DFI LP UT X58-T3EH8 - First bench, bios screens etc

[roller11]

I know an extra 8 seconds sounds petty, but all my PCs over the past two years boot in 4-9 seconds, so 14 is too long. If I can get it down to 6 seconds, that is huge.

I have only a mouse on a USB, plus keyboard in the standard keyboard port, plus my ethernet connection to my ISP. I'm running vista 64 home premium SP1. Would you suggest starting with SP2 and then add the post SP2 hot fixes? Would that do it?

Thanks again for your help EVA

[eva2000]

Might want to read http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system...esumeperf.mspx usb and device drivers can effect vista s3 resume time as well. I use PS/2 keyboard and mouse so probably why i have faster vista s3 sleep resume time

my HTPC uses USB keyboard and mouse and s3 sleep resume time takes ages http://i4memory.com/f15/htpc-build-e...pc-v350b-8510/

[Solarfall]

hey guys i ran into a strange problem my board refuses to boot . i was doing just a regular air bencing and desided to reboot to change my bios settings cos of instability. when i was booting, i heard a soft poping sound it sounded like it came from the digital pwm area. now the board does power up, fans spin etc. but the poster leds dont turn on and im not getting it to boot anymore gggggrrrrrrrrr man im soo unlucky with boards lately

[eva2000]

hey guys i ran into a strange problem my board refuses to boot . i was doing just a regular air bencing and desided to reboot to change my bios settings cos of instability. when i was booting, i heard a soft poping sound it sounded like it came from the digital pwm area. now the board does power up, fans spin etc. but the poster leds dont turn on and im not getting it to boot anymore gggggrrrrrrrrr man im soo unlucky with boards lately

ouch.. closer inspection of PWM area ??

[Solarfall]

ouch.. closer inspection of PWM area ??

i already took the heatsink contraption off and there is no physical damage that i can see in that are or in anywhere else.. the same thing happened to my foxconn blackOps board once, some water leaked from nb clock to the board .. oohh well seems like i have to RMA the board. and from experience getting a new one will take atleast 2 weeks ...if im lucky

[rusty]

hey everyone just got mine dfi x58 today will setup the system tomorrow. the specs are:
dfi x58
i7 920 + Lapped TRUE 1366
OCZ Reaper HPC 6GB DDR3 1866 (PC3 15000) Timing: 9-9-9-28
Gtx280
WD Caviar RE2 750gb x2
Psu CM 850W
One thing though that letter D on the heatsink came off. Has anyone else had it off ?

[eva2000]

what letter D ???

i already took the heatsink contraption off and there is no physical damage that i can see in that are or in anywhere else.. the same thing happened to my foxconn blackOps board once, some water leaked from nb clock to the board .. oohh well seems like i have to RMA the board. and from experience getting a new one will take atleast 2 weeks ...if im lucky

did you use same psu for both blackops and dfi x58 ? maybe psu related ?

[rusty]

what letter D ???

The one in the thin red circle

[eva2000]

oh that - don't think it matters much it's just cosmetic..

[rusty]

oh that - don't think it matters much it's just cosmetic..

ok thanks :>
might need your help tomorrow if you don't mind with oc since it's a bit different from previous duos and quads.
What do you think of setup ? Any good ?

[eva2000]

looks good to me.. just might want to read http://i4memory.com/102537-post3.html should help heh

[rusty]

looks good to me.. just might want to read http://i4memory.com/102537-post3.html should help heh

ok will read this tonight. thank you Sir

[Solarfall]

what letter D ???



did you use same psu for both blackops and dfi x58 ? maybe psu related ?

i have a spare psu and i already tested if the board would boot with it. no go seems like its dead as a rock

[tripgood]

hey guys i ran into a strange problem my board refuses to boot . i was doing just a regular air bencing and desided to reboot to change my bios settings cos of instability. when i was booting, i heard a soft poping sound it sounded like it came from the digital pwm area. now the board does power up, fans spin etc. but the poster leds dont turn on and im not getting it to boot anymore gggggrrrrrrrrr man im soo unlucky with boards lately

The same exact thing happened to me. I did not hear a popping sound but the post code indicator went blank and I smelled smoke! The fans were still spinning. This happened within 30 minutes of powering up. I checked over every bit of the pcb and could not find any scorch marks but definitely indicates a fatal pwm problem. New board will be here Thursday.

[Grinch]

damn these boards having issues already?

[rusty]

trying to set it up now and getting 7F :<

[eva2000]

The same exact thing happened to me. I did not hear a popping sound but the post code indicator went blank and I smelled smoke! The fans were still spinning. This happened within 30 minutes of powering up. I checked over every bit of the pcb and could not find any scorch marks but definitely indicates a fatal pwm problem. New board will be here Thursday.

sorry to hear

no idea why that would happen hopefully rma replacement will be better for ya

trying to set it up now and getting 7F :<

post led codes http://csd.dficlub.org/forum/showthread.php?t=8603 most likely bios checksum i.e. if default vdimm is too low for your ram... DFI board default vdimm = 1.56v

what ram you using ?

