They work great for me. I havent had a bit of problem with them.Quote:
Originally Posted by supa-fly
They work great for me. I havent had a bit of problem with them.Quote:
Originally Posted by supa-fly
975XBX2 revision 504 and 505... any differences?
I checked Intel's page for errata specification updates, but it only lists changes up to 503. I have a 505 on hand that I can easily swap with my 504 (one is going to a friend) and I'm wondering if it's worth swapping out the boards.
difference is shipping biosQuote:
Originally Posted by urbanriot
If you're talking about the Corsair XMS2 2x1Gb DDR800 modules, I have them as well. I'm actually running 4 of them but can't seem to get them to pass memtest86+. Ran fine with 2 after upping the vMCH to 1.65 @ stock volts. Now I'm running 4 I've upped the memory volts to 2.20 and still not stable. =/Quote:
Originally Posted by supa-fly
What timming you guys running with these, Im using the TWIN2X2048-5400C4Quote:
Originally Posted by Eluzion
DDR 667 modules at (read my sig), just fine. I was really keen on the 6400C4's
so I could OC a bit higher try get it to 4GHz, now Im having serious doubts.
With 2 sticks, I was running 4-4-4-12 @ 1.91v (stock) without any issues. That seems to be what most people get out of these at stock volts.
Now with 4, I'm running 4-4-4-14 @ 2.2v and it won't pass memtest86+
Thanks for the quick response!Quote:
Originally Posted by Supertim0r
So physically, there's zero difference between revision 504 and 505? Where would you find this information?
Do you think you got a bad batch maybe. I think i must really consider
the Dominators instead. Anyone here have some OC'ed Dominators.
Whats your experience?
C1E lowers the v-core when the cpu is idle. It's a good thing long term but can make your life miserable while you're tuning. Disable it for now, then when you get your rig stable at your desired performance level, turn it back on again.Quote:
Originally Posted by supa-fly
Can't help you with the ATI, sorry.
Check the memory calculator in my sig. Setting the 333 reference frequency sets the 1333 strap but don't go there unless you need to.
Thanks a mil dude, that calculator is a rally cool tool.
OK now set that calcalutor to FSB 378 and check out lines 2 and lines 7.
What would you think the diffensce between those 2 in performance would be?
Kinda. Out of the package they generate 3-4 memtest errors per hour at one specific address. Max freq is something like 435 MHz before they fall apart. I should have just returned them once I got them but I was a meathead and hung on to them and did the rebate which killed any chance of ridding myself of them. I guess luckily the bad address is somewhere that wont crash the computer (yet), but still, not too good to keep around I think. I'm finally getting a cross-ship RMA on them from Corsair, and that is becoming quite the trainwreck also due to UPS shipping issues and Corsair's computer breaking a week or two ago. Maybe this week I'll swap them, maybe next week? LOL. I just hope that the replacement ones work. I'm fairly certain they were part of a rumored batch of XMS C4 that Newegg shipped the whole lot back to Corsair due to excessive returns as defective. Promos chips pushed to their limits to be sold as DDR2-800, and the guy in the testing department must have been on break when they fell off the assembly line I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by supa-fly
Just make sure the Dominators you get arent Promos based, then you will have the same thing on a different PCB and a heatsink. If I have to move to better memory I like the Ballistix, nice D-9 chips that are known to be useful when added bandwidth is desired.
I dont want to fiddle right now to test this out, but do you think it will bomb out your system if you are running higher voltage to get a higher freq? Is it quick enough to actually work as advertised?Quote:
Originally Posted by gtj
A few of us have done the tests at 1:1. The results are always the same. All other things being equal, the higher the strap the worse the performance. Basically you're forcing the NB to use looser timings when it doesn't need to. How noticable it is in real life I'm not sure but you can definitely see the difference if you run Sandra, Everest or other memory throughput tests.Quote:
Originally Posted by supa-fly
Bottom line: stay with the lowest strap that gives you a stable result.
