Intel D975XBX: Intel brings their Bad-Axe to Market

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• BigP - Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - link

  Im a self build Virgin - but I'm going in at the deep end. Intel's site makes their Dual Core stuff sound awsome!(a) Is it?(b)Should I look to spend my cash elsewhere when considering a motherboard/processor?

• Gary Key - Saturday, July 15, 2006 - link

  This board is fine for stock performance and if you get rev-0304 it works very well with Core 2 Duo.

• FOXY25 - Sunday, February 4, 2007 - link

  hi that are my system setting. My system sometimes make complete restart and i dont know why. I have change entire board with another and nothing. Do y think that could be in memory i have 2x DDR2 1024 MB at 800 Mhz Kingmax. thanks for answer.Foxy
  
  
  ====== Board ======
  Manufacturer Intel Corporation
  Product Name D975XBX
  Version AAD27094-306
  Serial Number BQBX645001ND
  BIOS Version BX97510J.86A.1476.2007.0119.1334
  BIOS ROM Size 512 KB
  BIOS Release Date 19.1.2007
  
  ====== Processor ======
  Manufacturer Intel(R) Corporation
  Processor Name Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2,13GHz (2 Cores)
  Bus Speed 1067 MHz
  Processor Speed 2,133 GHz
  Stepping 6
  Form Factor Other
  Hyper-Threading Technology Status Not Supported
  
  ====== Cache ======
  L1 Cache Data Cache 32 KB, Code Cache 32 KB Per Processor Core
  L2 Cache 2048 KB Unified Cache (2048 KB Cache Per 2 Cores)
  
  ====== Memory ======
  Error Correction Single-bit ECC
  Maximum System Memory 4 GB
  Memory Slots 4
  
  ---- CHAN A DIMM 0 ----
  Socket Designation CHAN A DIMM 0
  Current Memory Type DDR2
  Installed Size No Module Installed
  
  ---- CHAN A DIMM 1 ----
  Socket Designation CHAN A DIMM 1
  Current Memory Type DDR2
  Installed Size 1024 MB
  Memory Speed 800 MHz
  
  ---- CHAN B DIMM 0 ----
  Socket Designation CHAN B DIMM 0
  Current Memory Type DDR2
  Installed Size No Module Installed
  
  ---- CHAN B DIMM 1 ----
  Socket Designation CHAN B DIMM 1
  Current Memory Type DDR2
  Installed Size 1024 MB
  Memory Speed 800 MHz
  
  ====== Onboard Devices ======
  #Device Type Ethernet
  Device Description Intel (R) 82562 Ethernet Device
  Device Status Enabled
  #Device Type Sound
  Device Description Intel(R) Azalia Audio Device
  Device Status Disabled
  #Device Type Other
  Device Description Silicon Image 3114 SATA RAID Controller
  Device Status Disabled
  #Device Type Other
  Device Description Texas Instruments TSB82AA2 1394A/B Controller
  Device Status Disabled
  
  ====== Hard Drive ======
  #Model ST3320620AS
  Max. Transfer Mode UDMA 6 (ATA/133)
  Active Transfer Mode UDMA 5 (ATA/100)
  S.M.A.R.T. Status Enabled
  Size 298,09 GB
  #Model ST380811AS
  Max. Transfer Mode UDMA 6 (ATA/133)
  Active Transfer Mode UDMA 5 (ATA/100)
  S.M.A.R.T. Status Enabled
  Size 74,53 GB
  
  

• JarrettV - Thursday, February 23, 2006 - link

  Does this board support dolby digital live in the sigmatel audio chipset? I'm looking to replace my old SoundStorm setup.
  
  Also, does Intel High Definition = Dolby Digital Live support?

• neilfeier - Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - link

  Unlike most users of this motherboard that want to use the dual x8 PCIe slots for graphics, I want to use them for benchmarking a pair of x4 data acquisition boards we are developing. I want to test max rates to and from memory, as well as peer-to-peer transfers between the two boards (assuming the MCH allows this).
  
  So my question is: Do you think I can I put a x16 or x8 PCIe graphics card in the third x4 PCIe slot hanging off the south bridge? I don't care about graphics performance too much, I just want a dual monitor card that will work in that slot and leave the main two slots free.
  
  And ideas on this would be helpful. Thanks!

• Gary Key - Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - link

  I will try it this weekend and report back.

• neilfeier - Friday, March 3, 2006 - link

  Thanks Gary, I anxiously await the results of your experiment.
  
  Neil

• Gary Key - Thursday, March 9, 2006 - link

  Hi Neil,
  
  I had video working in this slot. I updated to the new bios release today and will test the performance in a couple of days.
  
  Thanks,
  Gary

• Gary Key - Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - link

  Neil,
  
  Performance is average but it works.
  
  Gary

• Missing Ghost - Monday, January 30, 2006 - link

  quote:
  

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  The x16 interface supports full duplex transfers up to 8 GBytes/second in x16 operation and single-ended transfers are supported up to 4 GBytes/second in x8 operation.

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  error! That's not how pcie works! pcie is always full duplex, and never single-ended!