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

[The Nemesis]

i think its a win7 64bit issue because i have same problem (build 7068) with it but not the 32bit. i downloaded rc 1 from micro$oft but too lazy to install

[The Nemesis]

I'm preparing to drop this board for my bench rig. It simply won't hit high enough bclk for me to reach 5GHz. I tried this chip in my friends classified and hit 5GHz with ease with less cold. Time to join the classified bandwagon I suppose.

[BLHealthy4life]

You might actually be at 21x multi and CPU-z just isn't reading the change with W7

Then this would be VERY strange if true. Earlier this evening when I first installed the board, It was reading 21x...now it will not.

It's not W7 x64 because I've been using it since build 7000 on my R2E and NEVER had this problem....

I have a lot of reading to do about this board...I cannot OC it at all at the moment...any attempts and the board will not POST.

My first impressions of this board aren't very good.

BL

[eva2000]

no probs with win7 64bit rc and 21x

lets see how this i7 920 3851A368 D0 handles memory clocking with 10x memory multiplier. First stop at DDR3-2000Mhz 7-8-7-20 1T at 1.65v

Room ambient temp = 25-26C

• Win 7 Ultimate 64bit RC OS used
• Powermate wattage meter reads peak system power consumption of ~620 watts drawn from wall

Linx 0.5.8.2 Load



Linx 0.5.8.2 5pass



System:

• i7 920 3851A368 D0 stepping
• EK Supreme LT 1366 / FESER 480 / MCP655
• DFI UT X58-T3EH8 04/28 beta
• 2x HD4870x2 Crossfire (Powercolor + Gigabyte flashed to Asus Top bios) with ATI Win7 9.4 (8.612 WHQL)
• 6GB Corsair Dominator GT DDR3-2000Mhz 7-8-7-20
• 750GB Samsung SATAII
• Silverstone OP1200 PSU
• Triple boot - WinXP Pro SP3 / Vista Ultimate 64Bit SP2 / Win7 Ultimate 64bit RC

5 passes not enough? How about 20 passes + 3dmark06

Room ambient temp = 23.5-26C

• Win 7 Ultimate 64bit RC OS used
• Powermate wattage meter reads peak system power consumption of ~628 watts drawn from wall

Linx 0.5.8.2 Load



Linx 0.5.8.2 20 pass

[cstkl1]

eva nice clocks

just for info

another forumer from lyn bought my kingston hypers with his dfi ut latos is it

for him to run 2000mhz Cl8 on his 920 d0
so far he needs vdimm 1.65v vtt 1.5

thats 0.1v more on vdimm and vtt compared when the ram was running with my cpu.

[eva2000]

Thanks Kavin, yeah cpu could determine what voltages memory needs, so far 2x i7 920 c0 and 1x i7 920 d0 all require me to have 1.65v vdimm for GT at 2000mhz 7-8-7-20.

Guys just remembered one thing, for my Win7 setup in bios power management I have HPET support enabled and set at 64bit. Not sure if it that is what is allowing me 21x Turbo without problems. Worth a try

[cstkl1]

Thanks Kavin, yeah cpu could determine what voltages memory needs, so far 2x i7 920 c0 and 1x i7 920 d0 all require me to have 1.65v vdimm for GT at 2000mhz 7-8-7-20.

Guys just remembered one thing, for my Win7 setup in bios power management I have HPET support enabled and set at 64bit. Not sure if it that is what is allowing me 21x Turbo without problems. Worth a try

yeah true
but really interesting part was
i always thought that different procs was vtt dependent
but now vdimm also??

and this is another weird part
all the 2k c8 hypers i have tested has one thing in common
the 2kC8,1866C7,1600 C6 vdimm is the same.
He has no problem with 1866C7 and 1600C6 at 1.56set like on my proc
but his 2k C8 needs 1.65v set.

also this changes my opinion on higher vcore procs usually needs higher vtt.
like ures doesnt ..

looks like the 2k rams .. seriously up to luck on procs..since i had a few procs
latency is not the issue but the ram speed and vtt required is.

but one thing my proc is very vtt sensitive. a slight overvolt everythings goes out of the window.

[eva2000]

not surprising cpu vtt and vdimm are cpu dependent, since cpu vtt drives uncore frequency/and memory related stuff on processor

[cstkl1]

not surprising cpu vtt and vdimm are cpu dependent, since cpu vtt drives uncore frequency/and memory related stuff on processor

hmm can imagine the no of ppl are going to have issues with 2k ram
since ram prices are dropping and a lot of 2k rams C9-C7 rams are getting cheaper and cheaper

ocz blade 2k C7 now Rm1450 .. thats around AUD 543..USD 415

[eva2000]

Haven't tried 6GB samsung hcf0/micron modules but i suspect same can be said for all DDR3-1866+ and higher rated modules - you'd be somewhat at mercy of the cpu mem controller, board and board bios etc.

