**Official DFI LanParty UT P35-T2R Review/Overclock/Guide Thread**

[Brother Esau]

WHOA .....Doggies Man just came through 8hr Prime session and figured that I would mess with some Memory settings and see what the deal is with that, so I start playing with the Fine Clock Delay and Tune up all 3 to Aggressive no other adjustment Boot into Windows NP and whoa......Bandwidth shot right up! Go back into Bios adjust Fine Clock Delay to More Aggressive
Boot into Windows NP and yet another increase in Performance but not this much this time!!! Test both times with Prime for about 1/2 hr all good so far but need longer eval and Prime Session to make accurate assessment!


This Board is a Monster waiting to Kick you're Door in <<<<<< D.F.I >>>>>>

[ncsa]

Have finally resolved this RAID 6-Drive issue and it is a BIOS one, new setting actually which allows the extra 2 ports to be seen by the Matrix controller...

In BIOS under

Intergrated Peripherals
On-Chip IDE Device

(New Option)
Run AHCI ROM Enabled (Enabled = 6 drives / Disabled = 4 Drives)

Save & Exit and CTRL-I to enter allow configuration of attached drives.

DFI ICH9R RAID Array


DFI - no charge for the secretarial services

this is what I am getting with "write back caching" enabled....

Yes WBC provides has some interesting performance .. here are the recent RAID results ...

[Chanana]

Sounds like you are in you're very beginning stages with all of this Chanana but thats OK we've all been there! Best thing I can tell you is Install Windows XP SP2 seeing how you are not a advanced user or skilled with all of this thats a suggestion I cannot recommend enough because that Vista will give you problems with stability testing programs andf they will crash or lock up you're system and you will think its you're overclock and you will reach for the voltages first and formost thinking that will fix it and it wont! Don't Do it!!!! Use VISTA that is....POS it is!!!

Here go to this link its eva2000 site and has a very concise detail info on this very advanced Motherboard http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?t=4487

yeah...
i mean... im from argentina... i moved here 2 years ago.... i used to work for www.maximopc.org back there and helped with a couple of reviews...
my last review was on a lanparty NF2-UltraB with a xp-M 2500 hahaha and now i had the budget to bye a new pc... so thats what i did and its far more complicated now... and all this software updated... i only used prime and 3dmark02 back then.... but well thx a lot... i really didnt want to go through the hassle of testing each setting and looks like u guys are pro with this board... THANK YOU!!! and... so on there is no problem with this setting u gave me esau... oh! and im using vista caz is the FIRST GENUINE WINDOWS i ever bought :p hehehe and i think i like it.... looks better for sure~ but i agree xp is better... but back then we said win2000 was better than XP
neways thanks again for the support and i would like to know where to download the dang smart guardian :p

[Brother Esau]

@ncsa....when Raid is Enabled do you still see the DFI P35 Splash Screen or does it boot right up to the Raid Bios Post??

[Brother Esau]

yeah...
i mean... im from argentina... i moved here 2 years ago.... i used to work for www.maximopc.org back there and helped with a couple of reviews...
my last review was on a lanparty NF2-UltraB with a xp-M 2500 hahaha and now i had the budget to bye a new pc... so thats what i did and its far more complicated now... and all this software updated... i only used prime and 3dmark02 back then.... but well thx a lot... i really didnt want to go through the hassle of testing each setting and looks like u guys are pro with this board... THANK YOU!!! and... so on there is no problem with this setting u gave me esau... oh! and im using vista caz is the FIRST GENUINE WINDOWS i ever bought :p hehehe and i think i like it.... looks better for sure~ but i agree xp is better... but back then we said win2000 was better than XP
neways thanks again for the support and i would like to know where to download the dang smart guardian :p

Sorry man , guess its just the language barrier that made me think you were just starting out....lol...sorry man

As far as the board goes were all pretty advanced overclockers but this board when first getting it is intimidating even to the advanced Overclockers me included I think we all have some form of stage fright with this Monster of a board and I seriously don't think its just me or you and I think its fair to say that I can speak for all of us when I say that

[Chanana]

Sorry man , guess its just the language barrier that made me think you were just starting out....lol...sorry man

As far as the board goes were all pretty advanced overclockers but this board when first getting it is intimidating even to the advanced Overclockers me included I think we all have some form of stage fright with this Monster of a board and I seriously don't think its just me or you and I think its fair to say that I can speak for all of us when I say that

hahahaha
yeah... the stupid lang barrier... my english is terribad... and im korean so even worst!!!!
so this piece of mothaaaaaf is that good? hahhaha i made the right choice then :p but still i concider my self a amd guy more than intel hehehhehehe just preference .... but no choice in the kents... freaknn nice.... by the way... im david

NEOne OUT THERE CAN TELL ME WHERE TO GET SMART GUARDIAN????

[Brother Esau]

I am AMD by a long shot "Fanboy" ...Yea...."WHATEVER"" lets just say that I have not really been impressed with Intel Overclocking Boards coming from D.F.I Expert Motherboard its always felt as if Ive been getting incomplete boards due to lack of fine tuning Bios abilities. Well not anymore after 7 Intel boards this is the only one that I can honestly say is worthy for Overclockers at least the boards I have experienced this is the real deal and a full and complete package and I don't feel cheated..."Finally"!!!


