Intel 875P (Canterwood) FAQ, sort of

[jaeger66]

1.)The 875P chipset DOES support 400MHz P4s as long as they are Northwoods. Anand's article says otherwise, but it is wrong. The Intel board itself does not, but the Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, DFI, and Abit boards all do.

2.)There is not, nor will there ever be an IAA release for 875/865 boards UNLESS you are using the ICH5R's RAID function. No RAID, no IAA. Anand's article says otherwise, but it is wrong.

3.)This is what CSA is: http://www.anandtech.com/chipsets/showdoc.html?i=1811&p=5

 

[shoman94]

If you use SATA drives in RaidReady mode you can load IAA 3.0

 

[jaeger66]

Originally posted by: shoman94
If you use SATA drives in RaidReady mode you can load IAA 3.0

Explain please. Isn't RaidReady a QPS thing?

 

[shoman94]

Raid Ready means that you can use raid at anytime. In BIOS I set my SATA to Combined then RAID. In stall the OS using the F6 option like I was gonna raid...but you can choose not to Raid the drives......Then at a later time this new ICH5R Intel controller allows you to Raid on the fly...if at a later date you wanna use Raid...it does it in the background...takes about 2hrs. Anyways...this allowed me to load the IAA-3.0 drivers.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: jaeger66
1.)The 875P chipset DOES support 400MHz P4s. Anand's article says otherwise, but it is wrong. The Intel board itself does not, but the Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, DFI, and Abit boards all do.

2.)There is not, nor will there ever be an IAA release for 875/865 boards UNLESS you are using the ICH5R's RAID function. No RAID, no IAA. Anand's article says otherwise, but it is wrong.

3.)This is what CSA is: http://www.anandtech.com/chipsets/showdoc.html?i=1811&p=5

The 875 MSI board does not support 400fsb chips,I dont know about the rest but the msi website says that too.

Can this board support FSB400 CPU? No, it can only support FSB533 or FSB800 CPU

taken from their FAQ here --> 875P Neo(MS-6758) FAQ

 

[jaeger66]

Originally posted by: Budman


Can this board support FSB400 CPU? No, it can only support FSB533 or FSB800 CPU

taked from their FAQ here --> 875P Neo(MS-6758) FAQ

Hm, the manual says it can. Nobody has one yet to try it out though.

 

[jaeger66]

Also look at the CPU support chart, it says again that 400 does work:

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/cpu_support/cpu/spt_cpu_detail.php?UID=434%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&NAME=MS-6758

 

[jaeger66]

Originally posted by: shoman94
Raid Ready means that you can use raid at anytime. In BIOS I set my SATA to Combined then RAID. In stall the OS using the F6 option like I was gonna raid...but you can choose not to Raid the drives......Then at a later time this new ICH5R Intel controller allows you to Raid on the fly...if at a later date you wanna use Raid...it does it in the background...takes about 2hrs. Anyways...this allowed me to load the IAA-3.0 drivers.

Interesting, but I can't get it to work on an 8KNXP. How many drives do you have on the ICH5R?

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: jaeger66
Also look at the CPU support chart, it says again that 400 does work:

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/cpu_support/cpu/spt_cpu_detail.php?UID=434%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&NAME=MS-6758

well look at this one they say it doesnt work http://www.msi.com.tw/program/e_service/faq/faq/esc_faq_answer.php?Q_LIST=597

looks like even MSI dont know what they're talking about. ahhaha

 

[jaeger66]

Originally posted by: Budman


well look at this one they say it doesnt work http://www.msi.com.tw/program/e_service/faq/faq/esc_faq_answer.php?Q_LIST=597

looks like even MSI dont know what they're talking about. ahhaha

I see that, but the CPU list is an actual test report and there is a BIOS setting for 400. So it seems you're OK as long as you have a Northwood, but MSI definitely needs to make up their minds. This kind of confusion over something so basic is quite off-putting.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: jaeger66

Originally posted by: Budman


well look at this one they say it doesnt work http://www.msi.com.tw/program/e_service/faq/faq/esc_faq_answer.php?Q_LIST=597

looks like even MSI dont know what they're talking about. ahhaha

I see that, but the CPU list is an actual test report and there is a BIOS setting for 400. So it seems you're OK as long as you have a Northwood, but MSI definitely needs to make up their minds. This kind of confusion over something so basic is quite off-putting.

Yes I agree,saying that all 400fsb cpu are not supported is just not true.

They should have said 400fsb support is limited only to northwoods.

Had me confused for a while but it makes sence now,probably cant provide the extra voltage that willy needs.

 

[jaeger66]

Just downloaded the 875P datasheet from Intel, it confirms 400 will work as long as it's a Northwood.

ftp://download.intel.com/design/chipsets/datashts/25252501.pdf

 

[shoman94]

Originally posted by: jaeger66

Originally posted by: shoman94
Raid Ready means that you can use raid at anytime. In BIOS I set my SATA to Combined then RAID. In stall the OS using the F6 option like I was gonna raid...but you can choose not to Raid the drives......Then at a later time this new ICH5R Intel controller allows you to Raid on the fly...if at a later date you wanna use Raid...it does it in the background...takes about 2hrs. Anyways...this allowed me to load the IAA-3.0 drivers.

Interesting, but I can't get it to work on an 8KNXP. How many drives do you have on the ICH5R?

I only have one at the moment.......