Official Gigabyte X48/X48T-DQ6 bios+info thread

**Richard Dower** · 12-28-2007, 05:34 PM

Added a few pics of the X48T-DQ6:

More pics here:

http://www.thehardwarelabs.com/forum...read.php?t=771

**Richard Dower** · 12-28-2007, 05:37 PM

I count 36 fins on the NB heatsink, my count must have been off as i thought i saw 30 fins. The X38 models only have 22 fins....so it's much larger.

**Nightportier** · 03-22-2008, 03:14 PM

Gonna get my new rig up and running very soon. Anyone started to play with this mobo yet?

**Richard Dower** · 03-22-2008, 09:11 PM

New X48-DQ6 review:

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=533

**Rob94hawk** · 03-22-2008, 11:49 PM

Originally Posted by zsamz_

they didnt debug their x38 yet

No kidding! Try updating the BIOS on the Gigabyte X38T and see what happens. You get the reboot of death!

And unless I'm reading the box right pairing the X48 chipset with DDR2 is the most retarded thing ever done. They might as well throw an AGP slot on it.

**DualCore** · 03-23-2008, 11:23 AM

wasup, here another review ...

from overclockbench:

Code:

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2008/gigabyte/GA-X48T-DQ6/g1a.htm

**DualCore** · 03-23-2008, 11:55 AM

this mobo have this on back, what happen with the coolers that use a backplate like tuniq, true and others

**Infa** · 03-23-2008, 12:02 PM

I got a Gigabyte, not just THIS one in perticular... but almost every gigabyte gas this backplate, and i can by NO MEANS mount a backplate on this, and i CANT remove it either couse then the NB cooling wont sit tight... maybe u can put a nut there? wth i didnt care about that and mounted the bolts to my block with some paper washers, i've allways used backplate but not this time...havent noticed any crashes couse of this... well well....

dont like gigabyte

**BenchZowner** · 03-23-2008, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by OBR

my max OC with QX9650 is only 460MHz FSB ... and very bad RAM timings ... on Asus Maximus Extreme i can use CL7 at 1800MHz, on this Giga board is stable 1800MHz only at CL9!

My X48T-DQ6 sample did very good, especially in memory overclocking.
Amazingly it surpassed my best shots taken with my "lucky - great MCH" P5K3 Deluxe.

p.s. Review link ( click me )

Originally Posted by Rob94hawk

No kidding! Try updating the BIOS on the Gigabyte X38T and see what happens. You get the reboot of death!

And unless I'm reading the box right pairing the X48 chipset with DDR2 is the most retarded thing ever done. They might as well throw an AGP slot on it.

That's a specific BIOS version issue.
They had a similar "death version" BIOS release for the X48T-DQ6 as well

It happens though...not only with Gigabyte

Originally Posted by Infa

I got a Gigabyte, not just THIS one in perticular... but almost every gigabyte gas this backplate, and i can by NO MEANS mount a backplate on this, and i CANT remove it either couse then the NB cooling wont sit tight... maybe u can put a nut there? wth i didnt care about that and mounted the bolts to my block with some paper washers, i've allways used backplate but not this time...havent noticed any crashes couse of this... well well....

dont like gigabyte

I don't know about their older models, but there are two bolts within the package to secure the NorthBridge cooler without using the Crazy Cool backplate.

**Infa** · 03-23-2008, 01:15 PM

really... hmmm ..

didnt think of that actually ..NOW u say it hehe...just when im about the change board , ah well.. now i know MAYBE til another gigabyte, dunno when though

cheers!

**Feichti** · 03-23-2008, 05:07 PM

My x48-DQ6 arrived this week and now under Water Pics i will post tomorrow

Feichti

**Rob94hawk** · 03-24-2008, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by BenchZowner

That's a specific BIOS version issue.
They had a similar "death version" BIOS release for the X48T-DQ6 as well

It happens though...not only with Gigabyte

.

It wasn't with just one specific version, it was with all of them. Even after I reverted back to the origional BIOS I still get the reboot of death.

**BenchZowner** · 03-24-2008, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by Rob94hawk

It wasn't with just one specific version, it was with all of them. Even after I reverted back to the origional BIOS I still get the reboot of death.

That was probably your own motherboards' fault and not the BIOSes fault.
Probably a defective board

**dart22** · 03-26-2008, 04:41 PM

Hi

Just Got my X48-DQ6, In the past I've had good luck with gigabyte compared to asus, NOT THIS TIME!!
out of the box my motherboard is reboting all the time, I had used it inittially with Q9300 and i failed to get my board to post, so i used an older cpu, and it did post so i went back to the Q9300 and it worked i installed windows but after some time while i was restaring it went into continuos rebooting again
I tried to update the bios but i could see no new releases
so is my board defictive or what??

Thanks

**BenchZowner** · 03-26-2008, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by dart22

Hi

Just Got my X48-DQ6, In the past I've had good luck with gigabyte compared to asus, NOT THIS TIME!!
out of the box my motherboard is reboting all the time, I had used it inittially with Q9300 and i failed to get my board to post, so i used an older cpu, and it did post so i went back to the Q9300 and it worked i installed windows but after some time while i was restaring it went into continuos rebooting again
I tried to update the bios but i could see no new releases
so is my board defictive or what??

Use your old CPU to flash to this BIOS version ( Click to download ), and try again.

**dart22** · 03-26-2008, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by BenchZowner

Use your old CPU to flash to this BIOS version ( Click to download ), and try again.

Thanks for the Quick rebly, just to be sure: I have the DDR2 X48-DQ6 NOT the X48T-DQ6

**edo** · 03-26-2008, 05:03 PM

does dq6 x48 have issues like dq6 x38 as soon as it born ?
i'm very indecided between x48 and 780i

**Ace-a-Rue** · 03-26-2008, 05:19 PM

if anyone wants to share this board experiences in DDR3 flavor, i am just setting up shop at this link over in Intel Info and Support sub forum:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=181752

**BenchZowner** · 03-26-2008, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by dart22

Thanks for the Quick rebly, just to be sure: I have the DDR2 X48-DQ6 NOT the X48T-DQ6

Oh damn!
Sorry bro, my bad.
Didn't notice the missing T.

**dart22** · 03-26-2008, 06:54 PM

Just a quistion:

gigabyte lists only one Bios for the X48-DQ6 "F6" !

On Station drivers they have a "F6b"

which is newer??

**Richard Dower** · 03-26-2008, 07:21 PM

F6 is newer, F6b is beta....updated Realtek 8111B/C LAN drivers, March 26th:

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false

**dart22** · 03-26-2008, 07:24 PM

Originally Posted by Richard Dower

F6 is newer, F8b is beta....updated Realtek 8111B/C LAN drivers, March 26th:

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false

Richard:

Where can i get bios F8b for my X48-DQ6 ?

**Richard Dower** · 03-26-2008, 08:04 PM

Typo...GB use letters to denote beta releases, so F6b/c/d/e etc are betas.

**dart22** · 03-27-2008, 03:42 AM

So F6 is currently the latest bios for the X48-DQ6!

**kenofstephen** · 03-27-2008, 05:14 AM

the X48 (non-T) overclocks quite bad,
don't know what the X48-T will do.

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