** Official ** Gigabyte UD3 P45 Series -- EP45-UD3 / EP45-UD3R / EP45-UD3P

Good advice acebmxer but I don't bother to do that myself. Thanks to constant tinkering in the BIOS and the charts radaja sent me I know what the reference will be in ET6 no matter what the VTT is set on.

Update:
I was able to get what seemed to be a stable OC at 4.25GHz (8.5x500) but the voltage required was too high for my liking.
The vcore needed to be set at 1.5v (1.47v actual) which made temps shoot up to 72-73*C after one minute in prime95.
My MCH was set at 1.38v, VTT at 1.28v, and MCH reference at 0.70v. This is by no means optimized because I was unable to run prime95 for an extended period of time.

Before even trying to OC my cpu to 4.25GHz I attempted to OC my GTX 280.
This didn't take long at all because my temps in Furmark were extremely high with the GPU on stock settings.
I decided not even to attempt an OC because the temps were so high (91*C under load in Furmark stability test).
I never hear my fan turn up to 100% in game so within the next week I'm going to run Crysis or CoDMW2 and take temp. readings.
Since I don't game much anymore this isn't that important to me.

The last task I'm attempting is to get a stable OC at 9x445 (4GHz) to see what difference there is between my values at 8x500.

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Originally Posted by pmacdonald

Good advice acebmxer but I don't bother to do that myself. Thanks to constant tinkering in the BIOS and the charts radaja sent me I know what the reference will be in ET6 no matter what the VTT is set on.

Update:
I was able to get what seemed to be a stable OC at 4.25GHz (8.5x500) but the voltage required was too high for my liking.
The vcore needed to be set at 1.5v (1.47v actual) which made temps shoot up to 72-73*C after one minute in prime95.
My MCH was set at 1.38v, VTT at 1.28v, and MCH reference at 0.70v. This is by no means optimized because I was unable to run prime95 for an extended period of time.

Before even trying to OC my cpu to 4.25GHz I attempted to OC my GTX 280.
This didn't take long at all because my temps in Furmark were extremely high with the GPU on stock settings.
I decided not even to attempt an OC because the temps were so high (91*C under load in Furmark stability test).
I never hear my fan turn up to 100% in game so within the next week I'm going to run Crysis or CoDMW2 and take temp. readings.
Since I don't game much anymore this isn't that important to me.

The last task I'm attempting is to get a stable OC at 9x445 (4GHz) to see what difference there is between my values at 8x500.

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for 4.2 on air thats pretty good 73C on prime95, now if were talking water GTHO lol!!! my Qx9650 does 4.2 stable at about 65C prime 95 full load pass.. ummm i'm on air... but than again mine is an xtreme edition might have more tolerance... but if im mistaken your working with two cores right?

it should do 4.2GHZ at the same temps with more tweaking unless you got a bad seed :(

@ pmac...I used to have my E8500 in a GA-EP45-UD3R and my VID is also 1.250.
Here is a screenshot for you that may help out some way. I still think your memory may be limiting you. Good luck :up:

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/342...pl9blend8h.jpg

A little temporary result. Now i will reduce the vMCH and vDimm a bit.

http://www.abload.de/thumb/500x8_150...pl8_cuiz9n.png

System:
Intel E8500
G.Skill 4GB Ram
EP45-UD3P Rev. 1.0 F10 Bios
WD VelociRaptor 150GB SATA HDD
Seagate 1.5TB SATA HDD
Hitachi 1TB SATA HDD
Hitachi 1TB SATA HDD
Seagate 2.0TB SATA HDD

Having a strange issue, hoping someone could help me out. So my 150gb Raptor which was my OS hard drive died recently, I RMA'ed the drive and installed the replacement they sent me and now my EP45-UD3P doesn't recognize all my SATA drives, it'll consistently recognize the Raptor and the 2 Hitachi hard drives, however it will never recognize the 2TB Seagate hard drive and will only recognize the 1.5TB Seagate if I set the ICH10 controller to ACHI mode. In ACHI mode it recognizes the Raptor, the 1.5TB Seagate, and the 2 Hitachi. In IDE mode it recognizes only the Raptor and 2 Hitachis.

I checked the power and data cables, tried new data cables, switched the ports they were plugged into (which makes it appear like some ports work and others don't, because when I switch the Seagate into the Hitachi ports, the seagates show up). This makes it seem like the SATA ports have gone bad, however I haven't changed anything except the Bios and the new hard drive, I didn't have any issues prior to the failure of my primary drive. I have also tested the 1.5TB drive in an external enclosure and it works fine, so I don't think the drives themselves are bad.

Anyone have any ideas? I was playing around with the ACHI settings if that matters, but since then I have reset my bios to default settings. I also updated from the F4 to the F10 bios prior to installing the replacement hard drive they sent me. If anyone knows what's going on or has any ideas let me know, I'm considering just RMA'ing the board but I'd rather not if I could avoid it. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by fireblast713

System:
Intel E8500
G.Skill 4GB Ram
EP45-UD3P Rev. 1.0 F10 Bios
WD VelociRaptor 150GB SATA HDD
Seagate 1.5TB SATA HDD
Hitachi 1TB SATA HDD
Hitachi 1TB SATA HDD
Seagate 2.0TB SATA HDD

Having a strange issue, hoping someone could help me out. So my 150gb Raptor which was my OS hard drive died recently, I RMA'ed the drive and installed the replacement they sent me and now my EP45-UD3P doesn't recognize all my SATA drives, it'll consistently recognize the Raptor and the 2 Hitachi hard drives, however it will never recognize the 2TB Seagate hard drive and will only recognize the 1.5TB Seagate if I set the ICH10 controller to ACHI mode. In ACHI mode it recognizes the Raptor, the 1.5TB Seagate, and the 2 Hitachi. In IDE mode it recognizes only the Raptor and 2 Hitachis.

I checked the power and data cables, tried new data cables, switched the ports they were plugged into (which makes it appear like some ports work and others don't, because when I switch the Seagate into the Hitachi ports, the seagates show up). This makes it seem like the SATA ports have gone bad, however I haven't changed anything except the Bios and the new hard drive, I didn't have any issues prior to the failure of my primary drive. I have also tested the 1.5TB drive in an external enclosure and it works fine, so I don't think the drives themselves are bad.

Anyone have any ideas? I was playing around with the ACHI settings if that matters, but since then I have reset my bios to default settings. I also updated from the F4 to the F10 bios prior to installing the replacement hard drive they sent me. If anyone knows what's going on or has any ideas let me know, I'm considering just RMA'ing the board but I'd rather not if I could avoid it. Thanks.

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Reflash BIOS and bump ICH up to 1.3.

