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Holy mother of Jebus it reached 50 LinX cycles over night on settings it wouldn't even boot Windoze before. o_0;
I know it must be due to incompatibilities they fixed so results for others may vary but this new BIOS makes me feel like that maybe I'll be able to join the 4.5GHz club in the end lol.
Will be sticking with 11/05. As after that DFI removed the four turbo multiplier to core loading settings that had been there before, for just the one setting. So people like me who brought the board with an unlocked I7 EE CPU to OC dynamically using the turbo settings, got boned. You need the four setting instead of one as you can then run different multipliers depending on how many cores are in use. So a higher multiplier is possible when just one core is in use.Quote:
Originally Posted by Forin
So now if we want any of the new unlocked CPU's to do turbo overclocking on the cheap, we will have to get a new board. Good job DFI.
If you are confused just see the explanation I gave on the issue on DFI's own forums here: http://csd.dficlub.org/forum/showthr...8605#post88605
which OCZ did you use?Quote:
Originally Posted by p2501
for me the bios that change many stuff was the latest official (i don't remember the date...), i gained about 4 second at super-pi 32M.
i love this board.
p.s. i don't know what problem did you have, but 4 or 5 months ago i can pass linx at 4.8 ghz with an i7 920 with 6 gb of ram. :shrug:
I'm running 12GB of OCZ3P1600LVGK.
I seriously doubt it was the memory because many others are running these sticks just fine. Wasn't there also posting going on in the DFI forums about boards that had instabilities when paired with a W3520 while others where fine?! Btw, I described the problems in the post you cited. :shrug:
All is well now. ICH/IOH and IOH I took down to stock volts (were at 1.19/1.5), vcore -3 steps, vtt -3 steps, memory -2 steps, both qpi clock drives to normal, boot bclock back to auto. All of which was required to be stable before.
Somewhere in around 60 watts saved at 100% load, maybe even more.
Edit: Nope the above changes didn't work out, they were good for 50something runs of LinX but F@H on CPU and GPU killed it overnight. Btw, why isn't strike out for text working here?! :shrug:
nothing special here, no WR or something like that but today finally I had 10 litres of LN2 to try my i7 950.
I'm happy because it's been a long time since I had a good bench session at LN2, in the last six month I lost my time with p4 (8.1 GHZ then the RE died....), phenom 1090T with a crappy MSI 890FX and another bunch of rubbish...
now seems that the luck is coming back, this 950 work pretty well.
config:
- i7 950
- DFI UT X58
- Kingston HyperX 2000 cas8 MGH-E-Hyper
- Asus GTX 280 - stock cooling
- P&C 750
- Guglio's CPU pot
I've this graphic card from 2 days, then i didn't have all the time to test driver and tweak...I've tested only the max benchable frequency at stock cooling.
there is a lot of room for improve the score.
BTW in this bench session I'm focusing on the CPU, the VGA need more testing and some mod before run it at LN2 and do some damage on HWBOT.
today here was damn hot...
http://forum.hwproject.net/imagehost...2069a91965.jpg
setup pic 1
http://forum.hwproject.net/imagehost...2069a67202.jpg
extreme air cooling :asd:
http://forum.hwproject.net/imagehost...2069ab5f70.jpg
with the first 4 litres of LN2 i can reach 354k am3 with CPU at 5150 MHZ...not bad at all for the first touch with this CPU.
http://forum.hwproject.net/imagehost...207fa95fa4.jpg
when all was going well i tried 24x multiplier...not a good idea, in fact the cpu was going crazy and stop to work for 3 or 4 hours :D
I need to refill the dewar and start the round 2 :D
I'm setting up water cooling for my system. I have leaks in radiator.
I can confirm new beta BIOS 15/06 is stable for me. No problems. I quick tested on WC 200x21 4.2 GHz,1.28v and 4Ghz undervolted (linx stable).
I think that with fans on a radiator and lower ambient it might be possible to check 4.5GHz. Will see. But it will need >1.3v.
I managed to not fry my board remounting heatsink and applying MX-3, and temps even dropped significantly. I guess I'm lucky or something..
Setup will be:
Enzotech Sapphire rev.a
Swiftech MCW-30
XSPC dual bay res. pump
Thermochill pa120.3
Feser One
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/391...0708030.th.jpgcooling
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/2...0709045.th.jpg
http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/6...0709046.th.jpg
http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/2...0710049.th.jpg
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/6...0710051.th.jpg
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/857...0710057.th.jpg
edit:
Can swiftech be mounted like in photos? screws are too short so I removed some plastic washers.
