Yeah I have been using it a couple a days...read my post a bit above.Quote:
Originally Posted by beast200
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Yeah I have been using it a couple a days...read my post a bit above.Quote:
Originally Posted by beast200
I guess the Moray area would be a nice place to go and visit, but to live here isn't so good... there are lots of :shady people in Elgin!!!
I don't live in Elgin city, I stay in a small coastal village just outside Elgin called Burghead, I moved here from Fochabers about 5 months ago, and I love it... the scenery is beautiful here...
Anyway, back on topic, all I really can do now is wait for the results of Scans proper testing to see whether the board plays up or not, if it does, then that will be great because they will ship out a replacement for me, but if it doesn't cause instability for them, then I will set it up again once it gets returned to me and see if I figure out why it wont run stable for me, and if I still dont get anywhere then it will get shipped off to Gigabyte to see what they say, and I will also return my CPU to OcUK so that they can give it a more thorough test to make sure I don't have a bad CPU... as they were quite willing to have me send it back to them again after I called up to complain about the tests that they ran....
This is how much I was able to push my bclk to.
I think i can get it running at higher bclk with little more time. My main hdd died in the middle of this 228.3bclk run. So will be back to benching in couple of days.
Removed Link - FUGGER
http://www.imgx.org/thumbs/large/407...o/untitled.JPG
Just posting Some Max Blck's on UD4P :D
229 Blck W/ 920 SuperPI 1MB
Never tried more, maybe later. Just messing around
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/9914/snap004.th.png
231.85 Blck W/ 920 :up:
http://i42.tinypic.com/icns6w.png
CPU-Z Validator 3.0
231.04 Blck W/ 965
http://i44.tinypic.com/6gcs2t.png
CPU-Z Validator 3.0
Max so far with Crossfire'd 3870's, haven't had much time to play though
228.49 Blck W/ 965
http://i44.tinypic.com/f9jwqb.png
CPU-Z Validator 3.0
hi guys, well i been playing with it but im quite new at this so i would like to know if possible if anyone could answer me if i should be worried with it or not.
i checked my board voltages and i got some yellow leds on well i dont intend to push much from it at least for now because i dont have a decent cooling, and because im not pushing it that much i dont want it in stress by oc mistakes,(if that is possible to happen :)).
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/5146/boardvoltage.jpg
thanks and sorry about my english.
Well, that's me just off the phone to the people at Scan to see what the results were with their overnight Prime95 Blend test, and they have told me that their was no faults found...
I am at a complete loss now as to what the problem is with my system, I really dont know what else I can do now??
Gigabyte have said they can quite easily test the mobo for me again, and they also asked me to ship my RAM and CPU along with my board, but if the techs at Scan have ran Prime overnight and had no problems, I dont see the point in sending it off to someone else for them to tell me the same thing!!!!
And I also have to pay Scan another £20 just to get my mobo back... I am really P****D off about this, because I now have a system that wont work for me....
Can anyone here suggest something else that I could try that I haven't already mentioned in one of my previous posts, because I personally think that I have tried everything I possibly can, and each time I have had the exact same results...
Did you ask Scan if they changed ANY settings on the board (BIOS) before testing??
I asked the lady on the phone last week what settings they were using, and she told me that they were using optimized defaults in the BIOS and the XMP profile enabled on the RAM to run @ 1600MHz...
I am just about to send them an email asking if they can send me the report that the technician sent them...
I don't know why they can't let me talk directly to the technician, as I personally think that a lot of what I am telling them over the phone is being lost in translation, because it took me about 5 telephone calls in total to get them to test the mobo overnight, even though I asked for this to be done every single time I talked to them!!!
I am completely lost now, I could go and buy a new mobo next week, but I really dont want to pump anymore money into this system as it has already cost me over £1800 in total, and if I were to buy another mobo, and set it up only to find that the problems are still present, I will probably end up going insane and throwing all my hardware through the nearest window!!!
It is a pity there isn't anyone else I know of in my area with a similar system to me so that I could test all the hardware out on their rig, isn't there anyone on here from the North East of Scotland that owns an i7 system that would be willing to let me take my gear over to their house to test it???
I would even pay someone a little bit of cash to allow me to test my gear on their system... I guess this is a long shot, but it is the only other thing I can think of trying...
This is what I read about that on the tweaktown forums by the person that modded UD5 bios :Quote:
Originally Posted by Infa
I'll try that on my board when I get home in an hour and post my results :)Quote:
To have all the options back, load bios F5 first, and do not load optimized settings, load F8b modified after that, for some reason, the modified one looses some settings when the normal flash procedure is used.
Sounds really mad mate......not good at all!!Quote:
Originally Posted by BLunTSmoKeR
Before throwing more money at it, I would consider sending it to Giga along with the RAM and CPU (as they requested) to give the whole platform stress and compatability tests.
