790 corruption issues?

[BenchZowner]

hope to see from you soon any comments on 0601 bios

Very first comment on 0601:
They fixed the tCL ( CAS Latency ) 5 bug.

[eternal_fantasy]

Absolutely happy with 04, stable 7-6-5-18-1T@2.0V memory in linked sync mode with QX9650 CPU@4072MHz (temporarily with AC while I am waiting for a new case), 22464 3dmark06 with only one 9800GX2 (stock cooling).
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=6348994

No corruption issues so far. Read-write-copy-latency results could be a bit better, but I will get them better with WC, I am sure.
Still "day and night" with P03 (low results) and even 790P03R2 (unstable, corruption issues).

Bravo, nVIDIA!

Nice result! what memory and voltage settings did you use to achieve that clock? If I go over 425 it either fails to post outright or after a restart from windows...

[Aivas47a]

P04 seems to have solved the bandwidth "hole" I posted about earlier with P03 -- can't wait to see the results of BZ's testing as to whether the corruption issue is fixed.

[BenchZowner]

I played with the Striker II Extreme with the latest BIOS ( 0601 ) and after trying some settings that I wanted to check if their working ( as they should ), I tried to corrupt my installation using the settings that caused major OS corruption when I was using the previously released BIOSes ( 0402/0507/0508/0511/0512 ).
None of them ended up corrupting my OS making it unbootable like they did before.
Can't say if there's file corruption not enough to prevent windows from booting and running, but I will do some serious testing tomorrow.
I'm currently working at tweaking the system for stock settings for the review.

[golfjam]

I played with the Striker II Extreme with the latest BIOS ( 0601 ) and after trying some settings that I wanted to check if their working ( as they should ), I tried to corrupt my installation using the settings that caused major OS corruption when I was using the previously released BIOSes ( 0402/0507/0508/0511/0512 ).
None of them ended up corrupting my OS making it unbootable like they did before.
Can't say if there's file corruption not enough to prevent windows from booting and running, but I will do some serious testing tomorrow.
I'm currently working at tweaking the system for stock settings for the review.

Really? I've tried 601 and it corrupted the same way. It happens even if I set the timings of my memory manually. I'll give another shot tomorrow before disassembling for RMA.

[slim142]

I played with the Striker II Extreme with the latest BIOS ( 0601 ) and after trying some settings that I wanted to check if their working ( as they should ), I tried to corrupt my installation using the settings that caused major OS corruption when I was using the previously released BIOSes ( 0402/0507/0508/0511/0512 ).
None of them ended up corrupting my OS making it unbootable like they did before.
Can't say if there's file corruption not enough to prevent windows from booting and running, but I will do some serious testing tomorrow.
I'm currently working at tweaking the system for stock settings for the review.

Nice to hear that BenchZ, what about P1 and P2? Have you tried those yet?
Looking forward for that review

Golfjam, try formatting your drives and start from zero again. Clear CMOS just in case and also do all the testing then do a fresh installation of windows.

[dinos22]

ok guys

now run your RAM out of spec and try to boot
say 2GHz 7-6-5-x 2V and see what happens to OS

[fadetoblack]

unfortunately the new P04 bios does NOT address the corruption issue.. read for yourselves here:

http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=332217

[golfjam]

Nice to hear that BenchZ, what about P1 and P2? Have you tried those yet?
Looking forward for that review

Golfjam, try formatting your drives and start from zero again. Clear CMOS just in case and also do all the testing then do a fresh installation of windows.

I've cleared CMOS, removed the battery for 1hr and pushed the system again. Maybe that's why it didn't work before. Windows loads but XP shows it recovered registry everytime it boots. Never saw that message before. Currently running Q6600 @ 450x8 and ram @ 1800. It doesn't do 1T no matter what timings and voltage, either 1600 or 1800, 100+ errors in 30sec using Memtest. Strange since I've read a lot of people very happy w/ OCZ. I will Prime now and see what happens. Let's hope I don't get into another corruption scenario.

[gmcg]

Nice result! what memory and voltage settings did you use to achieve that clock? If I go over 425 it either fails to post outright or after a restart from windows...

Thanks!
Voltages:
CPU Vcore 1.45V settled in BIOS, real 1.36V in BIOS and 1.392V in CPU-Z
CPU FSB 1.35V (BIOS)
Memory 2.0V (BIOS)
SPP 1.45V (BIOS)
MCP 1.5V (Auto, BIOS)
P1 and P2=enable

May be you have your memory settings too tight?