Hi, since you are using the new beta can you please confirm something for me. In the genie bios settings has it gone back to the settings in this pictureQuote:
Originally Posted by Forin
http://img.i4memory.info/reviewimage...8_bios_002.jpg
i.e the following settings have returned
x 1 core Max Turbo Ratio: xx
x 2 core Max Turbo Ratio: xx
x 3 core Max Turbo Ratio: xx
x 4 core Max Turbo Ratio: xx
Or is there still just this setting instead?
Max Turbo Ratio: xx
Thanks
Max Turbo Ratio xx is available only:
http://a.imageshack.us/img411/690/bios0615.jpg
Thanks for the response. I will drop DFI a line. I know I seem to be the only person in the world to use this method of overclocking, but it is annoying that it has been taken away.
I think people here would be jumping up and down if they removed the ability to change the CPU base clock from the BIOS.
For my rig, the D724 and the DB05 bioses are the best. They are very similar in stability and performance. As i need the virtual pc machine, i keep the DB05. D429 falls in memory performance, perhaps because of this problem reported by coolldh (would be nice if someone could confirm this):
and falls too in stability (tests fails quickly with the same settings in which DB05 is stable). The only great advantage is that D429 does not completely turn off the computer each time you restart with VT-d/VT enabled. DB05 turn off the machine few seconds before restart (Vt-d/VT enabled). Perhaps itīs time to test the D615...Quote:
I found a bug in 0429.
if you set DRAM=Bclk*10 Ucore=Bclk*20
DRAM run in Bclk*8,Ucore run in Bclk*10
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6...0715080.th.jpg
This is setup:
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/9...0715083.th.jpg
(don't buy Sony Erickson vivaz, it takes very bad photos, image stabilizer is very bad)
I think that this 22x multi for one core will be a problem when testing 210+bclk, because it will put my CPU on ~4,7GHz, before I even start to test.
HOW CAN I LIMIT MULTI TO 21x for i7-920?
Look:
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/1958/41513080.th.jpg
There are some older screen, when I used destiled water for leak testing.
These temps are stabilized, max.
I don't have time on sitting and watching linx right now.
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/2634/13759860.th.jpg
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/5071/98079452.th.jpg
ph0b0s, my method of over/downclocking is to set just BCLK and leave VOLTAGE setting on auto, adjust VTT voltage. LOAD it's 21x186 1.2v, IDLE it's 12x186 (2,22 GHZ) at 0.9v. Nice and cool.
(I know that on screen its idling at 22x multi, but its with high performance power profile)
You can disable CxE in BIOS, but it will negatively impact your memory performance. I had DFI UT X58, actually I still have it, but it's on the shelf right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Forin
sorry man, but everest bandwidth benchmark isn't the best performance meter
i use exactly the same subtimings/timings for all the 3 run
core affinity on the 4 core
priority very high
RTL 61-62-62
EIST - enabled
c1* - c1e
8.54.203
http://forum.hwproject.net/imagehost...1ac3b15e47.jpg
EIST - enabled
c1* - disabled
8.53.906
http://forum.hwproject.net/imagehost...1ac3b4679e.jpg
EIST - disabled
c1* - disabled
8.53.859
http://forum.hwproject.net/imagehost...1ac3b6f646.jpg
with both EIST and c1* disabled the bandwidth is lower but the time of the 32M is better...i don't mind if everest show lower bandwith if the REAL performance of the system is better.
only c1* enabled give me poor performance, both EIST and c1* disabled is the way to go.
hey guys, a long time user of dfi board here (not that good a user) i'm looking at making the move from my x48 to an x58, just want to know how these boards overclock, are they stable, and will i be doing my head in learning to overclock on one? i dont have the time to spend overclocking as i used to so do you guys recommend i got with this board?
Regards Andrew:shrug:
edit : i will be looking at using a i7 930 and ram around 2000mhz 9-9-9-27
the only issue that i still have is that with Elpida Hyper ICs based memory over 2000 MHZ the performance become very poor and sometimes the system freeze.
i've tried plenty CPUs and RAMs but i've the same problem with all of it.
so only issue is when trying to run over 2000mhz? would it be better to run slightly slower and tighten the timmings???
