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My D975XBX2 died and I need to build a new computer for Photoshop CS6. I would like to use my current ATI FirePro video card and NEC PA241 monitor. Any suggestions for a motherboard and CPU would be greatly appreciated.

Apoptosis wrote:

PJ wrote:I am building another Photoshop CS5 workstation and would like some thoughts about which Intel motherboard would be the best?

Do you have a price range in mind?

I haven't given it alot of thought. The XBX2 computer cost around $1500 as I recall.

I am building another Photoshop CS5 workstation and would like some thoughts about which Intel motherboard would be the best?

If anyone has any more information about the BIOS settings then the very brief explaination given in the following link, it would be greatly appreciated. http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/cs-020304.htm Since I am still having the intermittent boot problems, any suggestions about B...

I have not been able to find a good explanation of what the following BIOS settings do. Advanced – Drive Configuration – Use Automatic Mode Advanced – Management Configuration – ASF Support Performance – Processor Overrides – Enhanced Power Slope I am still experiencing an intermittent system hang o...

Thanks,

I downloaded the drivers today. Is there anything I should know before installing the updated drivers?

I am unable to download the latest D975XBX2 LAN drivers from the Intel website. The download page comes back as "The page cannot be found" and HTTP Error 404 File or Directory not found. Does anybody else have this problem?

cyclo,

How did you install it? Did you use the driver update from the device manager?

Has anyone updated the Intel RAID driver to 8.5.0.1032 on a 975XBX2 running Microsoft Vista? If so, how did you do the update and did you have any problems?

I have a 975XBX2 running Vista Ultimate 32 with 4 hard drives configured as two RAID 0 drives. Drive 0, the boot drive is partitioned (as C and D). I would like some ideas about how to remove the partition on Drive 0 so that the entire drive is usable as the boot drive (C).

Intel lists 2 audio drivers for the 975XBX2: 1. Audio: IDT* 92XX Driver and 2. Audio: Sigmatel* (IDT*) 92XX Driver. Other then the listed differences (the first is only for Windows Vista while the second is for Windows Vista and XP) what are the other differences. I would like to update the audio dr...

Okay, I give up. Does anyone know which driver I should be using for the 975XBX2 motherboard with Microsoft Vista 32? Currently Intel lists two sets of drivers: 5548v13 (10/10/07) and 5.10.5510.0 (7/10/07).

I used the floppy install in both XP SP2 and Vista Ultimate. The install in Vista Ultimate was a bit problematic, but that is another story. I could not get Vista Ultimate to install when I began with 2 RAID volumes. I needed to remove the drives for the second RAID volume, install the OS then insta...

I'm using the ICH7R SATA ports with the Intel 6.2.1.1002 RAID drivers.

My D975XBX2 system periodically fails to boot, requiring a cold reset followed by 'Start Windows Normally.' Once windows restarts my system starts 'Verifying and Reparing' the raid drives. This has happened with both Windows XP S2 and Windows Vista Ultimate, RAID 0, 1, and 5 configurations and sever...

The reason that I do not use static addressing is related to the licensing on the server. There are two possible modes of licensing -- per seat and per server. If I use per seat I am limited to a total of 5 computers that can connect to the server. If I use per server I am limited to 5 concurrent us...

I am refering to the Windows XP and Windows Vista Ultimate defrag utilities with the Intel RAID. Chassis Coolermaster Centurian 5 Motherboard Intel D975XBX2 w/ 2674 BIOS Processor Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Memory 2GB Crucial DDR2-533 Hard Drive 3-320GB Seagate Barracuda ES - RAID 5 CD/DVD Burner Plexto...

It seems that every so often defragmenting the RAID boot drive results in an error which requires either a drive rebuild or system that fails to restart. In some cases the problem requires a re-install of the OS. This happens with both XP and Vista Ultimate. Any thoughts????

I am cannot figure out how to make Windows Vista honor a DHCP lease on a small office network with 1 DHCP Server and 1 Gateway. Apparently if Vista cannot find the DHCP Server it sends a request to the Gateway. If the Gateway does not answer, Vista dumps the lease and uses APIPA. Since the APIPA add...

Until 2 days ago, my system was working perfectly. Now, when I try to cold boot the system, it runs through the bios settings, the screen turns black and then nothing: no mouse, no keyboard, no Ctrl Alt Del. A cold reset the system reboots until the screen displays: Windows had a problem ... Safe Mo...