XPS 720 BIOS A06 Released

  Falconxp,

I have a QX6850 in my other machine. It idles anywheres from 27C to 35C depending on the ambient room temp. Keep in mind this is an H2c cooled machine.

occt idle;

 

occt running for 17 minutes;

 

 

 

occt running for 36 minutes;

 

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@Ryanh6178 wrote:

Well,

 

I'm having issues getting the Yorkfield to POST.  I can put the Kentsfield back in and all is good, but I just get high fan output and default upper and lower leds set to white.

 

Quivver,

 

Did you have to jumper the RST jumper or change any of the clock settings in the BIOS to get the Q9450 to POST?

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Ryan, did you get anywhere with getting the Q9450 to POST?

I haven't tried again since you told me that your board revision was A01.  I assume that my board revision is close, but "just not good enough". =)

 

I'll have a little time to dive back in this evening, but I wouldn't bet on it. =)

Xeon X3350 ok 

 

 

Any speculation on future processors that might be supported? Would be good if one of the new 1333mhz extreme processors were supported 8-). At the moment I doubt the 9450 would be considered a decent enough upgrade to the processorts most of us are already currently running.

Move along, nothing to see here people. Hopefully full QX9 support with the A07 BIOS...heres hoping :)

Hello all, first post here. :) I have a 720 black, and I have 4GB of Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500 RAM / Q6600 Processor installed. This system has ran flawlessly with the 4GB of RAM under both Windows XP x64, and Windows Vista 64, that is until I updated to this A06 BIOS...

 

Now I know I do not really need the fixes in this BIOS, I just like to stay up to date, and maybe one day upgrade to one of the new 9300/9450 CPU's if I feel the need. But, now this system will only post about 10% of the time with 4GB of RAM, it will freeze, and about 50% of the time it DOES actually post, Windows will only get to the logo, and freeze...the OS will not load...SOO, I got tired of it, and pulled 2GB, then everything worked great again. I thought, man this machine has been running great until I installed this new BIOS, so thankfully I was able to get the older A05 from the FTP server and fall back to it, and now everything runs great again with the 4GB reinstalled.

 

I just wanted to post and let someone know about my little fiasco with this A06 BIOS, in hopes that someone from Dell will see this and take it into consideration when making a new BIOS. I know not everyone is having this problem, but I am, and the culprit is definitely the A06 BIOS.

 

Peace

 

Heinosity; Welcome to DCF

 

I always am of the belief that if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Although FWIW I am on A06, have been for two weeks, and run 64-Bit Vista with no issues here.

 

 

Peace

 

 

Any updates on Q9450 vs Q6600... very interested

Hello everyone,

               First post here. Just wanted to share my experiences with a Q9450 and a QX9650 on my XPS 720.

 

          Well I can get both cpu's to post sometimes(1 out of 30). The 9450 seems to run ok if it starts. Haven't had time to let it run any length of time yet. No reboots or anything. Will say that neither cpu will post 2 times in a row. If you try to restart in windows it will not repost. On reboot nothing then the fans start to dwindle in speed.

 

   Pretty much the same ordeal with the 9650, only it seems to be less stable. Going to wear out the power button trying to get these things to work.

 

    Followed other posts here and others seem to be getting about the same results. Anyone having true steady performance with either of these cpu's.

 

    Hope to hear back from some others with their board info, am guessing this would be about the only variable between us. Unless it truly is something between nvida and intel.

 

        Running windows xp, A06 Bios. Cpuz shows the board as a  0p611c.

 

        Really like the xps 720 case, other than the size. Hate to have to put it to the side to build a new machine to run these cpu's.

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I am currently running the Q9550 on my 720 with the A06 bios version. Everything is working fine per: performance, temps, volts, loads, etc. However, the cpu fan currently runs at 100%, and I get a boot up message stating that this cpu is not supported by the system. In the device manager it lists all 4 cpu's but they are listed as unknown device. And on the windows computer information screen it lists the processor as 2.83 ghz (it does not list all the details like intel core 2 quad etc..) Everest, Ntune, and Real temp all show details for all 4 cores. Temps run nice and low 20c's to 30c's with Tj max's in the 60's. Other than boot up message and LOUD fan, It runs fine. A big performance boost comming from the E6750.

There still needs to be a bios update to fully support the 45nm cpu. Currently I am in the process of getting a 4pin fan adapter so I can run my cpu fan straight to the power supply. Hopefully this will lower the cpu fan speed..

I'll update after fan mod.