Official DFI LanParty UT X38-T2R(and LT) Discussion/Review/Overclock/Guide Thread

[Dark79]

All my voltages were behaving nicely and I had no problems until now... hopefully I can negotiate a cross ship with DFI :\

EDIT: just got around to checking the box, my board was from Taiwan....

Good luck with DFI RMA... you're going to need it (I know firsthand)

[carmatic]

cant you rma it from the place you bought it?

[t_ski]

Very nice, went to motherboardpro's site to check the status and they lower the price of the board $20 to $249.

Figures - right after I bought mine

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

Good luck with DFI RMA... you're going to need it (I know firsthand)

I got a cross ship RMA, so now i don't have to deal with that

[lazy]

I got a cross ship RMA, so now i don't have to deal with that

your a lucky person then

[carmatic]

hrrmm, looks like its benchmarks and stress tests from bootable floppies and cds for me, one of my hard disks has tripped its smart... The only one i know of is memtest, what others can you guys tell me to use?

And oh yeah, do you also know if which test in memtest correlates with which setting in the bios? Like probably stuff in the dram timings...Or if indeed it is possible to correlate anything at all, cuz it would just be sweeeet when you know what to change, or at the very least narrow it down...

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

your a lucky person then

FYI to anyone else who has to RMA, they wont offer a cross ship so you need to ask A LOT, personally i had to send 3 different emails to the same person and ask 5 separate times on the phone before she sent me the form to obtain a cross-ship. go figure....

[SmokeyTheBandit]

Dropped in a E8400 yesterday and started tweaking and went to bed.
When i wanted to boot here up today it wouldn't boot and will only display

Post Code 88 ...... have reset the bios for a lot of times but won't solve anything.

What can i do about this guys ?

[zsamz_]

Dropped in a E8400 yesterday and started tweaking and went to bed.
When i wanted to boot here up today it wouldn't boot and will only display

Post Code 88 ...... have reset the bios for a lot of times but won't solve anything.

What can i do about this guys ?

i powerdown from the back n reset cmos

[kasu code]

Hey guys, Sorry for my ignorance on not reading the hole thread. But I just got my DFI LanParty LT X38 and a QX9650 aswell as 8GB of DDR2 1000 G.skill.

I cant seem to up the FSB even by one Mhz. If I do my system goes into a restart cycle and I have to reset the CMOS to get it back. Any Ideas?


Any tips? Whats the best way I should go about overclocking this CPU?

Thanks for any help.

[Origin_Unknown]

my e8500 comes tomorrow so hopefully i'll be getting the 4.5 ghz i want

[zsamz_]

im in the same boat myself

if i had your board i'd keep it unless you want crossfire
i had a gigabyte p35c witch maxed out @ 575 fsb stable but voltage options suked
i maxed out 555fsb on this 1
ram clocking is better uses less volts
if i had a dfi-p35 i wouldnt get the x38 when i got the x38 it was 25$ more in my case so i got it lol
i love the board it is one of the best boards i've owned

[zsamz_]

Hey guys, Sorry for my ignorance on not reading the hole thread. But I just got my DFI LanParty LT X38 and a QX9650 aswell as 8GB of DDR2 1000 G.skill.

I cant seem to up the FSB even by one Mhz. If I do my system goes into a restart cycle and I have to reset the CMOS to get it back. Any Ideas?


Any tips? Whats the best way I should go about overclocking this CPU?

Thanks for any help.

chek your nb volts you gonna need 1,6v+ on nb for 8 gigs
boot with 4 gigs to start n set your voltages
and if your gtl settings are off you not gonna boot lol
i ran 4 sticks @ 1200mhz+ no problem
read the thread lots of info

[zfactor]

well its not that much more now they lowered the price on the x38 mobo

[t_ski]

hrrmm, looks like its benchmarks and stress tests from bootable floppies and cds for me, one of my hard disks has tripped its smart... The only one i know of is memtest, what others can you guys tell me to use?

And oh yeah, do you also know if which test in memtest correlates with which setting in the bios? Like probably stuff in the dram timings...Or if indeed it is possible to correlate anything at all, cuz it would just be sweeeet when you know what to change, or at the very least narrow it down...

