BERT: Intel DX48BT2, E8500, 2x 1G OCZ Plat DDR3-1800, 2xATI HD 3850, 450x9.5
ERNIE: Intel DX38BT, Q9300, 2x 1G OCZ Plat DDR3-1800, ATI HD 3650, 400x7.5
RALPH,ELMO,MONSTER: Intel 975XBX2, Q6600, 2x 1G OCZ DDR2-1066, 356x9
COOKIE,OSCAR: DFI BloodIron, Q6600, 2x 1G OCZ DDR2-1066, stock
GTJ's Intel 975XBX2 Bad Axe 2 Guide including the Memory Calculator
GTJ's Intel DX38BT/DX48BT2 Bone Trail Memory Calculator
Main system:
Q6600 G0 L737B 3,8GHz
Maximus Formula X38
Ballistix PC2-8500 2x1GB
XFX 8800GT XT
Corsair HX620
X-Fi Platinum
150GB Raptor (Dual Boot) /2x 250GB WD Caviar (Apps)
Lian-Li V2000B Plus II
School: MacBook
Studying in: Pharmacy
Where: University of Montreal
$579 for 2x1024mb. Already got an RMA and ordered the OCZs. They should be here tomorrow. Till then, I'm limping along on 1 stick.
BERT: Intel DX48BT2, E8500, 2x 1G OCZ Plat DDR3-1800, 2xATI HD 3850, 450x9.5
ERNIE: Intel DX38BT, Q9300, 2x 1G OCZ Plat DDR3-1800, ATI HD 3650, 400x7.5
RALPH,ELMO,MONSTER: Intel 975XBX2, Q6600, 2x 1G OCZ DDR2-1066, 356x9
COOKIE,OSCAR: DFI BloodIron, Q6600, 2x 1G OCZ DDR2-1066, stock
GTJ's Intel 975XBX2 Bad Axe 2 Guide including the Memory Calculator
GTJ's Intel DX38BT/DX48BT2 Bone Trail Memory Calculator
BERT: Intel DX48BT2, E8500, 2x 1G OCZ Plat DDR3-1800, 2xATI HD 3850, 450x9.5
ERNIE: Intel DX38BT, Q9300, 2x 1G OCZ Plat DDR3-1800, ATI HD 3650, 400x7.5
RALPH,ELMO,MONSTER: Intel 975XBX2, Q6600, 2x 1G OCZ DDR2-1066, 356x9
COOKIE,OSCAR: DFI BloodIron, Q6600, 2x 1G OCZ DDR2-1066, stock
GTJ's Intel 975XBX2 Bad Axe 2 Guide including the Memory Calculator
GTJ's Intel DX38BT/DX48BT2 Bone Trail Memory Calculator
-=Gaming Rig=-
Sabertooth Z77 | i7-3770K | 2x 8gb Ballistix Elite DDR3-1866
MSI HD7970 | Crucial m4 256gb | 2x WD RE4 1Tb RAID1
LG 10x Blu-ray Burner | Enermax Revolution85+ 1050w
CaseLabs M8 | Dell u2711 | Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Xonar DX > MisterX PPAv2 > DT880/250 w/ Cardas recable
-=Mobile=-
Macbook Pro | i7 | 8gb | 256gb | Retina
iPad 3 | 32gb | WiFi
Samsung Galaxy Nexus
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Home PC: Intel i7 4770K @ 4.6ghz l Asus Maximus VI Hero l Corsair Dominator Plantinum 2400mhz (4x4GB) l Asus GTX 690 l Samsung 840 Pro 256gb l 2 x WD Black 1T storage drive l WD MyBook 500gb External l Samsung SH-S203N DVD l Creative X-Fi Titanium HD l Corsair AX1200 PSU l Planar SA2311W23 3D LCD Monitor l Corsair 800D Case l Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit l Sennheiser HD-590
Water Cooling Setup: Swiftech 320 Radiator (3 X Gentle Typhoons 1450rpm 3 x Gentle Typhoons 1850 rpm) l Swiftech Pump w/XSPC Res Top l Heatkiller 3.0 CPU Block l Heatkiller GPU-X GTX 690 "Hole Edition" Nickel l Heatkiller Geforce GTX 690 GPU Backplate l Koolance 140mm Radiator l Danger Den 1/2ID UV Green tubing l EK EKoolant UV Green Liquid
-Impossible is not a word
I am having an issue with my DX38BT. I'm a newb at this so don't laugh. I have Corsair XMS3 that is rated @ 1333, 9-9-9-24. I set it in the bios, and the settings stay there on the setting page after reboot, but the memory only runs at 1066. The morons at Corsair aren't any help. Why won't the settings stick ?
