Asus Commando i965 what do you think?

[Clunk]

Bios reset is easy:
Once the system crashes and doesn't boot. Unplug the psu power cable. Place back in and power up then hold down the "clear bios" button & reset button. It'll reset the bios each time... well it did for me Sometimes it works, most of the time, it wont reset.

so far am happy but not with the temps from the NB & SB. They really do heat up bad during testing, do the heat pipes work? You really need to take off the heatsink and have a look. If it was anything like these, youll either need to bend the pipes, or fit a different cooler.


Finally I'f you're thinking of getting a new board in a crossfire configuration? Then this board is a beast plain and simple. Yes, a beast as in "hideous pig"



Cheers
Shafty

Commando
E6600 @ 3.6ghz
2g Corsair XMS2 Pro 6400
X1900 + X1900xtx crossfire

.

Looks like we arent alone http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=132096

[EtheAv8r]

Hey,

Bios reset is easy:
Once the system crashes and doesn't boot. Unplug the psu power cable. Place back in and power up then hold down the "clear bios" button & reset button. It'll reset the bios each time... well it did for me

What position to you have the BIOS CMOS Switch CLRTC Jumper , default 1-2 , or Clear RTC 2-3?

[shaftyboyire]

What position to you have the BIOS CMOS Switch CLRTC Jumper , default 1-2 , or Clear RTC 2-3?

Hey,

Have it in position 1. Then press both buttons at the same time "reset + clear cmos".

I've tested this again and its worked 9 out of 10 times. But remember you have to remove the power cord from the psu to dissipate any residual electricity from the bios. When I didn't remove the power cable it never reset

Also Clunk, I seem to have fixed the NB and SB heating problem. I removed it as suggested and reseated it, i put some Artic Silver 5 on there and I no longer have any issues.

Advice: Play around witht he Oc'ing settings in the "advanced tweak" menu. You'll find a happy medium between performance/stability. One thing you can be sure of its dam hard to break this board!!

L8rs
Shafty

[Clunk]

Right, maybe some light at the end of the tunnel.

Supershanks, very kindly (cheers mate), offered to give me a lift to scan, so we went this afternoon, and the bloke tested the board and found it to be working fine, he even showed it me working, so, the only thing that it could be was my psu. I had already tried a different psu (enermax noisetaker 485w) and that wouldnt work either.

So, when I got back, I rang Enermax and they asked when I bought the PSU, and they said that there was a small number of Galaxy PSUs that had compatibility issues, and they are going to do me a swapout, which is nice.

In the meantime, Supershanks has lent me a silverstone PSU to try (deserves a medal), so Ill try that and report back, hopefully in the positive thread

[No.72]

Right, maybe some light at the end of the tunnel.

Supershanks, very kindly (cheers mate), offered to give me a lift to scan, so we went this afternoon, and the bloke tested the board and found it to be working fine, he even showed it me working, so, the only thing that it could be was my psu. I had already tried a different psu (enermax noisetaker 485w) and that wouldnt work either.

So, when I got back, I rang Enermax and they asked when I bought the PSU, and they said that there was a small number of Galaxy PSUs that had compatibility issues, and they are going to do me a swapout, which is nice.

In the meantime, Supershanks has lent me a silverstone PSU to try (deserves a medal), so Ill try that and report back, hopefully in the positive thread

he gave you a lift I bet that was strange

[Clunk]

Yep, on his unicycle, it was bizarre.

[Supershanks]

Yep, on his unicycle, it was bizarre.

The manchester chapter of hexus visit scan 2 investigate commando issues

[No.72]

The manchester chapter of hexus visit scan 2 investigate commando issues

lol does clunk look like the guy in his pic?

[Clunk]

Right, borrowed psu is working, as is the commando, booted straight up, went in the bios, set it to 400x8 and its priming now, although there is an odd chirping noise coming from the board.

I could understand if it was cheep

[Supershanks]

although there is an odd chirping noise I could understand if it was cheep

Ouch lol! wife was just asking about budgie

chirping noise may relate to this Buxzzing Commando there's apost somewhere in the thread were some1 tracks it down & fixes it but couldn't find it just now.

at least that's something chances are 1st boardfailure was due to same issue so we're back to 2 commando fatalities (mine & 72's.)

see how it goes.

Edit Doh! found the buzz 2 posts down

[Clunk]

Looking at the temps, there seems to be less of gap between TAT, coretemp and asus probe, and this board reads the temps for this 6400 even lower than the p5b did for the 4300.

TAT 56c

Coretemp 54/56c

Asus probe 54c / MB 32c

This is with 1.5v through the cpu @ 450x8

[Supershanks]

Lol sounds like your about to switch threads

yep both my boards have done the same but shaftyboyire & 72 are having significant variations. over in good news.

[Clunk]

Yep, time to ditch this thread, and only use it for bad news

Although, I have to admit that the squeaking is getting on my nerves. It changes pitch and then suddenly stops, and when it stops, my ears feel like they have popped. Weird.

[Supershanks]

does the noise come from the Vmch regulator's coil, as in that xtreme systems link in last post but 1

Edit Doh! found the buzz 2 posts down

???

[Clunk]

Not sure where it comes from yet, its more of a high pitched whistle, rather than a buzzing, and it changes to a high pitched warbling every now and again, and it only does it under load.

[Clunk]

Its just died, exactly as before and wont let me reset the cmos. Battery out I think.