790 corruption issues?

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Originally Posted by Roger_D25

Good point Dinos22 but its difficult when it seems so very easy for many of us to replicate this "issue" and have been for some time now?

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Dinos is always having good & valid points ( just wanted to say that :) ).
Thing is... I have had corruption as well as some other people here, but even with BIOS v0701 and v0601 ( the 0601 surely doesn't have the "corruption fix" ) starting from the past 2 weeks I haven't had any corruption and I've been pushing the board ridiculously high and outside what most people would even think of.
1.75V SB & NB on stock cooling ( just fans over the heatsinks ) [ changed the thermal paste as well ], 1.8V QX9650 CPU @ watercooling, 2.3V RAM at DDR3-2050+ 7-7-6-21 1T and more.
I wasn't even using memtest to "pretest" my RAM for errors before trying to get into windows and bench or run stability programs & stressing the components :D

It's crazy, because I've had corruption with the v0601 BIOS for sure in the past, and I haven't really changed anything in the system.
Same CPU, same RAM, same VGA, same PSU, same HDD, same Norton Ghost Image, everything.
Even the settings, every setting I use ( successful or not ) is being recorded, so I have "logs" to check back anytime.

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Originally Posted by Roger_D25

However I have no idea how they or any other vendor handles this kind of research (I always assumed they have a handful of people actually using the motherboards they sell, and using them outside of stock settings? Once again however, the handful of us having "issues" probably represent a fairly small percentage of overall users (and although I assumed they had a handful of people testing I don't think they can test thousands of motherboards to replicate "issues" only a small percentage of us are having)? Hopefully that makes some sense, lol!

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The more the testers the better.
If you can separate the testers into categories that might be more effective as well.
Still I wonder how Asus missed the malfunctioning tRFC setting in their BIOSes for the Striker II Extreme ( from some version & all the newer versions ), it just ignores your setting.
Now, if their testers are leaving the sub-timings @ auto, that's not going to help them find the bug, right ? ;)
Manufacturers use their own "weapon of choice"...erm... I meant way to beta test their stuff.

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Originally Posted by Roger_D25

With that all said Dinos22 do you actually know how this kind of research happens at a place like Asus given your relationship with them?

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You missed the relationship a bit :p:
Dinos is "helping" Gigabyte :)
But that's not my job, he can speak for himself and I bet he will :p:
Let him get some rest, he had some seriously long flight home.

There I go again speaking when I have no idea what I'm talking about (in regards to relationship with Asus), sorry guys! I also had no idea Dinos22 that you were just getting back from long journey, next time I'm give you a few minutes before berating you with so many questions:ROTF: With that said thanks a bunch Zowner for explaining those things, much appreciated! I believe it was already posted (by yourself Zowner) but its good to know I'm not the only one having no luck with tRFC (been trying for weeks to lower it with no luck what-so-ever)! I assumed it was because of some "other" setting but it looks indeed to be a bug?

It is a bug.
With the very first BIOSes it was working fine.
But then again... things can go bad in the BIOS Eng. department right ? :p:
For the time being I'm stuck with MemSet... but this BIOS bug has ruined some of my benches.
Forgot to adjust tRFC with MemSet before running some benches :(

I will be giving Asus some feedback soon ;)

i was at Nvidia editor's day in the last few days and i spoke to a few online news site editors >> i did not have a single one confirm that they had any abnormal corruption issues so it's probably not as common or they just have no idea what they're talking about

every manufacturer i've been involved with has the same procedure when it comes to hardware problems like this......they need confirmation from a few sources that it is withspread and then they need to be able to replicate those problems in their test labs so that they can first understand and second fix and retest the boards

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Originally Posted by dinos22

i was at Nvidia editor's day in the last few days and i spoke to a few online news site editors >> i did not have a single one confirm that they had any abnormal corruption issues so it's probably not as common or they just have no idea what they're talking about

every manufacturer i've been involved with has the same procedure when it comes to hardware problems like this......they need confirmation from a few sources that it is withspread and then they need to be able to replicate those problems in their test labs so that they can first understand and second fix and retest the boards

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While they do it, competitors don't sleep :) BTW where did you get F1 EE?

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Originally Posted by dinos22

saaya pls let ppl that actually have a problem test the board and report results.....

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how am i keeping anyone from testing their boards or posting results? :confused:

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Originally Posted by dinos22

if it has not been resolved and i can and will also confirm this when i get a chance....it will be reported to nvidia MCP guys direct from my end

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thanks for your efforts man :toast:

very nice post bill! :toast:
so the corruption problem is completely fixed now for you with 0701?
and performance? is it a lot slower than other bios versions?

could you give me some tips for tweaking/configuring the 0701?
i could add that in the first post of this thread :)

I have experienced the same as BenchZowner, I had corruption and SLI problems in the start, but after pushing things to the max they are gone. No corruption for over a week now, and SLI is rock stable. EVGA P04-05

Over here, 100% trouble with P1 and P2 enabled. However, when in Auto, 100% rock estable w/ SLI enabled.

Will update with more details later on.
P.S. Flashed to 0703 just before I hit the bed, gonna give it a try later on.

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Originally Posted by BenchZowner

Will update with more details later on.
P.S. Flashed to 0703 just before I hit the bed, gonna give it a try later on.

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Hey BenchZ
Any trouble while running with P1 and P2 enabled when you were on 0701?

Nope, P1 & P2 always enabled.
But with P1 & P2 enabled, depending on your FSB you need more chipset voltage.

E8500 @ LN2: no corruption problems:up:

http://www.pctunerup.com/up/results/...mmagine015.jpg

http://www.pctunerup.com/up/results/...1037_35872.jpg
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=4284144

http://www.pctunerup.com/up/results/...1045_92662.jpg

And my best:)
http://www.pctunerup.com/up/results/...055_114094.jpg
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=9380307

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Originally Posted by BenchZowner

Nope, P1 & P2 always enabled.
But with P1 & P2 enabled, depending on your FSB you need more chipset voltage.

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For 450mhz FSB, what would you recommend?
Right now I have 1.44v in BIOS and according to PC Probe II it is 1.46 Real.

Im running out of ideas on how to make this thing estable with P1&P2 enabled.

