ASRock 775Dual-VSTA for Conroe (Core2) with both AGP/PCI-E and DDR1/DDR2 support

Darg said:
@Ice-Tea: What cooler are you running on the CPU? From what I've heard of the 805s they should be able to get up quite high without dying. It may be the mobo though of course. What temps are you getting on 180 and 170?

I'm running a Freezer 7 until i fit my watercooling gear and when converting
a DVD at 170 i was up to 49deg though i'm sure it will be a lot higher when i
try it again with Prime95 and Orthos as the cores seemed to be peeking about 70% when converting so not fully loaded yet.
 
I've just read this whole thread, seems like an interesting board

like others i am wanting to see if upgrading to the ASRock 775Dual-VSTA and e6300 would make a difference from my current setup

i have:
A64 3200+ Winchester @ 2.3Ghz
Asus A8v Mobo
Corsair Value 2x512mb DDR RAM (im not sure on the exact model number, been in my pc for a while!)
X800 Pro AGP

now im not wanting to break the bank and thought just a cpu and mobo upgrade would suffice for while. I'm not a big gamer though so upgrading to a pci-e would be pointless until my x800 dies.

would i see a big difference in performance? I've always been a AMD fanboy so venturing off to Intel would be a new experience lol

any info advice much appreciated!

oh, i just had a look on the 775Dual-VSTA BIOS page and theres now a 2.4 bios out, dated 12/18/2006 "Update USB code." it may fix the usb driver problems a few of you were having?
 
I just upgraded my Opteron 146 (@2.8Ghz) to a e6400, using the Dual-Vsta to allow me to keep my old Geil Value ram and X800XT PE AGP.

OK, ive overclocked the bus to 300mhz to give 2400mhz CPU speed (8hrs Orthos stable before i got bored), which underclocks the ram a tad bit, but it kicks the pants of my old rig in synthetic benchmarks, though i havent had time to do any game benchmarks yet.
 
does anyone have any idea what the actual ram voltages are for low/normal/high settings on this board for DDR1 and DDR2? I'm looking at getting some new RAM in the new year, jumping from DDR1 to DDR2 and 1GB to 2GB, and was looking at getting some with some good overclocking potential for when i get a better mobo..... and ive heard of a lot of troubles people have had with other boards not giving enough juice to the RAM for it to work propperly!

any ideas?
 
Hi just been scouting around and found someone who has listed some recommended bios settings. He also gets the bus speed up to 317mhz.

Overclock Mode [PCIe: Asynch] *
CPU Frequency (MHz) [295] *
PCIE Requency (MHz) [110] *
Spread Spectrum [Disabled] *
Boot Failure Guard [Enabled]
Max GPUID Value Limit [Disabled]
Intel(R)Virtualization tech [Disabled]
CPU Thermal Throttling [Disabled] *
Non-Execute Memory Protection [Disabled]
Intel(R)SpeedStep9tm0tech [Disabled]

Chipset Settings
Dram Frequency [DDR400] *
Flexibility Option [Disabled]
DRAM CASH Latency [3] *
DRAM Bank Interleave [Auto]
Precharge to Active(trp) [4] *
Active to Precharege9Tras) [8] *
Active to CMD (Tred) [4] *
REF to ACT/REF to REF(trfc) [Auto]
ACT(0) to ACT(1) (Trrd) [Auto]
Read to Precharge (Trtp) [Auto]
Write to Read CMD (Twtr) [Auto]
Write to Recovery Time (Twr) [Auto]
DRAM Command Rate [1T Command] *
Advanced Memory Configuration
DRAM Drv DQS [Auto]
DRAM Drv CS [Auto]
DRAM Drv DCLKA,B [Auto]
DCLK Output Duty Ctrl [Auto]
CLKBUF DDRA group delay [Auto]
CLKBUF DDRB group dealy [Auto]
CLKBUF FB.OUTA dealy [Auto]
CLKBUF FB.OUTB delay [Auto]
CLKBUF DDRA Drv [3x]
CLKBUF DDRB Drv [3x]
CLKBUF FB_OUTA Drv [4x]
CLKBUF FB_OUTA Drv [4x]
DRAM Voltage [High] *
AGP Voltage [Auto]
Primary Graphics Adapter [AGP] *
AGP Mode [Auto]
AGP Fast Write [Disabled]
AGP Aperature Size [256MB]
AGP Staggered Delay [Auto]
AGP GADSTB Output Delay [Auto]
AGP 3.0 Calibration [Auto]
AGP 3.0 DBI Function [Auto]
DBI Output for AGP Trans [Auto]
DBI Output for FRAME Trans [Auto]
V-Link Speed [Fast] *
PCI Delay Transaction [Enabled] *
IDE Drive Strength [Highest] *
PCIE Downstream Pipeline [Auto]
Onboard LAN [Enabled]
Onboard HD Audio [Enabled]
Front Panel Control [Enabled]

You missed Advanced Host Configuration:

Pipeline DRQCTL: Enabled

* Marks the changed values.

Try working your way up from 295 FSB to about 317 FSB (where mine craps out) Any joy? Remember that if you overdo it you have bootguard enabled so it will simply reload base settings automatically, no fiddling with CMOS jumpers required!
 
simonnance said:
does anyone have any idea what the actual ram voltages are for low/normal/high settings on this board for DDR1 and DDR2? I'm looking at getting some new RAM in the new year, jumping from DDR1 to DDR2 and 1GB to 2GB, and was looking at getting some with some good overclocking potential for when i get a better mobo..... and ive heard of a lot of troubles people have had with other boards not giving enough juice to the RAM for it to work propperly!

any ideas?

Bumpage for the above, as I'm considering getting this board but haven't been able to find any values for the memory voltages.
 
good good, i'm looking at investing in some decent DDR2 (Crucial 10th Aniv maybe) that i can really let fly when i upgrade my mobo around easter time, thinking about the new DFI RD600...... 500+ mhz bus off the current bios! Totaly hardcore, especialy with the awesome options DFI put into their boards.

Thus the max suportable Vdimm for DDR2 on the board would be nice to know
 
Just to bounce this thread,

Will this board support single channel DDR of 1x1GB and 1x512MB like my current S754 supports?

And if so, would it really slow it down?

cheers
 
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