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In case anyone is interested there's a new 975XBX2 BIOS out. It's version 2802. Among other things it fixes the C1E setting in the BIOS having no effect as well as adding additonal processor support. The release notes didn't mention which processors will now be supported but if anyone has info I'd like to know. I gave a quick look and it doesn't look like anyone has posted this yet. If they have then forget I said anything.

Here's the link:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Filter_ ... bmit=Go%21

PRODUCTS: D975XBX2 (Standard BIOS)
BIOS Version 2802

About This BIOS:
 October 25, 2007
 BX97520J.86A.2802.2007.1024.1947
 SATA RAID info:
 Intel(R) RAID for SATA - v5.6.2.1002
 Marvell 88SE6145 SATA BIOS – v1.1.0.34
 PXE UNDI: Initializing Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.2.28 (Tekoa)
 PXE Base Code: Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.2.42
 Intel® Active Management Technology info:
 Intel® AMT BX Firmware: v1.2.3

New Fixes/Features:
 Updated processor support.
 Fixed issue where the BIOS SETUP C1E Enable question was not
working.
 Digitally signed flexbios64.sys and invoker64.sys to comply with
x64 Vista* requirements.

Thanks!

Hopefully this BIOS will actually be useful.

Any more info on this BIOS?

No new info or issues and I've been running it since it came out.

I never bothered to upgrade? to this BIOS as I heard rumor that it limit's the ram voltage.

I've got my ram set at 1.92v so I'm not sure what the limit that IRQ Conflict is refering to is.

i have no issue with it. It works fine, as previous, for me.
Q6600@9x345 - 42°load.

As I said, I heard the rumor. But thanks for confirming.

IRQ Conflict wrote:As I said, I heard the rumor. But thanks for confirming.

"I heard a rumor..."

Very easy for you to see on a digital multimeter the voltage which you mesure between the showed point and the ground.

I put different values in bios 2802 for my Crucial Ballistic Tracer PC2-6400, and after each re-boot (power down, green led off) i read on my multimeter these values;

2.28 in bios = 2.30 volts mesured.
2.36 in bios = 2.37 volts mesured.

So you can consider the rumor you "heard" as a rumor... and not the truth...

For mesurement, see this image below.

Pez D Spencer wrote:Fixed issue where the BIOS SETUP C1E Enable question was not
working

can someone confirm that it got fixed?

ok, tried it and seems to be working fine!