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Topic Title: VIA boards and PCI/AGP lock?
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10/07/2003 12:43 AM
solofly Member Posts: 98 Joined: 10/07/2003	Any hope for this feature to be included on Via Athlon64 based mobos? ------------------------- Temp Sempron 2800+ until July 24th \| Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe \| 2GB \| 2x7800GTX \| 230GB Dual RAID 0 \| WinXP Pro x64 AMD64 4400+ X2 \| Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe \| 2GB \| 6800GT \| 100GB \| WinXP Pro x64 AMD64 3800+ X2 \| Asus A8N-SLI Premium \| 4GB \| 6600 \| 500GB RAID 1 \| WinXP Pro x32 AMD64 3000+ \| Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe \| 2GB \| 7600GT \| 260GB \| WinXP Home AMD64 3200+ \| Asus K8N-E Deluxe \| 1.25GB \| 6800GT \| 40GB \| WinXP
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10/07/2003 02:15 AM
monte84 Elite Posts: 2174 Joined: 10/06/2003	i think it was posted in mynforce 3 thread that VIA still has no PCI/AGP lock....unfortunate ------------------------- Phenom II X 1055T @3.64Ghz 1.425V NB @ 2800Mhz HTT @ 2800Mhz Gigabyte 890FXA-UD5 8GB Crucial Ballistix @ 1866 8-8-8-24-33-1T AMD Radeon HD6950 2GB GDDR5 shaders @1536 OC to 840/1300
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10/07/2003 02:33 AM
solofly Member Posts: 98 Joined: 10/07/2003	Anand said future Bios updates might include PCI/AGP lock so who knows... ------------------------- Temp Sempron 2800+ until July 24th \| Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe \| 2GB \| 2x7800GTX \| 230GB Dual RAID 0 \| WinXP Pro x64 AMD64 4400+ X2 \| Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe \| 2GB \| 6800GT \| 100GB \| WinXP Pro x64 AMD64 3800+ X2 \| Asus A8N-SLI Premium \| 4GB \| 6600 \| 500GB RAID 1 \| WinXP Pro x32 AMD64 3000+ \| Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe \| 2GB \| 7600GT \| 260GB \| WinXP Home AMD64 3200+ \| Asus K8N-E Deluxe \| 1.25GB \| 6800GT \| 40GB \| WinXP
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10/07/2003 03:52 AM
Dagalidis Senior Member Posts: 243 Joined: 10/07/2003	I hope those BIOS updates give us AGP/PCI lock soon.... If hardware support this we will get it soon.... But if not ONLY new Mobo Revision will fix it...... As you know many of us are BETA Testers...... ------------------------- ATHLON64 3200+@2380(238X10) 1.644 Vcore Cooling By AMD Stock Heatsink ASUS K8V Deluxe (VIA K8T800 Chipset) 256x2 TWINMOS PC3700 5-3-2-2.5 at 2.8V Sound Blaster AUDIGY 2 Sound Blaster Megaworks Speakers 2.1 250D THX / 300 WRMS LEADTEK FX5900 128MB My ViVo <span style='co
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10/07/2003 10:37 AM
Lombers Junior Member Posts: 7 Joined: 10/07/2003	I highly doubt VIA will be able to implement a AGP/PCI lock on their current A64 boards, with just a bios flash anyway. They have tried and failed miserably 3 times in a row now, starting with KT400. There were pre release boards sent out to testers for their KT400 and KT400A chipsets which had a bios with PCI locks in it, but it didn't work and caused great instability when enabled. However, I would love to see VIA implement such a solution similar to the Nforce 2 and 3 boards, as it would truly make their boards the number one choice for A64, considering their current edge in performance. Let's just wait and cross our fingers....... ------------------------- You must always push the limits. Because if you never fail, you will never succeed.
