GA-EP45-UD3P supports Hyper-V ???

[codeslinger]

I am about to order one of these boards using a Q6600 and wanting to run Windows 2008 Server with the Hyper-V role. Questions:

1. Has anyone run Hyper-V on this board OK?

2. Does the F6 BIOS fully support the Intel VT architecture - VT-i, VT-d, VT-x etc?

3. Is the Intel stock cooler OK for this board or should I get the Artic Freezer?

4. Anyone used the G.SKIL 2G DDR2 chips with it OK?

5. Does Gigabit ever anshwr their phone? I called Sales, Marketing and SUpport and got recording for the first 2 and support just played muzak forever and no one ever picked up. Maybe they are still off today or forgot to turn their phones back on???

I could also use a reference to overclocking this board as though technical I'm not steeped in overclocking at all.

Thanks, Dave

 

[bilbat]

1., 2. - try looking/posting here:

http://www.virtualizationfeed.com/

or here:

http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/archive/2008/12/06/apply-these-windows-server-2008-hotfixes-to-avoid-known-hyper-v-issues.aspx

3. The Intel coolers are marginal for ANYTHING except, maybe, a machine used for web-browsing and the occasional iTunes song...

4. I have 8G of G.Skill DDR2-1066 on a DS5 & it gave me no problems installin AT ALL...

5. If you think you are going to get someone at GB who even KNOWS what virtualizion IS, you are badly deluded - maybe hallucinating...

I can probably help w/an OC, if you don't mind an occasional stall in response, as, I, too, am still in the process (now, moving the machine & doing network/video wiring...

GB GA-X48-DS5 w/f8a BIOS - Q9550 stepE0 @ 3.825Ghz:
Arctic Cooling Freezer7Pro w/92mm PWM 'daisy-chained' to CoolIt Systems RamFan w/EverFlow F126025BU 60mm PWM;
Sunon KDE1204PFV2 40mm/NorthBridge; EverCool EC3010M12CA 30mm/SouthBridge;
8Gb (4x2) 1066 G.Skill F2-8500CL5D @ 1080 (DDR2-8640) 5-5-5-15 on 2.4(6:5)mult/1333strap...
CoolerMaster Cosmos 1000 w/Silverstone SST-CMD01 ESA 5ch fan controller/4ch temp sensor:
3 Arctic AC12L exhaust (top x 2 + rear); 2 Scythe SF12D (HDD cage top + rear); Scythe SF12E bottom intake...
Koutech IO-FPM220 3.5" Floppy & Card Reader; 2 IDE DVD's;
4 150Gb WD Velociraptors in two RAID0 pair-OSs & swaps; 2 1Tb WD RE3s in RAID1-data; 1 Sg 1.5Tb backups...
Multiboot via BootIt NextGeneration:
VistaUltimateX86/VistaUltimateX64/XpProX86/XpProX64(courtesy of TechNet)
SBD!

 

[codeslinger]

Thanks