I don't know if it was posted already but theirs a new beta bios F11d out for the EP45-UD3P Rev.1.0/1.1

http://www.station-drivers.com/page/...-ep45-ud3p.htm

http://www.station-drivers.com/telec...ivers.com).zip

Anyone try it yet ?

Maybe it's been asked before, but I can't find it ...

Sometimes I set my BIOS overclock settings to a lower FSB speed or higher Vcore than I think the machine will run at, so that I can POST and get into the BIOS in case of a crash. (Note that when you make runtime changes under ET6, thay are not saved into the BIOS, unlike the action of the equivalent but almost-useless Asus AI Suite utility) Then I will set faster FSB/lower Vcore etc. at runtime using ET6. Sometimes I want ET6 to set things automatically at Windows boot time, and I have tried the "Auto load last save on next reboot" option in the right-click menu of the ET6 icon in the system tray.

However, I can't find where ET6 stores the data that it uses when it does the auto-restore. I have saved parameters under the default filename "profile.etf" and other names (on the D: partition, not C: ), but it restores settings from somewhere else that I may have saved many months ago, that are now way too fast for my now tired & aging CPU. Explorer search can't find any .etf files other than the ones I know about.

Where is ET6 getting these phantom settings? The registry? If so, where? Why aren't the settings it uses being updated when I do a save? Anyone ... ?

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Originally Posted by Marke

I don't know if it was posted already but theirs a new beta bios F11d out for the EP45-UD3P Rev.1.0/1.1

http://www.station-drivers.com/page/...-ep45-ud3p.htm

http://www.station-drivers.com/telec...ivers.com).zip

Anyone try it yet ?

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Already 2 weeks ago.:cool:

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Originally Posted by stasio

Already 2 weeks ago.:cool:

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damn still updating the UD3P, what does that fix? :shrug:

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Originally Posted by systemviper

damn still updating the UD3P, what does that fix? :shrug:

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i know,i cant believe they still need to fix anything:shrug:
im still running F4 on my rev 1.0:rofl:
it just seems to work best for me:D

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Originally Posted by systemviper

damn still updating the UD3P, what does that fix? :shrug:

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I think is was SSD comparability.

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Originally Posted by radaja

i know,i cant believe they still need to fix anything:shrug:
im still running F4 on my rev 1.0:rofl:
it just seems to work best for me:D

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F4:shocked: Well that was good for SuperPi runs but I likes F9 a lot.

I like F9 too, but radaja and NoGuru made me curious about F4 and I'm gonna check this F4 SuperPi magic.:cool:

If your wanting to try F4 go with F4-4 and not the regular F4.

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Originally Posted by OLDcomer

I like F9 too, but radaja and NoGuru made me curious about F4 and I'm gonna check this F4 SuperPi magic.:cool:

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Originally Posted by Hoss331

If your wanting to try F4 go with F4-4 and not the regular F4.

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yea i use the regular F4 and not hicookies E8600 F4 superPi bios
but i use F$ mainly because it works fine and i dont have to always enable
usb mouse and keyboard support after loading optimal defaults.

GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P out of retirement :)
Decided to bring her out for one more round and make her my htpc / lan
so i bought new HAF 912 with a Corsiar H70 " yes I know lame " for a intel e8400
running so far at 4050 stable . . 4 4 4 10 going to push this weekend for 4250 hopefully , is this new bios worth getting ?

System being tweaked :up:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k7...8400at4050.png

New Case
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k7...c/IMAG0192.jpg

Outside of Case
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k7...c/IMAG0211.jpg

Finished Build
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k7...c/IMAG0214.jpg

Close Up
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k7...c/IMAG0215.jpg

Nothing lame bout the H70 unit man, I love mine !!

[QUOTE=the_real_7;4633307]GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P out of retirement :)
Decided to bring her out for one more round and make her my htpc / lan
so i bought new HAF 912 with a Corsiar H70 " yes I know lame " for a intel e8400
running so far at 4050 stable . . 4 4 4 10 going to push this weekend for 4250 hopefully , is this new bios worth getting ?

Very nice T !!!

btw nice lab so much space there to work :up:

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Originally Posted by Leeghoofd

Nothing lame bout the H70 unit man, I love mine !!

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shhhhhh dont mention assucks you are on the giga forum bud :D

h70 you became a lazy clocker leeg :D

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Originally Posted by Leeghoofd

Nothing lame bout the H70 unit man, I love mine !!

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sorry to offend . . . actually is a great little unit for people wanting some better cooling . . Ive done 3 clients computers with it

[QUOTE=andressergio;4633353]

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Originally Posted by the_real_7

GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P out of retirement :)
Decided to bring her out for one more round and make her my htpc / lan
so i bought new HAF 912 with a Corsiar H70 " yes I know lame " for a intel e8400
running so far at 4050 stable . . 4 4 4 10 going to push this weekend for 4250 hopefully , is this new bios worth getting ?

Very nice T !!!

btw nice lab so much space there to work :up:

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Thanks Sergio , Im a mad scientist with my Lab over here great for modding when I'm not being lazy overclocker :rofl:

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Originally Posted by andressergio

shhhhhh dont mention assucks you are on the giga forum bud :D

h70 you became a lazy clocker leeg :D

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Testing the CoolIT's now :p

Dino told me that at GOOC 2010 I was pro Asucks, I was shocked :D

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Originally Posted by Hoss331

If your wanting to try F4 go with F4-4 and not the regular F4.

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I will try F4-4 when I've got time. The regular F4 doesn't seem to be performing as good as my favourite f9 bios. That's what I call magic:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...1&d=1290888944

Prime95 x64 Blend Priority 10
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/2...1blend2.th.jpg

LinX
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/6...511linx.th.jpg

200+% Memtest
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/7...memtest.th.jpg

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CPU            =Q9650
Motherboard = UD3P rev 1.0
BIOS Version =F9
Ram                    =  OCZ Blade LV 9600/1200
 
MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
Robust Graphics Booster .............: Auto
CPU Clock Ratio .....................: 8x
Fine CPU Clock Ratio.................: 0.5
CPU Frequency .......................: 4334MHz (511x8.5)
 
 
Clock Chip Control
Standard Clock Control
CPU Host Clock Control..................: Enabled
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ............: 511
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) .........: 100
C.I.A.2........................................: DISABLED

******Advanced Clock Control******

CPU Clock Drive.................................[ 900mv ]
PCI Express Clock Drive.........................[ 900mv ]
CPU Clock Skew..................................[ 0ps ]
MCH Clock Skew..................................[ 50ps ]
               
