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BTW, if you search your event log you will find the error message. Unless you have installed IDCC or the older 6.4 drivers....
Now thinking about it, I installed IDCC the first time right away I think. THAT's why I never saw the message probably! Ah!!!
Well, that's it....as others have said Intel will hopefully update the BIOS and drivers soon to resolve some bugs and overclocking issues ;)
Here's the final summary for those who have read the previous posts. I'll stop here now ;) (I know, the picture below is not meant to be pretty ;) )
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I am currently running the following hardware on winxp 32 and winxp 64.
Intel dx38bt motherboard
Intel q9300 processor
Visiontek hd 4870
Ultra X-pro series 600watt psu, 36 amp 12v,
4gb 4x1gb corsair 1066mhz ddr3
1 sata hd and 1 sata dvd burner
My problem is that once I have my system clocked up to 370-400 fsb, 7.5 multiplier, ram at 400mhz reference, timings at 9-9-9 27 1.7v, it all boots fine. runs real nice, but I have a restart problem, when it restarts the hd 4870 complains about power by flashing three leds on back of card. then just hangs . I need to hold power for 5 second then it reboots. I talked to Visiontek and they seem to think it is a power issue,(i failed to tell them i had a overclocked to system.) I have no problem buying a new ps but i wan't to be sure that it isn't the motherboard and how it restarts since I have seen this board do similar things with older bios. I am running the latest 1554 (i believe). Was previously running hd 3870 no problems. The card says it uses 369 watts at full load, so i think they would be right but, I trust the forum more than any fly by day tech.
Thanks in advance,
Pete
:welcome:Quote:
Originally Posted by Budman
If you do a soft power off and on from the front panel, does it keep coming up OK?
Does it work OK if you not overclocked?
If you answered "yes" to both, then I think it's the MB/BIOS. Both of mine do the same thing.
yes 2 both if what you mean by soft power off is hold power button for 5 seconds. just for kicks what do you have for a psu?
Yep, that's what I mean.Quote:
Originally Posted by Budman
ThermalTake Toughpower 750.
You have me thinking now...
My MCH voltage, plus FSb seems to ride up and down (drop then rise again) a tad in my DX38BT... is this supposed to happen?
Any help would be appreciated
FSB frequency or voltage? How are you measuring them? How much does it change?
CPU-Z (1.44) shows a 0.5 - 1.5 HZ drop and sometimes rise for Core Speed, similar for Rated FSB and Bus Speed
DRAM Freqency also shows falls and rises
Multiplier is fixed @ 10 but the same occurred when fixed @ default 9
that's perfectly normal and is nothing to worry about.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolf_Rider
even if EIST disabled in BIOS?
Yep. That little of a change is generally a CPU-Z calculation variance rather than an actual change in the speed.
is there a trick to getting a USB keyboard to work while running a boot disk with this motherboard? i'm trying to flash the BIOS on my video cards and the stupid USB ports don't have power while i'm in DOS. i have no idea how to input anything. you'd think Intel would have thought of this when they eliminated all legacy connectors on the I/O panel. this was also an issue when i ran Memtest when i was setting up my OC.
I had no problems running memtest with a USB kb. Strange.
Is legacy USB enabled in BIOS?
-bZj
Thats strange. I used a USB Drive bootdisk for DOS to flash my 4850, and my Saitek USB KB worked fine.
Thanks for the advice of CPU-Z calcs... now I'll stop behaving like a nervous mother hen ;)
My mobo had decided to "lose" the keyboard when in BIOS once. I rebooted, went back into BIOS and the keyboard was working again
No issues with USB keyboards here either.
wow. my USB ports have power during the POST screen, but they always shut off before Windows loads. i have Legacy USB enabled. i guess i'll mess around with the settings tonight and see if i can change that.
Do you have a hub between the keyboard and motherboard? If so, try direct connect.
I had problems with getting a USB keyboard working. It seemed like if I move the kb to different ports when power was off that it would work. If I left the computer on there was no problem, only had problems when rebooting. I keep my system on all the time now so I don't notice the problem anymore.
Hello, I'am having the same problem I just built the computer and I been having that same problem with my G15 keyboard I got the newest BIOS, when I go into bios the keyboard stops and have restart to get it to work again. Another problem I am having is windows explorer crashes and recovers.
Got a x3360 cpu, 2x 150G raptors in 0 raid and a 250 storage drive, 3870x2 Video card, 4G patriot memory 2x2G's,64bit vista home and a 1000watt antec ps.
its a mess all those bugs.... it seems that tony are on vacations... so iŽll buy the Gskill 1600 cas7, does any one have these ones?
Hey guys...im thinking about BT2 with Q9450 ( basic 8x400.. ) and this memory:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227339
about BT2..nothing complicated about this piece of cake overclock right? :D
2:3 DDR3-1500 or 1:2 DDR3-1600 is a problem on this MB? I am searching for a stable board ( as badaxe was ) and i like the looking of BT2 and price :rolleyes:
I think the BT2 and that memory will be perfect. 1:2 DDR3-1600 should be a snap. IIRC Intel recommends using the BLACK slots on the MB for XMP memory.Quote:
Originally Posted by OCFX
This is my first time posting here. I am about to pull my hair out, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Now on to the problem. I am having trouble getting bios settings close enough to even post. I put in the 4gb of ocz extreme edition and no post after that with it on xmp porfile #1. I am running bios 1554 (just updated prior to memory upgrade) and havent messed with any settings other than memory. If anyone can give me a direction to take it would certainly save a bunch of hair that i dont have to spare. lol