Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P Thread

[dehx]

Dont have a cam handy, but i'll type you a little note...

This is exactly what I use...

* ACC = Disabled
* Multiplier = 19.5
* Bus Speed = 200
* Motherboard = Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P
* Memory Speed and Timings = 2 x 1GB 1333Mhz DDR3 @ 8-8-8-18
* NB Frequency = 2.8Ghz
* HT Frequency = 2.6Ghz

Voltages

* NB voltage control = +0.1V
* SB/HT volatge control = +0.1V
* NB/PCIe/PLL voltage control = +0.1V
* DDR VTT voltage control = Normal
* CPU NB VID control = +0.250V
* CPU VID control = +0.250V

I use the 2 blue banks, when I first used them and saw my memory was running at 64bit I thought, how is this possible, but then I saw the setting for ganged and unganged

I take it you dont need any info on what that means..?

Nah, I'm good on the ganged/unganged. I'm going to try your settings now.

[keenan]

Nah, I'm good on the ganged/unganged. I'm going to try your settings now.

remember to set your voltages first, save and exit, then go back into the bios and set your clock configuration...

[dehx]

remember to set your voltages first, save and exit, then go back into the bios and set your clock configuration...

Ok, so I got it working, and here are my results on my GA-MA790FXT-UD5P

I set the voltages, save/exit soft restart, set clocks except northbridge, everything was fine and repeated the save/exit.

However, when I set the northbridge to anything above 2200 it got mad and I ended up having to clear cmos and start over, so I did some investigating.

Found out that on my board, as long as you don't do a cold/hard boot with the northbridge over 2200 Mhz, I could continue to save/exit with a soft boot and increment the NB 200 Mhz at a time, until I reached 2800.

Computer ran fine until a cold boot.

So for some reason, it seems like it has a problem ramping up the voltage and clocks to 2800 on the northbridge from a cold boot. For now I left the NB at 2200, with the voltage at +250.

Any thoughts?

[keenan]

Got that exact same issue with mine, just did my first cold boot...

Sad thing is tho, the higher your NB, the more you feel the performance gain.

2200Mhz should'nt realy need any added voltage

[keenan]

What do you guys use for temp monitoring, I need something that can check cpu, NB, SB and Cpu-NB temps and voltages...?

[shaolin95]

I aws thinking about the ASUS deluxe but now this board got my attention....I am keeping an eye on this thread.

[suphiceto]

HI everybody, I have just recieved the same board yesterday and I love it so far. This is my first AMD and OC rig, so I might be doing a lot of things wrong. I have been trying to OC since last night and I have finally achieved some results this morning. My main isue has been with the memory, I have pair of Patriot Vipor which are suppose to be DDR31600. but my MB didnt recognize the memory, so I had to set the timings manually. But even after setting the timings it has not been real stable. I belive I could achieve more If I can increase my core clock and hold my memory in good timing. I have few questions to you all,
1) you guys mentioned the Cold boot up, I was wondering is it bad for the bios to do cold boot up? because when my system crashes, it would freeze up, and cold boot is the only way I can get out of it.
2) Second is why does my system crashes when I turn on two different utilty at the same time, usually this happens when I turn on Everest and Cpu-Z together? or Amdoverdrive.
3) DO you guys think shall I RMA my memory and get a set which has a compatiable timing with the board? or may be a new bios would fix it?

This is my OC results for today, these setting have been somewhat stable today, I hope I can get better results and benchies. Any recommandations would be appriciated. (My memory timings are 9 9 9 24 and it says it is 1.8v on the pack, I dont know how to get stability timings out of them)

[Oliverda]

Got that exact same issue with mine, just did my first cold boot...

Sad thing is tho, the higher your NB, the more you feel the performance gain.

2200Mhz should'nt realy need any added voltage

Almost the same as DS4H. This cold boot issue is the curse of the Gigabyte AMD boards. I can't beieve that they can't develope a fully workable BIOS.

[chew*]

MSI is sending me his board to play with. Hopefully I can work with gigabyte on this and work out some of the issues you guys are having........

I personally like the layout on this better and If I can help get the bios up to snuff this is the board I will end up with for ddr3. Just give me a little time, got a lot of stuff on my plate atm....

