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

[Villainstone]

if you looked at the thread its been posted a few times
i guess must be hard to search
read the thread a bit before you ask questions

first one for cpu second for nb + add 1gtl if you not stable i prefer 68-69%

you can always get lucky n try auto lol

Thank you for the help but no need to be rude. I have been searching through this thread for days there buddy, and I am sorry that 96 pages is taking so long. I did see that chart posted before and I also seen that it was for the P35 chipset. That makes me take it with a grain of salt. On top of that my GTL is not listed in percentage. Default is listed as 0.667X and that is what it says. I am sorry but I do not know how to relate that to a %. The next option is 0.661X, then 0.648X I believe. The NB only allows me to chose between two options and none are expressed in percentage.

Once again thank you for helping me, but please just ignore me instead of trying to embarrassing me.I don't come around here much but when I do I would rather not have to deal with arrogance. And incase I am wrong in the way I interpreted your post I would like to apologize ahead of time.

[RGone]

As far as I know there is no DX X38 T2R board. I thought I might have missed a new board but I just checked the DFI website and there have been no changes in new models. You have a DK X38 T2R? If that is the case then this long thread has nothing to do with your board and the GTL settings are in fact different. This thread is for LT X38 T2R since there actually never was a release of the UT X38 board.

Thank you for the help but no need to be rude. I have been searching through this thread for days there buddy, and I am sorry that 96 pages is taking so long. I did see that chart posted before and I also seen that it was for the P35 chipset. That makes me take it with a grain of salt. On top of that my GTL is not listed in percentage. Default is listed as 0.667X and that is what it says. I am sorry but I do not know how to relate that to a %. The next option is 0.661X, then 0.648X I believe. The NB only allows me to chose between two options and none are expressed in percentage.

Once again thank you for helping me, but please just ignore me instead of trying to embarrassing me.I don't come around here much but when I do I would rather not have to deal with arrogance. And incase I am wrong in the way I interpreted your post I would like to apologize ahead of time.

[zsamz_]

funny i posted it 4+ times n you couldnt find it
i even posted 2 days ago
ignorance is bliss
i help all i can as many in here have helped me
but would be nice if some people just tried to read the thread

dont worry Villainstone i will ignore you in the future

[kberguy1]

I just got my system back up and running, but I have a couple of questions. I ended up doing a clean install with Windows Vista Home Premium, but when I was installing drivers, I kept getting a failure from my ATI Radeon VGA driver. I tried every version I had saved, going back to 7-10, and they all cause a blue screen after a few minutes. my work around so far has been to hide the driver update and use the generic Windows VGA driver, but the problem with that is my monitor is only running at 1400 x 1050, which is not its recommended setting.

My 2nd issue is that the ITE Smart Guardian software for the X38 will not show any data; if I use the Smart Guardian software from my DFI P35 series motherboard, it seems to work ok, but I am unsure if it is accurate or not.

My final issue is with CPU-Z. I have tried version 1.43, 1.44, and even the latest 1.44.1, and they all cause my system to reboot. Note that at this time, I have only a few utilities and programs installed.

The good news is with a modest 3375 MHz OC @ 1.2750 vCore, my idle temps in Core Temp 97 are 36-31-31-36 C, and Prime 95 load temps are 48-42-42-48 C. Smart Guardian is reporting CPU=43 C, PWM=48 C, Chipset= 31 C.

My NB is now water cooled, and I am running an Enzotech SLF-1 HS/fan unit (only 1/2" tall, so I can still use two video cards) on the SB. Next time I get a chance, I will add a 60 mm fan above the PWM area, and that should eliminate any heat related stability concerns.

[C-N]

Hi All! I've switched from the Abit to the T2R and I'm having an issue with my Areca 1220. Not OC'ing yet, the system freezes for a few seconds at a time and will not access anything on the Areca card using Vista x64. I've tried the card in the second and third 16x PCIe slots and used both the storport and scsiport drivers with no change. The problem doesn't occur at all when using the IX38. I also do not have a problem on the T2R when using Server 2003 x64.

