Intel D975XBX "Bad Axe" Mod Thread (including "Conroe" support for rev 303 and lower)

[SluRRR]

FCG,

I am currently using BIOS rev 908. Rev 1073 has been recently released, but I have seen some negative feedback around the web on this release as well. What is your experience with rev 1073?

Edit: I should be a bit more specific. I have seen some feedback that indicates the 1073 BIOS negatively affects DDR2 800 performance.

[Cornelious0_0]

Holy crap...I was just stopping by to check XS and was I surprised. Hopefully there'll be similar mods available for other i975X boards...because this is outstanding.

Kudos FCG, excellent job.

[Pinnacle]

FCG, your a gem, great work!!!

[enno]

wuaahhh..... great job mate
Wonderful mod, btw how can you did that? :P

[snipper_cr]

What makes this board so desired/used? From what ive seen, most overclockers run from Intel-made boards and use a 3rd party one because of the lack of overclocking options. Is it because this is the only 975 chipset board? Or can you overclock this one as well?

[cupholder2.0]

The lastest high end Intel boards are good overclockers, stable and VERY robust. My 955XBK board hit 5 Ghz even with sh*tty ram. The new boards also have basic OC options. Vcore, Vdimm, MCH volt chages, FSB change, mem timing ofcourse etc.

[Levish]

change notification #106056-00 (3/17/2006) mentions that there are 10 resistors and 2 capacitors in addition. does rev302 have those already?

[35712]

Nope, only revision 304 will have those.

Btw: When is it going to be widely available? This board seems to have a great potential (and with SLI also great power)...

[SepheronX]

That is sweet dude! Man this makes me wish I went with intel, so then I would have future compatible board for such a killer processor coming out. (heck even Yonah is better then AMD in games and such with speed/speed )

But I thought Intel said that conroe was going to be future compatible with current top of the line 775 chipset 975 mobos out of the box?

[hicookie]

nice guide, will try it later,thanks, fcg

[kenofstephen]

mine is Rev.301, hopeless??

[mine]

fcg ...great work



we just see the first rev. 304 popping up in selected stores here in germany

it seems the boxedversions got already their update , while the bulkversions seem to be rev.302



http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd..._available.htm

LAD975XBXLKR ? is this a oemversion (no digital audio, only 4 satas -no IEE-1394 )

anyone ? Mr. Thorburn ?

[SamHughe]

LAD975XBXLKR ? is this a oemversion (no digital audio, only 4 satas -no IEE-1394 )

WoW! That's seems like a great mobo to me. I wish Asus and DFI would release stripped down versions like this (and sell it cheaper of course).

[Waus-mod]

And hows the vcore mod done

[VictorWang]

would someone post a vdimm mod guide for intel 975xbx

[VictorWang]

FCG's doing great work ! thx for the vdimm mod

[Blue078]

Can we share the vdimm mod ?

[The Stilt]

This mod isn´t required for Conroe support, but it certainly makes much easier take those remaining MHz out of the ram

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...66#post1460666

DDR2 VDD up to 4.8V

[Blue078]

Many Thanks

[georgekh]

if i only had the board to play around with

[WoD]

Wow, gj I'm looking forward to a similar mod for the p5wd2-e

[hicookie]

any vdroop mod guide?

[OMEGA3]

Hi, freecableguy

This Vddr Mod by TAM, not Tarosa, Also TeamJapan

Image 4. Vddr Modification - up to ~2.8V for your DDR2 (optional)


Mny Tnx!!

[VictorWang]

vdimm mod ok. 2.6v now. happy running my fattie D9s

[Blue078]

Thanks FGC the OC Debug mod was easy and works like a charm . Took all of 5 min to solder jumper pins and dig up and old shorting bar.