DRAM Performance Control
Performance Enhance..................: Standard
(G)MCH Frequency Latch...............: 333
System Memory Multiplier ............: 2.4
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ..............: 1226
DRAM Timing Selectable ..............: Manual
 
Standard Timing Control
CAS Latency Time.....................: 5
tRCD ................................: 5
tRP..................................: 5
tRAS.................................: 15

******Advanced Timing Control******

All AUTO except these:
tRRD[7].........................................[ 8 ]
tRFC[54] .......................................[ 54]

 
Motherboard Voltage Control
CPU
Load Line Calibration (LLC) .........: Enabled
CPU Vcore............................: 1.40
CPU Termination.....1.200V*..........: 1.42
CPU PLL.............1.500V*..........: 1.5
CPU Referen.........0.760V*..........: 0.760(1.2VTT)
 
MCH/ICH
MCH Core............1.100V...........: 1.58
MCH Reference.......0.760V...........: 0.8(1.2VTT)
MCH/DRAM Ref........0.900V...........: 0.950
ICH I/O.............1.500V...........: 1.5
ICH Core............1.100V...........: 1.2
 
DRAM
DRAM Voltage .........1.800V.........: 1.90
DRAM Termination .....0.900V.........: 0.950
Channel A Reference ..0.900V.........: 0.950
Channel B Reference ..0.900V.........: 0.950

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3*C outside last night...decided to see what this old beauty still had left in her...was quite surprised :D

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/9806/hd6870top.jpg

Wanna know if there is some difference in OCing with different BIOS versions on EP45-UD3 rev.1? Currently i'm using F8.
I've installed some sinks on the VRM elements click but the one on the right (under the PSU when mobo installed in the case) was too big for my case, so i had to cut it off in half. Now it's only the low half which is on the VRM elements. For the chipset i use the stock cooling. Now i have the following questions: my CPU is Q6600 (very hot and high power consumption... likes the high vCore :D) and the mobo is just 6-phase so how much vCore is safe for 24/7 using? I think that everything than 1.4 is getting too hot but i woud like to hear other suggestions. The other thing is the NB - it's getting very hot at only 1.16V, how much can i set in BIOS for safe using?

hey guys. been awhile for me to post, been busy with work. i just got some new kingston hyperX ddr28500 1066 mem and i cant seem to get them to run at 1066 specs. would anyone mind looking over my settings and tell me what i might need to change?
here is the mem i just got

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820104073

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MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
Robust Graphics Booster -------------- : [Auto]
CPU Clock Ratio ---------------------- : [8]
Fine CPU Clock Ratio ----------------- : [0.5]
CPU Frequency ---------------------: 3833

Clock Chip Control
Standard Clock Control
CPU Host Clock Control ----------------- : [Enabled]
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) --------------: [451]
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) ----------- : [100]

C.I.A.2 -------------------------------- : [Disabled]

Advanced Clock Control ----------------: [Press Enter]
CPU Clock Drive ------------------------: [800]
PCI Express Clock Drive -----------------: [900]
CPU Clock Skew (ps) ------------------ : [0ps]
MCH Clock Skew (ps) ------------------ : [50ps]

DRAM Performance Control
Performance Enhance ------------------- : [Standard]
Extreme Memory Profile --- (X.M.P.) ----- : [Disabled]
(G)MCH Frequency Latch ---------------- : [400]
System Memory Multiplier --------------- : [2.00D]
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ---------------- : [902mhz]
DRAM Timing Selectable ---------------- : [Manual]

Standard Timing Control
CAS Latency Time -------- ?? ---------- : [5]
tRCD ------------------- ?? ---------- : [5]
tRP --------------------- ?? ---------- : [5]
tRAS ------------------- ?? ---------- : [15]

Advanced Timing Control
tRRD ------------------- ?? ---------- : [?]  ill check these again
tWTR ------------------- ?? ---------- : [?]  i didnt write them down?
tWR --------------------- ?? ---------- : [?]
tRFC ------------------- ?? ---------- : [68]
tRTP ------------------- ?? ---------- : [Auto]
Command Rate (CMD) -------------------- : [2]

Driving Strength Profiles
Driving Strength --------- : Press Enter

Channel A
Static tRead Value --------------------- : [11]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment ------------------ : [Auto]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment ------------------ : [Auto]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment ------------------ : [Auto]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment ------------------ : [Auto]
Trd2rd(Different Rank) ----------------- : [Auto]
Twr2wr(Different Rank) ----------------- : [Auto]
Twr2rd(Different Rank) ----------------- : [Auto]
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank) ----------------- : [Auto]
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control --------------- : [Auto] ps
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control --------------- : [Auto] ps

Channel B
Static tRead Value --------------------- : [11]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment ------------------ : [Auto]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment ------------------ : [Auto]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment ------------------ : [Auto]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment ------------------ : [Auto]
Trd2rd(Different Rank) ----------------- : [Auto]
Twr2wr(Different Rank) ----------------- : [Auto]
Twr2rd(Different Rank) ----------------- : [Auto]
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank) ----------------- : [Auto]
Dimm1 Clock Skew Control --------------- : [Auto] ps
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control --------------- : [Auto] ps

Motherboard Voltage Control
CPU
Voltage Types------------ Normal -------- Current -----
Load-Line Calibration ----------------- : [Disabled]
CPU Vcore --------------- ?.????? ---- : [1.33750v]

CPU Termination --------- ?.???V* ----- : [1.28v]
CPU PLL ----------------- ?.???V* ----- : [1.50v]

CPU Reference ----------- ?.???V* ----- : [0.795v]
CPU Reference2 ---------- ?.???V* ----- : [Auto]

MCH/ICH
MCH Core ---------------- ?.???V ------- : [1.26v]
MCH Reference ----------- ?.???V ------- : [.850v]
MCH/DRAM Ref ------------ ?.???V ------ : [Auto]
ICH I/O ----------------- ?.???V ------- : [1.570v]
ICH Core ---------------- ?.???V ------- : [1.100v]
DRAM
DRAM Voltage ------------ ?.???V ------- : [2.20v]
DRAM Termination -------- ?.???V ------- : [Auto]
Channel A Reference ----- ?.???V ------- : [Auto]
Channel B Reference ----- ?.???V ------- : [Auto]

Advanced Settings
Limit CPUID Max. to 3 ------------------ : [Disabled]
No-Execute Memory Protect -------------- : [Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ---------------- : [Disabled]
C2/C2E State Support ------------------- : [Disabled]
x C4/C4E State Support ----------------- : [Disabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2) ------------ : [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function --------------------- : [Disabled]
Virtualization Technology -------------- : [Enabled]

Integrated Peripherals
Legacy USB Storage Detect ------------- : [Enabled]

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Try changing these settings (under DRAM Performance Control) :

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(G)MCH Frequency Latch ---------------- : [400] change to 333
System Memory Multiplier --------------- : [2.00D] change to 2.00B

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Try changing these settings (under DRAM Performance Control) :

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(G)MCH Frequency Latch ---------------- : [400] change to 333
System Memory Multiplier --------------- : [2.00D] change to 2.00B

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if i go from 2.00D to 2.00B that wont get it closer to 1066mhz? will it?
i will run fine and pass all test at the 2.00D strap and mem running at 902mhz, but wont boot past giga logo screen any higher.

