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

[Circaflex]

yes it will

[irenic]

yes.. but in my case the gap between it and the gfx is very lil..

[hotchoc]

What about the ocz xtc cooler ?

[hotchoc]

yes it will

any pics? i have a 7900 gt and there's like 1 cm clearance space

[hotchoc]

yes.. but in my case the gap between it and the gfx is very lil..

any pics?

i have a 7900 gt and there's like 1 cm clearance space

[Supertim0r]

single stage with an old 6700ES and slow vista

[nealh]

Will this work with the bx2?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835704001

I have this and need to sell..I do not think it cools as well as I would like on my 10th anniv crucial..buy a YL 120mm fan for $4

[hotchoc]

ocz xtc cooler >>> very ghetto looking

it fits?

[theonlybabyface]

ocz xtc cooler >>> very ghetto looking

it fits?

Nope. Doesn't fit properly.

[gtj]

single stage with an old 6700ES and slow vista

Yikes!!

[hotchoc]

Nope. Doesn't fit properly.

i assumed you bought it b4 ?

[theonlybabyface]

i assumed you bought it b4 ?

Yup. Didn't fit so I bought the Corsair unit and it fits/works perfectly.

[mezcal]

single stage with an old 6700ES and slow vista

Yeah, I bet that thing is a real slug!!

I was just about to post about how stoked I was to finally get my e4300 to 3ghz
Now, well, never mind...

Nice to see you're back to work on that puppy supertimOr

[hotchoc]

Yup. Didn't fit so I bought the Corsair unit and it fits/works perfectly.

Aw.... Was going to get the OCZ. Looks damn nice compared to the Corsair unit. If it's not much of a trouble, can you take a pic of the corsair unit on ur mobo esp. on the clearance space between ur gfx and dominator fan?

I'm kinda worried coz i have less than 5mm clearance space between my ram slots and my 7900gt. What will happen if part of the fan touches the gfx? Will it burn it (short circuit? )

p.s. Found this small review on newegg:

Pros: Looks very nice, and build appears quite solid. Nice braided electrical connection

Cons: In a bad axe 2 ( 975xbx2 ) you cannot fit both a 7900 gt or larger video card in pcie A (1) in conjunction with a CORSAIR CMXAF1 Fan. The video board is too long for it. And, that pcie slot is the only one on the bad axe 2 that has true 16 pcie. Also, very tricky to get the fan clipped onto the memory clips. Be really really careful because a bit of force is needed, and if you slip, you will most definitely be sorry.

Other Thoughts: I unfortunately never got a chance to experience the true performance of this fan because I couldnt use it in my system. It was built solidly, and I have no doubt it would work well, but if da glove don't fit...u must acquit....

[ChaosMinionX]

Aw.... Was going to get the OCZ. Looks damn nice compared to the Corsair unit. If it's not much of a trouble, can you take a pic of the corsair unit on ur mobo esp. on the clearance space between ur gfx and dominator fan?

I'm kinda worried coz i have less than 5mm clearance space between my ram slots and my 7900gt. What will happen if part of the fan touches the gfx? Will it burn it (short circuit? )

p.s. Found this small review on newegg:

Pros: Looks very nice, and build appears quite solid. Nice braided electrical connection

Cons: In a bad axe 2 ( 975xbx2 ) you cannot fit both a 7900 gt or larger video card in pcie A (1) in conjunction with a CORSAIR CMXAF1 Fan. The video board is too long for it. And, that pcie slot is the only one on the bad axe 2 that has true 16 pcie. Also, very tricky to get the fan clipped onto the memory clips. Be really really careful because a bit of force is needed, and if you slip, you will most definitely be sorry.

Other Thoughts: I unfortunately never got a chance to experience the true performance of this fan because I couldnt use it in my system. It was built solidly, and I have no doubt it would work well, but if da glove don't fit...u must acquit....

Fits with my X1900XTX with an accelerox2 on it and dominator airflow perfectly fine.

[theonlybabyface]

I'm running crossfire and the cards are long and it fits....barely.

[GamingDaemon]

Hey everyone...I haven't posted in a while because my rig has been working quite nicely, and work work has been a bit overwhelming.

But.....

<caveat>I know this is off-topic, but you are the best on this forum, so I thought I would put this out here.</caveat>

I just spent the better part of yesterday trying to copy a 7GB file from my external SATA enclosure to my harddrive with no success. I did copy it eventually when I used the USB interface, but I was unable using the eSATA interface.

I tried several things. I upped my BIOS to 2674. I am using the bracket suppleid by the enclsoure to go from eSATA to SATA using the black Intel SATA ports. I tried using Marvel, but I didn't even see the enclosure when I tried that.

I can copy small files, say < 500MB easily. But when thefile size reaches a certain threshold, bam! Nothing.

Here's what I see... Any ideas??

[minsc_tdp]

My RAM tests were failing with memtest and docmemory, at the high end of the chips. I figured I overclocked too much and so I replaced the motherboard. The tests now do the exact same thing! These tests did not initially fail so it's something I did during OC'ing.

What could be the problem? My two theories are 1.) The other board ate all my chips, or 2.) the memory controller on the CPU is bad.

I'm going to test one of the failed memory chips at work tomorrow and if they pass, then I guess it's the CPU, no?

[mezcal]

Hey everyone...I haven't posted in a while because my rig has been working quite nicely, and work work has been a bit overwhelming.

But.....

