**Official DFI LanParty UT X48-T2R(and LT) Discussion

[emoners]

Praz, do i need to plug in the floppy power cable on this board if i wanna go CrossFire? just like it was in the P35

[eva2000]

Praz, do i need to plug in the floppy power cable on this board if i wanna go CrossFire? just like it was in the P35

i didn't even use floppy power cable but i only using 2x 512MB HIS HD3850CF http://i4memory.com/f83/6x1gb-g-skil...7-18-fun-8158/

System specs

• Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Q740A493T
• Corsair Nautilus 500
• DFI LP UT X48-T3RS 714 Beta bios
• 2x512MB HIS IceQ3 Turbo HD3850 CF @810/1000 Cat 8.5 & 8.7
• 2x1GB G.Skill F3-12800CL7D 2GB HZ Micron D9JNM
• 750GB Samsung HD753LJ
• Pioneer DVD-RW
• 620W Corsair HX620
• WinXP Pro SP2

3Dmark: Cat 8.5 / Cat 8.7
3dmark2001: 74,770 / 74,641
3dmark2003: 70,123 / 70,338
3dmark05: 27,445 / 27,445
3dmark06: 18,509 / 18,517

[Praz]

Praz, do i need to plug in the floppy power cable on this board if i wanna go CrossFire? just like it was in the P35

Try without and see how the board does. I always use whatever power connectors are available on any board regardless of the configuration. The extra power input may not help but it never hurts.

[emoners]

thanks eva & Praz!

[silverphoenix]

i slapped on a 90mm fan on mine
if you usin stock heatsink put a 120mm fan it will do a better job

a 120mm will definetely not clip on, what size fan are those clips for?

[Praz]

thanks eva & Praz!

You're welcome.

[zsamz_]

a 120mm will definetely not clip on, what size fan are those clips for?

who care for clips got a rubber band or 2? wanna use a clip get a 60mm even an 80mm will fit but u want best cooling get a 120mm n figure it out

[axis]

so does anyone know the size fan you have to use for the nb fan? I think I'm sure it is 60mm but what thickness?

I have a 92mm on mine and have it held on with a couple rubber bands. I think an 80mm would fit perfectly but all the ones I have are loud as hell. Thickness depends on how much room you have. I moved my GPU to the second slot so thickness wasn't an issue for me.

Axis

[zfactor]

arghhhh this mobo is driving me nuts.. i can go into the bios and set everything for a nice 4.012 oc on my e8500 exit and save boot to windows and passs orthis, prime etc.. runs perfect. if i shut the damn thing down and start cold it simply doesnt boot and throws a c1 error i have to reset the bios and start over then exit and save ... right into windows (im typing from it now with the 4.012 oc just fine with orthos running etc) but i shut it down will not re-start.. what the heck is going on there???

also the e8500 is set at 1.218v in the bios at 422fsb 9.5 multi.. if i go even 1 step higher with cpu voltage will not restart.. same goes for the nb right now its at 1.30 (was required at least here for orthos to be stable for some reason anything lower it was unstable) same thing if i go one step higher .. no boot / c1 i have to clear cmos and start over.. sb is at default and if i step that any higher at all no boot again.. ram is at 2.12 (since it was undervolting just a bit i used 2.12 to get closest to the recc 2.1v) timings on the ram are 5-5-5-15-52 pl 8....right now i tried gtl's at default would not pass orthos im trying them at 62 right now passes fine..ram strap is 333-800 right now same thing there anything else (even lower or higher) no boot

what should i be looking at am i missing anything?? bios is the newest released one from a week or two ago

someone help.. argghhhhhh this overclock shown runs perfect and passes everything but it refuses to boot unless im exiting the bios then its fine

[zsamz_]

arghhhh this mobo is driving me nuts.. i can go into the bios and set everything for a nice 4.012 oc on my e8500 exit and save boot to windows and passs orthis, prime etc.. runs perfect. if i shut the damn thing down and start cold it simply doesnt boot and throws a c1 error i have to reset the bios and start over then exit and save ... right into windows (im typing from it now with the 4.012 oc just fine with orthos running etc) but i shut it down will not re-start.. what the heck is going on there???

