Realtek 889A codec specs online: http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/p...n=4&ProdID=173
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Realtek 889A codec specs online: http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/p...n=4&ProdID=173
here is some simple benchies result....not great but Good.
Done on Air using Ultima 91...:)
http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=300444
Received my EP45-DQ6 today from www.dabs.ie
Not installed it, might not for a few weeks yet as time is tight...don't ask why, anywhoo....PCB looks lovely, nice design/layout...good to get a new mobo keeps things interesting.
TPM configuration manual added: http://www.giga-byte.com.tw/Support/...ProductID=2831
F8 bios was pulled??
F6 is still better for Fsb...F8 no go...:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Richard Dower
F10a beta bios is now on the official web page: http://www.giga-byte.com.tw/Support/...ProductID=2831
F8 was pulled and F9a beta is also available....someone load F10a and see if it's good?
can you share some settings for o/c a 8400 to 4 ghz on this mobo? it's cooled by a true120 ... but i don't know what those settings like cpu ppl to what to change them
See Links 21~23 here Have included bios settings , bios is pretty similar.
luck:)
The driver download page on the GB website has been updated, while most drivers are current enough i'd still snoop for the very latest. But have no fear!, i'll always keep this thread updated with the very latest driver releases as and when they appear! http://www.giga-byte.com.tw/Support/...ProductID=2831
New versions of DES Advanced and ET6 released: http://www.giga-byte.com.tw/Support/...ProductID=2831
Who the :banana::banana::banana::banana: is testing ET6!
Same with 2008.07.01,clicking the arrows in the tab "voltage" nothing happens but frequency is ok.
But the worst of all are the steps from the VCore,for example 1,35625,the next step is 1,375 :down:
In my Extreme Bios comes:
1,35625
1,3625
1,36875 and then 1,375.
Realtek 889A drivers version 1.99: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false
This article will be edited a little as i am able to hit 600+ with the board now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Dower
Cool! :cool: will you be trying it with F10a bios?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dubz
yes after i am done playing with the stock bios.Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Dower
I have bought the board about 2 weeks ago. One reason for chosing the board was presence of 10 SATA channels onboard. This would suit my purpose: building linux-based home file server (raid6 etc).
However, I was disappointed quickly, having found no way to use the 4 SATA channels attached to GSATA independently. The Silicon Image 5723s -- used as 1-to-2 port multipliers on each of GSATA's (aka JMicron 363) SATA ports -- support a bunch of RAID modes (RAID1, RAID0, combination of the two, and JBOD) according to Silicon's website. I was planning to put them in JBOD mode, and let the linux raid functionality take care of the rest. However, this is not possible right now. Gigabyte has decided that RAID1 is that we all need, and hard-wired the 5723s into RAID1 mode.
I have had conversation with Gigabyte support techs regarding this, and their reply was quick and disappointial:
"(SiI5723 RAID chip) supports RAID 1 mode only. When you connnect four SATA HDDs, GSATA controller chip will able to connect them with RAID 0 mode."
Well, RAID0 consisting of 2 RAID1s was not what I was looking forward to when buying the board, although I understand there are users who find it useful.
I would venture into "un-hard-wiring" the 5723s to allow them to be used in any mode configurable with SteelVine Manager. This could probably be achieved by unsoldering some of 5723s' pins and reconfiguring the chips into soft-config mode. Unfortunately, so far I have not found which are the configuration pins. Apparently, obtaining the datasheet from Silicon Image would require an agreement to their NDA. I would appreciate any help in this field... [Update: I _have_ contacted Silicon Image for the datasheet, and indeed, I was asked to begin the NDA process. When it turned out that I am the single individual (end user) and not a manufacturer, I was politely but definitely informed that they disclose that kind of information only to manufacturers. Anyone out there being a manufacturer that would qualify?]
Conclusion: Unless you really want RAID1s, this board has effectively only 8 SATA channels.
I originaly was going to use the Sil5723 slots for HDD's and optical drives. The Sil5723 chip does not support optical drives. O.K. I can reconfigure and use the Intel chip for the opticals and some HDD's. Fine, except the Sil5723's on this board are only useable as you indicated.Quote:
Originally Posted by igm
Using the Sata slots on this board has a very narrow appeal. RMA'd and going to another product. Thanks for the posting. Saved me a lot of time and trouble.
CPU-Z 1.46.2: http://www.cpuid.com/download/beta/cpuz.zip
HAve you guys tested bios 10a yet+
i just did 6*536FSBbootup with my E6850, with inbox cooling it.
