**Official DFI LanParty UT X48-T2R(and LT) Discussion

[Justintoxicated]

I just started playing with mine X48 LT T2R and I'm not too happy. Every time I add any voltage to the CPU (Q9450) the stupid bios asks me to insert a boot CD. Even if I disable the CD ROM as a bootable device and unplug it from the computer.

It got stuck so bad once I had to re-install windows already. I also noticed it will sometimes change the boot priority of the hard drives when I change the CPu voltage and save. But it was certainly set correctly the last time when I had to re-install and it was suddenly not able to find the OS (tried booting it at 3500MHZ) I'm not too happy with my purchase right now but I still need to try flashing the bios... I can boot up 400FSB without adding any voltage to the CPU, but over 400FSB I get the stupid insert boot CD as well. So right now I have my Q9450 @ 3200MHZ, seems stable off default voltage, but I can't seem to go any higher.

[zsamz_]

I just started playing with mine X48 LT T2R and I'm not too happy. Every time I add any voltage to the CPU (Q9450) the stupid bios asks me to insert a boot CD. Even if I disable the CD ROM as a bootable device and unplug it from the computer.

It got stuck so bad once I had to re-install windows already. I also noticed it will sometimes change the boot priority of the hard drives when I change the CPu voltage and save. But it was certainly set correctly the last time when I had to re-install and it was suddenly not able to find the OS (tried booting it at 3500MHZ) I'm not too happy with my purchase right now but I still need to try flashing the bios... I can boot up 400FSB without adding any voltage to the CPU, but over 400FSB I get the stupid insert boot CD as well. So right now I have my Q9450 @ 3200MHZ, seems stable off default voltage, but I can't seem to go any higher.

it happens to me when i change an overclocked setting i just clear cmos

[ScottFern]

I hope this doesn't happen on the T2RS? Is there a bios fix in the works for this?

[zfactor]

i found out after a ton of time spent with this mobo to add as little as possible with the normal cpu vid setting and use the special add instead it is much more stable that way and i have now set up three of these, 2 besides my own and all three times i had the same type of results with this

trust me i was VERY frustrated with this mobo till i began to understand it more

[Justintoxicated]

it happens to me when i change an overclocked setting i just clear cmos

yea I tried clearing the cmos by jumper and switches with no luck. I can't seem to get over 400FSB. I havent messed with any bioses yet though. Any recommendations 7-14 looks promising? And the only place to get them is the DFI tw site right? The drivers they gave me had a windows vista 64 conflict so I hope I can expect more from their bios...

[zsamz_]

yea I tried clearing the cmos by jumper and switches with no luck. I can't seem to get over 400FSB. I havent messed with any bioses yet though. Any recommendations 7-14 looks promising? And the only place to get them is the DFI tw site right? The drivers they gave me had a windows vista 64 conflict so I hope I can expect more from their bios...

put the 602 ut beta bios

[Justintoxicated]

put the 602 ut beta bios

Winflash wont let me, it asks me to "please load the corect bios file" when I try to put the UT bios on my LT board.

Any other ideas? I dont want to brick this MB, for now its purring away at 3200mhz x 4 400FSB at stock voltages, but with all the money I spent on my fancy new Fusion and CPU and PC8800 memory I was hoping to get a little higher. Any other Bios thats decent or do I need to buy the UT board and somehow cut the heatpipes off it?

[zsamz_]

Winflash wont let me, it asks me to "please load the corect bios file" when I try to put the UT bios on my LT board.

Any other ideas? I dont want to brick this MB, for now its purring away at 3200mhz x 4 400FSB at stock voltages, but with all the money I spent on my fancy new Fusion and CPU and PC8800 memory I was hoping to get a little higher. Any other Bios thats decent or do I need to buy the UT board and somehow cut the heatpipes off it?

use a floppy or usb much safer
if you ever need spare bios chip get it from biosdepot on ebay 10$

[Justintoxicated]

use a floppy or usb much safer
if you ever need spare bios chip get it from biosdepot on ebay 10$

So if I use a USB drive and go through the hassle of making it bootable etc, then it will let me install the UT bios? I dont have floppies anymore and if I did I would not trust them.

[wilson]

Just tried the Q6600 on the new bios and passed at 3.6Ghz again with lower volts on the NB and ram.

[zsamz_]

So if I use a USB drive and go through the hassle of making it bootable etc, then it will let me install the UT bios? I dont have floppies anymore and if I did I would not trust them.

yes use usb
if you dont have a spare chip its much safer
unless you lose power

[Justintoxicated]

yes use usb
if you dont have a spare chip its much safer
unless you lose power

I have a UPS, but I still dont know if it will let me install.

I found this link on how to make the drive bootable and flash the bios.

http://www.csd.dficlub.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1136

But what do I need to edit to prevent getting the msg that the bios is incorrect? Or is the UT bios really not compatable with the LT board?

Has anyone else successfully flashed the LT board with the UT bios?

