BigStan Posted October 14, 2004 Posted October 14, 2004 This BIOS update for the 875P-T didn't work. I did exactly what it said. Formatted a blank new floppy, ran 75TLDA01.exe. It worked on the floppy for a few minutes then indicated it was done. I booted directly to the floppy. It read and read and then started up. It tried to update the BIOS, then stopped and said my "BIOS ROM was write protected ~press F10". So I did. Then it said I had the "wrong BIOS for this update". Glad it was smart enough to figure that out and not hose my BIOS. This is what I have ~ It should have updated. What do I try next? DFI 875P-7 MOBO 550 ~ 3.4 Proc SATA RAID 2x512 Adata 4000 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStan Posted October 14, 2004 Posted October 14, 2004 Bump - anybody awake at DFI yet? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStan Posted October 15, 2004 Posted October 15, 2004 Well I figured out that there is a setting in the BIOS that blocks it from being flashed. I changed that setting and I was able to successfully flash my BIOS. However, even though the "Lock Free" option appears in my BIOS now, it does not work. I set it to 14, but when I boot, it sets it back to 17. What is the trick to using this feature? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted October 15, 2004 Posted October 15, 2004 If custo0mer asked why he can not save the setting of lower multiplier or frequency ratio, please reconfirm with him whether he had enabled “Minimize FMB15 CPU ratio”. Please also be advised that this feature is only workable for CPU conforming to FMB1.5. At present, the minimum speed is 3.4G. I will add this note on BIOS download page. Best, HH Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStan Posted October 15, 2004 Posted October 15, 2004 Originally posted by Angry_Games READ MY SIG!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStan Posted October 15, 2004 Posted October 15, 2004 The reason I could not get it to work was because it is not explained anywhere how to use it. Everyone's knee jerk reaction will be to type "14" where the "17" it. That doesn't work. You have to select the "Lock Free" option that is next on the page. Then you select "Enable". It will then select the 14 for you. Now that I have figured it out, it works. Well sorta. I have found a couple of bugs. One is that when you are in "14" multiplier and slect DDR320 for the mem frequency, the BIOS will default to fsb 200 no matter what fsb you attempt to use. The other is the ddr266 doesn't work at all. Also, fwiw, the CPU bandwidth as measured by Sandra INT is way slower for the 14 multi at the same proc speed. For example, if you get up to a proc speed of 3.8 and swap back and forth between 14 & 17, ~ 14 is way slower. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted October 15, 2004 Posted October 15, 2004 havent had a chance to play with any board but the 925 and even then barely at all. plus i only have 2.8Ghz 775's Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStan Posted October 15, 2004 Posted October 15, 2004 How do we get the bugs in the BIOS reported so then can get fixed? havent had a chance to play with any board but the 925 and even then barely at all. If you want to learn some stuff about this 875P-T ~ go here: http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=335698 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStan Posted October 16, 2004 Posted October 16, 2004 bump ~ How do we get the bugs in the BIOS reported so then can get fixed? I have found a couple of bugs. One is that when you are in "14" multiplier and slect DDR320 for the mem frequency, the BIOS will default to fsb 200 no matter what fsb you attempt to use. The other is the ddr266 doesn't work at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted October 16, 2004 Posted October 16, 2004 the bios to change ratio/multi is only a beta bios and will always be a beta bios. Intel highly frowns upon overclocking of these cpu/chipsets, which is why they locked the chipset to max10% (and we, asus, abit, everyone else unlocked it) if its a beta that might make it to official, then we'd take bug reports...but this bios is not one that is ever going to be official because of chipzilla's stance. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStan Posted October 16, 2004 Posted October 16, 2004 Originally posted by Angry_Games the bios to change ratio/multi is only a beta bios and will always be a beta bios. Intel highly frowns upon overclocking of these cpu/chipsets, which is why they locked the chipset to max10% (and we, asus, abit, everyone else unlocked it) if its a beta that might make it to official, then we'd take bug reports...but this bios is not one that is ever going to be official because of chipzilla's stance. I would bet that the guy that worte this BIOS would be happy to know he left a bug in it. I haven't yet met a programmer that does not care about writting a quality product. I'm sure he would like to know what needs to be fixed. And I'm sure there must be a way to let him know. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBean Posted October 17, 2004 Posted October 17, 2004 Intel highly frowns upon overclocking of these cpu/chipsets, which is why they locked the chipset to max10% (and we, asus, abit, everyone else unlocked it) Hello Guys, Ok, I know this is true for 915/925, but surely the 875 Canterwood did not have these restrictions? I am fortunate to have a ES 3.4EE cpu, and am eagerly awaiting my DFI 875P-T's arrival, so I hope in future that this bios would be sorted if I plan on using a Pressie cpu rather. BigStan, keep us posted, and let us know what your results are. If you keep your multi at it's original setting, what is your overclocks like? Still limited to the 10%...which it should not be? Br, MrBean. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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