LOL!!! :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by LarsMarkelson
Gigabyte and EVGA are hard at work stimulating the world economy, 1 OCer at a time :up:
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LOL!!! :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by LarsMarkelson
Gigabyte and EVGA are hard at work stimulating the world economy, 1 OCer at a time :up:
Sam - I assume you turned on turbo to try to get the 23 multi?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam_oslo
I think this is a qwirk of the ud7 - I must turn on turbo to get the highest multi on my 3520.
The turbo has been on all the times, otherwise it would use x20 multi. I've just tried turning on/off other CPU-power options, but still can't select x23 in BIOS, no matter what.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveRo
Probably the CPU is locked on max x22 multi, but it can be the BIOS, or other problems too. I'm not sure for now, but will try to follow this, because the x23 multi would really be a great option.
Tried F6 final bios and had lock ups and friezes in windows at 4.0Ghz. Have now tried F6x and found it to be better - anybody else found the same?
So far stable in Linx - only ten run need to test more I know, plus prime overnight once I am happy I think it is totally stable.
Think I will try 200x20 with turbo off to reduce temps and v core a bit more as that worked well when I tested at 3.8. Temps for above 4Ghz run were 70 to 76 degrees under water.
Mark
I had exactly the same experience with bios F6. Using also F6x nowQuote:
Originally Posted by tipes
Glad it is not just me - thanks for the confirmation.Quote:
Originally Posted by crashmax
Mark
Ps I notice you are using Dominator GT memory modules - have just ordered these, should arrive today. How do you find they perform?
They perform well, no worried with any multiplier setting and do 1000 MHz at 1.62V VDimm @ 7-8-7-20 1t.
Thanks for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Intratech
Mark
Could someone please post there bios settings for the 980X?
I'm getting mine on Monday, and i'll post my settings and results soon after...
Oh and where do i get the F6x bios from? This seems to be the best bios right?
Cant help with 980x settings as I dont have one - you lucky devil.Quote:
Originally Posted by Photek
Bios F6X from here
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f69/giga...st-bios-28441/
Click on link for previous beta bios and F6X is there.
Mark
Is there an easy way to have the bios ouput to a text file?
Cheers mate! handy link. cant wait to play with my new toy...Quote:
Originally Posted by tipes
I see this boards bios can be updated through windows (also getting UD7 with the CPU on Monday)... i've not had good experience with this. Does it actually update ok with this board, on Win7 x64?
And can the bios be updated with a Flash card while in the bios?
Here are my Settings for the 980X. I'm sure it will run these settings with a bit less VCore though... ..still tweakingQuote:
Originally Posted by Photek
I practice safe flashing so I never flash in Windows. It's easy enough to just use a USB memory stick, press F8 to start QFlash utility while in BIOS and select update BIOS.Quote:
Originally Posted by Photek
I agree - never flash from windows as it is asking for trouble. As intratech says use usb memory stick and flash from q flash within the bios itself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Intratech
Crashmax - how are the temps under load at those settings? Is 1.66v ok for memory? makes you wonder why their is no option for 1.65 which it should be !!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by crashmax
Temps on water are 65C under prime full load (HT disabled though). If 1.64V for Mem works for you then us it. Up to 1.70 should not be a problem though.Quote:
Originally Posted by tipes
Miah,
Not time for ln2 yet but when there is time, need to test out some ram as myIMC apparently needs some cold.
I'm preety much a nub to intel so be kind.........
Some 3d testing with UD7,920DO, corsair GTX 2, modded to hell 8800GT 512mb, Corsair HX 850W, custom LN2 evap adapted waterblock.