Memory speed with strap at 333 or 400 and Memory multiplier at 2.00B or 2.00D will be the same, eq. 902Mhz.

Set the strap (MCH Frequency Latch) at 333 and try the Multiplier at 2.40B, that will give you 1082Mhz.
I've always used the 333 strap, as it was harder achieving higher memory speeds when using the 400 strap.

ok ill give that a try now. i left the mch freq latch in auto and just changed the multiplier to 2.00D/2.00B ect... ill change both.

well that didnt work. i looked in PC health and it show the DDR18v as only being 1.905v and in the settings i have it as 2.20v i increased it to 2.40v same thing happend so i increased it 1 step at a time up to 2.80v just before it went red. and then i couldnt get it to even go into bios settings.i had to take this mem out and put back in my gskill to get it to go into bios to change the volts back to 2.20v and im now running back at the only setting these sticks are working at. 2.00D at 902mhz. im half tempted to just clear cmos and start from the beginning. i need to find some sound settings for this mem and board and go from scratch. like a new build/

That RAM spec is 2.30v. Try there 1st and set latch to auto and multi to 2.4. Not sure if 1082 is possible, YMMV. Static read can come down from 11 to 8 or 9 also.

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That RAM spec is 2.30v. Try there 1st and set latch to auto and multi to 2.4. Not sure if 1082 is possible, YMMV. Static read can come down from 11 to 8 or 9 also.

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thats what has me stumped. on this board i have no setting for 2.3v
2.20,2.22,2.24,2.26,2.28 then 2.30 gets into the flashing red numbers.
i can and have had it at 2.4v and it still does the same thing

when i get home i will set the latch back to auto, change the multi to 2.40B and take the Static read down to 9 from 11 and see what happens.

Don't do 2.40 vDimm, 2.30-2.35v like sticker on ram says should be more than enough. My Hypers in my sig actually wouldn't boot until I lowered my vDimm to 2.20-2.24v. You're also running 4GB instead of 2GB now, so try upping your MHC to 1.30-1.34.

well ive tried everything that has been suggested and nothing has worked. the only thing that i have different now that has increased some mem speed is taking the static read down to 9 from 11. and im running at 400 strap 2.00D mem at 902mhz
useing everest to benchmark the mem i went from 67.5ns to 63.0ns on the latency benchmark.
not haveing the option to choose 2.30v i think might be my problem if i over volt it up to 2.4v it wont post. if i under volt it it wont post. i have it at 2.20v now and its fine. but im not running 1066 either. looks like i just waisted $99. i could have gotten some good ddr2 800 2x2gb kit and oc'd them to 902...lol

well ive tried everything that has been suggested and nothing has worked. the only thing that i have different now that has increased some mem speed is taking the static read down to 9 from 11. and im running at 400 strap 2.00D mem at 902mhz
useing everest to benchmark the mem i went from 67.5ns to 63.0ns on the latency benchmark.
not haveing the option to choose 2.30v i think might be my problem if i over volt it up to 2.4v it wont post. if i under volt it it wont post. i have it at 2.20v now and its fine. but im not running 1066 either. looks like i just waisted $99. i could have gotten some good ddr2 800 2x2gb kit and oc'd them to 902...lol

Why can't you choose 2.30v? The flashing red is just a warning...if your memory is rated to run at that voltage, then set it there. Might also try putting your tRFC at Auto for now as well. I still think it won't run at 1082 MHz, so you might have to lower your FSB down from 451 to 444. Also, are you getting BSOD when trying all this or beeps when booting?

there isnt a option to choose the 2.3v ill take a pic of bios and show you what im looking at.
no, im not getting the BSOD it wont go past the gigabyte logo. it will just run a loop going to the logo and then after about 3-4 loops it will let me into the bios.

ok i feel like a total idiot now.
yes i do have a 2.30v setting yes it flashes red when picking it.

for some dumb reason i was thinking the setting i needed was 2.23v NOT i need 2.3v so with me only choosing 2.20v or 2.24v i wasnt giving it enough juice.man am i stupid.

but with the OC of the CPU at 3.83ghz it wouldnt post with the FSB of 451 i did have to drop my CPU OC down to 3.77ghz yes the 444 fsb giving me the mem running at 1066 plus i did only give it 2.28v i didnt put it up to 2.3v seeing i backed the FSB down.

this is where im at now.
http://i53.tinypic.com/rcn8cw.png
http://i53.tinypic.com/28whti.png

so i guess to get the mem to run at spec i will have to sacrafice some CPU OC.. that blows.well thats if i want to keep the 4gbs of mem.

Well, that's a good start! Putting that Static Read (PL) back at 8 will help and also run at 5-5-5-15 (not 18). Then start creaping you fsb up 1 mhz at a time to see where your wall is at. Good luck!

well its running so fine right now i'd hate to disturb it...lol i will change the Static read to 8 and then the timings to 5-5-5-15 and try and slowly bmp up the FSB maybe to get at least back to 3.80ghz i know 3.77-3.83 isnt much, more or less a ego thing..lol but i do love my HEMI...

ok now a question about the mem size and 32bit OS. i know with the 32 bit OS windows only see's 3.5gbs i can deal with that. but when i try to run IBT it wont let me do it at max mem i get this error
http://i55.tinypic.com/qx9jkw.png

if i choose to use only 1700 it will pass just fine. is it because im not running 64bit OS as to why IBT fails trying to use all 4 gb?
i have both version's 32 and 64 bit just didnt install the 64bit. i do have a 2tb hdd coming today. i might install the 64bit on one of my smaller drives and give it a whirl.

ok went in and did some of the smaller tweaks(but im sure there is more needed) static read is now at 8 over all timings are 5-5-5-15 5:6 ratio and mem volts are set to required 2.3v. i didnt mess with the FSB any. figure ill leave it as is for now.
http://i53.tinypic.com/24et7c4.png

Hey guys,

I know I haven't been here for awhile (long enough that I really had to update the specs in my sig) but my UD3P 1.0 has been soldiering on so well, I didn't have a whole log of questions.

