Where Are The Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 Motherboards?

[TheBeagle]

Good Afternoon Mr. Bayard & Everyone.

Mr. Bayard: Did you leave your PC on while you were away? Very recently, M$ download some new Realtek LAN drivers, and maybe that is the source of your problem. Can your G/F's PC see the router? If so, does the router have a software utility built into the firmware that allows you to release and renew your IP connection? If so, try doing that. Are you running a virus protection program, like NIS 2008, that has personal firewall settings that have to be adjusted on some machines to allow network functions? If so, that may also be the source of your problem.

If all else fails, then a reinstall of the OS may be in order. However, in case it's not the OS, do you have an spare drive that you can use to initially reinstall the OS. If so, use that, since it's just a few minutes to install Vista 32 on a rig as fast as yours, and you'll know right away if it's the OS, without having to totally wipe out your existing install to find out.

If none of that works, then the NICs on the board may have crapped the bed on you. But I'd try some other stuff before I chucked the board through the RMA process.

Hope that helps. Best regards to everyone. TheBeagle :beer:

 

[Blazer7]

Error 1231 is a typical Vista network problem. It has nothing to do with your board and you can take that to the bank.

It was only last week that I run into the same problem with an HP notebook running Vista Business 32. I had 5 hours of utter fun troubleshooting this. I also know that many others have experienced the same problem but I don't know if there is a std fix for it.

It seems that some times uninstalling and reinstalling your LAN drivers, especially when running in safe mode, may do the trick. I've also heard that most of the times there 're no problems accessing the network under safe mode.

I hope that this helps. Keep us posted.

*** edit ***

This is a software (Windows) problem for sure. As TheBeagle said, if all else fail you may have to reinstall your OS. If you do that the problem will go away but it may reappear later. I'm not 100% sure but I think that an M$ update is responsible for this.

 

[Bayard]

thanks for the help MrBeagle and Blazer7. seems like after a search on the web, this is a really common problem. Thank GOD it's not the motherboard.

http://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Topic4351-45-1.aspx

setting the speed to 10 mbps Full duplex seems to have got it running

 

[mjrtoo]

One thing that I found confusing about setting up the BIOS that might help others during config is that if you enable AHCI for the SATA ports, you have to go back into the AHCI BIOS and setup the boot order again.

Probably a newbie mistake but it might help somone.

 

[SgtHartman]

I got my x48 today and I have one problem with it, it will not post with 4 sticks of memory in it. If I pull out any of the 4 and take it to three sticks, it boots fine no problems at all. Oh one more thing, what is the correct settings for an E6600. multiplyer, bus, etc. I have an oc question too but I'll wait and get this sorted out first.


Thanks

 

[jaggerwild]

Originally posted by: SgtHartman
I got my x48 today and I have one problem with it, it will not post with 4 sticks of memory in it. If I pull out any of the 4 and take it to three sticks, it boots fine no problems at all. Oh one more thing, what is the correct settings for an E6600. multiplyer, bus, etc. I have an oc question too but I'll wait and get this sorted out first.

Thanks

Good morning all!

Mr. SgtHartman,
What OS are you using, as there is a four gigs fix(patch) for an OS out there if you google it. You probably know this but figured I'd throw it out there jsut in case.

Well ive been leak testing my set up
Leak testing, don't laugh at my Ghetto reservoir
Regards all :thumbsup:

 

[SgtHartman]

I'm using vista ultimate 32bit. It does not even post so I don't think a patch will fix it. i have done some reading and some people suggest to bump the nb voltage and the memory voltage up a notch and to see if that works. Should I do that?

 

[jaggerwild]

Originally posted by: SgtHartman
I'm using vista ultimate 32bit. It does not even post so I don't think a patch will fix it. i have done some reading and some people suggest to bump the nb voltage and the memory voltage up a notch and to see if that works. Should I do that?

