Q9550 Stepping?

SteveS · 11 Dec 2008 at 15:37

duno, duno how big the gtx is...

Jayos · 11 Dec 2008 at 16:11

Looking at getting a Q9550 but do you think they will come down in price more now that the i7 is here?

SteveS · 11 Dec 2008 at 16:13

well its been out a while and drives have only dropped a tad... depends if u can be bothered to wait and find out... i did a while but cant be bothered

w311zy · 11 Dec 2008 at 19:37

SteveS said:
duno, duno how big the gtx is...

well its the biggest card ive ever had and ive had most of em

SteveS · 11 Dec 2008 at 19:39

the smaller the better really.. dont want it taking up all the space!!

just tried the card, it has a idle core clock off 500mhz then bumps up to 750 when need be...

w311zy · 11 Dec 2008 at 19:57

SteveS said:
the smaller the better really.. dont want it taking up all the space!!

just tried the card, it has a idle core clock off 500mhz then bumps up to 750 when need be...

Yeah thats your 2D and 3D clocks

it will jump to 750mhz once a 3D app is started.

SteveS · 11 Dec 2008 at 19:59

pretty nice, saves power and heat

not sure on my ram... one seems to flash crazy on stress tests etc, the other just flashes now and again.... not sure its right...

Davy644 · 12 Dec 2008 at 00:57

njbennett122 said:
I recieved mine a couple of weeks ago but haven't set any of it up yet.

I have bought a Noctua NH-U12P. Most of you seem to be buying the Tuniq cooler. Does this perform better? I've also bought a P5Q Deluxe and 4GB GeIl memory, so hope not to be too dissappointed.

I'm hoping to get cracking on the setup next week, so will post up more details then! Good to see the Q9550 clan coming together.

Hi njbennett and welcome ocuk mate did you get the EO stepping

Nelly · 12 Dec 2008 at 06:03

What FPO# you people being getting i.e. :L******

Just curious if their A or B steppings & what week these chips are.

VoG · 12 Dec 2008 at 08:19

mines an L834B417

njbennett122 · 12 Dec 2008 at 09:38

Cheers Davy. Not too sure what I have yet, as its still in its box.

I'll check out the code on the CPU later and post up. Can't wait to get it all up and running!

SteveS · 12 Dec 2008 at 15:22

im hoping to finally get mine uptonight, both my mouse and keyboard are PS2 so got caught out!! LOL

SteveS · 12 Dec 2008 at 23:14

well if i could get the f'ing raid0 to install xp!!! god sake!

premist · 13 Dec 2008 at 00:19

Got it up and running yet?

SteveS · 13 Dec 2008 at 12:04

yes, but not im trying to use ghost at boot to make an image but it wont find the cd drive after it boots from it????

Dee-27 · 13 Dec 2008 at 16:00

SteveS said:
yes, but not im trying to use ghost at boot to make an image but it wont find the cd drive after it boots from it????

If SATA is set to ACHI mode in the BIOS, you will have to make a driver floppy with the latest Intel ACHI drivers on it. (Press F6 when XP starts to install) and load in the drivers before trying to install XP.
Alternatively, set the SATA to compatibility mode/legacy IDE mode in the BIOS before trying to install XP.

You will probably have to do a clean install to get it working properly.
There should also be a utility on the CD supplied with your motherboard to make the driver floppy.

SteveS · 13 Dec 2008 at 16:03

i have installed xp with the raid drivers, two drives are in raid0... thts fine... im trying to use norton ghost 2003 to create a image of the drive to restore to later on,, but it just says it cannot find cdrom... driving me nuts

helmutcheese · 13 Dec 2008 at 17:10

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SteveS · 13 Dec 2008 at 17:16

can u create images outside of windows, ie just form booting cd?

SteveS · 13 Dec 2008 at 17:32

tru image home 2009?