However, I just noticed there's an F11d beta bios floating out there (it appears to be from August 2010) for the 1.0/1.1 boards. Is anyone running it, and does anyone know the changes from the final F10 release?

I have the EP45-UD3P with the E8400.

The CPU-Z reads different than my bios cpu frequency???? Which one is correct? I have bios 11c and CPU-Z version 1.56.

I am a total noobe even though I have been reading a lot on this site for a few years.

Any advice greatly appreciated. I copied the following setup in the bios from radaja's recommendation. THANKS!!!!

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E8500 500x8@ 4000MHz F10 BIOS

Robust Graphics Booster.........................[ Auto ]
CPU Clock Ratio.................................[ 8 ]
Fine CPU Clock Ratio............................[ 0 ]
CPU Frequency 4.0GHz...........................[ 500 x 8 ]@4000

******Clock Chip Control******

CPU Host Clock Control..........................[ Enabled ]
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz)........................[ 500]
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz).....................[ 101 ]
C.I.A 2 ..................................................[Disabled]


******DRAM Performance Control******

Performance Enhance .............................[Turbo]
Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)....................[ disable ] disable this before you try setting stuff,otherwise it wil reset things
(G) MCH Frequency Latch.........................[ 400MHz ]
System Memory Multipler.........................[ 2.00D ]
Memory Frequency 800...........................[ 1000 ]
DRAM Timing Selectable..........................[ Manual ]

CAS Latency Time 4................................[ 6 ]
tRCD 4............................................[ 6 ]
tRP 4.............................................[ 6 ]
tRAS 12............................................[ 15 ]


******Motherboard Voltage Control******

Load-Line Calibration [Enabled]
CPU Vcore [ 1.25 ]...................[ 1.400 ]
CPU Termination [ 1.20 ]...................[ 1.28v ]
CPU PLL [ 1.50 ]...................[ 1.57 ]
CPU Reference [ 0.760 ]...................[ Normal ]

MCH Core [1.1 ]...................[ 1.380 ]
MCH Reference [0.760 ]...................[ 0.73v]
MCH/DRAM Refernce [0.900 ]...................[ Normal ]
ICH I/O [1.500 ]...................[ Normal]
ICH Core [1.100 ]...................[ Normal ]

DRAM Voltage [1.800 ]...................[ 2.00v] try 1.98v to 2.00v for 1000MHz
DRAM Termination [0.900 ]...................[ Normal]
Channel A Ref [0.900 ]...................[ Normal ]
Channel B Ref [0.900 ]...................[ Normal ]

Yeah it's called vdrop/vdoop, and it happens on all motherboards. Unless you are talking about EIST, and C1 in BIOS needs to be disabled.
I am in Lake Orion, Oakland Co.;)

That was it!

THANKS!

I just got my EP45T-UD3P board working again and it feels sooo good.

A couple of people may or may not recognise me from this thread, I was overclocking an X3360 a little while back and got it to 4.6Ghz after which the board died. I found a few damaged caps (don't let curious cats near your gear) and it's finally working again.

I haven't got anything super to play with yet, but it's a start to get back into 775 benching and it's still alot of fun.

EP45T-UD3P
E4600 2.4Ghz stock, had it up to 3.8Ghz so far @ 1.68v. The voltage doesn't worry me too much as I'm keeping temps down and it's 65nm so it can handle a little tough love. (only for short benching periods)
4GB Gskill 2000mhz 9-10-9-27 1.65v
Nvidia GT210
Corsair TX650

The only real problem I seem to be having right now is setting the memory up properly. I've lost my way around the MCH straps and am fumbling around trying to get something to work. All I've tried so far has failed, and sent the board into a power loop with the ram set at 8-8-8-24 1280mhz, which isn't really pushing it.

What's a good divider to try for the board?

Anyway, it's been lots of fun overclocking 775 once again, and with some A/C loving, I may just be able to get the E4600 to 4Ghz.

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Originally Posted by OLDcomer

I will try F4-4 when I've got time. The regular F4 doesn't seem to be performing as good as my favourite f9 bios. That's what I call magic:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...1&d=1290888944

Prime95 x64 Blend Priority 10
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/2...1blend2.th.jpg

LinX
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/6...511linx.th.jpg

200+% Memtest
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/7...memtest.th.jpg

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CPU            =Q9650
Motherboard = UD3P rev 1.0
BIOS Version =F9
Ram                    =  OCZ Blade LV 9600/1200
 
MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
Robust Graphics Booster .............: Auto
CPU Clock Ratio .....................: 8x
Fine CPU Clock Ratio.................: 0.5
CPU Frequency .......................: 4334MHz (511x8.5)
 
 
Clock Chip Control
Standard Clock Control
CPU Host Clock Control..................: Enabled
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ............: 511
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) .........: 100
C.I.A.2........................................: DISABLED

******Advanced Clock Control******

CPU Clock Drive.................................[ 900mv ]
PCI Express Clock Drive.........................[ 900mv ]
CPU Clock Skew..................................[ 0ps ]
MCH Clock Skew..................................[ 50ps ]
               
DRAM Performance Control
Performance Enhance..................: Standard
(G)MCH Frequency Latch...............: 333
System Memory Multiplier ............: 2.4
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ..............: 1226
DRAM Timing Selectable ..............: Manual
 
Standard Timing Control
CAS Latency Time.....................: 5
tRCD ................................: 5
tRP..................................: 5
tRAS.................................: 15

******Advanced Timing Control******

All AUTO except these:
tRRD[7].........................................[ 8 ]
tRFC[54] .......................................[ 54]

 
Motherboard Voltage Control
CPU
Load Line Calibration (LLC) .........: Enabled
CPU Vcore............................: 1.40
CPU Termination.....1.200V*..........: 1.42
CPU PLL.............1.500V*..........: 1.5
CPU Referen.........0.760V*..........: 0.760(1.2VTT)
 
MCH/ICH
MCH Core............1.100V...........: 1.58
MCH Reference.......0.760V...........: 0.8(1.2VTT)
MCH/DRAM Ref........0.900V...........: 0.950
ICH I/O.............1.500V...........: 1.5
ICH Core............1.100V...........: 1.2
 
DRAM
DRAM Voltage .........1.800V.........: 1.90
DRAM Termination .....0.900V.........: 0.950
Channel A Reference ..0.900V.........: 0.950
Channel B Reference ..0.900V.........: 0.950

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Oooo...nice one:up: Is 1.58V Mch core safe on air?

I'm trying to stabilize my Q9650 @ 4.365 - 4.401 with 8Gb of G Skill 9600 DDR2 Tridents with TRFC 50, Performance level 8 and 2.40B memory multiplier.

System just freezes up during 6Gb Prime 95 or Linx runs.

