**Official ABIT IX38 QuadGT Review/Overclock/Guide Thread**

[Spyrus]

Well, FYI I'm using B08 BIOS too and running my RAM (Team Xtreem) 600Mhz@5-5-5-15 daily on divider 1:1.5 without single problem. I using vMCH 1.35v and vDIMM 2.2v.
Rock solid for it pass Dual Win Memtest 500% and more. Booting and operating flawlessly.

This board seems to have a little compatibility issue with some RAM. One of my friend had trouble running Geil Black Dragon 8 GB on this mobo. No post at all. After he changed the RAM to Team Elite with the same size, his problem was solved.
The same problem had been heard with OCZ Titanium Alpha that belong to one of the member here.

About the CPU-Z sensor, I think it actually have a little problem detecting the right voltage for this motherboard. The newest one v1.44 shows no difference.
I prefer using Everest for seeing the right value as it shows same voltage as shown in uGuru.

What about 1:1.2 and 1:1.25 divider?
Had you tried any other bios?
Both 12b09 and 12b08 identical results for me.

And at 1:1 with CL5 performance level 10!

[Solarfall]

hey fellas i have a bronblem with this board...seems like i cant change the ddr2 voltages from bios at all.. i have flashed the latest bios and still i cant change anything ??? WTF is going on here... do i have a faulty board on my hands ??

[Spyrus]

Flash with /wb flag as noted at post here with dos/usb update.

[Ace-a-Rue]

hey fellas i have a bronblem with this board...seems like i cant change the ddr2 voltages from bios at all.. i have flashed the latest bios and still i cant change anything ??? WTF is going on here... do i have a faulty board on my hands ??

is this your 1st abit board which has Uguru chip?

[Solarfall]

is this your 1st abit board which has Uguru chip?

it is... i wonder what is causing this, i even tryed different ram sticks still no go

[Spyrus]

You did pressed +/- right?
Because with enter it does not show values.

[Solarfall]

You did pressed +/- right?
Because with enter it does not show values.

LOL WHAT i have to press those keys and not enter.... LOL ok thanks dude for making me feel like a total retard..

[Ace-a-Rue]

LOL WHAT i have to press those keys and not enter.... LOL ok thanks dude for making me feel like a total retard..

have you installed Uguru software version 3.107 in windows?...that is the easiest way to change voltages right from your desktop.

[ScubaMob]

hey, guys. Found something very strange with my ix38 and q6600. I have never been able to get my q6600 over 3.4ghz. That's regardless of multiplier or FSB or memory timings... period, i just can't. I attribute this mostly to beiong a relative noob with OCing. However, Speed fan has always shown cores 2 and 3 at abnormally low temperatures. they are roughly 10C cooler cores 0 and 1 which are the correct temperature (roughly 10-13C hotter than socket temp or tJunction or whatever it's called). reading the sensors directly with crystal cpu confirms the temps as actual.

Now I could never figure this out for some reason. Just now I was looking at cpu-z and it shows my corespeed at 3006mhz (9x334). I didn't realize i could look at the individual cores until today so i checked em out and 0&1 show 3006mhz BUT 2&4 show 2004mhz (6x334)! C1E and EIST are both disabled! this would explain the variation in core temps if two are stuck on a 6x multiplier.

WTF?! has anyone heard of this? I have run most of the beta BIOS and this has always been the case. Is CPUZ wrong? Speedfan would seem to support cpuz as those two cores indeed run cooler... Anything I should try? am I missing something in BIOS? HELF! ... and thanks

[Ace-a-Rue]

hey, guys. Found something very strange with my ix38 and q6600. I have never been able to get my q6600 over 3.4ghz. That's regardless of multiplier or FSB or memory timings... period, i just can't. I attribute this mostly to beiong a relative noob with OCing. However, Speed fan has always shown cores 2 and 3 at abnormally low temperatures. they are roughly 10C cooler cores 0 and 1 which are the correct temperature (roughly 10-13C hotter than socket temp or tJunction or whatever it's called). reading the sensors directly with crystal cpu confirms the temps as actual.

Now I could never figure this out for some reason. Just now I was looking at cpu-z and it shows my corespeed at 3006mhz (9x334). I didn't realize i could look at the individual cores until today so i checked em out and 0&1 show 3006mhz BUT 2&4 show 2004mhz (6x334)! C1E and EIST are both disabled! this would explain the variation in core temps if two are stuck on a 6x multiplier.

WTF?! has anyone heard of this? I have run most of the beta BIOS and this has always been the case. Is CPUZ wrong? Speedfan would seem to support cpuz as those two cores indeed run cooler... Anything I should try? am I missing something in BIOS? HELF! ... and thanks

i tried cpu z 1.43 and 1.44 and it will not allow me to look at any of the cores for QX9650 except for core #1.

i do have two cores showing 10c lower than the other two cores...but...i doubt that the multi is down to 6 like on just two cores...get everest latest edition to check what all four cores are reading...i just did and it showed all four cores at the rated speed...it should confirm if you have a problem or not...if you do...i would think it is a bios problem...try the cpu on another board.

