The Conroe865PE thread... for AGP users... stock and mod

[rtwjunkie]

My money is on the battery. I had the same thing and had to replace the battery once. That is the number one reason BIOS setting don't hold.

 

[bigbigbuddy]

...Most all my CPE stuff is hiding somewhere in 20Tb's of crap lol, and as we all know links to the modded BIOS files quit years ago ...

Which BIOS files are you talking about? They are all on this thread if you didn't know o-o

Lost a ton of progress on modding the 1.70 bios to add the ratio from the hacked 1.5 Bioses. Worked really hard on it ;-; I have some old saves but ehh have to start almost all over again.

 

[bakist]

Could be Battery is bad, backwards, something in socket corroded contacts not making good contact,
Had that happen a few times with overclocks, went thru 3-4 batteries till got fixed.
Think it was something with the socket.
haven't seen Service Manual for few years, had a copy when my board came in from Au in a Bubble Bag , it didn't fare the best, only User Manual now.
Most all my CPE stuff is hiding somewhere in 20Tb's of crap lol, and as we all know links to the modded BIOS files quit years ago

@lemonadesoda You still got any items left around ???

revin, thanx for reply, You meen socket for battery or cpu? cpu contacts are gold plated!?

 

[bakist]

OK,
new battery VARTA 2032 ,on digital multimeter 3.30V, on cmos clear jumper pins 3.10V.
I think this is enough to determine that the battery contacts OK

 

[bakist]

I apologize for BIOSes. All from 1.70 to 1.72.

 

[revin]

We [lemonadesoda and I ] had another thread that I was using as another Test bed from my 3.4EE Galatian on Abit AI7[actually an 875 chipset] that also transintoned into the Conroe865PE .
There was a TON of Data in that thread, but during a TPU server backup, it was somehow lost. [5-6 pages ]
Last I remember we had the OCZ Platninums and Q6700 G0 3.2x/5xx and had switched from the killer Gainward 7800GS GLH Bliss to the HIS 3870.
Benchmarks were outstanding as well as Ram timings/throughput.
Anyway great to see it's still alive and well for user's ! I'll try to find the Ram that we had tested with................................

It's just like when the Samsung Ram was going thru the ringer here, Dave found that my board had better 18xx/19xx that most had with 2133 !! Wierd...................

 

[minimin2000]

Hi, I'm sorry if I'm reviewing an old thread but this seems like the place that has the most information about the conroe865pe. As I was wondering if anyone could help me out with an issue I'm having installing windows XP 64bit onto this motherboard, I'm want to use XP as IMO its the best so ever made. Anyway I use a q6600, 4gb ddr400 ram, 9800pro agp, with this motherboard and a 160gb wd sata hdd, when trying to load up the windows XP 64bit installer I get this error https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/888931 and I don't know how to get past it I know I have to change something in the bios but so far I've found nothing in the bios relating to apic, any help would be appreciated!

 

[TRWOV]

mmm... I never tried XP 64.

I don't recall a setting for APIC being on the bios but searching for APIC on Google seems to imply that it's related to HPET in some way. Turn on HPET on bios and try again.

 

[revin]

iirc it's something in power management, ACPI, but then it was sometime's tricky to get HPET working, needing a REG tweak.
But it's been soooo long ago, and all my data is gone so I might be off the mark, but i'm pretty sure with x32 I was pointed to do some tweak, or
it might have been from using a modded windows i just cant recall

 

[minimin2000]

mmm... I never tried XP 64.

I don't recall a setting for APIC being on the bios but searching for APIC on Google seems to imply that it's related to HPET in some way. Turn on HPET on bios and try again.

turned on HPET in the bios but still no luck

 

[minimin2000]

nevermind guys, i figured it out the issue was that i was using 3x ddr400 1gb modules and 1x ddr333 1gb module together, i thought this would work but for some strange reason it was giving me that error!

 

[rtwjunkie]

nevermind guys, i figured it out the issue was that i was using 3x ddr400 1gb modules and 1x ddr333 1gb module together, i thought this would work but for some strange reason it was giving me that error!

Glad it worked out! Too much time has passed since I had my Conroe 865PE for me to have noticed that discrepancy myself!

 

[Compurex1]

Conroe865PE Experts - help wanted please.

I just upgraded my CPU from an E6600 to the X6800. The system boots and works fine but I don't have the options to change the CPU multiplier.

Under CPU Configuration / Ratio Status, the X6800 multiplier is identified as unlocked, but I don't get the Ratio CMOS Setting displayed and I'm stuck with the default x11 multiplier.
I'm using the 1.70 standard BIOS.
Any ideas?

Thanks.

 

[TRWOV]

Disable Intel SpeedStep... you can enable it again after rebooting with the multiplier you selected... I know, weird

1. Disable SpeedStep, this will make the multiplier option to appear below.
2. Select multiplier
3. Save bios settings and reboot
4. Enter bios and enable ISS again

 

[Compurex1]

Thanks TRWOV ---- You are wise in the ways of the 865PE!

I'm trying to run my new X6800 at 300x10= 3GHz. It's not a big overclock from 2.93 but I'd like to run my DDR400 RAM at the optimal speed.

I'm having an issue though....whenever I select the above, I get a corrupted winload.exe file warning & Windows 8.1 won't boot. I know it's not my RAM, I use quality GSKILL DDR400 SL2 (2-3-2-5).

It's like the IDE bus can't handle the overclocked FSB and won't read the primary HDD correctly.

Any advice?

 

[Azrael5]

One question I cannot reach sarching for it online: bank interleave is supported!? No option appears into bios.

 

[TRWOV]

Azrael5, I don't really know. I'll fire mine up and run Sandra to check.


Compurex1, sorry for the late reply. I don't know if it's related to W8.1 but when I tried W8 on my build I got all kinds of hiccups here and there. If you have an spare HDD I would try W7. You can install it without a key and will remaing active for 30 days as a test period, enough time to check if that changes anything.

 

[Azrael5]

Azrael5, I don't really know. I'll fire mine up and run Sandra to check.


Compurex1, sorry for the late reply. I don't know if it's related to W8.1 but when I tried W8 on my build I got all kinds of hiccups here and there. If you have an spare HDD I would try W7. You can install it without a key and will remaing active for 30 days as a test period, enough time to check if that changes anything.

If you get cpu-z 1.40 or 1.41 you'll see the result on memory tab. If you cannot reach this release I'll provide it here.

 

[Lude22]

Hi everyone. Want to buy a Conroe865pe. Is someone selling it ? I m from France.

 

[dorsetknob]

May be able to help you out
Lude22

 

[Azrael5]

Someone is currently using this motherboard!?

 

[dorsetknob]

Someone si currently using this motherboard!?

which post you refering to ?

 

[Azrael5]

which post you refering to ?

conroe865pe.

 

[dorsetknob]

whole thread is about conro 865pe and agp
sure people are still using this board usualy in retro and nostalga builds

and some of us keep boards from old builds for nostalga

 

[Azrael5]

whole thread is about conro 865pe and agp
sure people are still using this board usualy in retro and nostalga builds

and some of us keep boards from old builds for nostalga

Could you verify if it supports "bank interleave" with 4GB of ram and if it supports fast write by some kind of diagnostic tool? thanks

ps: if you use an ati/amd gpu card you can see fast write enabled or disabled consulting catalyst control center.