Excuse the disaster area, it's been rather hectic lately.
http://chew.ln2cooling.com/X58-UD7/IMG_2328.jpg
http://chew.ln2cooling.com/X58-UD7/3...8800gt%203.jpg
http://chew.ln2cooling.com/X58-UD7/3...8800gt%205.jpg
http://chew.ln2cooling.com/qdig-file...%208800gt4.jpg
http://chew.ln2cooling.com/X58-UD7/aquamark8800GT2.jpg
All in all I'm liking it so far, seems preety stable, no major complaints except with NB heatpipe installed first card is a little hard to get at release tab.
Oh one other thing to note, max blclock about 235 on water, PCI 116 IIRC however not very stable and sluggish boot (IDE) drive so no the drive is not the issue.
234 is flawless with 106 PCI.
Oh question for moopa.........whats up with the voltage on water man? 1.728? vcore bugged? Sorry i'm an intel nub so just curious.
I can't even boot that on ln2 I don't think.........in fact I didn't going back to my previous test on ud3r.
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1025054
I wouldn't use 1.7v on water for very long on a 920, but the voltage you are using is safe for a 920 on air for 24/7 100% load crunching :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by chew*
Yoh guys,
maybe somebody is able to help me out of my strange problem;
everytime I order my sytem to shut down, the pc shuts down but a few seconds later the system starts just by itself again.
I deactiveted the Realtek PCIe GBE Famely controller "wake on magic pacet, wake on pattern match and wake-on-LAN-shut down". But the problem is still alive.
Does anybody have a solution for this strange behavior?
Have you tired clearing CMOS, and disconecting power for at least 5 mins with the cmos jumper shorted?
Yes, I did. The problem wonīt leave me alone...
Have you disabled all "Power on" Options inside the bios? Just a thought.
I assure that I use 1.728V on water .. I don't boot from bios but I use easytune6 to adjust it on windows. btw, I do use 1.7V for short time, not long time .. just show on CPU-Z only
Yoh guys,Quote:
Originally Posted by crashmax
another CMOS-Reset brought the solution. I have no idea why the first CMOS-Reset wasnīt successful:confused:
How ever the system is running like hell:up:
@all
what is your recommendation QPI/Vtt for a BCLK of 175*23@2100 MHz RAM-speed?
^^ The VVT would dependent on your CPU-batch, but generally, you need more VVT for x20 Uncore which is needed for x10 RAM. Try 1.32v.
Which reminds med about the locked x20 Uncore on my VVT-demanding X5650 that can push the VVT to "unsafe", very fast. Many 45nm i7 has survived higher VVT without damage, but we don't know much about these new 32nm CPU yet.
Anybody have a DMM-reading of VVT on this MB? Is the real-VVT higher or lower than the BIOS-set?
Looks to be a little less according toQuote:
Originally Posted by Sam_oslo
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...review-19.html
Thx for the link :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lsdmeasap
That's almost 0.02v drop in real-VVT on load, at least around my actual voltages ~1.33v.
Intel recommends Max 1.4v for new 32nm CPUs, but I've been using VVT=1.32v for keeping it on the safe side, just in case. At least until we get to know these new CPUs better. These drops makes me braver for pushing the VVT up to 1.34v.
Well we all know what us overclockers do with Intel Recommended amounts, it's all up to you.
Some memory XMP settings are 1.5+, so I think you are fine. If you would like a link to where I go more in depth on Vtt and XMP programmed amounts let me know and I will link you, but I think far above the recommended is fine. Of course you are right though, most of that would pertain to the 45nm i7's and memory made back then for those.
Yeah, those i7 45nm are almost indestructible. They take a lot of torture, including unsafe VVT. I hope these new 32nm are the same, and we need some time to get know these. But until then, I don't want to risk degrading or killing this CPU, at least not before I've tried it on a double socket MB.
But if I know myself right, I won't be able to hold out, and will try to push it to the limits anyways, soon or later, but rather sooner. ;)
I know what you mean, I wouldn't either especially if you paid $1000 for a CPU.
Some ES X980 and ES Xeon users should be able to tell us soon though, or shortly we will find out from the new cheaper Xeons coming out.
