**The ASrock 939dual-SATA2 (ULi M1695) thread**

I'm just going by the vast number of posts made in this thread (and on other forums too) where people say 1T is unstable (fails memtest #8, crashes when flash animation plays, etc). I'd say you would have a better chance with 1T if only using 1GB of RAM, which your sig says you are.
 
Should i go for this: Asrock 939SLI-eSATA2 (Socket 939 & Upgradable to AM2) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-001-AK) £52

I don't really need the AGP slot on the other motherboard. This looks nearly the same, if not better. What do you think?

Also i've never heard of this chipset, is it going to cause problems? I normally use NF4


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BlackDragon said:
Should i go for this: Asrock 939SLI-eSATA2 (Socket 939 & Upgradable to AM2) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-001-AK) £52

I don't really need the AGP slot on the other motherboard. This looks nearly the same, if not better. What do you think?

Also i've never heard of this chipset, is it going to cause problems? I normally use NF4


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I have that very board, it's fantastic.
 
Ok well the motherboard wasnt DOA and i am installing windows now

Now for question time

Will running the 7200.10 in IDE instead of SATA mode affect performance? ( I doubt NCQ is avaliable)
Why the hell is the front panel power led conector 2 pin, im sure the used to be 3 pin so now i can't connect up to my front led.

Also max avaliable voltage in the bios is 1.35V ? Is that the best, i think I have the newest BIOS 2.20 pre-installed on it already.
Whats the ddr voltage when set to high?
I have set the timings to 2-3-2-5 - 1T

Fingers crossed I don't have any problems with that.

sid
 
Is anyone running 500MHz DDR, if so what RAM are you using?

I've currently goy my Crucial 3200 at 250FSB on 2.7v! I need to upgrade from 1 to 2GB though and am looking at the Geil, just hope it will run at 25/500? :D
 
First run with OC'ing seems to be fine

Im upto 2.41ghz now with the voltage set to 1.35 in the BIOS and it seems to be a bit more in reality.
Not sure i want to push more because now I am at a sweet spot with the ram 2-3-2-5-1T at 200mhz (basically stock settings for it)

sid
 
SATAII and IDE drive combination query

I got a SATAII drive on this board onto which I've installed and running WinXP Pro SP2 fine. I've left my old IDE connected on the IDE1 channel as a primary master drive. I can see the drive in BIOS, boot and in Windows. I can format the drive in Windows but after a reboot when I try and explore the drive in Widnows it says its corrupt. CHKDSK doesn't report any errors with the drive. Is this a problem with SATAII drivers screwing up the standard ATA drive?? Any help advice would really be appreciated.

What is also strange is that in the BIOS the drive is correctly identified as a Samsung SP1604N, under Windows it shows up as RALSTNF RP0604N.

TIA
 
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Got this board (came pre loaded with the 2.20 bios) and a 4800 X2 delivered this morning, and managed to get it to run 1T for 2.5 hours on Prime Blend test without fault!!

Running 1Gb of OCZ VX Gold 3200 (pretty old stuff) at 2,2,2,5 with a OCZ Booster set at 2.9v

Need to test some more tomorrow, too hammered to do it now :P
 
sid said:
Why the hell is the front panel power led conector 2 pin, im sure the used to be 3 pin so now i can't connect up to my front led.

sid
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get a small flat head screwdriver and move the live connector to the center terminal in the connector and plug in!!
 
5punk3monk3y said:
get a small flat head screwdriver and move the live connector to the center terminal in the connector and plug in!!
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Simply cut mine into 2. Still wouldn't fit, but just rotate it 90° & works perfect ;)
 
Thunder said:
I got a SATAII drive on this board onto which I've installed and running WinXP Pro SP2 fine. I've left my old IDE connected on the IDE1 channel as a primary master drive. I can see the drive in BIOS, boot and in Windows. I can format the drive in Windows but after a reboot when I try and explore the drive in Widnows it says its corrupt. CHKDSK doesn't report any errors with the drive. Is this a problem with SATAII drivers screwing up the standard ATA drive?? Any help advice would really be appreciated.

What is also strange is that in the BIOS the drive is correctly identified as a Samsung SP1604N, under Windows it shows up as RALSTNF RP0604N.

TIA
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I had LOADS of probels with this board and my SATAII Seagate drive, I tried loads of things, in the end I would advise you to put it on the SATAI port as this seems stable.

I hate this board, I've never had this much problem with stability and quirks with any other system I've built.

What goods a SATAII port when it screws up in XP etc etc.

When I get the chance I'm getting a new board.
 
BruceLee said:
I had LOADS of probels with this board and my SATAII Seagate drive, I tried loads of things, in the end I would advise you to put it on the SATAI port as this seems stable.

I hate this board, I've never had this much problem with stability and quirks with any other system I've built.

What goods a SATAII port when it screws up in XP etc etc.

When I get the chance I'm getting a new board.
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not a single problem with SataII here been using it with my Hitachi Deskstar SataII drive for 4 or so months
 
NightSt@lk3r said:
not a single problem with SataII here been using it with my Hitachi Deskstar SataII drive for 4 or so months
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Well Im glad someone is ok with this board, personally its caused loads of problems, not accepting PCIE graphics cards, bios flash problems, locking up when SATAII port is in use etc etc.

Boards should work with the user, not hte user have to pander to the board.
 
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