UnOfficial EVGA X58 Classified Owners Thread

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EVGA Classified Motherboard Info


EVGA Classified Portal

Classified 759 With NF200 & ECP

Classified 760 Wthout NF200 & ECP


EVGA Classified 759 Motherboard Bios's
Newest Bios At The Top

Classified 759 Bios Ver S22D
The following has been updated in S22D:
* Added "Reserve RC for Bridge" - Enables resources for 5 VGA's
* Added High Precision Event Timer
* Disables PS2 keyboard in device manager if no PS2 keyboard present

Classified 759 Bios Ver S227
The following has been updated in S227:
* Increased Shadow Memory in DOS for PXE
* Improved USB Support


Classified 759 Beta Bios Ver S224
The following has been updated in S224:
* Improves Bootup Bclock
* Adds B2B CAS Delay

Classified 759 Beta Bios Ver S222
The following has been updated in S222:
* Updates smart fan function between low and high threshold
* Increase high temp threshold lower limit for smartfan
* Improves bootup BCLOCK
* Turbo mode bug fixed
* USB option display issue corrected
* Changes default clockgen PCIe mode
* Updates NF200 Code

Classified 759 Beta Bios Ver S21X
The following has been updated in S21X:
* Smartfan is listed by temp they are adjusted to
* PXE fix with RAID enabled
* Improves bootup BCLK
* Improves 24GB support

Classified 759 Beta Bios Ver S21T
The following has been updated in S21T:
* Improves support for Intel Xeon CPU's
* Fixes Smart Fan S3 Resume
* Adds additional option for QPI Signal
* S3 Resume Improvements

Classified 759 Beta Bios Ver S21S
The following has been updated in S21S:
* Improves support for Intel Xeon CPU's
* Fixes Smart Fan S3 Resume
* Adds additional option for QPI Signal

Classified 759 Bios Ver S21N
The following has been updated in S21N:
* Improves Smart Fan Controls
* Shows CPU Target Frequency in BIOS
* Shows Memory Target Frequency in BIOS
* Adds Overclock Recovery Feature (disabled by default)

Classified 759 Bios Ver S21M
The following has been updated in S21M:
* Improves Smart Fan Controls
* Shows CPU Target Frequency in BIOS
* Shows Memory Target Frequency in BIOS
* Adds Overclock Recovery

Classified 759 Bios Ver S21H
The following has been updated in S21H:
* Adds CPU Clock Skew Feature
* Updated CPU Microcode
* Fixes S3 Resume Bug if Uncore Not Equal to 2x Memory Speed
* Improves Auto Adjustment of Memory Low Gap

Classified 759 Bios Ver S21J - No Download Link Available
Unable to locate information about this BIOS, if you have information, send me a private message and I will update

Classified 759 Bios Ver S21E - No Download Link Available
Initial Release BIOS


EVGA Classified 760 & 761 & 769 Motherboard Bios's
Newest Bios At The Top

Classified 760 Bios Ver S61J
The following has been updated in S61J:
* Added "Reserve RC for Bridge" - Enables resources for 5 VGA's
* Added High Precision Event Timer
* Disables PS2 keyboard in device manager if no PS2 keyboard present

Classified 760 Bios Ver S61H
The following has been updated in S61H:
* Adds support for 2TB Partitions (DATA)

Classified 760, 761 And 769 Bios Ver S61D
The following has been updated in S61D:
* Increased Shadow Memory in DOS for PXE
* Improved USB Support

Classified 760, 761 And 769 Bios Ver S61B
The following has been updated in S61B:
* Restores Bootup Logo
* Maximum Payload for PCIE
* SMART Fan Temperatures from 0 to 100c

Classified 760, 761 And 769 Bios Ver S61A
The following has been updated in S61A:
* Improves Bootup Bclock
* Adds B2B CAS Delay