All voltages on AUTO except Vram what needs some extra volt for 1064mhz. :)
Had no luck with putting voltages higher then AUTO... was ending up lower FSB than AUTO settings :ROTF:
I remember doing over 540bootup with my CPU. so i think something needs to be tweaked for bigger FSB...
http://www.sci-worx.com/docs/sii5723...L_11-28-06.pdf, Page 2, Device Interface Features: • Supports ATAPI & asynchronous notificationQuote:
Originally Posted by pjskeet
5723 itself should support it; its application in EP45-DQ6 does not.
F10c beta is now available: http://www.jzelectronic.de/jz2/index.php
Cant download it...
I really want to get my RAMs working on dualchannel with this board :shakes:
maybe more vdimm ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kristoferr
yeah bandwidth kind of low even for EP45 Extreme.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue
First time with P45 chipset board, GA-EP45 Extreme !
http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/mot..._Extreme_7.jpg http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/mot...Extreme_40.jpg
More photos here
Managed Super Pi 1M bench run @7x564FSB 4-4-4-15 but needed PL10 and 2.48v to do it ! Not fully stable as only had EP45 Extreme setup less than 48hrs ago :)
System:
- E8500 Q740A479T 2L7 / 1313
- CPU Cooling: Dtek Fuzion Rad Tower Box
- Gigabyte GA-EP45 Extreme rev 1.0 F6a bios
- 128MB Gainward FX5200 PCI
- 2x1GB Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500 dual channel kit
- Memory cooling: 120x25mm Thermaltake 81cfm fan
- 74GB Western Digital Raptor
- Pioneer 215 DVD-RW
- 1200W Silverstone OP1200
- WinXP Pro SP2 Nlite Fully Updated.
Super Pi 1M
http://fileshosts.com/intel/Gigabyte...m_11s672ms.png
Everest Bandwidth & Chipset
Seems that read memory bandwidth and latency are quite low for 564Mhz 4-4-4-15 memory clocks and timings but write and copy bandwidth look decent. Probably due to the loosened Static tRead (what DFI/Asus users would of known as tRD or performance level) of around 10. Gigabyte Easytune6 utility misreports, the values set in bios for CPU Reference, CPU Reference2 and MCH Reference. Easytune6 reports the default normal values instead they should be 0.853, 0.868 and 0.828 respectively.
http://fileshosts.com/intel/Gigabyte...ps/everest.png
http://fileshosts.com/intel/Gigabyte...set_memset.png
eva2000, higher VDimm is not helping. It just refuses to show me any type of picture with ddr on dualchannel. This board does not like D9GMH at all. Specially OCZ productions.
All my 1GB sticks are working fine with my P35 board.
Im not the only one who has that problem, there are lot of us even in Estonia. :(
Picked up an EP45-DS5 the other day.... Got home from work, installed it with new 9450/8500c5d/8800gtx & TT 850w PSU..
installed Windows & rebooted... Nothing. Everything left on auto in bios for OS install...
A few reboots later & I smell burnt PCB/Chip...
Unplug everything & do basic test... see smoke coming up...
Ok. strip everything down & check on mobo/ram/gpu... noticed 1 of the SMD powering the RAM has burnt out...
welcome to my EP45 experience...
Went out & picked up a temp EP45-DS3P to play with while sending board back for RMA...
One thing is, I can't do squat for OC with this newer board compared to my X38-DQ6..
Seems I have to "re-learn" everything about these new voltage settings.. tried to swap out the 9450 with my old q6600 as well as swap out the corsair ram for my trusty OCZ FlexXLC9200 & still no go..
On a diff note, I was able to OC the 9450 & corsair ram on my X38-dq6.. Must be really behind the times... Need to go look at some of the bios settings linked here... back later with more..
*tired fingers... too much typing*
If you the EP45-DQ6 is like EP45 Extreme then on some dividers, static tread might be set too tight by default, try loosening it by +1 or +2 and see if it opens up some memory clocking at decent reasonable vdimm ;)
As you can see with loose Static tRead value of 10, Everest bandwidth and latency is slow and Super Pi 32M time is ~15 to 20 seconds slower than what is should be but not bad for low MCH voltage of 1.42v :)
http://fileshosts.com/intel/Gigabyte...1m44s141ms.png
http://fileshosts.com/intel/Gigabyte...ps/everest.png
Full report http://i4memory.com/94120-post2.html
I used Supershanks bios settings as a starting point & have managed to finally get an OC out of my q6600/flexXLC9200...
