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

[Ub3r-L33ch]

Hey guys I'm thinking about going to a C2D setup, A64 Opteron isn't cutting it anymore. I love my DFI Expert board I'm currently using. Is this DFI board in here a very good one? I believe I read on Anandtech it is capable of using the new intel processors coming out next year ... so it sounds like it has a decent upgrade path?

[C-N]

Official 1107 BIOS is back, I guess it must have been a server issue.

Linky http://us.dfi.com.tw/Upload/BIOS/LP35DB07.zip

CN

[Brother Esau]

Craig,, I don't see it on DFI Site and what are you're thoughts on it any?

[C-N]

Craig,, I don't see it on DFI Site and what are you're thoughts on it any?

LOL I think its touch & go as to whether you see it or not.

I just checked the link I posted & it still works.

1107 is for me anyway making a touch more bandwidth with a touch less latency although I am not sure I can hold it stable. I have dropped from read delay 6 to 7 & enabled all the "read delay phase adjusts" & with a touch more NB 1.61 to 1.65 its held 10680mb/s & 46.5ns for 3 hours of prime blend.

I cant see any major improvements although any performance improvement it better than nothing especially when you consider this was just a micro code update

I will have a proper play tomorrow night & let you guys know how I get on but right now I am just about to hit the town its Friday night here now

CN.

[Brother Esau]

How do you go to the Pub and not smoke Craig?

LOL I think its touch & go as to whether you see it or not.

I just checked the link I posted & it still works.

1107 is for me anyway making a touch more bandwidth with a touch less latency although I am not sure I can hold it stable. I have dropped from read delay 6 to 7 & enabled all the "read delay phase adjusts" & with a touch more NB 1.61 to 1.65 its held 10680mb/s & 46.5ns for 3 hours of prime blend.

I cant see any major improvements although any performance improvement it better than nothing especially when you consider this was just a micro code update

I will have a proper play tomorrow night & let you guys know how I get on but right now I am just about to hit the town its Friday night here now

CN.

[winston856]

Alright guys check this out, I think I've eliminated my ram from being a problem



Now I've got to figure out what to do next, since it still bluescreens with memory dump after a while of prime 95-ing.

Here are my settings atm:

[Brother Esau]

Move NBV 1.45 CPU VTT 1.35 and SET ...GTL - 1/3 - 94 ~ GTL-0/2 - 94 ~ NB- GTL - 100

[winston856]

Move NBV 1.45 CPU VTT 1.35 and SET ...GTL - 1/3 - 94 ~ GTL-0/2 - 94 ~ NB- GTL - 100

Alright set, now I gotta test.

Sort of OT: Does anybody have any cooling ideas for the NB and PWM on this board. My temps are getting a little toasty compared to some others around here. I've got good airflow in my p180B, and I know people say "just stick a fan over it". Well that's great when it's sitting flat and level but the fan's going to end up at the bottom of my case when I turn it upright...

[ic3m4n2005]

I got two problems,
my X-Fi doesn't work in bottom PCI Slot and
my Adaptec 31205 Raid Controller doesn't work in middle PCIe Slot
Any ideas ?
And how can i flash my bios without having a floppy disk drive, since i got this anoying bug with winflash

[cantankerous]

Alright set, now I gotta test.

Sort of OT: Does anybody have any cooling ideas for the NB and PWM on this board. My temps are getting a little toasty compared to some others around here. I've got good airflow in my p180B, and I know people say "just stick a fan over it". Well that's great when it's sitting flat and level but the fan's going to end up at the bottom of my case when I turn it upright...

I hope you get your issues sorted. I am having a hard time too and hope to learn some things at the same time as you. My Ballistix ram is not playing nice at all and even at 800mhz it can't pass 1h of OCCT when the ram is rated for 1066.

[winston856]

Well I left prime running Blend and came back to find my computer had rebooted on me yet again. It's not my ram so WTH is going on here?

I don't know if it's my temps, my CPU is perfect but with EIST and C1E off my PWM is 43C idling here and my chipset is 48C

They're usually around 40C and 45C normally but P95 really heats them up.

Is the northbridge crapping out or what? I'm thinking about just slamming the volts up to see if that does anything, but that would just heat the NB up more.

[Brother Esau]

Whats you're q6600 clocked at? What I gave you works for me with Ram set at 333/667 at 3400MHZ

[nfm]

I got two problems,
my X-Fi doesn't work in bottom PCI Slot and
my Adaptec 31205 Raid Controller doesn't work in middle PCIe Slot
Any ideas ?
And how can i flash my bios without having a floppy disk drive, since i got this anoying bug with winflash

Does your RAID or Audio card work in other slots? I got Prelude plugged in the second from the bottom PCI slot and HBA controller in the bottom PCIe slot. Get a floppy dude if you don't want dead parts.