Andrew
i've problem over 2000 MHZ ONLY with Elpida hyper RAMs, now the only memories with these chips are corsair dominator GT (not all the model), super talent 2000 cas8, cas7, 2200 cas8 and kingston 1866 LoVo.Quote:
Originally Posted by terroristone
with any other RAMs no problem at all even at crazy frequency.
if you plan to buy one of the memories of above would be better if you go for another mobo.
for dram 2000Mhz, uncore 4200Mhz.
u have to pump vtt to at least 1.4v.
but watch out for the PWM temp it will hit 105C in minutes & throttling will occur eventually
how much vtt you must feed the uncore is cpu dependantQuote:
Originally Posted by owikh84
on the other mobos is the same
for the PWM overheating problem you can do 2 things, put the NB under H2O would help to keep also SB and PWM temperature way much low or put a fan blowing on the PWM heatsink.
i don't see digital PWM like a problem :shrug:
If the PWM heatsink had bad contact with the mosfet blowing a big table fan towards the heatsink also won't help.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mafio
that's for sure, but i never heard about that problemQuote:
Originally Posted by owikh84
i know at least 3 people (including myself :d ) with this mobo and none have problem of bad contact between mosfet and heatsink :shrug:
http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/826/30943556.th.jpg
http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/5527/58026010.th.jpg
At 4.5Ghz my mobo is downclocking from 21x multi to 20x under load.
IIRC you should set the following:Quote:
Originally Posted by Forin
Genie BIOS Setting
-CPU Feature
--Set VR Current Limit Max: Enabled
--Thermal Management Control: Disabled
--EIST Function: Enabled
But be careful, as then noting stops you from burning your CPU. ;)
Thank you, it's permanent 21x now.
I think that this option is most important:
--Set VR Current Limit Max: Enabled
Quote:
Originally Posted by donmarkoni
After testing some i7-950s I'm back to basic for some efficiency and BCLK fun.
Of course the benchmark is my favourite, the only one, the unmatchable: super-pi 32M.
rig:
- i7-920 // SS 1.2 HP
- DFI UT X58-T3eH8 // stock cooling - bios D615
- KHX 2k cas8 MGH-E // stock heatsink + silverstone 80mm
- XFX 6200 LE 256 PCI-E
- P&C 1.2 KW
- 2003 Server TW heavy tweaked // custom CW
- Winamp // Digitally Imported vocal trance (the key for a good 32M run, without this BSOD for sure :rofl: )
http://forum.hwproject.net/imagehost...f2091d84a8.png
32M / 5042.4 MHZ / 7.00.875
http://forum.hwproject.net/imagehost...f1f639b14c.jpg
RTL 61-65-67
all the other subtimings are showed in CPU-Tweker.
Tomorrow I will try to take the first place in 6.xx category here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=228269
Sad to see that there are only a few people that still using this crazy mobo :(
p.s. sems that I did a bit of pwnage on HWBOT, look at the frequency of the people around me :D http://hwbot.org/community/submissio...min_0sec_875ms
DFI Engineer's reply regarding my 2nd time Error Code 88 on UT..
Quote:
Regarding the problem description and RMA record I got, I noticed it is a burned case of CPU Vcore PWM; our RMA engineer has replaced a new PWM IC to let it function again.
But, now it gets 8.8 error code again (8.8 is indicate there is some voltage not ready yet, BIOS can not be started). I suspected, it probably is electric-attribute changed of some components on CPU Vcore circuit and damage PWM IC again. Of course, we need to do further analysis for determining a root cause is or not at final.
My suggestion is:
Due to it is a second RMA case and CPU Vcore PWM IC is changed, it probably has electric-attribute changed of some components.
I will ask RMA ready a new board to replace your defective board. Once we get your agreement and RMA is applied, I will do the actions to arrange board to our agent as soon as we can.
Have a nice day!
DFI FAE
Jimmy
jimmy.su@dfi.com.tw
Discovered new BIOS today.
No idea what 'broken' PLL Voltage is, left it at default/1.8v
After 1 year, I finally spent a bit of time trying to get my CPU somewhere.
Currently sitting @ 196*20
I'm stuck @ 196 Bclck with 1.45vtt, 197+ will return 8.8. on the diagnostic LED. Have to clear CMOS to get it to post again. Is there some kind of hole?