Classified 760, 761 And 769 Beta Bios Ver S618
The following has been updated in S618:
* Updates smart fan function between low and high threshold
* Increase high temp threshold lower limit for smartfan
* Improves bootup BCLOCK
* Turbo mode bug fixed
* USB option display issue corrected
* Changes default clockgen PCIe mode

Classified 760 Beta Bios Ver S615
The following has been updated in S615:
* Smartfan is listed by temp they are adjusted to
* PXE fix with RAID enabled
* Improves bootup BCLK
* Improves 24GB support

Classified 760 & 761 Beta Bios Ver S610
The following has been updated in S610:
* Improves support for Intel Xeon CPU's
* Fixes Smart Fan S3 Resume
* Adds additional option for QPI Signal
* S3 Resume Improvements

Classified 760 & 761 Beta Bios Ver S60Z
The following has been updated in S60Z:
* Improves support for Intel Xeon CPU's
* Fixes Smart Fan S3 Resume
* Adds additional option for QPI Signal

Classified 760 & 761 Beta Bios Ver S60V

Classified 760 & 761 Beta Bios Ver S60H

Classified 760 Shipping Bios Ver S60M


Bios Template for Classified



EVGA Classified Motherboard Drivers

Intel(R) X58 / ICH10R Chipset Software Installation Utility Ver 9.1.0.1012

Realtek Audio Drivers Ver 2.20

Realtek Network Drivers

Realtek Teaming Utility

Intel Raid Drivers

Intel Raid Management Ver 8.7.0.1007

Jmicron Raid Drivers



Utilities

EVGA E-LEET Tuning Utility

CPU-Z

SetFSB

EVEREST Ultimate Edition v5.02

Real Temp 2.70

Core Temp 0.99.4 32Bit

Core Temp 0.99.4 64Bit

IntelBurn Test 2.1

LinX v0.5.9

Prime95 25.8 - 32 Bit

Prime95 25.8 - 64 Bit

CPU-Tweaker 1.1

Super PI/Mod1.5 XS

wPrime 2.00

GPU-Z v0.3.4

Hyper PI 0.99b

MemTest For Windows

Memtest86+ For Dos V2.11

Futuremark 3DMark06 (Build 1.1.0) w/ Oct 07 Hotfix



EVGA Classified Hardware Reviews


First Look At Anandtech

Final Look At Anandtech

Review At Hardware-Canucks

Review At Xbit Labs



Troubleshooting


X58 Classified Issues

Problem with your Core i7 OC?

And This Guide?


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[raptor1]

As per my previous post - i am creating this new thread for all owners of the EVGA Classified Only - Not The Evga X58 3x Sli - to share their experiances, problems and overclocking achievements with this fantastic board

the first few posts will be reserved for photos of the board and my rig and my experience with the board

i hope all of you will help me with this thread by posting to this thread instead of creating a new thread every time

I hope you will enjoy it as well

Thanks
Raptor1

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Here are shots of the packaging

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Here are photos of the Board, Accessories And The Specs