I checked the "hidden" voltages out with EasyTune. Do you think the voltages are o.k. for the 175*23@2100 RAm-speed settings?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam_oslo
http://www.abload.de/img/easytuneqam2.png
To be honest, I don't think VVT=1.54v is a good idea for 24/7.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fritz_the_germ
i7 has been good at taking torture, but one shouldn't take chances by pushing (and rubbing) it over Intel's recommendations for 24/7, unless one can get something really extraordinary. Besides, that much VVT will put a lot of extra heat in your CPU and VRM. You can use the saved heat to get higher CPU OC with the same cooling.
That x20 Uncore for x10 RAM needs extra VVT, I would suggest rather using x16 Uncore and x8 RAM with tight timings and ~1.32v VVT. You won't notice any different between @2100Mhz CL9 and @1700 CL7 RAM anyways.
I would suggest using less on IHO Core too, something around 1.2v. Otherwise, it looks good to me, but every system is different and you have to try it yourself.
Thank you for your recommandation. I reduced the QPI/VTT to 1,34V.
If I donīt have enough I will get freeze (prime95 in-large FFTs) ,right?
I am kind of a newbe:p:
Yeah, run some memtest, prime95 large FFTs, HyperPi32M, these will test the IMC, Umcore and RAM, and would react to low VVT too.
Excellent advice Sam. I've got G.Skill 2000 ram and had to jack up Vtt to 1.49v to make it run as advertised. Maybe I should rethink :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam_oslo
O.K.
Can I reduce QPI/VTT if set 160*25 for a goal of 4 GHz?:shocked:
Even a VTT of 1,54v couldnīt prevent a BSOD running prime95 in-place-large FFTs.
I really want to use my Xeon a little longer...
Guy I am having a lot of reboot issues with this board. eg at bclk 190 and above (and maybe less havent tested) when rebooting or cold booting about 1 time in 20 it will fail.
you will hear a click several times during the initial power on and then it will boot fine usually, but sometimes it will "click" AFTER the post beep, and then fans will power off and it will give the red overclocking failed warning.
this is on settings that are 24/7 prime and linx stable
have latest bios and have tried all differernt voltage under and over combinations.
I need a board that ALWAYS boots at its current settings.
has anyone encountered this? Im thinking of RMA
what PSU? they can be a culprit here too
whats the rest of system spec
where does the click come from?
Anyone else getting sick of the electric whine they get when they scroll down and up on a page? It stopped for a few days and it's back on.
the click is from the motherboard "c1" code- when the LED's turn on.
corsair hx 1000w
920 d0
6gb gskill 2000mhz rated
have tried all differnt safe combinations of voltages.
basically the problem occurs simply because the bclk is high- even if I turn down the cpu multiplier and ram divider to underclocking, but keep bclock moderately high, and have generous safe voltages for everything it still occurs.
the lower the bclock the fewer "fail" clicks from the mobo. but yeh - the main issue is sometimes it will turn on for about 5 seconds then off(all fans pwoered down) then boot from backup bios with warning/error
I note that the green overvolt LED for the ?northbridge (the one nearest the PCI slot) is always lit even in "failsafe values" mode, and the machine will not post from cold boot if IOH >1.18
its giving me a great deal of stress because just when I think its happy it fails to boot, despite being prime stable for 24 hrs +
Haven't heard any.Quote:
Originally Posted by rezax58
Disable C1E, Intel Speedstep/EIST and the whine should go away. Let us know if it works out for you! :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by rezax58
WOW thanks alot dude. It's goneeeeeeeeeeee!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Musho
One more thing, the led on the top left side of the ram is on amber and green, also one green led is lit right by the water cool block, This only happens when I manually set the timing, speed and voltage of my memory according to OEM spec; when it's on fail safe mode in bios the leds are all off.
I am looking for the latest BIOS and found the Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 F6a -08.Mar 10 bios version. However, I am confused now. Does someone know if the F6a is the latest or is the official F6 the latest BIOS version?