Quote:
Genie BIOS Setting
CPU Feature
Set VR Current Limit Max: Enabled
Thermal Management Control: Disabled
EIST Function: Disabled
CxE Function: Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled
Virtualization Technology: Disabled
***** Logical Processor Setting *****
Intel HT Technology: Enabled
Active Processor Cores: All
DRAM Timing
All auto except 9-9-9-25 @ 2T
Voltage Setting
O.C. Shut Down Free: Disable O.C.S.D.F
CPU VID Control: 1.356
CPU VID Special Add Limit: Enabled
CPU VID Special Add: Auto
Vcore Droop Control: Enabled
DRAM Bus Voltage: 1.620v
DRAM PWM Switch Frequency: nominal
DRAM PWM Phase Control: 2 Phase Operation
CPU VTT Special Add: AUTO
CPU VTT Voltage: 1.45v
VTT PWM Switch Frequency: nominal
VTT PWM Phase Control: 2 Phase Operation
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.80v
IOH/ICH 1.1V Voltage: 1.13v
IOH Analog Voltage: Default
ICH 1.5 Voltage: 1.7v
ICH 1.05V Voltage: 1.15v
DIMM 1/2 DQ/DQSTB Bus VREF: -00.0%
DIMM 3/4 DQ/DQSTB Bus VREF: -00.0%
DIMM 5/6 DQ/DQSTB Bus VREF: -00.0%
ADDR/CMD VREF Control: Disabled
x DIMM 1/2 ADDR/CMD Bus VREF: 110
x DIMM 3/4 ADDR/CMD Bus VREF: 110
x DIMM 5/6 ADDR/CMD Bus VREF: 110
CPU QPI Drive Strength: Normal
IOH QPI Drive Strength: Normal
PPM Function: Enabled
Turbo Mode Function: Disabled
1 core Max Turbo Ratio: 22x
CPU Non-Turbo Clock Ratio: 20x
* BCLK/UCLK/QPI Controller Settings *
QPI Control Settings: Enabled
QPI Link Fast Mode: Enabled
QPI Frequency: 4.8GT(lowest)
CPU Base Clock (BCLK): 196 Mhz
Boot Up CPU Base Clock: 155
PCIE Clock: 100 Mhz
DRAM Frequency: x10
UnCore Frequency: x20
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
Try changing "Boot Up CPU Base Clock: 155" to 185 or 180, as it sets memory timings like you would run your system @ BCLK 155 and RAM at 155x10 and when the speed rises after that - system locks up.Quote:
Originally Posted by GMX
I have DFI UT X58, but on the shelf now. :)
EDIT: To conclude: try to keep it 10-15MHz lower then BCLK.
Thank you for the advice.
By the theory of the system tightening timings if the gap is too large between bootup and effective, what if you set them to same values? Should be the most stable?
Here are new settings, currently testing LinX for stability/temps.
Updated settings.Quote:
Genie BIOS Setting
CPU Feature
Set VR Current Limit Max: Disbaled
Thermal Management Control: Disabled
EIST Function: Disabled
CxE Function: Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled
Virtualization Technology: Disabled
***** Logical Processor Setting *****
Intel HT Technology: Enabled
Active Processor Cores: All
DRAM Timing
Memory Lowgap: 2048MB(optimized default setting)
All Auto except 9-9-9-25 @ 2T
Voltage Setting
O.C. Shut Down Free: Enable O.C.S.D.F
CPU VID Control: 1.33125
CPU VID Special Add Limit: Enabled
CPU VID Special Add: Auto
Vcore Droop Control: Disabled
DRAM Bus Voltage: 1.650v
DRAM PWM Switch Frequency: Nominal
DRAM PWM Phase Control: 2 Phase Operation
CPU VTT Voltage: 1.44v
VTT PWM Switch Frequency: nominal
VTT PWM Phase Control: 2 Phase Operation
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.80v
IOH/ICH 1.1V Voltage: 1.23v
IOH Analog Voltage: 1.1v
ICH 1.5 Voltage: 1.7v
ICH 1.05V Voltage: 1.15v
DIMM 1/2 DQ/DQSTB Bus VREF: -00.0%
DIMM 3/4 DQ/DQSTB Bus VREF: -00.0%
DIMM 5/6 DQ/DQSTB Bus VREF: -00.0%
ADDR/CMD VREF Control: Disabled
x DIMM 1/2 ADDR/CMD Bus VREF: 110
x DIMM 3/4 ADDR/CMD Bus VREF: 110
x DIMM 5/6 ADDR/CMD Bus VREF: 110
CPU QPI Drive Strength: Strong
IOH QPI Drive Strength: Normal
PPM Function: Enabled
Turbo Mode Function: Disabled
1 core Max Turbo Ratio: 22x
CPU Non-Turbo Clock Ratio: 20x
* BCLK/UCLK/QPI Controller Settings *
QPI Control Settings: Enabled
QPI Link Fast Mode: Enabled
QPI Frequency: x36/4.8GT(lowest)
CPU Base Clock (BCLK): 190 Mhz
Boot Up CPU Base Clock: 190
PCIE Clock: 100 Mhz
DRAM Frequency: x8
UnCore Frequency: x18
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
Seems much more stable.
FYI I was still on May 11 2009 (1105) BIOS before this and could not get above 187/3.74ghz. Though I admit back then I was over OCing so I just set and forget it haha :ROTF:
flash the latest beta (D615) :yepp:
826 is out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mafio
thxQuote:
Originally Posted by GMX
i'm going to try it
Probably. If you set it on Auto it will be the same also.Quote:
Originally Posted by GMX
Good to hear it's working better for you now. :up:
EDIT: BTW, try dropping ICH voltages to default, there should be no need for raising them for overclocking.
