Official GIGABYTE X38-DQ6/X38T-DQ6 Info/BIOS Thread

[merlin76]

Performance is OK:



Settings used:
460x8
2.0A Turbo
4-4-4-12-3-3-6-42-3-7-Auto-2T

LC does not work as expected, also tRD bug is still present. You need to set tRD in BIOS manually.

[century child]

F7F BOIS X38-DQ6 here:
http://www.jzelectronic.de/jz2/index.php

F7D with fixed PCIe x4 Bug Never expected that on GB board since 965 LOL

JZ posted in the German Gigabyte forum that loadline calibration seems to work in this version when set to enabled and it also looks like EIST works with manually set vcore.

[merlin76]

JZ posted in the German Gigabyte forum that loadline calibration seems to work in this version when set to enabled and it also looks like EIST works with manually set vcore.

No, Gigabyte is still working on it.

Bad translation: http://translate.google.com/translat...hl=de&ie=UTF-8

[greek420]

does anyone have a qx9650 on X38 ddr2 gigabyte? and if so which bios actually supports that chip

[eva2000]

does anyone have a qx9650 on X38 ddr2 gigabyte? and if so which bios actually supports that chip

http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?t=5121

[railmeat]

CAN some one plz post a link to dl f7d bios AND in english please.dstealth bios download page bring me to a spyware infested spanish or dutch,german?site.any one please help me......ENGLISH site plz.

[greek420]

Eva2000 thancks for the help with that rev.
Very nice and full By far one of the best for results i have seen Thanck you for the read

[Richard Dower]

The SATA optical issue is *STILL* present with F7f....this is not good!

[LiViD]

I'm sticking with F6b. I'd stop playing with the F7's as they either don't provide any performance benefit or just add more bugs in the long run.

[Frostybyte]

Hey all, thanks for a great forum, posters!

I have the X38-DQ6 which I've had maybe a month. So far, I have to say I'm abit let down. I shelled out almost $500 here in N.Z which is alot for a guy with no present job, moving up from my p965-S3 (so a huge upgrade or so I thought).

First problem (maybe someone can suggest something I'm missing): My max FSB is...410-420 mhz. Currently on F4 bios but did try one of the F6 bios' to find the max FSB went below 400. I'm very disappointed since my S3 could do 514 perfectly stable although I could only have 2 sticks of ram in at a time.

Second problem: Every couple days or so, the machine, upon reboot, just fails to. It requires taking 3 sticks out and leaving one in, letting it boot up and run a little while and then shutting down and reinserting the ram. What is with this, anyone know ?

I have a Q6600 G0 CPU and G.skill HZ and Crucial ram. Appreciate any suggestions! Thanks.

Luke

[Cornel]

CAN some one plz post a link to dl f7d bios AND in english please.dstealth bios download page bring me to a spyware infested spanish or dutch,german?site.any one please help me......ENGLISH site plz.

Yes...

Please, english site with the bios would be great!

[Frostybyte]

Also, is it relatively safe to flash bios from Windows nowadays ? I don't have a floppy drive is all.

I forgot to mention that I had to RMA the first board I got since it just wouldn't POST no matter what. Took it in to get it looked at and they couldn't get it working either. Would go through endless reboot cycle.

Maybe I was a little harsh, I'm not that let down but I do need a stable system that pref overclocks to 450. I didn't think that was too much to ask. I havn't done alot of tweaking so maybe theres hope still.

[koc]

I flashed the bios with F7f

the result , I cant overclock the system

going back to F7D

[~aoe~]

Also, is it relatively safe to flash bios from Windows nowadays ? I don't have a floppy drive is all.

I personally would never try and flash the bios from windows - far too much risk in my opinion. If you don't have a floppy drive, use a usb stick. As long as legacy usb support is enabled in bios, the bios can read a usb stick.

[chefnr1]

I'm holding on with F3 bios pic of S-pi 1M with not that optimized memsetting 4-4-4-4 rest auto.

[LiViD]

F'n hell chefnr...

Now if only my E6850 would do that.

[chefnr1]

F'n hell chefnr...

Now if only my E6850 would do that.

Thanks i will go for to get my mem at higher speed this is mem at 4-4-4-4 1:1
Then i will get the cpu a bit higher..

Have a pic of 3d05 at same speed.

[viquene]

Frostybyte >
I have the same probleme as you. But before the endless reboot cycle, the mobo flashed itself from the HDD, and it seems to have failed. I don't understand why it flashed... I just set bad parameters for frequencies and 2.0A (etc)...
It happened the day after I received the mobo.
I had to RMA it too.
Did it happen because of the HDD was a Raid0 ?

[Caped Crusader]

Thanks i will go for to get my mem at higher speed this is mem at 4-4-4-4 1:1
Then i will get the cpu a bit higher..

Have a pic of 3d05 at same speed.

dude! is that vcore for real? 1.175v????

what are you using for cpu cooling?

[Frostybyte]

Sorry to hear that viquene. Having raided HD's shouldn't affect anything. Did you keep a bios copy on your drive?

Is 420Mhz considered average with these boards ? I can't believe how bad that is compared to other chipsets.

[viquene]

Yes, the bios is still probably on the HDD...
The problem, for me, is not that the flashing failed. It happens. It is just I don't understand WHY it flashed...
I didn't ask anything...
If the params don't allow to boot, the mobo must load default params...no ?

[Richard Dower]

So we're two months on from the X38 release...and STILL no official and/or stable bios....great isin't it?

Gigabyte are a wonderful company that really care about it's customers who keep them in business and put food on there table.

Did anyones sarcasm radar go off just then?

[Richard Dower]

There is alot of droop on the DIMM voltage with this bios, setting 2.0V in bios droops to 1.96V.

[zsamz_]

So we're two months on from the X38 release...and STILL no official and/or stable bios....great isin't it?

Gigabyte are a wonderful company that really care about it's customers who keep them in business and put food on there table.

Did anyones sarcasm radar go off just then?

verry funny
if only they had good bios coders
they havent fully fixed 965 or p35
what wakes you think they will fix x38

well i so pissed @ gigabyte i will never but another gigabyte product not even with a big discount "time is money"

[Frostybyte]

I'm not sure I will go with Gigabyte again either to be honest. I've been a decent customer.. last two video cards + motherboards were gigabyte for example.

Is there any vdroop mods for this ?