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

[Solarfall]

hmmm thats pretty weird that you people are having issues with winflash.. i have used it over a dozen times with various boards now and it has never crapped my bios..

[g0dM@n]

LOL. Those are the same people scratching there heads trying to figure out how they're going to flash the BIOS or load RAID drivers.

RAID drivers is the #1 reason i have a floppy. BIOS flashes for mobos and video cards is the 2nd reason... i've flashed countless mobos and video cards i can't even begin to tell you... i remember flashing my nf7-s at LEAST (i'm not near joking) 75 times, not to mention my first 6800GT and 6800 ultra AGP cards, a crapload of x800/850 series cards, x1800, etc...

this all requires floppy... just make sure you don't place floppy drives on top of CRT monitors (not that i have those anymore) or subs/speakers... and they shouldn't become corrupt.

[breakfromyou]

I got it :p

Flashed to the 9/13 BIOS.

I don't have any floppy disks, and I have no idea where to find any.

[Brother Esau]

I got it :p

Flashed to the 9/13 BIOS.

I don't have any floppy disks, and I have no idea where to find any.

The Internet Silly ....just the way you found this forum

[extol1337]

just ordered my DFI UT P35-T2R and a BFG 8800GTS 320mb OC2

i guess im going to run on stock cooling for a bit till i save more $$

cant wait to see what this board can do!

[empty1969a]

I still can't believe with all the money spent on hardware people still refuse to spend $4.00 for a floppy drive. As with any other endeavor a person shouldn't take on the job without the necessary tools.

Enough of the rant. I'm sure I've already posted a link in this thread once on how to set up a flash drive for BIOS flashing.

I have attached a link that I found after going through a ton of problems using a usb floppy trying to install drivers for windows. It appears Windows XP only supports certain drive type to load drivers during install. Everything appears normal and it lets you select the drivers, but then during install process it will prompt you to put the floppy in over and over.

Figured this might save some folks some time and money.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/916196/

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[C-N]

I have attached a link that I found after going through a ton of problems using a usb floppy trying to install drivers for windows. It appears Windows XP only supports certain drive type to load drivers during install. Everything appears normal and it lets you select the drivers, but then during install process it will prompt you to put the floppy in over and over.

Figured this might save some folks some time and money.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/916196/

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While you are on the subjest of saving people time : the above link refers to problems with USB floppy drives, I think most people are refering to the flat 40 pin ribon type internal drives rather than complicating a simple item with USB.

Like this one : http://www.ebuyer.com/product/74629/...specifications

CN

[terroristone]

here's my ocz's 5-5-5-12, this was on 2.38 volts and 8/10 bios, also ran them on the 8/23 and 9/13 like this, i ran everest on the 9/13 and got 49ns and on the 10/05 i got 53.2 ns...i might flash back to the 9/13 when my ram comes back from RMA.

[Praz]

I'm sure I've already posted a link in this thread once on how to set up a flash drive for BIOS flashing.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=1575

[Jodiuh]

Here's a shot of the Memorex USB Floppy's PID that I used before switching back to a Mitsumi Internal Media Reader/Floppy. One of my recent boards, either the DFI Dark or Abit IP35 had an issue w/ the USB drive during XP F6 installs. IMO the combo drive's cheaper and more useful. Also, the USB drive made quite a racket. And of course there's the whole, "works wo/ issue" factor.

[Sadhana]

I'm still curious about JP10/J16 located near cpu fan header on this board. Can someone tell me what exactly is it? I've been read user's manual and got no information about that.

[Booj]

is anyone using team xtreem pc6400 cas4 ram with this board... is it compatible.. i have a pair sitting on my shelf... but its not clocking as good as these crucial...

I was using that ram in this board and I had no problems. My sticks ran about the same on my DFI P35 and Asus Commando but you may be one of the guys having troubles with high end D9GKX mems and the P35.

1M @ 666mhz

[jimmyz]

I'm still curious about JP10/J16 located near cpu fan header on this board. Can someone tell me what exactly is it? I've been read user's manual and got no information about that.

on page 54 of the manual it describes them.

On older boards the same jumpers were present, that is one of the ways overclocking was done in the middle ages. they are for manually configuring the cpu fsb. I haven't played with them yet, but I probably will.

[Brother Esau]

For the new Intel Processors Leave at default! For Intel 800mhz FSB CPU's set jumpers to 800MHZ and so on.