BERT: Intel DX48BT2, E8500, 2x 1G OCZ Plat DDR3-1800, 2xATI HD 3850, 450x9.5
ERNIE: Intel DX38BT, Q9300, 2x 1G OCZ Plat DDR3-1800, ATI HD 3650, 400x7.5
RALPH,ELMO,MONSTER: Intel 975XBX2, Q6600, 2x 1G OCZ DDR2-1066, 356x9
COOKIE,OSCAR: DFI BloodIron, Q6600, 2x 1G OCZ DDR2-1066, stock
GTJ's Intel 975XBX2 Bad Axe 2 Guide including the Memory Calculator
GTJ's Intel DX38BT/DX48BT2 Bone Trail Memory Calculator
Memory Configuration = Non-ECC
Performance Memory Profiles = Manual - User Defined
Reference Frequency = 333
Memory Frequency = 1333
tCL = 9
tRCD = 9
tRP = 9
tRASmin = 24
Memory Voltage = 1.70v
The main bios screen says the CPU is @ 1333FSB and the memory is at 1066.
Everest and the Intel Desktop Utility also says 1066 on the memory. CPU-Z doesn't support the X38 yet, so I get no report other than SPD values.
975 XE @ 4.0GHZ - Thermaltake TRUE REV 3
12GB Corsair Dominator 1600MHZ
EVGA 132-BL-E758-A1
2 X Gigabyte HD5970's CFX
2X Runcore Pro IV 128GB SSD's in RAID 0 & 2X 2TB WD Enterprise in RAID 1
2X Plextor 810SA DLDVD SATA
Thermaltake 1KW Toughpower
Coolermaster Sniper
Dell 30" 3007FPW
HEAT - Randy2
In the memory bios screen check what the SPD is reporting. Initially my sticks were actually reporting DDR3 1066 and that was goofing things up. unfortunately I don't remember what I did to fix it. Also try going back to Automatic and see what happens
BERT: Intel DX48BT2, E8500, 2x 1G OCZ Plat DDR3-1800, 2xATI HD 3850, 450x9.5
ERNIE: Intel DX38BT, Q9300, 2x 1G OCZ Plat DDR3-1800, ATI HD 3650, 400x7.5
RALPH,ELMO,MONSTER: Intel 975XBX2, Q6600, 2x 1G OCZ DDR2-1066, 356x9
COOKIE,OSCAR: DFI BloodIron, Q6600, 2x 1G OCZ DDR2-1066, stock
GTJ's Intel 975XBX2 Bad Axe 2 Guide including the Memory Calculator
GTJ's Intel DX38BT/DX48BT2 Bone Trail Memory Calculator
More observations while I'm waiting for my OCZ to arrive (9am tomorrow hopefully).
The BIOS Watchdog is as useless as mammaries on a male Sus Scrofa. Same as the XBX2. Thankfully the default is "disabled".
If you put the Intel controller in RAID mode, and you have a SATA DVD drive, USB keyboards don't work.
The Marvell SATA controller also handles IDE port so disabling the Secondary SATA Controller also disables the internal IDE port as well as the external SATA ports.
