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

[godto]

FSB = 333 .... will be stable ...... i'm doing that right now when i OC to 3Ghz .... over 3GHZ then need to drop to 266

[AndyM]

I'm revisiting my old XBX2 to be used in a spare parts build for the gf. My XBX2 has a February-ish BIOS, and I'm going to use an E2180 on it. Will the board boot with this cpu to update the BIOS to the 'updated cpu support' versions, or will I need to juggle cpu's to a supported version to update the BIOS? TIA!

[loafer87gt]

Yep - after running my new modules for about a month, I fried yet another stick of my Corsair 8500. And as with the other three sticks, it was the stick in the third slot.

Anyways, this is the last straw, this board is coming out of my system and going up for sale so that it can be someone elses headache. Just curious, but what motherboard would you guys recommend for running four sticks of ram stable at 1066 speeds? From what I gather from Corsair, the older 975 boards have problems when running such configurations, which is why I could never get my memory to run anywhere near its rated speeds. Would a board like the P5K be a good choice?

[sauria]

Mine has run fine now with four sticks of G.Skill for two months

[wa2000]

I'm revisiting my old XBX2 to be used in a spare parts build for the gf. My XBX2 has a February-ish BIOS, and I'm going to use an E2180 on it. Will the board boot with this cpu to update the BIOS to the 'updated cpu support' versions, or will I need to juggle cpu's to a supported version to update the BIOS? TIA!

D975XBX2 compatible processors list:

http://processormatch.intel.com/COMP...dname=d975xbx2

[scorpion]

loafer87gt. try the Abit IP-35 Pro you wil love it. i was using the Bax2 board to. witch is a great board. but abit seems to have there bois in order.very stable and overclockable board.

[Hamilton]

I got to borrow a D975XBX2 with a Q6700 which I want to try and push as far as I can. But I have not been following this thread at all since I've been using a Gigabyte 965-DS3 until now.
Which is the latest bios for this mobo?
What are the known bugs/pitfalls I should be aware of when I start clocking this board?
I'm using 2x1GB Corsair Dominator 8500 mem and a Scythe Infinity for aircooling and a stock Vapo LS for phase.
Suggestions for settings to start out with?

[gcc]

I'm wondering if we will still be lucky with Yorkfield (official on unofficially) support on this board. If this rumor turns out to be true Intel may well launch a 1066 FSB model.

[fdisker]

Yorkfield support would be nice. I'm reluctant to give up my XBX2 and its stability w/Vista. I like tweaking just as much as the next guy but at the end of the day I just want my stuff to work.

[LoneWolf]

Yorkfield support would be nice. I'm reluctant to give up my XBX2 and its stability w/Vista. I like tweaking just as much as the next guy but at the end of the day I just want my stuff to work.

I'm really hoping as well. I've delayed any CPU purchases until I'm sure of whether my XBX2 will support 45nm. It may be that the Q6600 is the last (reasonably priced) major CPU for this board, but I'm holding out hope. I don't want to drop my D975XBX2, because it has every feature I need, and still has legacy ports I need on occasion, and it's been a rock-solid board.

[LaMpiR]

I have D975XBX2 and E6700 with this ram
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145034

I wona set my fsb to 300 to run 24/7 with stock cooler on 3Ghz.

Can somebody point me to what should i set as voltages and what would be the best settings for ram and voltage ofc?
I got it at 3Ghz with DDR2@900Mhz 4-4-4-12 and superpi 1M for like 18sec but i saw the same setup running at 16,x secs.

Tnx

[LaMpiR]

Here is the screen.


It is working fine but sometimes it lags a sec.

SuperPi 1M 18,8sec.

And i've found this. http://membres.lycos.fr/roswel85/sup...hz80044412.jpg
So please help. Maybe voltages are wright?

[Blacklash]

As far as i975x goes, I still say this mobo is one of the best. I was recently playing with Crossfire so I dusted off my BX2 and dropped my Q6600 G-0 in it. It did 390x9 on air without issues. By contrast I tried the same chip in a AW9D-Max with BIOS 1.6 and it would not hold a mere 3.0GHz stable. That's a shame because the latter board has two 16x2 lanes for Crossfire.

I may get another G-0 and use it in this board with Crossfire. 3.5 on air isn't so bad for i975x with a Q6600.

If I were using water cooling I'd likely invest in X38, and not to run 3.6 or 3.7 vs 3.5 on air.

There's two little HD 3850 256MB cards in Crossfire @ 730|999 via Overdrive under Vista x64 with a 3.5GHz Q6600-

16761
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=4422084

It would be around 500-750 pnts more under XP. They were tested in the BX2.

[scaryogre]

Hi Guys,

I could use some help...I am rebuilding my Intel D975XBX2 system for my 12 year old son. I previously had a SB XFi soundcard in this system which I have moved to my new PC.

Anyway...I have re-enabled onboard audio in the BIOS of the BadAxe2. I am installing a fresh, clean copy of Windows XP SP2. I have reformatted the hard drive during install, etc.

I have re-installed WinXP SP2 twice now.