It is high compared to other D0's, but it i cant seem to lower it with getting lockupsQuote:
Originally Posted by Jonny Manc
Prime max temp was 78/76/75/71, LinX was 81/79/79/75 so pretty warm
Hey guys, F8b with 920 C0. What settings do you recommend (wanna break the 200BCLK barrier).
OCZ Platinum 6GB 1600Mhz
Gigabyte UD5
Corsair HX 1000
*update*Quote:
Originally Posted by Dahmer
Only way that worked for me to get all the multipliers :
- install F5 bios (from the gigabyte site) by pressing END at the splash screen.
- enter bios
- press F8 to load the flash utility
- load the modded F8 bios
Enjoy AHCI, faster boot and all the normal multipliers :D
Hey guys, F8b with 920 C0. What settings do you recommend (wanna break the 200BCLK barrier).
OCZ Platinum 6GB 1600Mhz
Gigabyte UD5
Corsair HX 1000
Is it better to do the overclock through the BIOS or is Easy Tune fine too?
Where do i find this modded bios ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dahmer
LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by sunn
I spoke to soon, it maybe 12hrs prime but using it, its not stable
It locks when its not under load :down: What could that be?
What settings are you using again??Quote:
Originally Posted by sunn
Its been a while, Glastonbury - woooQuote:
Originally Posted by Jonny Manc
Thanks ahead
Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [ 20x]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech ...................... [Enabled]
CPU Cores Enabled .............................. [All]
CPU Multi Threading .............................[Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ........................ [Enabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support ......................... [Enabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ............................ [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function .............................. [Enabled]
Virtualization Technology ...................... [Enabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ......................... [Enabled]
Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed .............................. ( x36) [6876MHz]
Uncore Frequency ............................( x16) [3056MHz]
Isonchronous Frequency ......................[Enabled]
Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control .......................... [Enabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) ................................[191]
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........................ [100]
C.I.A.2........................................... .. [Disabled]
Advanced Clock Control:
CPU Clock Drive ..............................[800mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive ................... [900mV]
CPU Clock Skew ............................. [0ps]
IOH Clock Skew ............................. [0ps]
Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance ...................... [TURBO]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ........... [Profile1]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........... [AUTO]
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) ............. [MANUAL]
Channel A + B + C
Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ......................8
tRCD ..................................8
tRP ...................................8
tRAS ..................................24
CR.....................................1
Advanced Voltage Control:
CPU Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping
Load Line Calibration ................. [DISABLED]
CPU Vcore ..............................[1.4] (1.312v under load)
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v .................[1.335]
CPU PLL 1.800v .........................[1.3]
MCH/ICH
PCIE 1.500v ........................... [1.5]
QPI PLL 1.100v ........................ [1.3]
IOH Core 1.100v ....................... [1.16]
ICH I/O 1.500v ........................ [1.5]
ICH Core 1.1v ......................... [1.1]
DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500v ..............[ 1.66]
DRAM Termination 0.750v.......... [AUTO]
Ch-A Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[AUTO]
Ch-B Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[AUTO]
Ch-C Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[AUTO]
Ch-A Address VRef. 0.750v ........[AUTO]
Ch-B Address VRef. 0.750v ........[AUTO]
Ch-C Address VRef. 0.750v ........[AUTO]
Hi sunn, I noticed that you have lowered CPU PLL voltage from 1.8 down to 1.3v.. does this not cause instability?
Or does this help reduce heat??
I am just curious that's all, as I am having lots of problems with my i7 rig and I am trying to find out as much stuff about the BIOS as possible...
::edit::
Off Topic, is anyone else getting this annoying popup on here today, asking for a username and password to be entered??
It is happening each time I post, or view a different thread on here, it is driving me nuts!!!
Same here, keep getting this popup, only happened today, maybe some signature is causing it?Quote:
Originally Posted by BLunTSmoKeR
http://i41.tinypic.com/259zr0k.jpg
It is Funky's Post wich got a picture in it, and now it is asking for password for it everytime someone get in here :)
Please mod, OR the user himself, remove it!
I was having other problems before with it locking/restart with LinX and was playing with the PLL to see what the effect was
Not with those settings above (similar but less vcore)
1.84 = lock
1.8 = lock (15s)
1.7 = restart (6m)
1.6 = lock (24m)
1.5 = restart (15s)
1.4 = lock
1.3 = restart (28m)
after raising vcore and vtt more it 'seemed' stable but accidentally not in day to day use
Fixed, Funky has the bad link.
sunn - why not set your bclk to 200, thus allowing you to set your UNCORE and RAM to the required 3200 and 1600 respectively (ruling that out), and all you have to do is play with the multiplier to get to your desired speed.
