Black Ops BIOS of the Day: G28

[LardArse]

G28 bios
improved Memory compatibility

Also solved solved Patriot DDR3 1866MHz hang-up on memory sizing issue.

[ric9887]

G28 still wont boot my Corsair TW3X4G1800C8DF. G26 at least boots em.

[saaya]

huh?
How about G27?
So you cant even get the board to boot with G28? very weird... all that was changed was to ignore XMP afaik... so how could that make things worse?

[clone38]

Will give it a try when my QX9650 arrives
Thanks.

[Pegazus]

Big thank to you Peter
G27 make my cellshock 1800 can't boot more than 800 Mhz with 54 code
This G28 make it run 880 Mhz CL6 rock stable.
You did the great job man. But I will wait for >1000 Mhz Bios next time.

Thank you very much again.

[Harshal]

Will post my findings with OCZ 2moro after trying

[saaya]

thanks guys!

could you try again ric?
maybe it was a bad flash?
did you load optimized defaults after flashing the BIOS and then configured it all again?

[ric9887]

I cant boot G27 or G28. Just error 54 and continual beeping. There is no option to enter the BIOS to load defaults.

G26 is ok though

[saaya]

what happens if you clear cmos?
Can you try this?
shut down the board, turn off the psu, remove both BIOS chips (actually the left is enough, thats the one you usually boot from), wait for a few minutes and then put it back in, turn on the psu, turn on the board and boot up.

why does G26 work and G27 and G27 dont?
that doesnt make any sense... hmmmmm

[ric9887]

Clearing the CMOS doesnt have any effect.

Removing the reinserting the BIOS chip in the left socket doesnt have any effect. It still boots with error 54 and continual beeping.

I believe the modules do have an XMP profile on them.

When it successfully boots with G26, the memory settings which are chosen are 8-8-8-24 @1.801V

[hipro5]

Have you tried to put your rams into the WHITE DDR slots?......

[ric9887]

Have you tried to put your rams into the WHITE DDR slots?......

I tried the white slots with G28, but still the same Error 54 and continual beeping

[saaya]

can you try to flash the BIOS again?
maybe it was a bad flash? did you flash at unstable speeds maybe?

good to see you around george!

[FuriousSalesman]

I am having a really nice time with G28. I am positively loving the new options in it. It definitely made my CPU 4.25ghz Mem 2000mhz overclock Superpi 32M stable.

Thanks!

Edit: Somehow now I am unstable.

[ric9887]

can you try to flash the BIOS again?
maybe it was a bad flash? did you flash at unstable speeds maybe?

I tried reflashing and still no go. It boots fine on G28 with some Cellshocks 1866's I got yesterday so I am not sure what to do.

[saaya]

good to hear! what mem are you using again?

[tiborrr]

From what i've experienced it's always better to use the slots father from the socket.

@Furious: Which mem? Can you please share your settings?

[saaya]

hmmmmm rich, could you do me a favour and post a memory SPD dump here?
just download spdtool from www.techpowerup.com/spdtool and then read the spd and safe it, create a zip with it and post it here.
You could flash the CellShock SPD to your Corsair sticks... or you could use Typhoon SPD burner to edit the Corsair SPD and remove the XMP profile, which i suspect is causing the problem.

still, its very weird that the memory works with G26 and does NOT work with G27 and G28... maybe there was something else changed that affects this that im not aware of hmmmm

Oh and could you post a detailled list of your system config?
thanks!

[sashin]

Saaya, i ahve been trying to use this G28 BIOS wih my Cellshock....but not evenstable at 400 FSB which i was able to do with G27...Any advice..have tried to leave settings on AUTO and playing with control, clock and command skew as it is called in this BIOS as oppesed to dll in the G27 bios..
Any help or advice?? Getting rather tired of this whole mobo memory problems. It runs fine for a few minuted them BOOM....................i get BSOD forno apparent, I know it is to do with memory. I keep hearing how these new Cellshock modules should go up to 450 fsb on dualcore procs BUT i can hardly get the damn thing running at 400 on a quadcore...............why is this. Don't you guys test these modules on quadcore procs also....
Most people on this particular thread run dual core and get pretty high FSB...what about quad cores and cellshocks and this Blackops mobo????

