Official Gigabyte X48/X48T-DQ6 bios+info thread

[utetopia]

hey im having some problem with my ds4 rev 1.3 get to 3.8 it keeps crashing after a couple minutes

noob alert. post some details & we'll help. A BIOS screenie is a good start.

[7499richard]

anyone get SLI to work on this board?

[knightsar]

Any body try the F8a Bios update yet for the X48 DQ6?

[sofarfrome]

anyone get SLI to work on this board?

Not an SLI board, crossfire only

[jaggerwild]

anyone get SLI to work on this board?

This is a crossfire board, though I'm sure some one will try. Why would they even bother except for the fact that Nvidias offerings suck as always? IMHO

[jaggerwild]

OK,
just an update I got my X48 back he(rma) ran a raid set up on it to test it, he said there's no porblem with it. So now when I set it up I'll go with a straight OS no raid to take the load of the south bridge and hopefuly eleminate the problems I was having.

[gymenii]

F3a - Beta BIOS released for the x48-ds4 (rev 1.3) if anyone still interested.

[aohus]

F3a - Beta BIOS released for the x48-ds4 (rev 1.3) if anyone still interested.

thanks for this. what are the changes to this new release? i don't see a release log for this.

[Laykun]

thanks for this. what are the changes to this new release? i don't see a release log for this.

I too am interested in the changes with this new BIOS.

[gymenii]

Seached the web and other GB forums and found nothing. Just have to wait for official release

[JustRob]

Any body try the F8a Bios update yet for the X48 DQ6?

Yes I flashed to it and no probs!

[whe3ls]

noob alert. post some details & we'll help. A BIOS screenie is a good start.

ok. at that time with this board maybe. it did take me awhile to figure it out. right now im sitting @ 3.8 8x475 and i havent touched the chipset voltages

[jaggerwild]

Any body try the F8a Bios update yet for the X48 DQ6?

I just down loaded it I'll update this soon as i've had a chance to, sorry to be so late I have been messing with another MB for a while.

[X4er0]

Have a look here Intel Overclocking Guides. but it's quite simple. If you rthink of a car & a gear box. The wheels of the car rotate in a different rate to that of the engine , depending which gear you are in.
just as you have 4 gears 1st to top (4th ot 5th) so you have a divider
see

THe gaers are shown as the divider row, If you look at the B column you see 4 values , these are effectively 4 gears:-
2 means that the memory will run at 2:1 eg FSB=400 Ram speed = 800
this is the lowest gear effectively 1:1 cause DDR means Double data rate , 2x fsb
the other gaers or values mean that with the same 400FSB for example
ram will run at
2.4x400 = 960
3.2x400 = 1280
4.00x400= 1600

Now just as formula1 has different gear boxes to suit defferent tracks Intel have different steppings (Columns A~D) to match the stock FSB of different CPUs,

So if i'm correct you have your SPD setting on 2.66D because you have a Q6600 and it has a 1066FSB (266 quad pumped) for best setting.

And it will result in a FSB of 1800 / 2.66 = 676FSB and your Q6600 will run at 2700GHz.

Am i right?

[Supershanks]

yes, though you don't have to stick with the strap that matches your stock FSB. For example my Q6600 & wolfdale CPUs run great on strap D 2.66D on ddr2 & 3.33D on ddr3.

[X4er0]

yes, though you don't have to stick with the strap that matches your stock FSB. For example my Q6600 & wolfdale CPUs run great on strap D 2.66D on ddr2 & 3.33D on ddr3.

What would you advise, i have the E8600 including the TW3X4G1800C8DF, and to get to 4500MHz this is what i'm planning to do:

Robust Graphics Booster Turbo
CPU Clock Ratio 10x
CPU Frequency 4.50GHz
CPU Host Clock Control Enabled
CPU Host Frequency (MHz) 450
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) 100
C.I.A.2 Disabled
Performance Enhanced With Standard
System Memory Multiplier 4.00D <<---- or 4.00B
DRAM Timing Selectable Manual
CAS Latency Time 8
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay 8
DRAM RAS# Precharge 8
Precharge delay (tRAS) 24

