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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Hi there bka4u2c, with the REV1 boards(still havnt seen much for REV2 boards) is they still appear to have a hard ceiling of about 325FSB on the Q6600. So it will allow you a modest O/C at that. Though it is rock solid it isnt super fast i know. Besides that it's a truly awesome board and unless...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    There is plenty of info about the lack of Quad Core O/C problems around the place, my biggest gripe is the fact that Gigabyte wont own up to it, say like eVGA did. They realised ther was a problem and fixed it, then did what i suspect alot of poeple wouldn't expect and exchanged everyones...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    @bigbillyt99 I would be pretty certain you have the Rev1 board due to the fact it shipped with the F2 bios and as you mentioned had the shutdown problems with with the F4, that quite alot of poeple have had. Though the F5 that Gary (thanks again) posted appears to have fixed this issue. As...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    @smitty Sorry i havnt replied to you yet as i've been offline for few days. I decided to get another Mobo to O/C my Q6600. So far it's working great:D. Also what Beagle mentioned above is great, though you could probably tighten the ram settings a bit. I would say go for what he has...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    I found this nice little tidbit on VR-Zone regarding the revisions on the eVGA board http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4756, it shows you what has been done and this is what is allowing people to O/C the Quad cores to similar FSB's to normal C2D's. Hopefully this is part of what Rev2 boards for us...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    @Ava1anche Thanks for that. I really didnt mean any offence, it's just that nobody else ANYWHERE seems to be able to get this board (or 680's in general) past 325fsb with a Quad. It does seem you are having to pump a hell of a lot of volts into it to get there though adn 78c is rather toasty...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    I have tried everything, if you have been able to go past 325fsb with a Quad on this board, you would be pretty much the first. As has been pointed out in this thread and pretty much across the NET, the only 680's that are clocking past 325fsb are the DFI LANParty NF680I LT SLI-T2R and eVGA 680...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Hopefully it does work out for you. As teh board ion general is great, besides a couple of issues (Bios F4, 1333Fsb), they really are good boards. If you RMA hopefully it isnt that long, i suppose it would also be different from Country-Country etc.. If you do get the RMA you might be lucky a...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Firstly @cdfire Good luck with your V/C problems champ, hopefully it all gets sorted, it certainly is a strange problem as people have pointed out. Just having a bit of look on the intraweb this morning(AUS) i found a couple of interesting things, relating to Penryn support (see 1333fsb...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Firstly, thanks to Gary for doing some leg work for us, i'm sure it's appreciated by all. Hopefully with teh Rev2 boards using the 570 chipset it will fix the Quad Core issues associated with it at the same time. AFAIK the boards that use the 570 chipset also have the problem of not...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Thanks for that TheBeagle and also Gary. It's good that we have the so called Premium version that of the 590 chipset, but if i remember rightly when i did a compare on Gigabytes site the Rev1 Vs Rev2 everything was the sme ie. Amount of Sata Ports, USB etc. So even if the 570 handles less along...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Agreed hopefully it will be fixed, with alittle tweak to the code, as it will be a right pain if this thread falls off the frong page as thats the only way to get the end of thread ATM with having to hit next 40 times:disgust: Thia is a bit strange, for the only reason as i have run a SINGLE...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Unless they changed the the final F4 bios within the last week or so then it's still aproblem for me. See specs in my sig. Tried @stock and various O/C speeds as well and the shutdown problem is still there. Running Vista 32bit
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Agreed 100% and i think that goes for everyone else as well. On their website the specs/everything is the same between Rev1 and Rev2 with no mention of waht the difference might be. The only difference at this stage is that Rev2 ha a differently named bios? You look at eVGA(i think) when they...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    I honestly think they have recieved so many emails/complaints about this (shutting down and quad core) is the reason behind the Rev2 Mobo. When someone gets there hands on one of these boards with a Quad of any sort and can run past 325fsb, which every sample i have seen can do, then i belive...
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    Any known issues with EVGA 122-CK-NF63-TR?

    I'd agree here with 100% in regards if you want to get a Quad Core, it appears only the DFI 680 Mobo is the only one allowing you to get past the 320-325fsb limit on Quad Core Cpu's with 680 based mobos.
