Search results matching tag 'Motherboard'

Multi Discipline Server

SToth — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 22:05:34 GMT

Well these forums have a wealth of information which I really appreciate. However, I would like to seek your advice on my server motherboard problem.

I am building a new rig based on a Cosrsiar 800D case. I know I want to use an i7 2011 processor and that it will have 10 hd's and be water cooled.

My problem is that I want it to be a general web-hosting server capable of streaming games and other media. This means from a client perspective it must be big and super fast. It will eventually run on at least a T1 connection that will be upgraded as demand requires.

I have looked at the MSI BIG BANG X power II - LGA20011 Socket -79 motherboard and the Gigabyte Assassin whcih both are great gaming motherboards. However, I want to build a high spec, future proofed gaming capable internet server and am concerned that these boards wont be suitable or even man enough to cope with the customer demands.

I did see some very high spec server motherboards that can hold upto 516 gig of DDR3 memory and are RAID enabled which would be great as far as that goes but like everything in life they have down sides as well as upsides when it comes to gaming.

I am not so concerned about the price and am prepared to pay around £550 ($950) for the right board.

I really must get this purchase right as it will be the heart of the system which if successful will be repeated on other servers.

Would you guys put your heads together and help me out in making this purchase decision.

Thanks in advance for your time and efforts.

Steve

RE: Z77 Motherboard Round-Up: MSI, ASUS, Gigabyte, Intel

mhenriday — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:56:59 GMT

Impressive performance ! Hope and trust you will retest when the Ivy Bridge - Oops ! «3rd Generation Core processors» - become available !...

Henri

SR-2 BIOS not ACPI compatible?

atspangler — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 01:00:42 GMT

Hey guys..

Finally got my rig assembled, but now I'm having trouble getting it to boot. As you know, the SR-2 goes through a quick power on cycle, then powers off - then begins POST. If I make ANY changes to the BIOS (adjust the time or even enter the settings pages), the computer tries to reboot - but never powers back on after the initial spark-up.

I fiddled around with it for a while, and finally got Windows 7 (Ult. x64) to install, having to reset the CMOS every time the setup process needed to reboot. Lame. Finally booted into Windows and downloaded the drivers for my 2x GTX 580s. Installed the drivers and rebooted - BSOD. Getting a 'The BIOS for this hardware is not ACPI compliant. Please contact your hardware vendor.'

This is a RMA board and EVGA has assured me the latest and greatest working BIOS was flashed before they shipped it back to me.

Oh - also, this whole time the BIOS page, Memtest and Win7 are only picking up one of my procs (2x 5620s) and 1/2 the installed RAM (2x 12 GB). I hoped that if I was able to boot into Windows I could install the correct drivers and it'd pick up the hardware.

I did some digging and found that a couple other people have had this same problem with similar hardware - but no one ever bothered to post the solution.

http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx [...] 76&mpage=1 (almost exact same hardware)
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx [...] =sr-2+acpi

Any help? The fact that I was able to install Windows makes me wonder if there is some setting I'm just missing. I'm booting the computer with Optimal Defaults as specified by the POST message. Now it won't even boot into Windows - just BSOD's w/ the 'The Bios for this hardware is not ACPI compliant.' Error.

Here's a link to an album w/ BIOS screenies: http://atspangler.imgur.com/sr2_bios

Hardware specs: CPU 2x Xeon E5620

Motherboard EVGA SR-2 A2

Memory 24GB Patriot Viper II Sector 7

Graphics Card 2x EVGA GTX 580 Hydro Copper FTW (in SLI)

Hard Drives (boot) OCZ Vertex II 120 GB SSD (storage) 1TB WD Caviar Black

Power Supply Corsair AX-1200

BIOS-support of 'hard disk autodetection'

Uitlander — Tue, 03 May 2011 20:53:34 GMT

Been looking over a lot of motherboards at Gigabyte & Asus sites (hoping for dual-BIOS one), but I never see any mention in product description of 'hard disk autodetection'...is this called something else? I'm new to hardware technospeak! Seems like I should of run across at least one motherboard that has it by now.

RE: MSI Launches Most Powerful Fuzion Board to Date

mhenriday — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:23:29 GMT

One USB 3.0 port and 12 USB 2.0 ports - have MSI got their priorities right ?...

Henri

Asus Launches Xtreme Design Series Motherboards

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:50:54 GMT

ASUS Leads the PC Hardware Industry with a New Motherboard Series Featuring Optimized Designs

Innovative Design Delivers Ultimate Performance, Uncompromising Reliability, and Superior Operating Safety Standards

ASUS today announced the Xtreme Design series motherboards featuring ground-breaking design innovations and offering the best in performance and reliability. The Xtreme Design series motherboards delivers exceptional overall system compatibility and enhanced reliability by proficiently managing and reliably controlling core processes operating in the PC. Drawing on two decades of engineering excellence, ASUS believes a genetically superior motherboard DNA will provide the winning formula to surpass current user expectations and industry benchmarks. ASUS leads the industry with designs that optimize overall performance and reliability of PC hardware. In the new Xtreme Design series motherboards, ASUS further raises the bar in motherboard designs for the ultimate in performance, reliability, and safe operations.