[Brother Esau]

Does your RAID or Audio card work in other slots? I got Prelude plugged in the second from the bottom PCI slot and HBA controller in the bottom PCIe slot. Get a floppy dude if you don't want dead parts.

Thats some Solid Advice that I would take if I were you!

[winston856]

Whats you're q6600 clocked at? What I gave you works for me with Ram set at 333/667 at 3400MHZ

Well currently I'm using the settings you gave, except I upped the vcore to 1.37xxx and it's been blending for 25 mins now I'm typing on it.

Current clocks are 400x9 1:1 divider with your settings and 1.37vcore

CPU: 48C, 48C, 44C, 44C.

PWM: 58C

Chipset : 61C

[jimmyz]

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Thats some Solid Advice that I would take if I were you!

And a spare bios chip

[empty1969a]

I got two problems,
my X-Fi doesn't work in bottom PCI Slot and
my Adaptec 31205 Raid Controller doesn't work in middle PCIe Slot
Any ideas ?
And how can i flash my bios without having a floppy disk drive, since i got this anoying bug with winflash

Did you put all the cards in at once or did you try inserting one card at a time and let it boot up? I have had problems in the past where cards all try to use the same resources by default so I select the reset pci config option in bios and insert one card at a time while I let it boot to windows.

Empty

[Brother Esau]

This is what works for me with my Hardware

DFI LANPARTY UT P35-T2R 9/13/07 Bios (BIOS 913)

INTEL CORE 2 DUO QUAD Q6600 KENTSFIELD 2.4GHZ 4M L2 CACHE

OCZ Flex XLC (PC2 9200) 5-5-5-18 2 x 1GB

ATI XT1950 XTX (CATALYST 7.8 @ 695/1098)

Auzentech XPlosion (BOOM HEAD SHOT!

Areca 1231 ML {Intel IOP 341} ~ 6 ~ 250gb Hitachi Sata II Raid 6 ~2~WD 74gb Raptors ~ Raid 0 ~

Plextor 750A

SilverStone OP1000

Tuniq Tower 120

>CPU Feature:
 
Thermal Management Control.......... - Disabled
PPM(EIST) Mode...................... - Disabled
Limit CPUID MaxVal.................. - Disabled
CIE Function........................ - Disabled
Execute Disable Bit................. - Enabled
Virtualization Technology........... - Enabled
Core Multi-Processing............... - Enabled
 
>DRAM Timing:
 
Enhance Data transmitting........... - Fast
Enhance Addressing.................. - Fast
T2 Dispatch......................... - Enabled

>Clock Setting Fine Delay Press Enter:

Ch1 Clock Crossing Setting......... - More Aggressive
DIMM1 Clock Fine Delay............. - Current[]
DIMM2 Clock Fine Delay............. - Current[]
Ch1 ControlFine Delay.............. - Current[]
Ch1 ControlFine Delay.............. - Current[]

Ch2 Clock Crossing Setting......... - More Aggressive
DIMM3 Clock Fine Delay............. - Current[]
DIMM4 Clock Fine Delay............. - Current[]
Ch2 ControlFine Delay.............. - Current[]
Ch2 ControlFine Delay.............. - Current[

Ch1 Ch2 Common Clock Setting....... - More Aggressive

Ch1 RDCAS GNT-Chip Delay........... - Auto
Ch1 WRCAS GNT-Chip Delay........... - Auto
Ch1 Command To CS Delay............ - Auto

Ch2 RDCAS GNT-Chip Delay........... - Auto
Ch2 WRCAS GNT-Chip Delay........... - Auto
Ch2 Command To CS Delay............ - Auto

CAS Latency Time (tCL).............. - 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD)........... - 5
RAS# Precharge (tRP)................ - 5
Precharge Delay (tRAS).............. - 12
All Precharge to Act................ - 4
REF to ACT Delay (tRFC)............. - 32
Performance Level................... - 6

>Read delay phase adjust Press Enter:

Channel 1 Phase 0 Pull-In.......... - Auto
Channel 1 Phase 1 Pull-In.......... - Auto
Channel 1 Phase 2 Pull-In.......... - Auto
Channel 1 Phase 3 Pull-In.......... - Auto
Channel 1 Phase 4 Pull-In.......... - Auto

Channel 2 Phase 0 Pull-In.......... - Auto
Channel 2 Phase 1 Pull-In.......... - Auto
Channel 2 Phase 2 Pull-In.......... - Auto
Channel 2 Phase 3 Pull-In.......... - Auto
Channel 2 Phase 4 Pull-In.......... - Auto