@everybody: are there reasons to put my old DFI UT X58 to the tests again since two new BIOS'es are out?
I cannot really comment on that since I am coming straight from the 0511 bios.
I went to DFI's site to get the 615 everybody has been reporting about most recently in this thread and discovered 826.
Once again, thanks for the support. Been a long time since I been here, happy to be back for a bit.
I will make those voltage changes to NB/SB, overall i haven't got 124C BSODS but lots of 09C/101 which makes me think the CPU is just hitting it's limit on air.
My temps also seem high and min/max range between cores @ 100% load is more than 10C. System (which I think is PWM area) reported in Smart Guardian is pretty well under control. Under 80 C 100% load for about 30min. Vdroop disabled.
Do the Switching frequency of the VTT/DRAM PWM go hand in hand? Generally how should these be adjusted?
BIOS D615 make the board pretty fast.Quote:
Originally Posted by donmarkoni
in term of stability it's about the same as D429.
i can do the same things with both of them, but with D615 i gain at least 2 or 3 seconds at super-pi 32M.
PWM switching frequency make a sligth diffirence, for DU you don't need to adjust them.Quote:
Originally Posted by GMX
Vcore vdroop Disabled in bios make all the voltage more stable, if you use it Enabled in bios pay attenction at the other voltages cause maybe vcore is ok but VTT etc etc under load droop a bit too much.
Any idea if the board supports some six-core action with the newer BIOSes, like 970 or 980x? Regarding PLL, is it still nailed to 1.8v or can we go below that now?
it support six core and seems that can oc them quite well
http://hwbot.org/community/submissio..._980x_6612_mhz
That's wonderful, so I'm just selling my 920 and not the board. =)
Any info on the PLL issue?
with D615 bios PLL can't be setted below 1.8 volt, probably with D829 will be the same thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by p2501
BTW, i don't know if with 980x PLL lower than 1.8 volt can be usefull but with classified + 920 or 950 lower the pll don't give me 1 mhz more than when i use 1.8 volt.
+1millionQuote:
Originally Posted by Mafio
thats y u dont see ppl running multiple times linx 100 runs
just leave it at 1.8v
the pll thing is a myth and gives temp stability to unstable systems
Okay, well I've just heard that it may bring stability with reduced temps. If that's not the case then it doesn't matter anyway. Thanks for the insight. =)
some ppl say that low PLL change cold bug, probably it's true but not with all cpu.Quote:
Originally Posted by cstkl1
with my 4 i7 45nm lower PLL don't make any diffecence.
well it doesnt affect prime. since prime is a continous on custom blendQuote:
Originally Posted by p2501
but try linx
u will see mix results on long runs.
I didn't believe lowering CPU PLL is of any help, until I bought Gulftown. :rolleyes:
What is the limiting factor of uncore frequency?
Specifically which voltage parameter(s)?
VTT voltage
for 24/7 oc its better running with vdroop enabled to avoid spikes!better put cpu drive strength to NORMAL for stability! strong 9 to 10 times makes things worse!give around 1.36-1.37 CPU so with vdroop enabled @ load should be around 1.32-1.33!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by GMX
There is new stable BIOS. D908.
24GBs max RAM now. Nice!
No new boards - but still supporting the oldies. That's how I spell "Customer Care" :up:
WTF? :confused: They are making more new and good BIOS'es now that the LanParty line is officially dead, then before.
Should I take my DFI UT X58 from the shelf and try it again? Are there any significant changes, (like fixed RTL timings, not +/-n)?
damn, i've the board in DU and i can't test it under LN2/SS :D
Hi!
I've got a weird problem with my T3EH8, maybe somebody's got an idea :).
I've got 8 HDDs in my pc, so all SATA connectors are in use.
When I set the ICH to AHCI copying large amounts of files from ICH-connected drive to drive hangs randomly for 1 minute (the hangs occur approx. every 2 mins) and then it continues to copy.
Using Intel Postville on 0, 2x WD and 3x Samsung drives on the other ICH-connectors, using Win 7 x64, standard Microsoft AHCI-drivers, latest bios.
Seems like everything is ok when the ICH is set to IDE.
I've replaced all SATA-cables and tried several bios revisions, but basically I'm out of ideas :(.
Anyone got any ideas? Anymore info needed?
Whats your current ICH voltages? With that many drives I would suggest the followingQuote:
Originally Posted by karateQQ
ICH 1.5 Voltage: 1.7v
ICH 1.05V Voltage: 1.15v
I'm on stock voltages, going to try that right away :).
Well. Either being set to IDE for a few days made "something" reset when going back to AHCI or the voltages helped... it's working for now, thanks a lot :).
