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

[ChrissTi]

Problems that might apear on watercooling systems.
http://fredrik.hubbe.net/silence/wat...intenance.html

[Sambe]

i had big problem when i overclocking my e6600@3200 8x400 3dmark06 score go down about 6600pts. stock clock i get about 10000

[ChrissTi]

Sambe, what is the memory frequency ? What GPU ?

[Sambe]

BFG 8800GTX OC with EK Fullcover block. i have Mushkin XP2-6400 4-4-3-10 stock value FSB/Mem 1:1. I have f5h bios

[2DIFF]

-> ChrissTi: Thanks! Guess I got some protozoa in my system, mutating and finally taking over my central nervous system (read PKD 4more)...whatever, this' the highest I'll get, before improving my cooling system. Greetz from SwaziakaSwizzaland

[Richard Dower]

Hornet..please post pics if you can, high res if you can...pics of the various chipsets etc., so we can see the differences in the PCB.

Also, did you buy it retail...and where?

[Hornet331]

Hornet..please post pics if you can, high res if you can...pics of the various chipsets etc., so we can see the differences in the PCB.

Also, did you buy it retail...and where?

i'll do it tomorrow.

yep, i bought it retail in a shop in austria, but that shop got it from a bigger retailer. Dont ask me from which one, but it was from germany.

[freqy]

hello

are people having any fun oc'ing past 1066mhz with the new beta bios?

[Richard Dower]

X38-DS4 now listed at GB:

http://www.giga-byte.com.tw/Support/...ProductID=2736

[ChrissTi]

My system mem speed is 1080 with the latest F7H bios 5 6 6 18
and I guess I could do more if my memory were identical. Right now they are 2x1G ADATA Extreme Edition 800+ and 2x1G Team Group Extreme 800. I'll wait and see maybe I'll get one 2x2G 4 4.. at 1066, but right now they are too expensive here ... about 1000$

[ChrissTi]

X38-DS4 does not have Quad-Triple Phase Power ...

[Richard Dower]

DS4 dosen't have 12 phase, it has 6 phase...which is why it's cheaper.

[Richard Dower]

Which ACPI suspend type is best?, S1 or S3?...S3 is enabled by default...what is the difference in the two?

[Richard Dower]

I read the Wiki explanation for S1/S3...but what setting do most of you guys use?....i normally use S1.

[ChrissTi]

S1 - Power to the CPU and RAM is maintained
S3- Only power to the RAM is mainained ...
S3 is good if you have an UPS, or windows vista which saves Mem data to the HDD before entering S3 (combination beetwen hibernation and S3)

[Richard Dower]

Based upon the PDF manual for the X38-DS4...it appears the bios flash parts have been changed to a Winbond 25X80 part. What does this mean in practice?

http://www.eeproductcenter.com/artic...leID=181503961

[Richard Dower]

S1 - Power to the CPU and RAM is maintained
S3- Only power to the RAM is mainained ...

I got that, it uses less power...any other differences?, perhaps speed etc. in terms of how fast the system resumes?

[Richard Dower]

Hmm..the Winbond flash looks as if it'll be much faster at flashing bios then before.

[Richard Dower]

i'll do it tomorrow.

yep, i bought it retail in a shop in austria, but that shop got it from a bigger retailer. Dont ask me from which one, but it was from germany.

Hornet...can you try get a closeup of the dual bios flash parts?, are they Winbond?

[ChrissTi]

S3 uses less power of corse is just the mem powered

[Hornet331]

as promised, some screens:

(sry for the average quality, the shots are only taken with my backup camara)

if you need other areas just say it.

Gigabyte GA-X38T-DQ6 Rev. 1.1


Cpu socket:


Northbridge and surroundings:


Southbridge and surroundings:


Bios Area:

chips say:
MX -15G
25L8005M2C
2W71660

googled it, they are by Macronix (Datasheet)

Voltage regulators:


Power connector area:


Various shots:

Bottom area (with rev 1.1 sticker)


Realtek Sound:


Pci 1x area:


Realtek Lan:


Gigabyte Sata controller:

[Caped Crusader]

My system mem speed is 1080 with the latest F7H bios 5 6 6 18
and I guess I could do more if my memory were identical. Right now they are 2x1G ADATA Extreme Edition 800+ and 2x1G Team Group Extreme 800. I'll wait and see maybe I'll get one 2x2G 4 4.. at 1066, but right now they are too expensive here ... about 1000$

1000$?! holy !! where do you live, in the middle of the atlantic?

[freqy]

sorry to sound a bit behind > where do you down the latest x38-dq6 bios?

i'll like to see if its fixed the dual channel 1066 problem

you did very well to tune your baord at 1080 with 4 unmatched modules.

thanks for any help

[freqy]

good luck tuning your new board hornet331 be interesting to see how it compares to the x38 dq6.

[Hornet331]

still waiting for my ram.

and i have a bad feeling that i wont see it befor the new year...