Have you also tried disabling all the CPU features such as speedstep??
It may also be worth enabling Load Line Calibration to help correct some of the vDroop you might be experiencing!?
Hope this helps :D
Sry guys, the site where it was hosted is down for maintenance.Quote:
Originally Posted by FUGGER
Been there, with other multi's low, raising bclock by 10 until 200 and VTT if needed (at 200 i needed 1.295) i then increased ram multi to 8 for 1600 uncore 16 (3200) and I needed the bump the VTT up a notch (1.315) these were just 5 passes of LinX so not gospel
Soon as I increase the CPU multi it tends to lock 80% of the time in under 16s (CPU usage low 12%) if i up the vcore to 1.264 it would do 3GHz :rofl:
I think after a long day I got pissed off and put the vcore up highish 1.4 with loadline enabled and it still locked up
I noticed the lock up early on when under low load, my theory was the leave loadline off so the idle voltage higher thinking that would help
Haven't had the time, but ill try disabling speed-step etc tonight
Thanks
Hey guys, F8b with 920 C0. What settings do you recommend (wanna break the 200BCLK barrier).
OCZ Platinum 6GB 1600Mhz
Gigabyte UD5
Corsair HX 1000
Is it better to do the overclock through the BIOS or is Easy Tune fine too?
Wow I just hate being ignored :rolleyes:
Question I want to buy a Ud5, I love Gigabyte's products. Now I want to know with the Ud5 or extreme, does the CPU throttle down when you pick the x21 multiplier when the CPU is under load with 4 cores or 8 threads (HT on). Some motherboards have the CPU throttle the multiplier down to x20 when under load although the x21 is picked in the BIOS. Can you turn turbo off and still be able to manually pick a CPU ratio of 21, and use that? If so does the throttling happen when stressing the system or testing for stability, LinX or Prime95 or Burn test?
Turbo throttling is mostly an Asus P6T issue. They've released a bios fix for the v1 boards and are hopefully working on a few more bios releases. Most boards let you either turn this feature off or its automatically disabled. With the newer Gigabyte bios versions, a UD5 or extreme doesn't have this issue. rge did some testing for me using his Gigabyte extreme board.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...52&postcount=5
If you have a 920 processor, whether the bios lets you pick a 21X multi or makes you select Turbo mode doesn't really matter. The CPU ends up doing the same thing. Anything beyond a 20X multiplier with this CPU means that the CPU is in Turbo mode.
New BIOS:
GA-EX58-Extreme - F8e
GA-EX58-UD5 - F8c
GA-EX58-UD4 - F6b
GA-EX58-UD4P - F9b
GA-EX58-UD3R - F7b
GA-EX58-DS4 - F7b
Info: AHCI ROM 1.20E
Info: DDR3 compatibility and memory performance
Fix: Stepping D0
Fix: X.M.P. with fan control
Awesome, thanks for the update stasio. Appreciate your work over at TweakTown.
Now I wish my new PSU would come faster.. damn you UPS! :slap:
:up:Quote:
Originally Posted by SimpleTECH
5 hours till I can go home and test that F8c :D *counts down*
Dunno about your settings, but I have always found it better to clock through the BIOS (personal opinion)Quote:
Originally Posted by DarthRevan
[/ignored]? :p:
lets hope my boot stops failing when i set my RAM to 1600mhz (it is supposed to work at this frequency).
If you're having issues, post your BIOS info and lets have a lookee!!Quote:
Originally Posted by DarthRevan
the new ud5 and extreme bios's (F8c and F8e) do not have the 1.20E AHCI rom
Serial ATA AHCI BIOS, Version iSrc 1.07 08042006
[edit] modded them with latest AHCI (1.20E) and RAID (v8.5.0.1030) roms
http://wright-pc.com/pyr0/GigaByte/ex58exm.f8e
http://wright-pc.com/pyr0/GigaByte/ex58ud5m.f8c
untested yet...
about to flash F8e to my UD5
[edit] flashed the f8e bios to my ud5 - no problems with ahci mode
What exactly was fixed?Quote:
Originally Posted by stasio
How did you manage to attain such a high BCLK ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lsdmeasap
Pyr0 to the rescue again :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Pyr0
Apparently, there are two versions of F8e and F8c, one with older AHCI and one with the 1.20E one, but stasio got sent only the ones with the older AHCI, no idea why...
Anyway, I am wondering as well about the "fixed D0 stepping CPUs" - and as I've read on another board the guy who provided the new bioses writes it's a fix for "D0 CPU OC"???
