Abit IX38 Quad GT - Living Review II

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Originally Posted by glowball

keyboard not working, reboot, LED's keep flashing up 2A, keyboard not working, reboot with Insert key,

mmm, if the keyboard isn't working in BIOS (USB?) do you really expect booting holding the Insert key down to do anything ...?

btw for the other guy if it's 9.0. rather than 90 (the dots signify that it's uGuru specific & not just an Award POST code) that's usually either a BIOS or power related problem - I wonder if he has a Galaxy (I didn't see a PSU in his specs)?

[glowball]

I 'always' use PS/2 keyboard (and mouse) when setting up / testing.

We are up and running again this morning, at least after leaving battery out I am able to boot again and make BIOS settings that stick... staying at stock for now, new power supply is on it's way.

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We are up and running again this morning

that's good.

new power supply is on it's way.

Hope you got next day delivery

I'm also on PS/2 . I have similar but not as bad issues with keyboard. Key detection to enter bios is pretty poor. Also once it has posted & you do a [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [Del] the re-post is very quick, giving little or no time to get into bios. Then occasionally if it gets into bios I get the bios screen freeze


Ahem my 40mm papst

After a bit of MSN coaching from Clunk

[glowball]

Picture is much better, I'm sure the camera will give years of service... without... constant reboots, loosing it's settings or crashing, need for firmware updates etc. etc.

Yep, next day delivery. CoolerMaster Real-Power Pro RS-850 EMBA, nVidia certified.

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without... constant reboots, loosing it's settings or crashing, need for firmware updates etc. etc.

Running at stock atm not sure how to OC it yet

Oh right

CoolerMaster Real-Power Pro RS-850

should be ok is that in the same range as the 000W Coolermaster Real Power Modular M1000 PSU - Very High End! See Specs.
was i bit pricy when i was looking >£200 but their pretty good.

[Clunk]

Pics are looking much better now

Who makes the Coolermaster PSUs nowadays?

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Pics are looking much better now

Cheers teach'

Cooler Master Real Power Pro RS-A00-EMBA 1000W Is Enhance Electronics, not sure about the 850. Ripple & noise are impressive £ ain't to bad now. Not sure if it's been updated to include 8pin Pci-e plugs.

[glowball]

Originally Posted by supershanks

Running at stock atm not sure how to OC it yet

When you do OC it you'll need a larger memory card to accommodate the extra pixels generated.

The 850's seem to do well in the tests, of slight concern one tester reported a slight buzz, overall it's quieter than most, reasonable size - not as big as the Galaxy but has slightly shorter cables - boo! Like Clunk hinted, nothing is perfect out there.
Mines coming from Tekheads (cheaper there) as Scan delivery isn't as good as it once was - used to use them all the time.
Edit: Not modular & also no power switch... because they can't make them good enough?

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Yep am waiting for a 4gb card i ordered to come. Got a 1gb last night from Comet, was soon fed up of playing with the 16m supplied card

one tester reported a slight buzz

It's a bit subjective sometimes have to just wait & see. Yes it's a bit weird about the switch.
Yep think a few now do 2 versions fixed & modular. This tt1200 is the 1st modular i've had.

Scan delivery isn't as good as it once was - used to use them all the time.

Tell me about it. We moved from near bolton in July, used to just go to the sales counter. Since then it's been a nightmare getting anything.

I'm in here when i tried to get my gigabyte x38 from them:-
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Because the supply will run on multiple voltages - the lowest being 90v, it can draw a lot of amps... 15 to be precise and that could harm a switch - go figure. In the UK and at 240v it's not so much of a problem, no switch will be annoying when wanting to reset the BIOS as it's not advisable to pull the plug out of PSU.