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

**new-b** · 10-07-2006, 04:31 AM

No.... I don't get that problem.

**Tsel** · 10-08-2006, 01:52 AM

Weird :/
I don't understand why i get 1.99Go when i use override.
Any idea ?

**theteamaqua** · 10-08-2006, 10:28 PM

whats ur strap?

does it have this problem in cpu z?

**Tsel** · 10-09-2006, 02:04 AM

1067Strap.
No "prob" with cpu-z (2048Mo)

It's only with window property.
Default = 2.00Go
Override (1% - 50%) =1.99Go

It's not a real problem (6h ortho stable).

But i'd like to know why i get 1.99 when i use ovverride.

**powertrippin** · 10-16-2006, 09:55 PM

how does one go about getting bios 1378? i currently only have 1351... just getting the rig going - e6700/badaxe1351/4gb ram.

have a couple of questions about my ram, also...

i purchased 4gb of ocz ram from tiger or egg (cant remember now... id have to dig up receipts)... got 2 packs of OCZ26672048ELDCGE-K, and one pack has the gold perforated heatspreaders, and the other pack has the solid "old-school" ones. the product number on both the packages and the stickers on the RAM are identical, yet they are not cosmetically identical. also, when i go into my bios, under the advanced>chipset config>memory config it shows this

Memory Channel A
Slot 0: 1024MB (DDR2 667) SPD: 5.0-5-5-15
Slot 1: 1024MB (DDR2 667) SPD: 4.0-4-4-15

Memory Channel B
Slot 0: 1024MB (DDR2 667) SPD: 5.0-5-5-15
Slot 1: 1024MB (DDR2 667) SPD: 4.0-4-4-15

on the ram sticks themselves, the timings say 4-4-4-12

the bios settings are on automatic, and they show 533@4-4-4-12

im about to o/c this thing, and im worried a bit over what the "Total Memory" area is reporting about the differences between the two packs of RAM.

I ordered identical sets, they listed as identical packs, yet they are physically different in the heat spreaders, and they are listing something different in my bios. is this anything to really be concerned with? it LOOKS like i was duped.

any ram gurus want to chime in on this?

thanks in advance!

trip.

**celemine1Gig** · 10-17-2006, 12:58 AM

Originally Posted by powertrippin

how does one go about getting bios 1378? i currently only have 1351... just getting the rig going - e6700/badaxe1351/4gb ram.

have a couple of questions about my ram, also...

i purchased 4gb of ocz ram from tiger or egg (cant remember now... id have to dig up receipts)... got 2 packs of OCZ26672048ELDCGE-K, and one pack has the gold perforated heatspreaders, and the other pack has the solid "old-school" ones. the product number on both the packages and the stickers on the RAM are identical, yet they are not cosmetically identical. also, when i go into my bios, under the advanced>chipset config>memory config it shows this

on the ram sticks themselves, the timings say 4-4-4-12

the bios settings are on automatic, and they show 533@4-4-4-12

im about to o/c this thing, and im worried a bit over what the "Total Memory" area is reporting about the differences between the two packs of RAM.

I ordered identical sets, they listed as identical packs, yet they are physically different in the heat spreaders, and they are listing something different in my bios. is this anything to really be concerned with? it LOOKS like i was duped.

any ram gurus want to chime in on this?

thanks in advance!

trip.

You can still get the 1378 BIOS here:

http://download.zol.com.cn/linkpage.php?softid=175703

And concerning the RAM, I would advice you to contact OCZ directly and ask them what's it all about with the different SPD information. Personally, I think that they just programmed some sticks with slower timings in order to make them more compatible. On the other hand the chips could be different, too.
Anyway you shouldn't have too much problems as long as you set the timings manually.

