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

[Brother Esau]

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[cuhaos]

Just thought I'd share my experiences the past few days since there may be other people considering getting this board still. I've had 3x P35-T2R's now. Curse Asus for getting me in the RMA mindset (p5k premium madness) instead of the true troubleshooting mindset. I just had the same issue occur with (3rd) P35-T2R that caused me to send back the second P35-T2R.

P35-T2R #1 issue: Electrical noise.

P35-T2R #2 issue: C1 Error, would not post with any of the ram sticks I had. CMOS flush had no effect. Tried single Mushkin XP2 8500's in every slot and tried some OCZ platinum Rev.2's i had sitting around. The problem was both had EPP's and still wouldn't let it boot into BIOS. So, unknowingly I RMA'd the board (curse asus again). Board also had same quiet electrical noise.

P35-T2R #3: C1 error, worked around by picking up a cheapie 512mb stick of crucial rendition 667mhz with no EPP. Stick allowed me to get into the BIOS up DIMM voltages to 2.3v and boot in with my Mushkin sticks again. This board also has the same quiet noise.

Also, I've been reading up on first generation digital PWM and it seems one side effect is a slight (but normal) very quiet electrical noise. It isn't in a frequency that most people are able to hear and is not loud enough to hear through my Sennheiser HD555's so its not that big of a deal (tested people in my household as to who could hear the noise and only 3 of 5 could hear it standing at 4ft). All 3 of the boards had this slight noise - more so when the voltages are upped for overclocking.

So it turns out that all 3 P35-T2r's I've had have not actually needed to be RMA'd. The pickyness with some ram seems to be an issue, but if you follow recommendations of the thread and go for successful sticks like OCZ flex 9200 you will likely be fine.

[C-N]

Hi Cuhaos

While we are on the subject of RAM & PWM here are a few of my findings too.

C1 error, worked around by picking up a cheapie 512mb stick of crucial rendition 667mhz with no EPP. Stick allowed me to get into the BIOS up DIMM voltages to 2.3v and boot in with my Mushkin sticks again.

I have had this happen once with what I call normal use & maybe 3 times when I have been pushing it a bit hard. This sort of thing has happened on all C2D boards I have had & I have always got round it with a cheap stick of ram just like you have. I believe it is an accepted & relatively well know method.

Also, I've been reading up on first generation digital PWM and it seems one side effect is a slight (but normal) very quiet electrical noise. - more so when the voltages are upped for overclocking.

I also have this when the board is clocked up fairly high & its under load. I have also had too tighten the PWM heatsink bolts twice now as it appears the PWM heatsink is slowly sinking into the thermal compound & becoming loose. Before I tightened the PWM heatsink my board screamed pretty loud so perhaps this is something others should watch out for.

CN

[MJRL]

Also, I've been reading up on first generation digital PWM and it seems one side effect is a slight (but normal) very quiet electrical noise. It isn't in a frequency that most people are able to hear and is not loud enough to hear through my Sennheiser HD555's so its not that big of a deal (tested people in my household as to who could hear the noise and only 3 of 5 could hear it standing at 4ft). All 3 of the boards had this slight noise - more so when the voltages are upped for overclocking.

Same problem here, in full load hi have a big pitch, mine its very audible.
I will put in default to try if it's only overclocked.

[empty1969a]

Raid Cards Runs Flawlessly! Buy a Areca Controller if you're going to get a Raid Card. If you are PM me and I'll hook you up with the guy I got mine from which comes with the Best Raid Controller and Storage Support Forum Bar None!

Dave......will ship to OZ and him and Ed are Aces and have some of the best customer support and service Ive experienced to date.

So are you running this at 4x I take it? Can either of the extra slots run at 4x or just a specific one? I have been wanting to add another card but was worried about the 8x card in a 4x slot for performance reasons.

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[Cascades]

So are you running this at 4x I take it? Can either of the extra slots run at 4x or just a specific one? I have been wanting to add another card but was worried about the 8x card in a 4x slot for performance reasons.

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The 2nd 16X PCIe slot (physical) can be configured 4X. PCIe 4X can transfer up to 1GB of data per second and can easily handle an Areca ARC-1210 or ARC-1220 SATA controller.

[Brother Esau]

So are you running this at 4x I take it? Can either of the extra slots run at 4x or just a specific one? I have been wanting to add another card but was worried about the 8x card in a 4x slot for performance reasons.

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I would not worry about it as it does not take away from performance outside of Burst rate even @ X4 sequencial read is about only 6 points lower but burst went from 1280 - 768 on my end but I have a GB of Ram on my card