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RAID RST updated to 10.6.0.1022, still DP67BG has a BIOS update 2111 with option ROM 10.8.0.1303. Odd since BIOS is dated 20.11 and drivers 29.11.

Hello gyus,
here is bunch of new drivers...

Intel Chipset Device Software 9.2.3.1022
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...?DwnldID=20462

Intel Rapid Storage Technology 10.8.0.1003
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...?DwnldID=20624

Intel Rapid Storage Technology F6 Driver Diskettes 10.8.0.1003
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...?DwnldID=20625

Realtek ALC Audio Driver 6.0.1.6482
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...?DwnldID=20556

Intel PRO Network Connections LAN Driver 16.7
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...?DwnldID=20679

Intel PRO Network Connections LAN Driver 16.7 DOS diskete
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...x?DwnldID=4239

I have not yet tested it, so be carefull.

Manel: You are right. I'm missing BIOS updates also. At least Intel could provide RAID BIOS update for x48 :-/

Guma, this is in fact too bad. Intel stops support and doesn't even bother to update driver links of older boards.
Like you said, at least BIOS updates with the latest RAID support.

I think we need to rest sometime to get some improved MB & CPU from our Intel Friends,
because we need more efficient Drivers & Controlers for our machines.

I get one Constellation ES2 Seagate HD 3 TB and it was not fare to know that we need more info for this monster, however
Intel needs more testing tools to improve for us our new machines as Siler or Torsby.

I was thinking aloud dear friends & expecting a little to get all our machinenery more perfectly than now, I was saying what about
memory modules for a "Standard" 32 GB (4x8) latency better than 10, a new Videocard Series AMD 9 with 2GBDDR5, well i was
boring you with my non usual meditations.

Thanks Manel & friends from this great forum that clarifies my ideas every time.:clap::clap::clap:

Hi Paty
For the 3TB drive, and if you're using the venerable BIOS, you need to enable UEFI boot to be able to access the full capacity, in a single partition that is.
With UEFI you don't have that problem.
Assuming we have a full UEFI implementation in Siler (I believe it is but no info confirming - it would be suicide for Intel not to use it at this time) you should be fine. UEFI v2.3.1, or later when available, is required for Windows 8 secured boot, and Intel should stick to that. If secured boot is not needed, any frmware will do, if the OEM chooses to enable it.

32GB is available but latencies are still on the high side. You can get some Corsair with 9-10-9 I believe but I don't believe that will make much of a difference anyway. Right now, that's only marketing hype and you get no real benefits in using lower latency mem.

AMD SI HD7000 series should be out by the end of the year, but only really available next year. nVidia Kepler GK100 based boards will still be a long time not available. First all low end boards will surface and higher end later, GK112 690 will only come in early 2013.

New driver/software from Intel, Identity Protection Technology IPT.

New rig gentlemen

djs, cool. How does it do with the 2700K? I guess you're also an Intel enthusiast, another Intel board. Not criticizing, much on the contrary, I'm a fan myself.
Didn't care to wait for Ivy or go for SB-E? No need for the extra PCIe lanes, right? Single graph is enough I guess.

New BIOS/UEFI for the Siler and Thornton, 0380. Few fixes.

We don't even have PCIe 3.0 hardware readily available yet and PCIe 4.0 specs are out. Yaics!!

Siler review:

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/artic...therboard/1450

The 2700k is faster than the 975EE, except for memory speed, but after giving the memory a small oc bump it is the same. SB-E, too much money. I got a great deal upgrading two machines here. Can't decide if I will put the Kuhler on and try to see how far I can push it. I have a single video card and frankly don't see a real need for PCI 3.0 or 4.0 for that matter. Not much out there to take advantage of it. I think about IVB when I can swing a deal, maybe in 2012-2013 time frame.

Yep, if the 2600K was already a beast, the 2700K should a bit faster even.
Anyway, SB-E will warrant you maybe 10-15% over your current setup I guess, guess not worth the extra doh. Mem bandwidth (theoritically) will double ok, ou might get extra encryption performance, but the rest will be a mild bump in performance, not something you might really need anyway. Just the ePeen I guess!!! :-)
Good move I believe, specially if it was a good deal.
PCIe 3.0 will be a while, AMD SI is out but not widelly available. nVidia GK100 is even further away, so a mirage still I guess.
PCIe 4.0 will take a few years still to be out.