also the e8500 is set at 1.218v in the bios at 422fsb 9.5 multi.. if i go even 1 step higher with cpu voltage will not restart.. same goes for the nb right now its at 1.30 (was required at least here for orthos to be stable for some reason anything lower it was unstable) same thing if i go one step higher .. no boot / c1 i have to clear cmos and start over.. sb is at default and if i step that any higher at all no boot again.. ram is at 2.12 (since it was undervolting just a bit i used 2.12 to get closest to the recc 2.1v) timings on the ram are 5-5-5-15-52 pl 8....right now i tried gtl's at default would not pass orthos im trying them at 62 right now passes fine..ram strap is 333-800 right now same thing there anything else (even lower or higher) no boot

what should i be looking at am i missing anything?? bios is the newest released one from a week or two ago

someone help.. argghhhhhh this overclock shown runs perfect and passes everything but it refuses to boot unless im exiting the bios then its fine

stop treating that cpu n board like a baby go higher n set the right gtl settings
if i had an e8500 and it didnt do @ least 4.2 i would me ashamed
if you cant run 500x8.5 smash the board n cpu or even better send em to me
try the 602 bios

[zfactor]

^^^ nope didnt help man. went to the bios you said i can boot into windows at 500 @ 8,5 but fails orthos instantly. problem imo is if i set the cpu vid to 1.21x it boot right up... if i set it to even 1.225 or higher fails to boot and i get c1 and no boot... now i can set the northbridge as high it seems as i want i had it set to 1.40 when i booted into windows. didnt go any higher on it though because i think the cpu needs more voltage and i cant seem to give it more. i tried setting the gtl's to the recc range by many member here of 59-65 didnt help..

question i have.. why is my add vid blocked out? i cant select any add vid at all they are all red in the choices menu and if i pick one it just defaults back to auto. i can not even disable that feature it just quickly snaps back to enabled... could this be my issue?? how do i enable this to select a add vid option? it seems i can only even attempt to select them if i set the cpu vid to 1.2 if i leave it on auto or anything below 1.2 the cursor skips right over the option??

so can this possible be another bad mobo or cpu again?? im using a totally different psu and tried one stick and 2 sticks of ram tried some regular samsung sticks i had took one video card out of the crossfire setup.. disabled the jmicron and just about everything else onboard i could nothing seems to help.. at least this e8500 boots up and will pass orthos at stock speeds the last one would not pass any test even at stock speeds on this mobo

[zsamz_]

^^^ nope didnt help man. went to the bios you said i can boot into windows at 500 @ 8,5 but fails orthos instantly. problem imo is if i set the cpu vid to 1.21x it boot right up... if i set it to even 1.225 or higher fails to boot and i get c1 and no boot... now i can set the northbridge as high it seems as i want i had it set to 1.40 when i booted into windows. didnt go any higher on it though because i think the cpu needs more voltage and i cant seem to give it more. i tried setting the gtl's to the recc range by many member here of 59-65 didnt help..

question i have.. why is my add vid blocked out? i cant select any add vid at all they are all red in the choices menu and if i pick one it just defaults back to auto. i can not even disable that feature it just quickly snaps back to enabled... could this be my issue?? how do i enable this to select a add vid option? it seems i can only even attempt to select them if i set the cpu vid to 1.2 if i leave it on auto or anything below 1.2 the cursor skips right over the option??

so can this possible be another bad mobo or cpu again?? im using a totally different psu and tried one stick and 2 sticks of ram tried some regular samsung sticks i had took one video card out of the crossfire setup.. disabled the jmicron and just about everything else onboard i could nothing seems to help.. at least this e8500 boots up and will pass orthos at stock speeds the last one would not pass any test even at stock speeds on this mobo

you try add 105%+
you plug in them floppy connectors on mobo
you must have another board lyin around to test if not i suggest you buy a cheap p45 biostar

[SuporterPoli]

Does somebody know how much the maximum NB core voltage is?
Intel says 1.375.

Is that really correct?

[zsamz_]

Does somebody know how much the maximum NB core voltage is?
Intel says 1.375.

Is that really correct?

just dont let temps get too high mine never been over 40c primin away n i use 1.6v 24/7

[SuporterPoli]

Yeah but my UT with a HR05SLI/IFX and a 120mm on top does like 43degrees in full load at 1.555.

[Clunk]

clunks table is broken he took his words back and said that he was doing it wrong

http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/12428-post6.html

Huh?

The table is what Jimmy from DFI did with his DMM. Originally, he swore blind that the board defaults to 67% for both when the GTL Ref is set to disabled - Apparently this is not the case.

