ECS AM3+ 970 Motherboard - $14.99 after MIR

suraswami · Mar 27, 2014

Jeffredo said:
I was able to OC my X4 980 with just a FSB adjustment in the BIOS. Set it to a conservative 211 to get a couple hundred more Mhz (3.9 Ghz) and perk up the memory and NB a bit.

So no Multiplier OC then? Guess you didn't go higher than 211 then?

Jeffredo · Mar 28, 2014

suraswami said:
So no Multiplier OC then? Guess you didn't go higher than 211 then?

Well, it has a stock VID of 1.45v (believe it or not - lost the CPU lottery on that one), so I've really never pushed it hard even when it was in a top-of-the-line ASUS motherboard. 4.0 Ghz was it. I could OC it with the multiplier if I wanted to use AMD Overdrive. I was just curious to see if bumping the FSB a little was possible in the ECS BIOS... and it was. I may continue bumping it upwards to its limit @ 1.45v sometime soon.

suraswami · Mar 28, 2014

I flashed the board with the latest bios again, but with the .CAP file. Then put the cmos clear jumper to clear, removed the battery, left for a minute, put back the jumper in normal position and put the cmos battery. Still CPU Multi doesn't work but NB Frequency/Voltage works properly, will allow me to change the NB frequency.
So with base clock OC I am at 240 HTT with NB and HT at 2160.
I am guessing the multi change will work only on FX CPUs?

suraswami · Mar 28, 2014

itsakjt said:
Yes I have followed it and that's why I have said to try increasing the NB clock since it increases a lot of memory bandwidth.

dude, sorry I didn't mean to post a blunt comment.

Anyway with HTT clocking, occasional crashing at 240, but did 20 runs of IBT testing with stock volts and only increasing NB volt by .01. Board is stable with video card mining too(ofcourse video card does all the work).
hmm may be have to cancel my RMA?

suraswami · Mar 29, 2014

YAY! Clock Multiplier Works!!!!

But only with a FX processor. Put in the FX 4130 and changed the multi to 20 and it booted right away at 4 Ghz. So Dumb ECS coded expecting only a FX processor will be used on the board!!

check out other thread

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/ecs-a990fxm-a-v1-1.199248/page-2

Cybrnook2002 · Apr 11, 2014

Yowzas, board is $75 now?? That escalated quickly!!!

Jeffredo · Apr 12, 2014

lol - yeah I noticed that. If I had bought it at that price (which is more or less what its been since release) I would have been a little disappointed.

suraswami · Apr 12, 2014

Jeffredo said:
lol - yeah I noticed that. If I had bought it at that price (which is more or less what its been since release) I would have been a little disappointed.

They need to fix the Bios over voltage issue, other than that its going strong for me.

Jeffredo · Apr 12, 2014

suraswami said:
They need to fix the Bios over voltage issue, other than that its going strong for me.

I need to take my out of the case, get the serial number and submit a ticket for the lack of multiplier adjustment on Phenom IIs and see if they'll allow lowering the voltage (like every other motherboard). Really needs a BIOS update.

m0nt3 · Apr 12, 2014

ECS is awesome, it took a week and a half but they sent me an updated BIOS where they fixed it, for the 990FX board however.

System Name	---
Processor	FX 8350 @ 4.00 Ghz with 1.28v
Motherboard	Gigabyte 990FX-UD3 v4.0, Hacked Bios F4.x
Cooling	Silenx 4 pipe Tower cooler + 2 x Cougar 120mm fan, 3 x 120mm, 1 x 200 mm Red LED fan
Memory	Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 16GB + Patriot Memory DDR3 1866 16GB
Video Card(s)	Asus R9 290 OC @ GPU - 1050, MEM - 1300
Storage	Inland 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD for OS, WDC Black - 2TB + 1TB Storage, Inland 480GB SSD - Games
Display(s)	3 x 1080P LCDs - Acer 25" + Acer 23" + HP 23"
Case	AeroCool XPredator X3
Audio Device(s)	Built-in Realtek
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000 Modular
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