Vista will install cleanly on an Intel RAID array without any additional driver stupidity.
Vista doesn't include the driver for the new LAN controller so you have to install it separately from the driver CD.
The mosfet heatsinks have a much lower profile than the XBX2.
The vCore vMCH and vDIMM measurement points seem to be close to, if not exactly in the same place as the XBX2. I'll post pics later.
The BIOS screens are pretty close to the XBX2. Pics later.
BERT: Intel DX48BT2, E8500, 2x 1G OCZ Plat DDR3-1800, 2xATI HD 3850, 450x9.5
ERNIE: Intel DX38BT, Q9300, 2x 1G OCZ Plat DDR3-1800, ATI HD 3650, 400x7.5
RALPH,ELMO,MONSTER: Intel 975XBX2, Q6600, 2x 1G OCZ DDR2-1066, 356x9
COOKIE,OSCAR: DFI BloodIron, Q6600, 2x 1G OCZ DDR2-1066, stock
GTJ's Intel 975XBX2 Bad Axe 2 Guide including the Memory Calculator
GTJ's Intel DX38BT/DX48BT2 Bone Trail Memory Calculator
definitely subscribed, but there's no way I'm upgrading until next year at the earliest!!
....
Looking good so far, I just hate the thought of paying 500+ for DDR3...
Home PC: Intel i7 4770K @ 4.6ghz l Asus Maximus VI Hero l Corsair Dominator Plantinum 2400mhz (4x4GB) l Asus GTX 690 l Samsung 840 Pro 256gb l 2 x WD Black 1T storage drive l WD MyBook 500gb External l Samsung SH-S203N DVD l Creative X-Fi Titanium HD l Corsair AX1200 PSU l Planar SA2311W23 3D LCD Monitor l Corsair 800D Case l Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit l Sennheiser HD-590
Water Cooling Setup: Swiftech 320 Radiator (3 X Gentle Typhoons 1450rpm 3 x Gentle Typhoons 1850 rpm) l Swiftech Pump w/XSPC Res Top l Heatkiller 3.0 CPU Block l Heatkiller GPU-X GTX 690 "Hole Edition" Nickel l Heatkiller Geforce GTX 690 GPU Backplate l Koolance 140mm Radiator l Danger Den 1/2ID UV Green tubing l EK EKoolant UV Green Liquid
-Impossible is not a word
BERT: Intel DX48BT2, E8500, 2x 1G OCZ Plat DDR3-1800, 2xATI HD 3850, 450x9.5
ERNIE: Intel DX38BT, Q9300, 2x 1G OCZ Plat DDR3-1800, ATI HD 3650, 400x7.5
RALPH,ELMO,MONSTER: Intel 975XBX2, Q6600, 2x 1G OCZ DDR2-1066, 356x9
COOKIE,OSCAR: DFI BloodIron, Q6600, 2x 1G OCZ DDR2-1066, stock
GTJ's Intel 975XBX2 Bad Axe 2 Guide including the Memory Calculator
GTJ's Intel DX38BT/DX48BT2 Bone Trail Memory Calculator
-=Gaming Rig=-
Sabertooth Z77 | i7-3770K | 2x 8gb Ballistix Elite DDR3-1866
MSI HD7970 | Crucial m4 256gb | 2x WD RE4 1Tb RAID1
LG 10x Blu-ray Burner | Enermax Revolution85+ 1050w
CaseLabs M8 | Dell u2711 | Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Xonar DX > MisterX PPAv2 > DT880/250 w/ Cardas recable
-=Mobile=-
Macbook Pro | i7 | 8gb | 256gb | Retina
iPad 3 | 32gb | WiFi
Samsung Galaxy Nexus
975 XE @ 4.0GHZ - Thermaltake TRUE REV 3
12GB Corsair Dominator 1600MHZ
EVGA 132-BL-E758-A1
2 X Gigabyte HD5970's CFX
2X Runcore Pro IV 128GB SSD's in RAID 0 & 2X 2TB WD Enterprise in RAID 1
2X Plextor 810SA DLDVD SATA
Thermaltake 1KW Toughpower
Coolermaster Sniper
Dell 30" 3007FPW
HEAT - Randy2
Did you try rev.1308 bios?