Can't really help you out this time.
I haven't bothered testing the SB & NB voltage "requirements" yet.
Since I'm pushing it to the limits I'm using high voltages which will more than likely be more than needed ( currently using 1.65V for SB & NB ) at 442MHz FSB

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Originally Posted by nachthymnen

E8500 @ LN2: no corruption problems:up:
And my best:)

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You know, nachthymnen, I have exactly doubled all other guy's setting in my system, he runs 9650 24/7 at 4.5, as he said, and I can barely boot in Windows and get cpu-z validation, all tests failed. It looks that stability issue is different on different 790i motherboards, and even more, it is random - for example I got my computer frozen after 2 hours, someone else reported the same after 14 hours!!! or running Prime. Today you get it as soon as you turn on your PC, tomorrow the whole day it runs without any problem. I moved back to default settings to be stable enough for now waiting for Foxconn Blackops.
You are a lucky one with your board ... Thats why people with stable 790i based systems couldn't understand others.
With 1T on memory my systems was absolutely unstable (BSOD, restarts, etc), with 2T I got it more or less stable with random freezes only.

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Originally Posted by BenchZowner

Can't really help you out this time.
I haven't bothered testing the SB & NB voltage "requirements" yet.
Since I'm pushing it to the limits I'm using high voltages which will more than likely be more than needed ( currently using 1.65V for SB & NB ) at 442MHz FSB

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Oh well thanks anyways
Are you planning on running the system on air for personal use? You might be able to help us...

Will do m8.
Just gotta get some things done first.
When I start the "normal" measurements for the review I'll be examining stuff thoroughly, like the required voltages for every "configuration", etc.
When I'm done with the review it will be used as my gaming rig, so 24/7 stuff will come.

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Originally Posted by pmp

PM me known bugs (at least other than tRFC, which worked for me iirc :|).

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That's weird.
tRFC doesn't work for me and 2 people ( haven't asked any1 else ) with most BIOSes ( 0601, 0602, 0603, 0701, 0702, 0703 for sure ).
Try setting tRFC to 36, 48, 52, 60, 72, 80 and you'll find out that it sets random numbers each time.
The same symptoms occur to any other number that I've tested, just told you these ones because I've used those for sure.

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Originally Posted by BenchZowner

Will do m8.
Just gotta get some things done first.
When I start the "normal" measurements for the review I'll be examining stuff thoroughly, like the required voltages for every "configuration", etc.
When I'm done with the review it will be used as my gaming rig, so 24/7 stuff will come.

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And hopefully that will be soon :D

guys i cannot test this bios because my board is dead
i killed it on the last LN2 session it seems as i have a stuck FF code
i did have that before and the board revived but not this time :(
replacement is DOA as well...i'm really unlucky here
i'll change PSUs maybe that's what's causing it donno :shrug: as i'm using X900 seasonic atm as it was handy(in case of incompatibility of some kind)......will try HX620 sometime soon

That sucks dinos
hopefully you can get a replacement soon

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Originally Posted by saaya

i really really dont like that FAQ...
it sounds like only anandtech had this problem, and it sounds like it only happens if you try really strange fsb/dram combinations that dont really make sense to run... and they say 1600 is out of spec? but at the same time they advertize 790 as ddr3 2000 capable? :mad:

and they say a bios was released that fixed the problem.
thats not true... they make it sound like the issue was fixed a long time ago, when its still happening! the situation has improved, but the problem is not solved! :mad:

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That text is for the P05 BIOS that was released last week. We had it earlier than that for testing and it resolved the majority of data corruption problems we could replicate on a consistent basis (400/1600 was repeatable). I am still testing it, but for the data corruption problems that were consistent in our testing, they are fixed. I am sure there can be other instances where data corruption can still occur because the GTLRef/VTT tables are still not quite correct.

ASUS, starting with BIOS 0703 has implemented some of the base code from NVIDIA, a full update will not occur until next week from all indications. With 0703, increasing SPP and MCP voltages slightly while manually tuning GTLRef helped solve about 95% of the repeatable corruption problems we had.

As far as the first line of the text, NVIDIA knows other users have had this problem, our name is on it as we seemed to be the only "website" that reported our findings to them. ;) It appears that telling the emperor he is not wearing any clothes is difficult for some. I find it funny that certain websites dismissed our claims and a few hours later, NVIDIA admits there is a problem and releases a BIOS update for it. :rolleyes:

i am playing many days with stability and GTL voltages, thousand of restars but NO CORRUPTION! With 0703 BIOS on SiiEX

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Originally Posted by BenchZowner

You missed the relationship a bit :p:
Dinos is "helping" Gigabyte :)

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That might explain why their board is three months late. :rofl: Sorry, but that was one large opening you left for us. :D

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Originally Posted by bingo13

That might explain why their board is three months late. :rofl:

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now now Gary :p:

thanks for the feedback gary!
i apologize for my rant about nvidias faq then...
it seems they really did a good job and fixed almost all of the corruption issues, at least at the common speeds.

finding the random, hard to repeat problems is a real btch...
i hope nvidia doesnt give up and keeps working on it, if they can iron out those problems 790 or a chipset refresh might go into the books as the best ddr3 chipset before it all went IMC

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Originally Posted by bingo13

That might explain why their board is three months late. :rofl: Sorry, but that was one large opening you left for us. :D

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LOL

This is GARBAGE I am on 703 and I seem to stable but this corruption stuff is JUST BS guys.. Say what you want am on SIIE and I can't get rid of the corruption I thought I was completely stable and 20 minutes ago I ran sfc scan and no corruption, went for a run came back rebooted my computer and here is what I got:

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Seriously 703 hasn't fixed anything it just changes the corruption problem, I hate Nvidia right now I am very frustrated it's not okay to charge $450.00 for a board that doesn't work right.. 703 most definitely has not fixed 95% of the problems it just patched some BS and after running it for awhile it's back WTH!!! In all fairness this is tragic I am so dissapointed this has been going on for months and the issues are not resolved.. I thought I had it but then my friend couldn't get his board stable so I tried sfc scan again and now I have corruption all over the place... Not COOL!!! Nvidia really needs to get their sh** together before releasing these boards, bottom line.... Boo Nvidia Boo...

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Originally Posted by bingo13

That text is for the P05 BIOS that was released last week. We had it earlier than that for testing and it resolved the majority of data corruption problems we could replicate on a consistent basis (400/1600 was repeatable). I am still testing it, but for the data corruption problems that were consistent in our testing, they are fixed. I am sure there can be other instances where data corruption can still occur because the GTLRef/VTT tables are still not quite correct.

ASUS, starting with BIOS 0703 has implemented some of the base code from NVIDIA, a full update will not occur until next week from all indications. With 0703, increasing SPP and MCP voltages slightly while manually tuning GTLRef helped solve about 95% of the repeatable corruption problems we had.

As far as the first line of the text, NVIDIA knows other users have had this problem, our name is on it as we seemed to be the only "website" that reported our findings to them. ;) It appears that telling the emperor he is not wearing any clothes is difficult for some. I find it funny that certain websites dismissed our claims and a few hours later, NVIDIA admits there is a problem and releases a BIOS update for it. :rolleyes:

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So wait, right now they are working on this corruptions, but what about people who are not getting corruptions but are getting hard times OCing? IMO, like you said this might be VTT/GTLRef related so hopefully with the corruption solved, OCing might get somewhat easier.
With what we have right now, are you saying it is recommended to have 0703 and even if you dont experience corruption but you OC, go straight to 0703?

