables ones): -

awdflash.exe
abitfae.bat
(bios file) eg. M621E_11.B06

I then just followed the instructions on ABIT's support page. It seemed quite straight forward as I remember.

[DratUK]

RE: flashing the BOIS on the QUAD GT I am confused.
I am building a pc based on this board. I have been told i need to flash BIOS before installing Vista Ultimate 64. I have been given DrDos Floppy with B08 bios on it, but it doesn't have awdflash.exe on. I was told it was not necessary, but what i read it should be included on disk or can i flash without? And how?

Yes it is needed

A:\>awdflash ******* /py /sn /cd /cp /cc /cks /R
replacing ***** with the name of the bin file.

http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread...&threadid=2488

[GuntherBierhoff]

OK I cannot now add this to the floppy, can i install vista first? Or can i do it with a pen drive insted of a floppy?

[EtheAv8r]

Can you believe this damned cantagrious Commando? Now that a QuadGT is picked and on its way to me fron SCAN, it is running quite happily at 10*340 and saying go on higher... I can do it whad-da-ya need to order a QuadGT for????yarboo sucks!

[Supershanks]

Can you believe this damned cantagrious Commando

hehe sounds like your daughter's getting a decent mobo .

BUT............
which one

[Agent]

Well I said I wouldnt, but I couldnt help it
Water still isnt in (probably going to leave it now untill uni hand-in's are sorted), so for air, im pretty happy



I need to play a bit to see what the lowest voltages that it will play at, but so far, it seems happy

Not bad for less than 15 mins worth of BIOS playing

So to answer the thread title one more time - I think it rocks