[saaya]

I keep hearing how these new Cellshock modules should go up to 450 fsb on dualcore procs BUT i can hardly get the damn thing running at 400 on a quadcore...............why is this. Don't you guys test these modules on quadcore procs also....
Most people on this particular thread run dual core and get pretty high FSB...what about quad cores and cellshocks and this Blackops mobo????

the memory modules dont run with an FSB... memory speed and fsb speed are related depending on what memory divider you use, but memory doesnt run up to a certain fsb, it runs up to a certain memory speed.

to reach ddr3 1800 you need 450fsb.
to reach ddr3 2000 you need 500fsb.

dualcore cpus can reach a higher fsb than quadcores, dualcore 45nm chips can go up to 500+ while quadcores are limited to 450+

please post a list of what you set the memory and cpu to.
what cpu multiplier, fsb, memory divider, memory timings, dll adjustments, what cpu voltage, vtt voltage, gtl settings, vdimm voltage and nb voltage.

does the system run stable at stock speed with everything at auto?
just load optimized defaults and lt me know if the system is stable at that speed or not.

[sashin]

the memory modules dont run with an FSB... memory speed and fsb speed are related depending on what memory divider you use, but memory doesnt run up to a certain fsb, it runs up to a certain memory speed.

to reach ddr3 1800 you need 450fsb.
to reach ddr3 2000 you need 500fsb.

dualcore cpus can reach a higher fsb than quadcores, dualcore 45nm chips can go up to 500+ while quadcores are limited to 450+

please post a list of what you set the memory and cpu to.
what cpu multiplier, fsb, memory divider, memory timings, dll adjustments, what cpu voltage, vtt voltage, gtl settings, vdimm voltage and nb voltage.

does the system run stable at stock speed with everything at auto?
just load optimized defaults and lt me know if the system is stable at that speed or not.

At stock speed everything is ok on auto ie fsb 333 multi 9 and all memory and voltage on auto
I will take a photo and post up my settings this weekend saaya.

[BMAF]

Saaya, i ahve been trying to use this G28 BIOS wih my Cellshock....but not evenstable at 400 FSB which i was able to do with G27...Any advice..have tried to leave settings on AUTO and playing with control, clock and command skew as it is called in this BIOS as oppesed to dll in the G27 bios..
Any help or advice?? Getting rather tired of this whole mobo memory problems. It runs fine for a few minuted them BOOM....................i get BSOD forno apparent, I know it is to do with memory. I keep hearing how these new Cellshock modules should go up to 450 fsb on dualcore procs BUT i can hardly get the damn thing running at 400 on a quadcore...............why is this. Don't you guys test these modules on quadcore procs also....
Most people on this particular thread run dual core and get pretty high FSB...what about quad cores and cellshocks and this Blackops mobo????

I had trouble with my Cellshock blue kit running at a fsb of 400 also. After a few minutes of prime 95 the computer would hard lock. Memtest would show errors on test 4. Couldn't figure out why, running the memory under its rated speed. Think I was using 7-7-7-14, 1T, performance level of 6, 1.801 volts. Tried increasing the voltage without success.

Then I read a thread where saaya said something about sometimes to much voltage can give errors also. I think it was in the extreme bandwidth forum, in the Cellshock 1866 thread.

Changed the voltage to 1.783, no errors ever, even after hours of prime 95 and memtest. You might try using a little less voltage.

[sashin]

I had trouble with my Cellshock blue kit running at a fsb of 400 also. After a few minutes of prime 95 the computer would hard lock. Memtest would show errors on test 4. Couldn't figure out why, running the memory under its rated speed. Think I was using 7-7-7-14, 1T, performance level of 6, 1.801 volts. Tried increasing the voltage without success.

Then I read a thread where saaya said something about sometimes to much voltage can give errors also. I think it was in the extreme bandwidth forum, in the Cellshock 1866 thread.

Changed the voltage to 1.783, no errors ever, even after hours of prime 95 and memtest. You might try using a little less voltage.

You are absolutely right!!! I have been using G28 BIOS for a week now and i have been able to use 411 x 9.5 stable (CPU 1.43 volts on Agiea panel...BIOS is set at 1.45 volts) with 3dMark 06 and 3D Mark Vantage stable and all the memory settings are on auto!!!! Unbelieveable..i just use 1.783 volts for memory modules for these settings !! I have not run any other bencharming softwares yet though. I think that these Blue Cellshock need very little voltage on this mobo...
I am now trying to get 411 x 10.....stable with water cooling...Will keep you guys updated.

[jolliffee]

Just received my replacement board and flashed it to G28..

At stock settings the QX9770 is running at 2402 with the multiplier set at 6, is this right surely it should pick up the correct settings by default?

[rdrash]

Just received my replacement board and flashed it to G28..

At stock settings the QX9770 is running at 2402 with the multiplier set at 6, is this right surely it should pick up the correct settings by default?

1. make sure that you select NATIVE MODE at the EIST FUNCTION under CPU Feature in QUANTUM BIOS

2. You'll need to go into the OS control panel then select the POWER OPTIONS, now select HIGH PERFORMANCE.

That should get you your correct cpu speeds without the throttling going on...