[jagt]

I'm near done with my build now and ready to boot 'her up. What bios would you recommend as a starting point for an Xeon and 6GB of Corsair GT's? Keep in mind that this will be my first experience with this board and i7 as a whole.

[eva2000]

start with 2/17 or 2/27 and if you have problems clocking GT memory, try 4/28 beta or 05/08 (some folks aren't having much luck with D0 cpus and 4/28 and 05/08 betas though).

might start sounding like a broken record, but threads worth reading

• DFI UT X58-T3EH8 notes, findings & tips
• Intel Core i7 920 Overclocking Introduction Guide on X58
• Prime95/LinX/Super Pi 32M stability tweaks
• DFI UT X58 - tRRD, RTL, tFAW timing discussion.
• DFI Lanparty UT X58-T3EH8 LGA1366 Photos, Bios and Overclocking Information Guide
• DFI LP UT X58-T3EH8 - Bios Template
• DFI UT X58-T3EH8 - Bios Download / Change Log
• DFI LP UT X58-T3EH8 - Bios Screenshots
• Memtest86+ (v2.11)

[The Nemesis]

Try 4/28 if you have a DO. The 05/08 didn't work well with my Kingstons.

5GHz with this board finally achieved but not stable.



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[Sam_oslo]

DFI LP UT X58-T3eH8, 02/17 BIOS
Xeon W3520 (# 3848A352)
Prolimatech Megahalems, 2x1200RPM Scythe Slip Stream

Vcore: 1.28/1.23v (BIOS/Load)
NB Core: 1.13/1.12v
Everything else: @Stock/default, including QPI-VVT: 1.21/1.24v

@4.20GHZ (210x20) HT:On, 1.23v, 1 hour primestable

[jagt]

Hm.. my board refuses to POST with memory in any of the yellow slots. One, two or three sticks, doesn't matter. Works fine with all the green slots populated. Now I just to the rig together so I have not updated the bios yet, but is this normal? Memory voltage is set at 1.65v.

[eva2000]

Hm.. my board refuses to POST with memory in any of the yellow slots. One, two or three sticks, doesn't matter. Works fine with all the green slots populated. Now I just to the rig together so I have not updated the bios yet, but is this normal? Memory voltage is set at 1.65v.

yup normal read tip #29 http://i4memory.com/102537-post3.html

[jagt]

Thanks eva! I promise I'll take the time to read your threads before I ask any more silly questions

[Sam_oslo]

....
Guys just remembered one thing, for my Win7 setup in bios power management I have HPET support enabled and set at 64bit. Not sure if it that is what is allowing me 21x Turbo without problems. Worth a try

Still no luck with 21x on W7 RC 64bit here.

My 21x-settings workes fine with Vista but falls to 12x on W7. I'm wondering if you have changed some setting on W7 (besides High Performance) which i haven't found yet.

[jagt]

I'm having an incredibly stupid issue that I can't find the cause of. I've been trying to fix it for over 6 hours now and I've pretty much given up.

Windows will only boot if the Vista DVD is present in the DVD drive and the DVD drive is chosen as first boot device. It will ask me to "press any key to boot from disk", but I just let the timer run out and it will boot normally. If I take out the Vista disc the system will halt after "Saving CMOS". The same thing happens if I set "hard disk" to first boot device in the bios. I've reinstalled Vista twice with different raid drivers but nothing helps. It really looks like the board is trying to boot off the DVD drive no matter what I do. I have a raid setup with two drives in raid 0. The DVDRW is connected to the IDE port on the motherboard. I have tried disabling the IDE controller too, but that made no difference. Is there something stupid I've missed here? I've never seen this problem for all the years I've had raid running on, and that's a long freaking time!

[jagt]

Found the problem... turns out Vista has installed the boot files on the HDD's located on the Jmicron controller. These show up as IDE drives, so I guess in all it's wisdom Vista thought it would be better to place them there. Bloody stupid!

Edit: is it actually possible to boot from a raid array on this board at all?! I've taken out every single drive except two 320GB drives that run in RAID0 from port 0 and 1. These are bootable according to the Intel matrix raid manager, but Vista will NOT boot no matter what I do. I've done 5 Vista installs now! DVDRW runs in IDE mode from the Jmicron controller. I tried IDE + RAID, but Vista didn't even want to install with that option checked.

