Comments on: EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra 939 Motherboard and 4GB of RAM

By: Chinh Do

Chinh Do — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 23:33:31 +0000

In reply to Edge 737. Hi Edge 737, Wow that's great that you still have the Epox motherboard running. The thing must be at least 15 years old by now! Hopefully you'll find a fix for the exchange 128 issue. Chinh

By: Edge 737

Edge 737 — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 23:10:11 +0000

It’s March 2020. My epox mobo is still running windows 7 64 bit. I am trying to upgrade to Windows 10 but have not solved the compare exchange 128 issue yet.

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 23:41:00 +0000

Hi. Just stumbled on this page, particularly PJ#s thread at no. 8

I’ve had a EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra for 8 years. It’s on 18 hours a day (used about 10 hours) and except for heavy graphic work is fine. Now in Jan 2014 I’m looking to replace due to XP end of life. But even a mid priced 2012 processor and mobo doesn’t good terribly good value. Oh, definitely going to Linux as well.

So I thinking about doing what PJ did and getting a second hand 64 X2 3800+ CPU. Plus maybe a SSD, going from 3GB to 4GB, and perhaps a better graphics board.

Just wonder how long this great mobo will last.

By: mark

mark — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:11:37 +0000

hey
can anyone point me to epox ep 9npa+ ultra driver. epox site dosnt work and all i can give on nvidias site is video drivers.
i have searched high and low
please help

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:11:56 +0000

Thanks, very helpfull post!

By: Chinh Do

Chinh Do — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:39:27 +0000

Michal: Try looking on nvidia.com for the chipset drivers and Realtek.com for the onboard audio. Chinh

By: Michal

Michal — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:01:36 +0000

I must reinstall the WIN XP after upgrade to Opteron 170 but i don’t know where to find right functioanal drivers for this MB (

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By: ulas

ulas — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:23:22 +0000

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By: PJ

PJ — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:44:07 +0000

Great to see there are still other 9NPA+ users out there extending the life of their boards. I’ve been using EPOX for 8 years, and have had the 9NPA+ for just about 3 years now. I went dual core about a year ago (64 X2 3800+) and have it running 24/7 @2900MHz with ZERO issues (water cooled). My 2GB of OCZ Platinum is pushing 241MHz on the bus, also with zero issues. Having finally gone to Vista x64, I see how it totally munches through RAM, and like many others have done searches seeing if the 9NPA+ can handle all 4 sticks with no issues. I just bought another 2GB pair of the same style OCZ Platinum for a fifth of what I paid for it three years ago! A very small investment to make in order to extend the life of the best motherboard/system I ever owned. Not the latest and greatest of course, but I still score 5.9 Windows Experience Index across the board except for CPU which is 5.3. I have no reason to upgrade any time soon with the performance this board puts up… Thank you Epox, and wish you were still in the game…