My only problem here is P1 and P2 which causes random freezes when enabled. Sometimes after 10 minutes, sometimes after 3 hours, some times after 14 HOURS.

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Originally Posted by saaya

thanks for the feedback gary!
i apologize for my rant about nvidias faq then...
it seems they really did a good job and fixed almost all of the corruption issues, at least at the common speeds.

finding the random, hard to repeat problems is a real btch...
i hope nvidia doesnt give up and keeps working on it, if they can iron out those problems 790 or a chipset refresh might go into the books as the best ddr3 chipset before it all went IMC

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I agree, and hopefully they will keep working on 790i since I plan to keep this system for a long time.

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This is GARBAGE I am on 703 and I seem to stable but this corruption stuff is JUST BS guys.. Say what you want am on SIIE and I can't get rid of the corruption I thought I was completely stable and 20 minutes ago I ran sfc scan and no corruption, went for a run came back rebooted my computer and here is what I got:

Seriously 703 hasn't fixed anything it just changes the corruption problem, I hate Nvidia right now I am very frustrated it's not okay to charge $450.00 for a board that doesn't work right.. 703 most definitely has not fixed 95% of the problems it just patched some BS and after running it for awhile it's back WTH!!! In all fairness this is tragic I am so dissapointed this has been going on for months and the issues are not resolved.. I thought I had it but then my friend couldn't get his board stable so I tried sfc scan again and now I have corruption all over the place... Not COOL!!! Nvidia really needs to get their sh** together before releasing these boards, bottom line.... Boo Nvidia Boo...

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Guacomole, take it easy bro. I just updated to 0703 because of what Bingo says to see if there is any chance this is true. Not saying Bingo is lying but NVIDIA like always, migh be. (Also because 0702 was horrible...)

Do you think that corruption might be the result of any previous OC failure? Like before you got your system estable, there might have been corrupted data left... Im just saying what I think might have happened.

Testing 0703...

I've just about had enough too, this is BS & I'll tell you guys.
Nothing but lockups & 9800GX2 driver has recovered crap.
This board can be great one day & the next day nothing but problems.
Don't even work at stock settings what a joke. LMAO

I'm putting a letter together for Asus, I want an exchange. Give me a different motherboard no nvidia chipsets, enough is enough.

I'm not putting up another day with this crap...:down::down::down:

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This is GARBAGE I am on 703 and I seem to stable but this corruption stuff is JUST BS guys.. Say what you want am on SIIE and I can't get rid of the corruption I thought I was completely stable and 20 minutes ago I ran sfc scan and no corruption, went for a run came back rebooted my computer and here is what I got:

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Seriously 703 hasn't fixed anything it just changes the corruption problem, I hate Nvidia right now I am very frustrated it's not okay to charge $450.00 for a board that doesn't work right.. 703 most definitely has not fixed 95% of the problems it just patched some BS and after running it for awhile it's back WTH!!! In all fairness this is tragic I am so dissapointed this has been going on for months and the issues are not resolved.. I thought I had it but then my friend couldn't get his board stable so I tried sfc scan again and now I have corruption all over the place... Not COOL!!! Nvidia really needs to get their sh** together before releasing these boards, bottom line.... Boo Nvidia Boo...

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:up::up::up: I agree 100% Bro... POFS

Ive gave up a cupple of weeks ago... now playing with BlackOps. Very much less stress :D

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Guacomole, take it easy bro. I just updated to 0703 because of what Bingo says to see if there is any chance this is true. Not saying Bingo is lying but NVIDIA like always, migh be. (Also because 0702 was horrible...)

Do you think that corruption might be the result of any previous OC failure? Like before you got your system estable, there might have been corrupted data left... Im just saying what I think might have happened.

Testing 0703...

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Hey Slim I am not mad just a little frustrated and I actually have had an overall good experience until recently BUT the corruption persists I am running sfc scan right now and it will probably pass but the next time I reboot it will fail.. Actually I just failed so whatever..

The main prob with an ASUS board is that if there is a refresh we are going to get totally screwed unlike eVGA board holders Asus folks get the shaft.. Oh our board didn't work like we said but that's too bad another $450.00 please, it's very true...

So far, neither pmp or bingo have mention this so I pray that it (new board revision) doesnt become true cause I would make ASUS pay!
I dont know why everytime I run sfc /scannow I dont get the results, I just get the pop up window saying it needs windows XP SP2 cd, then I click retry until it finishes but when it finishes I see nothing else but what I wrote on the command prompt, nothing about the results so I cant verify if I have some kind of corruption!

Are you running your OCZ at 1600? Because 1800 gives me a lot of trouble, heck, I cant even boot at 1800, I have to go straight to 1880 because of divider problem LOL!!! (this is with 0701, havent tried 1800RAM yet with 0703).

ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO ADD
I just bought this Scythe 40mmx10mm fan from Performance-Pcs (because they are in FL so I get it faster via USPS) which you can also get from Newegg just to see if the high temps (60c) in my NB are the problems of all my problems. Since I have given my PC no rest time since I built it, the NB heatsink BURNS when you touch it after shutdown (which makes me think is the cause of failure after 14 hours?) so I just bought this mini-fan and Im planning to just put it there (screwing one screw and keep it in place by making small pressure with the first ram stick, videocard and water block pipe, yeah I know this sounds weird but thats the only way to keep the fan on the NB) and then test to see if the NB is the cause of my problems.

I remember one guy had so much OCing problems with the first striker than when he changed the stock pipes and everything, he went from 450Mhz to 475Mhz FSB easily so Im guessing this might help me out. Also, if you notice on Benchz profile picture, he has a 80mm fan on top of the NB so that might be helping him too? Who knows...

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ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO ADD
I just bought this Scythe 40mmx10mm fan from Performance-Pcs

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Let me know how it goes, it would be interesting if it solved alot of the systems freezes.

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Originally Posted by Coupa

Let me know how it goes, it would be interesting if it solved alot of the systems freezes.

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Will do m8 ;)

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Originally Posted by eternal_fantasy

Ive gave up a cupple of weeks ago... now playing with BlackOps. Very much less stress :D

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Tell us more, please, how do you like it?

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Tell us more, please, how do you like it?

