new BIOS for DFI infinity 975X

[SKiLL3D]

thx for the answers, but i still got problems on the Board. How could i contact OskarWu - any Homepage? How did u get the BIOS?

Its kinda cruel posting such good results and not sharing the BIOS i think
1 more BIOSTester cant be that bad

I'll to figure out a Way to get the BIOS myself. Thx again

iLL

[Falkentyne]

thx for the answers, but i still got problems on the Board. How could i contact OskarWu - any Homepage? How did u get the BIOS?

Its kinda cruel posting such good results and not sharing the BIOS i think
1 more BIOSTester cant be that bad

I'll to figure out a Way to get the BIOS myself. Thx again

iLL

O, RLY ?

[Raja@ASUS]

then i got 3 last Questions:
1. Can u send me a Link to the modded BIOS? I made a quicksearch@dFi-street but didnt find it.

Nope. It's not Mine to Give Out.
When Oskars ready to make the bios ready to give out publicly, he will.
I said this in my first post in this topic.

2. Where u able to get past to FSB380-400 with 1:1 ramRatio? I saw the screenie but i cant figure it out right...

yes, easily. can get up to 460+ , However, I haven't seen many people get above 400... I dont know why I am able to get alot more from this board then most people so far...
my speeds are boot up speeds, not clockgen.

3. Would you prefer the Infinity instead of a P5WDH or P5B? Would u prefer ANY other Board than the Infinity?

at the moment I am extremely happy with the Infinity, I am only vaguely curious about the P5WDH at the moment, since I really havent seen anything from that board that tells me its better then this one.

I like the 965 chipset, but the 965 chipset, is definatly slower then the 975 chipset, and being able to hit 500+ on the 965 chipset, doesn't really translate to better OC's, unless you have low multipliers.

for instance, I just saw a guy doing 550 FSB on a P5B Deluxe... and only getting 8,000 for bandwidth.
I am getting 7700 for bandwidth, and I am only running 400 FSB at the moment, and by the time I run 450 at 1:1 I am well above 8300 for bandwidth.... which is still far lower then the 965 chipsets do on the FSB.

but, a (possible) 550 FSB is about the only way to push a low multiplier CPU, if you want crazy OC's (like I do ) and since I use a E6400, the P5B Deluxe, is a chipset I am interested in... but I know, its a trade off, slower Super Pi scores, slightly lower frame rates, and lower bandwidth, in trade for higher FSB's...

I am extremely happy with the Infinity at the moment, with being able to hit 400+ on the FSB now, without having to use only the 4;3 ratio.
it would be nicer if 500+ was a option, but I dont think it is... not even with this bios.
but then again, very few 975 boards are able to hit that kinda FSB.
knowing Oskars giving this board a look at, and seeing what he can do for it, gives me alot more confidence in this boards future.
after experiencing his work on the DFI NF4's, and the kinda luck I had there, I really like knowing he's giving some time to this board too.

Kunaak with 2 gig, going over 400fsb seems hard with the old bios.

Can you tell us your settings with 2 gig on the old bios that allowed you to hit over 400fsb?

I've tried so many things like vmods etc, but 380 is the wall on my board. Ram is Team Group 667 2 gig kit. I'm running raid 0 on 2 wd 2500ks and Crossfire 1900's.


using E6600 stepping 5 ES, should be capable of a little more.
regards
Raja

[Revv23]

Kunaak with 2 gig, going over 400fsb seems hard with the old bios.

Can you tell us your settings with 2 gig on the old bios that allowed you to hit over 400fsb?

I've tried so many things like vmods etc, but 380 is the wall on my board. Ram is Team Group 667 2 gig kit. I'm running raid 0 on 2 wd 2500ks and Crossfire 1900's.


using E6600 stepping 5 ES, should be capable of a little more.
regards
Raja

sounds like on the old bios 4:3 is the only way to make it over 400mhz.

[Raja@ASUS]

I can't go over 380 even with 400mhz speed.

[highoctane]

Yeah 380 is the ragged edge for mine on the 4:3 divider, I've run the memory up to 900 no problems on the 2:3 divider so it seems the memory controller can push 450+ no problems.

