DFI first DDR3 motherboard, UT X48-T3R Heatsink by Thermalright

[quake6]

On your last benching with t3r,did you use 400/1600 strap? I cant go beyond 450FSB with any other strap except 400/1600 and 266/333 strap hardly make it up to 440

[wilson]

Well im now the owner of a t3rs and ive got to say its a very cool looking mobo with all the hs and fins that seem to do a good job at keeping the temp down when benching. I did take some advice from Praz and mount my mcw30 on the nb and it works a treat. My question is can i over clock ddr3 as much as ddr2 and is it better to drop the timings or up the mhz?
Thanks paul

[Praz]

Quake6

I'm running 500FSB with the 400/1333 strap/divider. Will try to get some settings posted up in the next couple of days.

Wilson

Need to try the memory both ways to know. A lot of variables that will affect the outcome.

[wilson]

Ok guess i need to test to find out, also can alybody post the 45nm GTL ref chart please ive got the 67% chart.
Thanks Paul.

[Roger_D25]

Thanks Praz for above information, it was cool of you to explain those settings to me! Despite my best efforts I couldn't figure out their actual purposes (could only find definations of settings not what they did), lol!

[Praz]

On your last benching with t3r,did you use 400/1600 strap? I cant go beyond 450FSB with any other strap except 400/1600 and 266/333 strap hardly make it up to 440

Will try to get settings posted this evening, tomorrow at the latest, as whats required to use the 400/1333 setting. There are several settings that are broke in the BIOS when using this strap/divider. If left at default or manually set wrong will result in a no-boot even at stock speeds.

[wilson]

Will try to get settings posted this evening, tomorrow at the latest, as whats required to use the 400/1333 setting. There are several settings that are broke in the BIOS when using this strap/divider. If left at default or manually set wrong will result in a no-boot even at stock speeds.

Is that with the 609 bios as ive had c1 errors long beeps and no bootup and if that`s because of the broken straps then it will all make sence lol.
Also this is what i was after.

[Praz]

Is that with the 609 bios as ive had c1 errors long beeps and no bootup and if that`s because of the broken straps then it will all make sence lol.

This is on the 07/25 BIOS. I haven't tried with the 06/09 but don't have any reason to think the settings would work any better with it.

[wilson]

This is on the 07/25 BIOS. I haven't tried with the 06/09 but don't have any reason to think the settings would work any better with it.

Yep i can vouch for that i can only boot on 400/1333 strap ive even flashed to the 725 and still the same and i get error codes that arn`t in the book like 01 and 46 ???? Its very strange
At least 725 allowed me to pass occt.

[Praz]

First time trying the board past 500 FSB.

[Supershanks]

First time trying the board past 500 FSB.

That's good to see had just about given up on seeing that So what was the secret ??

[angelicavoc]

Praz : nice.....what cooling do u used?

[Praz]

That's good to see had just about given up on seeing that So what was the secret ??

Answered over at Clunks.

Praz : nice.....what cooling do u used?

Water.

[wilson]

I see 725 is now official but i thought some straps where broken? I can`t go higher with my overclock cos i don`t wanna push my 1333mhz ram above 1400mhz and it does not post if i change straps.

[wilson]

Ok heres one for you if i have 2 hdd`s in raid 0 and i want to set up a 3rd for storoge how would i do this as the raid driver picks it up the 3rd hdd as a raid device and wont let me boot up . Do i need to enable the j-micron controller and install the driver for that? Then how do i set it up in the bios.
Cheers Paul

[Supershanks]

Ok heres one for you if i have 2 hdd`s in raid 0 and i want to set up a 3rd for storoge how would i do this as the raid driver picks it up the 3rd hdd as a raid device and wont let me boot up

you can add a third hd & initialise it in disk mamagement, the Matrix raid controller just sees it as a seperate indipendant drive. To add a 3rd drive to a raid array, means rebuilding the raid completely.

[wilson]

Is there a way of keeping my raid0 and using the 3rd as a storage with ide drivers? And what does convert to dynamic disk do ?

[Praz]

DFI LP UT X48-T3RS, 07/25 BIOS
E8600
500x8, Memory 1666MHz
2x2GB OCZ DDR3 PC3-10333 OCZ3RPR1333EB4GK
OCZ Core SSD - Operating System
2x Hitachi - Applications/Storage
SAPPHIRE 4870
Yellow Slots Used For Memory

The following settings are the only ones that would allow the board to boot using 400/1333. Any other value resulted in a C1 that required the BIOS to be cleared.

Enhance Addressing - Normal
T2 Dispatch - Disabled
Ch2 Clock Crossing Setting - Auto


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CPU Feature Page
Thermal Management Control................Enabled
PPM (EIST) Mode...........................Enabled
Limit CPUID MaxVal........................Disabled
CIE Function..............................Auto
Execute Disable Bit.......................Enabled
Virtualization Technology.................Enabled
Core Multi-Processing.....................Enabled

Main BIOS Page
Exist Setup Shutdown......................Mode 2
Shutdown After AC Loss....................Disabled
O. C. Fail Retry Counter..................0
CPU Clock Ratio...........................9x
CPU N/2 Ratio.............................Disabled
CPU Clock.................................500 MHz
Boot Up Clock.............................Auto
CPU Clock Amplitude.......................800mV
CPU Clock0 Skew...........................100ps
CPU Clock0 Skew...........................0ps
DRAM Speed................................400/1333
PCIE Clock................................100MHz
PCIE Slot Config..........................1X 1X