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It's a breath of fresh air... as overclocking should be fun and rewarding, and not buying £290 of frustration, as was the case of the Striker II extreme. The blackops has obviously been properly tested before selling it to the end user, and it shows in the BIOS and the quality of the motherboard. It is great for the moment, and lets me use 0.5V less VCore at the same frequency with the QX9650. :D Need a heck oh a high VTT to reach 450FSB though! (1.67V)

1.65V VTT sounds too much for 450MHz FSB.
Are you sure it's the VTT that prevents you from running 450MHz FSB stable and not the other settings ?

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It is great for the moment, and lets me use 0.5V less VCore at the same frequency with the QX9650. :D Need a heck oh a high VTT to reach 450FSB though! (1.67V)

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Have you tried tweaking the GTLs? In my experience VTT of 1.30 will normally support yorkfield at 450 on this board. Even fsb up to 475-480 shouldn't require more than 1.40.

With 1.3V VTT I can only run it reliably at 435Mhz FSB... increasing only the VTT alowed me to enter windows with 450FSB. There are no dedicated blackops thread at the moment to share the overclocking experience, but requiring a high FSB seems to be the case with my board.

man this sucks... sorry to hear you guys are still not getting the system stable with the latest bios...
after months of tweaking this must be very very frustrating...

hey dinos and bingo, i suspect the boards play an important role in this and some boards are simply better than others, as having a wider tolerance range for vtt etc.
could you guys maybe check with nvidia or asus if they are interested in testing those boards themselves?
looking at this from nvidias perspective it must be hard for them too, if it really depends on the boards and each board acts different.

they might as well be looking for a board that causes problems, but all their boards work fine.
what they need to really fix this issue is to have a known bad board and causes problems, repeatedly, so they can reproduce the problems and then fix them.

it could also have to do with the cpus of the people who still have problems having an rather unusual skewed or slim vtt window...
so ideally nvidia or asus should ask them to send in their boards with cpu.

then again, giving away the board plus cpu might be a bit much to ask from theese guys here, but im sure they would be willing to cooperate if nvidia or asus approaches them, and im sure they can find some solution of maybe sending them a new board and cpu or something.

I would totally be willing to send in my components for testing (give replacements are sent to me). If you guys set this up, consider me volounteer #1!

So the corruption is fixed only on the reference boards????? i see SEII is still having problems.....can anyone confirm P05 has fixed the corruption issue with the 790i.

Now I have to say I have done nothing but reset the CMOS and leave out the battery for a number of hours and re did my OC same exact settings as before and now I can't recreate the corruption.. So now I do not have corruption but this is still retarded.. Maybe next week I will again?? I have no idea what is going with this board but it can't be good.. One minute I am rock solid cruising along the next I can't pass sfc scan.. Now I am rock solid with the same settings as before this makes no sense at all.. One minute I have corruption the next I don't no fun.. I am soo confused this makes no sense, but what are you gonna do??? I am considering sending back my board what do you think??

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It's a breath of fresh air... as overclocking should be fun and rewarding, and not buying £290 of frustration, as was the case of the Striker II extreme. The blackops has obviously been properly tested before selling it to the end user, and it shows in the BIOS and the quality of the motherboard. It is great for the moment, and lets me use 0.5V less VCore at the same frequency with the QX9650. :D Need a heck oh a high VTT to reach 450FSB though! (1.67V)

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I would say you need more vcore or NB voltage.

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Originally Posted by Aivas47a

Have you tried tweaking the GTLs? In my experience VTT of 1.30 will normally support yorkfield at 450 on this board. Even fsb up to 475-480 shouldn't require more than 1.40.

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This is Intel board and I would be really surprised that you need to modify the GTLRefs :ROTF:

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Originally Posted by GAR

So the corruption is fixed only on the reference boards????? i see SEII is still having problems.....can anyone confirm P05 has fixed the corruption issue with the 790i.

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Like always, no corruptions (cant verify anyways lol) but hard times OCing...

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Now I have to say I have done nothing but reset the CMOS and leave out the battery for a number of hours and re did my OC same exact settings as before and now I can't recreate the corruption.. So now I do not have corruption but this is still retarded.. Maybe next week I will again?? I have no idea what is going with this board but it can't be good.. One minute I am rock solid cruising along the next I can't pass sfc scan.. Now I am rock solid with the same settings as before this makes no sense at all.. One minute I have corruption the next I don't no fun.. I am soo confused this makes no sense, but what are you gonna do??? I am considering sending back my board what do you think??

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sounds like my 680 experiences...
could be gtl/vtt not being tweaked properly... could be a faulty board... could be a bad psu... could be a too hot chipset... really hard to tell :/

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Originally Posted by slim142

I would say you need more vcore or NB voltage

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up to 1.45VCore/1.7V NB not enough for a QX9650 @ 450 x 9? I don't think so. I have obtained this clock on numerous boards in my sig with very much less voltage. Those would be the first 2 voltages I go to before even raising the VTT.

My final report on S2E
I was having nothing but issues, everything from BSOD, freezing & corruption.

Let's get started from the start.
1st set of hard drives failed in Raid 0, sent back for RMA.

2nd set New Hitachi Deskstar 160GB x 2 Raid 0, nothing but problems installing windows vista ect.

Noted problems,
Corruption
BSOD
Freezing
9800GX2 Driver Has Recovered, could only use v174.74
SP1 would fail sometimes
Windows Updates sometimes fail
SoundMax Crackling
Video Corruption sometimes
Random Restarts
You could hear the drives turn off or make a clicking noize & in a short time things above would happen.
All these problems are related to hard drives & corruption.

3rd set new 80GB seagate drives x 2 Raid 0
Can you say 0 problems?
How can all the problems above just go away?
Nothing has changed at all in bios, same settings.
I don't care what anyone says about this, all the problems are gone after I installed 2 new drives.

Just for the fun of it I reinstalled IBM drives & guess what, system went for a crap again.
Removed them & installed seagates no problems.

Guys read my last post on the nForce 790i thread... ;)

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...179184&page=58

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My final report on S2E
I was having nothing but issues, everything from BSOD, freezing & corruption.

Let's get started from the start.
1st set of hard drives failed in Raid 0, sent back for RMA.

2nd set New Hitachi Deskstar 160GB x 2 Raid 0, nothing but problems installing windows vista ect.

Noted problems,
Corruption
BSOD
Freezing
9800GX2 Driver Has Recovered, could only use v174.74
SP1 would fail sometimes
Windows Updates sometimes fail
SoundMax Crackling
Video Corruption sometimes
Random Restarts
You could hear the drives turn off or make a clicking noize & in a short time things above would happen.
All these problems are related to hard drives & corruption.

3rd set new 80GB seagate drives x 2 Raid 0
Can you say 0 problems?
How can all the problems above just go away?
Nothing has changed at all in bios, same settings.
I don't care what anyone says about this, all the problems are gone after I installed 2 new drives.

