Originally posted by: laggerez
I have the same case without the window couple of quick questions for you xeon .. how if at all ,did you get the temp probe under the cpu for the external fan controls ? and how did you wire up the top (blowhole) usb cable the mobo has the large double row connectors for the secondary usbs and the case has the thin single row connector really would like to get these things working correctly (also the firewire top port cable is all those single wires and the labeling does not match the mobo )
my rig is somewhat similar to yours (ocz gold matched pair 256 x 2) and it is oc'd (2.4c) to 3.00 at 2.5 4 4 7 8 just fine in turbo mode (ymmv on this as I see alot of posts where turbo won't oc for some people)... also someone a bunch of posts back asked and I can confirm as I am doing it , the promise edge ide port CAN be used for a single or double drive in non-raid mode set it in bios to s-ata + p-ata and install the ide driver for it in xp Not the raid driver
Well the temp probe was a time consuming BASTAD for sure. What I had to do was fold the probe over onto itself so that it did a 45 degree angle, I was then able to tape it down long enough while getting the strands perfectly aligned between the pins of the cpu. This whole process along with putting on my custom heatsink and Fan took me hours! It was worth it though because now I have tempurature readings on the Hardcano that I wouldn't have otherwise. They don't exactly jive with AI's readings (higher readings on the Hardcano by a few degrees) but they do fluctuate up and down exactly the same, so I trust the readings I'm seeing on the Hardcano.
As for the RAID, I haven't gotten that far either, I have one drive which is currently in the ICH5R Raid socket but I haven't messed with the Bios at all. Once the drivers are all in (windows) and I've taken care of the wiring situation, I'll do some benchmarks in it's current settings then begin clocking!
Talk to you soon,
As for the USB and Firewire, your way ahead of me man, I haven't attempted to hook those things up yet, although, that is the only thing I haven't hooked up. Once I figure out a good wiring scheme I'll get those babies working. Yeah I thought that was kinda lame that they didn't put a connector on the end of those wires for the firewire, but for some boards they wouldn't be in the same pin configuration so I guess that makes sense. I did go through the manual though and look at what was there, it looks like all the connections are there so you can get it working. I'll find out soon enough.