[ScubaMob]

unfortunately, trying the CPU on another mobo won't be a possibility for me. I took the multiplier down to 6x in BIOS and speedfan still showed the temp difference but cpu-z showed the multi's correctly. Im thinking that maybe cpu-z just isn't reading cores 2&3 correctly. Also is the cores where indeed slower than would they finish prime tests more slowly than the other two cores? As is they are all about even.

Think this is a false alarm. Just a coincidence that the two cores that happen to be cooler also just happen to read slower in cpu-z. Hypothetically, underclocking to a multiplier of 6 should have effected the temps if the cores had been running different multipliers. Also, it should have shown up in prime if half the cores were running 1ghz slower. I'll just assume all is okay.

I would get everest, Ace, but don't you have to pay for it? Anyways, thanks for the input!

[jcool]

Intel CPUs can NOT run their cores with different speeds, that's something only AMD's Phenom can do. So if you're running at 3Ghz, be sure that all your cores are running at that speed. Try using a benchmark such as Cinebench so see whether your 4 Cores are being utilized properly. First run the single core benchmark, then xCPU. You should see a speedup of 3,2-3,9 depending on your memspeed, mobo tweaking and so on.

[Ace-a-Rue]

I would get everest, Ace, but don't you have to pay for it? Anyways, thanks for the input!

you can download it and use it for 30 days for a free trial, just some of it is disabled but not the cpu frequency part.

[sukhoi37]

I can't use any other multiplier than 8x for my e2140 M0.
Why?
I'm using official 12 Bios (12b08 has the same problem)

[Ace-a-Rue]

is that the default multi?

can you lower the multi and it saves with 6 or 7?

[sukhoi37]

is that the default multi?

can you lower the multi and it saves with 6 or 7?

8 is the default multi.
the system couldn't post with 6 or 7

[Ace-a-Rue]

sounds like a bios problem...have you used this cpu on any other board???

i would use Uguru's "Black Box" to report that problem to Abit technical....i had to for my QX9650 where it is locked at 9x and below multi with the latest beta bios for the IP35 Pro board.

[Humble]

What about 1:1.2 and 1:1.25 divider?
Had you tried any other bios?
Both 12b09 and 12b08 identical results for me.

And at 1:1 with CL5 performance level 10!

Sorry 4 the late reply m8.
I have tried some BIOS for this board, the order is 11 (stock BIOS), 12B06, 12B09/final, and now I'm sticking with 12B08.

Those version 12 BIOS are good, but also come with some weakness' in each of them. In my perspective: (I'm using a Q6600 + 2GB Team Xtreem PC1066)

12B06: Good and fast, but the 1:1.25 divider won't work properly on speed above 400Mhz and also the voltage range preset in uGuru detection was wrong, so I have to disable the BIOS alarm.

12B09: Good and the fastest BIOS, the divider has been corrected, and work properly. But the updated JMB ROM version in this BIOS was giving me a hard time, so I downgrade to 12B08 version.

12B08: Good but rather slow in performance when compared to both of BIOS'es above. The divider bug hadn't been corrected in this version, but I think this is the best BIOS for me, as I don't use any other divider except 1:1.5 all the time.

Oh, and one input for you m8, why don't you try to reflash your BIOS again with this parameter here? (Try BIOS 12 final)
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=2023
It sometimes helps some people, regarding to RAM and HDD detection problem in BIOS POST.
Wish you best of luck m8.

Btw, has abit released a new BIOS recently, everyone? It's been a while since the last BIOS release. Well, may be 13.B01 perhaps?

[sukhoi37]

sounds like a bios problem...have you used this cpu on any other board???

i would use Uguru's "Black Box" to report that problem to Abit technical....i had to for my QX9650 where it is locked at 9x and below multi with the latest beta bios for the IP35 Pro board.

i got the same problem with ip35-e.(tried both q6600 and e2140)
maybe sth went wrong with the abit flashmenu?
i used flashmenu when i just got the board installed.
i got C1 error after reboot.
that was with 12b08.
i've tried the flashing in bios method with the official bios 12 yesterday, still no luck...

[Spyrus]

I gave up IX38 Quad GT because of slow memory performance compared to Formula.

[Ace-a-Rue]

i got the same problem with ip35-e.(tried both q6600 and e2140)
maybe sth went wrong with the abit flashmenu?
i used flashmenu when i just got the board installed.
i got C1 error after reboot.
that was with 12b08.
i've tried the flashing in bios method with the official bios 12 yesterday, still no luck...

i know some have used the flash menu with success but i am not a fan of it...i flash from DOS everytime via an USB flash drive...very easy and quick.

when you say this: "i've tried the flashing in bios method with the official bios 12 yesterday, still no luck"

does that mean the flash went bad or do you still have the same problem?

one of the things flash menu does not possibly do is flashing the "Boot Block" which houses your voltages and memory straps...i always make sure that the "wb" switch is added for the flash...see my DOS flashing guide in my signature for more information....many have used with success, even noobs.

[ante_ante]

If not Abit is planing a new bios in the near future i will leave this board asap.
Planing on foxconn or dfi

[MrT]

i use stock bios 11 why my mobo all time reset oc setings after power off same with abit uGuru?

[Ace-a-Rue]

you guys need to report that via Abit's Uguru 'Black Box'!

[ante_ante]

I have done that twice. And they just say that we are aware of the problems with multi on example Qx9650.....