**Official dfi-x38 to x48 mod

[zsamz_]

i finally got to flash my x38 to an x48
thanks to an extreme member who sent me the bios from his x48 today
took me a whil cause the board didnt wanna take the flash
used awdflash from older bios
made a win98 boot cd
formated another floppy n put in bios files
booted to win98 with floppy selected no cd support
then put in aother floppy with bios files
type in "dir"
then type "AUTOEXEC"
press enter

i uploaded files to rapidshare enjoy
hope you dont mess up lol

please if your board is made in china i dont suggest you try
http://rapidshare.com/files/101113504/x48.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/101113636/boot98.rar

[zsamz_]

well now i like my board even more
was stuk @ performance 8 @ 500fsb now i can do level 7
nice performance boost
now i be tryin for max fsb
voltages are spot on now i getting exactly what i set in bios exept nb is -.02v

[spicypixel]

Well thats annoying when im about to order a X48 DFI. lol

[PhilDoc]

Hey zsamz, again great job . Are there any new bios options. Probably doesn't matter to me, I have a China board, but I may try anyway after I get some extra bios chips.

[zsamz_]

Hey zsamz, again great job . Are there any new bios options. Probably doesn't matter to me, I have a China board, but I may try anyway after I get some extra bios chips.

no new bios options
but i had to set nb gtl +1 x38 bios was lowering nb voltage -.05
x48 bios is -0.02
small performance increase
getting cas4 performance at cas5 lol
i think dfi slowed down performance of x38 just to show that x48 was better
i can go over 555fsb i bet the real x48 can lol we shall see

everest report for bios BIOS Version (X48AD307) EVALUATION ROM - NOT FOR SALE

phil get xtra bios chip from ebay member biosdepot hes cheap n reliable its like 13$ shipping included get it preflashed x48 saves you the trouble lol
just need to send him the file dfi hasnt posted bios file yet lol

[zsamz_]

Well thats annoying when im about to order a X48 DFI. lol

x48 is a higher binned chip you might as well pay xtra if you gonna do high fsb

[PhilDoc]

no new bios options
but i had to set nb gtl +1 x38 bios was lowering nb voltage -.05
x48 bios is -0.02
small performance increase
getting cas4 performance at cas5 lol
i think dfi slowed down performance of x38 just to show that x48 was better
i can go over 555fsb i bet the real x48 can lol we shall see

phil get xtra bios chip from ebay member biosdepot hes cheap n reliable its like 13$ shipping included get it preflashed x48 saves you the trouble lol
just need to send him the file dfi hasnt posted bios file yet lol

Thanks, I'll look him up and pick up a couple of chips

[zsamz_]

Thanks, I'll look him up and pick up a couple of chips

i honestly think you just need 1 if you mess up the chip just hotflash it by using spare chip to boot to awdflash

[zsamz_]

first pic is x38 bois
second is x48 bios

performance even better @ higher fsb

[zanzabar]

Well thats annoying when im about to order a X48 DFI. lol

there is a $20 difference so go x38

[zsamz_]

there is a $20 difference so go x38

would you not pay 20$ more for x48 zanzabar
i'm having a hard time to get past 555fsb

[zanzabar]

i meant x48. im tiered



zamz- do u have a mem set screen shot for both x38 and x48 bioses, it looks like it defaulted to a lower tref, or different fine delay settings

[SmokeyTheBandit]

Well also works fine on "Made in China" boards
Haven't tested results yet but no problem to flash (/f )

[zsamz_]

i meant x48. im tiered



zamz- do u have a mem set screen shot for both x38 and x48 bioses, it looks like it defaulted to a lower tref, or different fine delay settings

i set most manually if you leave it on auto = lower bandwidth
i got em set in memset @ 4-4-4-12-4-28-7-12-10-3-8-3-4
on auto trfc sets to 42 i can set it to 24 but givin ram some breathing room
try not going auto
n set to aggressive or more aggressive

[zanzabar]

see this was at 2600 default and it went up with the bios from the one that came with to the latest non beta, it only had a little synthetic improvement so i didnt use it

[zsamz_]

see this was at 2600 default and it went up with the bios from the one that came with to the latest non beta, it only had a little synthetic improvement so i didnt use it

lower your trfc in bios you will see bandwidth bump
with x48 bios you can do performance level 7 instead of 8

[rioja]

so, difference between x38 and x48 bioses less than 1%?

[gurusan]

I would say the difference in those benches above are well within the margin of error.

[zsamz_]

I would say the difference in those benches above are well within the margin of error.

and this 1 lol whats margin of error

the difference it -1 performance level

[zanzabar]

now i really cant wait to get my new bios block, and get some performance lvl 7

[Lu523]

Any chance I can flash this from a usb drive. I don't have a floppy.

[PhilDoc]

I would say the difference in those benches above are well within the margin of error.

No, those would be significan't different. a 300 point increase wont happen by chance.

[zsamz_]

Any chance I can flash this from a usb drive. I don't have a floppy.

yes you can
you can make a boot cd n load bios from usb

[zsamz_]

No, those would be significan't different. a 300 point increase wont happen by chance.

1,9ns drop in lattency

i honestly think that dfi put bull bios for x38 to show x48 was better

only thing i can see x48 being better is after 550fsb n not many will go 550fsb 24/7

[zsamz_]

if anyone looking for bios chips guy on ebay "biosdepot" sells them @ for 8$+shipping
i'm sure he can flash bios with x48
make sure you give him bios chip #s