**Official DFI LanParty UT 790FX-M2R Review/Overclock/Guide Thread**

Brother Esau · 12-16-2007, 09:09 PM

Bios's - Drivers - Manuals - Specifications.

Official Bios Releases:

Date Code: 2007/12/11
File R7LDC11.exe
Major Reasons of Change:
1. Change ATI Raid ROM to 3.1540.21.
2. Change Voltage Value Str color.
3. Fixed some CPU press 'F1' well hung if CMOS checksum error.

Date Code: 2007/12/11
File R7LDC11.zip
Major Reasons of Change:
1. Change ATI Raid ROM to 3.1540.21.
2. Change Voltage Value Str color.
3. Fixed some CPU press 'F1' well hung if CMOS checksum error.

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Date Code: 2007/11/22
File R7LDB22.exe
Major Reasons of Change:
Fixed RAID 1 / 0+1 / 5 Mode will show RAID JBOD when replace one SATA HDD for rebuild.

Date Code: 2007/11/22
File R7LDB22.zip
Major Reasons of Change:
Fixed RAID 1 / 0+1 / 5 Mode will show RAID JBOD when replace one SATA HDD for rebuild.

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Date Code: 2007/11/07
File R7LDB07.exe
Major Reasons of Change:
Initial release

Date Code: 2007/11/07
File R7LDB07.zip
Major Reasons of Change:
Initial release

Beta Bios Releases:

The BIOS in this section are Beta and still under evaluation. Please be advised that warranty will be voided for any damages caused by these BIOS on your system and DFI is not liable for such damages.

The Beta's are here for reference and maybe added to or removed based on what is currently on DFI's Global Web Site.

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Date Code: 2007/12/06
File R7LDC06.exe
Major Reasons of Change:
1. Add DDR2-1066 support for Phenom family CPUs.
2. Change Dram Voltage Item maximum to 2.76V.

Date Code: 2007/12/06
File R7LDC06.zip
Major Reasons of Change:
1. Add DDR2-1066 support for Phenom family CPUs.
2. Change Dram Voltage Item maximum to 2.76V.

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Brother Esau · 12-16-2007, 09:11 PM

Brother Esau · 12-16-2007, 09:12 PM

Heres 12hr + Prime95 run @ Stock Board Voltages less Vdimm @ 2.14 & CPU Vcore @ 1.4068 I am working on a Bios Template for the D.F.I LanParty UT 790FX-M2R and will post it up in addition to this Screen shot when its completed

For those of you who wish to post in this thread to further help things along I have made a D.F.I LanParty UT 790FX-M2R 11/22/07 Bios Template the attachment is at the bottom of the post I will be revising and adding to it but for now this covers the important grounds for Overclocking!

DFI LANPARTY UT 790FX-M2R (BIOS 11/22/07)

AMD Athlon X64 6400+ Black Edition 3.2ghz

OCZ FLEX XLC (PC2 9200) 5-5-5-18 2 x 1GB PN:OCZ2FX11502GK

HIS Hightech HD-3870 CATALYST 7.12

Auzentech XPlosion

Areca 1231 ML {Intel IOP 341} ~ 6 ~ 250gb Hitachi Sata II Raid 6 ~2~WD 74gb Raptors ~ Raid 0 ~

Plextor 750A

SilverStone OP1000

CM Stacker STC-T01

Code:

>HT Link Control:
 
HT Link Width......................... - 16 bit
HT Frequency.......................... - 800 MHz
IH Flow Control Mode.................. - Disabled
HT Link Tristate...................... - Disabled
2x LCLK Mode.......................... - Disabled
Unit Id Clumping...................... - Disabled
 
>CPU Feature:
 
NPT Fid Control....................... - x10
Virtualization........................ - Enabled
AMD K8 Cool&Quiet Control............. - Disabled

>DRAM Configuration:

MCT Memory Timing.................... - Manual
Maximum Latency...................... - 8ns
2T Mode.............................. - Auto
Cas Latency Time..................... - 5
Pre Charge Delay (tRAS).............. - 12
DRAM RAS# Precharge.................. - 5
DRAN RAS# to CAS# Delay.............. - 5
Bank to Bank Cmd (TRRD).............. - Auto
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay.............. - Auto
TRTP................................. - Auto
Write Recovery (TWR)................. - Auto
Write-Read Command (TWTR)............ - Auto
TRFC0................................ - Auto
TRFC1................................ - Auto
TRFC2................................ - Auto
TRFC3................................ - Auto
Trdrd................................ - Auto
TrwtT0............................... - Auto
Twrrd................................ - Auto
Twrwr................................ - Auto
CS/ODT Pin Fine Delay................ - Enabled
Bank Swizzle Mode.................... - Enabled
Auto Tweak Performance............... - Enabled
Optimal Performance Mode............. - Enabled