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Good to see it worked for you. Though there is no need to loosen your timings that much unless you want to run your ram@1000+ otherwise it's just running it to slow. All the F4e,f and final Gigabyte one were all fine when it comes to O/C (besides the Quad Core issue @320+fsb) it's just the...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    @cdfire There must be something in your settings that is not quite right then for what The Beagle mentioned to not work. I have the exact same Ram as yourself and so far have had it upto 1060@5-5-5-14-2T, the best timings/speed i've had is 960@4-3-4-10-2T. Dont forget these modules are...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Just updated to the final F4 version of the bios. I would like someone to confirm my findings of what could be a SERIOUS bug. When you go into the options to set Volatges, CPU/Ram speed etc.. Right down teh bottom it says Normal V-Core. In all the previous versions it states 1.3 (including...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    To anyone in general (particulary Gary), would it be possible to use the Bios from the Rev2 http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Moth...ductID=2553&ProductName=GA-N680SLI-DQ6 over the new F4 http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Moth...ductID=2460&ProductName=GA-N680SLI-DQ6, it would be a bit hard to...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Hey there jp, as i have and smitty has mentioned (among the 30+pages) you can only get the Q6600 upto 320FSB at the moment. This is in part due to the GTLRef voltage setup on this and ALL other 680/650i based boards. The only one that seems to have done the right thing with voltage MOD (so to...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Firstly use Celcius LOL. Nah all good thank god for Calculators, I'm in Brisban, Australia Mate gets hot in summer too 35c(95f)-40c(105f). Lets play. Again boot into Bios hit CTRL F1 Goto Advanced Bios Features No-Execute Memory Protect=Disabled CPU Enhanced Halt(C1E)=Disabled CPU...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Firstly i gotta i'll get to Smitty in a minute ok LOL. 2nd all this is at your own risk ie. Disclaimer etc.. :). Hit CNTL F1 when booted into bios. Ok lets party. Firstly in the ADVANCED section of bios setup make sure you have No Execute Memory Protect=Disabled, CPU Enhanced Hlt=Disabled...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    What r your PC specs, i should be able to point you in the right direction for a small, mild or wild OC. Cheers
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    To Smitty1705, that ram setting, just set it to disable then it dosnt look for SLI memory. You should'nt see that msg in post anymore. Then just go to the next option down and choose Linke or Unlinked what ever you might be doing with your O/C. Cheers
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    I'll start with the abopve response i got back from Gigabyte. Technically they are correct and dont support O/C, though i could run a Multiplier of 7* and that wouldnt be Overclocking my Quag what so ever. They have a serious problem here where QUADS can not reach an FSB 0f 333 which means these...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Thank God it wasnt just me, i've been searching high and low for a fix to this problem of the PC not shutting down properly with the F4F bios. Then did a google search and it brought straight back to here LOL. It does look like quite a few people have been affected by this. The other i...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    I have the same, not sure what that is about showing 4 Dimms not supported. Though when you look in Properties for My Computer it will show only 3gig. I assume your only using Vista orXP 32bit, dont forget they only support (ie. show) 3gig of ram. You need a 64bit OS to use more than 3gig...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Good luck Smitty1705 and stick with it. Yeah Vista is a bit slower for benching but thats about it. As long as you have a half decent system you'll have no problems mate. Cheers
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    This is for Smitty1705, not sure why you are having so many problems. I've installed Vista and XP now on my Raptors on the Nvidia Sata ports in a Raid 0 array no problems at all. Are you loading the Drivers for Sata and Raid controls onto a floppy and doing the F6 thing for XP or loading them...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    I had this same problem when going to the F3 Bios for some reason as well. Thats what i get with this version, it actually shows up properly in CPUZ 1.39 and 1.4. I used the @Bios utility to flash from windos desktop (Vista 32bit). Still as i posted above it hasnt fiixed the Quad core core...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    With some quick testing with the F4f bios, it dosnt solve a thing. Still got a pretty hard ceiling @320fsb for teh Quad Q6600. Even throwing 1.32v at and lowering multi to 8 @325 it will SOMETIMES get to windows login before it reboots. Tried it at 327-350 in case there were any FSB holes so...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    I just want to thanks for these, as i've been having troubles like alot of others with O/C the quad cores. Hopefully they work. At the moment all is good @315-320fsb(F3 bios) above that nada, no matter what i do. Also is it ok that i post a link in another forum to this thread in particular...