Abit AW9D-MAX reaches retail

D_o_S · Sep 15, 2006, 01:44 PM

Sicness, a member of XtremeSystems, is among the first to have received his ABIT AW9D Max retail motherboard. This motherboard is one of the first "new" generation motherboards, not just an updated version to support Conroe CPUs. Overclockers have high expectations from this motherboard in helping them to push their CPUs even further.

The motherboard was purchased from www.e-bug.de

Source: Xtreme Systems

Sasqui · Sep 15, 2006, 02:39 PM

http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/...es=1&model=326

Finally... One gripe - I wish they made room for the ONE PCI slot - if you have a CF setup, you have no legacy PCI slots to work with... at least it appears that way.

EviLZeD · Sep 15, 2006, 03:07 PM

omg that board looks sweet

hmm well atleast there put one pci slot otherwise no sound card

EastCoasthandle · Sep 15, 2006, 03:48 PM

the lack of pci slots maybe their own demise

newtekie1 · Sep 15, 2006, 04:19 PM

I wish they would make up their damn minds. Personally I don't care one way or the other about PCI vs. PCI-e x1. I just wish they would pick one. It seems like the motherboard manufacturers want to go PCI-e but the add-on card makers seem to want to stick with PCI. If the motherboard manufacturers want PCI-e then I say get together and just decide that there will be no more PCI on boards, or maybe one port at the most. Force the add-on card makers, such as Creative and the like, to get over the PCI thing and just start making PCI-e cards, then people won't bitch that there isn't enough PCI slots on the new motherboards.

Leon2ky · Sep 15, 2006, 04:46 PM

...Dude Why does ABIT's board layouts suck so much!? Can't they learn to put all the SATA and PATA ports on 1 side of the damned motherboard!

W1zzard · Sep 15, 2006, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leon2ky

...Dude Why does ABIT's board layouts suck so much!? Can't they learn to put all the SATA and PATA ports on 1 side of the damned motherboard!

you mean the floppy connector at the bottom?

Sasqui · Sep 15, 2006, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by W1zzard

you mean the floppy connector at the bottom?

That and the Sata ports there. Wonder if they are installing SATA connectors that don't pop out when you look at them funny. This is coming from a tried and true Abit person.

newtekie1 · Sep 15, 2006, 06:28 PM

The floppy connect does suck at the bottom of the board like that, simply because it would be a pain to run a ribbon cable all the way down there, but the SATA right above it shouldn't be a problem since the cables are easier to work with.

cmberry20 · Sep 15, 2006, 07:48 PM

floppy connector??? Whats that!!!

..... I recollect some talk of those, but that was some years ago!!

HaZe303 · Sep 15, 2006, 07:58 PM

As already mentioned a few times! WHY Cant ABIT learn how to have smart layouts on their boards. If i would have CF which i would if i bought the mobo, then i would have sacrifice my x-fi for it!? How and what are Abit thinking?? This is why I still stay with my beloved Asus brand!

Azn Tr14dZ · Sep 15, 2006, 11:31 PM

Yeah, only 1 PCI isn't a smart choice now if you have a sound card, but in the future, I'm sure a lot of things, including sound will be PCI-E x1. But the Floppy I don't really care about. I only use it to install RAID, which doesn't take too long.

jocksteeluk · Sep 16, 2006, 02:22 AM

are the ports on the board sata or sata2?

evil bill · Sep 16, 2006, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jocksteeluk

are the ports on the board sata or sata2?

SATA II according to the specs on the Abit site linked on page 1, but they have disguised it by referign to it as SATA 3Gb/s (which is perfectly valid, but why is there 3 names for the same thing, SATA II, SATA 3GB/s and SATA3000 ?)

Internal I/O Connectors
- 1 x Floppy port, 1 x UDMA 100/66/33 connector
- 7 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
- 2 x USB 2.0 headers, 2 x IEEE1394 headers
- 1 x FP-Audio header, 1 x CD-IN

ktr · Sep 16, 2006, 09:04 PM

just installed one, didnt post. just installed the asus delux mobo, didnt post. installed gigabytes quad and it posted....

so far the g/b is my fav.

Sasqui · Sep 17, 2006, 04:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ktr

just installed one, didnt post. just installed the asus delux mobo, didnt post. installed gigabytes quad and it posted.... so far the g/b is my fav.

Just installed an ASUS PN532 SE SLI with an E6800. Didn't post. Did a hard CMOS reset, battery out. Posted fine after that. Couldn't get the SI 3132 RAID to work with XP. Went to sleep

ktr · Sep 17, 2006, 05:47 AM

today was pretty bad for the customer i was building this for. we went thru so many mobos. seems like a bad batch of 965s'. the asus board got some dma issue, the abit got some floppy issue and a c1 error, but the g/b board posted with out a hitch. personally (building over 100 units using the finest board the market had to offer) gigabyte is my fav manafacture. then comes dfi, and a fight between abit and asus for third.