Booting & passing tests at/or better than what it was running on my X38-DQ6...
Using stock hsf atm too due to me being a nub & giving away my coolers to my bro who doesn't do any OC...
Anyways, gonna do more testing on all the components I have & see what board/cpu/ram combo I should keep for my main PC..
Seems I am quite behind in the OC/bios settings scene...
Must get off WOW....
New revision 1004 of the .pdf manual is online, shows F8c bios.... http://www.giga-byte.com.tw/Support/...l&FileID=18611
Realtek 889A driver update, version 2.00: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false
After lots of playing around, I was actually able to create a RAID0 with only 2 drives connected to the GSATA ports (with F6 bios). Use port 1 and port 4. Completely un-intuitive I know, but I managed to do it. Mind you, I ended up not running with that in the end. I ran my RAID0 from the ICH10.Quote:
Originally Posted by igm
The other thing that wasn't (and still isn't as of F6, maybe later bios addresses this) clear is that the the smart backup (RAID1 on the GSATA) found the two drives and is functional (it just says initializing, and then on the GSATA bios screen, its says non-raid, which to me, it really is, just not configured manually). The only way I proved to myself it was working was to put the two drives separately into another machine and see if they were the same (which they were).
New Jmicron drivers dated August 1st, WHQL: ftp://driver.jmicron.com.tw/jmb36x/Win2k_xp_Vista/
Well, it makes sense: you managed to create 2 raid1s (on port 1&2 and 3&4), both in degraded state (raid1 is degraded but functional with just 1 disk). Atop of these, one obviously can create raid0. The thing is, you cannot use _all 4 gsata ports_ without raid1, i.e. independently.Quote:
Originally Posted by joolz
What Bios settings are you using? I can't get any of the GSATA ports to recognize a hard drive (Bios F7). The Intel chip sees the HDD's fine. Gigabyte claims you can use two of the four GSATA slots (GS1 and GS3) for HDD drives only. They say GS0 and GS2 are for Raid.Quote:
Originally Posted by joolz
hey guys,
im having the same problem. I bought this motherboard purely becuase of the 10 sata ports for my 7 hard drives.
I thought that i could get all of the hard drives to work so i stuck my 2 WD AAKS HDDs on the first 2 gigabyte ports and i booted my computer. Didnt pick up the hard drives. I turned on the Storage policy Smart Backup and it picked up one hard drive as an 'External Device' in the bios.
I couldn't get my WD7500AAKS to work so i stuck it on the other GS2-Source port and it worked but goes through this annoying thing so when you start up the computer it goes through the storage backup smart backup crap. It booted into windows finally and the WD7500AAKS was not be picked up. I found out that it had been formatted and used as a 'backup' for the other gigabyte. Luckily, i had nothing on it.. I was hoping to be able to use all 10 SATAs but maybe not.
Also, this is my 2nd EP45-DQ6 now after taking the board back for random freezing all of the time, it was as if it would stop for 20seconds and then start again. Sometimes when i play a game i get 'Display device has stopped responding' now i know it isnt a driver problem with the GFX card and the Video card drivers because the previous the motherboard i had was working fine with it..
The first one was doing that so we thought it was a motherboard problem, replaced it and this one is doing the same thing. We have tried loads of different chipset drivers, LAN drivers and everything based to this motherboard.
I sent an email to gigabyte technical support on sunday and i have received no reply back yet. If i cant get this motherboard to work properly ill wait for my XFX 780i SLi board to come back from RMA or ill stick the X48-DQ6 back in.
Apparently some of the EP45-DS* boards we had in stock had issues with running PCIE 2.0 cards.
It would freeze when trying to install the drivers or BSOD on us. A bios update was the only fix available.
So be prepared to update your bios right away when buying any P45 mobos.
We built 10 machines for a client with the EP45-DS3 with 9600gt & all had problems until bios updates were applied.
Anyways, I got my EP45-DS5 back the other day. ripped everythng out, placed a new TR Ultra120 EX on it to keep things cooler...
Made sure all bios setttings were the same as what it was with the EP45-DS3P I was using & BSOD as it was trying to load windows...
had to lower clocks again to get it to boot... Still trying to work out what gives when it's "supposed" to be bit better than the "older" one...
Anyways... think i'm about to give up on the EP45-DS5 & put the DS3P back in...