Good afternoon all!
Mr. Sgthartman,
I'm not sure as I don't know your set up, and I'm not up and running yet so. The North bridge you will not hurt by bumping it up, mem run it @ rated voltages from the Manufacturer not much over though. Also there rated timimgs too, I hear there is a lot of bios options (hint).
Regards all:thumbsup:

 

[SgtHartman]

I got it working, increased the mem voltage and the nb voltage per the memory manufacturer. It's working great and stable as it can be.

 

[jaggerwild]

Originally posted by: SgtHartman
I got it working, increased the mem voltage and the nb voltage per the memory manufacturer. It's working great and stable as it can be.

Awesome glade to hear that! I heard someone else post this same thing a while back . I think it was @ the Extremesystems site.
@ Mr. Blazer
Newer realtech drivers again 1.93

realtek drivers version 1.93
Regards all :beer::thumbsup:

 

[SgtHartman]

I ended up having to up the mem voltage another notch, was sluggish while gaming. I don't know if any of you use Mushkin memory but those guys are great on their forums. Ask a question and you have a response from Mushkin themselves normally within just a few minutes.

Ok now I need some help overclocking a bit. I have an E6600 and would like to get it to 3.0G I've upped it just a tad to 2.56. What do I need to do to get it higher? I'm new to the OC thing so any help would be appreciated here.

 

[jaggerwild]

Originally posted by: SgtHartman
I ended up having to up the mem voltage another notch, was sluggish while gaming. I don't know if any of you use Mushkin memory but those guys are great on their forums. Ask a question and you have a response from Mushkin themselves normally within just a few minutes.

Ok now I need some help overclocking a bit. I have an E6600 and would like to get it to 3.0G I've upped it just a tad to 2.56. What do I need to do to get it higher? I'm new to the OC thing so any help would be appreciated here.

Good Morning all :thumbsup:

Mr SgtHratman,
OK, I'll try to help you out but can't be to effective with out knowing the bios. Essentially what you want to do is first increase the FSB to up the chip until it will not post then you'll have to start increasing the voltages as well. Once the upping of the FSB will not post then bump the NB North bridge+ SB South bridge voltages and then try bumping the CPU voltage. Also do them one at a time so as to know what is getting results and what is not. You may just get away with bumping the CPU voltage and not the others or visa-versa. Wouldn't really bump the mem as this has and can cause issues when running above ratted voltages on them, but if you frequent there forum they would be able to give you awesome help in clocking the mem.
3.0 mhz should be a breeze for this chip as I have seen some great OC on them. Something about the "E"series that OC very well, cooling of the chip also plays into the equation but as long as your not going too high then your golden. You should be able to get around 3.4-3.6 with an aftermarket cooler on it (Zellman9700).
Again only do one bump at a time and keep notes of what results you get so as to not have to experiment every time you OC.
Post back let me know if you need more........
Regards all

 

[jaggerwild]

Good morning all :thumbsup:

I finally got up and running sorta, can't install my raid drivers till I get a PATA or SATA DVD drive as the IDE dvd drive I have will not work when "raid" is enabled. So for now just plain old XP 32bit, still have to load everything for it to work right so will be a day or to till I post some numbers. CPU is around 24C idel not sure of load yet as my GPU is running way to HOT and need to get everything (programs) in before I can cool it better.
I have my E6750 in it, way to many options in the bios .
I have a Q9300 in the mail, least this time he did not leave it on the porch. So it will be tomorrow till I get that.
Mr. SgtHartman,
Let me know how its going, least now I can try and help you better in the bios area.
Regards all :beer::laugh:

Happy Memorial Day to you all:thumbsup:
Thank you to all our troops, past and present:heart:
Thank you for my freedom:thumbsup:

 

[mjrtoo]

Originally posted by: jaggerwild
Good morning all :thumbsup:

I finally got up and running sorta, can't install my raid drivers till I get a PATA or SATA DVD drive as the IDE dvd drive I have will not work when "raid" is enabled. So for now just plain old XP 32bit, still have to load everything for it to work right so will be a day or to till I post some numbers. CPU is around 24C idel not sure of load yet as my GPU is running way to HOT and need to get everything (programs) in before I can cool it better.
I have my E6750 in it, way to many options in the bios .
I have a Q9300 in the mail, least this time he did not leave it on the porch. So it will be tomorrow till I get that.
Mr. SgtHartman,
Let me know how its going, least now I can try and help you better in the bios area.
Regards all :beer::laugh:

Happy Memorial Day to you all:thumbsup:
Thank you to all our troops, past and present:heart:
Thank you for my freedom:thumbsup:

I have an older IDE drive connected and also a RAID 0 on the Gigabyte SATA ports and with the Gigabyte SATA configured for 'enabled' and 'raid/ide' the IDE device works fine. The other SATA ports are set for AHCI and are my DVD burner, Boot Drive, and Storage Drive....all is good. I've also noticed that the board likes to see IDE drives on cable select rather than a direct master/slave jumper config.

I should go with water cooling, my temps are double that...

(just a note, it's Memorial Day, to memorialize the soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrafice defending this countries freedom, not veterans day...which is in November and is to honor all military veterans)

 

[jaggerwild]

Good Morning all!
Mr. Mjrtoo,
Thanks, not sure still as I can't get both to work but will use your help. I have SATA 3 hard drives, so no jumpers on them. Also a few Raptors they have the pins but it disables the speed of them to use. Still can't do much as I'm waiting for this slow internet down load of SP2, so just trying to catch up on e-mail and stuff.

Well my gratitude was there just had them confused, have a couple family members that made the ultimate sacrifice. my one uncle made it through WWII but his mind was gone when he returned home. He still lived a decent live and was a good man, though he lived it a Vet home and would visit us once a month.
Regards all:thumbsup:!

 

[eklock2000]

Similar to the Sarge, I had to bump the voltage on my RAM to +0.30 to get it to POST. Funny thing was that it posted for a week or so before it crashed out.

Leo and Chuck helped me with the exact procedure, and they were adamant about sequence...

1. Turn off Power and remove all RAM sticks
2. Remove CMOS battery for 10 seconds
3. Replace battery and put one stick in DDR2 slot 1
4. Power up and go directly into BIOS
5. Adjust Mem to rated voltage from manufacturer and exit BIOS
6. Replace second stick after succesful boot.

Weird, I never had to up the mem voltage on the 680i?

Peace,

EK2K

PS - Anyone had any luck with any 2x2GB kits in this mobo? It looks like the Gigabyte mem. support list has a Geil DDR2800.

 

[TheBeagle]

Good Evening Mr. EK2K & Everyone.

Mr. EK2K: Have you checked out the new high-pro memory sticks from G.Skill? The Egg has them here: G.Skill High-Pro 2x2GB PC2-8500 Memory Kit. At $149.00 USD they are VERY reasonably priced, especially since they have high-pro heat spreaders already installed on them. If you have a 64 bit OS, I'd certainly recommend 2 Kits = 8GB. I've had VERY good luck with G.Skill memory sticks.

Best regards to everyone. Have a nice evening. TheBeagle :beer:

 

[eklock2000]

Thanks Beag...always appreciated. I hope everyone is doing well. I'm just coming off a two week vaca in Hawaii (a little sun-sore) and I will definately check out the G.Skill kit.

Thanks,

EK2K

 

[jaggerwild]

Good evening all!
Mr. Beagle,
Wondering if you can help me here, I'm trying to clock this board and having problems. First one is when I raise the FSB the mem timings increase too? How do I unattached them? As I'm using the 4 sticks of G-skill 1066 and they will not clock much higher so I need to figure this out.
Any and all help is appreciated :thumbsup:
Also I can over clock with rivatuner and I use it to control the GPU fan but wondering if there is a way to do application adjustments like in the Nvidia control panel I would turn off all the eye candy for a 3Dmark run. But in this control panel, I'm a total noob .
Again Thanks ahead of time!
Regards all :beer:

 

[eklock2000]

@jaggerwild...

