**Official DFI LanParty UT P35-T2R Review/Overclock/Guide Thread**

[GamingDaemon]

Well, I thought I knew what mobo I was getting but now I'm not sure. I was looking at the DFI DK P35-T2RS, but I keep reading about the PWM (I read that has to do with voltage regulation and heat of the CPU) being better (8 phase over 4) with the LT. I plan on OC'ing an E3110 to 4GHz and then play games with my eVGA 8800 GTX.

I don't want to mess with the transpiper and all that, so would the DFI LT P35-T2R be a better choice? Not concerned about the money.

Thanks in advance...

[gmannji]

hey guys. what happens if bios update fails? i tried to update the bios using winflash and it stucked. then restart but with no post screen. just blank screen. the bios is screwed i guess? is there anything that i can do to recover the bios? thanks

[turtletrax]

hey guys. what happens if bios update fails? i tried to update the bios using winflash and it stucked. then restart but with no post screen. just blank screen. the bios is screwed i guess? is there anything that i can do to recover the bios? thanks

Sorry M8, but you are up the creek. You need to get a BIOS chip or do a hotflash. I think Bother_Esau is out of the BIOS chip industry for a bit, but you can ask him or phone/Email DFI for a replacement.

Edit: For future referance, do not flash in Windows. Make sure you are stable @ stock settings and flash in DOS.

[gmannji]

owh darn. how to do a hotflash? hmm maybe i should google. so sad. just bought it yesterday.

[Mr Alfabet]

right now i'm trying different GTL settings, but a strange thing is happening: i found that 58/60/64 runs about a two hours instead of an hour and a half for 58/60/65, but if prime fails and i restart it after those two hours then it wont last a minute! is this common? should i only prime after a fresh reboot?
i've held the same sequence with testing all along:
1. run Spi 1M
2. boot cpu-z 2x, smart guardian and speedfan (both read exact same temps)
3. boot prime 25.6 and start a blend test.

[karateo]

owh darn. how to do a hotflash? hmm maybe i should google. so sad. just bought it yesterday.

try clearing the bios the dfi way.
check at dfi forums

i had a similar problem and that fixed it.
then reflash the bios using a usb/floppy to make sure everything has been updated correctly

[gmannji]

try clearing the bios the dfi way.
check at dfi forums

i had a similar problem and that fixed it.
then reflash the bios using a usb/floppy to make sure everything has been updated correctly

hmm couldn't find it. how to clear the dfi way? mind telling me? i really need to get this mobo working! it doesnt even post.

when u make the floppy, just copy the files inside the .zip to the floppy right? do i have to do make it dos bootable?

[karateo]

everything you need is at the top of this page

http://csd.dficlub.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=63

good luck

[Mr Alfabet]

i searched this thread, but couldn't find anything: does any1 else have troubles with overvolting of the cpu?
my bios VID is 1,34375, but cpu-z reads out 1.360V constantly with droop disabled. With droop enabled the Vcore drops to 1.344 under load.

edit 1:
tweaking the GTL or disabling droop didn't help my pc get stable at 8x510, so i'm now upping the Vnb to 1.65, if that doesn't work then i think i'll increase the "SBcore/CPU PLL", and as last i'll try the VTT (means more GTL tweaking :S)... sounds right?

edit 2:
VNB didn't do the trick: prime fails after 1m :S CPU PLL is up next..

[gmannji]

everything you need is at the top of this page

http://csd.dficlub.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=63

good luck

thanks but i already rma to the shop. they said will get the mobo back by tomorrow if only bios problem. hehe hopefully

[C-N]

i searched this thread, but couldn't find anything: does any1 else have troubles with overvolting of the cpu?
my bios VID is 1,34375, but cpu-z reads out 1.360V constantly with droop disabled. With droop enabled the Vcore drops to 1.344 under load.

edit 1:
tweaking the GTL or disabling droop didn't help my pc get stable at 8x510, so i'm now upping the Vnb to 1.65, if that doesn't work then i think i'll increase the "SBcore/CPU PLL", and as last i'll try the VTT (means more GTL tweaking :S)... sounds right?

edit 2:
VNB didn't do the trick: prime fails after 1m :S CPU PLL is up next..

