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

[~aoe~]

Freqy: Revhead has answered the changing multiplier question for you.

Regarding the temps, Speedfan is known to incorrectly report the temps due to an incorrect tjunction temp used to calculate the temp. This is fixed in the latest beta version of Speedfan. You will need to register on the Speedfan site if you want to use this beta.

I personally use Coretemp for monitoring the temps. 0.95.4 correctly reports temps and is stable (0.95 is known to crash on some systems).

[Caped Crusader]

NOW:

- BIOS F7D
- E6750 @ 3600Mhz (450x8) 1.36vcore
- KINGMAX MARS DDR2 800 (2x2Gb) @ 900Mhz 5-5-5-18 (1:1) 2.34v
(RAM sticks have ENZOTECH copper heatspredders installed)
- (G)MCH +0.05v for stability


TO TRY LATER:

- fastening timings to see if the RAM handles them
- lower DIMM volt to 2.20v and test for stability
- lower vcore to 1.35 and test for stability

So far, I'm nor surprised with the RAM performance of this board. Although I have a budget PC6400 2x2Gb kit which wasn't really made to push into overclocking, I thought I could do at least the 900Mhz with 1.98v but then the cold boot bug strikes again, vista 64bits freezes in just under 5 minutes of idling and I'm force to up the voltage.

Next week I'll try a different DDR2 kit, CORSAIR PC6400 DHX 2x2Gb CL5 to see if they overclock better.