[zsamz_]

I have a UPS, but I still dont know if it will let me install.

I found this link on how to make the drive bootable and flash the bios.

http://www.csd.dficlub.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1136

But what do I need to edit to prevent getting the msg that the bios is incorrect? Or is the UT bios really not compatable with the LT board?

Has anyone else successfully flashed the LT board with the UT bios?

what i do is i delete bios file in floppy ,replace it with whatever file n rename file to file i had in floppy n ...all good
i suggest you get a spare bios chip just in case if you gonna rma n stuff

[Justintoxicated]

what i do is i delete bios file in floppy ,replace it with whatever file n rename file to file i had in floppy n ...all good
i suggest you get a spare bios chip just in case if you gonna rma n stuff

You lost me man. I dont have a floppy drive or I would just use that. How does this help?

Are you saying I can just download the zip file from DFI's website and extract it to the thumbdrive? That should work, if I can make teh thumbdrive bootable? But how do I make the thumbdrive bootable?

I really dont want to buy a spare bios chip...it shouldnt be too complicated to flash the bios...
However I'd like to verify that someone has put the UT bios on the LT board before I attempt something like that.

[zsamz_]

You lost me man. I dont have a floppy drive or I would just use that. How does this help?

Are you saying I can just download the zip file from DFI's website and extract it to the thumbdrive? That should work, if I can make teh thumbdrive bootable? But how do I make the thumbdrive bootable?

I really dont want to buy a spare bios chip...it shouldnt be too complicated to flash the bios...
However I'd like to verify that someone has put the UT bios on the LT board before I attempt something like that.

your usb will work as a floppy
and i'm usin that bios on a x38 so ... gl

[freaksavior]

Hey, another question...

im trying to boot from the dvd drive and it wont let me if i have raid enabled.

i need raid enabled as i have my 2 data drives in raid then my os drive not raided but i still need raid enabled to load windows ect.

What am i doing wrong?

[Praz]

Hey, another question...

im trying to boot from the dvd drive and it wont let me if i have raid enabled.

i need raid enabled as i have my 2 data drives in raid then my os drive not raided but i still need raid enabled to load windows ect.

What am i doing wrong?

You're not choosing the correct device to boot from. Select the drive by name at the bottom of the list instead of the generic name.

[freaksavior]

it says cdrom, disabled, disabled,

but ok, i'll try

[Praz]

it says cdrom, disabled, disabled,

but ok, i'll try

Press "Escape" during boot up and choose your optical drive.

[Slinwagh]

I am now suddenly getting the message just after the POST "Overclock Failed, Press F1 to continue or DEL to enter the BIOS"

The thing is everything is at stock.

What I don't get is that a couple of days before I tested Prime stable, Small FFT's for a little over 10 hours at 367 * 9.

Help !

[zsamz_]

I am now suddenly getting the message just after the POST "Overclock Failed, Press F1 to continue or DEL to enter the BIOS"

The thing is everything is at stock.

What I don't get is that a couple of days before I tested Prime stable, Small FFT's for a little over 10 hours at 367 * 9.

Help !

it happens lol
if happens often adjust voltages or gtls

[Slinwagh]

it happens lol
if happens often adjust voltages or gtls

Which voltages, the only ones that had changed were the vCore and the RAM voltage, everything else was stock.

[Justintoxicated]

Hey guys, its been a few days and I am still not able to flash my bios. I can't for the life of me get my computer to boot off the flash drive. For the boot order I put 1st USB-FDD, second USB-ZIP, then USB-CDROM. BUt my computer refuses to boot off the flash drive and instead boots off the hard drives even though I have removed the Hard Drives as a boot device.

Hence I'm still stuck with my Q9450 @ 3200 mhz @ 400 FSB stock volts...

Can someone clearly explain how to get my PC to at least attempt to boot of the flash drive? The light on my flas drive does not even turn on until after windows is loading...


Thanks in advance.

edit: I was able to get it to attempt to boot off the flopppy but I jsut get a book disk error. I followed the direction on DRI's website and used the HP Utility to create a bootable drive. Aparently that does not work though.

edit: finaly it worked. I'm not sure why though, I just tried restarting a few more times and removed the extra USB options and then it booted and flashed automaticaly I'm not sure what triggered it to suddenly work, but I had also re-enabled boot other devices before it would work. Crazy weird! Put my old 64MB flash drive back to work once again!

[zsamz_]

Which voltages, the only ones that had changed were the vCore and the RAM voltage, everything else was stock.

bump the nb and the vtt
stock volts not gonna get you too far
on stock volts i can do 3.6 easy on my 6850 u runnin a quad
time for you to learn the bios options n read some

[Slinwagh]

bump the nb and the vtt
stock volts not gonna get you too far
on stock volts i can do 3.6 easy on my 6850 u runnin a quad
time for you to learn the bios options n read some

I can do 3.2 on stock volts Prime Stable. What is annoying me is the stupid message about the overclock failing when it is not overclocked!!!