MCH ODT Latency..................... - 1
Write to PRE Delay (tWR)............ - 13
Rank Write to Read (tWTR)........... - 11
ACT to ACT Delay (tRRD)............. - 3
Read to Write Delay (tRDWR)......... - 8
Ranks Write to Write (tWRWR)........ - Auto
Ranks Read to Read (tRDRD).......... - Auto
Ranks Write to Read (tWRRD)......... - Auto
Read CAS# Precharge (tRTP).......... - 3
ALL PRE to Refresh.................. - 4

>Voltage Settings:
 
CPU VID Control..................... - 1.43175v
CPU VID Special Add................. - Auto
DRAM Voltage Control................ - 2.190v
SB 1.05V Voltage.................... - 1.070v
SB Core/CPU PLL Voltage............. - 1.55v
NB Core Voltage..................... - 1.57v
CPU VTT Voltage..................... - 1.53v
Vcore Droop Control................. - Disabled
Clockgen Voltage Control............ - 3.45v
GTL+ Buffers Strength............... - Strong
Host Slew Rate...................... - Weak
GTL REF Voltage Control............. - Enabled
CPU GTL1/3 REF Volt................. - 109
CPU GTL 0/2 REF Volt................ - 109
North Bridge GTL REF Volt........... - 112
 
Genie BIOS Settings:
 
Exist Setup Shutdown................ - Mode 2
CLOCK VC0 divider................... - Auto
CPU Clock Ratio Unlock.............. - Enabled
CPU Clock Ratio..................... - 8
Target CPU Clock.................... - 3550MHz
CPU Clock........................... - 444
Boot Up Clock....................... - Auto
DRAM Speed.......................... - 266/667
Target DRAM Speed................... - 1115MHz
PCIE Clock.......................... - 105mhz
PCIE Slot Config.................... - 4X 
CPU Spread Spectrum................. - Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum................ - Disabled
SATA Spread Spectrum................ - Disabled

[JohnMike]

Well currently I'm using the settings you gave, except I upped the vcore to 1.37xxx and it's been blending for 25 mins now I'm typing on it.

Current clocks are 400x9 1:1 divider with your settings and 1.37vcore

CPU: 48C, 48C, 44C, 44C.

PWM: 58C

Chipset : 61C

Man... That's to low voltage to run your CPU @400*9. I believe you may need voltage around 1.40~1.45 and some Q6600 a little bit more.

[winston856]

That's for posting your settings Esau

I'm not getting my hopes up yet but it's still priming after 1hr now at 1.37

I've looked at the [H] overclocking database and I'm about right or even lower than some of the guys on there regarding my voltage level for CPU mhz.

There's two guys on there that I'm close to with my results. The first is at 3.6Ghz @ 1.376 vcore, the second is 3.7Ghz @ 1.38 vcore.

Anywho since reading that I realized that I've got some more headroom to go

edit -- did I use enough smilies?

edit2-- 1 hour 10 mins now

edit3 -- Temps have dropped a bit - CPU: 46 46 40 40, PWM 55C, chip set still frying bacon @ 61C.

[ic3m4n2005]

At first i tried X-Fi on bottom, doesn't work. Then put it one slot above and it works.
After that i put the Adaptec in the middle Slot, nothing. In bottom Slot it's working, but it's only PCIe x1
Would a boot CD-Rom work like a floppy ? Since i've got no floppy here

[Lood007]

At first i tried X-Fi on bottom, doesn't work. Then put it one slot above and it works.
After that i put the Adaptec in the middle Slot, nothing. In bottom Slot it's working, but it's only PCIe x1
Would a boot CD-Rom work like a floppy ? Since i've got no floppy here

I've done it this way a couple times with no issues, but its obviously not as safe as doing it the normal way... more things can go wrong.

[winston856]

Well I got my first blue screen after 2 hours and 8 minutes of blend testing.

so I bumped the vcore up to 1.38125 and I'm retesting now.

[ridikolous]

my comp keeps bsoding after 4 hrs of prime. one core errors after 3-4 hr.. im upping the vtt right now to see if it helps any.

here are my bios setting
vdimm 2.19 ddr1034 cpu is 3.3 ghz
vtt 1.5
vnb 1.5
gtl ref 100/100/100
vcore 1.325 should i up the cpu volts more?

[cantankerous]

Has anyone figured out a way, if it is even possible at all to use the 333/1066 strap option? Since the day this board was released that option has been unavailable to use due to it not allowing the system to post once selected. It always results in a C1 error no matter what else is done to help remedy it. Even on the latest release bios this still occurs. Is this a bug that has yet to be squashed or am I missing something? If anyone is able to successfully use this strap please do share on how. I think I would like to keep my system at 3.0ghz but would like to try my ram at 1066 without having to fiddle with too much NB/VTT voltage that is required when you have a high FSB to obtain 1066+ speeds.