Gigabyte k8NSNXP-939/K8NS Ultra-939 tips, tricks and guide thread

[trans am]

Eeproms missed on K8NS [/QUOTE]

This can't be. Something ,must be wrong in that photo. how can the board be missing the eeproms? Lithan, what does your board look like?

[misteroadster]

yes , they are pictures from gigabyte.com.tw , it's not a final board but i think it's the same with Eeprom

[Lithan]

Yes. My board has dual eeproms. Identical (in appearance) to the $200 version minus the cooling setup as far as I can tell.

[trans am]

so, any ideas how to vmod this thing? i'm guessing its the same as the xp version

[jinu117]

Here is the pics for you guy's comparison... Going back to RMA for board used whole 20 mins...

[trans am]

Any luck with the Mach 2 and the msi?

[jinu117]

Any luck with the Mach 2 and the msi?

Nope sir... not at all. I doubt I will have problem with something like Newcastle though. Might give that one a swing on the way to RMA if they won't take restocking fee on one of the RMA board. (Am pretty sure newcastle won't have any issue)

[trans am]

I just installed this board. Does anyone know how to change the memory timings on it? Is it in a hidden menu?

[`schr0et]

Ctrl F1

[Zebo]

Sold to the Cheapest man on Xtremeforums lol. Let us know how it goes Lithan. Thanks for being the official tester on this one.

You hav'nt meet me yet huh lithan.:P

So whats the max FSB/HTT you guys get with this board.... Set CPU multi to around 6 and mem to 100 and slam the bus.. TIA

Lithan, I see everwhere the $200 version has serious issues reaching high FSB which is why I ask. Maybe this one does to and it's not your chip crapping out but the chipset or board/???!@ what you think? Either way try maxing bus independant of CPU and mem.

Edit I want a 939 board so bad but MSI is not my thing (way too many MSI bad exp) and Via, well performance is'nt there and 4in1's is so 90's.:P he This is my next board if someone can confirm ~285+ FSB/HTT...Thanks again.

Edit 2: meh I just ordered it and a retail 3000 for $259 total from mwave.com with freefarcry and a free bunch of other stuff will find out meself..

My thread is here at AT
http://forums.anandtech.com/messagev...ighlight_key=y

[trans am]

The nvidia sata ports are so close to the agp card, the bolts on my gpu block obstruct them. I had to use the sil raid. ended up having to reinstall windows. I had the stripe transfered 2 the nvidia dfi to this board and it worked for a little bit, then I got a corrupt array. I think because the sata cable was angled pushing against the bolts. That wasn't a good idea. sil raid seems just as fast. I'm happy. I was pressing ctrl f1 in the bios, but no secret mem screen. I have the latest bios on dual bios. this cpu wants to fly but I need a divider. and my timings suck atm.

[Squid_Spit]

press ctrl f1 and it should be in advanced chipset settings or whatever it is.

[trans am]

press ctrl f1 and it should be in advanced chipset settings or whatever it is.

Thanks, I got it finally, but this setup is a downgrade from my dfi/mobile rig. I can't do anything past 245 no matter what divider I'm using.
htt link is 3x
vcore 2.65-1.7.
I probably should've sprung for the 3500+ but I was dreaming.
i was basing this purchase on the guys that were doing 2.8+ on air with this cpu. but it happens.
and this ram has gotta go back. 1 stick does fine and the other one is holding it back to almost nothing. some great ram matching Kingston.(rolleyes)

bios option for vdimm is +.2? +.2 of what? does anyone know what the default ram votage is for this board? 2.6v?
Well my quest for good alternatives to BH5 continues. mushkin lev2 ver 2=crap
kingston TCCD ultra low latency=crap
what now?

I think I jumped on the 90nm wagon too fast.

[Zebo]

whoz doing 2.8 with this CPU? and it's not your chip if you can't get past 245 FSB "no matter which multi used" ...........it's POS giga which can't do high FSB. I read this same crap over and over on the k8nsxp in lots of forums. I might cancel my order and get MSI (:::shutter:: because 245 x 9 is only 2250 mhz is this single channel or dual where it fails?


Edit
Lithan sup with yours bro?

[trans am]

whoz doing 2.8 with this CPU? and it's not your chip if you can't get past 245 FSB "no matter which multi used" ...........it's POS giga which can't do high FSB. I read this same crap over and over on the k8nsxp in lots of forums. I might cancel my order and get MSI (:::shutter:: because 245 x 9 is only 2250 mhz is this single channel or dual where it fails?


Edit
Lithan sup with yours bro?

I tested the ram as soon as I got it in the dfi board(single channel) it was working pretty nicely. 270 2.5-3-3-6 1t. but the dual channel board doesn't like a thing past 245?

[Perc]

i just couldnt take the chance on this gigabyte mb so i went ahead and spent the extra 20 somthing odd dollars and got the MSI instead. from what ive been reading the MSI boards are decent mb's once you get them set up with the right bios and all that fun stuff . i hope im not wrong on this one but only time will tell. anyways good luck guys hope all works out well for yous ....

peace perc,

[Lithan]

I dropped my multi and went past 245HTT without any problems. I'm 99% sure 2450 is my chip limit without a vcore mod.

[maneshu]

so you're saying that the board doesn't pass the 245htt??

[Lithan]

No.

[maneshu]

ok it will pass, but is it stable?

[trans am]

ok it will pass, but is it stable?

guys i tried this. ran multi at x8
htt at 285
htt link 3x
133 divider
2.5-3-3-6 1t

with this configuration i would be running ram at 190mhz and cpu at 2280. However, even at these safe speeds, the system didn't even post! this is way below stable speeds, so why wouldn't it post? I have to say this board sucks!
Lithan try the same as I did and I bet you get similar results.

I'm putting the dfi back on tonight, fvck this!

[maneshu]

i can't believe it i just bought one of these boards, and i'm waiting for a 3500 winchester, it gotta pass 245 stable...

[Lithan]

I've ran over 290 cpu5x Ht3x 6-2-2-2 Memory 133 just fine Prime stable. I didn't post there though I used clockgen.

[maneshu]

so whats the problem in trans am system? is it the board?
i know some people who has som problems with this board also, one can't pass 250htt stable with a 3000...

[Lithan]

Trans, I wasn't sure that pci was locking with agp set to 66. So I set mine to 67. You might try that.

HTT 290
2.5-3-3-7 DCDDR Memory @133
CPU@x8
HT@x3
AGP@67



Memtesting now. Posted up at these settings just fine.