Anyone else having similar issues with Vista or anything to try in the BIOS?

I might be a bit out here but I think I remember Ace-A-Rue (Abit IP35 Pro master) http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/member.php?u=1350 trying his Areca in this board. I am not sure which version of Vista he uses but I am sure he uses dual boot XP & Vista & it run fine.

I think he done something in the BIOS to get one of the slots to run @ x4 which I think also disabled one of the LAN sockets.

Edit: Genie BIOS / PCI E Slot Config : 4 x NC if its the same as my P35

As I say I may be a bit out but its worth a shot.

CN

[kberguy1]

Some initial results with my OC. Things are looking pretty promising, but lots to tweak yet as memory settings basically stock.



The results are looking promising though

[kberguy1]

[QUOTE=Praz;2687703]5:6. Parts of CPU-Z look messed up because it has issues with this board and Vista. A couple of entries have to be disabled in the ini file.

I am getting an instant system reboot if I try to run CPU-Z. I have Vista Home Premium 32-bit OS. From Praz's post above, there seems to be a solution, but I haven't found it yet. Does anyone know what needs to be changed?

[mArCo1928]

test them with 2.22v-2.3v @ cas 4
unless you really wanna void warranty
n go 1.5v+ on nb

one works well with all divisors. the other one, when i go over 960mhz, gives me troubles.

now i try with 2.5V

[2000army]

Hi All! I've switched from the Abit to the T2R and I'm having an issue with my Areca 1220. Not OC'ing yet, the system freezes for a few seconds at a time and will not access anything on the Areca card using Vista x64. I've tried the card in the second and third 16x PCIe slots and used both the storport and scsiport drivers with no change. The problem doesn't occur at all when using the IX38. I also do not have a problem on the T2R when using Server 2003 x64.

Anyone else having similar issues with Vista or anything to try in the BIOS?

I got my Areca running in the bottom slot ....changed the 1x 1x setting to 4x nc setting so it runs at 4x

I am also running vista 64 .... had to get the latest drivers from their website ... unpack them and put them on a disk.

it was a pain in the ass.

[Villainstone]

funny i posted it 4+ times n you couldnt find it
i even posted 2 days ago
ignorance is bliss
i help all i can as many in here have helped me
but would be nice if some people just tried to read the thread

dont worry Villainstone i will ignore you in the future

Listen I'm not here to piss people off, I just wanted help. Like I said I DID see that chart and I also seen where it was for a P35 chipset not ours. I wasn't being an ass to you if you think I was. I felt like you were trying to embarrass me or something with the way you put your words together. Maybe your intentions were good and that is just the way you type, maybe not. This isn't suppose to be a place of animosity for any of us. I know that I really don't want to feel like I am wasting my time coming here, and I certainly don't want to be wasting yours. I told you thank you twice infact, I meant no ill feeling in my post, but you definitely came off wrong with yours. If you think that you might still be able to help then please by all mean I would appreciate it.

To Rgone: Yes I have the DK the DX was a typo, and I'm sorry I got your hope up. At any rate when I seen the title to this thread I said to my self... if the UT and the LT are similar enough to share a thread maybe the DK can fall in suite. That being said how am I suppose to know that the UT was never release, seriously I don't follow the news quite that much I guess. I will just cough it up as wishful thinking.

To be honest guys I'm sorry for wating your time Rgone is right I am in the wrong place. Have a good one fellas and take care.

[PhilDoc]

Thank you for the help but no need to be rude. I have been searching through this thread for days there buddy, and I am sorry that 96 pages is taking so long. I did see that chart posted before and I also seen that it was for the P35 chipset. That makes me take it with a grain of salt. On top of that my GTL is not listed in percentage. Default is listed as 0.667X and that is what it says. I am sorry but I do not know how to relate that to a %. The next option is 0.661X, then 0.648X I believe. The NB only allows me to chose between two options and none are expressed in percentage.

Once again thank you for helping me, but please just ignore me instead of trying to embarrassing me.I don't come around here much but when I do I would rather not have to deal with arrogance. And incase I am wrong in the way I interpreted your post I would like to apologize ahead of time.

