***Unofficial GA-X58A-UD5/UD7* rev 2.0* Discussion Thread

**sin0822** · 09-18-2010, 07:41 PM

This Thread is for the Gigabyte X58A-UD5 Rev 2.0 thread. I own this board but there is a huge huge lack of information on the net about it and i can't find any official/unofficial all together thread on any site about it. It's the newest revision of the X58A-UD5 that gigabyte has out. Im going to gather all the info i have about it and post it in one place.

IN DEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE UD5 REV 2.0

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HERE IS 3 LEVEL LLC ANALYSIS

This board's bios is also laid out like the UD9

GA-X58A-UD5 Rev 2.0 Latest Bios:
UD5 v2 Bios FB from GB website
UD5 v2Bios FA from GB website
UD5 V2 Beta Bios FC2
UD5 V2 Beta Bios FC4 from GB website
Use at own Risk!! from HWUpgrade.it Modded UD5 V2 FC4 Beta Bios with updated Intel,JMicron, and Realtek ROMs.
UD5 V2 FC5Latest Beta Bios from GB website
Use at own RISK!! from HwUpgrade.it UD5 V2 Modded FC5 Beta Bios with updated Intel,JMicron, and Realtek ROMs

GA-X58A-UD7 Latest Bios:
Use at own RISK!! from HwUpgrade.it Modded UD7 V2 FC5 Beta Bios with updated Intel,JMicron, and Realtek ROMs
Courtesy of tweaktown, direct Download links. UD7 v2 Beta FC3
UD7 V2Beta Bios FC5
UD7 V2 Latest Beta bios FC6 From GB Website
Use at own RISK!! from HwUpgrade.it UD7 V2 Modded FC6 Beta Bios with updated Intel,JMicron, and Realtek ROMs

HERE IS THE CLOCK GEN

Download at your own risk** Gigabyte GOOC Bios UD5 Rev 2.0
Bios changes:
1. vcore 1.0 - 2.1v
2. OC lean mode
3. extreme clock
4. extreme temp

UD7 Voltage Read points
UD7 voltage read points, very similar to UD5 layout, so most are the same. If you read teh article you will see the DMM is very close to Easy tune it seems its not worth the effort, but for people who must, this might help.

Voltage Read points for UD7 rev 2.0

**sin0822** · 09-18-2010, 07:43 PM

here are my best results with this board:
My problem with max blck is 220, but my problem is my cpu sucks, its a 930, the blck on this board should easily go over 230.
Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [21]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech ...................... [disabled]
CPU Cores Enabled .............................. [all]
CPU Multi Threading .............................[enable]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ........................ [disabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support ......................... [disabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ............................ [disabled]
CPU EIST Function .............................. [disabled]
Virtualization Technology ...................... [disable]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ......................... [disable]

QPI Link Speed ..............................[x36]
Uncore Frequency ............................[x13]
Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control .......................... [215]
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........................ [103]
C.I.A.2........................................... .. [disabled]

Advanced Clock Control:
CPU Clock Drive ..............................[900mv]
PCI Express Clock Drive ................... [900mv]
CPU Clock Skew ............................. [auto]
IOH Clock Skew ............................. [auto]

Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance ...................... [extreme]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ........... [disabled]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........... [6]
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) ............. [quick]

Channel A + B + C

Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ......................[9]
tRCD ..................................[9]
tRP ...................................[9]
tRAS ..................................[24]
Command Rate.....................................[1]

Advanced Voltage Control:

Load Line Calibration ................. [level 1]
CPU Vcore ..............................[1.44]
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v .................[1.375]
CPU PLL 1.800v .........................[1.80]
PCIE 1.500v ...........................[1.56]
QPI PLL 1.100v ........................[1.25]
IOH Core 1.100v .......................[1.2]
ICH I/O 1.500v ........................[1.6]
ICH Core 1.1v .........................[1.16]

DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500v .............. [1.66]
DRAM Termination 0.750v.......... [AUTO]
Ch-A Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[AUTO]
Ch-B Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[AUTO]
Ch-C Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[AUTO]
Ch-A Address VRef. 0.750v ........[AUTO]
Ch-B Address VRef. 0.750v ........[AUTO]
Ch-C Address VRef. 0.750v ........[AUTO]

**Aedubber** · 09-18-2010, 08:25 PM

Where can i buy this Rev 2?

**sin0822** · 09-18-2010, 08:44 PM

i thing newegg is shipping them, and so is microcenter if you live by one or they can ship

**Aedubber** · 09-18-2010, 09:00 PM

Ok cool, ya i usually buy most of my stuff from newegg anyways and i have sonme credit with them

.. Ill prob pick it up in the next week or so and begin my 3rd project build lol.. How do you say this board holds up OCing wise? I have a evga x58 classified MB , was good but for some reason the Gigabyte really caught my eye.

**sin0822** · 09-19-2010, 02:09 PM

yea i love it, except for my chip it really can perform. Nice power phases, low temps on the nb side, its cooled nicely, but a lot of people cut off the heat pipes, i dont i just put tiny fans to cool the mosfets and nb. The options in bios are very nice, i like the load line calibration levels, it has level 1 for slight llc, level2 for llc, and standard for stock intel. The pci-e can be taken up as high as you need, and i've heard of this board doing 230+ very easily with a capable chip like the 980x.

**Aedubber** · 09-19-2010, 02:24 PM

Very interesting , i sold my 940 which I hit 4.2 with HT on and picked up a 950 which will go on this board . What you mean people cut the heat pipes off ? And why?

**acebmxer** · 09-19-2010, 03:52 PM

I wanna get this board and see what my 920 can do. I have had it up to 224 stable with the original board.