[jimmyz]

For the new Intel Processors Leave at default! For Intel 800mhz FSB CPU's set jumpers to 800MHZ and so on.

I'm thinking I might force the 800 fsb to see if my latencies change. I wonder if we can basically lock it to a tighter strap this way? I guess I'll probably try sat. morning. In theory it would only affect base cpu fsb but who knows for sure yet? I haven't heard of anyone trying.


I don't want people to bork their boards to find out.... so saturday morning i will give it a shot and post my findings in this thread. Heck I got enough spare stuff to be back up and running in ten minutes if i kill my rig.

[n00bstorm]

Hello guys,
hopefully tomorrow ill be getting my new MB and I was just wondering should I try to use a 667 or 800 memory for the first time? I just hope this time it works... spend well over 3g on this rig about 2 weeks ago and I still can't enjoy it!

[jimmyz]

Hello guys,
hopefully tomorrow ill be getting my new MB and I was just wondering should I try to use a 667 or 800 memory for the first time? I just hope this time it works... spend well over 3g on this rig about 2 weeks ago and I still can't enjoy it!

The 800, I have had issues getting my crucial 667's running. I hope it rocks for you buddy.

[extol1337]

what strap should i be running the board at if i want to hit 400fsb: 266/667? memory is in sig... thanks

havent gotten the board yet (in mail) but seeing what i should set the strap to, even at stock speeds...

[terroristone]

just got my new ram back running 5-5-5-12, with 10/05 in everest they are 49.7ns...
Andrew

[kberguy1]

This is my first post in quite a while. Last time I was here, I had a system based around a MSI Platinum+ motherboard with Opteron 170 processor.

I want to start by thanking everyone for their contributions to this site, and in particular, to this thread. I have already gotten a pretty good idea of where to start, but still need your feedback.

My motherboard says revision A1 on it. Is this what most of you have, or is there a "better" revision out there?

I am planning at using C-N's aircooled BIOS settings as a general guide on initial setup. If anyone else is running a similar setup with the B3 version of the Q6600 CPU, can you post your BIOS settings for me, so I can see how they differ from the settings he has been using?

I have tried to get good quality components for this build, and overall I am pretty happy (although a G0 stepping Q6600 would have been nice). Having said that, I want to ensure there are no glaring compatability issues between my components. So, please have a look at my signature and let me know if you think something is going to cause a problem.

[cuhaos]

Man this board is a difficult beast to tame but once you do...


Anyone have some good pics of how they mounted a fan on the chipset without dremeling off the T fin on the NB heatsink? preferably with a TRUE 120 or tuniq tower taking up space in the area... Just wondering because my chipset could be running a bit cooler and im looking to add a fan somewhere.
Thanks in advance!

[Brother Esau]

Man this board is a difficult beast to tame but once you do...


Anyone have some good pics of how they mounted a fan on the chipset without dremeling off the T fin on the NB heatsink? preferably with a TRUE 120 or tuniq tower taking up space in the area... Just wondering because my chipset could be running a bit cooler and im looking to add a fan somewhere.
Thanks in advance!

Adda a 60mm Fan over the finned PWM Area by the I/O Back plate it will drop you're temps about 7-10c on both NB/PWM !

I just attached it to the pwm heatsink fins with some 1 1/2" Machine screws through the fan screw holes and down between the fins of the heatsink and it spreads the fins slightly apart but creates the friction needed to keep it in place.

[1Day]

Brother Esau please post a photo of that fan mount I can understand your words but just can not visulise it at all, thanks.

[Brother Esau]

You're going to have to wait until later when I am working on my P35 replacing the Bios Chip when the post man gets here today

[g0dM@n]

Adda a 60mm Fan over the finned PWM Area by the I/O Back plate it will drop you're temps about 7-10c on both NB/PWM !

I just attached it to the pwm heatsink fins with some 1 1/2" Machine screws through the fan screw holes and down between the fins of the heatsink and it spreads the fins slightly apart but creates the friction needed to keep it in place.

is this on the traspiper or non-transpiper version?

i have the transpiper and honestly dislike it... it's ugly, annoying, and mine had to be mounted slightly crooked in order for my power plug to plug into my PSU (my PSU sits on its side rather than its belly - that's how the TT Armor case is)... i wish i got the non-transpiper... i didn't even see that one available when i bought my T2R...