Didn't expect to have to overvolt Intel hardware just to get the advertised 6 drives working -.-
Voltages :)Quote:
Originally Posted by karateQQ
Hello there, have been I while since I posted here...
I have a little issue, I can't remember the update method with falsh USB and I can't get in in the dfi club also. I couldn't finde anywhere else to read about it.
I would be glad if you could help me.
What I still have is the software to do that:
Winima85
xpboot
HP USB BOOT
Thanks in advance.
use the HP tool, then download and extract the contents on the flash drive (autoexec.bat, awdflash.exe and the biosname.bin)Quote:
Originally Posted by Osterman
tell the mobo to boot from usb and watch the show
(load optimized defaults first)
btw there is a new bios out http://dfi.com/portal/CM/cmproduct/X...rmal&mode=view :D
Ok but I hace to make it boot my USB stick, isn't it?
Well when I tried to do that hp boot asked my for some booteable files, which one are they?
Thanks!
here http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=196;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Osterman
THANKSSSSSSSSS
Now I till try it!
Does anyone knows what's going on with dfi club?
There is only 908. Where do you see new one?Quote:
Originally Posted by nikk
i just saw it so it's new to me:p:Quote:
Originally Posted by Atomel
Thanks nikk I could update my bios with your help.
Another question... I couldnt find an add on card to ad usb 3 and sata 3 ports to my dfi board, because the asus accesori card is only for asus and evga has one for all the motherboards not just the evga ones but it only add usb 3 ports... and I care more about sata than usb.
Not true ive got the asus card working in my dfi x58 T3eH6...works fine ..my friend has one working fine on his biostar board..it will work fine on your dfi x58 Te3H8 board...
install was load drivers and then put in card ,sees it on boot up ,done deal....
I ok, well... bacause I read in the asus site and... there only shows compatibility with asus motherboards. And for example in the evga site it says something like: I works fine with any motherboard with pci" or soemthing like that but I doenst talk only about evga mb.
And it works fine to you?
Could you see any difference in your daily use with sata3?
nope no noticeable difference...my wd ssd drive made the single most noticeable difference ive ever made on a computer..it is amazing...
in the last couple of days i did some testing with the two new bioses - D826 and D908.
with both of them the system wasn't stable at every settings that isn't "load optimized default".
maybe the two new bioses are good for 32nm but for 45nm - or at least for my config - they are pure crap.
i'm using an i7-920 D0 and OCZ platinum PC12800 cas7 3x2 GB.
Hre it works pretty good.
But I have other kind of issue.
I reacently add one more hard drive to my rig, wd green 1tb.
The things is that now I cant turn off my computer from windows. When I choose shut down, windows turn off almost all the system, just the red led from hdd activity still on in my case and also all the fans.
Why this is happening? Any ideas?
EDIT:
I already try to turn it off being overclocked, without oc and with load optimized so I dont think is a bios problem...
And I forgot to say that I can turn it off by the off buton on my case, which turn on the system properly.
are you sure that your problem isn't windows related? if i were you i would try to reinstall windows...maybe it will solve the problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Osterman
i'm with windows seven 64bit, 4 sata HD, 1 sata DVD drive with AHCI enabled and i don't have any shutdown problem
I've got another weird thing going on. After getting my HDDs working I'm now trying to overclock my 950 a bit.
I'm currently using an OCZ Vendetta 2 which is ok, but not really amazing (going to switch to water cooling once the quirks are out of the system) so my goal is something like 3.8 GHz which shouldn't be much of an issue.
vtt: 1.28 cvore 1.2625, io voltages raised as seen above.
Basically my problem now is: at 23x167 I can run IntelBurnTest 5 passes at around 70°C w/o problems, but when I run Windows Experience Index my SSD gets a (too low) 5.9.
When I leave all settings as they are except running at 21x181 the SSD measures at 7.7, so everything seems fine like that, but I'm having cold boot issues.
my guess is: do you really need all that cpu power for DU? my answer is no :D
default frequency + undervolt is da way to go
btw, i never ever had cold start issue even when i was clocking my cpu very hard (e.g. 920 > 5.1 GHZ).
if i were you i would try bumping a bit one by one all the voltages, probably one of them too low is the problem.
I'm hearing that turbo mode for the 950 may be a bit buggy, so I turned it off, and 23x167 would be pretty nice for daily use with C1E and EIST because it can still clock down quite a bit that way and when I need the power it's there. I turned off HT as well (not needed for my usage).
Everything would be perfect if my SSD (connected to port 1) wouldn't be so weirdly slow with that setting.
I'll try 21x167 to see if its the BCLK or the 23x multi that's causing it.
i don't think that this is a bios problem, par multipliers with i7 suck with every mobo...looks like more a cpu problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by karateQQ
with my 2 950 with 24x give me at least 200 MHZ less than 23x.