Keeping my fingers crossed for the new bios!

[DaWaN]

I can't go over 380 even with 400mhz speed.

I can't either even with the new bios

[Btrice]

I just pulled the trigger on this board (got tired of waiting for Biostar to get their frigging act together), partly because of Kunaak's post above, since this computer is going to be crunching some serious FT's for work.

I have read every single thing I can on this board (here and DFI-street), is there anything I might run into a problem with with the equipment in my sig? (namely memory) I don't think I'll ever try to go over 400 Mhz FSB unless it is easy, this thing has to be more than dual prime stable to handle what I'll be throwing at it.

[Lasac]

I'm having strange experience with my DFi Infinity 975X.
I put 410fsb on bios and the cpu boots to windows @ default (9x266 seen on cpu-z). I go back to bios and there is 410fsb set. why it dont OC?

I've flashed 814 bios and mobo dont boot anymore.

Tryed Insert button trick but no luck.

I'm now at my precious DS3. It rocks solid but i like to see dfi working cause saturday i'll bench 3D01, 3D03, 3D05, 3D06 with SLI of 7950gx2 (quad sli).

Wanna break some records guys.

There's anything I can do?

Thanks in advance.

Anyone?

The infinity 814beta bios can be downloaded from dfi:
-Link Removed: This Bios 814 is Known to Kill Boards-

Be carefull. I've flashed this bios and my board just dead. Dont boot anymore!

[Budwise]

anyone else try this bios file?

[Raja@ASUS]

that bios has been pulled, if you go to the bios site directly you'll find it's not posted anymore. You should not be posting a direct link to it, as your board will stop working if that bios is used.


DO NOT USE 814 BIOS

[Kunaak]

Kunaak with 2 gig, going over 400fsb seems hard with the old bios.

Can you tell us your settings with 2 gig on the old bios that allowed you to hit over 400fsb?

I've tried so many things like vmods etc, but 380 is the wall on my board. Ram is Team Group 667 2 gig kit. I'm running raid 0 on 2 wd 2500ks and Crossfire 1900's.


using E6600 stepping 5 ES, should be capable of a little more.
regards
Raja

sure.

first, if you look at Dumos OC post about this board, you will see my 480 shot was done with 1 gig of corsair 5400 UL, not 2 gigs.
I put 2 gigs of mushkin PC8000 in there, and no matter what, the board was not able to post anywhere past 400 with 2 gigs of ram.

I think I know why too.
bandwidth is drastically higher when you have 2 gigs of ram, then 1 gig of ram, atleast, according to the only thing that would still boot with 2 gigs of ram in it... Memtest 86.
I suspect that the bank interleaving for the stock DFI bioses, just makes the chipset too stressed out, which is why it barely OC's when you use 2 gigs of ram in it.

put 1 gig of ram in the board, and use the 400 mhz setting.

my other settings that I dont know if they help others, but I use.

1.35 VFSB.
1.75 VMCH.
101 mhz PCI E.
PPM Off.
Manually set the cas, ras to cas, TRP and Tras.

for the maximum OC possible on this board, theres a really solid method that works for me, when trying to boot at over 400+ on the FSB.
this takes multiple boots, and has to be done the same way everytime for this to work.

1. after a cleared CMOS. in bios, disable C1E, Execute disable bit, and Virtualization (nothing uses it anyways yet)
in your integrated peripherials, disable anything you dont use, and enable the raid if you use it.

set your CPU speed to manaul, but dont change anything yet.

reboot.

2. change your cas, your Ram divider, set your PCIE to 101, set your voltages, and set the hard drive you need to boot from.
Enable the "recover from failed OC" option and set it to 15 mhz.

the board has one of the best features I have ever seen on a Intel Based Chipset... the recover from failed OC option can save you alot of time, if you use it right.
say you know the board will boot just fine at 350 FSB... well do it.
get back into bios, and then OC by 15 mhz on the FSB. try that. if it boots cool, if it doesn't, the board will lower the FSB back down by 15 mhz, and load the last workable boot.
OC by 15 mhz intervals and you can save yourself alot of headaches having to clear the CMOS, cause this board, like all intel boards seems to have the same annoying thing if you OC too far... it won't ever recover from a failed OC, and needs a complete clearing of the CMOS and starting all over again, if you get too aggressive.
thats why overclocking in 15 mhz intervals can really save you some time on this board...

or if for some reason you set the recover from failed OC option to say 5 mhz, then OC only in 5 mhz intervals... that way, the board has a drastically higher chance at recovering from a failed OC, then if you dont use this option.

reboot.