>ODC Control Mode:

DRAM Drivers Weak Mode.............. - Normal
Output Drivers Comp................. - Normal
>Channel A:
CPU On-die Termination.............. - 300 ohms +/- 20%
DQS Drive Strength.................. - 1.00x
Data Drive Strength................. - 1.00x
MEMCLK Drive Strength............... - 1.00x
Addr/Cmd Drive Strength............. - 1.50x
CS/ODT Drive Strength............... - 1.50x
CKE Drive Strenght.................. - 1.50x
>Channel B:
CPU On-die Termination.............. - 300 ohms +/- 20%
DQS Drive Strength.................. - 1.00x
Data Drive Strength................. - 1.00x
MEMCLK Drive Strength............... - 1.00x
Addr/Cmd Drive Strength............. - 1.50x
CS/ODT Drive Strength............... - 1.50x
CKE Drive Strenght.................. - 1.50x


>PWM Settings:
 
PWM Control.......................... - Enabled
CPU VID Control...................... - 1.40625v
CPU Vid Special Add.................. - Auto
CPU NB Vlotage Control............... - Auto
CPU NB Vid Special Add............... - Auto
DRAM Voltage Control................. - 2.12v
SB PLL 1.2V Voltage.................. - 1.20v
NB Core Voltage...................... - 1.20v
NB PCI-E Voltage..................... - 1.250v
NB HT Voltage........................ - 1.20v

 
Genie BIOS Settings:
 
Spread Spectrum................ - Disabled
CPU Host/HTT Clock................... - 340MHZ
CPU Host/HTT Boot Up Clock.............. - 280MHZ
CPU Host/HTT Adjust Gap..................... - 5
PCI-E Clock.................... - 100MHZ

Attachment 69418

Brother Esau · 12-16-2007, 09:13 PM

Heres 3500mhz @stock Board Voltage minus a little more Vcore added and some Vdimm also a screen shot taken 6hrs into prime to show temps of Board under full load

EDIT: Although this is completely Stable at these Bios settings as you can see I find that once you Reach around 350FSB you will want to Increase you NB Voltage , PCI-E -NB voltage Nb-HT voltage just by one notch each and it seems to reduce the Latency associated with Pages on the Internet not loading as Fast as they should as they do at 345FSB at my config.

DFI LANPARTY UT 790FX-M2R (BIOS 12/21/07)

AMD Athlon X64 6400+ Black Edition 3.2ghz

OCZ FLEX XLC (PC2 9200) 5-5-5-18 2 x 1GB PN:OCZ2FX11502GK

HIS Hightech HD-3870 CATALYST 7.12

Auzentech XPlosion

Areca 1231 ML {Intel IOP 341} ~ 6 ~ 250gb Hitachi Sata II Raid 6 ~2~WD 74gb Raptors ~ Raid 0 ~

Plextor 750A

SilverStone OP1000

CM Stacker STC-T01

Code:

>HT Link Control:
 
HT Link Width......................... - 16 bit
HT Frequency.......................... - 800 MHz
IH Flow Control Mode.................. - Disabled
HT Link Tristate...................... - Disabled
2x LCLK Mode.......................... - Disabled
Unit Id Clumping...................... - Disabled
 
>CPU Feature:
 
NPT Fid Control....................... - x10
Virtualization........................ - Enabled
AMD K8 Cool&Quiet Control............. - Disabled

>DRAM Configuration:

MCT Memory Timing.................... - Manual
Maximum Latency...................... - 8ns
2T Mode.............................. - Auto
Cas Latency Time..................... - 5
Pre Charge Delay (tRAS).............. - 10
DRAM RAS# Precharge.................. - 5
DRAN RAS# to CAS# Delay.............. - 5
Bank to Bank Cmd (TRRD).............. - Auto
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay.............. - Auto
TRTP................................. - Auto
Write Recovery (TWR)................. - Auto
Write-Read Command (TWTR)............ - Auto
TRFC0................................ - Auto
TRFC1................................ - Auto
TRFC2................................ - Auto
TRFC3................................ - Auto
Trdrd................................ - Auto
TrwtT0............................... - Auto
Twrrd................................ - Auto
Twrwr................................ - Auto
CS/ODT Pin Fine Delay................ - Enabled
Bank Swizzle Mode.................... - Enabled
Auto Tweak Performance............... - Enabled
Optimal Performance Mode............. - Enabled

