Testing / comparing : Intel D975XBX2 / Asus P5B DX ***56K WARNING***

[Forceman]

in other words changing the strap to 1333 but retaining the 1:1 ratio ? why would u want to do that btw? thought latency will increase by increasing the strap

edit: tried the 333/667. Error in orthos in 12 secs. OCCT crashed.

If your FSB is the problem, then switching to the 333/667 strap may allow it to be stable by increasing the latencies. Basically just a test to see if the FSB is your problem or not.

[hotchoc]

well it didn't work

Basically at stock vcore, vfsb, vmich @ 5-5-5-15 timings i am able to pull it off at 3Ghz. Anything above it is kinda unstable even if i up the vcore, vfsb or vmich.

[shimmishim]

2.0 volts isn't high.

ballistix have 2.2 volts default.

g.skill's are rated to 2.4 (8000HZ's)

ocz have mem that are warrantied to 2.52 volts

1.88 is nothing. 1.92 is nothing.

i'd give it 2.2.

[hotchoc]

i dun think upping the memory volts will do anything cuz i'm not ocing the mem btw. correct me if i'm wrong though.

[Gunnz Akimbo]

Anyone using AHCI and Vista64 ?

Also with PET enabled in BIOS ?

Thats 2 things i want to do with the new install of Vista64, but not sure if it needs the stupid F6 drivers - be better if it didnt.

[hotchoc]

still didn't work.

[shimmishim]

still didn't work.

try one stick.

[Forceman]

What are your temps under load? If they aren't too high try upping the voltage, if they are high try increasing the fan speed and see if you can bring them down. I know my 4300 was very sensitive to temps, it would be stable with the side of the case off but fail with it closed, that kind of thing. I'd say anything under 70C at load is fine for testing purposes (maybe a trifle hot for 24/7).

[hotchoc]

my temps are like 53-55 load

idle is about 42-45

[Forceman]

my temps are like 53-55 load

idle is about 42-45

If you are only in the 50s under load you can try upping the CPU voltage some more and see if that helps. At some point you will hit a wall where the amount of voltage required for the oc is generally not worth it, but I don't know that you've hit that spot yet. Try upping the volts to 1.5 and see if that gets it stable. If so you have to decide if you are comfortable with it at that voltage, if it isn't stable there then you might just be out of luck or something else is your bottleneck, like the NB.

[hotchoc]

I'll give it a try. Where's gtj anyway ?

tried a stick of ram as well. same results

[hotchoc]

These are my results so far. Notice that anything above 333FSB (red onwards) will result in errors in either Orthos, Xp or OCCT. Is there something wrong? I've tried everything already !!!!!!

[Blacklash]

Anyone using AHCI and Vista64 ?

Also with PET enabled in BIOS ?

Thats 2 things i want to do with the new install of Vista64, but not sure if it needs the stupid F6 drivers - be better if it didnt.

I dual boot and have Vista x64 Ultimate as my alternate OS. Go ahead and install Vista in normal sata mode then do the following after installing your chipset inf from Intel.

The AHCI driver is part of Vista so if you have your SATA drives in IDE mode and want to switch to AHCI do the below registry edit:

1. Exit all Windows-based programs.
2. Click Start, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
3. If you receive the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue.
4. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Msahci
5. In the right pane, right-click Start in the Name column, and then click Modify.
6. In the Value data box, type 0, and then click OK.
7. On the File menu, click Exit to close Registry Editor.

Source:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976

Then go into your BIOS and set AHCI for your SATA drives. Upon boot Vista will install the proper driver and you'll be set.

[hotchoc]

I think i screwed up big time:

1. I went to bios to load default settings but i FORGOTTEN to set by drive config as RAID
2. Load into XP and found out the Intel Matrix Storage wasn't working (saying some plugin was missing)
3. Reboot my comp and went into bios to enable the raid thingy
4. Reboot and tried to enter XP but i got this msg:

windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupted: Windows\System32\Config\System You can attemp to repair this by starting windows setup using the original setup CD-rom, Select 'R' at the first screen to start repair

5. tried repairing the file via RAID (on) but it says no hard disks are detected when i loaded the xp cd
6. am currently running the system as IDE

HELP !!!!

[shimmishim]

you can't do RAID after you've already set it up as IDE.

i tried that as well and it wouldn't work.

[neonflx]

silly question anyway i was digging around and found an AUDIGY SoundBlaster Card model SB0090, my question is would this be better than the crappy on board sound on the BX2 just curious, thanks

[Forceman]

silly question anyway i was digging around and found an AUDIGY SoundBlaster Card model SB0090, my question is would this be better than the crappy on board sound on the BX2 just curious, thanks

Yes.

[hotchoc]

you can't do RAID after you've already set it up as IDE.

i tried that as well and it wouldn't work.

can i try to repair the system folder?

i currently have 3 partitions and everytime i want to repair the particular partition which XP is installed it will install a new XP OS in the other partition. How do 'direct' the XP repairs to the specific partition. Do you get me ?

[KMEI]

Hello, I thought I'd write in your thread since I need advice on overclocking using the same cpu/mobo. This is what happened when I simply increased FSB to 334. nothing else:

-> http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3ghzmemju8.png (Intel Stock Cooler)
SuperPI 1M said 17s, no proof on the screen though.

Got any advice on how I should overclock different? what divider would you people use?

[rpr]

I've decided to ditch the Asus P5W-DH Deluxe for this BX2 board. I understand the BIOS' are quite different though, and the BX2 has a huge assortment of options and tweaks. I've been following this thread for a while, but there still seems to be no BIOS reference post with all the preferred settings that are as a start an absolute must for best overclocking performance.

Have I missed it? FWIW, I have an E6600 CPU, which I can do 3.2Ghz on the Asus board at default settings/voltages.

[nanoprobe32]

you can't do RAID after you've already set it up as IDE.

i tried that as well and it wouldn't work.

this is a stupid motherboard for raid, thats its only downfall

on any asus 975 chipset you can set up with a single drive then
close pc down connect 2 hard drives set Raid, confirgure with intel matrix
then still boot up, then install matrix raid drivers all from windows
and still keep the single drive as IDE

how can asus do it with the intel 975 chipset yet intel cant?

[m4sopmod]

have to reinstall everything. lucky i made a backup b4 then. now i don't know whether to chuck my files into my raid hd. i have files which are like 5-10 yrs old

[STaRGaZeR]

this is a stupid motherboard for raid, thats its only downfall

on any asus 975 chipset you can set up with a single drive then
close pc down connect 2 hard drives set Raid, confirgure with intel matrix
then still boot up, then install matrix raid drivers all from windows
and still keep the single drive as IDE

how can asus do it with the intel 975 chipset yet intel cant?

Damn thats all BS. What are you talking about??

[nanoprobe32]

Damn thats all BS. What are you talking about??

thats what my board requires for in order to get raid
to work, revision 504 bios 25

if you install windows in IDE mode on 1 single harddisc
then close down pc, set RAID mode then connect to 2 further hard discs
setup raid thru intel matrix, soon as pc trys to boot it just restarts
only way to get it to bootup is by installing windows and using F6 to load drivers from floppy

is my motherboard faulty?

[STaRGaZeR]

thats what my board requires for in order to get raid
to work, revision 504 bios 25

if you install windows in IDE mode on 1 single harddisc
then close down pc, set RAID mode then connect to 2 further hard discs
setup raid thru intel matrix, soon as pc trys to boot it just restarts
only way to get it to bootup is by installing windows and using F6 to load drivers from floppy

is my motherboard faulty?

No, it´s totally normal if you are using de RAID volume created to boot windows. On this board and on everyone with a RAID controller...