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CPU            =Q9650
Motherboard = UD3P rev 1.0
BIOS Version = F6
Ram                    =  G.Skill Trident 9600/1200
 
MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
Robust Graphics Booster .............: Auto
CPU Clock Ratio .....................: 9x
Fine CPU Clock Ratio.................: 0.0
CPU Frequency .......................: 4356MHz (484x9)
 
 
Clock Chip Control
Standard Clock Control
CPU Host Clock Control..................: Enabled
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ............: 484
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) .........: 100
C.I.A.2........................................: DISABLED

******Advanced Clock Control******

CPU Clock Drive.................................[ 1000mv ]
PCI Express Clock Drive.........................[ 1000mv ]
CPU Clock Skew..................................[ 0ps ]
MCH Clock Skew..................................[ 0ps ]
               
DRAM Performance Control
Performance Enhance..................: Turbo
(G)MCH Frequency Latch...............: Auto
System Memory Multiplier ............: 2.4D
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ..............: 1164
DRAM Timing Selectable ..............: Manual
 
Standard Timing Control
CAS Latency Time.....................: 5
tRCD ................................: 5
tRP..................................: 5
tRAS.................................: 15

******Advanced Timing Control******

All AUTO except these:
tRRD[7].........................................[ 8 ]
tRFC[54] .......................................[ 50]

 
Motherboard Voltage Control
CPU
Load Line Calibration (LLC) .........: Enabled
CPU Vcore............................: 1.45
CPU Termination.....1.200V*..........: 1.42
CPU PLL.............1.500V*..........: 1.5
CPU Referen.........0.760V*..........: 0.924
 
MCH/ICH
MCH Core............1.100V...........: 1.46
MCH Reference.......0.760V...........: 0.966
MCH/DRAM Ref........0.900V...........: Normal
ICH I/O.............1.500V...........: 1.5
ICH Core............1.100V...........: 1.2
 
DRAM
DRAM Voltage .........1.800V.........: 2.1V
DRAM Termination .....0.900V.........: Normal
Channel A Reference ..0.900V.........: Normal
Channel B Reference ..0.900V.........: Normal

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Originally Posted by LiquidReactor

...
System just freezes up during 6Gb Prime 95 or Linx runs.
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1) MCH Clock Skew..................................[ 0ps ]
...
2) Performance Enhance..................: Turbo
...

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Try setting 1) to 50ps and 2) to Standard.
Set CPU Termination to 1.2, then set CPU Reference to 0.76, then set
your MCH Reference to 0.800 and finally raise your CPU Termination to 1.34V. You'll notice that CPU Reference and MCH Reference will change automatically.

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Originally Posted by LiquidReactor

Is 1.58V Mch core safe on air?

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Yes but you have to carefully remove the gigabyte cover from the northbridge because it is blocking the air stream and put 70mm fan on it.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by OLDcomer

Try setting 1) to 50ps and 2) to Standard.
Set CPU Termination to 1.2, then set CPU Reference to 0.76, then set
your MCH Reference to 0.800 and finally raise your CPU Termination to 1.34V. You'll notice that CPU Reference and MCH Reference will change automatically.

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Thanks. I upped TRFC to 58 and left everything else same at 4.356 and so far 10 linx passed @ 6.6Gb no problem. :)

Will try your suggestions if Linx freezes again.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by OLDcomer

Yes but you have to carefully remove the gigabyte cover from the northbridge because it is blocking the air stream and put 70mm fan on it.

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I have tons of fans in my case ( 6 intake, 4 exhaust, 3 on cpu heatsink ), you think I can get by with just removing the Gigabyte cover?

I installed two ATI 6950 cards yesterday. And this has created a raise in my chipset temperature (pretty sure this reading it from the southbridge). The temps range from 38C idle to up to 58C while gaming. Is the 58C too high?

Hi Everyone,

Is it okay to post in this thread regarding the Gigabyte GA-EP45T-USB3P board or would I be better off starting a new thread? Just after some overclock and stability information.

Thanks,
pharvard

i have an ud3r now but cant get 500fsb pl8 stable...

Anny one has some tips.

What are you running your ram at, 2.00d/b or 2.40? At 500 fsb PL 8 should not be a problem on 2.40B but if your still using 1:1 2.00D is the only one that will run pl8 and thats only if your ram is running at cas 4.

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Originally Posted by Hoss331

What are you running your ram at, 2.00d/b or 2.40? At 500 fsb PL 8 should not be a problem on 2.40B but if your still using 1:1 2.00D is the only one that will run pl8 and thats only if your ram is running at cas 4.

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iam using 2.00B cause ih ave crap ram.... so it isnt possible for me then ...

Well if you switch to 2.00D you can atleast run pl9.

already using pl 9 with 2.00B :P

Had 4.25 GHz prime stable for about 6 hours, and now i had a bsod with code 000124. maybe try 2.00D :P

Hey all, I have the EP45-USB3 version, do you know if there is any newer bios than what it was shipped with available and compatible for my board?

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Originally Posted by LoWRiDeR

Hey all, I have the EP45-USB3 version, do you know if there is any newer bios than what it was shipped with available and compatible for my board?

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http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte...test-bios.html

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Originally Posted by NoGuru

http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte...test-bios.html

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Thanks, though I don't see my motherboard there. I have the EP45-USB3 model, it's the same as the UDP but with USB 3.0. I'm not sure which bios would work on mine...could you clarify pls?

Ah, hope this thread never dies!

Favorite motherboard I've ever owned. Had more fun with it + Q9650 and D9's than any other platform :)

as long as there is no "to BUY" section, if anybody in EU (or ships.. to EU) wants to sell EP45T-UD3P or EP45T-USB3P , drop a pm ;)

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Originally Posted by tool_462

Ah, hope this thread never dies!

Favorite motherboard I've ever owned. Had more fun with it + Q9650 and D9's than any other platform :)

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I'm loving this mobo man, gave my rig so much life...it made it incredibly fast and stable and on AIR!! I have very good air cooling but still it's no water, yet I can still hit 4.1ghz stable and temps don't go over 70C at max load ;)

Though I don't know which BIOS is compatible with my EP45-USB3P...

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Originally Posted by LoWRiDeR

Thanks, though I don't see my motherboard there. I have the EP45-USB3 model, it's the same as the UDP but with USB 3.0. I'm not sure which bios would work on mine...could you clarify pls?

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I didn't see it ether, might have to ask Stasio for it.

