Gigabyte GA X38 DQ6 Blog

[supershanks]

Hi chotto69,
What's the top part of your SPD Details:-
Memory Speed 800 ??
&
The Standard Timing Controls.

Please post them & perhaps we can see which are giving you the issues.

Luck

Hi iRoNMaSTeR,
Welcome to the forum
Glad you found it helpful.
After some further playing yesterday can confirm
TRD=Performance in Memset

i will back with my a lot of question

Look forward to it

You Never Walk Alone!

Oh yes

[chotto69]

Hi supershanks,
I'm always trying to run FSB&mem at 1:1 ratio, therefore when i attempted 400 FSB, i set the divider at 2.00D (but tried A and B as well), so that the memory speed was 800. Timing control was set to Standard.
Today i was able to post @ 3.6Ghz feeding the Vcore 1.6, but when Vista attempted to load aero, i got the blue screen. I lowered a tad the Vcore and booted @ FSB 375, but after 5 minutes of Orthos, the temperature on both cores raised up to 70° and i got the blue screen again. It seems to me that this mobo needs much higher voltages to work properly, at least with the bios at this stage. As i was telling you before, with my previous one, i could run the CPU at 3Ghz leaving all the voltages in auto (tightening the mem settings to 4-4-4-12) and boot into windows at 3.4Ghz with Vcore @ 1.475. I guess different mobo, different experience...
Thanks for your help.

[supershanks]

Thanks for your help.

No worries

Luck

[iRoNMaSTeR]

Bios F5H BETA
MB Intelligent Tweaker (MIT)
Robust Graphics Booster: Turbo
CPU Clock Ratio: 9x
CPU Host Clock Control: Enab
CPU Host Frequency(Mhz) :450
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) : 105
C.I.A.2: Disabled
Performance Enhance : TURBO
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) 2.4B 
Memory Frequency(Mhz): 1080
DRAM Timing Selectable : 5
Standard Timing ControlCAS Latency Time: : 5
DRAM RAS# to CAS# : 5
DRAM RAS# Precharge : 5
Precharge Delay(tRAS) : 12
Advanced Timing Control
ACT to ACT Delay(tRRD) : 3
Rank Write to READ Delay : 3
Write To Precharge Delay : 3
Refresh to ACT Delay : 30
Read To Precharge Delay :  8
tRD : Auto
tRD Phase Adjustment : Auto
Command to #CS Timing: : Auto
Clock Driving and Skew Control
CPU/PCIEX Clock Driving Control : 1000
CPU Clock Skew Control : Normal 
(G)MCH Clock Skew Control : Normal
System Voltage Control 
DDR2 OverVoltage Control : 0.40
PCI-E OverVoltage Control : 0.20
FSB OverVoltage Control : 0.20
(G)MCH OverVoltage Control : 0.175
MCH Reference Voltage Control : Normal
DDR Reference Voltage Control : Normal
DDR Termination Voltage Control : Normal
CPU GTLREF1 Voltage* : Normal
CPU GTLREF2 Voltage* : Normal
CPU Voltage Control : 1.525v
Normal CPU Vcore : 1..2625

Advanced Bios Features
CPU Multi-Threading
Limit CPUID Max to 3
No-Execute Memory Protect
CPU Enhanced Halt(CIE)
CPU Thermal Monitor 2
CPU EIST Function
Virtuaalization Technology

Note: * Items are Hidden press 
[CTRL] + [F1] from the bios main menu to access.

i use this same config Q6600 G0 and OCZ 8500 Reaper 1066
but not boot the system.
try 3 times after that bios make disabled Cpu Freq and boot.
i lot of times check and try no thing change

What is Wrong?
i think i have a problem with Ram but i cannot fixed it
but some review says ram working OC freq 1180 but i try only 1080 dont work?
What is my mistake?
how can i fixed?

[supershanks]

Hi iRoNMaSTeR,
Don't know if there's a typo are you trying for 8x450 or 9x450??

sub timings look a bit tight

ACT to ACT Delay(tRRD) : 3-->4
Rank Write to READ Delay : 3-->4
Write To Precharge Delay : 3-->8
Refresh to ACT Delay : 30--->35 (if above 3 don't work)
Read To Precharge Delay :  8-->4
tRD : Auto --->7

PCI-E OverVoltage Control : 0.20---> 0.35 may give more stability
FSB OverVoltage Control : 0.20---> If still not stable try 0.25

Try the changes above.

luck

[iRoNMaSTeR]

thanx superhanks
changded bios values but not boot 450X9
not yet

Overclocked 420X9
not go up
i think i have a some knowledge about OCZ Ram timing and voltage
this valid valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=272501
what is wrong?

iRoNMaSTTeR - CPU-Z Database (ID : 272501) Url was Wrong sorted.

[bluelou]

First of all thanx for an excellent review.

I am totally new to the whole OC thingy I have however built some PC's during the years. Anyway I would love to get a step by step walktrough on how to OC my system. Anyone up for helping a n00b out here?

My Spec:

Mainboard: Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (Ofcoz)
Case: Antec Performance One P182
Mem: GeIL DDR2 PC6400 Ultra 2 GB x2 (4Gb in total) 4-4-4-12 - 1.9-2.3V
PSU: Gigabyte ODIN GT_800W
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6850
Cooler: Noctua NH-U12F
GPU: XFX GeForce 8800 GT
HD: Western Digital Raptor 73,4 GB x2


Would be great if someone could enter some recommended settings/values in that templated that have been used earlier in this thread.

Thanx

[supershanks]

Hi bluelou,
welcome to the forums.
Looks a nice build you have

Well there's several posts already in this thread showing completed templates of bios settings. It's worth having a play with them & reading Intel Overclocking Guides. Then shouting up either here or in the guides, if you hit any issues

luck

[Anemovatis]

Hello, I have the following rig and i really need your help since it seems that i am hitting a wall everytime.

Mobo : Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 with Bios version F6B
CPU : Q6600 G0
RAM : G.Skill F2-6400CL4D-2GBHK
Cooler : Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme push&pull 2x120mm Skythe S-Flex

Using as a guide mainly your settings in your review of the mobo i have really strange no POST issues.

For example

9x300 everything else on auto (POST ok, WIN ok, PRIME95 20minutes passed)
9X320 the same
9x330 the same
9x333 NO POST
9x340 NO POST
9x370 NO POST
back to 9X300 and NO POST!!!

I cannot really understand what is happening. Core temps are normal hitting 71C load with VCORE at 1.45v (which is the higher i will go)

[supershanks]

Hi Anemovatis,
Welcome to the forum

tbh i didn't like F6B too much , found F5G & F5H best for my Quad.

What Memory multiplier are you using ??

VCORE at 1.45v

is a little high probably, for what your trying, reducing it will drop your temps abit.

Will be able to help more if can see your detailed settings, if you can copy
the template from here Gigabyte Gs X38 DQ6 and fill your bios settings in, that would be a big help.

luck