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Oh my mistake , that's tough. So far not had any issues. Yesterday i had it struggling, trying 485 fsb thought i was going to have to use the clr cmos, but it sorted itself.Quote:
phatty2x4
Now the one I got back from rma is hanging with a blinking cursor in the top left corner after initial post and I can't get into the bios or flash it, so it's going back too. Not too impressed so far with Gigabyte and I have been oc'n for 10+ years.
Hope you get sorted
luck:)
i tested Yorkfield on X38-DQ6 mobo with F6b bios
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=165042
Another thing I am noticing is a lot you guys have 2 x 2GB PC2-8500 RAM kits. I'm thinking this board has problems when using 4 x 1GB.
One of the reasons i went with the PC2-8000 kit, 4x1GB is supposed to have performance issues.
Then I would consider that to be an engineering issue on the DQ6 which needs to be fixed. As I mentioned, the P35-DS3R treated me better in this regard and it looks like the Maximus does not have this issue. I'm not ready to dump $400+ into a 4GB kit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Dower
Back to the P35 it is.
Maximus has as you mentioned not this stupid issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by LiViD
Could not get over 1085-1100 on mem with 4x1GB on X38-DQ6, with Maxiumus 1200 was verry easy.
I had the maximus for a month, and it has these issues, wich everyone else expierienced so it wasnt specifically me...
- cpu would not load 100% when using over 1.5v or a frequency over 3.7ghz...sometimes it depends on voltage or frequency.
- my ram would not pass for over one hour occt ram test, even with 2 sticks
- voltages fluctuate from 1.5 to 3v!!!! which is very unsafe for a long period of time
- 450fsb was max for my q6600, anything over gave bsod while trying to pass occt.....no matter the voltage
overall the maximus could have been a great board if it wasnt for the stupid EPU controlling voltages and crippling the board.....overall i would take the gigabyte board over the maximus because 1 problem is better than 4 big ones....this is from someone who has used both boards for a long period of time
wow you back with that board
i honestly think maximus was better
PHATTY
I know this is a long thread to read but in a previous post i recommend...
NO EXTERNAL eSATA devices be connected and powered on when BOOTING
otherwise you get the blinking cursor top left with no boot!!!
I have experienced same exact issues as you
take out the cmos again, might have to do this more than once.
what voltages?Quote:
Originally Posted by GAR
i don't think any component in the system would live with that sort of max spike :confused: are you sure about that
I love this board, (started out hating it for first couple of days).
Now I am thinking how good this true crossfire board with 2x16xPCIe slots and two ATI HD3870 512MB's will be a killer setup.
I imagine this setup will do over 25,000 in 3dmark06!
GAR>>>>> Glad to see your back! I haven't done much at but used it! I did mess around with a little overclocking this afternoon, and had the FSB up to 542 X 7...... Was running good.
I keep it right at theses settings, and its runs nicely.......
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ntitled-13.jpg
:] glad to be back hehe, ok now first off, what voltage should be stable for me for my quad on the MCH, pci-e and fsb???? thanks.
Build quality is much better on the gigabyte board i gotta say.
GAR, Sorry I'm not quad coring yet. Still running a dual core! Waiting till next year, so I can get a new.......45er !!
I'm sure someone with a quad will speak up, there are a heck of a lot of them running them with our board...............
Good Luck..............Glad To See Your Back To Your GIG.....
OK, so got my cpu at 3.825 (425x9) stable, needs 1.58-1.62v tho, temps stay around 70c on load so im ok with that voltage, if this cpu lasts me 8 months im good...........anyway now i need to work on the ram, will report back when i get it running stable..........so far so good for my second time around with this board.....:D
So the memory performance according to everest.....can someone show a screen of everest.
ok guys, a problem i had with the maximus as well, i am using vista x64 and OCCT 1.1.1B wont pass, im using custom RAM test for 1 hr, says crashed, prime blend passes, memtest passed as well.......wierd how both maximus and gigabyte failed OCCT, im starting to think this program sucks....anyone else????
Thanks, but I never even took them out of the package.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alcibiades
What is the best bios for overclocking memory on this board????
Go for f5g or f5hQuote:
Originally Posted by GAR
I've found these two to be almost identicle in terms of stability and most memory options available
Note: the fsb not as high as f3, but way more mem options which gives you more combos to try.
EDIT: for your 4GB I'd go the f5h
I have tested with ext e-SATA hdd when booting without any problems on both my P35-DS4 & X38-DQ6.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alcibiades
If U do have problems it usually leads to the bios seeing the e-sata as the 1st boot-up option & tries it 1st & since there is a hdd but no OS on it, it will either give U that screen U speak of or "pls insert bott blah-blah-blah" thingy...
anyone using an 8800GT with this board?????? if so what pci-e MHZ are you using and what clocks are you using, thanks.
Agreed:up:Quote:
Originally Posted by GAR
I've tested 2 of them in a week. PCI-e was set from Auto to 129 no prob at all with 3d marks and card clocks:Quote:
Originally Posted by GAR
8800GT:
2006 @ 700/1728/2100 mhz
15818 p
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/2...8182mn8.th.jpg
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/897/gpuzyp3.jpg
The second :
2006@720/1782/2000 mhz
15846 p
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/6...8462xd8.th.jpg