The only 2 bios versions for the EP45T-USB3P board are F1 and F2D. I also found an F1 and F2D with updated roms but not tried them yet. Have a search and you'll find them ;)

I've finally made the time (and space) to set up a little benching table for my USB3P and have had a little success with it. I'm currently trying out an E4600 (I know, v.poor) and have managed 3.82GHz on air (with 1.62v) which a 1M PI time of <15secs puts me in the top 20 - the DDR3 should win me some points for the 32M at least but will have definitely have to push this poor little chip a bit harder tonight - It's not hot enough yet! Currently on 11x multi 382FSb so might also go for higher fsb / lower multi to get the ram speeds up.
Question relating to CPU/NB refs for dual cores... has anyone found you have to lower the ref from 0.76 for dual cores rather than raise to 0.785+ (like what's needed for q9xxx)?

Next step will be my E7400, followed by an E8400 and maybe E8500 - this little board could give me some small advantages with DDR3 on the go. Will post some results in a day or so :)

what is the best bios for the UD3R ??

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Originally Posted by In-Fluence

Question relating to CPU/NB refs for dual cores... has anyone found you have to lower the ref from 0.76 for dual cores rather than raise to 0.785+ (like what's needed for q9xxx)?

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Correct. Try 0.66-0.74 for dual core.

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/5...ettings.th.jpg

I worked my way down some settings last night and managed a 14th and 16th place on HWbot rankings, but reckon I can do better. Would need something a lot cooler for anything considerably higher though.

1.7v is quite a lot for air :ROTF:

Hep hey, just got a secondhand P45-UD3P 1.0 and I'm on the hunt for 4.5GHz on a E8400.

But there are a :banana::banana::banana::banana: load of settings to fiddle with compared to my old Commando so a few tips are more than welcome. :up:

I can boot into windows no problem at 4.5 and run a few minutes of Orthos before it gives me a "Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4" error.

Settings:

500x9
LLC enabled
CPU VCore: 1.375
CPU Termi: 1.240
CPU PLL: 1570
CPU Ref: Normal

MCH Core: 1.320
MCH Ref: 0.7650
MCH/DRAM Ref: Normal
ICH I/O: Normal
ICH Core:Normal

DRAM Voltage: 2.1
DRAM Termi: Auto

2.00D, X.M.P Disabled, Performance Enhance std. and SPD Normal.

Any suggestions where to start (what to touch and what to leave be) to find some stability?

I was going to try and buy that board and slap some cpu's in it to gun it high, but after people were getting desperate on ebay and bidding over $200 for a new one, and then later, I saw a bid of over $200 for a ***USED*** one, and even saw one sell that had a couple of bent pins (I emailed the seller) for over $140, I was like....forget it.... can only trust XS sellers or new items if elsewhere...

Makes me wonder why my USB3P would have gone for less than £50 about 6 months ago if I hadn't reserved it. $200 is a lot for an old gen board and I'm glad I kept hold of mine.

Anyone got any settings or hints for an e8x00 above 600fsb? I can do 1M PI runs but not 32M at 600x6 and 605fsb max. I've tried all combinations of cpu/nb skews which don't seem to make a huge difference. Refs have helped me get 1M stable even at low volts (1.34vtt and 1.38mch) but it always hangs or gives rounding errors around 10 secs of 32M even with v.high volts with various refs... Currently on F2d bios (not that there's a lot to choose from on the USB3P)...help!

Getting above 600 FSB is more luck than anything else. The highest fsb I ever saw mentioned was like 613 FSB and that was on a ep45 ud3p. And board revisions mattered, too.

I guess you may have to subzero the NB and throw a lot of volts at it...

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Originally Posted by Falkentyne

I was going to try and buy that board and slap some cpu's in it to gun it high, but after people were getting desperate on ebay and bidding over $200 for a new one, and then later, I saw a bid of over $200 for a ***USED*** one, and even saw one sell that had a couple of bent pins (I emailed the seller) for over $140, I was like....forget it.... can only trust XS sellers or new items if elsewhere...

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Wow! I just got a almost new UD3P 1.0 for $72 with all the accessory's and the box.

@nullface: Play around with voltages a bit, you should be able to get it stable if it's already running Orthos for a few minutes. Just make sure your NB isn't overheating. And maybe raise MCH ref a bit, to 0.776V.

@In-Fluence: Did you try higher Vmch? Make sure your NB is cooled properly, 32M stresses it a lot more than 1M.
Which memory kit and divider are you using?

Hi Don_Dan. Currently on GSkill's eco 1600 rated 7-8-7-24 1t but can do plenty more on this board. 2.00D has worked best for me but all dividers work with varying success. I've tried plenty of MCH (and have before whilst running q9650 benches) and have plenty of big fans blowing away at it. I can try and re-mount the mch sink again which may offer better results, but the brick wall at around 600fsb has me a little stumped... tried PCIE frequency, lowered tread to 15, tried low & high vtts with varying ref values. Seems like it could be end of the line but will give it another go in a day or so. Thanks for the hints.

How is the Normal setting, are they 100% safe 24/7 options or are they set a bit optimistic and can be lowered in most cases? (or some of them at least)

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Originally Posted by nullface

Wow! I just got a almost new UD3P 1.0 for $72 with all the accessory's and the box.

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How'd you manage that?
If it was on ebay, can you link me to the item number?
I hardly trust people there; you never know when you are going to get a dead board, and then get hassled with "no refunds." But I guess things are better than they were eight years ago. The last mainboard I bought on ebay was advertised as a "working pull", but was COMPLETELY dead, not only were some of the caps bad, the chipset itself was dead. Luckily Homie over at the defunct motherboardrepair.com fixed everything...

If something like this had happened now, I would have filed a chargeback for fraud....

Got it on a danish hardware forum (tweak.dk), so no ebay. I don't think the sealer (or me for that matter) was aware of what UD3P's can go for on ebay. :D So i was lucky i guess.

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Originally Posted by In-Fluence

Hi Don_Dan. Currently on GSkill's eco 1600 rated 7-8-7-24 1t but can do plenty more on this board. 2.00D has worked best for me but all dividers work with varying success. I've tried plenty of MCH (and have before whilst running q9650 benches) and have plenty of big fans blowing away at it. I can try and re-mount the mch sink again which may offer better results, but the brick wall at around 600fsb has me a little stumped... tried PCIE frequency, lowered tread to 15, tried low & high vtts with varying ref values. Seems like it could be end of the line but will give it another go in a day or so. Thanks for the hints.

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To me it seems like you tried almost everything I can think of...
Maybe it's just the limit of your chip, my E8400 doesn't like 32M above 605MHz FSB on air as well, not even on the REX. :(

Fair enough, thanks for the feedback. I'm starting to come to that conclusion as well as I've never been that far above this fsb on this chip. There's an E8400 I can try this with so will take that home tonight and see what it's got, although they were purchased around the same time so not getting my hopes up too high. I can post at around 625fsb but no hope of entering windoze on it. Thanks for the feedback though.
I also noticed you can't disable multithreading on the E8x00's but on the E4600 I could which left it running just 1 core and allowed me to put more volts into it (managed to still comfortably run up to 1.8v on it).