I wouldn't up the PLL if I were you, sure it may make it stable but it will degrade the CPU's maximum fsb. I have wiped 50fsb of a CPU in an afternoon upping the PLL so be careful.

CN

[drnick79]

Hello

Does anyone have any recommendations for 2x1 gb RAM kits for this board? It seems as though the crucial ballistix have overclocked quite well, and I see Praz used some OCZ Reapers in his posts a few pages back which yielded some nice everest memory benchmark scores (thanks Praz for posting those results and the 2x2gb results by the way!).

However, as I understand it from comments posted in this and other threads, the new crucial ballistix revision does not overclock nearly as well as its predecessor, and that newer OCZ memory also is not capable of the same performance as the older versions. If this is indeed the case, is there a currently available memory that anyone would recommend?

Thanks for the input

[WoZZeR999]

I had the D9 G.Skill (black heat spreaders) and they seemed to work perfectly.

[Praz]

I have wiped 50fsb of a CPU in an afternoon upping the PLL so be careful.

CN

Add my duals and quads to that list.

[mrcape]

i searched this thread, but couldn't find anything: does any1 else have troubles with overvolting of the cpu?
my bios VID is 1,34375, but cpu-z reads out 1.360V constantly with droop disabled. With droop enabled the Vcore drops to 1.344 under load.

edit 1:
tweaking the GTL or disabling droop didn't help my pc get stable at 8x510, so i'm now upping the Vnb to 1.65, if that doesn't work then i think i'll increase the "SBcore/CPU PLL", and as last i'll try the VTT (means more GTL tweaking :S)... sounds right?

edit 2:
VNB didn't do the trick: prime fails after 1m :S CPU PLL is up next..

I do get the same cpuz reporting .02 overvolt. Well, sometimes it's correct, depends on the setting. It seems to shift what it reports in ranges. The only way to really know is to measure directly on the board.

Also, in my experience on this mobo PLL has stayed at bare miniumum, VTT max 1.2v, nb max 1.4v. And had no troubles benching up to 550fsb, stable up to around 520. I don't think you need those, I think you need vcore. Relying on the nb, vtt, pll might help you get higher fsb at or near the very peak, but if you run stability tests like prime up there you're asking for trouble I think.

[Mr Alfabet]

I do get the same cpuz reporting .02 overvolt. Well, sometimes it's correct, depends on the setting. It seems to shift what it reports in ranges. The only way to really know is to measure directly on the board.

Also, in my experience on this mobo PLL has stayed at bare miniumum, VTT max 1.2v, nb max 1.4v. And had no troubles benching up to 550fsb, stable up to around 520. I don't think you need those, I think you need vcore. Relying on the nb, vtt, pll might help you get higher fsb at or near the very peak, but if you run stability tests like prime up there you're asking for trouble I think.

I allready put the PLL back to default since it didn't do any good. right now at 1.2 VTT and tweaking GTL settings.
i need way more then your 1.4vNB to get stable at 510. I used someones GTL settings at 1.2VTT but they were no good: prime fails after only a minute. right now priming for 10m at 63/64/67 vNB is at 1.61, i dont think i get a post if i lower it. the reason i went playing with the other settings besides vCore is that when i disabled the droop (rising the Vcore in cpu-z from 1.344 to 1.360 under load) it didn't make any difference. besides i want to get past 4ghz stable on a vcore as low as possible

quick edit: 63/64/67 failed after 8m, editting some more

quick edit 2: it's core 0 thats failing now, not core 1 as usual... so GTL is really off for 0/2 i'm guessing

quick edit 3: what temps are u guys reading on NB and PWM? my chipset can go as high as 52 degrees (nothing weird on 1.61 vNB, but still) and pwm stays <=50 on load. should i reattach my NB block?