Just for the fun of it I reinstalled IBM drives & guess what, system went for a crap again.
Removed them & installed seagates no problems.

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Yeah man the HD situation on this board is sketchy to say the least.. Check this one out my board works perfectly with my raptors in raid0 and my external connected through e-sata no problems.. Then I bought a 1TB Seagate to match my external and put it inside my system, now the computer can't read the drive in the external through e-sata only USB.. Not a big deal but it just shows that there are still a lot of issues.. I mean HD issues and also there are issues installing vista with 2 sticks of ram if you just use 1 stick vista installs perfectly BTW especially true for 64bit Vista...

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Originally Posted by Guacomole

there are issues installing vista with 2 sticks of ram if you just use 1 stick vista installs perfectly BTW especially true for 64bit Vista...

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thats a vista issue tho... i find this bug hilarious... the whole point of going 64bit and going vista is to be able to use more memory (or xp64, but who upgrades to xp64 nowadays...)

yet, there is a bug with vista that causes instability and corruption when you install vista 64bit with more than a certain amount of memory. so you have to put only 1 stick in, install vista, then install some patch, and then you can put in the rest of the memory...

wtg microsoft! vista sure is well thought through and very compatible :D

sad to hear about all the issues you guys report...
so even with the newest bios you have problems at low clockspeeds/stock clockspeeds?

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Originally Posted by saaya

thats a vista issue tho... i find this bug hilarious... the whole point of going 64bit and going vista is to be able to use more memory (or xp64, but who upgrades to xp64 nowadays...)

yet, there is a bug with vista that causes instability and corruption when you install vista 64bit with more than a certain amount of memory. so you have to put only 1 stick in, install vista, then install some patch, and then you can put in the rest of the memory...

wtg microsoft! vista sure is well thought through and very compatible :D

sad to hear about all the issues you guys report...
so even with the newest bios you have problems at low clockspeeds/stock clockspeeds?

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I can confirm I had huge problems trying to install Vista 64bit with 2X2GB of ram installed. Had to use one stick to get the os installed before trying to go to 4GB...endless BSOD's otherwise...even at drastlically reduced FSB. Wasted alot of time before I realized 2 sticks was not going cut it.

After using P05 on my EVGA 790i, the system seems much, much more stable.

I do have a question, when I run sfc /scannow, it still says I have corruption - I assume that this means I should reinstall Vista?
Also, is anyone experiencing issues with using an X-Fi on an EVGA 790i? I get a ton of crackling and distortion, especially when loading something.

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Originally Posted by Natalia

After using P05 on my EVGA 790i, the system seems much, much more stable.

I do have a question, when I run sfc /scannow, it still says I have corruption - I assume that this means I should reinstall Vista?
Also, is anyone experiencing issues with using an X-Fi on an EVGA 790i? I get a ton of crackling and distortion, especially when loading something.

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If you are running overclocked it is worth setting everything back to stock and running SFC again. I have done this in the past and the errors went away!! The thing that caused real corruption for me was using 1T memory timings, when I should have used 2T.

Unfortunately, X-Fi's, 64 bit vista, and nvidia motherboards rarely play nicely together. Try a complete new install of Vista, then install each driver 1 by 1. That might solve the corruption issue and the problem with your card. Also, make sure to install with 2 gb of ram or less on the board.

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Originally Posted by Natalia

After using P05 on my EVGA 790i, the system seems much, much more stable.

I do have a question, when I run sfc /scannow, it still says I have corruption - I assume that this means I should reinstall Vista?
Also, is anyone experiencing issues with using an X-Fi on an EVGA 790i? I get a ton of crackling and distortion, especially when loading something.

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issue with forceware 175.16 but not with old 174.74 specially when i use SLI.

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Originally Posted by Tyke

If you are running overclocked it is worth setting everything back to stock and running SFC again. I have done this in the past and the errors went away!! The thing that caused real corruption for me was using 1T memory timings, when I should have used 2T.

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I ran SFC last night on my stable OC of 1610mhz and it said file are corrupt can't fix blah blah. I rebooted and ran it again no change to the OC and it passed no problem. WTF?

I now question SFC's relaibility as a test of corruption.

Anyone else experience this?

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Originally Posted by Trigger5521

I ran SFC last night on my stable OC of 1610mhz and it said file are corrupt can't fix blah blah. I rebooted and ran it again no change to the OC and it passed no problem. WTF?

I now question SFC's relaibility as a test of corruption.

Anyone else experience this?

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I have been saying this all along(the unreliabilty of sfc).

when I run sfc, I dont even get results... lol

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Originally Posted by slim142

when I run sfc, I dont even get results... lol

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in XP sfc does not give you any results. It asks for the xp cd/dvd and if it determines that the files are corrupted, it replaces those files from the cd/dvd directly.

Finally, Asus has shipped my replacement S2E.

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Originally Posted by Natalia

After using P05 on my EVGA 790i, the system seems much, much more stable.

I do have a question, when I run sfc /scannow, it still says I have corruption - I assume that this means I should reinstall Vista?
Also, is anyone experiencing issues with using an X-Fi on an EVGA 790i? I get a ton of crackling and distortion, especially when loading something.

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Natalia, I get this crackling too (I'm also running SLI although 2x8800GTX's, not quad-SLI) and the crackling occurs when I multi-task. If I only listen to music without doing anything else or am gaming, I don't have the crackling issue.

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Natalia, I get this crackling too (I'm also running SLI although 2x8800GTX's, not quad-SLI) and the crackling occurs when I multi-task. If I only listen to music without doing anything else or am gaming, I don't have the crackling issue.

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+1 for crackling with X-FI-pci card. I get it in games(assiassin creed opening video) I always get it when Vista fires it's start-up sound.

I thought my sound card was fried was going to order a new one...going to have to look into this further now.

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Originally Posted by saaya

thats a vista issue tho... i find this bug hilarious... the whole point of going 64bit and going vista is to be able to use more memory (or xp64, but who upgrades to xp64 nowadays...)

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May I ask whats wrong with xp64?

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Originally Posted by tekjunkie

I have been saying this all along(the unreliabilty of sfc).

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Thanks for saying this! with everybody saying SFC should work ok, it makes me think that I might be corrupted... when Im almost sure Im not.

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Originally Posted by tekjunkie

in XP sfc does not give you any results. It asks for the xp cd/dvd and if it determines that the files are corrupted, it replaces those files from the cd/dvd directly.

Finally, Asus has shipped my replacement S2E.

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Ok so you are saying that there is no way you can find out if you have corruption in XP? Is there any way cause I would like to test it out.
BTw, good luck with that board :up:

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Originally Posted by Trigger5521

+1 for crackling with X-FI-pci card. I get it in games(assiassin creed opening video) I always get it when Vista fires it's start-up sound.

