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

[truehighroller]

Has anyone else that uses this board experienced issues with the network ports/NICs failing?

I've had several occasions that both of my network ports begin failing both in Windows and Linux. In Windows, I receive an error about it being unable to start the device. In Ubuntu, it simply doesn't recognize it correctly whenever I start experiencing this problem. However, I've found out that if I reset my BIOS, both NICs begin working again in both OSes. It's a strange issue, but apparently it must be hardware related since the issue persists even across different systems.

I spent about 5 hours trying to get to the bottom of the issue, but I finally went back to the solution I knew would solve the problem, which was resetting the BIOS settings. I tried formatting and installing Windows several times and also using about 4 different drivers, but nothing gave. I tried disabling the quick boot option and that didn't do anything either.

I'm using the latest BIOS, and it's worth mentioning that even while experiencing this issue, the Smart Lan option in the BIOS successfully detected a network connection without any errors. I can't think of anything other than some sort of glitch in the board itself. Has anyone else had similar experiences?

On top of these network issues, I've experienced some weird issues with the boot priority settings where the correct device is not booted. For an example, even though my first boot device is a hard drive and my primary hard drive is selected as my Samsung drive, it tries to boot to an external usb western digital drive instead. I have to unplug my external drive sometimes to get it to boot.

I thought about RMAing the board because these weird issues really get annoying when they appear. However, the board does seem fine in other areas. I can overclock my processor and memory a little more with this board than I could with my P5W DH Deluxe and whenever the system is up and running, there are no problems what so ever.

The system is prime stable and runs very smoothly. However, if I unplug my system for a little while to do some cleaning, when I boot back up my network ports sometimes will not work until I reset my BIOS. The problem doesn't occur every time I cut the power, but that seems to be a pretty decent diagnosis for the cause of the problem, since I've cut the power every time I've experience this issue.

Anyone got any suggestions? Should I do an RMA? Is there something I should try?

Thanks

Mine failed the other day on me but, I couldn't get mine to come back so I just purchased a nice Intel NIC. I had to get a whole new Windows 7 key because of this too I'll add..

[NoGuru]

I can bench at this so far http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1177368

[andressergio]

I can bench at this so far http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1177368

you will go much further on water also for 24/7

[NoGuru]

you will go much further on water also for 24/7

Maybe that is what is holding me back. I should have most of my loop in a few weeks. I hate waiting.

[andressergio]

Maybe that is what is holding me back. I should have most of my loop in a few weeks. I hate waiting.

tell me about waiting all parts take 2+ weeks to arrive here, some get on customs and they tax me 60% over value + shipping, some delays 3 weeks, i cant RMA, if i make a mistake i have to order again and again all that story...and all this with the great help of my friends here in the forum, if it wasnt for them i would get nothing here.

Best of lucks mate try to make msn work of use WEB MSN

[In-Fluence]

I hope I don't incur the same costs as you andre'. It's been 1.5 weeks since I gave money away for a friend to buy me a USB3P and I'm getting really itchy feet! Hopefully he'll be able to send as a gift and It'll remain nice and cheap. Looking forward to seeing what NoGuru can do underwater too

Any setting templates from either of you? Similar to the UD3P?

[andressergio]

I hope I don't incur the same costs as you andre'. It's been 1.5 weeks since I gave money away for a friend to buy me a USB3P and I'm getting really itchy feet! Hopefully he'll be able to send as a gift and It'll remain nice and cheap. Looking forward to seeing what NoGuru can do underwater too

Any setting templates from either of you? Similar to the UD3P?

Hey mate...a better and improved UD3P rev 1.0 seems for me...yesterday was the only day i have to turn it off cauz i was stupid and change a ref value from ET6 so i crapped out all...but mobo does not boot loop anymore it auto recovers fast...

now it gets hard to get CL6 PL8 i have the Gskills ECO 1600 CL7 and im blend stable at 7-8-6-24 on PL8 turbo 4500 (500x9)

im looking for a better kit

i have Gskills choices

2000 CL6 / 2133 CL7 / 2400 Cl9

and Corsair GT 2000 CL8

i think i'll grab the 2000 CL6 if they can do 2000 CL7 at least with my stable 4500 will be awesome

[bluestang]

OT...all you SSD experts,
I'm trying to pick up a 64GB SSD. What should I only keep on the SSD other than OS and Programs for top notch performance? What should be moved to a separate drive or drives (as in what directories moved)? Thanks!!

[andressergio]

OT...all you SSD experts,
I'm trying to pick up a 64GB SSD. What should I only keep on the SSD other than OS and Programs for top notch performance? What should be moved to a separate drive or drives (as in what directories moved)? Thanks!!

not an expert but i bought the Intel X25M G2 80GB SSD very happy with it just installed OS and put my favs games there, need to run trim every week and thats it...fast as hell

Cheers
Sergio

[Hoss331]

I dont bother with tweaks anymore I basically use it like a normal drive and let windows handle the trimming.

[andressergio]

How are you guys ?

For those on the GIGA EP45T USB3P there's a new beta bios courtesy of Stasio

http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/12...5TUSB3P.2d.zip

New feautures unknown i asked stasio but he also dont know...

Cheers all
Sergio

[stasio]

How are you guys ?

For those on the GIGA EP45T USB3P there's a new beta bios courtesy of Stasio

http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/12...5TUSB3P.2d.zip

New feautures unknown i asked stasio but he also dont know...

Cheers all
Sergio

Released date is same as latest BIOS F10 for EP45-UD3P mobo.

