BIOS:
The BIOS itself, besides being very typical looking has a few nice features. I was a bit pleased to see a “Green Power,” however, it just displays two options. One being CPU phase control and the other being LED power control. They are both set to Auto and can only be disabled besides the Auto feature. The next major stand out feature is the M-Flash feature within the BIOS. This allows for the an easier way to update and backup the BIOS via a flash drive. Typically updating the BIOS from a flash would involve creating a flash drive that is bootable. M-Flash seems as though it would be a safer and easier for the masses.
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| The BIOS main menu | The Green Power Menu |
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Overclocking:
The overclocking came out fairly well. I started by just increasing the multiplier to x19. This allowed for a quick and stable core speed of 3.8GHz. When I attempted to increase the multiplier to x19.5 the CPU became overheated and would not remain stable. One lifting the voltage of the CPU core to 1.5 the CPU allowed again for more push of a x19.5 on the multiplier and remained stable. A few tweaks for the RAM voltage and RAM timing may have allowed for a larger increase in core speed, but may not have remained as stable as I would wish.
This might be off topic but I have just fInished assembling a new RIG using the nf980-g65 MB. Have checked all the connections the board lights up all fans run GPU CPU Case etc. The blue APS light is on. The DVD drive is live at least the drawer opens and closes and the green light comes on and goes off as it should. Not so sure about the HDD. How do I check that? Not getting any beeps. Not sure if this board has a speaker? Can’t find any built in the case either. Anyhow to get to the point I do not get a post screen. Can’t install OS or MB drivers. The lights are on but nobody’s home.
NF980-G65
Phenom ll x4 965 Black
4gb DDR3 CL9 Kingston 1333mhz
MSI N465GTX (OC to 470 Specs)
PSU OCZGXS850
500 gb SATA ll Seagate HDD
Sony DVD
Well first unplug everything but the power connections,CPU,RAM. I assume you are using aftermarket vid or onboard vid. Make sure the power to the vid is plugged in right. Then start. if that doesnt work, post back here and we can go to the next step.
Hi Jason
Thanks for your input. I did what you said and it booted to post. Now I’m just tweaking everything up. For a while I thought a piece of hardware or a short at the MB / Case was at fault and I would have to start from scratch again. But as it happened I disconnected all the hardware pulled the ram and moved one stick to another channel and away it went. So thanks for help.
Ron
This may be a dead subject…but after having this board for months it has started not posting. I have to turn the power on….wait a few seconds then hit the reset button…sometimes 2-3 times before it posts….sooo frustrating.
Finally I just bought the crosshair extreme. Im in a jam because I have the AMD 1090T and two GTX580’s…tough to find an AMD board that supports SLI.
here is my rig http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35g_mnlG0ME
How is this board still running for you? I have heard that it has its faults and quite a few of them actually POP* and generate smoke/sparks when overclocked.