phenom II 940 on biostar tforce 780g m2+ (non HP)

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sirmonkey1985

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Ok, after much headaches and wanting to break stuff and half a pack of cigs later.. i got the phenom II 940 to work on my non HP version of the biostar TA78G m2+..

use these bios
http://www.lejabeach.com/Biostar/TA780GM2+/A78GMB24.rar

also its recommended to put heatsinks on the PWM's since without the heatsinks the pwm's are not rated for a 125w cpu..

once you go into the bios change the cpu voltage to +.20 because the bios undervolts the cpu and will cause windows to bsod after the load screen..

proof: http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=517865

and enjoy..

side note:
i have not tried to overclock it yet.. going to let the thermal grease cure some before i try and also make sure everything is stable at stock speeds..



*edit* revised the voltage setting.. due to the processor still being undervolted and wasnt stable long term.. at +.20 it sets the cpu to 1.31v which where as +.10 sets it at 1.23v


for anyone that see's this thread.. just a note, this board died finally after 13 straight months of running F@H.. RIP my awesome biostar motherboard friend :(
just some things to look out for, if the NIC starts limiting you to 10mbps your mosfets are about to die. as long as the system stays running it's fine. but once you shut it down and cold boot it will not start up. warm booting(restarting) is completely fine though.
 
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Hmmm, that's funny cause I have the same mobo and updated the BIOS to this one:
http://www.biostar-usa.com/app/en-us/t-series/bios.php?S_ID=344

and I haven't had any problems. However, I have the X3 720BE, which is 95 watts compared to your 125W X4 940BE.

I did get a solid overclock of 3.7ghz, so I'm happy. Still need to dial it in a little. I want to up the HTT and lower the multi a little. I wish I had the ACC option in my BIOS so I can see about unlocking my 4th core since I received a 0904 datecode. Oh well....

Good luck with your overclock.
 
yeah the bios you used has a 95w cpu limit.. it will not accept the phenom II 940.. i tried them already.. the board will post then go into a 10 second count down til shut off saying this cpu is over 95w.. took me for ever to find these bios so that i could use my phenom II 940..
 
Ehren8879 said:
Why are you using such an old bios (dated 11/24/08) ? Biostar lists this as the most current M2+ HP bios

http://www.biostar-usa.com/app/en-us/t-series/bios.php?S_ID=357

Edit: Actually the upload here is only a couple weeks older, so very possibly the same or very similar bios. However this one is off the Biostar support page.
Click to expand...


because my boards a non HP version.. and the HP version bios do not work on this board.. the rom's dont match.. trust me i spent 2 days and crap load of hours trying to get this working.. i wasted 3 tubes of as5 swapping cpu's back and forth trying to find bios that work correctly with the 940 and this board.. biostar's bios are horrible.. i really wish the new bios for this motherboard didnt have the 95w lock on it because that bios is so much nicer then all the older ones..


http://www.lejabeach.com/Biostar/TA780GM2+/ <-- these are all the current/older/beta bios for this board

http://www.lejabeach.com/Biostar/TA780GM2+HP/ <-- same stuff but for the HP version..
 
Props for those links.

I hadn't tested it, but I thought you could flash w/ HP bios. Thanks for taking the time and doing the work!
 
no problem.. i was hoping i could of flashed with the hp bios as well.. probably would of saved me from having to use the incorrect voltage setting these bios use for the 940.. but oh well so im limited a little on my overclock for right now.. atleast i get it working :p
 
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