Motherboard Specifications
Size:
EATX form factor of 10.5 inches x 10.3 inches
Microprocessor support:
Intel Core i7 processor
Operating systems:
Supports Windows XP 32bit/64bit and Windows Vista 32bit/64bit
Chipset:
INTEL X58 and ICH10R
System Memory support:
Six 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots
Supports triple channel DDR3-800, 1067, 1333, 1600, 1867, 2133, 2400, 2667, 2933
Supports up to 24GBs DDR3
USB 2.0 Ports:
Supports hot plug
Twelve USB 2.0 ports (eight rear panel ports, four onboard USB headers)
Supports wake-up from S1 and S3 mode
Supports USB 2.0 protocol up to 480 Mbps transmission rate
Onboard SATA/RAID:
Nine(9) onboard Serial ATA II + one(1) eSATA II
300MBps data transfer rate
Six Serial ATA II connectors from south bridge
with support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, and RAID 5
Two Serial ATA II connectors from JMicron’s JMB363 with support for
RAID 0, RAID 1
Two Serial ATA II connectors from JMicron’s JMB362 (one rear panel
port for eSATA, one onboard connector)
Supports hot plug and NCQ (Native Command Queuing )
Onboard LAN w/Teaming:
Dual Realtek RTL8111C PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Controllers
Supports 10/100/1000 Mbit/sec Ethernet
Onboard 1394:
Support hot plug
Two 1394a ports (one rear panel port, one onboard header) with rate of
transmission at 400 Mbps
Onboard Audio:
Realtek ALC 889
Supports 8-channel audio
Supports S/PDIF output (Optical and COAX)
Supports Jack-Sensing function
Four PCI Express Support:
Four (4) PCI-E 2.0 Slots
Supports 4 GB/sec (8 GB/sec concurrent) bandwidth
Low power consumption and power management features
Expansion Slots:
One PCI slot
One PCI Express x1 slot
Four PCI Express x16/x8 slots
Power Connectors:
ATX 24-pin, Dual 8-pin ATX 12V
I/O Panel:
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
1 x eSATA
1 x SPDIF - Coaxial Out, 1 x Toslink Optical Out
1 x IEEE 1394
2 x RJ45
6 x Audio Out
8 x USB 2.0/1.1
Fan Headers:
1 CPU + 4 Additional Headers
Green Function :
Supports ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)
Supports S0 (normal), S1 (power on suspend), S3 (suspend to RAM), S4
(Suspend to disk - depends on OS), and S5 (soft - off)

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Here Are Shots Of My Case

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[jcniest5]

So many reservations...waiting for pictures and OCing results.

[raptor1]

So many reservations...waiting for pictures and OCing results.

i probably won't need them all - it is just to have them all together

[G-UNIT91]

Finally Classified 3d's!

[gatecrasherlok]

YaY finally

[roller11]

I'm having a prob with my classified 760 resuming from S3 sleep mode. It eventually resumes, but it takes twice as long as it should. I'm basing this on timing 8 other x58 boards with identical settings and components. I'm not asking how to speed up the performance, I just want to know how many seconds from power button, to being able to move the cursor around on the screen. To do the test, all you need do is make sure S3 suspend type is set in bios as it defaults to S1.

[anzial]

Why unofficial?

[IversGarn]

I'm having a prob with my classified 760 resuming from S3 sleep mode. It eventually resumes, but it takes twice as long as it should. I'm basing this on timing 8 other x58 boards with identical settings and components. I'm not asking how to speed up the performance, I just want to know how many seconds from power button, to being able to move the cursor around on the screen. To do the test, all you need do is make sure S3 suspend type is set in bios as it defaults to S1.

What is your bclk value?
There is a setting in the BIOS in that area that states VGA BIOS something and it defaults to auto. Try playing around with it.

[IversGarn]

I have the classified 760.
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=567875
Only thing to add is that I have never used exotic cooling like water, DICE, LN2, phase, I like to keep it simple.
My cooler of choice is the ifx-14 with dual fans.

I hate to admit it, but I'm a total OC whore. That is, I'll give up a lot to get a board that will give me the best OC, and with the Classified, boy, do you give up a lot!
Bad CPU placement, a NB cooler that prevents you from running a full sized air cooler, smart fan that doesn't work *by design*, EIST and sleep mode don't work right. To put these complaints in perspective, just about every other vendor does not have these same short comings, features work.

I don't think that your ifx-14 is a full sized air cooler. Its a over sized air cooler imo and the best part about it is that it does not really cool any better then a regular TRUE. S3 sleep mode works when the bclk setting is below 210 with the VGA BIOS thing turned on.

[Vega]

It is possible to assemble a TRUE-black on this board, right?

[kpablo]

Hope mine arrive tomorrow! i bought the 760 one, non NF200

[IversGarn]

It is possible to assemble a TRUE-black on this board, right?

Yes it fits with a 1-2mm gap between the TRUE and the NB heatsink, vertical mount.

[gatecrasherlok]

Yup it definately fits.

[Vega]

Nice....thx for the quick reply! I will receive my board this week!