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

[zsamz_]

No go. Still getting memory errors, bsods etc... I'm out of ideas... Should I buy different memory? What sticks does this board like?

try Preformance LVL (9) with pulls EAEEE EAAEEE
can they run 1000mhz?? they might be deffective
test the sticks in another board
the only sticks i seen so far that the board dont like is d9gkx

[fireice2]

This gotta be the best purchase I've ever made. Glad to see people still support this board.

[J0kke]

try Preformance LVL (9) with pulls EAEEE EAAEEE
can they run 1000mhz?? they might be deffective
test the sticks in another board
the only sticks i seen so far that the board dont like is d9gkx

What does that mean? Right now, I adjusted all Dram timings by myself according to memset and my own imagination and im kinda stable =)

[radaja]

i just got mine and the build quality is very impressive.now if i could just wrap my head around all these bios settings i could then maybe start OCing.

[J0kke]

Still unstable. Im going to test memory sticks one by one @ 500FSB and if they fail ill send them back.

[radaja]

ok.all day ive been trying to figure this bios out,it is just so much info,a bit overwhelming to say the least.it was like i was afraid to even try to OC because i couldnt find any good templates for what i wanted so i used three different ones.and when i finally tried to dial in my first OC 8x500,unbelievable it worked.problem im having though is with the clock setting fine delay page.all the templates ive seen are using numbers like 67ps and 467ps,but im only able to dial in whole numbers.also im using my new crucial ballistics and these led's on them are starting to make me nervous.they are lighting up different for each stick,do they respond to too much voltage or bad OC's?

[Shiranui Gen-An]

Update your BIOS to the latest version on DFI's site and you'll get the PS values for clock delay rather than the whole numbers. You really only have to worry about changing clock delays when you get freezes on POST for you RAM overclocks, or immediate errors in memtest.

[radaja]

thanks Gen-an.i was only worried cause i was trying to piece together a template to get started so i ended up leaving those on auto,so yea hope that helps cause im not to happy with my everest scores.ok ive been reading on how to flash my bios that eva200 ref me to and i dont get it.can i flash just using a floppy drive?

[Shiranui Gen-An]

You should be able to flash with a floppy drive, just make sure the disk is formatted as a DOS boot disc, and extract the contents of the ZIP file from DFI to the disk. It contains an autoexec.bat so you don't have to do much, just boot off the disk. As for your Everest scores, you're kidding right? Those look pretty good to me!

[radaja]

partly kidding,im a little o.c i like them to all be 10k.

[Shiranui Gen-An]

Have you tried setting the common clock crossing settings to More Aggressive, and Enhance Data transmitting and Enhance Addressing to Fast? Should boost bandwidth even more

[radaja]

that was with them set to fast but clock crossing settings were on auto

[zsamz_]

Still unstable. Im going to test memory sticks one by one @ 500FSB and if they fail ill send them back.

test @ lower fsb

[radaja]

ok heres it is with more aggressive set and the fsb up to 506.im pretty happy with this.but i would like to go higher with the fsb but just wont go.ive tried upping the vpu vcore,nb vdimm and it just wont boot into windows.even at 500fsb and cpu at 8.5 for 4250 no go.any suggestions?im using crucial ballistic pc8000 16fd3 d9's2x1GB.

Genie BIOS Setting:

Exit Setup shutdown....................... - Mode 2
CLOCK VCO divider......................... - Auto
CPU Clock Ratio........................... - 8 X
CPU-N2 Ratio.............................. - Disabled
- Target CPU Clock........................ - 4048MHz
CPU Clock................................. - 506 MHz
Boot Up Clock............................. - Auto
DRAM Speed................................ - 333/667
- Target DRAM Speed....................... - DDR2 1214
PCIE Clock................................ - 100 MHz
PCIE Slot Config.......................... - 1X 1X

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


CPU Feature:

Thermal Management Control................ - Enabled
PPM(EIST) Mode............................ - Enabled
Limit CPUID MaxVal........................ - Disabled
C1E Function.............................. - Auto
Execute Disable Bit....................... - Enabled
Virtualization Technology................. - Enabled
Core Multi-Processing..................... - Enabled


Voltage Setting:

CPU VID Control........................... - Auto
CPU VID Special Add....................... - 112.37%
DRAM Voltage Control...................... - 2.23V
SB 1.05V Voltage.......................... - 1.07V
SB Core/CPU PLL Voltage................... - 1.55V
NB Core Voltage........................... - 1.41V
CPU VTT Voltage........................... - 1.17V
Vcore Droop Control....................... - Enabled
Clockgen Voltage Control.................. - 3.45V
GTL+ Buffers Strenght..................... - Strong
Host Slew Rate............................ - Weak
GTL REF Voltage Control................... - Enabled
CPU GTL 1/3 REF Volt..................... - 58
CPU GTL 0/2 REF Volt..................... - 60
North Bridge GTL REF Volt................. - 58


