ElAguila

I got an email back from DFI support and it is a known issue and they are working on a bios fix they said.

I posted this on the dfi forum and I have submitted a support request to an engineer but I wanted to see if any here has experienced these issues. I got my hands on a cheap Q9400 and decided to try it before buying my Q9550. I put the Q9400 cpu in. When I booted the system, the post info on showed a cpu speed and the number of cpu's. It didn't says intel Q9400 like it did with the Q6600. That wasn't a problem until I booted into windows. In windows, every program I used that queried the cpu info from the bios read the cpu incorrectly. 3DMark06 and 3DMark Vantage both report the cpu as a Pentium 3 with 1 physical cpu and 4 logicals. Everest gives incorrect info as well. I know the cpu is fine because I put it into a dfi dk x38 motherboard and it properly identified the cpu in the post and the programs I mentioned detected it also. Does anyone here have a Q94009not Q9450) running in a dk p35 mobo? If so, are you having these issues as well? I decided to put the cpu into a dk x38 and low and behold I can't get the fsb past 413 without it locking up. I put the Q6600 back inthe x38 and I can go up to 450 fsb with no probs. I was wondering if any here has the Q9400 working properly and which mobo you have? I pulled the trigger and ordered a rampage formula rog mobo that should be here next tuesday.

I have the Dark X38 T2R. It only has some small sinks on the vregs. I am thinking of removing those and either replacing them copper microsinks or removing the thermal tape and using artic silver and replacing the original sinks.

What is the maximum safe 24/7 temperature for the X38 chipset? I have a DK X38 mobo and because of the TRUE that I have installed on the cpu and the video card I am not able to get a heatpipe cooler on the chipset. I have a coper enzotech cooler with a fan right now and the temp gets up to 55C when under load. I was also wondering if anyone has taken the heatspreader off of this chipset.

I am trying to decide now between the Samsung T260 and the ViewSonic VP2650. The T260 is $100 cheaper but I am not sure if the viewsonic is worth the extra cash when compared to the T260

I am getting ready to replace my acer monitor and I am looking at these models. The monitor will be about 65% gaming, 20% general use, and 15% audio/video editing/encoding. I have no issues with using a TN monitor. My monitor is always viewed headon so viewing angle is not a big issues either. I am currently looking at the Dell E248WFP Samsung 2693HM NEC ASLCD24WMCX-BK ASUS MK241H Acer X263Wbi LG W2600H-PF(25.5") Westinghouse L2610NW-SP(25.5") Any recommendations on these?