1. First installed the drivers from the original CD...installation of audio drivers failed. Everything else installed fine (LAN, Intel chipset, etc.)
2. After reinstalling WinXP SP2 again I attempted the newly downloaded drivers from Intel's website. The install of audio failed again.

So what's weird is everything else (chipset, LAN, etc.) installs OK. Only the onboard Sigmatel audio driver install fails.

Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong?

Thanks!

scaryogre

[Blacklash]

Oh yeah,

Thank you Intel for finally making express BIOS updates that now work under x64 operating systems. I updated my BIOS with a single click under Vista x64 on my BX2 rig.

BTW if you want a decent priced 4GB DDR 2 800 kit try that-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231122

I have that same kit in my BX2 rig.

[fdisker]

Intel releases XBX2 BIOS update. 2809.

New Fixes/Features:
- Updated processor support.
- Fixed issue where Samsung SAS HBA card was not booting.


Updated processor support? Why would they need to do that? They already don't support 1333 fsb procs so what could they be adding support for?

[screwtech02]

And they are sure not gonna tell you what "updated" procs are supported either.....

[Blacklash]

Got my Q6600 G-0 to boot 3.6GHz (400x9) on my unmodded BX2 with the latest BIOS and Vista SP1 RC installed. 3.51 was my previous best on this board with that chip.

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=288859

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/5...x9q6600wb8.jpg

I'll report back if I can get it to hold under Prime.

[wa2000]

Intel releases XBX2 BIOS update. 2809.

New Fixes/Features:
- Updated processor support.
- Fixed issue where Samsung SAS HBA card was not booting.


Updated processor support? Why would they need to do that? They already don't support 1333 fsb procs so what could they be adding support for?

I think Intel update the BIOS to support coming Celeron Dual Core and Pentium Dual Core E2220.

[edjrwinnt]

Got my Q6600 G-0 to boot 3.6GHz (400x9) on my unmodded BX2 with the latest BIOS and Vista SP1 RC installed. 3.51 was my previous best on this board with that chip.

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=288859

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/5...x9q6600wb8.jpg

I'll report back if I can get it to hold under Prime.

I was able to squeeze out a couple of hundred more megahertz with this new bios. I have my B3 "step" version of the Q6600 up to 3.3 GHZ now and it's stable.

[Gunnz Akimbo]

sounds good on the OC.

[pushook]

Hi Guys,

I could use some help...I am rebuilding my Intel D975XBX2 system for my 12 year old son. I previously had a SB XFi soundcard in this system which I have moved to my new PC.

Anyway...I have re-enabled onboard audio in the BIOS of the BadAxe2. I am installing a fresh, clean copy of Windows XP SP2. I have reformatted the hard drive during install, etc.

I have re-installed WinXP SP2 twice now.

1. First installed the drivers from the original CD...installation of audio drivers failed. Everything else installed fine (LAN, Intel chipset, etc.)
2. After reinstalling WinXP SP2 again I attempted the newly downloaded drivers from Intel's website. The install of audio failed again.

So what's weird is everything else (chipset, LAN, etc.) installs OK. Only the onboard Sigmatel audio driver install fails.

Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong?

Thanks!

scaryogre

Hi, I had the same problem you have. I have reinstalled my badaxe2 because my asus maximus is in RMA.

I flashed to Bios 2809 I think and installed the drivers. Only the sigmatel driver failed. Solution is to update all Chipset(Inf) drivers manually with the latest drivers from intel page. Then I reinstalled the sigmatel high definition driver and now it is fine.

I like this board to. Put my E6600 B3 vid1.300 in that nice Board and pumped it up to 3,5Ghz @ 1.38vcore (everest) and vmch/fsbt @ stock/SB/NB reseated with AS5. Temps are 64°/64°(coretemp) with watercool sys @ load.

[LaMpiR]

I had to clear cmos. Now, voltages are lower than before. What should I set for E6700? My pc is slow, I think that voltages are blaim for that.

[bigbaby]

i have the old XBX rev 304 not XBX2.i find it very well except OC ram max is 600mhz. and i need vdimm up to 2.8V or more.what should i do. i do'nt want vdim mod. because i'm newbie.is there any solution.
i know. may be vdimm mod is the best.

[Art-Tistic]

Hello OC'ing Gods and Godesses, Happy New Year!

This is my first time posting and I'm an OC virgin. I've been building stock systems for my Video production company for nearly 9 years. My main concern has always been stability first and then performance. Now we are shooting and editing editing everything in HDV and it's choking the $hit out of my systems....HELP.

I have 2 systems, both with BX2 rev 504, both running the latest bios 2809, one has an X6800 and the other has a Q6600. They are currently using the Stock HSF which I plan to replace with TT120's. I also will address the MCH for better than stock cooling. I would like to get a baseline of settings that will give me the best balance of speed and stability. I'd be happy to get between 3 - 3.5ghz with 24/7 stability.

I have IDCC loaded as well as CPU-z. I've been reading these boards for a week straight and my head is starting to hurt...

any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Anthony