DRAM Timing:

Enhance Data transmitting................. - Fast
Enhance Addressing........................ - Fast
T2 Dispatch............................... - Auto

CAS Latency Time (tCL).................... - 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD)................. - 5
RAS# Precharge (tRP)...................... - 5
Precharge delay (tRAS).................... - 15
All Precharge to ACT...................... - Auto
REF to ACT Delay (tRFC)................... - 35
Preformance LVL (Read delay).............. -7

MCH ODT Latencey.......................... -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


Clock Setting Fine Delay: default 70ps

Ch1 Clock Crossing Setting................ - More Aggressive
DIMM 1 Clock fine delay................... - Current
DIMM 2 Clock fine delay................... - Current
Ch1 Command fine delay.................... - Current
Ch1 Control fine delay.................... - Current

Ch2 Clock Crossing Setting................ - More Aggressive
DIMM 3 Clock fine delay................... - Current
DIMM 4 Clock fine delay................... - Current
Ch2 Command fine delay.................... - Current
Ch2 Control fine delay.................... - Current

Ch1Ch2 CommonClock Setting................ - More Aggressive

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


Read delay phase adjust:

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

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

[zsamz_]

radaja i'm sure you can lower cpu and vdim volts for that settin
or maybe goto 515 fsb

[radaja]

EDIT-i flashed to the newest bios and still do not have the ability to use small values with clock fine delays.ill give it a try.EDIT-well i tried lowering cpu volts and it failed to get into windows,and with these setings the highest fsb to be able to get into windows is 510fsb.maybe my ref voltages are not right.also the vid on this chip is 1.25 if that makes any difference.

[radaja]

the newest bios was no good.i lost the ability to see all the voltages and temps in everest and smartguardian(vtt,vnb,all psuvolts,nb temp,chipset temp)very wierd also no matter what everytime id set the special add cpu volt and next reboot it was on auto.so i flashed to 5/21 and it seems ok now

[Jupiler]

Have you tried upping the NBCore a notch (1.45-1.50V)? It might help you getting you over 500FSB.

[vws]

Hey Radaja how 'bout showing some numbers with your Q9650? Now that you've done it with the UD3P you should feel at home with your quad's personality.

[radaja]

i was thinking about it butright now i thought i make it easy on myself by getting the hang of this new board by using a dually first.good thing i did cause all i can get this board to do is 500x8 to 506x8 stable with the settings above anything else and it wont boot.few questions.is it normal that when you set an OC and the special add volts and boot back into the bios you have to reset special add volts again. because everytime it defaults back to auto.but it hold when you just reboot or turn off and then turn back on.

[radaja]

well after getting very frustrated with this board,i decided to just start clean with just the basics.i tried using the vcore at 1.38 instead of the special add,then i set vtt at 1.28.i disabled the gtl's and set vNB at 1.41.by doing this i was able to then successfully run 8.5x506.also i could lower the vcore to 1.36 and run 8x525 with just a bump in vNB.i think the gtl setting was just making it harder.still have no way of setting the fine clock delay in small increments.oh well this just keeps getting better,and i guess i'll figure it out eventually.

[zsamz_]

you wont get verry far with gtls on auto

[radaja]

well so far im having much more success without using gtl's,ive gotten up to 530x8 with them on auto.do you know how they work?are the percentages or mv?if they are percentages how do you calculate them?

[Thrmionicshaman]

well so far im having much more success without using gtl's,ive gotten up to 530x8 with them on auto.do you know how they work?are the percentages or mv?if they are percentages how do you calculate them?

The settings for GTL are floating increments based on VTT. They are not based on mV or %.They allow rather fine adjustment.
With this board there are voltage measurement points.The link [for the measurement points] I bookmarked
is dead,but it used to be on edgeofstability.
Buy/borrow/[eat and assimilate to live as a DMM] a good DMM [Fluke 179,etc] and have at it if you can find the measurement points.
Just do load/no load measurements[including 3dMark,memtest,IBT,Prime95] for Vtt and GTL,then calculate to see if they are within spec,adjust as necessary,wash-rinse-repeat and BAM-learning/living your experience Learning is Fun
Good Luck!
P.S.-Be sure not to touch other unwanted component legs when measuring the GTL chips,the legs are very close together and bridging the legs will freeze/fail test on PC.

Anyone else know where to find pics of the test points?? I don't have photobucket or whatever so I currently cannot provide my own pics but I know by heart where the points are.

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ZSamZ-anyone...How am I doing so far??? I know VMem is high but it is what works. 1:1 is tricky right now

[Thrmionicshaman]

try Preformance LVL (9) with pulls EAEEE EAAEEE
can they run 1000mhz?? they might be deffective
test the sticks in another board
the only sticks i seen so far that the board dont like is d9gkx

EAEEE (5)
EAAEEE (6)??

There are only five phases.
Which settings did you mean to describe?