Sep 15, 2006, 01:44 PM	#1
D_o_S Moderator Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 912 (0.32/day) Thanks: 2 Thanked 38 Times in 23 Posts System Specs	Abit AW9D-MAX reaches retail Sicness, a member of XtremeSystems, is among the first to have received his ABIT AW9D Max retail motherboard. This motherboard is one of the first "new" generation motherboards, not just an updated version to support Conroe CPUs. Overclockers have high expectations from this motherboard in helping them to push their CPUs even further. The motherboard was purchased from www.e-bug.de Source: Xtreme Systems Last edited by D_o_S; Sep 15, 2006 at 01:54 PM.

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Sep 15, 2006, 02:39 PM	#2
Sasqui Eligible for custom title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Manchester, NH Posts: 6,066 (2.22/day) Thanks: 827 Thanked 913 Times in 746 Posts System Specs	http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/...es=1&model=326 Finally... One gripe - I wish they made room for the ONE PCI slot - if you have a CF setup, you have no legacy PCI slots to work with... at least it appears that way.

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EviLZeD Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 649 (0.27/day) Thanks: 30 Thanked 48 Times in 44 Posts System Specs	omg that board looks sweet hmm well atleast there put one pci slot otherwise no sound card

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EastCoasthandle Eligible for custom title Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 6,244 (2.11/day) Thanks: 382 Thanked 1,526 Times in 865 Posts System Specs	the lack of pci slots maybe their own demise

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newtekie1 Semi-Retired Folder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 17,762 (6.48/day) Thanks: 780 Thanked 5,118 Times in 3,708 Posts System Specs	I wish they would make up their damn minds. Personally I don't care one way or the other about PCI vs. PCI-e x1. I just wish they would pick one. It seems like the motherboard manufacturers want to go PCI-e but the add-on card makers seem to want to stick with PCI. If the motherboard manufacturers want PCI-e then I say get together and just decide that there will be no more PCI on boards, or maybe one port at the most. Force the add-on card makers, such as Creative and the like, to get over the PCI thing and just start making PCI-e cards, then people won't bitch that there isn't enough PCI slots on the new motherboards.

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Leon2ky Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 56 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts System Specs	...Dude Why does ABIT's board layouts suck so much!? Can't they learn to put all the SATA and PATA ports on 1 side of the damned motherboard!

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newtekie1 Semi-Retired Folder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 17,762 (6.48/day) Thanks: 780 Thanked 5,118 Times in 3,708 Posts System Specs	The floppy connect does suck at the bottom of the board like that, simply because it would be a pain to run a ribbon cable all the way down there, but the SATA right above it shouldn't be a problem since the cables are easier to work with.

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cmberry20 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Worcester, England Posts: 140 (0.04/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	floppy connector??? Whats that!!! ..... I recollect some talk of those, but that was some years ago!!

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HaZe303 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sweden (08-Stockholm) Posts: 307 (0.12/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts System Specs	As already mentioned a few times! WHY Cant ABIT learn how to have smart layouts on their boards. If i would have CF which i would if i bought the mobo, then i would have sacrifice my x-fi for it!? How and what are Abit thinking?? This is why I still stay with my beloved Asus brand! __________________ Break´n the law... Break´n the law...

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Azn Tr14dZ Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,415 (1.67/day) Thanks: 16 Thanked 19 Times in 12 Posts System Specs	Yeah, only 1 PCI isn't a smart choice now if you have a sound card, but in the future, I'm sure a lot of things, including sound will be PCI-E x1. But the Floppy I don't really care about. I only use it to install RAID, which doesn't take too long.

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ktr Eligible for custom title Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bay Area, California, USA, Earth Posts: 6,158 (2.36/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 708 Times in 595 Posts System Specs	just installed one, didnt post. just installed the asus delux mobo, didnt post. installed gigabytes quad and it posted.... so far the g/b is my fav.

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ktr Eligible for custom title Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bay Area, California, USA, Earth Posts: 6,158 (2.36/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 708 Times in 595 Posts System Specs	today was pretty bad for the customer i was building this for. we went thru so many mobos. seems like a bad batch of 965s'. the asus board got some dma issue, the abit got some floppy issue and a c1 error, but the g/b board posted with out a hitch. personally (building over 100 units using the finest board the market had to offer) gigabyte is my fav manafacture. then comes dfi, and a fight between abit and asus for third.

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