** OFFICIAL ** Intel DX38BT & DX48BT2 BoneTrail Thread

[Randy]

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.

[gtj]

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.

Don't throw in the towel just yet. My OCZs are rated 1600 9-9-9-24 but the SPD says 1333 7-7-7-20.

Have you done all the usual things? Boot to maintenance mode, turned off the watchdog, reset bios settings, removed the battery, etc?

[Randy]

Don't throw in the towel just yet. My OCZs are rated 1600 9-9-9-24 but the SPD says 1333 7-7-7-20.

Have you done all the usual things? Boot to maintenance mode, turned off the watchdog, reset bios settings, removed the battery, etc?

Tried everything at least twice. Can you adjust your mem voltage, or OC your memory at all ?

See, the problem is that the 1333 is not programmed in SPD on my memory, and I think that is what this bios is stuck at. I even try to underclock it to 800mhz, and it will bounce back to the 1066 by SPD settings.

[Randy]

Downloaded the new CPU-Z and it reports the memory is at 1333 ? Even the bios and Everest report it @ 1066. I wonder if CPUZ and Everest draw the info from different areas.