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

[jimmyz]

Ouch, sorry to hear that. Any idea if it was related to something other than the motherboard?

Definitely unrelated, I am on the x-38 with a 3850 just fine. works like a champ, no idea why the X2 refused to work after two days but it was running perfect, I got up to the no boot thing. I will have the replacement tommorow .(Motherboardpro FTW!!!)

[Razor_Blade]

When you get to the screen that asks where you want to install Windows click bottom left to load the RAID drivers.

I did and it seemed to make no difference. Just took forever to load.

I had this problem happen when I was installing Vista X64 with a USB key still plugged in. Remove any USB mass storage devices and give that a try... (if your Raptor isn't dead)

That would be a problem. I dont have any other way of installing the drivers. I guess I could burn a disk. Are the ones that came on the SATA floppy the correct ones?

What do I need to enable in the bios to allow it to see all of the drives and allow me to set them up in raid-0?

[Origin_Unknown]

Guy's i want to thank you all for your help after my psu blew up and my board was displaying the '8' code.

The idea's look like they've payed off and i've got a working board again the only thing i need to test now is my e8500.
I've re-flashed my bios to make sure its ok and it seems to be

now i can move on with my 3870x2 and complete watercooling plans


thanks again guys, its why i keep coming back to this community everyday

[Razor_Blade]

Congrats bud, glad to hear that it is running. Time to change the sig!

Any other ideas on my Vista install issues?

[Origin_Unknown]

Any other ideas on my Vista install issues?

, sorry

unfortunatly not dude i didnt need to install vista onto a raid

[zfactor]

razor i missed it but what issue are you having with installing vista on a raid setup??

[zoob]

Maybe try setting your USB device as USB-CDROM in the BIOS settings, rather than as a HDD?

[Razor_Blade]

Read the end of the last page.

[Razor_Blade]

Well, I got it to install, but not on raid drives. I may try again later, but I think I have a bad drive.

[jimmyz]

Well, I got it to install, but not on raid drives. I may try again later, but I think I have a bad drive.

I have raided Vista several times, Including now. I run a dual boot, 2 matching 250 gb Seagate drives with a 250 gb partition for xp and the remainder for Vista home prem. 32 bit. plus a storage drive for media files. I always install XP first then when I get a chance I start my vista install from within XP. seem much faster and easier for me. then when you boot you are given a boot menu that lets you select which o.s. or you can also run a built in memory testing program.

the only stand alone installs of 64 bit went smoothly on raid but that was during the Beta and RC1 days and I don't recall any issues.

did you get it to see your other drive properly ?

[Razor_Blade]

It still doesnt see the other drive. I am totally lost on this one. At least I got it to run.

[jimmyz]

It still doesnt see the other drive. I am totally lost on this one. At least I got it to run.

You tried other cables right?. rescan drives in bios? feel like it is spinning up? tried other ports?

[Jor3lBR]

Nice Quad OC , how about GTL settings disabled or set ?

Thanks Dede! They are disabled for now. I got a mixed settings from Praz and Eva. I'll post template later.

Board is running great so far in 450*9 with 4:5 divider. Gonna work lowering the voltages now.

Are you from Portugal or Brazil (or neither)? That name kinda familiar...

[2000army]

So far....
OCCT Stable ....Prime stable ....what else is there?




http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=306201

[zoob]

WCG/F@H stable

[zanzabar]

So far....
OCCT Stable ....Prime stable ....what else is there?


http://valid.x86-secret.com/ccpuz.php?id=306201

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=306201

u wont need to check for stability until 3.8 3.6 is something that nearly every chip will do fine on a p35/x38

[Razor_Blade]

Drive is officially dead. I am past the Newegg RMA window, so I have to go through Western Digital. I hope they aren't a pain to work with.

[Matias23]

Will Corsair pc2-8888 will work well with this mobo?
Thanks

[PhilDoc]

Drive is officially dead. I am past the Newegg RMA window, so I have to go through Western Digital. I hope they aren't a pain to work with.

Had to RMA a raptor about 6 months ago. It took one phone call with the usual, convince me that the drive is really dead, and the rest was very little hassle. They do cross ship and don't charge your card unless you fail to send the bad drive in time. I had the new drive in a couple of days. Overall, I was very happy about how smooth things went.

[OnDborder]

Just installed a e8400.
Anyone have any bios settings(shortcuts) for a 8400?
I did get up to 450x9 3dm2k6 stable with my q6600..

[Bikerz]

Ive got mine in and done a reinstall of everything. I cant windows update or update my antivirus as says daye it wrong. Its not in both bios and on windows. All software is legal, any ideas?

[PRJ]

Ive got mine in and done a reinstall of everything. I cant windows update or update my antivirus as says daye it wrong. Its not in both bios and on windows. All software is legal, any ideas?

Sounds like a wrong date in Bios, are you sure that its not just a typo..?

Remember its..... 2008

[Bikerz]

lol. Cheers what I didnt rember was its now Feb, DOH. Sorry

[flexy]

what are reasonable voltages for VTT, SB and NB ?

I have hell of a time getting my Q6600 to 3600, i got it OOCT stable at 3537 now with 1.4 Vid...but 3600 is an absolute *no-go* here. MAYBE with 1.48+ Vid but then i would get rather unpleasant temps 75+/core....

Right now 30mins into OCCT i am getting 69-70/core which i think is still ok. It's just a few mhz but i didnt think that 3600 is that hard, unlike someone posting before me saying almost each should get 3600 w/o problems.

[eva2000]

First prime95 with E8500 on DFI X38 LT

System

• Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Q740A493T 2L7**** / **1808
• CPU Cooling: Corsair Nautilus 500 H20
• DFI LP LT X38-T2R 12/28 beta
• 128MB Gainward FX5200 PCI
• 2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC2-8500 dual channel kit (green dimm slots)
• 750GB Samsung HD753LJ
• Pioneer DVD-RW
• 700W OCZ GameXStream
• WinXP Pro SP2

Room temp: 28.1C to 29.5C

4000Mhz - 9.5x421FSB at 1.2875v bios (1.312v windows load)