E6750 with XFX 650i?

[slugbug]

I noticed a new P3 bios is available for the XFX 650i Ultra which has these improvements:

*Quad-core OC improvements
*Additional support for 1333 Kentsfield CPUs

I haven't powered on the board yet so I have no idea which bios version it has.
If I do need to update the bios first, will the board boot with the E6750 and allow me to do that?

[werty316]

Only issue I can really think of is the CPU will show as an unrecognized chip but it should boot up without any problems.

[slugbug]

As long as it lets me flash the bios.

[Bio-Hazard]

There have been reports over at ES forums of some boards not posting without a bios flash, I'm not sure what chipset that has happened with, but it's not a bad idea to know someone with a older LG775 CPU just in case.

[slugbug]

No problem, I have an old cpu just for things like that :smile:

[Bio-Hazard]

There ya go, sounds like you're all set....................;)

[xfxsupport]

Just to be sure I will check with my engineers and let you guys know...



XFX Support

[slugbug]

Another quick question. Will Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500 ram run full speed on this board?

[werty316]

The XFX 650i Ultra has a max memory voltage of 2.1v and the Crucial Ballistix 2GB PC2-8500 sticks are rated at 2.2v but who knows as you might not need 2.2v to get it to DDR2-1066, also thats if they can be set to DDR2-1066 on this board.

http://www.legitreviews.com/images/reviews/529/650u_vdimm.jpg

[supfoo214]

The Ballistix will run at 2.1V. I overclocked to 1000MHz with that voltage and passed both Memtest86 and Orthos.

[slugbug]

The Ballistix will run at 2.1V. I overclocked to 1000MHz with that voltage and passed both Memtest86 and Orthos.

You overclocked 1066 ram to 1000? That would be underclocked ;-)

I ordered my E6750 today. Hopefully it'll arrive later this week.