Commando Results by Tony and Andre (and others...)

[ziberia]

I think you’re right, but it has something to do with the 1066 strap and the high multi used with the E6600 chip.

Did you use any additional cooling, fans, new heatsink etc?

Thanks, sorry for all the questions.

The NB is cooled with icy water. CPU temp is -87C. There are so many fans cooling the memory etc. that the whole thing would fly out of the window if it wasn't held in place by a 100- pound cascade... I can imagine the headlines if it would land on someone's head!

[RichUK]

The NB is cooled with icy water. CPU temp is -87C. There are so many fans cooling the memory etc. that the whole thing would fly out of the window if it wasn't held in place by a 100- pound cascade... I can imagine the headlines if it would land on someone's head!

haha

[Dani]

I can imagine the headlines if it would land on someone's head!

..after 2 weeks I will get an new Commando back, I hope it will work well

[justin_c]

im sorry, but can you manually set strap on the commando?

[ziberia]

..after 2 weeks I will get an new Commando back, I hope it will work well

Too bad its going to take that long!


@ justin: Not yet, maybe in a later BIOS?

[ziberia]

I got the board running for a couple of hours today. Slight improvement as I managed to break the FSB 540 wall.

Vcore 1.66v, Vmch 2.0v.

[Viss]

Nice Ziberia. Whats max fsb with multi 7 and/or 8 ?

[pa9797]

Wow! this board sure is promising. Is there a option for the bootstrap to change?

[Tony]

My board droops like mad, looks like the final boards have had a slight hardware revamp

I may be looking for high res pic's to see what I have to change here

[Alexandrus]

Is there a option for the bootstrap to change?

For the xth time, NO, there is NOT.

[BLHealthy4life]

is this board available for purchase yet?

[nealh]

ok if Tony's board has become vdroop but retail does not ...what are others seeing with respect to vdroop

[ziberia]

My board droops like mad, looks like the final boards have had a slight hardware revamp

I may be looking for high res pic's to see what I have to change here

I'll be happy to help you with the pictures, Tony.

Could you please explain the REF voltages?

[RichUK]

ziberia – You’re so close to a sub 10 second super pi time.

[Dani]

My board droops like mad, looks like the final boards have had a slight hardware revamp

I may be looking for high res pic's to see what I have to change here

Tony, is it possible to program next BIOS so it will have VDIMM voltage @ default 2V, now it boot with 1.93VDIMM?

[RichUK]

I'm getting my Asus Commando on Tuesday.

Thing is, i've got G.Skill 6400 HZ's, so am i going to have an issue with booting for the first time due to the default VDIMM?

[Devious]

Are they in the retail channel already?

I’m looking to get this board ASAP.

Scan have them in stock in the UK



EDIT - oops too late

[The Nemesis]

I'm getting my Asus Commando on Tuesday.

Thing is, i've got G.Skill 6400 HZ's, so am i going to have an issue with booting for the first time due to the default VDIMM?

G. Skill HZ's are rated DDR2-800 4-4-4-12 @ 2.0-2.1v. They will boot will less easily, you'll be fine. Especially if less is 1.93v

[The Stilt]

Tony, is it possible to program next BIOS so it will have VDIMM voltage @ default 2V, now it boot with 1.93VDIMM?

Can´t be done without Asus.
The board doesn´t use the new default setting without saving settings once.

[shimmishim]

commando shown as OOS at ZZF

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...uctCode=247128

$299 is starting price.

[Dani]

Can´t be done without Asus.
The board doesn´t use the new default setting without saving settings once.

Oh crap

[Chri$ch]

droop mod from p5b dlx work great on commando, 1.60v Bios = 1.577v Idle / 1.572v Load (measured with dmm)

[shimmishim]

droop mod from p5b dlx work great on commando, 1.60v Bios = 1.577v Idle / 1.572v Load (measured with dmm)

awesome!

thanks for that news! guess we won't have to figure out the droop mod for this board!

[Dani]

Yes, layout is same around socket, I think Vcore is same too

[ziberia]

Here are my accomplishments after 3 nights with the board. All in all, the Commando behaves a lot like a P5B Dlx. It is a very quick board.

I had to flash the BIOS once after setting VMCH to 2.025 volts messed it up. It is also quite easy to fry your memory. Believe me.

The Hardware Monitor in the BIOS shows massive voltage fluctuation for Vcore and especially Vdimm. I think that all the voltage readings are purely indicative. I did not have time to verify the readings with a mm.

So, here is what you can expect:

1M



8M



32M



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