HP ZD8000 Cpu support upgrade

[BadTad]

I currently have an HP ZD8000 with i915P chip set w/ p4 650.

The mfg supports up to 660 - I wish to use 670 or 672. The chip set supports both, the bios does not.

My bios can be found here;
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp31501-32000/sp31537.exe

Intel's own motherboards supporting the i915p are;

CY91510A.86A Intel® Desktop Board D915PSY
CY91510A.86A Intel® Desktop Board D915PGN
DT91510J.86A Intel® Desktop Board D915PDT
CY91510A.86A Intel® Desktop Board D915PCY
CY91510A.86A Intel® Desktop Board D915PCM
CY91510A.86A Intel® Desktop Board D915PBL
VG91510A.86A Intel® Desktop Board D915PLWD

I'm not sure if they all support the 672 or not, but the intel 915p chip set does so I would 'assume so' you can select one of their bios from this link;

http://www.intel.com/support/motherboard...39.htm#915

I deffer to your judgment as which bios would be the best for my situation.

EDIT: noticed @ http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProdId=1681&DwnldID=11843&lang=eng
This download is also valid for the products listed below. Use the links below for additional product downloads:

Intel® Desktop Board D915PBL
Intel® Desktop Board D915PCM
Intel® Desktop Board D915PCY
Intel® Desktop Board D915PGN
Intel® Desktop Board D915PSY

I am also keenly interested in increased the supported memory to the max allowed by the chip set ( I believe this is 8gb, currently limited to 2gb, would be happy with 4gb! )

I would be happy to donate should you be successful!

[1234s282]

We cannot modify Intel Bioses , as they are their own individual format , neither ami , award or phoenix

Regards
Admin

[BadTad]

Not a problem friend, this MSI board also utlizes the same chipset and supports my requested CPU and memory allotment

http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&maincat_no=1&prod_no=154

[TheWiz]

Uhhh.... the link to your BIOS in the original post is for an ATI graphics card bios?

[BadTad]

not that I'm aware of, though there is ati x600 built into the board, the page with the link is here;

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softw...ob-36776-1&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=1137817&os=228&lang=en

Very hopeful that my bios can be modded to support p4 672 chip and more memory, as the i915p chipset itself supports both

I would be curious if there's any options in the bios that have been hidden/disabled that might give me some better choices.

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PS: some work has been done previous to this bios here;
http://www.bios-mods.com/showthread.php?tid=1156

I would also enjoy slic 2.1 enabled/added

[1234s282]

We cannot modify Intel Bioses AT ALL!

Sorry!

[BadTad]

Which Bios is the problem?

I'm a little confused as my bios was previously edited here;
http://www.bios-mods.com/showthread.php?tid=1156

And the BIOS I referenced here;
http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=downlo...rod_no=154
is 'AMI' - if needed I can find a different reference bios..

So please tell me, which bios is the problem?

[1234s282]

Sorry , from the big list of intel boards in your post i assumed you only had a intel bios , which isnt ami or award or phoenix so we cant mod

You have a phoenix bios , its already been modded for SLIc and we cannot unlock phoenix bioses yet

Regards
Admin

[BadTad]

Sorry , from the big list of intel boards in your post i assumed you only had a intel bios , which isnt ami or award or phoenix so we cant mod

You have a phoenix bios , its already been modded for SLIc and we cannot unlock phoenix bioses yet

Regards
Admin

Ok, now I'm really confused. Are you saying my bios is a phoenix, and you can't unlock it? ( but you can mod it??? )

[TheWiz]

Well, it seems this bios isnt Award/AMI/Phoenix at all, and is an Intel BIOS< which no one has any knowledge of whatsoever in the WWW.

Sorry,
TheWiz