[gmcg]

ok guys

now run your RAM out of spec and try to boot
say 2GHz 7-6-5-x 2V and see what happens to OS

What happens? It works! Both XP and Vista 64 work fine actually. Not at 2 MHz , but I don't care caz I want to run it linked sync to FSB and FSB can't run at 2GHz on a quad core, unfortunately ...

[gmcg]

I've cleared CMOS, removed the battery for 1hr and pushed the system again. Maybe that's why it didn't work before. Windows loads but XP shows it recovered registry everytime it boots. Never saw that message before. Currently running Q6600 @ 450x8 and ram @ 1800. It doesn't do 1T no matter what timings and voltage, either 1600 or 1800, 100+ errors in 30sec using Memtest. Strange since I've read a lot of people very happy w/ OCZ. I will Prime now and see what happens. Let's hope I don't get into another corruption scenario.

You have your HDD already corrupted, try to run scandisk and if it will not help, repair windows using the installation CD. I had that problem before with 790P03R2 BIOS ...

[gmcg]

unfortunately the new P04 bios does NOT address the corruption issue.. read for yourselves here:

http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=332217

It actually does:

"Improved FSB and memory stability and overclocking"

[fadetoblack]

It actually does:

"Improved FSB and memory stability and overclocking"

ok.. but i was referring to:

"Also, this BIOS does not address the corruption issue reported at Anandtech. This is a top priority issue for EVGA and NVIDIA, and we are working on a fix:"

[slim142]

But those corruptions mostly came from OC so there is a chance that people with P04 might not get corruption problems again. Since there are some that are still having issues, I cant say it corruption WILL go away.

[golfjam]

You have your HDD already corrupted, try to run scandisk and if it will not help, repair windows using the installation CD. I had that problem before with 790P03R2 BIOS ...

yeah, you're right. vista is gone but xp is good enough to reply this message.
i'll do a clean install and see what happens.

[gmcg]

ok.. but i was referring to:

"Also, this BIOS does not address the corruption issue reported at Anandtech. This is a top priority issue for EVGA and NVIDIA, and we are working on a fix:"

Yes, but I have no corruption issues. And I over-clock much more than with beta BIOS.

My guess is that they mean to get rid of corruption in any mode, even in the craziest modes like 7-6-5@2000MHz ... so the system will not boot instead of corruption, therefore they need to set all limits for all modes.

[gmcg]

But those corruptions mostly came from OC so there is a chance that people with P04 might not get corruption problems again. Since there are some that are still having issues, I cant say it corruption WILL go away.

Exactly ... and now we can OC good enough ... but still need to do it carefully, later they will set all limits, therefore we will be safe to do it in any mode.

[FuriousSalesman]

Can anyone tell me how to find if a motherboard is rev C0 or B2?

[gmcg]

Can anyone tell me how to find if a motherboard is rev C0 or B2?

Easiest way is to take a look on the motherboard itself ... or on the box

[eternal_fantasy]

Can anyone tell me how to find if a motherboard is rev C0 or B2?

Under "mainboard" tab using CPU-Z

[|SiLA|]

I played with the Striker II Extreme with the latest BIOS ( 0601 ) and after trying some settings that I wanted to check if their working ( as they should ), I tried to corrupt my installation using the settings that caused major OS corruption when I was using the previously released BIOSes ( 0402/0507/0508/0511/0512 ).
None of them ended up corrupting my OS making it unbootable like they did before.
Can't say if there's file corruption not enough to prevent windows from booting and running, but I will do some serious testing tomorrow.
I'm currently working at tweaking the system for stock settings for the review.

nice to hear that



now my problem is to understand why i get only 7k on write bw i have no idea

[Ced-G60]

Justed installed my SIIE with Vista 64. Installed all update. Running all stock at 1333mhz QDR same for RAM. Everything on auto.

Running original BIOS 0502, no corruption for the moment... Will stay stock until i see a fix.

[saaya]

Saaya
That rumor about C1, you are saying might be true? Remember when Anandtech reviewed the 790i they mentioned an Engineering Sample C1 which performed nicely?

did they? i thought they said they had a c0 and it was awful?
did they also mention they had a c1 and it worked well?

[Desarts]

test reply. since i just lost my previous post.