>ODC Control Mode:

DRAM Drivers Weak Mode.............. - Normal
Output Drivers Comp................. - Normal
>Channel A:
CPU On-die Termination.............. - 300 ohms +/- 20%
DQS Drive Strength.................. - 1.00x
Data Drive Strength................. - 1.00x
MEMCLK Drive Strength............... - 1.00x
Addr/Cmd Drive Strength............. - 1.50x
CS/ODT Drive Strength............... - 1.50x
CKE Drive Strenght.................. - 1.50x
>Channel B:
CPU On-die Termination.............. - 300 ohms +/- 20%
DQS Drive Strength.................. - 1.00x
Data Drive Strength................. - 1.00x
MEMCLK Drive Strength............... - 1.00x
Addr/Cmd Drive Strength............. - 1.50x
CS/ODT Drive Strength............... - 1.50x
CKE Drive Strenght.................. - 1.50x


>PWM Settings:
 
PWM Control.......................... - Enabled
CPU VID Control...................... - 1.42500v
CPU Vid Special Add.................. - Auto
CPU NB Vlotage Control............... - Auto
CPU NB Vid Special Add............... - Auto
DRAM Voltage Control................. - 2.16v
SB PLL 1.2V Voltage.................. - 1.20v
NB Core Voltage...................... - 1.250v
NB PCI-E Voltage..................... - 1.20v
NB HT Voltage........................ - 1.250v

 
Genie BIOS Settings:
 
Spread Spectrum................ - Disabled
CPU Host/HTT Clock................... - 350MHZ
CPU Host/HTT Boot Up Clock.............. - 290MHZ
CPU Host/HTT Adjust Gap..................... - 5
PCI-E Clock.................... - 100MHZ

Brother Esau · 12-16-2007, 09:19 PM

[Reserved]......................Slot 3........................

madfaze · 12-16-2007, 09:58 PM

wow!!!

Brother Esau · 12-16-2007, 10:29 PM

For those of you interested in Purchasing a DFI LanParty UT 790FX-M2R you can get it from the place I got mine and the only place I am aware of ATM that has any for Sale and in stock the wonderful People at MotherboardPro.com. hurry up ther is like 4 left and I have spoken with Sean at D.F.I San Jose and they will not be getting anymore until after the New Year......Linky

......Motherboard

madfaze · 12-16-2007, 10:34 PM

how much bro?

Morais · 12-16-2007, 11:18 PM

2 threads about the same board?

Edit: Actually theres 3 ...

Brother Esau · 12-16-2007, 11:20 PM

The other thread is my own personal review

this one is for people who buy/own the motherboard to come for user support / questions / overclocking /etc/etc

Brother Esau · 12-17-2007, 09:07 PM

Just so you guys know there are issues with the 12/11/07 Official Bios at least on my end I would get erratic behavior and Random C1 Error in Post for no Apparent reason so my advice at this point is if you get the board and are going to be running Dual Core the 11/22/07 Bios by Far is the Most stable out of the lot!

DevilCry · 12-18-2007, 06:14 PM

share some bios settings with voltages for 300++ bus speed.What was your max bus speed?

Brother Esau · 12-18-2007, 06:16 PM

I toyed around with Max Bus speed but it brings nothing to the table in termas of anything

speedlimiter · 12-19-2007, 02:09 AM

I encounter massive warm start problems with my DFI. Does anyone else have this? Have to press reset button several times to bring the board back to life.

But the setting i chose are absolutely stable for several hours of gaming and Prime. Can it be the CnQ function that is not yet correct implemented? But for every day use i don't want to turn this feature off. Hope the new CnQ 2.0 function will fixed soon.

Brother Esau · 12-19-2007, 02:10 AM

What Bios are you running?

speedlimiter · 12-19-2007, 02:49 AM

2007/12/11

Was the same with the version the board shipped (2007/11/22).

It isn't the CnQ feature. Turned it off and the same happened. Need 5-10 trials to make it boot but then the system ist stable.