**powertrippin** · 10-17-2006, 07:09 AM

thank you on both accounts.... however, the link to the bios page is in chinese (i think... looks FUNKY), and i cannot read as to which link to select. maybe i dont have a language pack or something.

and i will call ocz (today hopefully)... and see what they have to say.

on that note... i installed 4GB of RAM into my computer, but windows xp pro shows only 3GB of it... im assuming that it is because its a 32-bit program, and cannot see past 3072MB... so, is having 4GB a waste? im not too worried about it, since it wasnt that expensive.

sorry if this now belongs in a memory forum.

trip

**celemine1Gig** · 10-17-2006, 08:21 AM

Originally Posted by powertrippin

thank you on both accounts.... however, the link to the bios page is in chinese (i think... looks FUNKY), and i cannot read as to which link to select. maybe i dont have a language pack or something.

and i will call ocz (today hopefully)... and see what they have to say.

on that note... i installed 4GB of RAM into my computer, but windows xp pro shows only 3GB of it... im assuming that it is because its a 32-bit program, and cannot see past 3072MB... so, is having 4GB a waste? im not too worried about it, since it wasnt that expensive.

sorry if this now belongs in a memory forum.

trip

Concerning the 4GB "problem", you are absolutely right. It's a lmitation of the 32-bit OS. I wouldn't say that the 4GB are a waste then, because you can keep them for a long time until you upgrade and most likely you'll have a 64-Bit OS then.

And about the BIOS: I just googled for the file and tried the links and it worked. It's kinda funny if you don't know what it all says, but most of the time I can guess what is what. Anyway, I don't want to have you waiting much longer.

Just download the file here:

http://people.freenet.de/celemine1Gi...sobios1378.zip

**powertrippin** · 10-17-2006, 08:53 PM

btw... i know there was some hoopla about monitoring software like everest not being compatible with the badaxe.... is there any general agreement as to what software is the best... anyone have any success or failures with specific software? i have everest on my laptop, and i have rightmark on it also... but i dont want to put anything on my desktop that will hinder anything...

again.. thanks in advance.

trip.

**fullmetal** · 10-17-2006, 08:59 PM

I have everest 2006 professionl...i dont have any problems at all.
it read my bad axe fine. no crashes no wrong info...everything works fine
i have mobo rev 305

**JasonDTM** · 10-17-2006, 09:48 PM

I have worst luck ever. Board now will not respond to vcore voltage after crashing with everest. trimmer for vcore wont even work neither.

**new-b** · 10-17-2006, 11:59 PM

Originally Posted by JasonDTM

I have worst luck ever. Board now will not respond to vcore voltage after crashing with everest. trimmer for vcore wont even work neither.

Had that happen a few times..... try removing the battery for a few minutes, that was the only way I got the Vcore to respond again.

**Plester** · 10-18-2006, 06:42 PM

ditto - pull the battery, unplug the 24pin atx connector and wait a bit, after that don't use everest or sandra again.

**Pyr0** · 10-30-2006, 06:50 AM

anybody noticed the new official 1441 BIOS available?

BIOS Version 1441

About This BIOS:

October 25, 2006
BX97510J.86A.1441.2006.1025.1410
SATA RAID info: Intel(R) RAID for SATA - v5.6.2.1002
Silicon Image RAID for SATA - v5.2.11
Initializing Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.2.28
Intel® Active Management Technology info:
Intel® AMT BX Firmware: v1.2.3

New Fixes/Features:

Added PEG port Power Management Tab in Device Manager.
Fixed consecutive read and/or writes of password supplied secure variables.
Added Thermal Diode support for new processors.
Fixed issue where TPM Physical Presence was not cleared and locked intermittently at the end of POST.
Added workarounds to fix several TPM issues including unreliable enabling/disabling and PCRs not getting cleared at system reset intermittently.
If the system is in manufacturing mode, do not disable TPM INT1A interface if the BIOS SETUP TPM Enabled question is set to "Disabled".
Fixed no BIOS SETUP text after first remote AMT SOL request to enter BIOS SETUP.
Fixed an issue where S3 resume did not work with dual core processors.
Added support for future operating system SLP 2.0 for standard product Intel Desktop Boards BIOS.
Fixed issue where changing certain Setup Options and using F10 to Save and Exit would not cause a system reset.
Removed redundant SDRAM references from Memory Configuration page in Setup.
Fixed SMBIOS HCT failure where Type 0 "Enable Targeted Content Distribution" bit is not set (for future operating system).
Fixed issue where disk partitions are sometimes not seen during operating system installation.
Fixed potential issue where Heceta6 not functional after S3.
Fixed issue where S3 did not work with certain processors.
Added setup option to control Power LED Off/Blink in S3 state.
Updated Heceta6 BMI sequence
Fixed issue where operating system could not initialize TPM 1.2 for BitLocker support.

Download:
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...4&submit=Go%21

**alejo** · 10-30-2006, 06:54 AM

Yep. I tried in hopes that it would fix the Everest issue but it still sets vCore to default. Lavalys told me that it's BIOS issue.

**uOpt** · 10-30-2006, 09:30 AM

I didn't follow all the BIOSes. Did they ever release a BIOS with more than 50% overclock on the 1066 MHz strap?

**JasonDTM** · 10-30-2006, 10:53 AM

^^^ I would love a bios like that, I clockgenning in windows.

And looking at the changelog of the new bios, it does not even remotely shed light into alot of problems I have.

**uOpt** · 10-30-2006, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by JasonDTM

^^^ I would love a bios like that, I clockgenning in windows.

Speaking of Clockgen, which ICS is on the BadAxe 1, anyway?

The clockgen page doesn't say.

**M3kk** · 10-30-2006, 03:33 PM

Originally Posted by uOpt

Speaking of Clockgen, which ICS is on the BadAxe 1, anyway?

The clockgen page doesn't say.

ICS 952505 works for me with Ignore GSB/PCI .

**frakka** · 11-02-2006, 02:24 PM

Hi!!

Please, can anyone explain me this???

"CPU Ratio 14" set in bios using Intel Integrator Toolkit. (Hidden value)
"Use Maximum Multiplier" disabled in bios using Intel Integrator Toolkit. (Hidden value)
No ES cpu.
Latest bios.
Aircooling and default vcore.

When I reboot and load windows my E6400 come back to the right value (x8).
TNX!

**GWillakers** · 11-03-2006, 08:40 AM

A couple of days ago I flashed the new 1441 BIOS.

Since the flash, I have noticed that working in ULEAD VideoStudio 9 wasn't as smooth as before.

What caught my eye though was when it took an hour and a half to encode and burn a two hour video to a DVD. {I run the E6600 at stock FSB }

I hesitate making this post, because I really don't have much benchmarking data stored before or after the flash. But something does seem amiss.

Anyone else notice any encoding performance changes after the flash?

**Punisher!** · 11-04-2006, 03:43 AM

People... noob questiom:
Which are differences between Bad Axe 1 and Bad Axe 2?

**eva2000** · 11-04-2006, 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by alejo

Yep. I tried in hopes that it would fix the Everest issue but it still sets vCore to default. Lavalys told me that it's BIOS issue.

1441 did it fix everest/sandra reset vcore issue ?

**M3kk** · 11-04-2006, 08:54 AM

No

**eva2000** · 11-05-2006, 05:23 AM

thanks for the reply - really suxs that everest and sandra aren't able to work on bad axe properly

Originally Posted by frakka

Hi!!

Please, can anyone explain me this???

"CPU Ratio 14" set in bios using Intel Integrator Toolkit. (Hidden value)
"Use Maximum Multiplier" disabled in bios using Intel Integrator Toolkit. (Hidden value)
No ES cpu.
Latest bios.
Aircooling and default vcore.

When I reboot and load windows my E6400 come back to the right value (x8).
TNX!

it's only for some ES/XE cpus the multiplier - your core 2 is fixed at max it's rated for

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