CPU/PCIEX Clock Driving 800mV
CPU Clock Skew Control Normal
(G)MCH Clock Skew Control Normal
System Voltage Control Manual
DDR3 Overvoltage Control (+)0.30
PCI-E Overvoltage Control Normal
FSB Overvoltage Control (+)0.10
(G)MCH Overvoltage Control (+)0.25V
Loadline Calibration Enabled

[Sanad]

i am having trouble gettin to 3.4ghz with my quad! My multiplier is 9x and my fsb set to 376. The voltage is first set to manual at 1.325 and then auto. Computer never boots and everytime board switches back to auto and resets to 2.4ghz. All overvoltage controls were set to normal when i adjusted manually and graphics booster to auto. Same auto for ram. I am running two Corsair dominators 1066 2 x 1gb.

[jaggerwild]

i am having trouble gettin to 3.4ghz with my quad! My multiplier is 9x and my fsb set to 376. The voltage is first set to manual at 1.325 and then auto. Computer never boots and everytime board switches back to auto and resets to 2.4ghz. All overvoltage controls were set to normal when i adjusted manually and graphics booster to auto. Same auto for ram. I am running two Corsair dominators 1066 2 x 1gb.

Are you adjusting the memory multi so that it will run @ or near native clocks? It will reset back to no over clock if the over clock failed. While trying this only adjust one setting at a time so as to know what is causing the problem.

Also make sure the DDR voltage is set properly for those sticks as this may be the cause of the failure to begin with.

Any body try the F8a Bios update yet for the X48 DQ6?

Ok, I finally over clocked on this bios and as it has been sometime sense I used the board it seems stable. I will report back with more sooner this time too

[jaggerwild]

i am having trouble gettin to 3.4ghz with my quad! My multiplier is 9x and my fsb set to 376. The voltage is first set to manual at 1.325 and then auto. Computer never boots and everytime board switches back to auto and resets to 2.4ghz. All overvoltage controls were set to normal when i adjusted manually and graphics booster to auto. Same auto for ram. I am running two Corsair dominators 1066 2 x 1gb.

I would reffer you to earlier postings of the Bios for a quad as my core 2 has very different settings else i'd offer to help you more.

[jaggerwild]

If anybody has advice on these settings I'd be most greatful if you would post them up for us!!

After hitting Ctrl+F1 i found the options and would like to put them on there best settings just not sure witch is best..........

Thanks!

[tj_jackson]

please staff, which is the latest bios and the sound over to use with the Q9550 processor revision E0?

Please have someone like him here or upar then pass me the link, just thought aquel beta site F6A officer, any other

[HitandRun]

please staff, which is the latest bios and the sound over to use with the Q9550 processor revision E0?

Please have someone like him here or upar then pass me the link, just thought aquel beta site F6A officer, any other

Latest BIOS for X48-DQ6 is the F8a

[calva58]

dear all, please excuse me if i make mistakes with this post but its my first time (virgin) my pc: x48t-dq6 rev 1.3, e8600(batchq823a612),ocz 2x2 pc10666 gold series and gskill 2x2 pc14400 4gbgt1 memory(separately) noctua nh-c12p, enermax infiniti720,velociraptor 150gb, thermaltake armor case. vista 64 bit. bios f6a also tried f4 and f5

my problem is that after spending many hours reading and trying to learn i still cannot get my pc to overclock using the bios by 1mhz. it will reach 390mhx using easytune 5 pro and setfsb but if i use the bios it reboots automatically 3 times . i have set pci to 100, disabled eist etc. increased ram voltage to 1.8v for ocz and 1.9v for gskill. have tried relaxing the ram timings but shouldnt (?) need to with such small increases. tried increasing cpu voltages . the board even reboots when setting everything back to stock . and after 3 attempts it boots normally into vista. i would be grateful for any help .
thank you .

[K91NE]

If any one in looking for help with Gigabyte boards this is the place to go http://forums.tweaktown.com/ not sure if it offical Gigabyte site but they have a few moderators LSD is 1 that have a extreme amount of knowledge of Gigabyte product line.I have use this site with a number of question and problems and have goten answers in a day or less.Hope this help.

[stasio]

Update new BIOS (released 19.03.09):

GA-X48T-DQ6 - F6c
GA-X48-DQ6 - F8c
GA-X48-DS5 - F8d
GA-X48-DS4 - F3c

New:Intel® AHCI ROM Version 1.20E