[The Nemesis]

trying to set it up now and getting 7F :<

Also make sure your using green slots whem running two ro more dimms.

[rusty]

sorry to hear

no idea why that would happen hopefully rma replacement will be better for ya



post led codes http://csd.dficlub.org/forum/showthread.php?t=8603 most likely bios checksum i.e. if default vdimm is too low for your ram... DFI board default vdimm = 1.56v

what ram you using ?

It was the video card so now I need to update bios I guess.
Memory 9-9-9-28 @ 1.65v
Which bios should I get?

[eva2000]

It was the video card so now I need to update bios I guess.
Memory 9-9-9-28 @ 1.65v
Which bios should I get?

01/06 beta has been good to me - will try 01/14 beta tonight http://i4memory.com/f80/dfi-ut-x58-t...eleased-13876/ so we shall see

[rusty]

what's default vcore should be ?

[eva2000]

what's default vcore should be ?

i don't think there is a default vid for cpus with vcore on AUTO my i7 920 with HT enabled and Turbo disabled vcore defaults to 1.16v. With HT and Turbo disabled it defaults to 1.24v when set to AUTO vcore.




maybe HT isn't really needed ?

Right now running TmpgEnc Express 4 and Authoring Works 4 on 15.7GB DVR-MS raw video record file converting it to DVD-video @19x211 = 4009Mhz at 1.328v with no probs. 5hr raw video takes 71mins to convert to dvd-video and 53mins to convert to DIVX with HT enabled and source raw file on 750GB Samsung SATAII hdd. With HT disabled and source file on single 32GB OCZ Core V1 SSD, DIVX conversion took 43mins - nearly 10mins faster

Recorded Obama's Inaugaration from my HTPC Vista Media Center.

System specs

• Intel Core i7 920 3836A756
• Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme + LGA1366 Bolt Thru kit + 2x 120x38mm Scythe UltraKaze 2000rpm 87cfm fans in push/pull
• DFI LP UT X58-T3EH8 R.A51 - 01/06 beta bios
• HD4870x2 stock HSF
• 2x1GB Corsair DDR3-2133C9DF Dominator + 1GB G.Skill PC3-12800HZ (3x Samsung HCF0)
• Ram cooling: 3x 60x25mm Sunon 23.5cfm Maglev fans
• 750GB Samsung SATAII on ICH10R
• 32GB OCZ Core V1 SSD on ICH10R
• Pioneer DVD-RW
• 1KW Corsair HX1000 psu
• Vista Ultimate SP2 Beta 64bit / WinXP Pro SP3 full nLite updated hotfixes dual boot

4009Mhz @19x211Bclk with 8x mem multiplier 3x1GB HCF0 @844Mhz 9-9-9-24

• Record Time = ~5hrs 50mins
• TmpgEnc Authoring Works 4 edited commercials out = ~4hrs 57min DVR-MS file
• TmpgEnc AW4 DVD-Video Conversion with HT/750GB Samsung HDD = ~71min
• TmpgEnc Express4 DIVX Conversion with HT/750GB Samsung HDD @780Kb/S = ~53min
• TmpgEnc Express4 DIVX Conversion without HT/32GB OCZ Core V1 SSD @1000Kb/s = ~43min

without HT/32GB OCZ Core V1 SSD



Full screenshots here.

[RNeon]

hello,

is there any solution for me for the hot pwm problem if i´m overclocking and run prime.? i have about 70°C after 1 hour. and i use watercool.

[jcool]

maybe HT isn't really needed ?

Right now running TmpgEnc Express 4 and Authoring Works 4 on 15.7GB DVR-MS raw video record file converting it to DVD-video @19x211 = 4009Mhz at 1.328v with no probs. 5hr raw video takes 71mins to convert to dvd-video and 53mins to convert to DIVX with HT enabled and source raw file on 750GB Samsung SATAII hdd. With HT disabled and source file on single 32GB OCZ Core V1 SSD, DIVX conversion took 43mins - nearly 10mins faster

HT gives a significant boost on properly multithreadaed apps, around 30% depending on the application.
Try CineBench with or without HT, run BOINC or even 3DMark and you'll see a huge difference

Meaning that tool you used probably doesn't support more than 2 Cores, which makes it run faster if you disable HT because then, more CPU time will be assigned to the program automatically.

@RNeon: Fan on the PWM/NB or watercool the PWMs as well
But 70C is well within spec, these are digital PWMs rated for 135C I believe. Anything below 80 is fine 24/7.

[Nilos]

I am now testing my new board and had some problems with it. With the latest bios it wouldn boot from my ssd's in raid. That problems is solved with 0106 beta bios. Now my CPU isnt stable anymore at 4.2GHZ. Before i owned a Gigabyte mobo and my CPU ran 4200mhz 1.39v small FFT. Now i can do 19x200, 20x200 1.35v but 4200mhz just freezes my pc. Even at 1.44v! Also in CPU Z i see that the multi jumps from 21 to 20,5!! I did the 21X trick as EVA2000 explained in the start post. I also tried to bump any voltage: CPU VTT/ ICH/ IOH. Perhaps i forgot something??? Anyone tips to gain back my 4200 mhz stable CPU?