I'm running a D0 and I haven't seen anything like that? Or perhaps I'll be proven wrong with a higher oc, sure hope so :p:
Perhaps its an uber-bios that lowers voltage requirement for 4ghz to 1.0v :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by Arcanum
What is the better board for overclocking the i7, the DFI UT or the UD5? Also what are the major differences between the UD5 and the Extreme, is it just the extra heatsink with the heatpipes that goes on the IOH heatsink? Looks like it just plugs into the Watercooling holes. Anyway I am confused whether to buy a UD5 or a DFI UT, I know DFI is nice and the GIGAbyte makes a very nice board. The Results speak for themselves, although are they easy to work with? Are they faulty like the DFI's or the solid? If anyone has owned both let me know what you think is better. Also is the extreme worth the 35 bucks over the UD5, or is the UD4 just as good as the UD5?
hi
i have the ud5 and is the first gigabyte motheboard i have had
good overclocker 21 x 200 = 4200 no problems
look at changing to the dfi but why
the ud5 works well with little bios changes
the dfi can go a little bit further but with alot of work in the bios
cheers
So the DFI UT can overclocking a little more than the UD5's?
Hey guys, it has been said that the UD5 and Extreme share the same BIOS (just with diff names), no how can Ex be on f8e and UD5 in f8c?
They aren't Identical, But very similar, they work togehter for say, 95%
I'm sure there are SOME small settings that can vary.
Welp I guess I can say I am a new UD5 owner. I will be getting my motherboard in the mail I hope by Friday. So I will post up some overclocks then. I am so pumped about this board. :)
Well, the boards are the same, the only difference is the big and cool heatsink. Is Ex´s BIOS better?Quote:
Originally Posted by Infa
Actually the difference between UD5 and the extreme is only the heatsink, so you can definately say they are indeed IDENTICAL, hardware wise.
BIOSes are completely the same... just marked differently.
I'm running F8E bios for the extreme on my UD5 board, every single option is identical to the UD5, just model name and boot logo are different. Nothing less, nothing more.
hiQuote:
Originally Posted by Jakethesnake011
the DFI can get to 235 where as the best i seen the ud5 is 231
but you very extreme cooling for that ie 21 x 235 4935
also i have read that the dfi voltage reg get very hot:shocked:
i would say the ud5 is the best motherboard i have had easy to work with and very stable:up:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pyr0
Anyone else flashed one of these ?
A few more confirmations that it's working would make me wanna flash it too :)
whats the best bios for the UD5 atm?
There are 4 beta BIOS release/leak after the F8b.The one from 26.06.09 and two that leak from 30.06.09 are no good. :P
Still waiting here for the one dated 02.07.09 that works properly being release before I try anything new..:)
New BIOS dated 02.07.09:
GA-EX58-Extreme - F8f
GA-EX58-UD5 - F8d
Info: AHCI ROM 1.20E
Fix: AHCI "VERIFY RAM ERROR"
Fix: XMP with fan control
Fix: D0 Stepping in OC
Feature: Channel Interleaving
Feature: Rank Interleaving
Funny that F8c works pefectly here. So is there any difference between F8c(UD5) and F8e (Ex) ?
or F8d (UD5) and F8f (Ex) ?
what bios do u guys recommend NOW?
You have to wonder what "Fix: D0 Stepping in OC" could mean?
Ive been running at stock for the last couple of days with F8B with RAM at 1600, uncore 3200 to run memtest86, a few passes.... and no locks or restarts under norm use, so ill return to this BIOS over the weekend
With the F8D, AHCI detect so much quicker, but with the same as above (stock) it locks and restart in low load situations (how i despise something in this setup, if only i knew which to blame)
Well I think I found out what "fix for D0 stepping" means - it's actually a bug fix from a previous beta bios we never got to see, in that version D0 CPUs could not overclock as well as on the previous versions of the bios because the BIOS settings would not get applied properly.
So it's nothing specific changed that will boost your D0 oc capability, only allowing it to stay at least where it's already at ^^
EDIT: I've gotten that info from JZ electric thread by using google translate (ger->eng).
But, I did notice something strange - I have a habit of doing Aquamark 3 bench runs before and after each bios flash, and guess what? Running F8F extreme bios on my UD5 board gave me a boost of 2k-2.5k average per run on the total score, which is somewhat below 1%, but it's definately repeatable on my rig. (previous bios was F8X for extreme)
EDIT2: bios settings were 100% identical ofcourse between the two versions, maybe the addition of those 2 new settings made the difference?
So thumbs up from me :D
So is there any difference between F8c(UD5) and F8e (Ex) ?
or F8d (UD5) and F8f (Ex) ?
I will be getting my board in my Monday and I wanted to know since there are 2 BIOS chips on this board, can you Flash one BIOS, your main, with one revision of the Beta BIOS and then Flash the 2nd, or back up BIOS with an official Gigabyte BIOS? Or do I have the idea of the 2 BIOS wrong? Does it mean just 2 types of settings?