There are a few errors in the tables, but they have been helpful for a lot of people so far abd the thing to remember is that they are meant only as a ballpark set of figures to get you started. If you want accurate GTL Ref values for your setup, you need to measure them yourself.

[zfactor]

you try add 105%+
you plug in them floppy connectors on mobo
you must have another board lyin around to test if not i suggest you buy a cheap p45 biostar

yes tried that tried 108+ all options are red and not able to be picked???? how do i fix this? floppy connectors are hooked up also

someone help... is there a way to unlock this or is it supposed to red like that?

also any setting over 1.22 causes reboot then shutdown and then i have to clear cmos and start over?? this is my third x48 dfi.. this was brand new from rma.. im frustrated. last time i thought it was the cpu but i guess it may not have been after all..

[zfactor]

okay so newest result.. i pulled the battery reset everything let sit...

now for whatever reason i can use special add vid?? it works perfect... guess something funky was happening in the bios not sure.. anyway so far this is orthos stable going to run prime next.

anything higher fsb wise or voltage wise though it boots to windows fine and things seem to run ok but fails orthos in like 8-30 seconds.

this (below see pic) will cold boot now for me. so it seems to be working perfect.. can someone help me maybe squeeze a bit more out of it?? ill post up the bios template so maybe someone can help. temps are fine so far (60deg or so under full 100% after 1.5 hours orthos) and sy 4.28x windows boots fine but orthos failed in around 8-9 seconds... and temps were bordering on to hot but not terrible right around 70-72 under 100% cpu at 4.28x, so maybe i can get it stable there or close to it??? any help would be much appreciated. this has taken me so long to get it running perfect at what it is. thanks


sorry one more question... what is the difference between being able to simply add cpu vid or having to use the add feature?? if i turn off the add feature i simply can not add anything over 1.21xx in the bios or it refuses to boot..with the special add i can seemingly add as much as i want and it will boot fine??? is it okay to use that instead?? or is it less stable that way?? thanks again

[zsamz_]

verry weird board you got there maybe time for another rma ask praz
but that cpu is nice i think you can go 500x9 1.4v

[zsamz_]

Huh?

The table is what Jimmy from DFI did with his DMM. Originally, he swore blind that the board defaults to 67% for both when the GTL Ref is set to disabled - Apparently this is not the case.

There are a few errors in the tables, but they have been helpful for a lot of people so far abd the thing to remember is that they are meant only as a ballpark set of figures to get you started. If you want accurate GTL Ref values for your setup, you need to measure them yourself.

well i gotta thank ya again clunk the gtl table got me stable again @ 502x8 after i degraded my cpu

[zsamz_]

Yeah but my UT with a HR05SLI/IFX and a 120mm on top does like 43degrees in full load at 1.555.

i got an hr05 ifx n i runnin withought a fan @ 40c full load 1.6v with fan i get 36c full load
i could run 1.5v but i like that xtra pl i still get same temps

[zfactor]

so is the method of using the special vid just as good as the normal way?? or should i rma this mobo it works fine with a q6600 and a e2180? but so far afte 2 e8500's and a e8400 i cant go over the 1.21xx volt settings without using the special vid?? so is it the 45nm or a bad mobo?? i have now at 1.26 at the same overclock and stable with prime and orthos.. so yeah this sems to be a really nice cpu and temps are now just about 58-61 with 1.26 @ 4.012.

one of the temp sensors reads 10deg higher than the other though now till they both get to mid 50's then they are pretty similar?? ive tried 2 heatsinks with the same results and checked the heat spreader with a razor and its pretty flat?? so do you think bad sensor on one core??

[zfactor]

verry weird board you got there maybe time for another rma ask praz
but that cpu is nice i think you can go 500x9 1.4v

need better cooling for that im sure.. just tried and temps are really high.. lol but it booted into windows..

[xcluded]

the default cpu PLL voltage is 1.51v. the next notch is 1.64v

is it kinda high?

i intend to run 24/7. running cpu PLL at 1.64v and NB volt 1.5v to 1.6v

is it ok?

[zsamz_]

the default cpu PLL voltage is 1.51v. the next notch is 1.64v

is it kinda high?

i intend to run 24/7. running cpu PLL at 1.64v and NB volt 1.5v to 1.6v

is it ok?

should be
i ran it 1.89 until cpu got degraded i'm @ 1.64 n n cpu happy