DDR4 is on the way too, with 3D tecnology. Man, is everything 3D nowadays?!

Kepler seems to do away with the different shader and geometry clocks, only one high speed clock also from now on.
AMD has also started with 384bit wide mem interface, 3GB mem on HD 7970. Hate that! 300W power draw? Monster card, but only 3W idle power! Cool!

News hasit that maybe this Tahiti core is nothing but 3 Barts cores glued together at 28nm. Is this making the old new AMD?

New Enterprise RAID version and USB 3 driver.

Seen the upcoming (a year from now :-() Intel Lizzard Heah Pass S4600LH? Well, it supports 4 way 8-core Xeon E5-4600 Sandy Bridge-EP procs, 1TB (yes, you read it right, 1 Tera!) RAM Quad channel of course, 3 DIMMs per channel.
Based off C600 Patsburg of course, now with SCU enabled.
A beast, only for HP computing, server...
But the name...

Happy New Year you guys.

LAN drivers v16.8 out, I guess they should work with our boards although Intel doesn't apparently support it.

Dear Friend:

I was trying to use my 3TB Seagate Internal Hard Drive with UEFI enabled but no success.

We need more than that UEFI from our "Legacy" MB, & the technicians from Intel to make
useful our machine parts.

Thanks for your regards for this new year.:up::up::up:

Paty, enabling UEFI in BIOS (this sounds stupid really!) should give you support for disks with capacities higher than the 2.2TB limit of LBA.
Never tried it in our boards though.
The UEFI code built into BIOS is only for that, support for large disks, so it should work.
Have you asked Intel support for help? I guess they won't help since support for our boards has stopped long time ago!
Still, you can always partition your driveand use the full capaciy, which can even be good for you. Make a smaller C: partition, say the 800MB remaining, and that will be your boot partition and it will be faster since it comprises the outer tracks. The rest will be within the limits of BIOS anyway. It would be better if the boot partition was smaller, but then you'd need 3 partitions.

Romley platform dual socket 2011 Xeon E5 will be here in March, 80 PCIe 3.0 lanes of joy. Quad graphics setups with full 3.0 bandwidth, although even 2.0 is hardly saturated these days.
Intel's own Crown Pass will only support Crossfire though.

On another note, MIPS and (DEC) Alpha are on the rise. RISC at it's best, not even ARM is that good.
The chinese are betting hard on those.
I guess Intel is in deep s.. trouble, x86/x64 will be left in the dust soon. I remember Alpha back in the days, great tech. MIPS is still going and might get stronger. ARM is on the rise.
No doubt RISC is the future, again.
x86 is awckward, relies too much on legacy and compatibility.
We need to move on.

Paty,
Which operating system are you trying to boot? It should work with win 7 x64 and maybe Vista x64. but probably nothing else.

Dear friend DJS357:

I need to boot from a windows 7 x64.I was searching info from a lot of forums and the Official's too, but noway it was a wasting time.
You need a OS with uefi capabilities included your motherboard to make a boot 3 TB Internal HD.
Mine is a Seagate Constellation ES2, recognize as 3 TB with installed OS, but not for boot.
We need more than Paragon Or Acronis software to make a Boot driver larger than 2.2 TB. Desolé.
Maybe an Intel F6 utility could make the miracle, but it's an idea only because our MB are not supported by Intel anymore.
Thanks for your kindly support my friend.:)

What exactly happens? I would expect Win7x64 to create a GPT volume and just work. You do not need to enable UEFI in the BIOS. That just activates the UEFI shell. Teh needed compatibility is already in the BIOS. It should work as long as the 100MB boot partition created by windows is within the first 2.2TB. See this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/wind...dware/gg463525

I find it odd that it won't work too.

RAID Enterprise has a new(er) version out.

Paty, is your HDD working already?

John, BITS 640 out and a single correction on v642 as well.

No BIOS updates from Intel for ages now, even for the newer boards! Did they quit the mobo business already?!