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

[M3kk]

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


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

Sandra works for me, Everest and Speedfan are reseting the vCore to default..

[eva2000]

sandra 2007/everest reset my vcore with all bios below 1334 that i have tested...

actually it resets it below default vcore .. my E6600s default vcore 1.254v, when i run everest it resets it to 1.218v heh

[frakka]

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


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

That was a shoot of my monitor. Retail CPU, no ES or XE.
It works only in bios, in windows my CPU use the default multiplier (8x)...

Boh!!!

[alejo]

With respect to the Everest issue, I contacted Intel and their response was that as long as IDU works, then there's nothing wrong on their end. Lavalys responed that if the same thing happens in other 3rd party apps such as Speedfan, then it is a BIOS issue and not on their end. I started a thread at the Lavalys forums in the bug report forum. I've asked that they look into maybe working with Intel on the issue.

It sucks because I was looking forward to the newest version of Everest as it offers a way to send the sensor information to other apps and to external devices.

[eva2000]

1441 bios i lost some max 1:1 and 4:5 oc'ing stability versus 1334/1304 bios but i gained alot on 2:3 divider.. before 1441 bios, 2:3 only booted up at 266fsb stock, even 1% higher fsb at 2:3 resulted in no boot on 1067fsb strap.

But now with 1441 bios i'm booting up and memtesting on 1067fsb strap so far at 320fsb 2:3 480mhz memory clocks... that's a huge improvement over 266fsb stock 2:3 only bootable

I updated to 1441 so to be safe i can drop in kentsfield cpu without issues




Final result single 32M @528mhz 4-4-4-8 at 2.36v vdimm with 2:3 divider





Before, on 1334 bios best mem clock for this set of memory on D975XBX was 519mhz 4-4-4-12 at 2.36v vdimm on 4:5 divider.

To compare same E6700 on P5W DH 2:3 divider but with 525mhz 4-4-3-8 at 2.52v vdimm

[ALLe]

Hello Everyone.
I've got some great issue with my Bad Axe :

As seen on instruction 1 of this topic
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The easiest Vmod, I've done on my CPU: Allendale e6400 B2, M/B with rev304 and the latest BIOS for this moment (see below). Of course VID, FSB1333, Power Slope is opened, but the problem is that when changing core voltage, BIOS fixes changes, also IDCC does so...but real core VID is the same (1,213V) as normal and the overclocking capability is frozen below <= 3280MHz.






Please give me some advices
Than-X Beforehand...

[alejo]

Hello Everyone.
I've got some great issue with my Bad Axe :

As seen on instruction 1 of this topic



The easiest Vmod, I've done on my CPU: Allendale e6400 B2, M/B with rev304 and the latest BIOS for this moment (see below). Of course VID, FSB1333, Power Slope is opened, but the problem is that when changing core voltage, BIOS fixes changes, also IDCC does so...but real core VID is the same (1,213V) as normal and the overclocking capability is frozen below <= 3280MHz.


Please give me some advices
Than-X Beforehand...

CPU-Z also resets the vcore for me on a badaxe (304 here too.) Basically any program other than Intel Desktop Utilities does the same thing.

[eva2000]

Ran timings a bit tighter @528mhz 4-4-4-4 at 2.39v vdimm

E6700
Intel D975XBX rev304 1441 bios
74GB Raptor 8mb

2x1GB Gskill PC6400PHU2 HZ Micron D9GMH 0629 batch





1441 bios has improved 2:3 overclocking tremendously

[vanovich]

ive just set mine up,its a 306rev.cpu is running 2,4@4050 on 133 strap.the wierd thing is.in the biose it shows the cpu is running at 4.6,actoually no matter what i set fsb to.it still shows 4,6 in the forst biose page.its seems orthos stabil at 4050 speed.anyone encounter this misreading in there biose.any hints on how to get it sorted?

[frakka]

ive just set mine up,its a 306rev.cpu is running 2,4@4050 on 133 strap.the wierd thing is.in the biose it shows the cpu is running at 4.6,actoually no matter what i set fsb to.it still shows 4,6 in the forst biose page.its seems orthos stabil at 4050 speed.anyone encounter this misreading in there biose.any hints on how to get it sorted?

Yes. A similar wrong detection for me.
Read it here.