[DJSUB]

VNB didn't do the trick: prime fails after 1m :S CPU PLL is up next..

dont change the cpu pll value. it could kill your processor in less than 1hr.
i already got 2pcs dead e8400 because of that. it kills my cpu even @ 1.4vcore

[Mr Alfabet]

by now i've tried everything, but i cant seem to get it stable at 510fsb, so i'll be trying to get the cpu higher with 9x multi.

[mrcape]

I'm on air and my pwm and nb don't go over 40c.

Did you try going lower than mid 60s on gtls? At 510fsb, did you try vtt at 1.15v and gtl at 59/59/59?

[GamingDaemon]

Well, I thought I knew what mobo I was getting but now I'm not sure. I was looking at the DFI DK P35-T2RS, but I keep reading about the PWM (I read that has to do with voltage regulation and heat of the CPU) being better (8 phase over 4) with the LT. I plan on OC'ing an E3110 to 4GHz and then play games with my eVGA 8800 GTX.

I don't want to mess with the transpiper and all that, so would the DFI LT P35-T2R be a better choice? Not concerned about the money.

Thanks in advance...

Yes, I am quoting myself...to answer my own question...

From what I have heard, the 8-phase pwm is best for quad-cores, while the 4-phase pwm is fine for a dual-core. Hence, I will save myself the $50 and spend it on a good CPU fan.

I had the D9 G.Skill (black heat spreaders) and they seemed to work perfectly.

I was going to go with the Crucial Ballistix memory myself. Is the G.Skill D9 much better? Any other memory suggestions for this board?

[WoZZeR999]

The Old (double sided I believe) ballistix are very good, and I had the cas4 DDR2 800 running at around 1150 5-5-5-15. I have since upgraded to the 4gb reapers which are no where near as fast, but I have 4gb, expandable to 8gb in the future.

[Mr Alfabet]

I'm on air and my pwm and nb don't go over 40c.

Did you try going lower than mid 60s on gtls? At 510fsb, did you try vtt at 1.15v and gtl at 59/59/59?

turns out it just needed some more Vcore... at 1.360/1.376 right now (the two values alternate in cpu-z) 1.375 in bios, droop enabled. prime is over 2hours right now and still running.
VTT has been 1,17 and 1,2 with gtl respectively 58/60/65 and 64/65/67. should lowering the VTT to the values you mentioned help lowering my vCore or vNB? and what is your vNB at 40c? how hot can the NB go? can the 50c be the couse of prime crashes?

edit:
prime error after 4 hours, now priming with 1.376 vCore under load (cpu-z reading) at 8x 513 (makes a nice 4100 mhz).
btw: this board makes 8x 513 =4106.6Mhz, while my P5K-E made it 4104... two and a half extra free mhz's!!!!

[mad_skills]

Team Xtreem could also be a nice choise. They seem to be running pretty cheap on newegg.

[karateo]

The Old (double sided I believe) ballistix are very good, and I had the cas4 DDR2 800 running at around 1150 5-5-5-15. I have since upgraded to the 4gb reapers which are no where near as fast, but I have 4gb, expandable to 8gb in the future.

Which reapers did you buy and what is your top speed?

I also have 4x1gb ballistix and I am looking to get a 2x2 kit
I am between these two because of their money difference (if they where at the same price I would get the OCZ ones)

http://www.google.co.uk/product_url?...hl=en&sa=title

http://www.google.co.uk/product_url?...hl=en&sa=title

[sammurai]

My board is DFI LT P35-T2R last BIOS version.
My ram: TXDD2048M800HC4DC Micron D9

This ram work at 536mhz@4-4-3-3-1 with 2.45v set in BIOS


562mhz@4-4-4-4 with same voltaj


but don`t work to 600mhz@4-4-4-x not even with 2,65V set in BIOS.

I tried 400*9 with 266/800 and 375*8 with 333/1066 but the system freeze to dfi logo.

DDR Voltaj 2,65v
SB 1.05v 1,15v
SB Core/PLL 1,75v
NB 1,5v-1,57v
CPU VTT 1,4v

FAST
FAST
DISABLE
4
4
4
12
AUTO (rest of the setings).

Do you have any sugestions?