Not to try and give a lession in remedial math, but multiply your .667X by 100 and you get 66.7%. The .667X, .661X, and .648X are all percentages, just in decimal form. For a 65nm cpu, try .667X or 66.7% or a little higher. If your using a 45nm cpu, I'd try somewhere around .63X or 63%.

[Villainstone]

TY very much Phil I didn't realize that...obviously lol. Anyway the default setting is .667x and I was not able to boot to windows with anything above 475. I decided to drop it down to the last choice...661x and now I am in windows at 500 but not prime stable. I hate it when you know that you are so close but just don't know what to do next. I know that a lot of you guys would expect me to start at page one and read all the post to see what I can find but I have very little time to spend reading 600+ post. Please don't think that I am being lazy because I wouldn't have it this far if I was, and TBH you help is KINDA to find for this MB. In any event TY all for what help you have contributed.

[zsamz_]

one works well with all divisors. the other one, when i go over 960mhz, gives me troubles.

now i try with 2.5V

dont leave them on 2.5 too long lol
n get a fan to cool them

[PhilDoc]

I'm hardly an expert at this. Considering your board has a different bios and your running a different cpu anything I have would be different. You could try the thread on the DK p35 board. They should be similar and have a bios that's closer to your own.

[t_ski]

t_ski, 3600 a NO GO, no matter where and what voltage i increase.

3555 is absolute upper limit, i OOCT yesterday for 40mins at 3555. Any higher ---> BSOD.

I run 1.41 VCore, 1.38 VTT, Dram at 2.2 5-5-6-18 (OCZ XTC plats "value" ram) 2.2V

Run 333/800 8x442, mem at 530 but TRCD at 6, perf lvl 8.

5-6-6-5-18
4-48-8-14-11-3-8-3-4-3120-2t (as in memset)

Sorry to hear that flexy. I was rooting for ya'

My final issue is with CPU-Z. I have tried version 1.43, 1.44, and even the latest 1.44.1, and they all cause my system to reboot. Note that at this time, I have only a few utilities and programs installed.

With CPU-z, I had to edit the ini file and changed sensor to off.

[Villainstone]

2 hours stable at 500FSB fellas woohoo. I had to set the GTL's to 0.611, and leave the NB GTL at default 0.667. I still need to tighten my RAM timings a bit more but I want to get the MB stable first. I would like to push it up to 525*7 so that I can hit my CPU wall of 3.7ghz. Because of the limited BIOS options compared to the LT I am not very confident that I can get 525.

[zanzabar]

how can i make this better im trying to get the read up to 9500 so i can slap my friend with a maximus in the face by winning 4/4 for ram

[Ace-a-Rue]

Hi All! I've switched from the Abit to the T2R and I'm having an issue with my Areca 1220. Not OC'ing yet, the system freezes for a few seconds at a time and will not access anything on the Areca card using Vista x64. I've tried the card in the second and third 16x PCIe slots and used both the storport and scsiport drivers with no change. The problem doesn't occur at all when using the IX38. I also do not have a problem on the T2R when using Server 2003 x64.

Anyone else having similar issues with Vista or anything to try in the BIOS?

read this page...it might give you some tips: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ighlight=areca

i had a problem with my QX9650, this board and vista64 on the areca card (and Intel chipset)...worked perfectly with XP SP2 operating system...also, Q6600 worked nice-nice with the areca card and vista64.

are you trying to access the areca bios from windows?

[AMDfreak]

I got my Areca running in the bottom slot ....changed the 1x 1x setting to 4x nc setting so it runs at 4x

I am also running vista 64 .... had to get the latest drivers from their website ... unpack them and put them on a disk.

it was a pain in the ass.

Thanks for the replies everyone. I had already set the 4x nc option, and luckily I'm not trying to boot from the array. I have a Raptor for that. I had even backed up all data and just used a couple drives in pass-through mode and still got lockups upon trying to format them in Vista 64.