[the_real_7]

Some new results on the EP45T USB3P and the Gskills ECO

hey guys been testing a while to achieve CL6 but for now i got this that i like very much

Yo those are some amazing results sergio..... I'm see where i'm soon, to see if im going to jump onto that board , even if it sale sell my Nec 20 inch lol

OT...all you SSD experts,
I'm trying to pick up a 64GB SSD. What should I only keep on the SSD other than OS and Programs for top notch performance? What should be moved to a separate drive or drives (as in what directories moved)? Thanks!!

a lil off topic but for ssd i do 3 steps

1: reload with Intel rapid storage drivers and put driver on usb stick
2:let windows run all tweak on drives
3: if you have money get a second ssd just to run D:/downloads " torrents " a and D:/Games/ folders , then you have 2 ssd
4: use other jm633 controller to run storage drives
5: watch that baby moveeeee

[andressergio]

Yo those are some amazing results sergio..... I'm see where i'm soon, to see if im going to jump onto that board , even if it sale sell my Nec 20 inch lol

a lil off topic but for ssd i do 3 steps

1: reload with Intel rapid storage drivers and put driver on usb stick
2:let windows run all tweak on drives
3: if you have money get a second ssd just to run D:/downloads " torrents " a and D:/Games/ folders , then you have 2 ssd
4: use other jm633 controller to run storage drives
5: watch that baby moveeeee

Thanks Tony i tried amazing speed at 2000 CL10 PL8 TURBO 1T !!! not stable still but i think the new Gskills PI 2000 CL6 will do awesome !

Cheers
Sergio

[bluestang]

@ Andre, Hoss and Real7...Thanks for the SSD tips. Not sure if I'll stay on XP or move to 7 for trim support when I get the SSD. But I do know that I should only put OS and Programs on SSD and keep data on separate drives(s). Now just waiting for Crucial to have more of those refurb deals! Thanks again !

[In-Fluence]

Hey mate...a better and improved UD3P rev 1.0 seems for me...yesterday was the only day i have to turn it off cauz i was stupid and change a ref value from ET6 so i crapped out all...but mobo does not boot loop anymore it auto recovers fast...

now it gets hard to get CL6 PL8 i have the Gskills ECO 1600 CL7 and im blend stable at 7-8-6-24 on PL8 turbo 4500 (500x9)

im looking for a better kit

i have Gskills choices

2000 CL6 / 2133 CL7 / 2400 Cl9

and Corsair GT 2000 CL8

i think i'll grab the 2000 CL6 if they can do 2000 CL7 at least with my stable 4500 will be awesome

Cheers for the heads up mate, I'm certainly gonna be aiming for near 500x9/1600 with the same kit, good to see they run 'at spec' on this board. What's the everest bandwidth like?

[andressergio]

Cheers for the heads up mate, I'm certainly gonna be aiming for near 500x9/1600 with the same kit, good to see they run 'at spec' on this board. What's the everest bandwidth like?

you will be surprised

on normal 1600 CL7 PL8 i get 10,6k and 49,9 lat

on 2000 CL10 PL8 i get 11,7k and 46,6 anddd 1T !!!

thats why i decided to buy the Gskills PI 2000 CL6, if they do 2000 CL7 i will be jumping

[zsamz_]

you will be surprised

on normal 1600 CL7 PL8 i get 10,6k and 49,9 lat

on 2000 CL10 PL8 i get 11,7k and 46,6 anddd 1T !!!

thats why i decided to buy the Gskills PI 2000 CL6, if they do 2000 CL7 i will be jumping

well start jumpin
cause 2k cas7 way too easy with that ram
i think you might be able to do 2100mhz cas7

[In-Fluence]

Niiiiice

Tried the beta bios?

Just noticed your audio hardware - nice spec, you into production or just love your music?

[andressergio]

well start jumpin
cause 2k cas7 way too easy with that ram
i think you might be able to do 2100mhz cas7

thanks mate i dont have them yet will be here in some weeks

Niiiiice

Tried the beta bios?

Just noticed your audio hardware - nice spec, you into production or just love your music?

yes im on it i dont see anything weird, stasio convinced me saying it was same date as F10...

yes i play the piano, i use that RME and its awesome for samples

Cheers all
Sergio

[saint-francis]

Running Win 7. about 70% of the time I reboot the machine I can't get an internet connection through this board. I need to change ports on the nic or reboot once or twice. Does anyone else have this problem?

[andressergio]

Influence

This is the stock bandw i have at 4500 1600 CL 7-8-7-24 PL8 Turbo

some stability test at 24C ambient (thanx to my new system, could never do this before at this temp)



some everest bandw stable




this is not stable but nice bandw and 1T




Cheers
Sergio

[andressergio]

@ Andre, Hoss and Real7...Thanks for the SSD tips. Not sure if I'll stay on XP or move to 7 for trim support when I get the SSD. But I do know that I should only put OS and Programs on SSD and keep data on separate drives(s). Now just waiting for Crucial to have more of those refurb deals! Thanks again !

welcome mate

[andressergio]

Running Win 7. about 70% of the time I reboot the machine I can't get an internet connection through this board. I need to change ports on the nic or reboot once or twice. Does anyone else have this problem?

on the UD3P my USB Stick WI FI would get signal if i have it at the back of my antec on the back USB's...but on the frontal yes

Cheers
Sergio

[saint-francis]

on the UD3P my USB Stick WI FI would get signal if i have it at the back of my antec on the back USB's...but on the frontal yes

Cheers
Sergio

Thanks for the response.

I'm talking about the on board ehternet nic though. You ever use RJ45?