I've used various settings and ran "winsat diskformal" with each, here are the results:
So I know what happens, but I don't understand it :).Code:21x181
Windows System Assessment Tool
> Running: Feature Enumeration ''
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Running: Storage Assessment '-seq -read -n 2'
> Run Time 00:00:03.01
> Running: Storage Assessment '-ran -read -n 2'
> Run Time 00:00:00.39
> Running: Storage Assessment '-scen 2009 -drive C:'
> Run Time 00:00:58.45
> Disk Sequential 64.0 Read 257.25 MB/s 7.5
> Disk Random 16.0 Read 207.10 MB/s 7.8
> Responsiveness: Average IO Rate 1.95 ms/IO 7.1
> Responsiveness: Grouped IOs 11.65 units 6.8
> Responsiveness: Long IOs 14.96 units 7.0
> Responsiveness: Overall 174.29 units 6.5
> Responsiveness: PenaltyFactor 0.0
> Total Run Time 00:01:02.57
23x167
Windows System Assessment Tool
> Running: Feature Enumeration ''
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Running: Storage Assessment '-seq -read -n 2'
> Run Time 00:00:03.20
> Running: Storage Assessment '-ran -read -n 2'
> Run Time 00:00:00.37
> Running: Storage Assessment '-scen 2009 -drive C:'
> Run Time 00:01:25.36
> Disk Sequential 64.0 Read 258.23 MB/s 7.5
> Disk Random 16.0 Read 207.60 MB/s 7.8
> Responsiveness: Average IO Rate 4.91 ms/IO 5.5
> Responsiveness: Grouped IOs 21.80 units 1.9
> Responsiveness: Long IOs 219.95 units 1.9
> Responsiveness: Overall 4793.98 units 1.9
> Responsiveness: PenaltyFactor 1.0
> Total Run Time 00:01:29.68
23x133
Windows System Assessment Tool
> Running: Feature Enumeration ''
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Running: Storage Assessment '-seq -read -n 2'
> Run Time 00:00:03.70
> Running: Storage Assessment '-ran -read -n 2'
> Run Time 00:00:00.41
> Running: Storage Assessment '-scen 2009 -drive C:'
> Run Time 00:00:58.08
> Disk Sequential 64.0 Read 258.33 MB/s 7.5
> Disk Random 16.0 Read 208.96 MB/s 7.8
> Responsiveness: Average IO Rate 1.88 ms/IO 7.1
> Responsiveness: Grouped IOs 12.20 units 6.7
> Responsiveness: Long IOs 9.21 units 7.4
> Responsiveness: Overall 112.32 units 6.8
> Responsiveness: PenaltyFactor 0.0
> Total Run Time 00:01:03.37C:\Users\katharsis>
21x167
C:\Users\katharsis>winsat diskformal
Windows System Assessment Tool
> Running: Feature Enumeration ''
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Running: Storage Assessment '-seq -read -n 2'
> Run Time 00:00:03.14
> Running: Storage Assessment '-ran -read -n 2'
> Run Time 00:00:00.41
> Running: Storage Assessment '-scen 2009 -drive C:'
> Run Time 00:00:56.86
> Disk Sequential 64.0 Read 257.95 MB/s 7.5
> Disk Random 16.0 Read 202.51 MB/s 7.8
> Responsiveness: Average IO Rate 1.76 ms/IO 7.2
> Responsiveness: Grouped IOs 11.84 units 6.8
> Responsiveness: Long IOs 6.37 units 7.6
> Responsiveness: Overall 75.40 units 6.9
> Responsiveness: PenaltyFactor 0.0
> Total Run Time 00:01:01.51
Me again.
I will reinstall w7 in order to solve my issues shutting down my computer.
I would like to know, the ones with w7. Do you install the inf utility for chipset or any other drivers or just install windows 7 and thats all?
I have w7 professional.
Thanks
i've installed windows seven 64bit with AHCI mode enabled in bios and then, after windows installation was finished, i've installed chipset driver and matrix storage manager.
that's all.
I had reinstalled w7 with ahci mode, also the chipset drivers but I couldn't stall the matrix storage driver, because an error turns out: "unable to copy files" or something like that.
And windows still being unable to turn off properly my computer.
I could solve the drivers problem, seting the exe file with compatibility mode.
But windows still being unable to turn off properly my computer.
Just for the sake of completeness:
I had my tRFC on AUTO and with higher BCLK the board did set it too low (58 should be too low for 1450-1600 memory frequency I guess)?
This caused cold booting problems and made my ssd slow (IntelBurntest/LinX and HyperPi: never a single problem).