Has anyone experienced an issue with high memory speeds?
DDR2-1280 A-OK, SPI & P95 Blend Stable. (9.5x384, 400 Strap, 3.33D Multi)
DDR2-1290 Corrupt BIOS (F10a), reverts back to original BIOS (F5)
Slightly weird...there usually isn't only a 10Mhz gap between fully stable and a nuked bios :ROTF:
EDIT:
Nevermind, the 400 Strap - 3.33 Multiplier appears defective.
How to drop Everest Latency by 10.6
Think this is one of the highest stable FSBs I've hit but SuperPi is disappointing.
4,310 7.5x575@2B 1,150 5-5-5-20
still progress :)
Just got F6H BTA courtesy of Eva :up:
Looking Better new bios options as well :D
http://www.images.clunk.org.uk/revie...enchcomp-s.png
things are looking up at 43xx mhz...I LIKE!;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Supershanks
has anyone been able to vdroop mod this board. I am getting some crazy vdroop that i am trying to get rid of.
thanks
WHat pLL voltage you using, with Pll lower that 1.5v i was getting vcore droop. Upping the pll voltage helped.Quote:
Originally Posted by xtatdsm
THeres board do 2v well ;)
This version have a better layout for big video cards :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Dower
Hi, i am using same, board, cpu and memory as you, what settings are you suing for your oc, and what oc have you reached?Quote:
Originally Posted by Minnyboy
I seem to be having real difficulty getting anything useful oc wise out of this combination!
this is where SS hangs out most of the time...he might be able to help you some more: Gigabyte GA-EP45-EXTREME Living ReviewQuote:
Originally Posted by some1
I am using the stock Pll voltage, I will up to a bit more than 1.5 and see if it helps.Quote:
Originally Posted by kayl
thanks a lot
Not posted here in months guys, sorry. Not even installed my EP45-DQ6 mobo...gonna try in the next couple of weeks to get back into the swing of things. Some new beta drivers for the Jmicron controller have been added: ftp://driver.jmicron.com.tw/jmb36x/Win2k_xp_Vista/
As you can see above F10 and F11 bios is out....not much else to add right now.
Realtek 889A drivers, version 2.04: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false
I know this is the Official EP45-DQ6 thread but I've searched everywhere and can't seem to find a dedicated EP45-DS3R thread. Is there one around?
cheers
same as therat here.
I picked up one for $109 after rebate at egg and put a 7200 on it.
Bios is F10 latest on giga site.
I can't get any where with this bios.
At first I looked at Ace-a-Rue bios pics on the X48 thread...ok I can do this. HUH ok they changed it ROFL
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edit I am getting some of this worked out...had to go look at clunk site.
I think what thru me most was pull up and stuff I thought pull ups was a huggies thing :)
New bios for all EP45 boards
http://www.jzelectronic.de/jz2/index.php
LOL:D:rofl::ROTF::up:Quote:
Originally Posted by sparks
I sure hope the new bios finally fixes the S3 standby/hibernate problem that has plagued all the gigabyte boards. Been making life a nightmare for those of us that use gigabyte boards for HTPCs.
cheers
Does anyone know how to get the GSATA Purple ports to work?...tried everything and none of them work?
Are you trying to use them for RAID?Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Dower
At the moment my recollection is a little fuzzy, but I believe that's all they are meant for.
Integrated PeripheralsQuote:
Originally Posted by Richard Dower
SATA Port0-3 Native Mode=Enabled
Smart Backup Initial=All Ports
Smart Backup Function=Disabled
GS0 and GS2 can be used for HDD's
The Sil5723 chips do not support optical drives as I understand it.
If you learn anything to the contrary from Gigabyte I'd like to know.
Hope this helps Richard
Realtek 889A codec drivers, version 2.05: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false
F12 bios is also out now: http://www.giga-byte.com.tw/Support/...ProductID=2831
As for the GSATA ports, basically the Jmicron and Sil5723 chips have been CRIPPLED in bios, F5 and F6 bios had alot of bios options to configure the chips, you could setup a RAID 0/1 array using the embedded Jmicron bios ROM...but with the newer bios all those options are gone!
I could not use the GSATA 0/1 ports and ended up using GSATA 2/3 ports...you can't use RAID 0 at all, you can't setup RAID arrays...it's total pants!, i installed the SteelVine software and this is what it sees:
RAID 1 and it's very unstable, i've had three auto rebuilds in the last two days. But i did see an option to flash the embedded Sil5723 firmware...F12c bios had firmware 1.1570 but the Silicon Image site had firmware 1.1576...so i tried to flash, i got an error message saying the flash failed, but my bios and SteelVine software now says the firmware is 1.1576?...so dunno what happened there.