SMART GUARDIAN = dfi.com

[ncsa]

If you leave the Full Screen LOGO enabled then this is quickly cleared with the RAID BIOS Screen so you get to see the drives and can press CTRL-I for entry.... then onto the JMicron BIOS ... I leave the LOGO screen disabled by default.

@ncsa....when Raid is Enabled do you still see the DFI P35 Splash Screen or does it boot right up to the Raid Bios Post??

[Brother Esau]

I have not set up Raid on this board but I pulled my 2 Raptors off of my controller to make sure they ran well on this board and also Run SPINRITE 6 on them both for there routine pull from Array Diagnostics run as you know even the best programs (SPINRITE 6) wont work properly with Raid Controllers and that the Pinacle and standard in the IT Industry!


What about Post Screen does that show for you or is it right to Raid Bios Post Screen once more?

[M4TR4]

is it possible to configure pci-e 16x to other pci-e slot?

i want to place my ultra in the center, so i can coolit with hr03 plus

[cantankerous]

unfortunately no. Has to be in the first slot. The other slots are either 4X, 1X or 1X, 1X depending on how you have the bios setup. That is the limitation of the P35 chipset. If you want 16X on any other slot you need the X38 chipset.

[retrospooty]

is it possible to configure pci-e 16x to other pci-e slot?

i want to place my ultra in the center, so i can coolit with hr03 plus

Cantankerous is right... Only one slot possible, and DFI's P35 is one slot closer to the CPU side than any other mobo I have ever seen. Its kind of a pain in the arse space-wise.

Considering your dilemma, you might want to try an Asus Blitz. Its primary PCI-e X16 is a full 2 slots over from the DFI, 1 slot over from most standard mobo's. See this pic.

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/image....8xMF9sLmpwZw==

[robbynaish]

is someone can post here best bios configuration (voltages etc...) for quad 6600 on this board ?
i can work on windows at 3980 mhz 1.52v but every cpu bench fail if i'm over 3.3Ghz it's curious i think

[Raja@ASUS]

You could post your settings if you want some pointers....

regards
Raja

[Jodiuh]

DFI's P35 is one slot closer to the CPU side than any other mobo I have ever seen.

Really? That would work very well for an HR-03 Plus and sound card...thanks!

EDIT: Damn, that last slot's pcie.

[dpg0815]

hey guys,

ive been wondering, since we got the option to use 1t with bios 9/13 i tried arround various combinations (using 400fsb 1:1) with subtimings, volt and so on...and i just havent been able to get past the boot screen...

it just freezes and thats it...

besides this, i LOVE this board heheh really best board i ever had tbh great job dfi

[Brother Esau]

hahahaha
yeah... the stupid lang barrier... my english is terribad... and im korean so even worst!!!!
so this piece of mothaaaaaf is that good? hahhaha i made the right choice then :p but still i concider my self a amd guy more than intel hehehhehehe just preference .... but no choice in the kents... freaknn nice.... by the way... im david

NEOne OUT THERE CAN TELL ME WHERE TO GET SMART GUARDIAN????

Hi, David its Nice to meet you my name is ....Campbell

[Jodiuh]

Any of you guys have an X-Fi (any flavor), GRAW 2, and crackling when set to highest audio quality in game/audio console?

My Abit has it, P5B Deluxe did not. I really like the layout/colors better than my current board, but would love to know if I'm going to escape the damn crackle!

[dpg0815]

NEOne OUT THERE CAN TELL ME WHERE TO GET SMART GUARDIAN????

it comes with the dfi driver cd, just like asus probe^^

[Brother Esau]

No, but I was one of the lucky ones when I bought my XFI Platinum and never had any issue with it ever! But the drivers I wanted to get away from and I went to Auzentech and have never looked back considering this $70.00 whoops ass on the $200.00 XFI Platinum and no driver issues how can you get hurt?

I will also add that Gaming is absolutely no different with this card than my XFI Platinum!!!!

[orkan]

I run an xfi. Don't have any issues going from my NF4 expert to the T2R. I always run the "minimal" creative install. That seems to give me the least grief.

[Maglin]

I'm looking at getting this with a new Q6600 to replace my E6600 and XBX2. I was wondering if it's just fine to leave the transpiper on their or if removing it and using HR-05's would yield good results? I'm just curious. And if it would be a good idea would they work with a 120 extreme HSF? I have a Tuniq 120 currently and it's so big I couldn't really replace the NB cooler on the XBX2 cause of space limits.

[retrospooty]

EDIT: Damn, that last slot's pcie.

LOL... Yup, that was the issue

[Brother Esau]

I run an xfi. Don't have any issues going from my NF4 expert to the T2R. I always run the "minimal" creative install. That seems to give me the least grief.

The Auzentech is by FAR the superior card

[Jodiuh]

For the music lover sure, but the gamer in me requires 128 voices. If anything, I wouldn't mind checking out their latest Prelude.

Looks like motherboardpro's got the best $ on this @ 270 right now. Anyone have any good recs for UV cathodes?