BIOS Setup (Differences 4 and 5)

DFI LANPARTY LT X48-T2R mainboard BIOS is based on AMI code and looks exactly as before. However, a few changes have been made to it and unfortunately, not all of them are for the best.

Let’s start with the good things. Now there is an option to disable the additional IEEE1394 controller if it is not used. For some strange reason it was absent before.

PC Health Status section remained the same. The mainboard’s distinguishing feature is Adjust CPU Temp option that allows adjusting the processor temperature. The option to adjust the rotation speed of three fans out of six that can be connected to the mainboard can be regarded as a drawback and as an advantage at the same time. However, the board’s inability to control the rotation speed of a three-pin processor fan is a definite low. Moreover, the mainboard allows controlling a wide range of voltages, three temperatures including the temperature of the processor voltage regulator area and rotation speeds of three fans.

Genie BIOS Setting section contains all overclocking related options including adjustment of frequencies, timings and voltages.

I was very inclined to list new CPU N/2 Ratio parameter as one of the advantages. It allows setting fractional clock frequency multipliers for the processor. However, you get access to this parameter only if there is a 45nm CPU from Penryn family supporting multipliers like that. If you use a 65nm Conroe, this parameter disappears from the BIOS Setup.