Realtek 889A codec drivers version 2.06: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false
I have this board. Pretty nice.
I have a question though.
How do i measure my rails?
I use CPUID hardware monitor and it says that my 12 V rails jump for 8-10-11-12 V which is bad.
What software is accurate? Speedfan says the same thing; i think my psu is dying
thanks. It burns out that the board just sucks at reporting voltages
my +12 V rail is at like 12.3ish V
and my 3.3 V rail is at 3.28 V.
In most cases the voltages get misreported by software. For a while a few years back reporting was pretty good, but now your lucky if you get 2 out of the 3 voltages right in software.
In any event an mm reading is more accurate.
I have this board since 5 hours now, and he doesnt want to boot when i change even 1 setting in MIT ... You guys maybe know it ?
EDIT:
I solved it, some option for the ram and others you may better leave stock, and also the 333 strap works best, others give me some instability...
Thought i'd bump this thread since i haven't really updated it in ages, i'll start by listing some driver updates:
http://www.giga-byte.com.tw/Support/...ProductID=2831
The latest beta bios F13A can be found here: http://jzelectronic.de/jz2/index.php
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CQV33W4D
Realtek 889A codec drivers version 2.09: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false
Realtek 8111C LAN drivers version 6.213: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false
Silicon Image SiL5723 firmware version 1.1576: http://www.siliconimage.com/support/...ctid=2&osid=0&
Download the GUI version then download the SteelVine software and use that to flash the to latest firmware: http://www.siliconimage.com/support/...tid=2&osid=10&
Intel Matrix Storage Manager: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filt...3&submit=Go%21
Hi guys, been googling for a gigabyte forum and turns out they dont have one or i just cant find it. but anyways here my problem. am trying to oc my q6600(1.200vid) and cant get past 3.6 with this board. see my setup below
coolermaster xtreme power 650 psu
ga-ep45-dq6 - f12
q6600 G0(1.200vid)
g,skill PI series 800mhz 4-4-4-12 1.9v
swiftech 220 compact cooling(gpu+cpu loop)
bfg 8800gtx oc2 watercooled
* cpu core temps load at 53 for 3.6ghz, when testing for 3.7 i get 56c
dont know what the voltage tweakin rules r like for this board chipset but i am coming from x38 based maximus formula and having some serious trouble when priming with bluescreens in the first few minutes
primed 3.7 with 1.437vcore bios, 1.5-ppl, 1.2-vtt, 1.38nb... any higher on any voltages results in less stable prime time. anyone with success please advise thanks.
VTT will get you a long way with FSB. I'd say try bumping up vtt (keep it under 1.4v), PLL (under or at 1.61), and VNB (under or around 1.5). Should give you some more.
thanks will go back and fiddle with it and see wot turns out. post back in a few hrs. thanks again
Quote:
Originally Posted by Slovnaft
thanks man found success, primed 3.7ghz 24hrs. heading upward. heres my voltages
vcore-1.344 load(1.456bios)
nb - 1.36v(any higher i get bluescreens)
ppl - 1.7v
vtt- 1.46v(any lower fails after 5 hrs)
this board hates high nb voltages in my case but loves high pll and vtt voltages to get the fsb stable.
unrelated question!!! has anyone been able to boot or use the sil ports for a bootable raid0 array?
ive tried both ep45t and ep45 extreme.. what an abomination since dq6 is the most extreme :yepp:
anyone come across/any sighting/s of an ep45 dq6 A3 ?
am really hating this board right now lol, i miss ocing on my maximus. anything past 400fsb is a nightmare on my q6600. and its a 1.2vid too so it shud scare reall high with little volts. cant get the fsb stable without really high ppl and vtt which r bad in the long run.
After reading this thread, I have one important question, since I am about to receive 8 HDDs and this motherboard. Does that mean I can only use a total of 8 SATA drives?
I have 8 of these drives:
Seagate de 1.5 TB ST31500341AS Barracuda (Sata 7200 RPM 32MB Cache 8.5MS)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148337
2 of these drives:
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152100
And one of these:
LG Black SATA Super Multi Blu-ray Disc Burner & HD DVD-ROM Drive - GGW-H20L
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827136137
What do you recommend in my case? I bought 8 large HDDs (1.5 TB) just to use them. And I can't drop the Blu-ray SATA drive.