BIOS Version 1308
About This Release:
November 12, 2007
BTX3810J.86A.1308.2007.1112.1659
SATA RAID info:
Intel(R) RAID for SATA - v7.6.0.1011
SATA AHCI info:
Version UPSD src 04-20-2007 for ICH9
PXE Nahum info:
Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.2.50
New Fixes/Features:
Fixed issues where some BIOS Setup options are hidden.
Added updates to BIOS support for Intel® Desktop Control
Center.
Fixed display of cache for multi-core processors.
Fixed PC28 memory error beeps on warm boot with 1333 CPU / 1333
Memory.
Fixed issue where XMP settings were causing system instability.
Fixed issue where overclocking settings were causing HW
Watchdog Timer to fire on every boot.
Added Hardware-based Watchdog Timer implementation.
Added support for XMP (Extreme Memory Profile).
Added some boot/S3 resume time optimizations.
Fixed a bug where IERR got asserted on certain CPUs.
Intel QX9650 @ 3.6GHz 1.25v in bios
Asus P5E64 WS Evolution
Crucial Ballistix DDR3-1600 7-7-7-20-1T 4X1Gb 1.76v
EVGA 8800GTS 512Mb
Antec P180b with Corsair 620HX
975 XE @ 4.0GHZ - Thermaltake TRUE REV 3
12GB Corsair Dominator 1600MHZ
EVGA 132-BL-E758-A1
2 X Gigabyte HD5970's CFX
2X Runcore Pro IV 128GB SSD's in RAID 0 & 2X 2TB WD Enterprise in RAID 1
2X Plextor 810SA DLDVD SATA
Thermaltake 1KW Toughpower
Coolermaster Sniper
Dell 30" 3007FPW
HEAT - Randy2
Well, I'm running at 1333 on the OCZs but like I said, I can't remember what I did. How about going into maintenance mode and doing a bios settings reset?
BERT: Intel DX48BT2, E8500, 2x 1G OCZ Plat DDR3-1800, 2xATI HD 3850, 450x9.5
ERNIE: Intel DX38BT, Q9300, 2x 1G OCZ Plat DDR3-1800, ATI HD 3650, 400x7.5
RALPH,ELMO,MONSTER: Intel 975XBX2, Q6600, 2x 1G OCZ DDR2-1066, 356x9
COOKIE,OSCAR: DFI BloodIron, Q6600, 2x 1G OCZ DDR2-1066, stock
GTJ's Intel 975XBX2 Bad Axe 2 Guide including the Memory Calculator
GTJ's Intel DX38BT/DX48BT2 Bone Trail Memory Calculator
How's this board's overclocking compared to ASUS or DFI?
E8400
ECS 8800GT-SLI
Asus Striker II
OCZ 4GB
Well, at this point what it looks like is I can't overclock the CPU or memory. Tried overclocking the FSB just a little bit and it bounces right back to default. Maybe this board is hosed ? It must have something to do with the watchdog feature. I think I am going to throw in the towel on this one until Intel get's a better bios out. Funny thing is, the latest bios was supposed to fix a ton of related issues, and intel is usually pretty good about that. If that OCZ is 1333 by SPD, I may take a stab at it - why not, I got about $900 of memory sitting in front of me now, what's another $500.
Last edited by Randy; 11-21-2007 at 05:19 PM.
I like where intel is going...Black PCB, hardcore(ish) names for stuff..Remember the SkullTrail monster some time ago? They are showing a little more interest for the xtreme crowd..
But...Yadda yadda yadda...whatever..!
Waiting to see some results!!
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EeePC EeePC1000HA | 2Gb Ram | 160Gb HD | 10.2"
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