I'm not sure if this is correct, but I think I remember hearing that test 5 had to do with your NB settings (volts, etc.) Usually if test 5 failed you upped the volts a little.

[Praz]

After installing the 8400 last night really didn't have time to see what it would do. Using the 01/09 BIOS, set NB to 1.4V and VCORE 1.3275V. All other voltages at stock settings. 450x9 is Orthos stable. Hopefully can get into it more this weekend unless I switch over to the P35 board.

[kasu code]

chek your nb volts you gonna need 1,6v+ on nb for 8 gigs
boot with 4 gigs to start n set your voltages
and if your gtl settings are off you not gonna boot lol
i ran 4 sticks @ 1200mhz+ no problem
read the thread lots of info

Thanks

[Origin_Unknown]

After installing the 8400 last night really didn't have time to see what it would do. Using the 01/09 BIOS, set NB to 1.4V and VCORE 1.3275V. All other voltages at stock settings. 450x9 is Orthos stable. Hopefully can get into it more this weekend unless I switch over to the P35 board.

i take it you mean on the dfi x38?

[Praz]

i take it you mean on the dfi x38?

Yes. Currently in the X38 board.

[Origin_Unknown]

Yes. Currently in the X38 board.

lol i thought we was in the official e8400/e8500 thread my mistake

[crazyea]

Hey guys, Sorry for my ignorance on not reading the hole thread. But I just got my DFI LanParty LT X38 and a QX9650 aswell as 8GB of DDR2 1000 G.skill.

I cant seem to up the FSB even by one Mhz. If I do my system goes into a restart cycle and I have to reset the CMOS to get it back. Any Ideas?


Any tips? Whats the best way I should go about overclocking this CPU?

Thanks for any help.

333/1000 is a finicky divider on this board. Make sure you have the latest bios that makes it a bit better. Also try running 1:1 and see if that helps.

chek your nb volts you gonna need 1,6v+ on nb for 8 gigs
boot with 4 gigs to start n set your voltages
and if your gtl settings are off you not gonna boot lol
i ran 4 sticks @ 1200mhz+ no problem
read the thread lots of info

4 Sticks @ 1200? 4x2gb? Hmmm. I dont think these g.skill are able to do that kind of mhz, especially with 8gb.

Anyway, I think the best bet for 8gb is to set the divider to 1:1, then the NB doesn't need crazy volts and the performance in real word (outside of benchmarks) is not all that different.

Here I am running 8gb. My volts are low. My q6600 is @ 3.8ghz and my memory is at 844mhz. 100% prime stable. Click for larger pic

Of course with his qx9650 he should be able to do it with less vcore.

[linflas]

Your PWM temps seem kinda high, this is mine, uptime is in the task manager, 76 hours since a reboot crunching at the settings seen, ambient is ~70F, so 100% cpu load on all 4 cores, Vcore is set to 1.4875 in bios but always shows as 1.5, DMM show 1.49, so stick with that as my true reading. Boinc WCG does not stress quite as much as Prime, but it is pretty damn close.

I will have a transpiper in my hands on Monday, so will give it a burn in and see how it does compared to the stock cooling which I am using now on the PWM. From what I have been told, above ~45 is danger zone on these, so I am just skirting the limit. (all in red due to fan settings I have in the bios)

[Bikerz]

What is C1 on the mobo? I dont get an image on monitor. I havent connected floppy power conectors onto mobo near gfx slots, do I have to?

[linflas]

What is C1 on the mobo? I dont get an image on monitor. I havent connected floppy power conectors onto mobo near gfx slots, do I have to?

memory initialization, make sure ram is up to voltage needed, or try one stick

[crazyea]

Your PWM temps seem kinda high

It's 75f in here right now. My pwm is kinda high, its been that way since I water cooled my rig. I think my board bowed a tad. Need a backplate I guess. Also, less airflow in the case without a cpu fan blowing on it. 4sticks of 2gb mem and an 8800gts heating up the inside of the case. Under normal tasks it stays around 40deg. My chipset is nice and low though.

As for my CPU I set the offset too high, my coretemps in everest are a bit more accurate.