Official DFI LanParty UT X38-T2R(and LT) Discussion/Review/Overclock/Guide Thread

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Originally Posted by deadman'sclick

not bad mate good to see u to, u all good?

to right on the icfx, she's done me proud for what it cost , but it's had it's day now. this new mobo pritty much takes the piss out the icfx now.

i almost went for ure p35 but for the money & with the pcie setup on the x38 & me already having a 3870, it a better route.

u got board of the fast asus chipsets in the end then? ;) to easy for ya :)

deadman's

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Ye I'm mint.

DFI is where I'm happiest but every now & again I wander over to the competition normally because I cant wait for the DFI (too impatient)

Hope the x38 rocks for you.

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Originally Posted by Aerosupra

a very important question to me:
What is the highest FSB on this board before the ICH9R starts to crap out with HDDs in AHCI or RAID mode?

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it's not going to be the ICH9R that is going to stop you (unless you overclock the PCIe bus), it is going to be your board, memory and cpu.

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Originally Posted by merlin76

I got my board yesterday and I'm having some issues with Vnb (NorthBridge voltage):

Vnb set in BIOS -> Vnb BIOS reading

1.265 -> 1.31
1.291 -> 1.56
1.317 -> 1.36
1.330 -> 1.37
1.343 -> 1.61
1.356 -> 1.61
1.367 -> 1.4
1.379 -> 1.42
1.392 -> 1.66
1.444 -> 1.71
1.456 -> 1.71
1.467 -> 1.5V
1.504 -> 1.76

I currently have no dmm, so I cannot check real voltages. Any ideas? Do you see the same kind of overvolting?

First OC seems OK:
http://www.abload.de/thumb/450x8_dfix385na.jpg

I also tried BIOS 12/28 and 12/18 but Vnb issue did not improve. With these BIOS versions I had huge instabilities when T2 Dispatch was enabled, so I'm back to release BIOS.

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My new board has this issue!!! damn it, was hoping for a smooth build. WTH is it? This is as far as I have gotten, because of it, I can not set a resonable NB voltage, all to high, or too low, nothing just right, lol.

Sorry bout the image size, just back up and running, need to re-install my photo software.

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/2165/36dz4.jpg

Windows XP SP3
Q6600
2x1GB PC2 9200Reaper
475x8 4:5 Divider

http://www.edgeofstability.com/image..._5_divider.jpg

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Originally Posted by Praz

Get a hold of a DMM and measure the NB voltage and then RMA the board.

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Damn, just saw that, so praz, what we are experiencing is a defect?, and has to be resolved through RMA, seems awfully common, as a number of people have posted about it. That just stinks.

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Originally Posted by linflas

Damn, just saw that, so praz, what we are experiencing is a defect?, and has to be resolved through RMA, seems awfully common, as a number of people have posted about it. That just stinks.

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If the actual voltages are off that much then yes that's some type of defect. I have not seen a board behave this way so I can't even begin to speculate what might be the cause.

Guys,

I took the NB heatsink out to check and look what I saw!!!!!
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=6oy3cb7&s=1

No contact at all!

What did you guys do with this stock HS? Lapped?

Tried to do it again and same results the Stock NB HS just wont make full contact! :down:

Not enough pressure on those springs and uneven surface from the NB combined with the uneven surface of the HS = disaster for OCers.

http://i1.tinypic.com/8dyejw5.jpg

I made a hardmount on mine, it makes good contact w/ pressure.

mine is ok i just card methoded it and did it on ihs since i didnt want to mess with hard mounting i pressed on it and works like glue with mx2 while u have a tension on it, and what past are u useing u should have mx2

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Originally Posted by zanzabar

mine is ok i just card methoded it and did it on ihs since i didnt want to mess with hard mounting i pressed on it and works like glue with mx2 while u have a tension on it, and what past are u useing u should have mx2

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I have MX2 but I didn;t understand what you tried to say "i just card methoded it and did it on ihs"

I tried 3 times on 2 diferent boards, same results...

Praz, I guess this pic says it all, damn, does DFI cross ship. Guess I am calling motherboardpro in the morning. FFS!!!

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1866/voltageaf6.gif

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Originally Posted by Jor3lBR

I have MX2 but I didn;t understand what you tried to say "i just card methoded it and did it on ihs"

I tried 3 times on 2 diferent boards, same results...

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moving the credit card back and forth to evenly spread on the NB, the blob and press didnt work when i tied it

hm.. this makes me want to check purchase a DMM and check my board

where would i have to check to get the voltagae readings?

