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WilHarris · 3rd Aug 2006, 14:35

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200..._ap_edn/1.html

customh · 3rd Aug 2006, 16:27

1st!! woot for good mobo for conroe!!
EDIT: I didn't see, is there an actual push button for CMOS reset?

Renoir · 3rd Aug 2006, 16:42

This board was mentioned in my thread

onboard sata & esata compatibility

and was wandering if you'd figured out why 2 of the ICH8R sata ports are black instead of being red like the other ports?

customh · 3rd Aug 2006, 17:39

raid stuffs maybe?

Bindibadgi · 3rd Aug 2006, 17:47

Nope, nothing in the manual or drivers about them.

Best bet is to try and dig through the Asus site.

cereal_killer · 3rd Aug 2006, 18:19

no overclock testing ?

Bindibadgi · 3rd Aug 2006, 19:05

Last page.

xPaladin · 3rd Aug 2006, 20:15

Not bad, but for an Asus deluxe mobo I was expecting to see two IEEE1394s, similar to the A8N32s. Or did I miss something?

Tim S · 3rd Aug 2006, 20:24

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Originally Posted by xPaladin

Not bad, but for an Asus deluxe mobo I was expecting to see two IEEE1394s, similar to the A8N32s. Or did I miss something?

Hi and welcome to the forums.

There is one IEEE1394 Firewire port on the back IO panel above the eSATA port, and there is another available via motherboard pin-outs (expansion bracket supplied), making a total of two.

Hope this helps

customh · 3rd Aug 2006, 20:26

cmos reset pushbutton???? Is there one????

Tim S · 3rd Aug 2006, 20:38

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Originally Posted by customholle

cmos reset pushbutton???? Is there one????

No, it's a jumper

customh · 3rd Aug 2006, 20:41

Thanks tim

scq · 3rd Aug 2006, 20:48

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Originally Posted by cereal_killer

no overclock testing ?

Yeah. What's the overclockability on this board? So far, it seems like the only absolute options for any Conroe overclocker is the pricey P5W DH Deluxe, and to some degree Intel's "Badaxe" (I could never bear to buy something called 'BadAxe' myself), as it seems though every Conroe reviewer are using those boards for tests and overclocking.

They may work well, but not everybody's got the budget for such boards, and it doesn't make sense if your E6300 cost less than the motherboard itself.

Tim S · 3rd Aug 2006, 20:51

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Originally Posted by scq

Yeah. What's the overclockability on this board? So far, it seems like the only absolute options for any Conroe overclocker is the pricey P5W DH Deluxe, and to some degree Intel's "Badaxe" (I could never bear to buy something called 'BadAxe' myself), as it seems though every Conroe reviewer are using those boards for tests and overclocking.

They may work well, but not everybody's got the budget for such boards, and it doesn't make sense if your E6300 cost less than the motherboard itself.

Read the final page...

xPaladin · 3rd Aug 2006, 21:20

@Tim, Thanks, and thanks. Cleared that right up. ;)

Latoron · 3rd Aug 2006, 21:33

Will this board have SLI support or will the Intel 975x boards have SLI support?
I'm not sure which chipsets will have SLI support, but alot of people are saying that in a future BIOS upgrade some boards will have SLI support. I'm just curious if this board will be one of them.

To my knowledge, this is the only board with Intel C2D board that had SLI support. Chipset is NF4 SLI X16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131031

Tim S · 3rd Aug 2006, 21:56

This board doesn't have any multi-gpu support at all.

At the moment, there is one nForce4 SLI X16 chipset that supports Core 2 Duo and that is the only one to support SLI and Conroe at the moment. NVIDIA is releasing nForce 590 SLI later this month, and board partners should be selling by the start of next month. At the moment, it's unclear whether i975X will support SLI - I've heard mixed responses from both sides of the fence. I guess time will tell on that front.

Krikkit · 3rd Aug 2006, 23:38

Great review - nice looking board too, plenty of features for those not fussed for multi-GPU.

