Foxconn A74MX-K AM2+/AM2 AMD 740G compatible with G.SKILL PI Black 4GB

[boulard83]

yeah it can be a MOBO probleme. you tried différent SATA connector on borad ? i run my HDD on 1-2 and DVD on 6 ...

 

[WiZdoM]

Tried everything except another PCIe vidcard, which is what foxconn is now recommending.

Don't have another PCIe vidcard tho, and surely not buying one 😉

 

[WiZdoM]

Just a follow up on the PSU, it's working great. Now have 2HDD, DVD, 3 fans and 8800gts everything oc'd and plenty of stable power.

Runs every game I have beautifully...Crysis, GOW, FarCry 2, Fallout 3, NFS Undercover, FEAR, WIC, and B&W 2 all maxed not a bit of lag.

Btw, FarCry 2 is amazing.

Ill be giving GTA 4 a try next...I hear it's quite resource intensive, so should be a good test 😉

 

[boulard83]

lol YES. GTA4 is badly optimized as i heard. need nice system.

I didnt tryed it yet. maybe soon ... im on my Eve ONline demo ATM and i like it. NICE game ! AWESOMELY large solar sytem !

 

[WiZdoM]

Well...still waiting for GTA4, and now that rig is running nice, there is are two problems left.

1. SATA DVD ...given up for now, just using PATA instead

2. RAM timings stuck at 5-5-5-15.
Since I don't have the option to change timings in bios, I'm hoping someone else has a better suggestion other than upping the voltage, as this has not worked either.

btw, cpu and RAM are overclocked via FSB as I do not have the option to increase my cpu multiplier by any more than 13, even though I'm running the 5000+ BE...obviously this bios....lol...right?

Any suggestions, much appreciated.

 

[WiZdoM]

Awesome, foxconn released bios update just today which allows for modifying RAM timings.

Still only allow maximum cpu multiplier of 13, but hey I got the RAM timings at 4-4-4-12 easily....just need to make sure I have the trc set right, as it's at 24 now and is rated to be at 36 with these other timings...time to read more

 

[Caerus84]

I actually have the same problem...A74MX-K stuck on "checking nvram..." when trying to boot with connected SATA blu-ray drive. My HDD is also SATA and I was wondering if your HDD is SATA also. I sent a question to technical support, hopefully they give me a different answer/solution, replacing the vidcard does not sound like a logical conclusion to me, I think it has something to do with the BIOS or sata controller...