Should have posted here from get-go.
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I've had my X48-DS4 5 or 6 months now & am pleased with it overall. However I have noticed something odd about the bios. If/when I get into the o/c part of it & manipulate fsb , voltage , ram , etc it works as programmed. The "strange" comes into play when I try & go back into the bios & manually revert the o/c settings downward to keep the heat at bay. I do this , re-boot & proceed to Vista32. I notice right away , via cpuz/hw monitor , the fsb , along with the ram , settings have indeed reverted to what I set it to. However the cpu temps have NOT gone down but continue to be at the high o/c temps !
Now the first time this happened I figured I just forgot to back down on a certain number on a particular setting. But this is not the case at all. I have reset the bios to defaults , wrote down every default setting & then set up my o/c options. I then reverted back manually to default but the cpu temps continue at the high o/c temps.
I've found the only way to get my bios & temps back to default numbers is to choose the "fail-safe" setup in bios. Which is a hassle since "fail-safe" changes a lot of other stuff to.
I wonder if there's anything I'm missing here or something I can do different. Fwiw , this happens with either the F1 or most recent F2 bios versions.
#2}
Here's another odd quirk after going to F2 bios.
If I "restart" out of Vista & hit my reset button at start of bootup the bios will load F1 bios version !
#3}
I do not know if this is normal behaviour or not...the +12v option does not appear on voltage monitoring software , like HWMonitor , unless the cpu is taxed. For example if I have HWMonitor start @ Vista start up the +12v does not appear. However if , for example , I run Prime95 , Folding , etc then the +12v symbol appears with voltage numbers.
Is this normal ?
None of these problems are critical enough to prevent use but they are aggravating.
Thanks !
#1}
I've had my X48-DS4 5 or 6 months now & am pleased with it overall. However I have noticed something odd about the bios. If/when I get into the o/c part of it & manipulate fsb , voltage , ram , etc it works as programmed. The "strange" comes into play when I try & go back into the bios & manually revert the o/c settings downward to keep the heat at bay. I do this , re-boot & proceed to Vista32. I notice right away , via cpuz/hw monitor , the fsb , along with the ram , settings have indeed reverted to what I set it to. However the cpu temps have NOT gone down but continue to be at the high o/c temps !
Now the first time this happened I figured I just forgot to back down on a certain number on a particular setting. But this is not the case at all. I have reset the bios to defaults , wrote down every default setting & then set up my o/c options. I then reverted back manually to default but the cpu temps continue at the high o/c temps.
I've found the only way to get my bios & temps back to default numbers is to choose the "fail-safe" setup in bios. Which is a hassle since "fail-safe" changes a lot of other stuff to.
I wonder if there's anything I'm missing here or something I can do different. Fwiw , this happens with either the F1 or most recent F2 bios versions.
#2}
Here's another odd quirk after going to F2 bios.
If I "restart" out of Vista & hit my reset button at start of bootup the bios will load F1 bios version !
#3}
I do not know if this is normal behaviour or not...the +12v option does not appear on voltage monitoring software , like HWMonitor , unless the cpu is taxed. For example if I have HWMonitor start @ Vista start up the +12v does not appear. However if , for example , I run Prime95 , Folding , etc then the +12v symbol appears with voltage numbers.
Is this normal ?
None of these problems are critical enough to prevent use but they are aggravating.
Thanks !
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