So far everything is A OK :) F8D Rolling fine here, And i didnt really beleive, BUT the new AHCI gave me Slightly better results...like a 0.5ms in acces, and 3MB more in buffered hehe :D STILL its something right :) something happend heh.
Now this Interleave thing? what is that? new thing to play with?
I realized one thing right now, before 210 bckl was more or less impossible to get anywhere except from post...so Like with any new bios i still hoping it is the bios :) but so far it hasnt been, so i have more or less given up, and called it...my cpu has its wall, BUT :)
tried something new today, and first put all memsettings on auto at first, just to see .. and then vtt at 1.44 (it needs 1.40 stable for CL7 and 1600mhz 3600QPI,4.2Ghz)
and vDDR at 1.68 just in case, reboot, post fine, win logo, BAM, BSOD? ok, WTF? :) reboot again,(and Geez its fast post :) i dont had the time to pres DEL) so boot again, BAM BSOD, now this time pressing DEL like an idiot hehe...
SO Bios, just a hunch, Lower VTT 1.40, lower vDDR 1.64, and now im here typing, no sign of instability ... haha, somehow im allways stuck at more speed more voltage, but NO NO :) now its bedtime and im happy, more fiddeling tomorrow :P Be back! (just had to write if off me:))
cheers.
Found this by the way for those who wondered:
Channel Interleave: Higher values divide memory blocks and spread contiguous portions of data across interleaved channels, thereby increasing potential read bandwidth as requests for data can be made to all interleaved channels in an overlapped manner. For benchmarking purposes when using three memory modules, a 4-way interleave may surpass the scoring performance of setting 6-way interleave depending on the benchmark and operating system used (32-bit vs. 64-bit). We did find however that a 6-way interleave was capable of a higher overall BCLK for Super PI 32M than using a 4-way interleave setting (unless of course you run single- or dual-channel and appropriate channel interleaving thus decreasing load upon the memory controller).
Rank Interleave: Interleaves physical ranks of memory so that a rank can be accessed while another is being refreshed. Performance gains again depend on the benchmark in question. For 24/7 systems using triple-channel memory configurations there is no advantage to setting this value below 4 while Channel Interleave should be left at 6 for best overall system performance.
EDIT: it crashed During Everest memtest hahaha :) now back, lowered vtt one more notch.. cpu at 4.4 uncore 17x mem 1680.
EDIT2: Now it worked heh.
Ok, I give up :) haha, didnt work specially better anyway, just a bit :P this cpu is not any good, Im at 1.37 loaded at 4,2 NO HT.
It just wont go any further without real boost in voltage, about 0.6 more per each 100mhz with no HT, so I'll leave it here, couse the BCLK just want to stay at 200, over that its chaos :) nothing helped actually, more just BSOD, less just bsod, the best it could do would also bsod, atleast now i've tried.
CL7 higher than 1600 are a no go aswell. and if i go CL8 there is no gain with it if i still leave the cpu at 4,2.. got a quite BUM cpu though, seeing most people with D0 ones
landing 4.4 at 1.36 HT ON , MAN? well, i have tried till my eyes are bleeding and i aint got no hair left hehe.. I gave it a fair shot to prove itself :)
now i will leave it until i get a D0.
I use the fastest settings that i can on this speed, and is actually fast enough, but the more the merrier right? and it IS fun to fiddle, but now i know i cant fiddle anymore :)
more luck to you guys.
Lsdmeasap,from TT forum:Quote:
Originally Posted by Infa
-F9b BIOS for EX58-UD4P
225.5 Blck HT ON W/ Ram on Extreme
http://i39.tinypic.com/14t0dn4.jpg
Source
ahhhh :) lucky you :P
BUT OK! :D one last try! I see you are up into 1.58v never touched that, perhaps what's needed?
I only had the voltage up so high as I was pushing the Blck and these are C0 CPU's, I can do 210 with far less voltage, maybe 1.36-1.38 actual I believe.
But yes, above 210 is for sure possible, see my post here as well 231.85
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=3004
Same as above, but in the "mod" Discussion thread
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=128
Also, a long time ago I posted here, without the mod, 227.1
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f69/post...tml#post299482
And 227.88 validation here from the same time
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=569354
OK!! now Im done hahaa.. I was goin to bed at 6am, but I saw the new bios, so I just HAD to heh..
but ok, 215 did i come upto... was over 1.60vtt and did put cpu at 1.60..