**safan80** · 09-19-2010, 04:08 PM

I thought this was for the rev 2.0 of the UD7.. brain fart.

**Aedubber** · 09-19-2010, 04:14 PM

Eh , I had an ek wb on my classy board , was nice but on this next board I don't think I'm gonna water cool the board , just the CPU and 2 cards.

**sin0822** · 09-19-2010, 04:35 PM

your 950 should do fairly well with that 23x multi. One more thing, Today i picked up an OCZ agility2 and i installed windows, and i did not enable SMART b/c i have the most recent non-beta and i didn't want to try the beta or have to use it all the time, i didn't have any problems though, even though if you enable smart it should fail. This drive rocks btw, feels twice as fast as my velociraptor.

**boldenc** · 09-19-2010, 05:24 PM

Originally Posted by sin0822

your 950 should do fairly well with that 23x multi. One more thing, Today i picked up an OCZ agility2 and i installed windows, and i did not enable SMART b/c i have the most recent non-beta and i didn't want to try the beta or have to use it all the time, i didn't have any problems though, even though if you enable smart it should fail. This drive rocks btw, feels twice as fast as my velociraptor.

The FB Bios dated "2010/08/24" already have the smart fix with sandforce drivers and it is newer than the latest beta bios.

**Aedubber** · 09-19-2010, 05:44 PM

Hmmm well i have 2 crucial c300s

, thinking about throwing 1 more in there hehe.

**sin0822** · 09-19-2010, 05:50 PM

really? i guess your right that beta must be old then, i can't find a newer one, nor can i find someone who has hacked that GOOC bios for the UD7 and UD9, id really liek that bios. yeah that beta is from 8/20/10

**sin0822** · 09-19-2010, 09:46 PM

I added ud7 voltage read points, its similar to the ud5 in layout so some of the points are similar but what is even better about the article is about how close the acutal to displayed voltages are. http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...review-19.html

**dinos22** · 09-19-2010, 10:41 PM

i've done some measurement points for UD7 rev2.0 and posted here

http://gigabytedaily.blogspot.com/20...s-release.html

**hicookie** · 09-19-2010, 11:05 PM

Originally Posted by sin0822

really? i guess your right that beta must be old then, i can't find a newer one, nor can i find someone who has hacked that GOOC bios for the UD7 and UD9, id really liek that bios. yeah that beta is from 8/20/10

GOOC version for UD5 2.0 will release later

**dinos22** · 09-20-2010, 12:08 AM

Originally Posted by hicookie

GOOC version for UD5 2.0 will release later

**hicookie** · 09-20-2010, 12:43 AM

here you are , Could anyone help to host the BIOS
i upload to free space, but maybe not long.

X58A-UD5 VER2.0 GOOC version
http://www.mediafire.com/?m9h6i6vd9qssgm0

1. vcore 1.0 - 2.1v
2. OC lean mode
3. extreme clock
4. extreme temp

hicookie

**stasio** · 09-20-2010, 02:23 AM

Originally Posted by hicookie

here you are , Could anyone help to host the BIOS
i upload to free space, but maybe not long.

X58A-UD5 VER2.0 GOOC version
http://www.mediafire.com/?m9h6i6vd9qssgm0

1. vcore 1.0 - 2.1v
2. OC lean mode
3. extreme clock
4. extreme temp

hicookie

Thanks hicookie,upload here:
http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/12...7/GOOC2010.zip

**sin0822** · 09-20-2010, 10:26 AM

thanks for that!!! i posted bot the read points and bios. you guys just made my day

Edit: i flashed and that GOOC bios works perfectly, im guessing its the latest out there that i can find b/c my sandforce drive works with smart enabled.

**safan80** · 09-20-2010, 08:59 PM

Any chance we could get a title change and make this the GA-X58A-UD5/UD7 rev 2.0 Discussion Thread? I think those of us with the 2.0 boards should band together

**sin0822** · 09-21-2010, 01:52 PM

sure thing, they are basically the same boards, except the heatsink and a few other things. I cannot understand why gigabyte lowered the number of phases from 24 to 16 for the rev 2.0 ud7. Can some of you gigabyte experts answer that one..... or was it just to cut cost so the ud9 would sell? Or was it to integrate the 8 on and 8off phase thing? Or in general was it just easier to manufacture? I can see how the proce difference now between the two boards are soooo small, almost the cost of including those extra heatsinks, or else if it has 24 phases everyone would spend the extra 30bucks.

**sin0822** · 09-29-2010, 07:33 PM

How to Install C300 Series Drives on X58A-UD3R, X58A-UD5, X58A-UD7, X58A-UD9, "Correctly"
First Step is to go into bios and goto Integrated Peripherals
Set GSATA 6_7/IDE Controller make sure it is enabled, then set GSATA 6_7/IDE Ctrl Mode to AHCI

Make sure you plus your drive into one of the first 2 white ports that touch the blue ones, only the first two on top of each other are SATA3, the bottom one is the Master.

Second Step is to Install Windows 7, but DO NOT provide drivers for the Marvell SE9128 Controller, at this time the drivers are TERRIBLE. So let windows install its own MSAHCI drivers, it will do this automatically. At this point if you run windows experience index score will be 5.9 for your drive, if you have enabled AHCI mode in the bios.

When you go into windows the Marvell Controller will not be installed. You need to install Marvell Mangi Console, this does not install drivers for the drive, just for the controller. Direct Link "Marvell Console"
Extract then install. After installation your windows experience index will shoot up to its maximum at 7.9. You have Success. Enjoy.