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Review: ECS RS485M-M AM2 Radeon Xpress 1150 motherboard

by Steve Kerrison on 4 August 2006, 08:33

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BIOS


Brace yourselves for the blue screens (but not those of death) as we take a look at the RS485M-M's BIOS options.

ECS RS485M-M

We'll start with the least exciting screen, 'CPU features', which allows FID and VID adjustments. FID can be changed from x4 up to the maximum of the CPU (x11 in our case). VID ranges from 0.55V up to CPU max (1.45V for us) in 0.025V increments.

ECS RS485M-M

The HT reference clock can range from 200 to 500MHz in 1MHz increments and its multiplier settings can be set to 200/400/600/800/1000MHz

ECS RS485M-M

ECS RS485M-M

Memory frequency can be set to 400/533/667/800MHz. There are no voltage options for DIMMs in the BIOS, though, which is a shame.

ECS RS485M-M

The graphics memory can be set to 200/250/266/300/333/350MHz in 'Async' mode.

ECS RS485M-M

Overall it's a reasonably standard BIOS with a few configuration options that may prove useful. We would have liked to have seen DIMM voltage control, though.