**Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 OC-Tips-Bios-Discussion Thread**

[Lsdmeasap]

Ya I only use Easytune for testing small various things, or checking a voltage change to be sure it was made. Otherwise not really all that useful to us real overclockers.

Did you try QPI Slow mode? Might help, but not sure how that would affect any memory benchmark you may be trying to achieve.

[Fritz_the_germ]

Yoh guys,
I am thinking about buying a Microsoft X4 keyboard (usb) but a friend of mine told me it wouldn´t work while the system is booting because it takes a too long time to get initialized, so I couldn´t hit "Del" to get in the BIOS. I should better use a PS2-keyboard.
Does anyone have experiences about that issue?

[Lsdmeasap]

Some will work, some will not. If you get it be sure you enable USB Keyboard support in the BIOS and Legacy USB Support, before you switch keyboards.

Sorry I have not heard any reports either way on that specific keyboard though. I am using a USB Microsoft Keyboard (Natural Ergo 4000) myself though and don't have any problems with it

[PalmeAsus]

Yoh guys,
I am thinking about buying a Microsoft X4 keyboard (usb) but a friend of mine told me it wouldn´t work while the system is booting because it takes a too long time to get initialized, so I couldn´t hit "Del" to get in the BIOS. I should better use a PS2-keyboard.
Does anyone have experiences about that issue?

It wont be a problem at the boot, bios reads usb devices before it exit the bios screen so hit del wont be a problem. Tho if you want to press like ctrl alt del to reboot or press any key for choose between failsafe options you need to enable usb keyboard support in bios.

[MikeMK]

Guys, have a 980x arriving later at the week all being well... currently on F4 Bios with my 920 which has done me v.well actually. Which bios are u guys finding the best for hexacore CPU's?

[SteveRo]

I am also on F4 - working great - at 4.8 ht off linx stable (chilled water), see -

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=321

[Fritz_the_germ]

It wont be a problem at the boot, bios reads usb devices before it exit the bios screen so hit del wont be a problem. Tho if you want to press like ctrl alt del to reboot or press any key for choose between failsafe options you need to enable usb keyboard support in bios.

Thank you and Lsdmeasap for the reply.

@PalmeAsus,
as I see in your sig. do you run an uncore speed at almost 4000 MHz.
How much QPI/VTT do you need for a 24/7 use?

[rezax58]

New audio driver out at giga-byte.com

[hicookie]

Guys, have a 980x arriving later at the week all being well... currently on F4 Bios with my 920 which has done me v.well actually. Which bios are u guys finding the best for hexacore CPU's?

F4 BIOS already support 980X fully. if you want do some benchmark
i could send you latest beta BIOS. will give you 2D/3D a booster.

hicookie

[MikeMK]

Good to know F4 already has support, but would be great if u could send me the latest beta to try!

[Bodar]

The beta is newer then f6? That would be awesome if it was better! I'm using f6x

[MikeMK]

Hey Bodar, don't get my chip till the end of the week, but I'll let u know how I get on with it!

[SteveRo]

F4 BIOS already support 980X fully. if you want do some benchmark
i could send you latest beta BIOS. will give you 2D/3D a booster.

hicookie

Good morning hicookie,

Please send the new beta bios if it would increase pcmark vantage score (3D portion?), Thanks!

[PalmeAsus]

Thank you and Lsdmeasap for the reply.

@PalmeAsus,
as I see in your sig. do you run an uncore speed at almost 4000 MHz.
How much QPI/VTT do you need for a 24/7 use?

it's set to 1.515v in the bios.

Hicookie i would love the latest beta also \o/ and also i wonder if you could post ud9 pictures / major differences as soon you are aloud saw a s-pi 32 run screen by you with the mobo :O

[Oblique82]

Can someone please recommend a good psi for this mobo?

I think the hx1000 corsair might have compatibility issues

[PalmeAsus]

Can someone please recommend a good psi for this mobo?

I think the hx1000 corsair might have compatibility issues

my board works fine with the hx1000 :O what are the problem/problems you are referring to ?

[Oblique82]

To answer your question I will post my summary of the issue-

it has been confirmed with 2 of these motherboards and different memory, CPUs

Thanks for your reply

I am very frustrated. My issue is exactly as the op reports

there are 2 possibly separate issues

1) random post failure at high bclk with fans powering off and bios warning

2) random c1 post reset- where after the post beep but before windows loads, the mono will click to c1 and start the post again. Often this gas no associated message.

The first issue I have only seen at high bclk on confirmed 24h stable settings and seemed initially to be an oversensiyivity to ioh voltage- eg more prevalent past 1.18 v ( 2 mobos tested) the issue although random was reproducible at stock speeds with that voltage tweak. There may be other factors involved though

the second issue seems independent of bclk and is less reproducible but certainly can occur at stock settings. Seems very random an independent of voltages and clocks

[Linuxfan]

Hicookie: If there is a beta bios that's better for benching the 980x I'd like to try it.
Oblique82: I'm also running a 1000hx and it's been fine with many different CPUs and gpus on the three ud7s I've had.

[dinos22]

currently available bioses are fine buddy just make sure you do the OCP mod hicookie posted on forum

[Linuxfan]

Thanks Dinos22, will do the mod.

[PalmeAsus]

Hicookie: If there is a beta bios that's better for benching the 980x I'd like to try it.
Oblique82: I'm also running a 1000hx and it's been fine with many different CPUs and gpus on the three ud7s I've had.

maybe he's got an older or bad revision of the psu o/

[Oblique82]

tried 2 of these psu's they are brand new

[PalmeAsus]

tried 2 of these psu's they are brand new

after some fooling around i managed to recreate this ioh volt problem if it's higher then 1.24v it results in coldboot but only if EuP is disabled. If EuP is enabled there is no problem that's why i havent noticed it before since i've had it enabled all the time.

[Oblique82]

excellent thanks for testing.

there must ber others with this issue since I can replicate it on 2 different motherboards with 2 different corsair hx1000, different ram and cpu

what is eup? should I turn it on?

[PalmeAsus]

excellent thanks for testing.

there must ber others with this issue since I can replicate it on 2 different motherboards with 2 different corsair hx1000, different ram and cpu

what is eup? should I turn it on?

You find it under the power options menu , i don't really know what it does tho. More then that everything turns off when you shutdown even the led on the start button at the mobo (when disabled this stays on). It has no effect on performance whatsoever. So you should enable it since it solves this problem :O