The stock timings are 8,8,8,24, 1t. I've changed them to that, and I can now run 3 passes of Linx before the system locks. So I guess I'm making progress. I didn't think it would be so hard to run ram at stock.
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well... IOH Core, ICH I/O, ICH Core helped me hit 4.5Ghz once i noticed raising CPU Vcore, QPI/VTT, DRAM over a certain point did nothing. i could finaly load windows after setting the values manualy while on auto i was just able to boot. i belive it help with stability when overcloking, not very noticeble running at 4.2Ghz. auto may do the job for some, for me i have better control of my oc setting each values manualy even if it does a small impact, maybe the small thing you need for 100% stable system and not crap your data :p:
When I first got my i7, I had one bad stick of ram that was causing me stability issues. I ran one stick at a time, 2 booted fine and were stable in linx at near max memory. The bad 1 stick by itself crashed everytime trying to run any stress test and sometimes just booting into windows. Then ran it by itself in memtest and had errors by the third pass on stock settings. RMA solved the issue on mine.
What memory do you have btw?
I have tested F5g on Extreme last night. No more fake boot, F4m settings are OK. More testing tonight.
does S3 works with oc on F5g?
Last time i tried F5e it didn't worked (workes without problems on F4j).
I've got the OCZ Gold 6GB kit. Thanks for your patience and help. I can now run 1528.
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/5324/...00lpzt6.th.jpg
Next up 1910. I don't think I'll get around to attempting this until later in the week. Again, it's memtest stable, but not win stable.
Edit:
I thought of another question. Are there any aftermarket NB, mosfet, or PWM air cooling solutions that would help?
I got my board last week I can't wait for D0 920's. Must resist lunch date at Microcenter......
new bios's posted by stasio @ tweaktown:
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Originally Posted by stasio
pyro...do you know what version of f5 is that? i downloaded it and it just tells me f5....
i have the f5e currently...
where can i download f5g? many thanks
i think the F5 version there is what's being tested for the official F5 release
i still can't use sleep with HT off and turbo on, so i flashed back to F5e again :(
the first post here has the F5g for the UD5 and Extreme boards
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f69/giga...st-bios-28441/
thanks for the link
i just tried the f5g....it doesnt fix the double boot
good thing though..i can bench uncore 20x....
i'm sub 9 at superpi1m wooot
f5 is newer than f5g and i think it should fix the double boot
Right:D
Btw,
GA-EX58-Extreme
Both F5g and F5 released on 13.Feb 2009
F5h released today
i guess i'm using f5h
wooot wooot
i love this new bios version...uncore at 16 17 18 19 20 are all usable...
memory x10 is not that stable though...wish it were though..max stable multiplier is x8
can i request a x9? .....puuuleeease!!!!
Interesting.
I have no fake boot issues on F5g BIOS.
10x memory multiplier is stable. Can 50 Linpack passes be the sign of stability?
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just installed F5, my memory latency went from 34 to 48, same settings. Actually went from 34ns to 52 with everest, bandwidth is still the same, i think this might be the software issue, can anyone else confirm?
installed F5g yesterday, double boot was annoying on official F4.
Im quite happy with F5g, no more fake boots here, didnt notice any issue either its running flawlessly, Ill keep it until i find something isnt right.
http://www.saunders.fr/images/oc2.jpg
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my 4.2Ghz settings HT off
CPU Vcore 1.35000v in bios
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.315v
CPU PLL 1.860v
DRAM 1.600v
PCIE 1.500v
QPI PLL 1.140v
IOH Core 1.160v
ICH I/O 1.580v
ICH Core 1.140v
http://www.saunders.fr/images/oc5.jpg
can someone please run EVEREST with the F5 bios and see if your latency has gone up, mine went from 34 to 52 now, ran it again, bandwidth is perfect but latency is too high, i want to know if this is software or hardware, thanks
everest 5 is supposed to be showing the correct latency of the x58/i7
still seems high tho to me :shrug:
maybe cos we were spoiled with really low scores from version 4 for a while lol
my bad for comparing latencies between versions 4 and 5.
prolly if i ran everest 5 on the same x48, latency scores would be even higher
GAR, it is definitely software problem. Everest 5 shows much more memory latency value then last Everest 4 betas. My personal best was 21.8 ns on Everest 4/F3 and 39.2 on Everest 5/F5g. Now it's 41.3 ns with my 24/7 1930 8-8-8-20-1T on Everest 5/F5h.