I just built a system with the D975XBX, an E6600, and Patriot RAM. I'd like to do some overclocking (as much as the stock cooler will let me), but I've found some strange things:
1: Speedstep doesn't drop the clock speed, but it appears to drop the Vcore when idle. (This isn't really a problem because I'll have BOINC running full-time, but I wondered if it was a symptom of something being broken.)
2: My RAM is supposed to be 4-4-4, but the board sets itself up as 5-5-5 at first boot. (It runs OK if I drop it to 4-4-4.)
3 - the big one: other than the RAM timings, I can't access any of the overclocking options. If I hit "Default Configuration Override" on the chipset menu, I get a screen with two warnings on it but nothing to hit to pass through it. I tried setting the BIOS jumper to the supervisor position and I found a new option to "Enable Advanced Debugging Options" or something to that effect, so I selected it, but I still get no options on the "Default Configuration Override" screen. I've read that there's a jumper point that has to be shorted to get some overclocking options, but I'm under the impression that it's just for certain voltage settings, not speeds. The manual provides no documentation for BIOS settings and refers me to Intel's website, but I can't find anything further on the recommended page.
1: Speedstep doesn't drop the clock speed, but it appears to drop the Vcore when idle. (This isn't really a problem because I'll have BOINC running full-time, but I wondered if it was a symptom of something being broken.)
2: My RAM is supposed to be 4-4-4, but the board sets itself up as 5-5-5 at first boot. (It runs OK if I drop it to 4-4-4.)
3 - the big one: other than the RAM timings, I can't access any of the overclocking options. If I hit "Default Configuration Override" on the chipset menu, I get a screen with two warnings on it but nothing to hit to pass through it. I tried setting the BIOS jumper to the supervisor position and I found a new option to "Enable Advanced Debugging Options" or something to that effect, so I selected it, but I still get no options on the "Default Configuration Override" screen. I've read that there's a jumper point that has to be shorted to get some overclocking options, but I'm under the impression that it's just for certain voltage settings, not speeds. The manual provides no documentation for BIOS settings and refers me to Intel's website, but I can't find anything further on the recommended page.