Tried more PCI-E mhz, more voltage to Pci-e tried almost everything.. NADA, only diffrence it made was that before, I couldnt even set 212mhz, it locked, then i started to use ET6 to change voltage in windows, so changed to 1.52, then 212 went, tried bit for bit, then finally 1.60 then it gave me 215, but locked at s-pi.... so NOW IM DONE, this cpu wont go further! Its a gonner!
worst of all? the system just went to endless reboot after a while, it locked up so ofc i rebooted and re-applied the settings time after time, but the last time, it didnt want to be with me anymore, even after 2 cmos , still endless loop on what it entered windows on before, naaah now i had my fun, 4 months since i got this system, now i know :P
just have to test my mem to see what they can do, maybe THEY are the bad ones? the MB? but i believe its the cpu... some are lucky some are not :)
Wow, why such a high Vtt? Are you running your ram at super high clocks, or super low CAS?
It very well could be your CPU that is limiting you, but at 215 I would think that it is not too likely. I say those thoughts because I actually think the CPU's I have are poor clockers vs voltage. They are pretty volt hungry from what I have seen after I pass 200, 190-200 even seems higher than a lot of C0's out there. I think I need 1.34-1.36 to keep 190-200 stable, and most C0's could do far better, D0 even better of course.
What CPU step and batch do you have anyway? Have you tried with your ram underclocked and loose timings just to be sure? Have you tried with 1-2 sticks?
Naah, havent gone that far though...i want a 24/7 system, even though i LOOVE to play :)
so all sticks remain in the system, if not working with all then nothing at all! :D
why high vtt? well, i tried pushing the bclk over 200 and i started actually from 1.36 or so, didnt work over 200 and higher didnt work either...when i were about 1.60 then i got a few mhz more :)
PCI-E i cant raise more than 103 i think... 104 is blank screen, and i tried raising the voltage to it too.
no im not running high, i tried the same thing you did on the screenie... first CL7, then 8 and 9, and auto same speed, it was in the end when i tried auto it went into endless loop, then i tried setting it back, still loop..then i gave up... yeah i have a rock stable system at 200, but over that i could kiss goodbye :)
the RAM part are left to rule out, lower cpu multiple and push the ram on 10x instead and lower bclk, and vice versa for the cpu, so still im not done haha :) but its not gonna be this hard though, if i cant get it stable, then whats the use? I've cut down on all benchmarks, even though its fun to see other do it :)
I just finished my review of that Gigabyte board.
http://mato78.com/artikkelit/8502-am...-ma790fxt-ud5p
Google translation for people that do´nt understand Finnish language :)
So is there any difference between F8c(UD5) and F8e (Ex) ?
or F8d (UD5) and F8f (Ex) ?
So is there any difference between F8c(UD5) and F8e (Ex) ?
or F8d (UD5) and F8f (Ex) ?
So is there any difference between F8c(UD5) and F8e (Ex) ?
or F8d (UD5) and F8f (Ex) ?
So is there any difference between F8c(UD5) and F8e (Ex) ?
or F8d (UD5) and F8f (Ex) ?
Ya you have to do the mod mentioned above by Hicookie to go above 103 PCIE, but you do not need it to go above 200 Blck. It only allows you to raise PCIE over 103 so you can go above 222Blck easier
I ran 227 or so without the mod, and could easily do 200-220 with no PCIE Change at all, so maybe it is your ram holding you back? I only have two 3x2GB Sets, one Crucial and one Mushkin and have had no issues with either aside from a issue with the Mushkins until a compatible BIOS was made. Hyper IC's were not compatible with past BIOS's very well at all. Can you borrow a set from a friend to test with or have a buddy bring some over for testing? Hate to see you go buy new ram when you did not need to and the issue was something else
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Originally Posted by DarthRevan
YES
YES
YES
:D Use the latter of each model you asked about :up:
F8d and F8f are fixes for issues in the previous beta's, which you do not want to use
can you tell me where i can find some info about that mod you talking about?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lsdmeasap
Hi again guys,
I got my mobo back yesterday from Scan, and I proceeded to set it up outside the case to see whether or not it would recognize all of my RAM after the tech at Scan said that he didn't have any problems with the mobo at all..
So I installed my 6GB Dominators and fired it up only to see that it was still only picking up 2 sticks!!
I then removed the Dominator set, and installed my 3GB XMS3 set, again only 2 sticks were picked up, I powered down again, and I gently wiggled the module that was in the first white slot (nearest the CPU socket) and powered back up again, and voila, all 3 sticks were recognized...
So I shut it down, removed the 3GB set and put the Dominators back in, and they were all recognized to!
Anyway, I started testing with Prime95 Blend, and it ran overnight with the CPU @ stock, and the RAM at 1600MHz...
But if I try O/Cing to 3.2, it will fail Prime sometimes after a couple of hours, and other times it will fail after 10 minutes.. my PC either resets itself, or Prime just starts failing on threads...
I have also tried for 3.8GHz, and 4GHz, but I get the same thing...
I don't have time ATM to fill out all of my BIOS settings as I have to attend a Dr's appointment in a little while, but when I return from that I will fill out the BIOS settings so that you guys can see what I am running my system at...