I thought my sound card was fried was going to order a new one...going to have to look into this further now.

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Then I guess you guys going to have to wait for another BIOS revision that fixes this. Is NVIDIA using the same code from 680i? Because is the same issues... pray that they dont take a year (like with the first striker) to fix x-fi issues... people had to wait all the wait to 1401 to get X-fi issue fixed and even some still had issues.

is corruption fixed on reference design

can someone reinstall an OS and test pls :)

been told i should have a new board soon...look forward to no corruptions LOL

Wait dinos, do you mean new revision 790i?

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Originally Posted by slim142

Wait dinos, do you mean new revision 790i?

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Nope.
He meant that he's waiting for his replacement board ( his 790i ref. board died )

just a replacement board
my contact said he actually tested this board so it actually works this time round unlike the other one heheheh

there are no new revisions as far as i know

Yeah I remember about your dead board, but for a moment (i dont know why) I thought about new revision lol.

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Originally Posted by dinos22

there are no new revisions as far as i know

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This makes me smile :)

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Originally Posted by Trigger5521

I ran SFC last night on my stable OC of 1610mhz and it said file are corrupt can't fix blah blah. I rebooted and ran it again no change to the OC and it passed no problem. WTF?

I now question SFC's relaibility as a test of corruption.

Anyone else experience this?

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I have the exact same problems I have been notalby stable for days run sfc scan all good no corruption.. Then a couple of days later run sfc scan haven't changed anything and mysteriously I have corruption again WTF is right.. Makes no sense...:down::down::down::down::down:

Just curious guys, is it possible that something besides the actual motherboard is causing this "corruption"? I'm not trying to second guess you, I'm really curious? Maybe a driver issues, some other big of hardware, maybe a certain combination of hardware, anything like that possible? The only reason I even thought about asking is because of how random it seems to be for people, like you just mentioned Guacomole? It would drive me nuts for sure, I hope I continue to stay corruption free (fingers crossed)! Then again maybe I'm just not pushing my board hard enough?

On a different note I just finally made the switch over to 0703 and had a heck of a time getting my board to boot up afterwards! I tried just about everything but my LCD Poster just kept cycling through, CPU INIT/DET IDE/DET DRAM, over and over agian but no boot despite many manual shuts downs and CMOS clears. Finally I pulled the battery for a bit and bingo booted right up. Now sure just why that was except that maybe after the flashing process was finished some of the BIOS settings went screwy? In anycase its up and running at default speeds with no issues. I won't start any serious testing until tomorrow (got the day off thanks goodness). I'll report back with any results.

roger when the lcd poster was cycling and stopping det dram did you try using only one stick of ram? i had similar issues on my old striker extrem 680i after a bad overclock or flashing to a new bios because sometimes the bios doesnt use the correct ram voltage to power both sticks so it freezes on det dram. just my 2c

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Originally Posted by Roger_D25

On a different note I just finally made the switch over to 0703 and had a heck of a time getting my board to boot up afterwards! I tried just about everything but my LCD Poster just kept cycling through, CPU INIT/DET IDE/DET DRAM, over and over agian but no boot despite many manual shuts downs and CMOS clears. Finally I pulled the battery for a bit and bingo booted right up. Now sure just why that was except that maybe after the flashing process was finished some of the BIOS settings went screwy? In anycase its up and running at default speeds with no issues. I won't start any serious testing until tomorrow (got the day off thanks goodness). I'll report back with any results.

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Roger 1 stick of memory only and it will reboot then you have to change the 1T TO 2T on the memory and all is good.. As far as the corruption goes I agree there might be a driver or something but man it would be really hard to put your finger on it but regardless it's an Nvidia issue.. These problems are Nvidia based problems exclusively.. I swore a long time ago I would NEVER buy another Nvidia board and I did it anyway and man I am torn because this is the best and worst board I have ever owned... Paradoxically, it performs amazing but it works like s**t... Anyway I am on bios 704 and same thing sfc scan stable for awhile reboot sfc scan fails but I am rock solid in Prime and 3D stable so whatever that is worth...

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Originally Posted by Roger_D25

Just curious guys, is it possible that something besides the actual motherboard is causing this "corruption"? I'm not trying to second guess you, I'm really curious? Maybe a driver issues, some other big of hardware, maybe a certain combination of hardware, anything like that possible? The only reason I even thought about asking is because of how random it seems to be for people, like you just mentioned Guacomole? It would drive me nuts for sure, I hope I continue to stay corruption free (fingers crossed)! Then again maybe I'm just not pushing my board hard enough?

On a different note I just finally made the switch over to 0703 and had a heck of a time getting my board to boot up afterwards! I tried just about everything but my LCD Poster just kept cycling through, CPU INIT/DET IDE/DET DRAM, over and over agian but no boot despite many manual shuts downs and CMOS clears. Finally I pulled the battery for a bit and bingo booted right up. Now sure just why that was except that maybe after the flashing process was finished some of the BIOS settings went screwy? In anycase its up and running at default speeds with no issues. I won't start any serious testing until tomorrow (got the day off thanks goodness). I'll report back with any results.

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Something tells me is BIOS related the sameway 680i had issues with corruption when it first came out.
Roger, if you want you can try my settings, I can post it (including every single setting) and see if that solves anything for you or anybody else having issues.

I would greatly apprecaite that Slim142 if your up for it. Plus I think other could also benefit from it, thanks for all your hardwork and continued effort on this board, its helpful to many of us!

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Originally Posted by slim142

May I ask whats wrong with xp64?

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nothing... but who is really going xp64 now that vista 64 is out?
from what i heard xp64 driver support is awful, worse than vista64, and thats already...not that well...

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Originally Posted by slim142

Then I guess you guys going to have to wait for another BIOS revision that fixes this. Is NVIDIA using the same code from 680i? Because is the same issues... pray that they dont take a year (like with the first striker) to fix x-fi issues... people had to wait all the wait to 1401 to get X-fi issue fixed and even some still had issues.

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:/

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Originally Posted by dinos22

is corruption fixed on reference design
can someone reinstall an OS and test pls :)
been told i should have a new board soon...look forward to no corruptions LOL

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wait wait wait... you said you never had corruption issues ;)
you said it only happened for you at huge memory clocks as a result of pushing the mem or chipset too high, and that will obviously not be "fixed" :P :D

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Originally Posted by Roger_D25

I would greatly apprecaite that Slim142 if your up for it. Plus I think other could also benefit from it, thanks for all your hardwork and continued effort on this board, its helpful to many of us!

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Dont worry, I just want to help people out cause I know how fustrating this is. Here you go!

