ixtreme M5850 BIOS modded! Pls have a look b4 flashing

[Chris Stark]

Hi folks!

THE MODDED BIOS IS IN POST #7

My girlfriend owns a Packard Bell Ixtreme with the Acer ixtreme M5850 Board.
I already made a modded BIOS from the newest you can get for the board which is the P01-B0,
though have not yet flashed it.

The Chipset on the Board is the Intel H67 and the CPU is a Intel Core i5 2nd Gen 2300 non K socket 1155.

BTW-> Is it dangerous to set all settings in the modded BIOS to USER or are there any settings that should
stay on Default in all cases?

Thanks for the help

[DeathBringer]

Did you tried to install "8+4GB"?
Make and post CPU-Z TXT report with this configuration.

[Chris Stark]

I planned on trying this today. Will report ^^

[Chris Stark]

Okay just tested...
8GB+4GB works like a charm. Tried the remaining 2GB in both of the remaining slots and he didn't like it. Didn't boot up.
So guess its 12GB for now. I try to find a cheap 4GB or 8GB now ^^

That leaves my remaining question about the Settings to USER.
Flashed the new BIOS, new Splash works and I got 2 or 3 new options (enabled like what felt like 500) on including
Core Multiplier set to 28
I read about people who claim they got 33 on the 2300 model. When I choose anything else between 29 and 33 it says: Invalid Input range... Have I missed something while editing the BIOS?

[DeathBringer]

As I though i5-2300 supports 8GB DIMM.
Download RWEverything. Try portable version.
Press CPU MSR registers button, press User list button or F5, type a=0xCE, press Add, type b=0x194, press Add, press Done.
Post values of MSR with addressees 0xCE and 0x194.

[Chris Stark]

Wow okay. Will try to get this done on her computer. Sometimes it's hard to find the time doing this ^^

[Chris Stark]

Here it is:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/y8qz8z306nbkjk...r.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cv87hqki7s6guu...sr.rw?dl=0
Hope that's right.
Is it normal that in AMIBPC there are some group names 2 times? Like Advanced or Exit but with completely different options? Can I enable always both of the groups or do I have to choose?

And here is the modded BIOS everything changed to USER and new Splash Screen:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qb75nh1dzev9gh...l.rom?dl=0

Would be cool if you or someone else could have a look at it, if needed make changes and reup or just tell me if fine ^^

[DeathBringer]

You have non-K CPU and you can't change its main multiplier.
MSR_PLATFORM_INFO[28]==0, so a multiplier for Turbo Boost isn't programmable too.
P.S. Try to ask someone else about unlocking, I make CPU support mods only.

[Chris Stark]

Still the non K models should be ocable at least 400 mhz above turbo. You can read it all over the web. 50 percent saying "non k means non oc!" Other half is like "I could oc 400mhz". Just search "Intel 2300 overclocking"

What means the stuff you posted exactly? 28==0 and such!?

And whom should I ask?

[DeathBringer]

What means the stuff you posted exactly? 28==0 and such!?

It means that 28th bit of MSR with address 0xCE and name MSR_PLATFORM_INFO is equal zero.

MSR_0x194[19:17]=4, so this CPU supports overclocking +400 Mhz.
But H67 chipset doesn't support this feature. But P67 chipset supports it.