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Upgrad config Sapphire R9 290 no possible run 3dmark 11 bsod 

What makes you think this is a BIOS problem?

I doubt we'll see another BIOS update for the SR-2, but that's beside the point - I don't see any evidence that the problem is an issue with the SR-2 BIOS. I have a pair of R9 290X cards in the post, so I'll try them when they arrive. I use Linux and I'd be very surprised indeed if there is an obvious problem (over and above the usual problems with ATI cards that generally make them useless for a lot of things).

gordan79
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3) With every Linux kernel that has PCIE hotplug support built in, on a cold boot, the ICH10 keeps flapping when the hotplug driver tries to connect to it. This floods the console and renders the machine completely unusable. Reboot into BIOS, change the clock speed significantly (e.g. from 133 to 180), save and exit, the machine will power off and restart itself. Go back into the BIOS, set the FSB back to what it was, save and exit, the machine won't power off this time, it will continue to boot and the PCIE hotplug flood won't happen. This implies there is something badly flawed with the BIOS initialization of hardware, particularly ICH10.
(Edit: Nope, just tested this as well - still breaks on a cold-boot and fixes itself as described.)
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Edit: So, 1 out of (4) 3 major bugs fixed. Less than I'd hoped for, but more than I expected.

I'd like to see this one fixed as well badly, it slows your system down immensely into a unusable slow state...

some settings for 5670's pls?
 
thx

I did d/l of the new BIOS but cannot do much more because cannot startup at all. PSU is fine, get momentary fan spinning then shutdown. Will be working on this.

so the sr2 does not support the amd r9 290 gpus .
 

Are you guys ever gonna make any new updates for the sr-2 I still use mine everyday regardless of whats new I still love my sr-2 and would like to see continued updates too it.
 

SR2 not working with my GTX 970's at all. Constant crashing in FSE.... Sucks

Hi,
 
First, sorry to necropost this one too, but people seemed more active here than on my own thread at  . Maybe you guys can have a clue on what I should do.

I've tried to RMA my board or have it repaired by EVGA, which did not accept my board because I'm outside USA. Even though I can take it to the US. For a last resort option I come to you guys, master of TI, Gurus of EVGA issues. Please help.
 
This board goes along with a pair of E5620 (only one tested each time - don't have a second cooler), one GT740 also from EVGA (working fine on another system), one Supernova 750w PSU (also working fine) and one tested and proven (on another machine) working stick of DDR3 memory (crucial ballistics sport 8Gb).
 
No pins are bent on either of the CPU sockets. On BIOS one and two I have the latest A58 BIOS and on the 3rd slot a previous version that I don't recall exactly the version.
 
For a while now my SR-2 won't boot any longer giving me the 3C POST error code. It seems to be related with the chipset. I've already removed the heat sink and cleaned all chips, reapplying the correct amount of thermal paste right after.
 
I've also tried clearing the energy on the board by removing the battery and leaving the PSU out of the wall for several minutes. By doing this, the computer will kind of boot once. Only once.
 
What happens is that it will give the watchdog error and say my bios setting have been lost (because of clearing the bios) and asks if want to load default and continue by pressing F2 or enter the BIOS by hitting DEL. If I hit F2, the system will continue and try to boot, but since it resets the SATA to IDE, my system won't boot and I'll have to reboot. If, on the other hand, I hit DEL and try to set things the way I want, as soon as I reboot, just like with the F2 option I just talked about, the system will hang at FF just before anything alse and no commands will work, forcing me to either hold the power button for 4 seconds or turn the PSU off to try again. When I come back... 3C.
 
So this is the loop I came upon while trying to troubleshoot this MOBO and I'm very sad to be at this point now since before things started going awry I've ordered the very expensive obsidian 900D to fit the system that laid over my desk until then. No real use for this monster of a case if this board doesn't work.
 
My work bench is a very safe place. I prevent myself from ESD very well and only I work at the place. Also no electrical malfunctions should have taken place since many other equipment is installed on this room with power conditioning and RCDs for each of the three phases (not sure it's called this in english).
 