I have good news though; the problem seems to be fixed. In full desperation mode, I reflashed the Areca BIOS, firmware, and boot ROM, recreated the RAID 5 array, and then started with a clean install of Vista on the Raptor. Since then everything seems to be working with no issues.

[zsamz_]

how can i make this better im trying to get the read up to 9500 so i can slap my friend with a maximus in the face by winning 4/4 for ram

dfi needs to improve the damn bios i was getting better everest scores with gigabut x38-dq6 "i gotta find the pics for gigabut" and gigabut p35
heres how u can lol

third n fourth pics are with p35
dfi gotta seriously improve the bios

but cmmon zanza u need to push a bit more lol

[zanzabar]

my problem is that i have the team group gmh but it acts like gkx, i tested a dominator kit with gkx and it was the same way no c5 over 1ghz so im doing something wrong, i have 1.5Vcpu 1.55VTT 1.55NB, any ideas on why it wont go higher



edit so here is ware i am now with the 333/800 multi c5, i had to jump over 1000-1080mhz to get c5 to work so im at 1164c5, it seams like bad (or non optimized) bios stuff to make the write drop and the read rocket up like this, or i need to start tweaking those settings that i dont know how to use like the fine delay or the board likes a cas of 8.5ns and lower

[zsamz_]

my problem is that i have the team group gmh but it acts like gkx, i tested a dominator kit with gkx and it was the same way no c5 over 1ghz so im doing something wrong, i have 1.5Vcpu 1.55VTT 1.55NB, any ideas on why it wont go higher



edit so here is ware i am now with the 333/800 multi c5, i had to jump over 1000-1080mhz to get c5 to work so im at 1164c5, it seams like bad (or non optimized) bios stuff to make the write drop and the read rocket up like this, or i need to start tweaking those settings that i dont know how to use like the fine delay or the board likes a cas of 8.5ns and lower

like my mushkins lol they wont do 1000mhz cas 5 even with 2.3v
i got em 4-5-4-12 @ 1050 with 2.22v"can do 444 but givin them a break lol"
i can do 4-4-4-12 @ 1120mhz with 2.3v
try 4-5-5 or 4-5-4 this board is verry picky on ram n 1-3 slots are better
if u were you i'l run the domintors i'm savin my d9gmh
i dont wanna rma n get garbage in return
you need to go 525fsb+ if you wanna see somthing positive
n to be honest i wish i got the dfi-p35 my gigabut board had crappy bios voltage options took 3 dead boards to get a nice one but gigabut bios suks
push the cpu a bit more i'm sure you can get 4.2 outa her

[zanzabar]

i know i can but that wont happen until i get liquid the enzo tech only goes to about 4.05 then it heats the cpu up to 60-65C so i dont want to go higher so im working on the buss, and the dominators arnt mine some1 in my enginering class lent them to me


zamz can u try ur mushkins at 1150 c5 im betting that they will post at 2.2

[zsamz_]

i know i can but that wont happen until i get liquid the enzo tech only goes to about 4.05 then it heats the cpu up to 60-65C so i dont want to go higher so im working on the buss, and the dominators arnt mine some1 in my enginering class lent them to me


zamz can u try ur mushkins at 1150 c5 im betting that they will post at 2.2

ok gonna give it a try

i was comparing everest scores of the dq6 n the dfi-x38
dfi shines 1200mhz+ only
and dfi lagin far behind in write n copy
i had maxed out @ 580fsb on the x38-dq6 read n copy hit 11000mbs+

[zsamz_]

yup 1150 is ok 2.25v
its like i crash @ 500fsb with em n good @ 506-545
the dividers are ed up 5-5-5-15@ 1200 i get errors2.32v
but 5-4-4-15@ 1200 i'm good 2.32v
on this board best divider is 333/800
they gotta give bandwith boost to 333/667=1:1 so it can shine with cas4
i wish my ballistix were rated 2.35 lol cause they rock on this board with only 2.1v
when they come out with the x-48 bios i gonna flash her with it i bet they made that bios make the board go faster