It would be highly appreciated if someone could help me to find stable settings for my 4GHz O/C...
Here is my system specs:
CPU: D0 Stepping i920
HSF: Zalman CNPS9700NT w/ LGA1366 mounting bracket
RAM: 6GB Corsair Dominator 1600MHz C8, I also have a 3GB set of Corsair XMS3 1333MHz which I bought for testing purposes.
MOBO: EX58 UD5
GFX: Asus GTX280
HDD: 3 x SATAII
ODD: 1 x DVD ReWriter
PSU: Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 850w
CASE: Silverstone TJ10-WMV nVidia Edition
I know I don't have the best HSF in the world, but it actually does not to bad of a job keeping my CPU cool, when I tried 4GHz O/C, the idle temps were around 40c, and it would go up to 83c when running Prime95 Blend, I have seen other people with higher temps than this using Titan Fenrir HSF which is supposed to be a decent cooler...
Anyway, when I get back from my Dr's I will fill in the BIOS settings so you guys can get a better idea of where i might be going wrong...
Thanks in advance..
I modded and uploaded the latest beta bios ex58ud5m.F8d for EX58-UD5 here (contains newer Intel RAID ROM v8.8.0.1009):
http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/5/...9/ex58ud5m.zip
If anyone dares to try it, post your experiences here....
Glad you are back up n running......looknig forward to seeing your BIOS settings and (helpfully) gettin you sorted :DQuote:
Originally Posted by BLunTSmoKeR
where can I get a BIOS profile for the UD5 so that I can just fill it in and post it here??
Here(Extreme/UD5):
http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/7/...%20EXTREME.txt
What bios should i use at the moment what is recommended now?
whats the huge delay with F8 final?
Was it made by Airbus or somthin?
Hey again :) well i had to sleep a while but i DID test the ram before actually :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Lsdmeasap
so CL7 it did come to about 1700mhz with 1.68v more didnt help, then i switched to CL8, that managed to get all the way to 1920mhz or so with same voltage, then it didnt go further, nor with cl9 or more voltageö
Also tried to check max BCLK so i lowered cpu speed, and put mem on 6x, then it was a dud, no post at alll, just an endless loop.. started with 210.
gaaah....
EDIT: tried lowering only cpu speed, and putting 8x on mem, 16x uncore, setting 215 in setfsb just locked....naaah i will sell all and get new stuff, so tired of this when there is no room for some playing, THAT was actually more fun with S775, this I7 just really hits a brick wall, no lines to strech..
Guys, what is the correct way to get 16x on 2 cards Crossfired?
Can I put first card in the first blue slot x16 and the second card in the orange slot? or it must both cards be in the first 2 pci-e blue slots?
I have UD5, should I use F8d (which is for UD5) or F8f (which is for Ex) !?!?!?!?!?
Yeah.Quote:
Originally Posted by phsinc1
I have UD5, should I use F8d (which is for UD5) or F8f (which is for Ex) !?!?!?!?!?
F8d for UD5Quote:
Originally Posted by DarthRevan
But people say F8f works in UD5 as well !
nothing special, both bios's are same, if your board is UD5 use the UD5 bios
So why is the EX´s at version F and UD5´s at D ?
They just have developed that a bit further, more fixes etc.. gigabyte have ALOT of boards, and cant or need to modify all ones at the same time.
http://www.jzelectronic.de/bios/x58.phpQuote:
Originally Posted by stasio
:D
Guys,
What is the best voltage for SB with Tri sli ?
With my old EVGA 790i ultra i set the SB volt to 1.65 for more stability with tri sli .
no need to touch anythink for 3-way sli.Quote:
Originally Posted by koc
intel chipset are more different...
Can you use 6 DIMMs w/ a large CPU cooler such as a TRUE 120? I have read that the first DIMM slot is too close to the socket and blocks it from being used, but I didn't know if they were saying it is unusable if you have tall RAM or if they were saying it is unusable regardless of the height of the DIMM. Thanks!
You should be fine with normal hight ram sticks but the patriot viper or similar looks like they will hit the fans on my noctua.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227388
So those would be fine? Thanks!
They look normal hight I have these. and if running 12Gb they would just fit under the fan.
Hi again,
I am still having problems with my system when I try to overclock, I have taken a note of the BIOS settings I was attempting to use for a 3GHz overclock...
It was stable for a whole day of stress testing with 20 passes of IBT on maximum stress setting, and Prime95 Blend, but when I fired it up the next day with the exact same settings, it started to reset itself after only 2 passes of IBT...
