Sidney

ic724.exe Bios Issue Date:2004/04/27
BIOS ID:2.4
Fix an issue where the "OnChip SATA Raid Rom" item could not be disabled.
Added AWDFLASH v8.32 support for "ALT+F2" hot key function.
Enhanced compatibility with certain power supplies.
Calibrated CPU temperature.
Updated CPU micro code.
BIOS compile date: 04/27/2004

Actual release date 5/24/04

is7g20.exe Bios Issue Date:2004/04/27
BIOS ID:2.0
Updated CPU Micro Code.
Shows MAC Address of onboard LAN chip in System Configuration section if "Onboard Network Controller" is disabled.
Added AWDFLASH v8.32 support for the "ALT+F2" hot key function.
Enhanced compatibility with certain power supplies.
Fixed an issue where the "OnChip SATA Raid Rom" item could not be disabled.
Calibrated CPU temperature.
Added "PWM Shutdown Temperature" item.
Added "PWM Warning Temperature" item.
BIOS compile date: 04/27/2004

ai717.exe Bios Issue Date:2004/04/09
BIOS ID:1.7
Updated CPU Micro Code.
Shows MAC Address of onboard LAN chip in System Configuration section if "Onboard Network Controller" is disabled.
Added AWDFLASH v8.32 support for the "ALT+F2" hot key function.
Enhanced compatibility with certain power supplies.
Fixed an issue where the "OnChip SATA Raid Rom" item could not be disabled.
BIOS compile date: 04/09/2004

Enhanced compatibility with certain power supplies. interesting update.

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lazyman

Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

jmke

wrong forum?

/moved to General Hardware

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Sidney

Woops!:grr:

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lazyman

Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

Sidney

Not much change with the IC7 new BIOS. BUT, the IS7 lowers both PWM and CPU temp reporting.

The CPU temp is lower by 4-5 C down to an unbelievable numbers or too good to be true.

IS7 P4 2.6C @1.7 Volt 3.32Ghz - 30C idle; 47C load using stock copper heatsink at 106 Watts. Should I be happy? NO.

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lazyman

Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

jmke

hmmm.. so, did the temp reading before was incorrect? or does the new bios falsely report temps?

watch out now when doing HSF reviews when comparing with previous results

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Sidney

The new BIOS is incorrect with IS7 because extermal probe temp now has wider margin. This particular board had identical temp with one of the IC7; now they are different.

Sure thing to be aware of the difference when doing reviews.

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lazyman

Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

agent #2

I'll flash it this weekend. I'll see if the temperature is diffrent then now.

agent #2

Ok I flashed it this morning and I got some nasty problems.

I couldn't get my proc back on 3,4 like i ussed to.
So I put it on 3,2 but when I came home this noon my pc seemed to have rebooted. It was only folding when I left. Also in windows he said that serious errors have happend. :s

I think I'm gonna put my old one back on.

Sidney

Sorry to hear that. Did not affect mine.

My 2.6C could never make it to 3.4. 255FSB is the max regardless of voltage.

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lazyman

Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

agent #2

Ok, I put the old bios back. But the problem is still the same :/ If I overclock the whole thing is unstable and keeps rebooting and giving bluescreens. :|

This is maximum I could get once in windows but now it's even unstable when i overclock under 255 FSB.


So I put everthing in bios on default settings. Then I got this message: "Cpu is unworkable or has changed. Please recheck CPU - Soft menu."

Everything was standard. I gave it a little more VCore and then it went fine. So default VCore didn't work. When I check on AbitEQ I see that my VCore is between 1.49 and 1.54 what normaly 1.55 should be. Could it be that PSU is broken or something?