So btw. I guess if you've got a fast SSD "winsat diskformal" might be a nice benchmarking tool :).
Currently I'm running 21x191 with VCORE 1.276V and I guess I could go even lower :).
hi guys
i updated my T3EH8 to 908 bios, now every time i "shutdown" the pc it's goes to a standby mode but the not the kind you can wake up from ..
anyone got a solution for me?
switch back to the bios you are using before. :D
i found that D615 is by far the best bios if you are using a bloomfield CPU.
And... which one is that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mafio
I mean the date.
here is a list of all bios (stable and beta release) for X58 UT: http://www.mediafire.com/?43a05mjr9o6ve
D615 bios date should be 6/15/2010
p.s. in the link above there are some modded bioses, I've tested only D615MOD and it shows errors during post.
DON'T FLASH THEM if you doesn't have a bios programmer or another eprom.
I couldn't find it on the dfi website.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mafio
look at the BETA BIOS page :)
BCLK 246 MHz:
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/3452/24610.jpg
wow, 246 MHZ 32M stable looks very good
great bclk try with qpi link fast mode disabled it drops qpi mutli to x12 maybe that can help for more!hey mafio about the 615 bios do you find more headroom for o/c than the 908 final?my 920 has some crazy-buggy post issues with the final one..but same o/c behaviour with both!
hi UNSTABLE_HERO
to be honest i never tried D908 with overclock in mind, i had in mind a good daily use with CPU and ram at default with the lower possibile voltage.
i had never overclocked with D908 bios but i wasn't able to get it working even at default settings (i7 920 @ 133 x 21 and OCZ platinum @ 1600 MHZ 7-7-7-21 1.7 volt)...
switched back to D615 and all work great, CPU was stable with around 1.0 volt and OCZ platinum did easily 1600 MHZ 7-7-7-21 1.65 volt.
with D908 no way to pass 1 minute of prime95 with those settings...
explain a bit more :D
what kind of OC and post beaviour are you talking about ?
my cpu with both bioses makes 4285mhz with 1.312 load volts and rams(ocz 1866 9-9-9-30) run stable @1632mhz 7-7-7-24 @1.665v..but with the final 908 sometimes bios gets crazy and in cold boots reports error even with stock speeds..2-3 bios changes and i need clear cmos:rolleyes:!i am going back to 615:D but to be honest 615 and 908 was the best bioses for o/c my rams than the previous ones!i have them with normal dram pwm, vrefs +2.5% and CMD Bus VREF@ 100 i think our rams have samsung chips..
when D615 came out i noticed that it was by far the fastest bios ever made for this board.
it was also better than the previous in overclock, it was alot more stable at high BCLK.
here is the ICs used on my OCZ:
http://www.pctunerup.com/up/results/...9_Untitled.jpg
and that's what is printed on the ICs:
128X8DDR3 WT
1008
i didnt open mine but i believe they use the same i was wondering about ic's for tweaking the dram pwm from what i see over the net for the ut board
-chip Micron--> Reduce 15%-30% / Nominal
-chip Samsung --> Nominal
-chip Elpida--> Increase 15%-30% / Nominal
i tried all but nothing was better so i left it at normal:cool:
i have no gain in stability tweaking DRAM PWM freq.
VTT PWM freq help a bit when uncore is really near the limit.
BTW, in DU no need to tweak those stuff...i use both of them at "normal"
some months ago i did a quick testing of these OCZ with CPU under single stage.
they did quite well for a cheapo kit
2380 MHZ 8-11-8-28 // 2.15 volt
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1264654
2500 MHZ 9-11-9-28 // 2.05 (this one is uncore limited)
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1262979
they are also good for 2300 MHZ cas8 3dmark stable
wow, so DFI is still using a 2 year old option rom for the ich10r in their bios. Epic fail. I enjoy being limited to 2TB in raid in 2010...
Just tried this, and it didn't work. The site is in Italian, but here's the translated text. I was able to put the option rom in the bios and flash it, but after it would post, it would say something about no ahci or acpi bios found.
http://translate.google.com/translat...al%26prmd%3Div
I was able to reflash the bios again to a working one.
Perhaps someone more experienced in bios transcoding can figure this out.
Is DFI out of business? None of their X58 boards are available at Newegg now.
I have not seen a new DFI X58 series motherboard for sale since July 2010 in the Usa.
Sort of, they are strictly oem only now.Quote:
Originally Posted by jcniest5
No consumer boards.
Sucks but stuff like that happens.
No epox, no abit and no dfi :\.
Btw @RGone.
Why does it say hacked under your ava ?, a joke or what...
Or did you hack poor RGone's account... :)
And if you are RGone, probably.. what have you been up to since the dfi crapout ?