Another question, I would like to upgrade the Marvell 9128 to the latest firmware version on the same board. Any idea how to?
Hi all,
Feeling a bit peeved here - let me explain. Just recently bought cosair dominator GT 2000 triple kit thinking it would be great to run a straight 200x20 for 4Ghz with turbo disabled with a mem multi of 10 and uncore of 20/21 but no dice. Allkinds of blue screens etc have tried quite a few things to get it to work but no dice. It will run on 8 multi - no problem. Why is it seemingly impossible to run a 10 memory multi or am I missing something. Seems a waste to run the memory at 1600 or less.
Any suggestions from you knowleadgeable peeps would be appreciated. Anybody out there managed to do this???
Mark
Almost all cpus need a uncore / qpi voltage at ~1.5v-1.6v to run ram at 2000mhz. So question is have you tried to rise qpi/vtt voltage ?Quote:
Originally Posted by tipes
I have not dared to raise to the figures you are suggesting as I would not think it would be good to run at such high volts 24x7. See Sams post above. I think I will try up to 140 ish and if no dice - well i have wasted my money on the ram - unless any other suggestions????Quote:
Originally Posted by PalmeAsus
thanks for your reply
Mark
Well , for the 45 nm i7s i can't speak for everyone but i have had my vtt on 1.53v to be able to set uncore as high as i have it, and i haven't had any degradations or problems so far after ~7 months and i know for sure alot other users use 1.5-1.6v vtt to get their ram stable at 2000mhz 24/7 without problems but ofc it's all up to you =).Quote:
Originally Posted by tipes
Many thanks for your further input - suppose every chip is different so maybe I may try going to these high vtt and see what happens. Do you find the gains of ram at 2000 worth it????Quote:
Originally Posted by PalmeAsus
Pity the 920 DO does not have unlocked multi otherwise you could probably do baseclock of 250 x 16 multi with mem multi at 8 giving the 2000 ram - mind you don't know whether you could attain a bclk of 250???
I think the F6x is the best bios now, most here use it.Quote:
Originally Posted by M@rcB
you can upgrade the sata3 firmware from the bios, from the integrated peripherals and you set sata 3 from auto to bios, save and exit and it will update it.
The 920 not having an unlocked multiplier means it cannot go _higher_ than 21. It can run at a multiplier of 16 just fine, though. (Although I recommend using odd multipliers over even, they clock better) And no, I don't think you'd be able to get 250 bclk 24/7 stable. Maybe for benching with some cold.Quote:
Originally Posted by tipes
Thanks for the input, oh well I now have some decisions to make. Will see how I go, but so far I feel I have wasted dosh on the 2000 ram.Quote:
Originally Posted by Musho
Mark
Dear Friends;
publish new Beta bIOS for X58A-UD7
this BIOS fixed when you change VTT value in BIOS
casue shutdown & restart
http://rapidshare.com/files/367161596/TEST1.BIN.html
HiCookie
RS for me impossible to download.:confused::(
what bios number is this?Quote:
Originally Posted by hicookie
Mirror:Quote:
Originally Posted by stasio
http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/7/...373//TEST1.BIN
Thanks bro!:up:Quote:
Originally Posted by hicookie
regards
Thanks for reupload!:up::clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by angelreaper
Hi guys
I've tested 3 Gulftown chips in the last few days and found that a couple of them have the same OC and third was a bit behind
check this out....still reasonably low volts but clocks look pretty good to me :D:D:D
Gigabyte X58A-UD7 putting the smack down on Gulftown running smooth as butter :cool:
i dont want to kill this chip so still havent pushed north of 1.9v for some serious clocks.......i'll see how my cards fair on LN2 first and then start tocrank some numbers out but you can see CPU tests past 6Ghz looking pretty easy ... loving Gulftown they scale with volts and temps properly like the old P4s :D
:rocker::rocker::rocker::rocker:
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/5...tagecputes.png
http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/2...l3dmark063.png
ignore efficiency it was just early clock testing :)
Quote:
Originally Posted by tipes
as he said for 250 bclk you need the most golden cpu out there =). About the ram i have used both 2000 mhz and 1680 on ram and since i lose cpu freqv.(4200vs4350) i lose overall performance in the ram performance it wont differ more than about maximum 500mb/s(2000vs1680) since i can lower the timings so much at 1680 though it depends on how good your rams oc. if the can go to 2000mhz and still obtain low timings you will achieve a bigger difference then me.
