DFI UT X58-T3EH8 continued - Part 2

[cstkl1]

Oddly enough plugging in the floppy power connector just below the mosfets fixed all of my problems.

Now stability testing 200x20 1.35v (in bios) 1.3v vtt.

neat
personally i have both of the floppy connector connected.

reason being is cause i am running
gtx285 slied ( 8pin +6pin)
wc system with a modified mcp655
coolitfreezone elite
6 hdd+nczx fan controller+antec veris elite

all with a hx1000 psu. the rail distribution i connected all the modular cables after testing a few times to get the highest stable 12v voltage and connecting the two floppy connectors helped a lot.

[ChaosMinionX]

neat
personally i have both of the floppy connector connected.

reason being is cause i am running
gtx285 slied ( 8pin +6pin)
wc system with a modified mcp655
coolitfreezone elite
6 hdd+nczx fan controller+antec veris elite

all with a hx1000 psu. the rail distribution i connected all the modular cables after testing a few times to get the highest stable 12v voltage and connecting the two floppy connectors helped a lot.

6 HDD (4 300GB VRaptors Raid 0, 2 storage drives currently, gonna set my SSDs back up after I get all this stability testing outta way), 2 4870X2s, liquid loop with single pump, triple rad, and 12GB of RAM.

Where is the 2nd Floppy connector located?

[pangingIII]

Where is the 2nd Floppy connector located?

[ChaosMinionX]

pangingIII did you happen to post on DriverHeaven.net?

[Juiced_IL]

Oddly enough plugging in the floppy power connector just below the mosfets fixed all of my problems.

Now stability testing 200x20 1.35v (in bios) 1.3v vtt.

cool

i thought those two connections were extra power to the pci-e slots

[Peen]

Sorry whats the connecting to floppy drive actually helping with? I just plugged both mine in into fans to test

Wow I think it is helping! PWM's don't make any noice with droop disabled, barely drops at all and priming 4.5ghz HT 1.4v! It used to crash at 1.50v

12v is rock solid still, kind of odd old board was 12.26v, this one is 11.96v

CPU temp is pretty warm at above specs priming like 85c max so far. Radiator is pretty warm too. Need more radiator

[nickless]

Ok, so if SG show me 12.22v of the +12v rail under load, is it necessary to plug in the floppy power connector?


Thank's!

[Sam_oslo]

Sable rail is more important than the high value.

I have been using just one floppy connectors for a long while, and 12v lane has been running pretty stable at 11.96v, but it could drop down to 11.90v, and I have seen 11.83v under heavy load a few times, too.

I have connected both of the now, and after trying a couple of combinations, got the most stable lane by connecting them to the connectors closest to the blue connectors (PCI-e connectors) on HX1000W. It make sense according HX-1000 Rail Distribution Diagram , too.

I have to test more to conclude, but after trying a few of old profiles, I couldn't see any effect on the Vcore or temperature yet.
The rail seams to be more stable now, it has been staying on 11.96v all the way on this run:

w3520 @4.08GHZ (215x19), 1.16v

[Bo_Fox]

One thing I found was that after i replaced the 8800GTX with a HD 4870 1GB on my T3eH8, it no longer had the resetting of the "pre-boot" process where I see the debug LED characters change from 3C or something like that to FF (the final stable state).

[Lu523]

I just picked up an i7 920 DO. Working on finding the max it can do. I think I have RealTemp calibrated right. If so temps seem good. Just wish I could get the vcore lower. Anything less than 1.375 causes the systeem to crash.

[jcool]

Just a heads-up for ppl wanting to try a Gulftown in the DFI - save your energy. Neither the UT nor the JR will post with one, I guess it's missing the proper microcode.

[Praz]

Just a heads-up for ppl wanting to try a Gulftown in the DFI - save your energy. Neither the UT nor the JR will post with one, I guess it's missing the proper microcode.

Will have to wait for the BIOS update to be released.