There is another option (a cheap sata controller card) that can save me some trouble, but I am not sure it will have a good performance when it comes to transfer/read/write/etc. benchmarks:
PROMISE SATA300 TX4 PCI SATA II Controller Card - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16816102062
Please note this is a PCI Sata controller card and all the PCI-E SATA cards only have 2 ports and are expensive. Besides, I might only have one PCI-E to spare, while more normal PCI slots might be available.
Any suggestions?
I also like to point out I have another computer here, but instead of being a Q9450 like the one which was meant to be used with all these drives, it's only a P4 3 GHz 1 GB RAM, purchased on 2003/2004.
This motherboard was recommended after I did one research to find substitutes for my ABIT IP35 Pro, which only uses 6 SATA ports. I was going to use 10 SATA HDDs, plus the Blu-ray drive.
And more than that, my PSU (also, about to be received) can plug 12 SATA drives:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817814012
Sorry to post twice but I have another relevant question that might even cover the last one. :)
In the last post (above) I discussed the number of SATA ports available on this motherboard. Then I realize there is one cheap SATA controller card using 2 SATA ports (I believe), and based on PCI-Express. I was only searching for SATA controller cards with 4 ports, but since they are expensive/N/A, and the only good choice was using a common PCI slot, I give up.
This is the link from this PCI-E SATA card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16816132014
But before that, I have two items here to be added on this new computer. A VGA card and one capture card. The first seems to be using PCI-E x16 while the second, PCI-E x1.
EVGA 512-P3-N845-AR GeForce 8800GTS (G92) KO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail - EVGA "Knock Out" Edition, overclocked at 678MHz
Specs:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130337
Blackmagic Intensity Pro (capture card) - specs:
http://www.blackmagic-design.com/pro...sity/techspecs
What I need to know is simple:
1) How many SATA PCI-E controller cards can be plugged into the GA-EP45-DQ6 motherboard? A while ago I was checking the ABIT IP35 Pro motherboard and looked like the VGA card was too large and was almost blocking space. It seemed only one PCI-E slot was available on the ABIT. I don't know about the Gigabyte.
Because to me what is important above all else is to have more SATA HDDs plugged. That's why this SATA card was appealing to me AT FIRST:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16816102062
2) If the SATA controller card is based on PCI-E, does that mean I will be able to plug her on any kind of PCI-E slot? Anyone using x1, x4 and that one PCI-E 2.0 using x8/x16?
A quick note: Regarding the size of the capture card, it's very small, compared to the VGA card (8800 GTS). :up:
we'll i got confused reading your post but with pci-e they are backward compatible as in a 16x slot will work as 1x with a 1x card so you could have cards in all the pci-e slots and shud work fine. as to vga size it depends on the card itslef. noards are all the same standard in slot placement. so if you card is a single slot size it will not take yo the next 4x slot. i have an 8800gtx but had the stock cooler removed coz of size and replaced with a waterblock takin up just one slot. the 8800gts in the link looks like a 2 slot card... hope this helps
also just a little advice, i would say buy a rampage formula or maximus II formula. this board is a pain in the butt specially if u OCing. its fried 2 sets of my memory already and am not even overvolting the ram. and support is terrible, unlike most boards this is the only thread i found for this board and there is no real information on here (no offense to anyone but thats just it). you wont even find a reliable settings guide for it. am planning on selling mine asap. was hoping i would be editing on FCS 2 by now but gettin it to a mare 3.6ghz on a q6600 is a mission when it comes to getting the ram stable.
anyways take what you want of this. goodluck
3rd q9650 @ 4.5ghz
http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/2900/3rdq9650fr0.png
1st q9650: 1.2125vid - 4.9ghz on air
2nd q9650: 1.2500vid - 4.9ghz on air
3rd q9650: 1.2000vid - 4.9ghz??
Sorry for bumpin' old thread.
I got EP45-DQ6 from my friend for some LN2 testing.
This board does nice FSB (NB@stock air):
http://ceemic.pri.ee/45nm/e8600@6650.JPG
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=491209
But it's SuperPi 1M performance is pretty bad with newer BIOS:
http://ceemic.pri.ee/45nm/7.172.JPG
Can someone suggest some older BETA BIOS and where can I download BETA BIOS'es for Gigabyte's boards?
Tnx!
