QUOTE(TheReturnOfAZ @ Jul 27 2005, 09:06 PM)is it ok if the board is on top of the styrofoam, or should i switch to the anti-static bag or something else?
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Set it on top of the bag which is non conductive.

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do i need ram or hard drives to flash the bios

do i use -1 -2 or -3 bios

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QUOTE(TheReturnOfAZ @ Jul 27 2005, 09:10 PM)do i need ram or hard drives to flash the bios

do i use -1 -2 or -3 bios
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Uh the board wont boot without RAM and no you dont need a harddrive. As far as which BIOS to use I hope you read up on that at dfi-street.

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i did but i dont know to use -1 -2 or -3

and they are talking about changing settings and stuff before bios update i dont get it

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i put them in orange per jesters advice

i did a desk build, it worked!

however i cannot get it to boot from usb so i can flash

i set it to removable first but i guess i need someones help on this...

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QUOTE(TheReturnOfAZ @ Jul 27 2005, 11:38 PM)i put them in orange per jesters advice

i did a desk build, it worked!

however i cannot get it to boot from usb so i can flash

i set it to removable first but i guess i need someones help on this...
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Why do you even need to flash?


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QUOTE(danmagicman7 @ Jul 28 2005, 01:31 AM)Why do you even need to flash?
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he bought a 4400+ dual core so he has to flash it in order to get the second core working.


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the guys on DFI say flash it ASAP

anyway

i put the mem in the orange slots, even though specs say yellow, i hear orange is better for high oc,

could not get usb drive to boot but it works on every other compute there is i am probably just not setting the bios correctly,

im going to try to get a floppy from work,

i still dont know whether to use -1 -2 or -3 BIOS

my CPU temp started at 30 and rose to 35, this was on fan LOW speed... does this sound right? I expected a bit better, though it was on the outside of the case so there wasnt really airflow, fan on low, and the AS5 hasnt set in yet, but i expected a little lower...
the lapping was a complete disaster, the thing was just so big, heavy, and ahrd to hold it kept ripping the sandpaper and it ended up the same maybe even a little worse than it started (but it started very nicely)... it was so much easier for me last time... anyway i definately mashed some AS5 into any micro-scratches or anything, and it also definately took me an hour to figure out how to put the heatsink on.

any ideas to answer such questions?

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Yellow slots = Single Channel memory
Orange slots = Dual Channel memory.

If you install Dual Channel memory in the yellow slots, it will run in single channel mode i.e. it will transfer data in 64-bit chunks instead of 128-bit.

As for flashing the BIOS, that should only be necessary if you've got either an X2 or a Venice core AMD 64.

By the way, I've got the same motherboard. It was mentioned in my sig, but the mod squad deleted the details and I can't be bothered to add them all over again. /wacko.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wacko.gif' />

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i do have X2

i believe i will use -2 bios even though they are not official its supposed to work better with my memory

was your sig too long
they are touchy about that

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