Here are my settings:
CPU Clock Ratio [20x]
Advanced CPU Features [Press Enter]:
CPU Clock Ratio [19x]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech [Disabled]
CPU Cores Enabled [All]
CPU Multi Threading [Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) [Disabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support [Disabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor [Disabled]
CPU EIST Function [Disabled]
Virtualization Technology [Disabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT [Disabled]
QPI Link Speed [x36]
Uncore & QPI Features [Press Enter]:
QPI Link Speed [x36]
Uncore Frequency [20]
Isonchronous Frequency [Enabled]
Base Clock (BCLK) Control [Enabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) [160]
Advanced Clock Control [Press Enter]:
standard clock control
Base Clock (BCLK) Control [Enabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) [160]
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) [AUTO]
C.I.A.2 [Disabled]
advanced clock control
CPU Clock Drive [ 900mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive [ 800mV]
CPU Clock Skew [ 0ps]
IOH Clock Skew [ 0ps]
All Channels
Advanced DRAM Features [Press Enter]:
Performance Enhance [Standard]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) [Profile 1]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) [10x]
DRAM Timing Selectable (sPD) [Manual]
Channel A
Channel A Timing Settings [Press Enter]:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time 8 [8]
tRCD 8 [8]
tRP 8 [8]
tRAS 20 [24]
##Channel A Advanced Timing Control##
tRC 27 [41]
tRRD 4 [8]
tWTR 4 [8]
tWR 8 [16]
tRFC 60 [90]
tRTP 4 [8]
tFAW 20 [30]
Command Rate (CMD) 1 [2] ( Default advanced timings using the XMP profile were 41, 6, 6, 12, 88, 6, 30, 2, but my system was unstable, so I changed them to the settings above and now it seems stable)
##Channel A Misc Timing Control##
Round Trip Latency 55 [AUTO]
Channel A Turnaround Settings [Press Enter]:
##Channel A Writes Followed By Reads##
Different DIMMs 7 [AUTO]
Different Ranks 7 [AUTO]
On The Same Rank 9 [AUTO]
##Channel A Reads Followed By Writes##
Different DIMMs 8 [AUTO]
Different Ranks 8 [AUTO]
On The Same Rank 8 [AUTO]
##Channel A Reads Followed By Reads##
Different DIMMs 6 [AUTO]
Different Ranks 5 [AUTO]
On The Same Rank 1 [AUTO]
##Channel A Writes Followed By Writes##
Different DIMMs 6 [AUTO]
Different Ranks 6 [AUTO]
On The Same Rank 1 [AUTO]
Load Line Calibration [Disabled]
CPU Vcore 1.29375v [1.18125v (1.132v in CPU-Z)]
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v [1.375v]
IOH Core 1.100v [1.180v]
DRAM Voltage 1.5v [1.660v]
Advanced Voltage Control [Press Enter]:
Load Line Calibration [Disabled]
CPU Vcore 1.29375v [1.18125v]
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v [1.375v]
CPU PLL 1.800v [1.860v]
MCH
PCIE 1.500v [AUTO]
QPI PLL 1.100v [1.160v]
IOH Core 1.100v [1.180v]
ICH I/O 1.500v [1.580v]
ICH Core 1.1v [1.160v]
DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500v [1.660v]
DRAM Termination 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-A Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-B Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-C Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-A Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-B Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-C Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
I was using my Corsair Dominator 1600MHz 6GB RAM to begin with, but I have now put everything back to stock again, and have installed my Corsair XMS3 1333MHz 3GB set into the machine instead of the Dominators...
So far it hasn't crashed with this RAM installed, and I have been testing with Prime Blend, IBT and 3D Mark Vantage since yesterday afternoon, and it has been alright so far, so I am starting to suspect that it could very well be the Dominators that are dodgy, and not my mobo afterall...
I noticed in the RAM timings page in the BIOS, when I had the Dominator memory installed, each sticks Round Trip Latency setting had a different value, I haven't checked the XMS3 set to see whether they are the same or not, but is this normal, or could this be the cause of my problem?
I have tried to manually set the round trip latency, but everytime I tried that the system wouldn't boot into Windows at all... I just thought that each stick should have the exact same value like all of the other RAM timings are??
I am buying another UD5 on Tuesday, so I will have another mobo to fiddle around with, I will eventually build another i7 rig for my Fiancee, all I need to get is the CPU and a case now once I get this new mobo...
Can anyone here give me a BIOS profile for 4GHz using a D0 stepping i920, and 3GB of 1333MHz RAM??
I have tried 20 x 200, RAM multi @ 6x, and uncore multi @ 12x but it refuses to POST with uncore @ 12x for some reason, I then tried raising uncore to 13x, and it booted into Windows, but locked up after only one pass of IBT...
I use a TRUE w/ 2 fans + 12 gb of ram, you should be fine....as others have suggested, as long as they are not like the Patriot or those w/ a massive heat spreader than you should be fine =DQuote:
Originally Posted by LiberalElephant