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Etacovda · 3rd Aug 2006, 23:49

mamouth? mammoth, you mean :P? (review blurb on the front page)

Latoron · 4th Aug 2006, 00:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim S

This board doesn't have any multi-gpu support at all.

At the moment, there is one nForce4 SLI X16 chipset that supports Core 2 Duo and that is the only one to support SLI and Conroe at the moment. NVIDIA is releasing nForce 590 SLI later this month, and board partners should be selling by the start of next month. At the moment, it's unclear whether i975X will support SLI - I've heard mixed responses from both sides of the fence. I guess time will tell on that front.

So this boards multi-gpu is undecided, odd.

In the latest Maximum PC magazine, they built their new dream machine and they were using an Intel 590 mobo along with 2x 7900GTX, yet they did not specify who manufactured the board. I'm hopig SLI boards will come out soon.

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Originally Posted by krikkit

Great review - nice looking board too, plenty of features for those not fussed for multi-GPU.

I hardly call it fussing - I just crave performance

3rd Aug 2006, 14:35	#1
WilHarris Just another nobody Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Oxford Posts: 2,671	Asus P5B Deluxe WiFi-AP Edition http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200..._ap_edn/1.html

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customh conflagration. Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 2,590	1st!! woot for good mobo for conroe!! EDIT: I didn't see, is there an actual push button for CMOS reset? Last edited by customh; 3rd Aug 2006 at 16:38.

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Bindibadgi Richard Swinburne bit-tech Staff Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Omnipwntent Posts: 28,277	Nope, nothing in the manual or drivers about them. Best bet is to try and dig through the Asus site. __________________ Made you look, made you stare, made you clicked this in your underwear! Den of Geek!

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Renoir Multimodder Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Milton Keynes, UK Posts: 190	This board was mentioned in my thread onboard sata & esata compatibility and was wandering if you'd figured out why 2 of the ICH8R sata ports are black instead of being red like the other ports?

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customh conflagration. Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 2,590	raid stuffs maybe?

3rd Aug 2006, 20:15	#8
xPaladin Minimodder Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Brooklyn NY Posts: 31	Just one IEEE1394 on a deluxe mobo? Not bad, but for an Asus deluxe mobo I was expecting to see two IEEE1394s, similar to the A8N32s. Or did I miss something?

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customh conflagration. Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 2,590	cmos reset pushbutton???? Is there one????

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customh conflagration. Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 2,590	Thanks tim

3rd Aug 2006, 21:20	#15
xPaladin Minimodder Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Brooklyn NY Posts: 31	@Tim, Thanks, and thanks. Cleared that right up. ;)

3rd Aug 2006, 21:33	#16
Latoron What's a Dremel? Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 11	Will this board have SLI support or will the Intel 975x boards have SLI support? I'm not sure which chipsets will have SLI support, but alot of people are saying that in a future BIOS upgrade some boards will have SLI support. I'm just curious if this board will be one of them. To my knowledge, this is the only board with Intel C2D board that had SLI support. Chipset is NF4 SLI X16 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131031

3rd Aug 2006, 21:56	#17
Tim S Pewlius Caesar bit-tech Staff Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ascot, Berks Posts: 18,021	This board doesn't have any multi-gpu support at all. At the moment, there is one nForce4 SLI X16 chipset that supports Core 2 Duo and that is the only one to support SLI and Conroe at the moment. NVIDIA is releasing nForce 590 SLI later this month, and board partners should be selling by the start of next month. At the moment, it's unclear whether i975X will support SLI - I've heard mixed responses from both sides of the fence. I guess time will tell on that front. __________________ Tim on Twitter \| Tim's Blog \| Tim's Flickr The bit-tech Blog \| bit-tech on Twitter \| Join the bit-tech & Custom PC folding team (#35947)

3rd Aug 2006, 23:49	#19
Etacovda Supermodder Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: New Zealand Posts: 306	mamouth? mammoth, you mean :P? (review blurb on the front page)