I'd really like to know if you guys know of a solution for this or a place to send it to to have it fixed, since EVGA explicitly told me they won't accept my board.
 
Thank you very much for your time. I really appreciate it.
 
Artur

"and application finesse from mayonaise applied with a gardening trowl" - Classical!
 
I've done just that thermal reapplying with AS5 with no results.
 
I know all of these suggestions and have tried to RMA this board, but since I bought it on ebay, and I am the second owner (and in between it was a friend of mine who bought it the US, that makes me the 3rd owner) they are saying they won't fix it for free. But not only that, They say they will not fix it at all. Not sure if it  is because I'm in Brazil right now, and maybe their RMA centre here is uncapable of dealing with this issue. I've offered to have it sent from the US in and out of their repair facility, but no is their final answer. Would you know of a place that fixes motherboards on the US, if not for a premium?
 
Thank you very much. 

Thanks gordan79. It's time to move on. It's a shame to leave it this way, but I'll find new equipment to use with these remaining parts. Maybe a data server. Have any suggestions as to which mob I might use this pair of E5620 xeon CPUs? Looking forward to a NAS to use at home. And a nice HDD controller some good NICs to make Link Aggregate in as many channels as possible and serve data at high bandwidth. And remember this strange piece of extreme computer hardware. This is kind of historic, wouldn't you say so? Even though not all of it memories are sweet.
 
Thanks for your input. Helped me to move on. Since EVGA left me hanging on this one... time to change business too.
 
Bye

climatoribus
Thanks gordan79. It's time to move on. It's a shame to leave it this way, but I'll find new equipment to use with these remaining parts. Maybe a data server. Have any suggestions as to which mob I might use this pair of E5620 xeon CPUs? Looking forward to a NAS to use at home. And a nice HDD controller some good NICs to make Link Aggregate in as many channels as possible and serve data at high bandwidth. And remember this strange piece of extreme computer hardware. This is kind of historic, wouldn't you say so? Even though not all of it memories are sweet.
 
Thanks for your input. Helped me to move on. Since EVGA left me hanging on this one... time to change business too.
 
Bye

 
I imagine you've tried the obvious start point to isolate the issue?
 
1)  1 CPU in correct socket, with jumper.  Try both CPU chips, if no boot, one at a time.
2)  1 stick of 4GB 1333 RAM in correct socket.  Try another stick too if no-boot.
3)  Only a DVD drive with a Linux disk in it.  Try a second DVD drive too.
4)  PS2 keyboard and mouse.
5)  Simple cheap graphics card in correct slot.  If it's nVidia, try a cheap AMD also.
6)  Try 2 different PSU's too.  They don't have to be monsters.  To run 1 CPU, you don't need dual CPU feeds or the PCIe booster.
 
If you can boot and run Linux from the DVD (yes it's REALLY slow), you know the base hardware is working.
 
I thought I had killed mine a couple of times.  But starting back from scratch, minimum config, then adding parts ONE by ONE, always isolated the issue.
 
From way up in the thread, for those who blame EVGA for only supporting 48gb of RAM reliably, they never said it would support more.  My guess is that they could not guarantee that 96gb would work with all brands of ram, but it does work with most kinds of matched 4gb sticks.
 
Those E5620's would work great in a Intel 5520 workstation board.  Very low power use, lots of muscle.
 
 

SR2 not working with my two Titan X's . Constant crashing since I replaced my cards with the Titan's.  Others are having trouble with their GTX 970/980's.

neurosurgery007
SR2 not working with my two Titan X's . Constant crashing since I replaced my cards with the Titan's.  Others are having trouble with their GTX 970/980's.

I wanted to get a Titan X, and your post made me think twice.
Could you describe the symptoms a little bit more, like where and how the crash occurs (POST fail, BSOD etc...) ?
Also I have noticed that the Titan X usually requiers a lot of physical RAM to work properly...