FOXCONN A79A-S owners thread

[k2000]

Originally Posted by crashovride02

Nope. The new X2 is socket AM3 not AM2+/AM3

wrong answer

[nirianto]

Just sold my board. I can't stand the flaky bios anymore. Moving on with Biostar!

[kickloch]

Originally Posted by diegolaz

mmm on the manual says 1066 it's only supported for AM2+ procesosr....but didn't see anything about 8gigs.... I guess if they don't work I can use them at a lower voltage at 800?

In my case it was possible to use them at lower voltage. I currently have 2x OCZ Platinum XTC 1066 4GB Kit with nominal settings of CL5-5-5-18@2,1V@1066. And I operate them as I wrote before. However, it isn't guaranteed that any 1066 RAM can do that, but I'd say it is rather likely. It also depends on the latency settings to a degree.

@nirianto: So does the Biostar overclock better then our beloved Foxi? Man, you gonna miss that freakin color scheme :P

[nirianto]

@kickloch, FYI the biostar has a pretty bright color scheme too
I haven't had the time to play around with it but i was able to unlock 4th core at stock which makes me happy. I will update on how this board is performing. I am going to see if I can reach 3.8ghz with this board or not. I can only reach 3.75 with Foxi.

[diegolaz]

Originally Posted by nirianto

Just sold my board. I can't stand the flaky bios anymore. Moving on with Biostar!

sorry to hear that .....best of luck

[kickloch]

Originally Posted by nirianto

@kickloch, FYI the biostar has a pretty bright color scheme too

I'm glad to hear that, however I'm sure it cannot match the greatness of the A79A-S. Nor can any other board

Originally Posted by nirianto

[...] i was able to unlock 4th core at stock which makes me happy.

That's pretty cool. I assume by simply activating Advanced clock calibration. That's a week spot of the Foxi, but I have a full quad core anyway, so I can live with(out) that.

[crashovride02]

Originally Posted by k2000

wrong answer

Sorry not wrong answer. The New Phenom II X2's are AM3 only and will not work in this board. Look at the Specs for the X2

[k2000]

Originally Posted by crashovride02

Sorry not wrong answer. The New Phenom II X2's are AM3 only and will not work in this board. Look at the Specs for the X2

Integrated DDR2 Memory Controller yes (X3 720 works well with this board)

[crashovride02]

Originally Posted by k2000

Integrated DDR2 Memory Controller yes (X3 720 works well with this board)

I know the X3 720 works with this board because I have one and this CPU is Socket AM2+ / AM3. The NEW PHENOM II X2's are AM3 ONLY. So therefore an AM3 CPU will not work in this board.

[k2000]

Originally Posted by crashovride02

I know the X3 720 works with this board because I have one and this CPU is Socket AM2+ / AM3. The NEW PHENOM II X2's are AM3 ONLY. So therefore an AM3 CPU will not work in this board.

look at this configuration:
http://www.overclock.net/system.php?i=36608
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