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Originally Posted by zanzabar

moving the credit card back and forth to evenly spread on the NB, the blob and press didnt work when i tied it

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Ok so you are applying the MX2 directly on the HeatSink not on the NB right? Or on both?

And also is there a correct side to mount I was I always installed them with the LanParty name facing the CPU (if you look from the PSU side to the LP name it's not upside down).

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Originally Posted by lazy

hm.. this makes me want to check purchase a DMM and check my board

where would i have to check to get the voltagae readings?

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Found here http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=896

damn and I am liking this 3.6 quad with 3870's flashed to 860/1200 no tweaks Vista64

http://service.futuremark.com/orb/pr...jectId=4615346

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Originally Posted by Praz

Windows XP SP3
Q6600
2x2GB PC2 9200Reaper
475x8 4:5 Divider

http://www.edgeofstability.com/image..._5_divider.jpg

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Nice, those reapers look great are they Orthos stable & @ reasonable voltage running arround 1200MHz ?

CN :)

Edit : Bugger its a typo you have 2 x 1GB modules installed not 2 x 2GB modules, I thought you were showing off some new 4GB Reaper PC2-9200 kit.

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Originally Posted by SNiiPE_DoGG

I made a hardmount on mine, it makes good contact w/ pressure.

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you got any pics dude?

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Originally Posted by C-N

Edit : Bugger its a typo you have 2 x 1GB modules installed not 2 x 2GB modules, I thought you were showing off some new 4GB Reaper PC2-9200 kit.

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Corrected. No. Nothing new here. Actually the only 2x2GB kits I have right now are the G.Skill PC2 8000. They run great on this board. And at $115.00 shipped with a guaranteed speed of 5-5-5/1000MHz nothing else comes close. In the next day or so I think I'll be able to post some screenshots of at 1100MHz or so.

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Originally Posted by Praz

Corrected. No. Nothing new here. Actually the only 2x2GB kits I have right now are the G.Skill PC2 8000. They run great on this board. And at $115.00 shipped with a guaranteed speed of 5-5-5/1000MHz nothing else comes close. In the next day or so I think I'll be able to post some screenshots of at 1100MHz or so.

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ill be buying some of that gskill too.


any news on the E8500 support?

i can't see how they could get away with not supporting e8500's etc lol , but who knows.

so ure mobo turned up yet uknown , could'nt help notice ure due date is today?
mine has'nt even been sent out yet , i hoped it might hav been today. maybe it will do later on. the money i sent over went out my account tuesday after all. i did email them to check what was up & they said it takes 2-4 days to get exchanged over :(

i hope i dont hav to do any major changes to my cooling loop to get my blocks mounted on . the mobo layout for cpu & NB placement looks the same as my icfx. i might even get away with just taking the blocks off my icfx with the liquid still in the loop, then just sliding out the icfx & replacing with the x38 :)

is anyone using the mcw-30 on the x38 yet? if so could u please tell me wether the inlet & outlet are horizontal when mounted or verticial. thanks

deadman's

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Originally Posted by deadman'sclick

i can't see how they could get away with not supporting e8500's etc lol , but who knows.

so ure mobo turned up yet uknown , could'nt help notice ure due date is today?
mine has'nt even been sent out yet , i hoped it might hav been today. maybe it will do later on. the money i sent over went out my account tuesday after all. i did email them to check what was up & they said it takes 2-4 days to get exchanged over :(

i hope i dont hav to do any major changes to my cooling loop to get my blocks mounted on . the mobo layout for cpu & NB placement looks the same as my icfx. i might even get away with just taking the blocks off my icfx with the liquid still in the loop, then just sliding out the icfx & replacing with the x38 :)

is anyone using the mcw-30 on the x38 yet? if so could u please tell me wether the inlet & outlet are horizontal when mounted or verticial. thanks

deadman's

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yeah, my bro rang me earlier and siad it's arrived! i checked ups tracking site and it has too.

i ordered mine of saturday (5/1/08) and it was shipped tuesday.

hey just a quick question for you proud owners of the x38 t2r

Did the northbridge heatsink come uninstalled just like that review? Or do i have to take it off myself when i get my board...

Mine came uninstalled.

BTW, how common is the voltage problem? I got mine with the first wave of shipped boards and still haven't fired it up. I have my fingers crossed that it will work well.

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Originally Posted by carmatic

hey just a quick question for you proud owners of the x38 t2r

Did the northbridge heatsink come uninstalled just like that review? Or do i have to take it off myself when i get my board...

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naked, you install yourself.