Gigabyte X48T DQ6 Living Review

[supershanks]

3.33 is with DDR2 data rate included. So 3.33/2 = 1.667 which = 5/3

[madspec]

Originally Posted by supershanks

@madspec
Yes add it to one of the Overclocking Profiles. Press [F11} from main bios menu to save the settings. You can use [F12] to load the settings back. It's also worth printing the bios template out & writing up your timings. Or posting your settings here , so you & others can refer to them

Yes I'd try increasing FSB and running Prime. if you find prime fails , check what it fails on. If it fails on small ffts <512mb then it's CPU that iis failing, if large ffts >512mb then it's memory related.
If CPU Fails then increase vcore & retest , If memory try increasing (G) MCH or slackening memory timings, you could increase vdimm but you are currently on kingstons max for your modules, so it's up to you.

So we expect to see you post your stable 4500Mhz by end of the day


luck

Got it stable at 4.00 just by increasing FSB , will push it again

Thanks !!!

[supershanks]

Got it stable at 4.00 just by increasing FSB , will push it again

come on we want screnies & bios settings . Nice one
Only 500Mhz to go then , but oh , only 30 minutes left

[madspec]

Originally Posted by supershanks

come on we want screnies & bios settings . Nice one
Only 500Mhz to go then , but oh , only 30 minutes left

Hehehe

Cant get it to go higher , if i push it to 4.32 , it does post but get blue screen just after . Ill try tu play around with settings , hop to get it at 4.32 stable .

Cheers

[supershanks]

Hehehe

Cant get it to go higher , if i push it to 4.32 , it does post but get blue screen just after . Ill try tu play around with settings , hop to get it at 4.32 stable .

good going anyway from where you startted

[kangaxxpk]

well done tests done.

settings:

fsb 450 dram 1:2 1800mhz cas 7-7-7-21 1,95v vNB +0,4v pci/fsb +0,10v ----> blue screen!!cant boot windows

fsb 540 dram 3:5 1800mhz cas 7-7-7-21 1,95v vNB +0,4v pci/fsb +0,10v ----> can bench mem, wprime and windowzz

what u think ??

[supershanks]

fsb 450 dram 1:2 1800mhz cas 7-7-7-21 1,95v vNB +0,4v pci/fsb +0,10v ----> blue screen!!cant boot windows

fsb 540 dram 3:5 1800mhz cas 7-7-7-21 1,95v vNB +0,4v pci/fsb +0,10v ----> can bench mem, wprime and windowzz

what u think ??

Yes really confirms what i said the 3.33D (3:5) is great
out of interest which 1:2 did you try a,b,c or d ??
running with higher FSB also gives a much higher Write speed in Everest Bench You try it if you manage an 1800 at lower 450ish FSB

[kangaxxpk]

at 540fsb 1800mhz 7-7-7 i had 10780mb/s READ and 11700 mb/s WRITE !

i tryed only D and B
i think a new bios can fix it but 3:5 i think is the best for bench.

[supershanks]

i think a new bios can fix it but 3:5 i think is the best for bench

Exactly
Funnily enough it was the same D strap that was stongest in the X38. I could get 2.66D (4:3) clocks more stable than 2.40B (6:5)

[fl4ian]

Originally Posted by emceebee

I'm hoping someone can help me - I've wracked my brain and can't for the life of me figure out where the problem is.
Yesterday, I purchased an Gigbyte x48-DQ6, Intel Q9300 and a Coolermaster Real Power Pro 850w powersupply.
I installed this in my existing case and used my existing drives; a 250gb SATA drive, a 40gb IDE drive (both Seagates) and LG DVD-RW.
The ram was also new - I'd purchased it from MSY a few weeks ago as part of this upgrade: 2x2gb Adata DDR2 (800).
So I get my new goodies home and put it together with no problems, start it up and it whirrs right to life and posts fine.
Then restarts.
Same thing happens again.
Posts, then before it even gets to loading winxp, it restarts.
So, I went into the bios and everything looked fine, restart the computer and it again starts fine, posts then loops back and restarts again.
At first I thought, even though it was the new ide cable that came with the DQ6, maybe it was a bum one. So I tried my previous ide cable - still looped.
Checked all the jumper settings on my drives, no difference.
Tried disconnecting all drives but the ide drive, no difference.
All but the SATA drive, no difference.
All but the DVD-RW, no difference.
Tried checking the ram by putting one stick in at a time and then repeating this in each of the memory channels, no difference.
So I thought maybe, for whatever reason, a newer bios might fix it, so I downloaded the latest bios from the GB site onto a usb stick and then flashed it using the q-flash utility in the bios.
No difference - still posts fine, memory tests, recognises the drives, then goes to the next screen then restarts.
I tried resetting cmos, leaving the battery out for an hour, both made no difference.
Still posts, recognises the drives goes to the next post screen then loops.
I don't think it can be the drives, because they worked fine before and if the ide drives for some odd reason went bad, that doesnt explain why the SATA drive does the same thing.
I was wondering about the ram-but a search of the internet even had the same ram being used in a review of the motherboard.
I'm worried that it may be the south bridge on the board, as it runs both the ide and sata controllers and that seems to be where the issue is.
Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas?
I've run out of them and now have a splitting headache.
Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

emceebee: i have sent you a PM, sounds like our situations are similar. check your messages.