**Official ABIT AB9 QuadGT Review/Overclock/Guide Thread**

[sulli]

Cool cheers buff. Think im going to give a e6850 a try when they come out

 

[Bossk128]

Is it ok to plug in 120mm case fans to the 3 pin headers on this board, rather than using Molex adapters?

I seem to remember being told 120mm fans drew too much power and could blow a motherboard- is this still the case?

And if it is ok, is it still ok plugging in 3?

They are Yate Loons if it matters (the L version).

 

[Duke]

Is it ok to plug in 120mm case fans to the 3 pin headers on this board, rather than using Molex adapters?

I seem to remember being told 120mm fans drew too much power and could blow a motherboard- is this still the case?

And if it is ok, is it still ok plugging in 3?

They are Yate Loons if it matters (the L version).

I certainly wouldn't. They draw a lot of power and could either damage the board or hold you back when overclocking the board.

Ideally you want to run motherboard with as little power being drawn directly as possible, from case fans, leds etc and turn off all unnecessary onboard peripherals etc.

 

[Bossk128]

@Duke- Thanks. I wish it said it in the manual, that could have been costly!

 

[Nelly]

Updated the drivers section, also added the latest official bios which gives support for the latest CPU's.

 

[sulli]

I was a little worried this older 965 board would not clock these new proccessors very well........

Well i was wrong Think i could go further with a p35 board but **** it this is fast enough for now

 

[Duke]

New BIOS out few days ago - http://www.abit.com.tw/page/uk/down...ITLE_ON_SCREEN=AB9+QuadGT&pSOCKET_TYPE=LGA775

Nothing interesting in the list, but never know what else they may have tweaked.

BIOS: m621e15.zip

Bios Issue Date:2007/07/18
BIOS ID:15
1. The ICH8R AHCI function now works as intended.
2. BIOS compiled date: 07/18/2007

And new Audio drivers version R1.73 on Realtek website - http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads...=3&GetDown=false#High Definition Audio Codecs

 

[Nelly]

Updated the following Drivers & New Bios within the original thread:-

BIOS ID:15

1. The ICH8R AHCI function now works as intended.
2. BIOS compiled date: 07/18/2007

RAID/AHCI Software - Intel® Matrix Storage Manager v 7.6.0.1011 for 2000/XP/2003/64bit - 2nd August 07 *NEW*

Realtek 8110SC Gigabit Lan V6.73 Driver for Win9x/Me/2000/XP/2003 - 20th August 07 *NEW*

Realtek 8110SC Gigabit Lan V6.196 Driver for Vista 32bit / Vista 64bit - 20th August 07 *NEW*

Realtek High Audio Definition R175 Driver for 2000/XP/2003/64bit - 31st August 07 *NEW*

Realtek High Audio Definition R175 Driver for Vista 32bit/Vista 64bit - 31st August 07 *NEW*