I think the linked FSB settings are under the MIT "System Memory Multiplier" and "Memory Frequency" section of the BIOS. Set the Multiplier to Manual and set your Memory Freq. Manually...then the FSB should be able to be adjusted without being linked to the Mem.

Good luck, and let us know how you fare.

EK2K

 

[jaggerwild]

Originally posted by: eklock2000
@jaggerwild...

I think the linked FSB settings are under the MIT "System Memory Multiplier" and "Memory Frequency" section of the BIOS. Set the Multiplier to Manual and set your Memory Freq. Manually...then the FSB should be able to be adjusted without being linked to the Mem.

Good luck, and let us know how you fare.

EK2K

Good afternoon all!
Mr. EK2K
Thank you! Found it this morning, booted into 3400@400FSB seemed very stablish, first 3Dmark06 run @ that settings with GPU bumped up slightly 16,207. Tried to boot into 3600@450FSB but for what Eva reason it would almost post then not , also have to implement my raids soon to. hoping score will be better with tweaks and time.......... Plus my baby Q9300 45NM should help in that department too

Update figured it out, it was the CIA2 setting. I had to turn it off now booted into 3.600/450FSB/3dmark06/16,842 Shes still got more in her, don't want to remove it till i go higher.Again thanks Ek!
Regards all :beer:

 

[eklock2000]

Is any1 having the RAM issues that I am? I cannot get this thing past post unless I run the memory at +0.40?!?! Even then, I don't feel it's stable. Is this safe? The rated voltage on my Crucial is 2.2V, but the X48 Bios PC Health section reports between 1.83V and 1.87V upon a clear CMOS Post?

Thanks,

EK2K

X48-DQ6, Rev. 1, BIOS F6
Intel E6850 w/ Zalman 9700
eVGA 8800GTX w/ 163.71 forceware
2Gb - Crucial Ballistix PC2-8000 (BL2KIT12864AA1005)
Corsair CMPSU 620HX ? 620Watts
Cooler Master CosmosS
WinXP SP2

 

[mjrtoo]

yes sir, if you add .4 volts to 1.8 volts you get 2.2 volts, which is your ram manufacturers recommended voltage.

 

[jaggerwild]

Originally posted by: eklock2000
Is any1 having the RAM issues that I am? I cannot get this thing past post unless I run the memory at +0.40?!?! Even then, I don't feel it's stable. Is this safe? The rated voltage on my Crucial is 2.2V, but the X48 Bios PC Health section reports between 1.83V and 1.87V upon a clear CMOS Post?

Thanks,

EK2K

X48-DQ6, Rev. 1, BIOS F6
Intel E6850 w/ Zalman 9700
eVGA 8800GTX w/ 163.71 forceware
2Gb - Crucial Ballistix PC2-8000 (BL2KIT12864AA1005)
Corsair CMPSU 620HX ? 620Watts
Cooler Master CosmosS
WinXP SP2

Good morning all!
Mr. EK,

Yes, you will have to bump up the mem voltage in the bottom left column for the mem to be stable.
I'm having similar issue, as my bios is showing good voltage to the mem but the mem is VERY unstable upon booting. So much that I'm getting failed to write errors, and my bios is showing the mem voltage @2.2v witch is the rated voltage for these sticks.
In the F7b bios I've not had a chance to verify weather this is still happening.......
Regards all :thumbsup:

 

[eklock2000]

Originally posted by: mjrtoo
yes sir, if you add .4 volts to 1.8 volts you get 2.2 volts, which is your ram manufacturers recommended voltage.

Thank you mrjtoo and jagger,

I was worried that if the default voltage was 1.87 then +.4 would be almost 2.3V? But everest is reporting about 2.2 after it's all said and done. Seems like more volts is better with this mobo.

Weird thing is that it ran fine for almost a week at the default BIOS setting - 1.8, then all these stability issues?

Is anyone on the F7b and having these issues? I'll give it a try now that I'm past POST.

Thanks,

EK2K