System Name	Modest Box
Processor	i5-4690K @ 4.7 Ghz
Motherboard	ASUS Z97-C
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15
Memory	G.Skill Ares DDR3-2400 16GB
Video Card(s)	Colorful GTX 950
Storage	OCZ Vertex 460A 480GB
Display(s)	HP w2558hc
Case	Cooler Master Stacker 830
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek
Power Supply	Gigabyte 750W Gold
Mouse	Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer
Software	Windows 10 64 Bit

System Name	---
Processor	FX 8350 @ 4.00 Ghz with 1.28v
Motherboard	Gigabyte 990FX-UD3 v4.0, Hacked Bios F4.x
Cooling	Silenx 4 pipe Tower cooler + 2 x Cougar 120mm fan, 3 x 120mm, 1 x 200 mm Red LED fan
Memory	Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 16GB + Patriot Memory DDR3 1866 16GB
Video Card(s)	Asus R9 290 OC @ GPU - 1050, MEM - 1300
Storage	Inland 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD for OS, WDC Black - 2TB + 1TB Storage, Inland 480GB SSD - Games
Display(s)	3 x 1080P LCDs - Acer 25" + Acer 23" + HP 23"
Case	AeroCool XPredator X3
Audio Device(s)	Built-in Realtek
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000 Modular
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

System Name	---
Processor	FX 8350 @ 4.00 Ghz with 1.28v
Motherboard	Gigabyte 990FX-UD3 v4.0, Hacked Bios F4.x
Cooling	Silenx 4 pipe Tower cooler + 2 x Cougar 120mm fan, 3 x 120mm, 1 x 200 mm Red LED fan
Memory	Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 16GB + Patriot Memory DDR3 1866 16GB
Video Card(s)	Asus R9 290 OC @ GPU - 1050, MEM - 1300
Storage	Inland 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD for OS, WDC Black - 2TB + 1TB Storage, Inland 480GB SSD - Games
Display(s)	3 x 1080P LCDs - Acer 25" + Acer 23" + HP 23"
Case	AeroCool XPredator X3
Audio Device(s)	Built-in Realtek
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000 Modular
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

System Name	---
Processor	FX 8350 @ 4.00 Ghz with 1.28v
Motherboard	Gigabyte 990FX-UD3 v4.0, Hacked Bios F4.x
Cooling	Silenx 4 pipe Tower cooler + 2 x Cougar 120mm fan, 3 x 120mm, 1 x 200 mm Red LED fan
Memory	Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 16GB + Patriot Memory DDR3 1866 16GB
Video Card(s)	Asus R9 290 OC @ GPU - 1050, MEM - 1300
Storage	Inland 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD for OS, WDC Black - 2TB + 1TB Storage, Inland 480GB SSD - Games
Display(s)	3 x 1080P LCDs - Acer 25" + Acer 23" + HP 23"
Case	AeroCool XPredator X3
Audio Device(s)	Built-in Realtek
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000 Modular
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

System Name	Headshot
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
Motherboard	ASUS Crosshair VI Hero ROG
Cooling	Phanteks Glacier One 360 MPH
Memory	2x16GB Corsair Vengence LPX DDR4 @ 3200 16-18-18-18-36
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon Vega64 (Linux)/Gigabyte RX 6600 (Windows VM)
Storage	Cruscial P5 1TB nVME, Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, Seagate 1TBx2 (Home/Data), 2TB Seagate (Games)
Display(s)	2x Acer 1080P 144HZ
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Luxe White
Audio Device(s)	Schiit Stack (Schiit Audio Modi 2 DAC + Magni 3 AMP + Loki)
Power Supply	eVGA Supernova 1000 G2
Mouse	Razer DeathAdder V2
Keyboard	Logitech G710+
Software	Arch Linux with Windows 10 Gaming VM