Intel DP45SG (Skyburg)

[Cat Toaster]

@Chevy
Well, then it´s just another bug to fix, they definitely know how to do it.

[Sandog]

Originally Posted by Cat Toaster

However, I have absolutely no stability problems running Windows XP on the DP45 even overclocked. The following settings run stable without any voltage tweaking, running two Prim95 instances (max heat and max memory usage) plus Furmark while complete Virus-Scanning for hours.

Would like to post a pic but i´m still not allowed...

What OC settings are you running at? I can upload your pic if you want.

[Cat Toaster]

I uploaded the small tiny 144kb pic to imageshack.us but i´m not allowed to post the link and it answers your question. Oh, it seems i´m allowed to sent the link via mail to you Sandog, so i did. Thanks for posting it!

[Waterp7]

Will they be posting 088 tonight? I haven't seen it posted yet on the support site.

[Sandog]

Today is the day the new 403 boards are predicted by Intel to be available. I think Intel is working more on BIOS 0088. I have called them at least three times. My last call today was not good. I was told to install XP and SP2 and see if it works. I told him I'm didn't want to do that. He said it might be an OS problem. DX48BT2 users are having no restart problems with Vista 64bit as far as I can tell and the DP45SG appears not to have restart issues in XP.

I guess I will wait for the next BIOS.

[panzerino]

Originally Posted by chevyvan10

hey all... first post here.

I am on my 2nd board. The first one, I ACCIDENTLY disabled my USB.... when there's no PS/2 ports, thats a huge problem. Especially since you can't clear the bios settings manually without a keyboard (no, removing the CMOS battery doesn't work... it just resets the clock). If you disable USB, you're SOL.

Ok, so I'm on my 2nd board now. Since the first boot I've been having the same problem Sandog has...

I push the power button, it turns on, then turns off, then turns back on and boots normally. Also, I have issues in S3 sleep mode. It will turn everything off, but then usually a minute or two later, it wakes itself back up.

Also, when I restart the computer, it completely shuts off, then turns back on. So therefore, I can't use any of the windows based utilities to flash the bios.

Note that I had NONE of these problems with my first board... and I was using ALL the same parts. Therefore, I don't believe this is a RAM or PSU problem. I think the board has the problem, and if this next bios release doesn't fix it, looks like I may be moving on to #3.

Look some pages behind.
I wrote some about the NIC, and which options there must be checked.

[Sandog]

Well it looks like my restart problem is fixed. I'm pretty sure the fix came from Windows update. There was an ATI HD 4850 update. Might have been the hotfix that was at AMD Game! site. Another thing was I finally got my proper monitor driver installed. Device Manager use to have Generic Plug and Play LCD under displays. I am pretty sure it was the ATI driver fix though.

My computer still starts and stops when you hit the power button from a cold boot. It has done that since I first powered it up with out an operating system so I view that as normal for this board and I have no problems with that happening. It also shuts off and restarts when you save BIOS settings.

I also tested the Sleep setting (S3) and it returns to Vista now. I have no problems at the moment but I am still waiting for IDCC so I can see how all my temps are fairing with the mobo and CPU after I run some PassMark benchmarks.

[Cat Toaster]

Originally Posted by Sandog

Well it looks like my restart problem is fixed. I'm pretty sure the fix came from Windows update. There was an ATI HD 4850 update. Might have been the hotfix that was at AMD Game! site. Another thing was I finally got my proper monitor driver installed. Device Manager use to have Generic Plug and Play LCD under displays. I am pretty sure it was the ATI driver fix though.

My computer still starts and stops when you hit the power button from a cold boot. It has done that since I first powered it up with out an operating system so I view that as normal for this board and I have no problems with that happening. It also shuts off and restarts when you save BIOS settings.

Hm, that´s interesting and good to know. the 4870 seems not to be affected.

As I said im quite confident that "power on twice from cold boot" will be adressed soon, same problem the DP35DP had.

Did you get my screenshot i mailed to you Sandog?

[Sandog]

I have the Sapphire TOXIC HD 4850 and have been getting the drivers from Sapphire's site. I had the 8.9's but I might just get them from AMD Game! from now on.

I downloaded four updates from Windows update page last night and the problem was gone (the ATI update was one of them.) Which monitor driver I was using didn't matter.

The start and restart is still unusual though and I think Intel might correct this later with a new BIOS. Other than that the board is holding up well. I need to get a better HSF for my Q9650 and I am looking at getting the OCZ Dominatrix mouse. Everything else I am happy with.

[Sandog]

Originally Posted by Cat Toaster

Did you get my screenshot i mailed to you Sandog?

Send me a private message, I sent you one yesterday.

[devSpeed]

I have this board with 2 HD4850 VisionTek cards.
I am running Vista Enterprise x64 and do not have stability or BSOD issues.

I do have the restart problem (computer boots up when you shut it down) and sometimes at start up my 3rd monitor has swaped places with the second monitor and moved up or down.

[Sandog]

Originally Posted by devSpeed

I have this board with 2 HD4850 VisionTek cards.

I am running Vista Enterprise x64 and do not have stability or BSOD issues.



I do have the restart problem (computer boots up when you shut it down) and sometimes at start up my 3rd monitor has swaped places with the second monitor and moved up or down.

Welcome to ABXZone devSpeed.

Make sure your power properties for the power switch is set to power-off and not reset or standby.

Which DVI connector is the main output on the 4850? Is it the bottom or top of card connector. I get these mixed up between NVidia and ATI. I think in CCC it shows my #1 monitor being the primary. I have the HDMI cable hooked to the bottom connector.

[Sandog]

Cat Toaster's pic.

[devSpeed]

Originally Posted by Sandog

Welcome to ABXZone devSpeed.

Make sure your power properties for the power switch is set to power-off and not reset or standby.

Which DVI connector is the main output on the 4850? Is it the bottom or top of card connector. I get these mixed up between NVidia and ATI. I think in CCC it shows my #1 monitor being the primary. I have the HDMI cable hooked to the bottom connector.

The bottom must be the main output.
My monitors are configured as such
1 Primary Card Bottom
2 Primary Card Top
3 Secondary Card Bottom

as for the "power switch" I assume you mean the UI "power" button. I don't use it to power down.

[cactus]

Received my RMA. I had a rev. 401 board, I received a 402.

LAN issue is fixed. Did a matrix raid 0 (os) raid 1 (data) with 2 seagates 7200.11 640 gigs.

HD Tune topped at 220 meg/s on the raid 0 ! Things are going better and better :P