Regards
Which previous BIOS had this problem?Quote:
Originally Posted by hicookie
Nice clocks Dino, should get some nice numbers once it's all in gear. Chip looks good too, don't kill it :DQuote:
Originally Posted by dinos22
Holy cow, dinos22, 6GHz stable for 3D, that's a damn good chip! You're lucky! :D
Do you know the batch #? That's a ES, but still...
Edit: A0 stepping, that explains it. Hope it'll live long, lol.
F6 test 1:Quote:
Originally Posted by lawtq
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/9131/f6test1.jpg
I take it that A0 is best stepping for these chips then???Quote:
Originally Posted by zalbard
Do I take a gamble now or wait for Zeon version later???
Well, afaik A0s don't have some sort of voltage protection mechanism... So they scale with really high voltage but die easily...
I'd personally wait.
Cheers - but wait for zeons are you saying???Quote:
Originally Posted by zalbard
Gulftown easily to present this beheavor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lsdmeasap
try compare to any previous BIOS.
i verified and compare wth F5 & F6
Gulftown(Q3FE)
X58A-UD7
1.In bios only change QPI/VTT value
2.OC to specific BCLK (such 175MHz). boot success
then change QPI/VTT again
F5,F6 shutdown and restart even only change QPI/VTT to 1.2v (
tested 1.2,1.3,1.4,1.5,1.6v)
F6 Test 1 BIOS won't do shutdown & restart.
1. help you more easy to oc gulftown even with general air cooling system
reduce shutdown & restart chance helps you to build a strong general oc system.
2. with extreme oc, if your chip coldboot -160, coldbug -140, when you
running -160 testing and clock instable( such blue screen or freezed screen)
will shutdown & restart due to QPI/VTT BIOS changing. and fai to bootl, cuz cpu
coldboot at -140, and you try to reboot at -160 with previous BIOSes.
with this new beta BIOS could let you to avoid this situation, so this BIOS
helps you alot when do extreme oc.
This BIOS fixed
1. QPI/VTT value change with Gulftwon CPU
2. Gulftown IMC oc fail, need to remove power cord, new BIOS fixed.
3. Gufltown OC fail, F1~BF fast looping, need to remove power cord, fixed.
hicookie
Sounds excellent - good work. Now all I need is a gulftown chip heh heh.Quote:
Originally Posted by hicookie
Anybody got a spare 980x lying about that they don't need - Lol.
Thanks cookie...will test soon :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by hicookie
There should be much cheaper Gulftowns coming in Q3. Probably better batches, also.Quote:
Originally Posted by tipes
does the F6 Test 1 works good too with the bloomfield?
Sure:)Quote:
Originally Posted by boldenc
Works perfectly:Quote:
Originally Posted by boldenc
Quote:
Originally Posted by angelreaper
Many thanks - think I will take your good advice.Quote:
Originally Posted by zalbard
Hey guys, new member popping in to say hi!
Recently picked up this board been having a blast with it so far, it's so easy to OC. :)
I'm no where near as xtreme OC'er like some of you here though, respect! :clap:
Hi and welcome to the forum. I am sure you will have a blast on here - peeps are very friendly and helpful I find. I too am not an extreme ocer - but it is fun afterall.Quote:
Originally Posted by koji
Mark
Got my UD7 on Monday... put my 980X in it. Dont boot. Great!
