Intel D875PBZLK

[BillC]

Originally posted by Ralf Hutter
Of course. You can just flash it back to an earlier version just the same way you'd flash it to a newer version.

For whatever reason, I cannot get my board to work with P05. I've tried the emergency recover, the floppy method, and the Windows method, and all I get is the initial Intel splash screen after flashing. Just sits there, and goes no further. Rebooting several times doesn't help. Using the emergency recovery into P14 or P16 brings the system back to life (fortunately), but P05 just won't work. I noted (earlier in this thread, I think) that when I first got the board it did the same thing -- only the Intel splash screen until I flashed it (the brand new board!) with P14.

Anybody else have this problem?

Bill

[JohnMK]

Originally posted by Ralf Hutter

My personal preference is the floppy flash method. I've never been a fan of flashing via Windows. There's just too many more things that can go wrong during this critical procedure. [/b]

And floppies are more reliable than hard drives?

[Cole_abx]

Why do you get to have the one with out the problems?
I have the same mobo and nothing but problems for me.
I could really use some advise as to how to get my device manager to display the controllers correctly instead of doubled.
Ive tried everything and they keep reinstalling twice instead of once. Why ? Also, I cant OC squat! I mean nothing. with out system crashing 99% of the time doesnt even make it to post let alone booting up. I am very dissapointed in my purchase and I wish someone could talk me into believing otherwise.

Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Thnx [cole_wells@yahoo.com]

[Andy2]

Did you try a reformat and new install

[Wiskers]

I"m quite sure the cold boot problems are memory related.
I had muskin promo pc3200 and had cold boot problem, It happened maybe once in every 10 boot ups. I have since changed to hyper x pc3500 and no more cold boots.

[Andy2]

I remember P05 and life was good back then. Then newer bios came out and everyone knows newer has to be better in computers so I upgraded and life got worse. Then a newer bios came out so it has to be better so I upgraded again and life got worse. After several times of this pattern I came to my senses and went back to P05 and life was good again. I never thought Intel would teach me that newer is not always better.

[JimTram]

You may be right - I have the Kingston Value RAM 3200 @ 3-3-3-8, and yet to have had a "cold boot" problem. I have only had the mobo installed a few days though.

Jim T.

Originally posted by Wiskers
I"m quite sure the cold boot problems are memory related.
I had muskin promo pc3200 and had cold boot problem, It happened maybe once in every 10 boot ups. I have since changed to hyper x pc3500 and no more cold boots.

[Pentium4]

Have just put my new D875PBZ together, and so far it runs pretty sweet It came with P05 but immediately flashed it to P16 which went smoothly. Noticed the board is very touchy when it comes to memory timings, so after lots of test runs (till 1am) decided to leave it at default settings. The o/c goes well both through the bios or IDCC, and actually gives me a nice little performance boost

Cole noticed your using LL memory which may be too tight for this board, try relaxing them a bit, and go from there. I'm using the SPD settings at the moment (2-3-3-8) but found random errors when using 2-3-2-6, but it seemed ok at 2.5-3-2-6 which gave the system a small performance boost even before using the 1-4% available.

[Ralf Hutter]

Originally posted by JohnMK
And floppies are more reliable than hard drives?

No but they're more reliable than Windows.

How many times you've had a "glitch" with Windows, vs. how many floppy disks have you ever had go bad? For me it's about a 1000 to 1 ratio.

[Ralf Hutter]

Originally posted by Wiskers
I"m quite sure the cold boot problems are memory related.
I had muskin promo pc3200 and had cold boot problem, It happened maybe once in every 10 boot ups. I have since changed to hyper x pc3500 and no more cold boots.

I don't buy that at all. I've used 4 875PBZs that have all had cold boot/reboot issues (with the "bad" BIOSes) and I've only used Mushkin Level II, Corsair XMS3200 and HyperX. I have a friend who's using Crucial with his 875PBZ and he's getting cold boot problems with P14 and P16.

[Riptide]

Originally posted by Ralf Hutter
No but they're more reliable than Windows.

How many times you've had a "glitch" with Windows, vs. how many floppy disks have you ever had go bad? For me it's about a 1000 to 1 ratio.

Talk about apples-oranges comparison there though.

[JimTram]

No "cold boot" issues to-date

I could not help to notice, that relative to others in this forum - I have relatively slower RAM. If I was to upgrade the RAM (3500 CL2), what tangible performance increases would I expect to see. Every now and then I play "shooters"?

Most of the time the rig is used for accounting and surfing the internet.

TIA

Jim T.

Originally posted by JimTram
You may be right - I have the Kingston Value RAM 3200 @ 3-3-3-8, and yet to have had a "cold boot" problem. I have only had the mobo installed a few days though.

Jim T.

[MikeR]

Originally posted by evildragon1
Will I encounter any problems if I use Corsair XMS pc3200 low latency moduels on this board?

No. They run at 2-3-2-6 for me just fine...Mike

[BillC]

Originally posted by MikeR
No. They run at 2-3-2-6 for me just fine...Mike

Same memory, same timings here, and no problems.

Bill

[BillC]

Originally posted by JimTram
I could not help to notice, that relative to others in this forum - I have relatively slower RAM. Jim T.

If you're running that Kingston at 3-3-3-8, then you would likely see a difference going to something that would run 2-3-2-6. In my experience, the latency makes the biggest speed difference, and going from 3 to 2 would be noticeable. However, it's not going to be a quantum leap -- more like a small, incremental gain. With the price of good PC3200 or PC3500 LL memory these days, I can't say (for me) that the cost would be commensurate with the performance gain, but that's just a personal viewpoint.