[eva2000]

ignore the incorrect bios reported speed - happens on both my badaxes as well

[natedog420]

has anybody ever hit 500 fsb with this board either ics or idt. just wondering cuz cant remember seeing it. i got my bros rev305 idt board up to 463 but nb got to hot and lock up. if nobodys made it to 500 im gonna have to go and get a new wr! lol

[vanovich]

i can see some people are having troubles with some particular software ,is this still an issue?and if so ,which ones? does everest have any problems? sis sandra/speedfan?

[ALLe]

Yes. A similar wrong detection for me.
Read it here.

it seems nobody knwos answer for this problem

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=581

[new-b]

i can see some people are having troubles with some particular software ,is this still an issue?and if so ,which ones? does everest have any problems? sis sandra/speedfan?

Everest and sandra still cause Vcore to reset (at least for me) the last two releases of CPU-Z work fine but once you open it, you can't use any of the Intel apps untill a reboot.... no such problem with Crystal-CPUID.

[vanovich]

Everest and sandra still cause Vcore to reset (at least for me) the last two releases of CPU-Z work fine but once you open it, you can't use any of the Intel apps untill a reboot.... no such problem with Crystal-CPUID.

dam ,so thats why my desktop manager isnt working,thanks for the tip.well this is where im at sofar http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=136204 actually this board is a bit better then p5w64 for me atm. so theres no way we can actually see what bandwidth we have on these boards?

[eva2000]

FYI, IDU has issues when clockgen/cpuz are open anytime in same windows session... it would hang IDU unless you don't open clockgen/cpuz in the same windows session.

[skaktuss]

i have a problem with powering the board! my bad axe doesnt work with 4 pin cpu power connector. the only way i can power it is using 4 to 8 pin adapter and as i've heard it is not good idea to use it if cpu is overclocked.
psu - pcp&c 510tc sli.
i know eva2000 and fcg used the same setup without problems!

[eva2000]

well i mainly use 8pin psus now.. probably needed

[stevehat1]

A few questions for eva2000 or anyone else that can help......

I'm on a Bad Axe rev 305 with 1351 bios and I saw you post 2.39vdimm, is that a new option as my board and 1351 bios only allows 2.2vdimm.
Next question, is there any way to get more than 50% OC on the cpu? Have a 6700 and ran an air cooled (single core)SuperPi 1M @4G and @50% OC (SuperPi score). I would like to try for more, any way around this?

Forgive my ignorance if these questions are dumb, been on AMD since the BE-6 days lol

[Punisher!]

A few questions for eva2000 or anyone else that can help......

I'm on a Bad Axe rev 305 with 1351 bios and I saw you post 2.39vdimm, is that a new option as my board and 1351 bios only allows 2.2vdimm.
Next question, is there any way to get more than 50% OC on the cpu? Have a 6700 and ran an air cooled (single core)SuperPi 1M @4G and @50% OC (SuperPi score). I would like to try for more, any way around this?

Forgive my ignorance if these questions are dumb, been on AMD since the BE-6 days lol

Where is 2.39 screenshot? On a Bad Axe 1 with no mod?

[frakka]

A few questions for eva2000 or anyone else that can help......

I'm on a Bad Axe rev 305 with 1351 bios and I saw you post 2.39vdimm, is that a new option as my board and 1351 bios only allows 2.2vdimm.

Vmodded board, I think...

Next question, is there any way to get more than 50% OC on the cpu? Have a 6700 and ran an air cooled (single core)SuperPi 1M @4G and @50% OC (SuperPi score). I would like to try for more, any way around this?

Forgive my ignorance if these questions are dumb, been on AMD since the BE-6 days lol

Clockgen.

[stevehat1]

Vmodded board, I think...

OK that would make sense

Clockgen.

I have tried this but haven't been able to figure out which to clock generator to use with this board

[Barr3l Rid3r]

Vmem and VMCH is actually pretty easy to be made in this board, you just need a pencil to attain 1.9V VMCH and 2.6V VMEM...

[frakka]

I have tried this but haven't been able to figure out which to clock generator to use with this board

There are some different board revision. Mine use a PLL from ICS and with clockgen I can successfully use the ICS XXX48 or XXX23 (the XXX23 work better on my board.)
Other revision use a PLL from another brand that (I think) is not supported yet.

Don't install IDCC if you want to use clockgen. It cause BSOD.