Got my Asrock P67 Extreme 6 up & running now.Any questions u want answered

New BIOS available for Extreme6 at their website,
BIOS 1.40
1. Update "ME" code.
2. Update "MRC" code. .
Thanks...I update later
Were you able to find out about the fan control?

Cheers
Sory i didn't get around to testing this for you yesterday..
I test tonight
What speeds are you getting when overclocked?
My system been running fine at 4600mhz.........

i haven't really tryed for any higher overclocks then this yet.for the two below reasons

1) I need to read up more on overclocking bios settings
2) Am also a little worryed if my CPU cooler can handle a higher overclock..
 
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No problem, thanks for checking for me! :)
I need try dig out some my old 3 pin fans..

As all the fans i have in my case are 2 pin /4 pin-PWM and 4 pin molex,
apart from the fan on the front of my case which is 3 pin but i don't think the wires are long enough to reach to the motherboard
 
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New BIOS available for Extreme6 at their website,
BIOS 1.40
1. Update "ME" code.
2. Update "MRC" code. .

If you intend to overclock on this board and want 5Ghz+ then do not update to this bios, the V core is still the origional at 1.52v
If you intend to push your cpu further you need the beta bios currently 1.33A which has a new Vcore of 1.7v

The new Asrock p67 Extreme6 Beta Bios page can be found here!
http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.asp?Model=P67%20Extreme6&o=Beta

Have fun!:D
 
If you intend to overclock on this board and want 5Ghz+ then do not update to this bios, the V core is still the origional at 1.52v
If you intend to push your cpu further you need the beta bios currently 1.33A which has a new Vcore of 1.7v

The new Asrock p67 Extreme6 Beta Bios page can be found here!
http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.asp?Model=P67%20Extreme6&o=Beta

Have fun!:D
Vcore of 1.7v :eek:


I thought the max safe vcore voltage for a sandy bridge cpu was around 1.38v :confused:
 
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calm down - the new bios can volt to 1.7v hes not recomending it :D

mike

He is recommending a beta BIOS over an official version, main difference is the 1.7v it can do,personally I always stick with official BIOS versions, not like Asrock are having anything like Asus issues ;).
 
Were you able to find out about the fan control?

Cheers
I checked the fan control today..

1) CPU fan = 4-pin & 3-pin headers - only tryed 4-pin fan and yes you can control it
2) Chassis 1 = 4-pin header - No i can't get this one to control my 3-pin fan speed
3) Chassis 2 = 3-pin header - Yes can control 3-pin fan speed
4) Chassis 3 = 3-pin header - Yes can control 3-pin fan speed
5) PWR fan1 = 3-pin header - There no option to control fan speed


Sorry for the late reply...:o
 
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I checked the fan control today..

1) CPU fan = 4-pin & 3-pin headers - only tryed 4-pin fan and yes you can control it
2) Chassis 1 = 4-pin header - No i can't get this one to control my 3-pin fan speed
3) Chassis 2 = 3-pin header - Yes can control 3-pin fan speed
4) Chassis 3 = 3-pin header - Yes can control 3-pin fan speed
5) PWR fan1 = 3-pin header - There no option to control fan speed


Sorry for the late reply...:o

Thanks for the info, that's great.

Maybe I won't need a fan controller then. :)

How are you finding the board overall?
 
come to the conclusion a few weeks ago that this is the mb i will be buying as the feature list is better than other mb in this price range - would you recomend this mb and are there any pitfalls you have found -

cheers mike ;)
 
Had this board for 2 weeks+ now after having to RMA the Asus P8P67 Pro.
Checked the spec and searched the net for any info I could find, two things stood out 1. The spec on the board is far better than other boards for the same price. 2. Nobody seemed to be suffering stability issues, unlike most other boards.
The board was installed with bios v 1.10, even this was stable, on the Asrock site they had already released v1.20 this I also found to be stable.
The thing that was missing was the "Internal PLL Overvoltage" for those that wanted to overclock, Intel had been a bit naughty and not released the instruction for this to the board maufacturers although they had it on their own boards on release date.

The bios I am using is the L1.33A which includes the following.
1. Add Vcore maximum to 1.7V.
2. BCLK interval change to 0.1 MHz.
3. Add "Internal PLL Overvoltage" to improve K series CPU OC capability.
4. Add screen capture function in BIOS setup. Press F12 to capture.

The next bios which should be released next week has the following.
1. Add Memory channel info in BIOS.
2. Add print BIOS screen function.
3. Update "ME" and MRC code.

Here are a couple of screenshots taken from within the bios.


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Whilst the Asrock UEFI is not as flashy as some it is very functional, you can use both the mouse and keyboard.
In the future the GUI can be changed as there is the ability to do this within the UEFI.
So far this has been a fantastic board packed with lots of features and aditional software including the XFast usb software and the AXTU tuning utility plus others.
If I had to buy another P67 board again I wouldn't hesitate on buying either the Extrene6 or the Extreme4.
 
chaparral what's the fan noise like with your 9900 CPU cooler and was there any issues installing it?..I'm still looking for a good CPU cooler that's not loud in general.
 
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The next bios which should be released next week has the following.
1. Add Memory channel info in BIOS.
2. Add print BIOS screen function.
3. Update "ME" and MRC code..
The 1.40 bios has been out for about a week now and it already has

print BIOS screen function.
Updated "ME" and MRC code..

;)

Don't know if the 1.40 bios has the Memory channel info in BIOS..
 
chaparral what's the fan noise like with your 9900 CPU cooler and was there any issues installing it?..I'm still looking for a good CPU cooler that's not loud in general.
It very quiet went set to low fan speed and i did not have any install issues (But it did take a while to install)

Right now the fan is running at 1150rpm , cpu is 38c : M/B is 36c ;)
and i have the CPU fan set to increase speed when the CPU goes above 55c

38c.png
 
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Would anyone know if it is possible (and have tried it) to install the Corsair Hydro H50 -cooler on the Extreme6 motherboard? This could be a dealbreaker for me... :(
 
The 1.40 bios has been out for about a week now and it already has

print BIOS screen function.
Updated "ME" and MRC code..

;)

Don't know if the 1.40 bios has the Memory channel info in BIOS..

It doesn't have the 1.7 vcore setting though, thats why clockers are using L1.33
They were released at the same time though.
 
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