neyman Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 For my Bad Axe 2 I bought 4x 2GB 800MHz CL5 DIMMs from "Aeneon". Unfortunately the board will not boot, no matter which memory slot I chose. Even with just one DIMM installed. Interestingly it boots up if I use 1x of the new Aeneon DIMMs + 1x of my old RAM (1GB "MDT" CL4 533MHz) Does the Bad Axe not accept CL5 DIMMs? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134847-badaxe-2-no-cl5-memory-support-intel-d975xbx2/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingwing Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 YES it will work with! I run that Intel D975XBX2 Bad Axe 2 - Board with CL5-RAM: 1) Corsair XMS2 DHX 2048MB DDR2-800 PC2-6400U CL5-5-5-18 Kit (= TWIN2X2048-6400C5DHX • 2x 1024MB Module • 1,8V) and then I changed to 2) Corsair XMS2 DHX 4096MB DDR2-800 PC2-6400U CL5-5-5-18 Kit (= TWIN2X4096-6400C5DHX • 2x 2048MB Module • nur für 64bit Betriebssysteme!) 3) Also tested both together (2x1GB + 2x2GB = 6GB) only for short interrest one day. After that I used the other old 2 GB in another PC - course I planed to switch to the maximum of 8 GB later. But I don´t tested it with 8 GB - this seams to be a problem with IDE-kext/-driver... - may be a solution with any of these "JMicron IDE ... patches" (look here: http: chameleon . osx86 . hu on the side). So - a few month ago I switched to a Gigabyte EP35-DS4. It will support all 8 SATA-Ports. And since yesterday it run very good with a retrailinstallation 10.5.5.. I am still in tests, but it seams to be that only two things are not near 100%: - Software-PowerOff will shut down without the fans - there for I need the PowerButton - Software-Sleep will work inkl. the fans - but to WaheUp I need the PowerButton - ScreenSafer will comes after 20 minutes "waiting" by ignoring my setings ...and today my Boot-test-from-SoftwareRAID failed... (-: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134847-badaxe-2-no-cl5-memory-support-intel-d975xbx2/#findComment-955846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
neyman Posted November 5, 2008 Author Share Posted November 5, 2008 Thanks for your reply, wingwing. So CL5 doesn't seem to be the problem. Maybe it's due to Aeneon's cheap RAM. Actually it does not have anything to do with OS X as the board does not even show the POST and the monitor won't show anything. Any further experiences with CL5 RAM and the BadAxe2? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134847-badaxe-2-no-cl5-memory-support-intel-d975xbx2/#findComment-955874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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