On the LED on the board used for boot errors it says "C1" ... which is to do with memory. So tried new mem - same error.
CPU and memory works perfect on Asus P6T Deluxe. So the UD7 has been returned!
Got a replacement coming tomorrow... this one better work. But has anyone else had that error?
^^ You may need a BIOS update.
I'm not sure when they have added the microcode, but I think it was F3-something. It may be a bit different for 980x, but my X5650 did not boot with F3.
you have to update your bios buddy
I also tried it with a 920 aswell though. The board had different error for that!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam_oslo
I would have thought a new UD7 would come with a newer bios than F3 though..
mine one had F2 bios when i fired it up the other day...wouldnt boot with Gulf. maybe old stock in the channel i dont know :shrug:
once i flashed to F6x all good....but yeah needed to stick in 960 to flash it
if you are getting an error with 920 that is a bit odd. what error?
I just ordered the noctua nh-d14. Hope this fits in my board with antec 1200.
Cant remember the error... but just to be 100% sure it was the board, i tried the 920 a second time... and... it worked!?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by dinos22
Must have not been in the socket properly before... no idea. So in all i've rebuilt this system 4 times now to get it working lol, not like i'm new to this either, must have built over 100 PC's in total.
Flashed to the F6X BIOS now and got the 980X working so alls good (Y)
...but i have another UD7 coming tomorrow now after thinking this one was faulty, so that will have to go back :shakes:
Oh and i'll post OC-ing results soon.
lol i guess the more the marrier....now you can have two rigs in your sig :rofl:
Got another problem now... has anyone used the SATA3/6Gbps for RAID0? I have two Crucial RealSSD C300 drives and the RAID performance is worser than a single drive.
I've tried both IDE and ACHI modes, and latest drivers for the controller. It uses the boards Marvel 9128 controller btw. I cant even find anything on this board and RAID0 on the SATA3 controller from searching as hardly anyone has a SATA3 drive...
Bought mine last week and it shipped with F4, so F3 sounds about right I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Photek
you may want to read this:Quote:
Originally Posted by Photek
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3778
Please post pictures when you can. I want to see if it can be installed North/south configuration.Quote:
Originally Posted by rezax58
I got the Megashadow on mine, but sad to say it can be installed using the North/South configuration. I'm using a G.Skill DDR3-2133 Perfect Storm kit, even w/o the Ram cooler, it still won't fit.
But with the East/West configuration, no problems at all.
Cheers!
Yoh guys,
how can I run a mem. speed 1925 MHz by 175*23@QPI-Link3150@QPI36x?
The uncore multipler should be at 22 and the mem-multipler should be at 11.
The problem is I donīt find the 11 multipler in the BIOS.
What am I supposed to do?
You will have to adjust accordingly
Use higher Bclk (192) or lower, and change things up a bit.
I have always wondered why they did not include odd memory multi's, must be some reason?
f6 bios is awful :( I guess I should revert back to the previous.. I need lots of vcore for stability and all the benchmarks lock up.. On my xeon w3680 and the i7 980x... 5800mhz stable on the 6 core xeon using f4 bios.. Just tried f6 and an i7 980x es on ln2 and it was awful.. Hopefully it's the bios and not the chip.. It's the q3fe ..
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bodar
try back to previous bios, but from our testing, should be the same
hope is not your chip oc degrade.
I also like the F4 bios - got the 980 - 4.75 vantage stable on chilled water at 1.5v.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bodar
What vcore are you using for 5800?
Strange, I find F6 great for my 980x
Currently using F6x which seems ok, but previously found F4 to be very stable, but I think F4 would not support the hex core chips afaik,could be wrong though.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveRo
Mark
F4 does support those chips
Cheers - I stand corrected.Quote:
Originally Posted by lawtq
Gigabyte Have been great with the bios updates, coming out fast and regularly