<caveat>I know this is off-topic, but you are the best on this forum, so I thought I would put this out here.</caveat>

I just spent the better part of yesterday trying to copy a 7GB file from my external SATA enclosure to my harddrive with no success. I did copy it eventually when I used the USB interface, but I was unable using the eSATA interface.

I tried several things. I upped my BIOS to 2674. I am using the bracket suppleid by the enclsoure to go from eSATA to SATA using the black Intel SATA ports. I tried using Marvel, but I didn't even see the enclosure when I tried that.

I can copy small files, say < 500MB easily. But when thefile size reaches a certain threshold, bam! Nothing.

Here's what I see... Any ideas??

That's strange! Did you try copying it to another internal sata hd?

Not sure why windows doesn't see the device when connected to Marvell. Do you have the secondary ide controller enabled in bios and the marvell drivers installed in windows? I thought vista supported this natively but...

I'd try to verify for you as I have an esata box on the marvell (red port) but I don't think I have any 7GB files laying around handy

[ArcticOC]

New BIOS out today: Version 2692

About This BIOS:
 April 03, 2007
 BX97520J.86A.2692.2007.0403.1844
 SATA RAID info:
 Intel(R) RAID for SATA - v5.6.2.1002
 Marvell 88SE6145 SATA BIOS – v1.1.0.34
 PXE UNDI: Initializing Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.2.28
 PXE Base Code: Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.2.42
 Intel® Active Management Technology info:
 Intel® AMT BX Firmware: v1.2.3
New Fixes/Features:
 Updated processor support.

[Xilikon]

New BIOS out today: Version 2692

About This BIOS:
 April 03, 2007
 BX97520J.86A.2692.2007.0403.1844
 SATA RAID info:
 Intel(R) RAID for SATA - v5.6.2.1002
 Marvell 88SE6145 SATA BIOS – v1.1.0.34
 PXE UNDI: Initializing Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.2.28
 PXE Base Code: Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.2.42
 Intel® Active Management Technology info:
 Intel® AMT BX Firmware: v1.2.3
New Fixes/Features:
 Updated processor support.

Just that ?? It's disappointing

I guess it's for the new processors who are now in the market like the E6x20 and the E4400.

[GamingDaemon]

That's strange! Did you try copying it to another internal sata hd?

Not sure why windows doesn't see the device when connected to Marvell. Do you have the secondary ide controller enabled in bios and the marvell drivers installed in windows? I thought vista supported this natively but...

I'd try to verify for you as I have an esata box on the marvell (red port) but I don't think I have any 7GB files laying around handy

I did enable the Marvell controller in the BIOS when I tested it plugged into the red port, but since it was through the bracket, and thus an eSATA to SATA connection (versus a eSATA to eSATA connection), maybe that was the problem. I don't know. Maybe I did something wrong in that test.

One thing is that when connected to a black port, I can turn the external SATA drive on and off while Vista is running. It pauses for a second, but it works. So that seems good.

As for trying it out, you don't need a 7GB file. It happens with 500MB files too if you have one of those

[theonlybabyface]

New BIOS out today: Version 2692

About This BIOS:
 April 03, 2007
 BX97520J.86A.2692.2007.0403.1844
 SATA RAID info:
 Intel(R) RAID for SATA - v5.6.2.1002
 Marvell 88SE6145 SATA BIOS – v1.1.0.34
 PXE UNDI: Initializing Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.2.28
 PXE Base Code: Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.2.42
 Intel® Active Management Technology info:
 Intel® AMT BX Firmware: v1.2.3
New Fixes/Features:
 Updated processor support.

C1E Bug fixed???

[chuchu]

I'm getting a yellow question mark in my Device Manager for a PCI Device which has not yet been installed and I can't figure out what this is for.

When I switch to View/Devices by Connection, it appears under the Intel 82801 GR/GH/GHM (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Root Port - 27E0.

Can anyone tell what this is and whether I should be concerned about it?

My Intel Express Installer Disk shows that the Marvel Raid Utility is not installed. Could this be it? I don't think I need that since I am running Intel Matrix Raid.

I have already installed the Chipset Software Installation program and update.

I think it has to do with QRTD (Quick Resume Technology Driver) which is only supported by Windows Media Center (not XP and Vista I'm not sure). Go to Bios, Power and Disable it. You will not get the error any more. You don't have to disable S4 or S3 just the Quick Resume option; that's what fixed it for me. Good luck.

Actually, I had made that change and still had the problem. So I contacted Intel Support. Their reply was to go into the Bios Menu into Advance/Peripheral Configuartion/Secondary SATA Controller and disable it. So after doing that, the problem went away.

I then asked what I had just done and the response from Intel was as follows:

"Regarding your question the secondary SATA controllers are the Marvell* SATA RAID controller. You can distinguish the Marvell* SATA ports on your desktop board since they have a blue color.

If you want to setup a RAID on the Marvell* controllers you need to enable them on the BIOS.

As a manufacturing option, the board provides a Marvell 88SE6145 Serial ATA (SATA) controller and four connectors (that support one device per connector) for SATA devices. These connectors are in addition to the four SATA connectors of the ICH7-R/ICH7-DH SATA interface.

The Marvell 88SE6145 controller uses the PCI bus for data transfer with a theoretical maximum transfer rate of 3 Gbits/sec per port. The discrete SATA interface supports the following RAID levels:

RAID 0
RAID 1

If you need more information regarding the Marvell* controllers please visit the following website:....."



Since I a running Intel Matrix Raid and not Marvel, I can live with this.

[heikis]

C1E Bug fixed???

nope