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10/08/2003 03:14 AM
Dagalidis Senior Member Posts: 243 Joined: 10/07/2003	I have ASUS K8V Deluxe (VIA Chipset).... I saw on the BOARD a Printed TABLE REGARDING DSW (Dip Switches) for PCI/HTT Dividers.... This DSW Switch dont exist on Mobo but is easy with a soldier Gun to Install one... Lets see the TABLE Details..... SW4 SW3 SW2 SW1 CPU HTT PCI --------------------------------------------------------- OFF OFF OFF OFF 200.0 66.80 33.40 ON ON OFF ON 210.0 70.00 35.00 ON OFF ON OFF 233.33 66.67 33.33 ON OFF OFF ON 266.67 66.67 33.33 ON OFF OFF OFF 300.00 75.00 37.50 As you understand those are dividers for HTT ??? / PCI and not for a fixable(LOCK) HTT/PCI... Now if we see closer we will find that on 233.33 FSB we have HTT/PCI at default speeds.... I dont know yet if those dividers are fully controlled through BIOS but i believe they are... Still waiting my CPU to POWER ON this Mobo and find out what really happends..... Is easy for an owner of the same Mobo to try a 233 FSB and find out if is stable or not..... Lets Hope all those dividers are working well now or at least on a future BIOS Update because is a litlle hard to install a DSW on a SMD Board.... ------------------------- ATHLON64 3200+@2380(238X10) 1.644 Vcore Cooling By AMD Stock Heatsink ASUS K8V Deluxe (VIA K8T800 Chipset) 256x2 TWINMOS PC3700 5-3-2-2.5 at 2.8V Sound Blaster AUDIGY 2 Sound Blaster Megaworks Speakers 2.1 250D THX / 300 WRMS LEADTEK FX5900 128MB My ViVo <span style='co
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10/08/2003 03:16 AM
Brian Member Posts: 98 Joined: 10/06/2003	so they still use dividers sigh ------------------------- Folding For Team AnandTech Distributed Computing' ">http://forums.anandtech.com/categories.cfm?catid=39 My Humble Forums' ">http://forums.hellstormraiders.com
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10/09/2003 07:00 AM
Manoj Junior Member Posts: 11 Joined: 10/07/2003	I got an e-mail from Albatron regarding the Agp and PCI clock. I am informed that it is a chipset limitation. Also it is a problem with VIA and Award bios. May be motherboards with AMI bios should have no problems to add this feature. What bios does the Asus K8V use? How about MSI? I hope Abit can solve this. I am sure since Abit will only release a VIA K8T800 motherboard, it must be a great motherboard.
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10/09/2003 07:08 AM
Dagalidis Senior Member Posts: 243 Joined: 10/07/2003	QUOTE What bios does the Asus K8V use? AMI BIOS .... But not sure if is possible a LOCK.... ------------------------- ATHLON64 3200+@2380(238X10) 1.644 Vcore Cooling By AMD Stock Heatsink ASUS K8V Deluxe (VIA K8T800 Chipset) 256x2 TWINMOS PC3700 5-3-2-2.5 at 2.8V Sound Blaster AUDIGY 2 Sound Blaster Megaworks Speakers 2.1 250D THX / 300 WRMS LEADTEK FX5900 128MB My ViVo <span style='co
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10/09/2003 07:30 AM
jason57570 Senior Member Posts: 707 Joined: 10/07/2003	CHIPSET LIMITATION STILL JUST LIKE THE KT400 ------------------------- Ati x1900 Crossfire & FX-60 Dual Core [3DMark 2006=12,573 [3DMark 2005=20,667 [3DMark 2003=42,891
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10/09/2003 09:07 AM
Manoj Junior Member Posts: 11 Joined: 10/07/2003	For now both Asus and MSI are using the AMI bios. I have a feeling only K8T800 motherboards with the AMI bios can add the AGP and PCI lock.
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10/09/2003 09:08 AM
Dagalidis Senior Member Posts: 243 Joined: 10/07/2003	So lets wait and SEE.... ------------------------- ATHLON64 3200+@2380(238X10) 1.644 Vcore Cooling By AMD Stock Heatsink ASUS K8V Deluxe (VIA K8T800 Chipset) 256x2 TWINMOS PC3700 5-3-2-2.5 at 2.8V Sound Blaster AUDIGY 2 Sound Blaster Megaworks Speakers 2.1 250D THX / 300 WRMS LEADTEK FX5900 128MB My ViVo <span style='co
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