CPU Spread Spectrum.......................Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum......................Disabled
SATA Spread Spectrum......................Disabled

Voltage Setting Page 
CPU VID Control...........................Auto 1.2450V
CPU VID Special Add Limit.................Disabled
CPU VID Special Add.......................111.57%
DRAM Voltage Control......................1.837V
SB Core/CPU PLL Voltage...................1.510V
NB Core Voltage...........................1.543V
CPU VTT Voltage...........................1.320V
VCore Droop Control.......................Enabled
Clockgen Voltage Control..................3.45V
GTL+ Buffers Strength.....................Strong
Host Slew Rate............................Weak
GTL REF Voltage Control...................Disabled
CPU GTL 1/2 REF Volt......................113
CPU GTL 0/3 REF Volt......................100
North Bridge GTL REF Volt ................100

DRAM Timing Page
Enhance Data Transmitting.................Fast
Enhance Addressing........................Normal
T2 Dispatch...............................Disabled
Clock Setting Fine Delay..................Listed Below
CAS Latency Time (tCL)....................7
RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD).................6
RAS# Precharge (tRP)......................5
Precharge Delay (tRAS)....................24
All Precharge to Act......................Auto
REF to ACT Delay (tRFC)...................Auto
Performance Level.........................8
Read Delay Phase Adjust...................Listed Below
MCH ODT Latency...........................Auto
Write to PRE Delay (tWR)..................Auto
Rank Write to Read (tWTR).................Auto
ACT to ACT Delay (tRRD)...................Auto
Read to Write Delay (tRDWR)...............Auto
Ranks Write to Write (tWRWR)..............Auto
Ranks Read to Read (tRDRD)................Auto
Ranks Write to Read (tWRRD)...............Auto
Read CAS# Precharge (tRTP)................Auto
ALL PRE to Refresh........................Auto

Read Delay Phase Adjust Page
Channel 1 Phase 0 Pull-In.................Auto
Channel 1 Phase 1 Pull-In.................Auto
Channel 1 Phase 2 Pull-In.................Auto
Channel 1 Phase 3 Pull-In.................Auto
Channel 1 Phase 4 Pull-In.................Auto

Channel 2 Phase 0 Pull-In.................Auto
Channel 2 Phase 1 Pull-In.................Auto
Channel 2 Phase 2 Pull-In.................Auto
Channel 2 Phase 3 Pull-In.................Auto
Channel 2 Phase 4 Pull-In.................Auto

Clock Setting Fine Delay Page
DRAM CLK Driving Strength...............  Level 6
DRAM Data Driving Strength................Level 8
Ch1 DLL Default Skew Model................Model 0
Ch2 DLL Default Skew Model................Model 0

Fine Delay Step Degree....................5ps


Ch1 Clock Crossing Setting................Auto
DIMM 1 Clock fine delay...................Current 489ps
DIMM 2 Clock fine delay...................Current 489ps
DIMM 1 Control fine delay.................Current 434ps
DIMM 2 Control fine delay.................Current 473ps
Ch 1 Command fine delay...................Current 205ps

Ch2 Clock Crossing Setting................Auto
DIMM 3 Clock fine delay...................Current 686ps
DIMM 4 Clock fine delay...................Current 686ps
DIMM 3 Control fine delay.................Current 607ps
DIMM 4 Control fine delay.................Current 654ps
Ch 2 Command fine delay...................Current 182ps

Ch1Ch2 CommonClock Setting................More Aggresive

Ch1 RDCAS GNT-Chip Delay..................Auto
Ch1 WRCAS GNT-Chip Delay..................Auto
Ch1 Command to CS Delay...................Auto

Ch2 RDCAS GNT-Chip Delay..................Auto
Ch2 WRCAS GNT-Chip Delay..................Auto
Ch2 Command to CS Delay...................Auto

Common CMD to CS Timing...................1N

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[Praz]

XP SP3


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3dx Max w/V-ray
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[Praz]

Vista 64 Bit SP1


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[burn what?]

anyone noticed crazy temp readings with this board? using zerotherm fz120 which is the copper one and temps read into the 80C range then auto shuts off at just 1.4 vcore. had this chip in a gigabyte p35 board and at 1.5 vcore never got out of the 60C range. thinking of switching to zalman 9700 but the zerotherm is even higher rated on anandtech. adjusted the cpu temp in bios to -8C. but don't want to fry the chip either

[Roger_D25]

Burnwhat - What chip are you using and have you tried re-mounting your heatsink a couple times (just to make sure the mount is correct)? Your temps (depending on what chip your running) are quite high to say the least so I assume there is something going on? Also what BIOS version are you running at the moment? To answer your question, no, I have not noticed any weird or abnormal temp readings and I've used a few different chips (both quad and dual cores)?

[burn what?]

short specs:

xeon 3110
patriot ddr3 1866
2 x wd velocirators raid 0
bios 7/25

i have tried numerous re-seats of the heatsink, even tried the aluminum version from a friend with the same temp results. at stock volts running orthos small fft temps are in the mid 50's. to switch to the zalman got to take out the motherboard to seat the backplate so don't want to do that. are u using air or h2o?

[burn what?]

fyi - zalman 9700 beats the zerotherm fz120 and the aluminum counterpart. zalman keeps temps at least in the 60's under same load/volts as the zerotherm couldn't keep it from 80's and shutting off.

[nut311]

Vista 64 Bit SP1


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impressive result praz, and more OCZ is power 4GB heheheh