Yes I see so, just rebooted and changed the ref from 266 to 333.
Shut down restarted bios still said 1066 system bus speed. But
CPU-Z says FSB 377.8 and mem 472.3 which is 4:5 ration. Looks
like the strapp hasnt changed. But all my benchies are the same
as when I had ref at 266, FSB at 377.8 and mem at 377.8 1:1.
Or am I missing something. I can post pics if it helps.
Here is what I accomplished so far:
I set the:
Reference Frequency to 266
Memory Frequency 533
I left the memory voltage at default, which was 1.84V
CPU:
Enhanced Powerslope enabled
CPU voltage override 1.375V
Host Clock Freq: 377
also disabled watchdog, C1E, VT, XD, EIST
so far I'm stable at 3.40GHZ with 52C temp. Orthos ran stable for more than 10hrs.
but now, when I try to get to 3.6, the system crashes.
And here is another dilemma I have : my memory is rated at 4-4-3-5 with voltage 2.0-2.1, but in the CPUz it shows 5-5-5-15. Is that normal? I still can't figure out why it changes by itself, and still don't know if 4-4-3-5 is better.
thank you guys
Look on the memory tab, not the SPD tab. The memory tab shows the actual values. You can manually configure the timings to 4-4-3-5. Those settings aren't stored in the SPD.
yup, that's where I looked, so that was my question: since they're rated to 4-4-3-5 and now they're running at 5-5-5-15, should I change those values in bios?Quote:
Originally Posted by Comp-Freak
New 2618 bios just released. Cannot download the release notes though. Anyone has this prob?
Yup, get the 404 error. It claims it was posted on the 12th. Thats 3 days to have a bogus link. Doesn't say much for Intel (or lack of) :D
Can't DL the BIOS either. 2618 BIOS Linky
Edit: Just sent their web bastard a message. Hopefully they will get on it asap.
Dude I cant download anything, none of the bios's and not the pdf either.
Did you manage to get anything at all?
Yup emailed them too. Hope they hurry!
Starting to like this board now. I hope the next bios is gold as I'm still on 2333 that really likes this E6600 (couldn' afford to keep the quad) and I'd like to get that hdd light to go away but the 2507 doesn't seem good enough to bother flashing. I'm gonna see if i aslo can get it to work with CrystalCpu later on but for now I have all i need.
Same hereQuote:
Originally Posted by supa-fly
Emailed them about the broken links.
I think they may have a problem with this bios. Looks like they were about to release it on the web and may have found a last minute problem and pulled it from public release.
Either that or the web fairys that update links at Intel have gone to sleep:eek:
maybe the guy is still in Valentine mood and forgot to do up the link
hi guys, i have a problem.
i've D975xbx2 mobo, xeon 3050 and TT Big Typhon.
yesterday i tried to get 450 fbs, and my system won't boot more.
here is the short story
first i've get the 440 FSB and boot ok.
voltages was
CPU: <1.475V>
Front side Bus Voltage Override: <1.375V>
MCH / ICH Voltage Overrride <1.675V>
after i tried to get 443 fbs and also boot ok
after i set up the 450 fsb and freezes at POST test with EB error code
i tried to setup a little more volatges
CPU: <1.5V>
Front side Bus Voltage Override: <1.4V>
MCH / ICH Voltage Overrride <1.7V>
(extreme a little, yeah?? for air cooled)
after that system also freezes at boot at the same EB code (Calling Video BIOS )
here is codes
http://support.intel.com/support/mot...434.htm#errors
after i've go down with all settings, and can't boot anymore with any configurations.
also i've reset bios settings by booting with jumper recovery position.
and can't boot this stock settings too.
but now freezes at 94 post test code (Clearing keyboard input buffer).
any ideas ??
i stilll can go to bios and do everything there, but can't pass this codes EB or 94 and system won't boot.