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BIOS 0703

Multi: 8
FSB-MEM: Unlinked, No Sync
FSB: 1800
MEM: 1600

Memory timing:
P1: Enabled
P2: Enabled
7-7-7-18 2T
All subtimings Auto

Overvoltage settings:
CPU: 1.32500
Loadline Calibration: Enabled
PLL: Auto
VTT: 1.30
MEM: 1.86
NB: 1.44
SB: 1.60
GTL_REF0: Auto
GTL_REF1: Auto
GTL_REF2: Auto
GTL_REF3: Auto
NB GTL_REF: Auto
DDR3 REF volts all Auto

Spread Spectrums: Disabled (All)
CPU Settings: All Disabled, All Cores Enabled

All NVIDIA drivers installed including nForce (all), GeForce (SLI enabled) and System Tools 6.01.
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Originally Posted by saaya

nothing... but who is really going xp64 now that vista 64 is out?
from what i heard xp64 driver support is awful, worse than vista64, and thats already...not that well...

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Hmmm, I would rather be in XP64 than Vista64, but you mentioned a good point. Drivers. Anyways, no point on going 64 bits for now anyways.

Thank you my friend, much apprecaited! I'll let you know if I have any luck wiht them!

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Originally Posted by Roger_D25

Thank you my friend, much apprecaited! I'll let you know if I have any luck wiht them!

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Good Luck :up:

hi,
new 0704 bios, no changelog
link

yeah, 0704 bios has been out for a few days now and a lot of users have started testing it for themselves. this threads been dead for almost a week now so id recommend you keep an eye on these two threads:

nForce 790i SLI/Ultra chipset mobos - Reviews/OC/Guides
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...179184&page=60

&

Asus Striker II Extreme (Dedicated Striker II Thread)
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...180445&page=32

its dead because

1) many are selling/getting rid of their boards

2) some still testing it with not so good results so they are still trying to get there

Me, since I dont have corruptions, I cant provide any info, just wait for a fix for my video freezes

ok guys

i've just done a :banana::banana::banana::banana:load of RAM testing last night into the early hours of the morning

P05 bios officially solves corruption issues on reference boards

look like i was given correct advice yet again despite of some members' reservations

:up::up::up::up::up:

That's great news!:clap:
Now i might have to consider one in my next build.

no such luck with S2E... On bios 704 and I just lost my OS at 1375 fsb (linked&sinked)

Time for rma

So0 is this corruption only certian males or models.
I just got a Evga 790i, is this a good board or should i sell it as
fast as possible, i still haven't taken off he factory heat shrink wrap because of all this
data coruption and my Evga 750i SLI has been doing great, with no problems.
I thought the eVGA 790I ULTRA SLI WAS AN UPGRADE NOT A GRAVESTONE!

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Originally Posted by slim142

its dead because

1) many are selling/getting rid of their boards

2) some still testing it with not so good results so they are still trying to get there

Me, since I dont have corruptions, I cant provide any info, just wait for a fix for my video freezes

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Prior to 0704 I got fatal corruption 3 or 4 times when overclocking, had to do a complete restore from the VISTA util. I have not had any corruption since 0704, I even tried to run at 1880 which corrupted me previously... Vista wouldn't boot fully but I didn't get corrupt. Take it for what it's worth...maybe some but not all of the possible corruption issues have been addressed as it seem some people are still get it.

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Originally Posted by Trigger5521

Prior to 0704 I got fatal corruption 3 or 4 times when overclocking, had to do a complete restore from the VISTA util. I have not had any corruption since 0704, I even tried to run at 1880 which corrupted me previously... Vista wouldn't boot fully but I didn't get corrupt. Take it for what it's worth...maybe some but not all of the possible corruption issues have been addressed as it seem some people are still get it.

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You know I think we all of had great results in the beginning, but over time the board just seems to get worse, and I for one have put endless hours into making it run right to no avail.. Also I think that there are greater issues that you probably wouldn't notice for instance:

I ran the board linked and synced (1770) no issues for a week or so tested everything Prime stable, mem test stable, sfc scan corruption free, and was very happy.. Then out of the blue I decideed to run sfc scan (I changed nothing) and I failed.. Went to the bios changed the NB 1 up no corruption for about 3 reboots then guess what corruption.. Everyone without exception has issues with this board wether it be freezing, corruption, can't play media player whatever no one in this thread is problem free..

I think that with the prevelant overclockers and incredible minds that scope these threads, not one of them can get this board working says the board has some undeniable deep rooted issues that are tragic and utterly dissapointing.. If you read the thread not one single person is problem free including some of the original few who thought they had it, like Tyke and Tekjunkie and myself.. Sooo back to the drawing board I hope they fix it but now it's getting out of hand and we are running out of time the new Intel chips are coming and Nvidia can't get the old stuff working.. Booo Nvidia Boo.. This will be the last thing I post on my 790i as it gets ripped out of my machine tomorrow and good riddens.. Good luck everyone I won't be chiming in anymore because I won't have this board I hope they fix the issue and you all come out clean without a refresh...

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Originally Posted by Guacomole

You know I think we all of had great results in the beginning, but over time the board just seems to get worse, and I for one have put endless hours into making it run right to no avail.. Also I think that there are greater issues that you probably wouldn't notice for instance:

I ran the board linked and synced (1770) no issues for a week or so tested everything Prime stable, mem test stable, sfc scan corruption free, and was very happy.. Then out of the blue I decideed to run sfc scan (I changed nothing) and I failed.. Went to the bios changed the NB 1 up no corruption for about 3 reboots then guess what corruption.. Everyone without exception has issues with this board wether it be freezing, corruption, can't play media player whatever no one in this thread is problem free..

I think that with the prevelant overclockers and incredible minds that scope these threads, not one of them can get this board working says the board has some undeniable deep rooted issues that are tragic and utterly dissapointing.. If you read the thread not one single person is problem free including some of the original few who thought they had it, like Tyke and Tekjunkie and myself.. Sooo back to the drawing board I hope they fix it but now it's getting out of hand and we are running out of time the new Intel chips are coming and Nvidia can't get the old stuff working.. Booo Nvidia Boo.. This will be the last thing I post on my 790i as it gets ripped out of my machine tomorrow and good riddens.. Good luck everyone I won't be chiming in anymore because I won't have this board I hope they fix the issue and you all come out clean without a refresh...

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I second that, still striving for stability even when everything appears to be stable (Memtest, Prime95 etc.) The higher bus speeds still seem to give some instability with SLi for me, can't quite work it out! On a good note, the WD VelociRaptors are out in UK today, so here's to an even faster raid setup!:D

I have 0 corruption issues, bios 704 fixed it 100% for my setup.
I've been running 704 for a good week & the bios is a true test to Nvidia's & Asus commitment for stable operation on high end motherboards.