There is a good gigabyte forum at www.tweaktown.com click on forums and you will see gigabyte forum, its the best i have ever found.
Hey guys,
Anyone can post CPU Reference, CPU Reference2, and MCH Reference for 45nm Quads?
Would be nice to get the settings for 1.20vtt as you can then manually see them adjusting as you go higher.
I have a problem with my EP45-DQ6. It says "Storage policy is changing, please wait..." on POST. After that it reboots, then appears Gigabyte's POST logo and board reboots again. Then appears that "policy" text again and so on. I can't enter BIOS. Also can't enter to Q-flash to try overflash BIOS.
What might that be?
I have tried two CPUs, lots of RAM, removed all drives etc...
This is an old thread but I just got this board. I am not having much luck getting any kind of stability with my q9650. Was able to get 4500mhz stable on the UD3P but so far not on this dq6. Also cant find any extensive threads on it for overclocking. Anyone know of any other threads or have any suggestions on this board? Or is it really that bad?
Thanks
Does anyone has any voltmod to this board, it has a big drop of vcore
Any help will be apreciated
Cheers all :up:
Sergio
Guys check if it's the same vdroop mod as my EP45-Extreme. Sergio received your mail mate, I'll see if I can get into msn again.
Thanks Jor im trying to help Tom as that mobo has a heavy vdroop.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jor3lBR
Cheers :up:
Sergio
andressergio, I may have posted Vdroop mod to this thread allready. Here's the thread where You can find my mod: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=204968
Good luck!
I will try the mod, thanks.
So far my opinion of the board is CRAP! but maybe the mod will help. I am sure it is a good board for benching but for stability it is a real pita, requires more vcore than the UD3P. I haven't given it a fair chance I guess. My first prime run at 4500mhz passed 1 hour of small fft's but now I cant get it to repeat with the same settings. I know Napalm had some great results with this board so I will keep trying.
Has anyone else noticed that the cpu temp readings are not accurate? It says cpu is 55c load in prime blend small fft but on 3 other boards at 1.392v load it normally runs 65-72c. I doubt a a motherboard can reduce the core temp especially by that much, have tried everest, real temp, core temp, and speed fan to check temps, also in bios it reads lower than normal for this chip.
Hope I am finally getting the hang of this board. 4400mhz prime blend 1.344vcore, same as with the UD3P. Ref's take some work to try and figure out.
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/690...lend1hrdq6.png
Looks like 4400mhz is as high as it will be going until I try the volt mod. At 4400mhz idle, vcore is 1.392-1.408, load is 1.344v. For 4500mhz it will be idling at 1.424-1.440v which is higher than I am comfortable running 24/7.
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/9...rsblenddq6.png
hey guys,
Has anyone noticed that Gigabyte has recently posted the F11d beta bios on the GA-EP45-DS3R webpage? I doownloaded it today (4 times actually) but every time I try Q-Flash to update the bios I get an error "Invalid BIOS image".
Anyone else tried this?
Suggestions please?
cheers
anyone tried the new F11e bios for the DS3R on the Gigabyte site?
Quote:
Originally Posted by igm
However, the manual says in the bios one can set those ports to be raid 0 ports.Quote:
Originally Posted by pjskeet
Hi.
I have a few technical question about the BIOS of EP45-DQ6.
I got a board EP45-DQ6 with F2 initial bios about a month ago. At the very first boot, it was OK. Then at the second boot, I used the tool in the BIOS to flash the new bios 13d. The board bricked in the sense that it keeps rebooting itself and shuts down without any posting. Apparently the dual bios function doesn't come into play at all. Could you tell me why? What is the safe way to flash the bios? With dos (flshspi.exe) ?
I RMAed the board and havn't got it back yet. Really want to know why this happened.
Another scenario, I was trying to put the new Intel boot rom, both the AHCI and raid rom into the stock bios F2. And I experimented these roms with ASUS P5Q PRO before. I used CBROM32. Then after flashing, another EP45-DQ6 is bricked with exactly the same thing as described above. I kept thinking how to trigger the dual bios restoration or just a boot block to recover the bios is fine.
After bricking two boards, I wonder how dual bios works, why flashing an official bios with qflash would brick the board, also why only modding the PCI rom part in a working bios would brick the board.
As Gigabyte advertised, the back up bios would take action whenever the first one is not working. Then how does it work. In both scenes, there are no action taken by the back up bioses. And the bootblock (the way we usually do to resore the bios) didn't pop up either, even with a PCI video card.
