DFI LT X48-T2R Lanparty Living Review.

[fowler003]

don't know if its a hardware or software(xp) problem.

wednesday morning the pc was still running when I got up to go to work(had left prime95 running), came back from work turned the pc on and upped the fsb to 438Mhz(3.5Ghz) and windows loaded to desktop but didn't get very far so had to restart. since then wasn't loading windows(only safe mode), as I was planning on reinstalling anyway(to see if it would sort out the 1394 net adapter problem, its coming up as multiples(didn't count how many) in device manager plus the yellow question mark). prob should have let it boot into windows once before trying to increase the overclock.

and now its not finishing the install/setup.

I'm going to maplins tomorrow to get the multimeter to test the PSU, thinking of stopping over in novatech to get a new hard disk to see if its the hard disk(this hard disk is 19months old and I've had problems and reinstalled windows a few time before I got a 500GB in october. tho never had problems actually installing windows on it bar a noobish error on my part, I'd put in the wrong cd(xp mce oem comes with 3)). is the new wd velociraptor worth the £200+?

I've spent over £1000 on this, its been more trouble then its worth

[supershanks]

I wouldn't think on that basis that the hd is at fault, have you tried installing OS at stock settings ??

[Clunk]

Try a different SATA cable and try a different SATA port.

Not sure about the velociraptor, it will definitely be quick, although I highly doubt it will be £200 worth of a speed increase.

[fowler003]

supershanks everything as far as I'm aware is at stock in the bios, the vdimm was 1.90V and I've tried setting it to the 2.1v that it says on the ram(so tried at both the bios set 1.90v and manual set 2.1v).

I've tried 1 stick of ram at a time, tho only in 1 slot at the moment. haven't tried the other ram I have(Corsair TwinX XMS2 PC2-6400 CAS5)

over the weekend I'm going to take the cables etc out and look around to see if theres been any leaks(none that I can see at the moment) and reattach everything to see if that helps. need to tidy up the cables anyway.

supershanks I notice you're a Liverpool supporter, going to be watching Spain during the Euros to see how Torres gets on? I'm planning a LAN Box build with the Liverpool FC theame(case painted red, red lighting, red coolant for the watercooling, a LFC emblem). have a look at

WaterCooling Uk :: View topic - First watercooling build (hope its ok to link)

this guy on there has had the emblem cut in metal for me to put on the case, was planning on getting the emblem laser cut on the side panel but the guy who does the laser cutting said the smaller details would have been a bit tricky. the thread I've linked to isn't the one about the lan box build, the guy posted the pic in the wrong thread of mine)

[supershanks]

Hell yes I'll be watching just hope he doesn't kop for an injury
Be a great build. could post a projrect here Case Mods And Build Projects Be interested to see how it turns out.

thanks for sharing

[broken pixel]

I thought the X48 based boards where supposed to be pci-e 2.0 complaint? This just dawned on me
when I go RED this round and get a 4870x2. I noticed the x48 has the options for 1.0, 1.0a.
ummmmm, ah I would think a brand new board would support 2.0 since 2.0 has been available for a while?

[Clunk]

They are PCI-E 2.0 compatible.

[Doctor_Death]

How is it as far as chipset temps??

[broken pixel]

Originally Posted by Clunk

They are PCI-E 2.0 compatible.

Ahhhh! there is a Silicon based god form

ummm 1.0 = 1.0
1.0a= 2.0 ???

[Kelainefes]

I believe that that option is meant to choose what kind of PCI Express 1.0 to run, 1.0 or 1.0a, only in the case your are not using the slot in 2.0 mode; I might be wrong on that, but i think i'm not! No seriously, I have a HD3870 and it shows PCI Express 2.0 in CPU-Z, if i remember correctly.

Fowler, i think what happened is that your southbridge chip got up on the wrong foot and decided to mess with your HD.
Did you try a complete format (ie not a quick one)?

P.s.: I tried the new beta bios and it works ok, i noticed 3 additions:

1) in the Ram Timings>Clock Setting Fine Delay i found a new setting carrying the self explanatory name "DLL mode" (sarcasm) with options 0 or 1 available.
2) Now all the fans are monitored for RPM, checked with Everest. Well i cannot say i'm 100% sure since i'm not using one of the fan connectors. But the ones i'm using work.
3) There's a new setting in the Voltage Settings page, it's for the CPU and it's called something like "Voltage add max limit" or something like that.
Didn't try to tinker... it's active only over 1.3 like the special add, and i'm running below that.

Sorry for the lack of details in the report, but i flashed the BIOS at around 5 am before going to sleep .... and now i'm not at home.