Xtreme Reliability for Extended Component Lifespan
Xtreme Design features innovative Stack Cool3+ to enhance motherboard component longevity. It is a feature that was re-engineered from the original copper cooling innovation of the ASUS P5E64 WS motherboard. With the perfect cooperation with Xtreme Design, Stack Cool3+ effectively cools motherboards with an enhanced PCB layer to provide a stable and low operating temperature for optimized data transmissions. By substantially improving heat dissipation, the new series offers users exceptional reliability. This innovation builds on ASUS' pioneering achievement as the first adopter of innovative cooling technology—which transformed the way motherboards were designed.

Xtreme Performance for Enhanced Power and Throughput
For the ultimate experience in performance, Xtreme Design features Xtreme phase to ensure the most stable and optimized power delivery; and Turbo V for a real-time, dynamic processing boost. Both features allow motherboard enthusiasts to experience optimal power performance under various loading conditions as well as an overwhelming boost of up to 51% in processing throughput.

P6TD Deluxe Specification:

Model	P6TD Deluxe
CPU	Intel® Socket 1366 Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition/Core™ i7 Processor Supports Intel® Dynamic Speed Technology
Chipset	Intel® X58 / ICH10R
System Bus	Up to 6400 MT/s
Memory	6 x DIMM, Max. 24 GB, DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866(O.C.)/1800(O.C.)*/1600(O.C.)/1333/1066 Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory
Expansion slot	3 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (at x16/x16/x1 or x16/x8/x8 mode)
	1 x PCIe x4
	2 x PCI
Multi-GPU	Supports NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology
Multi-GPU	Supports ATI® CrossFireX™ Technology
Storage	6 xSATA 3 Gb/s ports
	1 xExternal SATA (SATA On-the-Go)
	1 xUltraDMA 133/100/66 for up to 2 PATA devices
LAN	Dual Gigabit LAN controllers 2*Marvell88E8056® PCIe Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET2
Audio	ADI® AD2000B 8 -Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
Other I/O ports	1PS/2, 1eSATA, 1IEEE1394a, 2LAN, 8USB, 1Optical S/PDIF out, 1*Coaxial S/PDIF out
USB / IEEE1394a	14 USB 2.0 ports /VIA® VT6308 controller supports 1 x 1394a ports (one at mid-board; one at back panel)
Features	StackCool3+, Turbo V, Xtreme Phase, 16+3 Phase Power design, Express Gate SSD, EPU, AI Nap, Wind-Flow Heat-pipe solution, Fan Xpert, Optional Fan for Water-cooling or Passive-Cooling only, Noise Filter, Q-Shield, Q-Connector, O.C. Profile, CrashFree BIOS 3, EZ Flash 2
Form Factor	ATX Form Factor, 12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm )

Will USB running 24/7 with computer shut down cause problems?

fhothardwarek — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:00:19 GMT

Motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H3.

Any problem with plugging in a usb device (laptop cooler) to my desktop usb port, and letting it run 24/7, even when I turn off my desktop? The cooler runs fine when I plug it in now (& the desktop is currently shut down- off, not hibernating), but I did not know about any long term concerns.

Thanks.

Front Panel Audio

maverick_vivek — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:00:58 GMT

Hi Everyone,

I am bit of inexperienced hardware enthusiast. Recently I tried assemblying a PC with DG31PR with C2D 2.66 GHz. Everything went well uptill I started connecting my Cabit's front panel Audios to the mother board. Motherboard has following markings

1 [Port 2] Left channel 2 Ground 2. Ground

3 [Port 2] Right channel 4 PRESENCE# (Dongle present) 4.PRESENCE# (Dongle present)

5 [Port 1] Right channel 6 [Port 1] SENSE_RETURN 6.[Port 1] SENSE_RETURN

7 SENSE_SEND (Jack detection) 8 Key (no pin) 8.Key (no pin)

9 [Port 2] Left channel 10 [Port 2] SENSE_RETURN 10.[Port 2] SENSE_RETURN

While the front cabinet has following leads:

Audio-L

Audio-R

Mic-in

Mic-Power

Ground

How do I interconnect? I know this is a substandard problem or this forum but not for me! Any help is appreciated.

I need help: ERROR CODE 8C000002 Asus P5Q-E

Sato — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:24:01 GMT

Hello to everyone in hothardware.

I need help with a problem that is showing me my Asus P5Q-E
The error is as follows:

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Express Gate

Error Code: 8C000002

express gate is not installed on you system or the installation is incomplete. to get internet access within seconds of starting your. computer. please user gate installer to install express gate.

press any key to comtinue

(L51808)

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This happens after changing of power suppy.

Power Supply Previous RAIDMAX RXS 530SSwatt.

Today I have the Apevia ATX-LCD750W

New Forum poster needs help in picking out a new Mobo

Canaan — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:08:02 GMT

Hey folks, my name is James. I'm relatively new to building computers (ive only built 2) but I follow parts and reviews very regulary and have done so for a couple years now. I'm building a new computer in the next couple months and I would really like some advice on a strong mobo. What I currently have picked out is below.

Q6600 OEM - I do intend to overclock

MSI Ati Radeon 4850 - I would possibly like to get 2 in the future, or maybe just buy a 4870 if the price keeps dropping on newegg.

OCZ Revision 2 DDR2 800 x 4

Antec P180 case

550 Watt PSU - (will upgrade in the future if I crossfire)

I would like to find a mobo that could OC my quad relatively easy and be crossfire compatible. As far as crossfire goes I would like to find one capable for 2 x 16 instead of the mobo splitting the 16 into 2 x 8. Any thoughts or comments I would greatly appreciate.