Edit 2: Finally! I nailed it. I set the Jmicron controller to IDE mode, only the two raid0 drives in, and then I rebuilt the raid in the Intel matrix CP. This time the Vista setup picked up the Intel raid drivers on my USB stick and things worked after that. This is seriously the most painful Windows installation I've ever been through! :P

[Volkum]

An early result for my OCing:



I haven't done anything with the memory yet and I haven't found a max stable on the CPU either. I've got some work to do

[drnip]

Try 4/28 if you have a DO. The 05/08 didn't work well with my Kingstons.

5GHz with this board finally achieved but not stable.

Care to share those settings?

[The Nemesis]

Care to share those settings?

These are the settings I boot with then use setfsb to clock further. This is an open test bed with active airflow over nb chipset.

Genie BIOS Setting
***** CPU Feature *****
Set VR Current Limit Max:   Disabled
Thermal Management Control:   Disabled
EIST Function:     Enabled
CxE Function:     Disabled
Execute Disable Bit:    Disabled
Virtualization Technology:   Disabled
 ***** Logical Processor Setting *****
Intel HT Technology:   Enabled
Active Processor Cores:   All
***** DRAM Timing *****
Memory Control Setting:   AUTO
Memory LowGap:     1536M
DRAM Command Rate:   AUTO
CAS Latency Time (tCL):   7
RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD):   8
RAS# Precharge (tRP):    7
Precharge Delay (tRAS):   20
REF to ACT Delay (tRFC):   Auto
Write to PRE Delay (tWR):   AUTO
Rank Write to Read (tWTR):   AUTO
ACT to ACT Delay (tRRD):   AUTO
Row Cycle Time (tRC):    AUTO
Read CAS# Precharge (tRTP):   AUTO
Four ACT WIN Time (tFAW):   AUTO
***** Voltage Setting *****
O.C. Shut Down Free:   Enable O.C.S.D.F
CPU VID Control:    1.4v = 1.456v (misreported) in windows 1.45v=1.504v(misreported) for 5GHz & 3DMark06
CPU VID Special Add Limit:   Enabled
CPU VID Special Add:    Auto
Vcore Droop Control:    Disabled
DRAM Bus Voltage:    1.65v
DRAM PWM Switch Frequency:  Normal
DRAM PWM Phase Control:   2 Phase Operation
CPU VTT Special Add:   AUTO
CPU VTT Voltage:   1.31v  1.37v for 5GHz & 3DMark06
VTT PWM Switch Frequency:   Normal
VTT PWM Phase Control:   2 Phase Operation
CPU PLL Voltage:   1.80v
IOH/ICH 1.1V Voltage:    1.30v 
IOH Analog Voltage:   1.25v
ICH 1.5 Voltage:   1.7v
ICH 1.05V Voltage:   1.05v
DIMM 1/2 DQ/DQSTB Bus VREF:  -00.0%
DIMM 3/4 DQ/DQSTB Bus VREF:  -00.0%
DIMM 5/6 DQ/DQSTB Bus VREF:  -00.0%
ADDR/CMD VREF Control:   Disabled
x DIMM 1/2 ADDR/CMD Bus VREF: 110
x DIMM 3/4 ADDR/CMD Bus VREF: 110
x DIMM 5/6 ADDR/CMD Bus VREF: 110
CPU QPI Drive Strength:   Normal
IOH QPI Drive Strength:   Strong
Exit Setup Shut down:   Mode 2
O.C. Fail Retry Counter:  Enabled
O.C. Fail CMOS Reload:    Disabled
PPM Function:     Enabled
Turbo Mode Function:    Disabled
1 core Max Turbo Ratio: 26x
2 core Max Turbo Ratio: 25x
3 core Max Turbo Ratio: 25x
4 core Max Turbo Ratio: 25x
CPU Non-Turbo Clock Ratio:   20x
****** BCLK/UCLK/QPI Controller Settings ******
QPI Control Settings:   Enabled
QPI Link Fast Mode:    Enabled
QPI Frequency:     AUTO
CPU Base Clock (BCLK):    226 Mhz
Boot Up CPU Base Clock:   AUTO
PCIE Clock:     114 Mhz
DRAM Frequency:    8
UnCore Frequency:    16
CPU Spread Spectrum:    Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum:    Disabled

[drnip]

Good lookin out. That is about what I used except your pcie is set to 114 as mine was 110 and you have your ich 1.5 voltage set to 1.7v where I left mine at 1.5v. which might be my problem.

What cooling you using?

[The Nemesis]

single stage phase -54c idle -45'c load.