[jcool]

Yeah well.. I emailed them and they basically told me they won't make a working bios anytime soon... kinda disappointed TBH. Anyone wanna sell a Classified? I need BCLK.

[Lu523]

I did a bit more tweaking. Passed 10 goes of IntelBurnTest. Got vcore at 1.36 goes to 1.328 under load, that is by cpuz. I have it crunching now. Temps are 61/64/62/62. I am going to try to get the vcore down some more later.

[ChaosMinionX]

Now I get no BSOD and the computer just flat out restarts, or shuts off. It is not a thermal or power issue, it seems to be something with voltage.... Man this board is picky haha

[Garrett]

Now I get no BSOD and the computer just flat out restarts, or shuts off. It is not a thermal or power issue, it seems to be something with voltage.... Man this board is picky haha

If you still have the board in february I'd like to take a look at it... I'm coming to NYC then... first time in the USA... sorry for the offtopic guys

Luckily I haven't had such issues (yet) with my DFI X58, runs great atm
Setfsb works fine as well, nothing like oc'ing in windows without screwing up the bios
Just make sure that for the DFI DK and UT X58 board you use the ICS9LPRS918JKL clock generator

[Peen]

Now I get no BSOD and the computer just flat out restarts, or shuts off. It is not a thermal or power issue, it seems to be something with voltage.... Man this board is picky haha

(Asian) Ahhh-sheeeiittt! (/asian)

Be careful! Thats what my board started doing before it went poof!

[ChaosMinionX]

(Asian) Ahhh-sheeeiittt! (/asian)

Be careful! Thats what my board started doing before it went poof!

I dont think anything is gonna go poof... its like 16C in my room, PWM never goes over 55C.

I can still reproduce a BSOD by changing voltages around, so I think im just playing with a board/cpu combo that involves very exact numbers.

[Peen]

Room temp isn't going to matter when a resistor or something is overloaded. My PWM was idle (48c) when it died, twice.

how much vcore you using? Do you run vdroop on or off? I thought you said you fixed your problems by plugging in the floppy power connecters.

I think turning Vdroop on in bios (actually off) is much easier on these DFI's, since it doesn't make nearly as much PWM noise.

[Lu523]

Got vcore down to 1.312 in Cpuz. Passes 10 runs of IntelBurn Test.Temps are lower. Going to let it crunch for awhile. Hope to get it a bit lower.

[ChaosMinionX]

Room temp isn't going to matter when a resistor or something is overloaded. My PWM was idle (48c) when it died, twice.

how much vcore you using? Do you run vdroop on or off? I thought you said you fixed your problems by plugging in the floppy power connecters.

I think turning Vdroop on in bios (actually off) is much easier on these DFI's, since it doesn't make nearly as much PWM noise.

I have Vdroop on, the floppy power connector allowed me to get it to run longer without BSOD, but now I am trying to get the right settings I believe.

It has to be the chip, because on my Intel board I had almost an identical problem.

EDIT: Vcore is only 1.35v atm

[Longbow]

so can you guys say using both floppy connectors helps in OCing?

[sjakie666]

@longbow It can help you with your OC. i've had a few boards now and the 12v was verry different with each board. Some boards went down 2 11.89/11.80v underload and new board stays @ 12.10v even under load without floppy cables attached.(i'm using a corsair hx1000).
Also i had boards that where not stable with the soundmodule attached to the board so you can try that also.

[Longbow]

cool, i'll try it out

[Bo_Fox]

@longbow It can help you with your OC. i've had a few boards now and the 12v was verry different with each board. Some boards went down 2 11.89/11.80v underload and new board stays @ 12.10v even under load without floppy cables attached.(i'm using a corsair hx1000).
Also i had boards that where not stable with the soundmodule attached to the board so you can try that also.

Did you use the same PSU with different boards?

I would guess that adding more floppy power connectors help with the stability, since it should distribute power across the board more evenly.

I'm wondering if the different 12V readings are just because different boards report different voltage readings. Did you use the DMM on the read-points to measure the voltages?