Shuttle SX79R5 LGA 2011 - Review

Tattysnuc said:
This is a weird one... The design is fundamentally floored because, the reviewer suspects, that the VRMS can't push the CPU beyond 4.4Ghz. Why go for an enthusiast platform in a small box, effectively crippling it so that it can't compete evenly with m-ITX Z77/Z68 solutions?
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I am not trying to say that. I'm confident that the hardware can cope but that Shuttle have put in software (Bios) code that prevents the power getting used.
If Shuttle remove this restriction the machine will be very powerful and as it should be.

I have passed this information back to Shuttle and await thier response.
 
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^^ have replied via email

When I had the issue I could boot and get to the bios ok, it would just fail to run any kind of application in DOS or a windows install.
Is this how your one is?

Instructions for EFI flash are....

I found that I could boot to EFI Shell successfully.
I then found the application AfuEfix64.efi which is an EFI version of AFUDos.exe.
I put the AfiEfix64.efi file and the SX79R000.106 files onto a USB memory stick (Formatted to Fat16 or Fat32), then booted to EFI Shell.
Change the drive by typing fs0: (user can see what is their USB drive… maybe fs1: )
The you can browse the USB files and use DIR and CD as per DOS
When in the correct file area I type AfuEfix64.efi SX79R000.106 /P /B /N /REBOOT /X
And it flashes perfectly.
 
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masr said:
Hello Simon,

I have a shuttle sx79r5 with the same configuration that you exhibit in your review. As you have done to set the mSATA as hard disk cache. When I install the rste, there is no way to configure it so.

thank you very much
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Are you running the machine with RAID enabled in the bios? It must be in RAID mode to enable using the disk as a cache.
 
-BA- said:
@SimonMaltby - I have the SX38P2Pro currently running a Q6600 and an old GTX260. I have just picked up a KFA2 GTX660 EX OC for a good price and am hoping it will: a. fit and b. cope with the Shuttle's power output. The card reviews seem to suggest a requirement of 450-500w with the psu offering 450w max. In your experience with Shuttles, do you think this card should be ok?
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I'm sure it will be fine, bearing in mind I have run a 680 without issue, the 660 should be fine.
 
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