I found out, that @ stock bios settings i have no restart problems. DFI = anti OC board

???

muzz · 12-19-2007, 05:43 AM

Geez, I sure hope the DFI 790 board isn't showing signs of boot troubles like my Ultra-D.

This thing will run hard for days on end, but if I change a VCard- No boot for awhile without messing/clearing etc..- psu, change ram= same behavior....
And it's been like this since day 1, and I see from posts on the net, that I am far from alone.
Please tell me this isn't happening again.

ZL1Killa · 12-19-2007, 06:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by speedlimiter

2007/12/11

Was the same with the version the board shipped (2007/11/22).

It isn't the CnQ feature. Turned it off and the same happened. Need 5-10 trials to make it boot but then the system ist stable.

I found out, that @ stock bios settings i have no restart problems. DFI = anti OC board

???

ok...this is similar to my cfx3200m2/g ... what has he not discovered?? whats going on?

Brother Esau did u encounter any of this

Brother Esau · 12-19-2007, 08:36 AM

Please try this Do Proper Clear Cmos DO NOT REMOVE BATTERY Boot into Pure DOS with DR DOS using only PS2 Keyboard when you get to a prompt insert 12/11/07 Bios .EXE Floppy ..Type at ....A:\ Prompt

A:\AWDFLASH.EXE R7LDC11.BIN /CD /CP /CC /PY /CKS /SN /QI /LD /WB /E ....after its done Flashing the /E switch will take you back to A:\ Prompt at that time repeat .........A:\AWDFLASH.EXE R7LDC11.BIN /CD /CP /CC /PY /CKS /SN /F /QI /LD /WB /E

Remove Floppy Power Down computer manually allow clear cmos for 10 minutes load optimed defaults /save/exit go back into Bios set up Date accordingly and leave at Optimized defaults for 2-day please

Jethro · 12-19-2007, 09:40 AM

@ speedlimiter: Whenever i build new rigs ive found that reseating the ram, cards and power connections a few times goes a long way.

muzz · 12-19-2007, 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brother Esau

Please try this Do Proper Clear Cmos DO NOT REMOVE BATTERY Boot into Pure DOS with DR DOS using only PS2 Keyboard when you get to a prompt insert 12/11/07 Bios .EXE Floppy ..Type at ....A:\ Prompt

A:\AWDFLASH.EXE R7LDC11.BIN /CD /CP /CC /PY /CKS /SN /F /QI /LD /WB /E ....after its done Flashing the /E switch will take you back to A:\ Prompt at that time repeat .........A:\AWDFLASH.EXE R7LDC11.BIN /CD /CP /CC /PY /CKS /SN /F /QI /LD /WB /E

Remove Floppy Power Down computer manually allow clear cmos for 10 minutes load optimed defaults /save/exit go back into Bios set up Date acordingly and leave at Optimized defaults for 2-day please

For 2 days? Or for Today?

Either way, it's a bit weird even having to do it for more than a lil while.

speedlimiter · 12-19-2007, 11:59 AM

@Brother Esau

OK. Will try it later this evening and let you know.

Brother Esau · 12-19-2007, 12:28 PM

1 Day and to see if there are issues at defaults tells allot don't you agree?

speedlimiter · 12-19-2007, 12:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brother Esau

1 Day and to see if there are issues at defaults tells allot don't you agree?

Flashed the BIOS according your instructions 5 minutes ago (writing with my crappy notebook). Will leave on CMOS clear jumper for 30 minutes.

The test tomorrow is:

1h gaming
reboot
1h encoding
reboot
1h surfing
reboot
etc.

All @ stock setting with BIOS @ optimizes default (only turned floppy, ide channels and azalia audio off (have a Xfi)).

Wish me luck

muzz · 12-19-2007, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brother Esau

1 Day and to see if there are issues at defaults tells allot don't you agree?

Not really, IMO you should be able to see issues/differences fairly quick.

I agree with resetting to defaults after flash/clear, but after that, you should be able to start testing again.

I've never encountered a situation that needed a long time at defaults after a flash, I mean the bios was cleared, and if the flash worked, setting to defaults, and then going up from there, should show differences IF the problem was bios related.

Maybe I'm missing something in the wording BE, I dunno.

He mentioned that when above stock settings, that he had warm boot problems, so IF it was bios related, the problem was either fixed, or it wasn't I would think.

This isn't a bash, I just don't understand why he would leave it at Optimized defaults after the flash, when his problem isn't at default- it's when he's in a Non-Default scenario.