Gigabyte X48T DQ6 Living Review - Page 95

rcas000 · #**941** 26-06-2009, 08:03

I read in an earlier post about other alternatives to south bridge cooling for the board.
I have an enzotech slf-1, which i was hoping to use, even though the holes dont line up, i was thinking of using some seksui #5760 adhesive thermal tape to attach it with. However i am worried that the heatsink may touch some components on the board, seeing that it is also a little wider.
Are there any other southbridge cooling methods around, or any proper heatsinks, keeping in mind that i am running two cards in crossfire?

supershanks · #**942** 26-06-2009, 09:03

hi rcas000,
sorry no it's a difficult job to source somnething, the ones i've listed Aftermarket Cooling X38/X48 2of3 are the only real ones I got to try. The fact that two of them are Vantec might make them a 1st supplier to look at, their product genrally seem better sized for the southbridge maybe.

rcas000 · #**943** 26-06-2009, 18:16

i guess i have to buy a few different ones and keep trying. Did you ever try the enzotech slf-1?

supershanks · #**944** 26-06-2009, 18:36

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Did you ever try the enzotech slf-1?

Yes holes don't align. Tried drilling them out to make better fit, but still wasn't that good a fit.

rcas000 · #**945** 26-06-2009, 18:49

Apart from that were there any clearance issues, ie. did the heatsink look like it was going to touch any other components.

supershanks · #**946** 26-06-2009, 19:56

yes i wasn't too happy it was flat fit as the push pinsn were angled quite tightly to fit.

Qu4k3r · #**947** 01-07-2009, 00:41

Hi,

I know GTL is a % function of VTT, in order to set the transition voltage between states 0 & 1 (low & high).

What are the normal values (%) for GTLREF1 & GTLREF2 ?

GTLREF

is it correct?

GTL REF1 (normal) = 67%
GTL REF2 (normal) = 63%

then, according to that:

GTL REF1 (+3%) = 70%
GTL REF1 (normal) = 67%
GTL REF1 (-3%) = 64%
GTL REF1 (-6%) = 61%

GTL REF2 (normal) = 63%
GTL REF2 (-3%) = 60%
GTL REF2 (-6%) = 57%
GTL REF2 (-9%) = 54%

Thanks

supershanks · #**948** 01-07-2009, 01:24

Yep as best I know thats it, you've got it

Meowbay · #**949** 03-07-2009, 15:05

I'm running two HDDs in RAID-1 on the 2 SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATAIIA, GSATAIIB),
and I created the RAID using the prompt during boot, so from BIOS basically.
When I'm in Windows XP x64, I simply see this RAID-1 as one SCSI disk.
I was wondering: Is there any Windows software that can actually control or view the RAID's status, quality and do things to fix/repair/rebuild the RAID and so on? Or should this be done from the boot-BIOS tool only?

supershanks · #**950** 03-07-2009, 17:27

Why did you use the jmicron (gigabyte raid)? The intel raid is much better & comes with Intel Matrix Raid manager which lets you create a raid from within windows, and lets you do exactly what you ask.