[shaolin95]

Nice to read this from you CHEW. I am really considering this board over the Asus but cold boot is something VERY annoying. I remember experiencing something like that back in the days I was running BH5 memory at extreme voltage and my dfi nf3 wouldnt be able to boot. Had to get an OZC booster which fixed the issue but caused a lot more new ones.
Needless to say, cold boot is deal breaker for me.

[Blacklash]

I am thinking about this board and a 945 when it hits.

I am pretty satisfied with what I have though and am not sure I'd get much in a move to DDR3.

[keenan]

Can anyone who has this motherboard please do me a favour and tell me how hot the heatsinks on the PWM and SB is, Mine is really hot to the touch and I dont know if that's any good..?

[suphiceto]

Can anyone who has this motherboard please do me a favour and tell me how hot the heatsinks on the PWM and SB is, Mine is really hot to the touch and I dont know if that's any good..?

I dont know how to monitor them? but when I check the bios it is usally says the system is around 45-47c. When I touch the NB and SB they seem very warm.

[keenan]

I dont know how to monitor them? but when I check the bios it is usally says the system is around 45-47c. When I touch the NB and SB they seem very warm.

Thanx mate, I guess it's normal then

[suphiceto]

I have a question in addition to the questions that I asked earliear. How important is it to have the memory on right timings? if I dont worry about the timings on the memory then I can hit very good results. how much of difference would I see with right timings compared to auto timings?

[keenan]

I have a question in addition to the questions that I asked earliear. How important is it to have the memory on right timings? if I dont worry about the timings on the memory then I can hit very good results. how much of difference would I see with right timings compared to auto timings?

Give as some info as to what the "right timings" are and what it goes to on auto..?

Also what voltage are you using for the ram..?

Can you provide a link to the set you're using..?

[suphiceto]

Give as some info as to what the "right timings" are and what it goes to on auto..?

Also what voltage are you using for the ram..?

This is the memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820220371

I give 1.75v or 1.8v, and I would change the timings and it would run on 1600 mhz. But when I change the clock it seems to get unstable. the auto timings are around (I believe) 7 11 11 21

[keenan]

So, what you're saying is, that if you keep the cpu at stock and set the memory to 1600Mhz with the rated timings 9-9-9-24 @ 1.8V everything runs fine, but if you raise the CPU multi it gets unstable..?

[suphiceto]

So, what you're saying is, that if you keep the cpu at stock and set the memory to 1600Mhz with the rated timings 9-9-9-24 @ 1.8V everything runs fine, but if you raise the CPU multi it gets unstable..?

I just reilized somthing, I dont have to change the timings just chnage the memory multi and and it runs at 1600.

What happens is when I change referance clock higher the memory wouldtnt stay stable and clock down. This is reasonable.

So if I keep the volts and timings on Auto how much can I overclock, right now my cpu is at 3550mhz and my memory is 1666. I havent done any stress test yet. So if this thing can do auto timings and auto voltage, do I still have to change everything?

[keenan]

Dont overclock your system by raising the bus speed, just raise the cpu multi, set your memory to the rated speed and timings

[suphiceto]

Dont overclock your system by raising the bus speed, just raise the cpu multi, set your memory to the rated speed and timings

Ok, It seems to be stable right now and I can run referance clock at 208 stable. The memory is runing at 1666 and the cpu tems are hi 20s on idle and high 30s on load. I havent seen the temps to go over 40C yet. If it goes stable without me to changing the volts and timings, It would be AWESOME.

There are suppose to be 2 BIOS oin this board, how do you know if you massed one up? I did alot of cold boots yesterday?

[suphiceto]

Keenan I think you asked this question before but I am also looking for a good temp monitorin software, does anybody know a good one that would stay on the quicklunch? I used Everest for a while and I dont like it. I am on
vistax64

[iandh]

Thanx mate, I guess it's normal then

Yeah, mine runs warmish, not screaming hot but I would say a good 40-50C.

[charged3800z24]

I have the lastest bios (F4D), anyone having trouble setting NB higher then stock on this board? CPU is x3 720. Ram is Kingston 1800mhz

[keenan]

Anyone having trouble setting NB higher then stock on this board?

Same issue here mate, I guess we all need to wait for a new AOD