3. if you have everything set, your ram speed, divider, cas, your boot drive, your voltages and everything you dont use disabled, then by now, theres only 1 thing left to do... adjust the FSB.

this is key here, save the FSB for the last thing you change, and your luck with this board should be alot higher.
and absolutly never, change your FSB and your boot drive at the same time.
I have no idea why, but thats the quickest way to garauntee you will need to clear the CMOS to get the board to boot again...
so thats the one thing you got to always remember to do.

also, from my experience, this board doesn't like having the FSB and voltages changed at the same time... and will most likely again result in a failed boot, and needing to clear the CMOS.

I have spent hours and hours going over and over this board and it's various bioses and figuring out what makes the board work the best, and this is what I do everytime.

if your not gonna take my advice atleast take these two things into consideration.

dont adjust your FSB, and set your boot drive at the same time...

and...

use the "recover from failed OC" option, and adjust your FSB in the same intervals you set the "recover from" option at.

atleast these two things should help most of you.
this is my method, it works for me.
I wont claim this to work for any other board, but I know this method works for me, cause I've done this exact method about 1000 times so far, haha...

[MnM]

Guys,

I have asked those 2 questions in my own thread but nody replied. So I might as well try here.

1. Anyone running this motherboard with 4GB of ram? Anybody knows if this mobo has issues with 4gb of ram or particular brands of ram?

2. Also can I plug in a 4pin plug into the 8pin connector? My power supply only has 4pin plug.

Thanks

[Budwise]

very informative post Kunaak, ill have to write those down when my board arrives on thursday.

[giloman]

Someone knows when the new bios will be available to all ?
according to my understanding the bios is now in alpha ver
someone knows when the beta and the officiall versions will arrive ?

[SKiLL3D]

Someone knows when the new bios will be available to all ?
according to my understanding the bios is now in alpha ver
someone knows when the beta and the officiall versions will arrive ?

I tried ti figure that out, but no results.

...for the maximum OC possible on this board, theres a really solid method that works for me...

Very Good Post - the Best in this thread so far! Thx for sharing your Experience, even if i won't ever go FSB400+.

I just hope i get my 6600 to work 1:1@FSB366@core1.4V with the specified RAMtimings(Gskill6400HZ) cooled with a Scythe Infinity.

Is this Aim reachable with the official BIOS?
I think Vmch 1,6V should be enough for that slight OC, would any1 agree?

iLL

[caligula]

Guys, give this a try: http://www.ocer.net/article/a_download.php?fid=39552
Please provide feedback. I don't have DFI to test it.

[caligula]

Dunno, can be a great fake. Maybe someone volunteers
First I would do a file compare with 0814 in order not to have a dead mobo...

[DaWaN]

Guys, give this a try: http://www.ocer.net/article/a_download.php?fid=39552
Please provide feedback. I don't have DFI to test it.

I flashed it and my board is still working so

[caligula]

RebelsHaven: it would be really nice of you to put a link to your version of 0816, too.

[caligula]

I got it by googling and found it on a "sister" site to this one...

If it's how you say, then what makes you think you have the original one ?

[JayG30]

If it's how you say, then what makes you think you have the original one ?

LOL because he does.

You've got PM.

[caligula]

Jay: 10x man. Yet still, let's see how the second one performs

[JayG30]

Jay: 10x man. Yet still, let's see how the second one performs

I agree I'd like to know what was changed and why. It very well could have been someone taking things into there own hands and making fixes OR it could be hazardous. Not sure but interested none the less. Maybe I'll take a look at both side by side when I get home late tonight. Perhaps.

[Raja@ASUS]

makes no difference to me, getting it to post out of bios without any adjustments does not work for either version on my board.