Anything upcoming from Nvidia or Asus only means higher & higher performance, it took sometime to fix alot of problems but truly we have to give credit were credit is do.
I was like other's fed up ect. wanted to rid this board & get something that worked stable.

It's amazing BSOD & Corruption issues you had & when it works you forget all the problems when system is rock solid.

First off, I would like to thank Asus & Nvidia for a great job on 790i chipset, I love it & it's truly 1 of a kind chip set.

NB Temp 49c
SB Temp 54c

What more could you ask for air cooling?

Final setup 100% stable.
CPU 4033
CPU M 8.5x
CPU FSB 475MHz
Memory Clock 950MHz
Memory Speed 1900MHz
Dram FSB 2:1
Memory Timings 8-8-8-20 CR1
CPU 24c
CPU Core 1.39v in Bios
Dimm 1.88v in Bios
NB 1.49v
SB 1.55v
CPU VTT 1.36v
CPU PLL 1.52v

:up::up::up::up::up: ASUS
:D:D:D:D:D
:up::up::up::up::up: Nvidia

Good to hear some positive feedback on the 790i chipset, thats what i have been waiting for.... and now I'm waiting a release from DFI

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Originally Posted by dinos22

P05 bios officially solves corruption issues on reference boards

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Just to be specific, do you mean that this is your conclusion or that this is official on the change log?

Only reason i ask is some people around EVGA forums especially shot this bios down as a failure not long after it was released (of course that could be down to anything)

cheers.

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Originally Posted by Trigger5521

Prior to 0704 I got fatal corruption 3 or 4 times when overclocking, had to do a complete restore from the VISTA util. I have not had any corruption since 0704, I even tried to run at 1880 which corrupted me previously... Vista wouldn't boot fully but I didn't get corrupt. Take it for what it's worth...maybe some but not all of the possible corruption issues have been addressed as it seem some people are still get it.

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Well yeah if before i didnt have them, then Im glad there is a none-to-almost no chance to get corruption :)

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Originally Posted by Xello

Just to be specific, do you mean that this is your conclusion or that this is official on the change log?

Only reason i ask is some people around EVGA forums especially shot this bios down as a failure not long after it was released (of course that could be down to anything)

cheers.

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Is in the changelog but some people still having a lot of trouble withRAM incompatibility and/or fsb holes

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Originally Posted by Xello

Just to be specific, do you mean that this is your conclusion or that this is official on the change log?

Only reason i ask is some people around EVGA forums especially shot this bios down as a failure not long after it was released (of course that could be down to anything)

cheers.

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i was told by nvidia that this bios fixes corruption issues but i couldn't test as my first board was dead after last LN2 session

this replacement board with P05 bios loaded does not corrupt windows FOR ME any more..........

i also would suggest that ppl that are still having issues to use a new hard drive or a hard drive that has not been used on 790i just to double check the drive is ok as i've had at least one hard drive that was on 790i and which i can no longer install an OS on...........i have done a low level format on it yet but i found that very odd

evga forums has a lot of whingers
wonder how many of them really bothered to test it out

now i am not stupid to go trying to boot to windows at unstable settings.....i always run at least one loop of test#5 in memtest before going to windows

however with previous bios files if i did that even with semi stable settings i could corrupt windows...............i did attempt to boot at semi stable settings past 925MHz 7-7-7-20 1T with this RAM i have and i experienced no issues...........i used to experience corruptions when 32M SuperPi would crash occasionally....i've made it crash in last session a few times and no corruption problems....seemed pretty solid to me :shrug:

there is not a single person here that has tested the P05 bios and confirmed corruption yet :shrug: so i'm probably not alone here

Hi,

Even moving to P05, and not overclocking I keep having raid problems. Low level test of the drives does not show up any errors.

Uninstalled this morning the NVRAIDService and drivers since I was concerned it being the culprit. The error message now has changed into:

error: A parity error was detected on \Device\RaidPort1.
warning: Reset to device, \Device\RaidPort1, was issued.

My drives are seagate 320GB
the set up is:
NVIDIA Striping 596.18G
ST3320620AS

Already changed ports etc... The OS does not really crash, but just hangs.

Occassionally I have problems even at start up prior to loading the OS that it does not recognise the stripe. (RAID0). Already checked multiple time either all cables and so on.

See two options:
1. Recreate the stripe from scratch....and reinstall all again
2. Exchange the disks and get some new ones.

Anyone come across these kind of raid problems?

Help appreciated.

Sorry for asking this again, but I am not sure I got a clear answer.

So if sfc showed I had error prior to flashing to the BIOS P05, should I be reinstalling Windows now that I have the new BIOS?

I guess so... since you have corrupted windows files. Idk if running sfc again would be enough. I would reinstall it just in case and to be sure.

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Originally Posted by Natalia

Sorry for asking this again, but I am not sure I got a clear answer.

So if sfc showed I had error prior to flashing to the BIOS P05, should I be reinstalling Windows now that I have the new BIOS?

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Before you jump the gun with SFC errors I will tell you this..I have run SFC scan and it has showed errors. I reboot run again same settings NOTHING changed at all it passes no errors. I would not trust the SFC check unless it repeatadly fails.

I have also seen sfc fail at and overclock setting..reboot at stock and it passes. WTF corrupt is corrupt no? Not so with SFC.

SFC saying files are corrupt is not what I call the "790i corruption issues" when you can't boot into windows because sys files are corrupt that's a problem that requires a restore from back-up.

Ah good to know.

I have only run it three times, all with an OC, and it failed all three times.


The only reason I ask, is that my system only is unstable every once in a while. I just get the classic stuff listed in the OP about how some days it doesn't crash or hang. Some days it does it with 5 minutes. Some days it takes about 2 hours before the system seizes.

Some times the system BSOD's, sometimes it just locks up.

So I didn't know if the old corruption from previous BIOS is the culprit for this.

One crash I had a few days ago, was rather weird. It took 3 power cycles just to get past the POST, then it got to Windows and everything was normal again.

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Originally Posted by Natalia

Ah good to know.

I have only run it three times, all with an OC, and it failed all three times.


The only reason I ask, is that my system only is unstable every once in a while. I just get the classic stuff listed in the OP about how some days it doesn't crash or hang. Some days it does it with 5 minutes. Some days it takes about 2 hours before the system seizes.

Some times the system BSOD's, sometimes it just locks up.

So I didn't know if the old corruption from previous BIOS is the culprit for this.

One crash I had a few days ago, was rather weird. It took 3 power cycles just to get past the POST, then it got to Windows and everything was normal again.

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Changing the Raptors to Velociraptors got rid of all my freezing problems at 450FSB. I don't think Raptors like this chipset (or vice versa!).