Whats the max power (wattage) that rev 1.0 UD3P can deliver to cpu? I'm priming 4.5Ghz+ on air and according to Everest chip power consumption peaks at around 220-230W.

i was stable and now i get bsods every day... that sucks :P seems that i have to rework my oc ;)

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Originally Posted by LiquidReactor

Whats the max power (wattage) that rev 1.0 UD3P can deliver to cpu? I'm priming 4.5Ghz+ on air and according to Everest chip power consumption peaks at around 220-230W.

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IT depends on how cool you keep your vrms - they'll deliver more power when cooler. I had around 250w on my old Q9650 when under load, no special vrm cooling was used, but I did re-mount them with small nuts & bolts rather than push-pins which does help a little.

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Originally Posted by MrDucky

i was stable and now i get bsods every day... that sucks :P seems that i have to rework my oc ;)

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MrDucky glad to see you guys on P45 i enjoyed 775 like loco lol

did you primed it ? like 3hours or more for me prime is the way to go it really tells you stable, linx you can pass it and fail on games

cheers and good luck :up:
Sergio

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Originally Posted by In-Fluence

IT depends on how cool you keep your vrms - they'll deliver more power when cooler. I had around 250w on my old Q9650 when under load, no special vrm cooling was used, but I did re-mount them with small nuts & bolts rather than push-pins which does help a little.

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In-Fluence glad to see you on 775 mate still i remember those days so much fun :up:

Yes Andressergio, the USB3P is still going strong and have even run a few decent E4600 benches recently with some resonable success on air. Alas, we have adopted a mum and kitten so my room is not really accessible for loud fans and overclocking right now but plan to go back to it soon, it's just sitting on a bench-board waiting to be thrashed.

E8500 didn't give anything worth mentioning, but I have an E8400 and the old Q9650 which might be worth one final stab. I really want to break the FSB record, and I'm convinced the USB3P could do it with the right chip and some decent NB cooling...

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Originally Posted by In-Fluence

Yes Andressergio, the USB3P is still going strong and have even run a few decent E4600 benches recently with some resonable success on air. Alas, we have adopted a mum and kitten so my room is not really accessible for loud fans and overclocking right now but plan to go back to it soon, it's just sitting on a bench-board waiting to be thrashed.

E8500 didn't give anything worth mentioning, but I have an E8400 and the old Q9650 which might be worth one final stab. I really want to break the FSB record, and I'm convinced the USB3P could do it with the right chip and some decent NB cooling...

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cool man have fun !!!

Jeah it primed for 4 hours but now it isnt even stable for 5 mins :S? can you tell me whaty the most stable bios is and maybe give a template for 500x8.5?

Hey everyone, it's been awhile. Just added a RAID setup to my work PC 3 days ago, now I'm having system lockups/crashes all of a sudden since then. No BSOD, just locks up and restarts. I'm thinking it's an ICH Core thing...how many drives can the standard 1.10v handle? I'm at 4 drives right now. Thanks!

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Originally Posted by bluestang

Hey everyone, it's been awhile. Just added a RAID setup to my work PC 3 days ago, now I'm having system lockups/crashes all of a sudden since then. No BSOD, just locks up and restarts. I'm thinking it's an ICH Core thing...how many drives can the standard 1.10v handle? I'm at 4 drives right now. Thanks!

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Humm, it's been a while for me but I bet you need about 1.30 on the ICH.

I took it to 1.20 and same thing. Backed my OC down to 10x333 on stock volts, but left RAM at it's rate 1600 MHZ, timings and volts and same thing. I then took RAM down to 1066 at 1.50v and it's been fine since. I wonder if my OCZ RAM is taking a $hit on me. Might have to get some lower volt DDR3 sticks as these are 1.90v. I guess DDR3 doesn't like those higher volts for longevity.

EDIT: Well, it's not the RAM. Turns out it was an ATI Video driver issue. Been running with std VGA drivers since yesterday afternoon and no crashes/reboots since then compared to every half hour. I'll have to roll back to older stable version of ATI.

Could someone help me out with a few settings to OC a q9550 on a ep45-ud3p?
I cant get it past 2.8ghz with out it going mental. :mad:

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Originally Posted by Jsquire

Could someone help me out with a few settings to OC a q9550 on a ep45-ud3p?
I cant get it past 2.8ghz with out it going mental. :mad:

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Surely you mean 3.8?
2.8 is below stock, isn't it?

Yeah, you should be able to go to about 3.6 without even adding volts.

Hey, do any of you notice line noise coming from your headphones(specifically low impedence ones) with this motherboard? I've been dealing with this for the past couple of years. I have changed my power supply several times; I have been through 3TX750, 2PCPC silencer 750's(helped a little), and TX750V2(same result as silencer). I have also swapped my 88GT for my 86GT and I still notice the same noise. The noise sounds like this, except it bleeds through the auxiliary. I'm at wit's end with this issue and hope to seek enlightnent from one of you :|

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Originally Posted by NoGuru

Yeah, you should be able to go to about 3.6 without even adding volts.

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nope i'm stuck on 2.8ghz, thats the stock speed isnt it?

@Aleki - never used the onboard audio myself due to these kind of issues but my advice would be to turn off things like C1E and EIST as they cause the VRMs to screech quite a bit. Well shielded and grounded cabling and equipment is important too and even things like fans can add to the noise. Running cables away from other power sources helps, and if you're willing, try clipping some ferrite interference filters around them. Like I say though, an external sound card is by far the best solution, anything that processes the sound away from the cpu is good imo.
I see you're an Antec P180 owner - they help with noise too :)

Thank you so much In-Fluence. I thought there was something wrong with my MoBo since my MSI board prior to the P45 had no noticeable line noise(although to Gygabyte's defense, I upgraded from my E4300 to the Q9550, which may have something to do with it, when my MSI board croaked)
While we're on it, what do you reccomend for an audio card? My Razer Barracuda AC1 is about as equally crappy as my onboard when it comes to interference; I'm thinking about upgrading my headphone to a Senn HD650, and the Asus Essence STX looks mighty nice considering it is capable of driving 600ohm equipment :)

PS: I'd like a card that's capable of accepting ~7.1 channels incase I plug my z5300 back in (currently running off headphones to save desk space). I vaguely remember someone saying Asus will have an adapter for the STX enebleing 3+ channel output?

Thanks again for your help!