Then on the second board, I went further. I cut the power pin of the M bios. If the back up bios actually storage something and it would take action, then the missing of the M bios would trigger the back up bios, right? However, nothing happened. The second board remained what it is, keeps rebooting and no post. Then I desoldered the M bios. Still, no back up bios actions. The board remained bricked.
I got totally confused. So the next step would be desolder the back up bios and solder it on the M bios place. However, still no go. Does that means dual bios is just fake?
So why didn't a boot block show up in either case? And how to trigger dual bios?
I googled it many times. It loos like many people have the same issue as mine. Some of them tried SLIC. Some of them just flashed the official bios.
So there is some defect on the dual bios design or just the flashing procedure.
I still don't understand the dual bios and this gigabyte rebooting bug.
Could anybody give an explanation?
After flashing the bios restart and load optomized defaults. Doesn't sound like a bricked board, just a boot loop, kill the power switch and unplug for a minutes then boot back up. Its common on the p45 gigas.Quote:
Originally Posted by chenxuwen
Or clear cmos, I forgot that board has cmos button. Also the backup bios should only kick in if you corrupt your bios, not for a boot loop, if I'm not mistaken.
Actually, the screen is absolutely black.Quote:
Originally Posted by OC Nub
Here are three cycles it had
1. Power On->Shutdown it self-> Reboot
2. Power On ->Reboot ->Reboot->Reboot
3. 1 and 2 combined.
And one could not see anything on the screen during the whole procedure.
Clearing cmos, try many time, use the button, use the jumper, remove battery or combining the above. No go.
The most important part, the M_Bios was gone, but no back up bios came in. Also, after the back up bios is moved to the m_bios position, still no go. Is it true that, back up bios contains samething as in M_Bios. Or Back Up bios depends on the functionality of M_Bios? What if M_Bios has nothing inside? Then Back up bios just won't go?
Also I tried to wait for 24 hours before putting hands to my tools. No go either.
"kill the power switch and unplug for a minutes then boot back up" this has been tried, no go.
I can assure you that, if there is any boot block looking thing or just anything poped up on the screen, I would have recovered the Bios. But the screen got nothing, and the board kept resting itslef.
I just really really doubt dual bios actually works in the things they are selling us.Quote:
Originally Posted by OC Nub
Could you try this? Flash something not a bios, say absolutely "0"s for one megabyte or some other bios (ASUS AMI) into the cmos, and see whether dual bios kicks in? If it doesn't work either, I believe the back up is just a fake or it can't stop bad flashing actually.
During the loop the screen would stay black and continue to reboot/loop, but clearing cmos would always allow me to get back into the bios. This is a shame, despite it have some bugs it is a very good board, especially for overclocking.
Maybe someone else will have some better suggestions. You may have just had very bad luck and received 2 bad boards.
The backup bios works on Gigabyte boards, I have corrupted the bios several times and it reverts to the backup bios, allowing me to reflash. I have the UD3P also and that backup bios works as well.
I upgraded a while back to i7 and no longer have this the board installed.
One update:
Before trying the soldering iron, I've tried shorting pin1 and pin 8 of the M_Bios when press the power button to see whether it boots as many people said. No go.
No backup bios.
Have you tried a single stick of ram, or a different set? On my UD3P rev1.1 board I could not use the gskill pi's, I had to remove a stick and boot with a single stick to set up the bios, even then it was limited to 1:1/2.00D memory multiplier. On the rev1.0 board i had no issues with the same kit of ram.
I've tried that too. One stick in all four dimm. Two stick. 3 stick. All the combination. I even seted up a combinatoric arguement to check and make sure I've tried all combinations.Quote:
Originally Posted by OC Nub
The ordinary methods are not working.
That sounds like a bad CPU mount to me. Take the heatsink out, check all the socket pins and cpu contacts see if everything is clear and no pins are bent. After you mount everything together make (make sure you do not over-tighten the heatsink screws) check if the backplate and heatsink are not making contact with the mobo's back pins > Multimeter on ground setup > black lead to ground > red lead to heaksink and backplate if it grounds it's shorted somewhere and mobo will boot loop.
It boot up correctly before flashing the bios, the CPU booted up. So no socket problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jor3lBR
The cpu works fine on my P5Q-PRO.
I am getting back my first DQ6 RMAed next week. Will check the bioses again.
I'm only able to control 2 fans
ATM with speedfan 4.42.
Is there a way to get more fans under control?