Official eVGA 780i Discussion/Review/Overclock/Guide Thread

[jas420221]

bad flash? Try a reflash....

Load an older BIOS....

[Hughyhunter]

Very pleased with the voltages and the stability of this board. Older lot # on the CPU called for higher voltages but it's rock solid and very snappy on this board.

[Hughyhunter]

For those that are interested and are a part of THF I started a thread over there that I hope "deserves" attention. Join in on the fun and discussions and if you want to add to anything that would be great too.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/fo...0&new=0&nojs=0

[adidassler]

why is that i cant overclock my rig? after saving my custom clocks and settings (all saved) but still it seems the settings are not in effect. i clock to 3.5 3.6 3.7 but whatever settings im doing, still the screen after saving and restart of bios the settings is only 333x10, it must be 3.7 at the moment but why is it still 3.33ghz?

any suggestions?

[adidassler]

haha, now figured out... my cpu cant run on 10 multi... but now im having 3.71ghz using 9 multi... haha, will give u some feedback later

[Furiøùs]

Dude, you need to shorten that sig, seriously. its way to big.


Anyway, E8400 has been fine, i noticed that after long-term usage, you can eventually lower the CPU FSB down, which i have at 1.2v now, when in the beginning it desperately wanted 1.4v CPU FSB (VTT) to stay stable.

Im happy.

[[XC] gomeler]

Does anyone know what sound drivers are used in Windows XP SP3? I have a 780i and the nForce drivers don't install sound drivers and I can't find anything for Realtek. Help!

[Hughyhunter]

If you didnt get the disc I'm sure you could go to realtek's website and get the drivers.

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false

Then you should start looking around at manufactures website. What manufacturer do you have?

[brai]

Wazzup mans, i need us..

Well, i burn bios P04 into a blank CD to update bios, right i load bios default and set CD frist boot, and turn on computer, i boot from cd and start update bios.. after update i remove cd i press F1 and reboot

i load default bios again and start windows.. but bios not updated...

what i do wrong?

May you help me?

Thank you.

[[XC] gomeler]

I have an evga 780i reference board. Does anyone know which specific driver is used on the evga 780i reference board?

[msgclb]

Does anyone know what sound drivers are used in Windows XP SP3? I have a 780i and the nForce drivers don't install sound drivers and I can't find anything for Realtek. Help!

On my Vista x64 I'm using v1.85 audio driver but I noticed that both XP and Vista lists v1.92 as the current Audio driver.

http://www.evga.com/support/drivers/

Mainboard | Audio Drivers | Windows XP/XP 64 bit

[Hughyhunter]

Wazzup mans, i need us..

Well, i burn bios P04 into a blank CD to update bios, right i load bios default and set CD frist boot, and turn on computer, i boot from cd and start update bios.. after update i remove cd i press F1 and reboot

i load default bios again and start windows.. but bios not updated...

what i do wrong?

May you help me?

Thank you.

Never used disc... always used floppy. Did it say bios update successful? Try again if it didnt.

[brai]

Never used disc... always used floppy. Did it say bios update successful? Try again if it didnt.

no I try with disc, by windows.. failed..

i dont see any msg like Updates successful...

when i try by disc.. and i press F1 to reboot i see very very very fast a green imagem and reboot again...

i dont know what i do

thank you

[Hughyhunter]

yeah... that's not the way it supposed to flash. My inexperienced opinion is that you might not have burned to disc properly. Maybe try floppy if you have one.

It was very detailed in bios for me. It showed the progress and said bios update successful at the end.

[aicjofs]

no I try with disc, by windows.. failed..

i dont see any msg like Updates successful...

when i try by disc.. and i press F1 to reboot i see very very very fast a green imagem and reboot again...

i dont know what i do

thank you

Booting by CDROM disc it should come up with AWDFLASH screen with file to load already filed in the file to load. Hit return. You should see bios checksum verify, erasing blocks and programing block by visual pictures.

On a side note I think the only reason they say load defaults is so that you aren't flashing on an unstable system.

[johnp1983]

Hello,

may be problems with my single XFX 8800gts (stock cooled) if I put an EK-SB6 waterblock on the mcp of my XFX 780i?

Thanks in advance

[jas420221]

Hello,

may be problems with my single XFX 8800gts (stock cooled) if I put an EK-SB6 waterblock on the mcp of my XFX 780i?

Thanks in advance

I wish I understood what you are saying or asking...

You started off talking about a videocard, then asked about a SB waterblock????????

Help us help you!

[johnp1983]

LOL... sorry for my *perfect* Enghlish!!!

I will try to rephrase the question.

I'd like to put an EK-SB6 waterblocks on my XFX 780i southbridge... so, reading the EK compatibility list the wb is reported as compatible.

Now, my question is... there may be problems to plug the tube on the ek connectors since my vga (xfx 8800gts 512) has a 2 slot stock-cooler?

Hope that now, my question is clear!

Thanks in advance!!

[brai]

What about bios P06(newest)

I flashed the newest bios P06..

I like, anybody was flashed too?

cya

[Codeman05]

I flashed to P06, seems to work well.

I still have a FSB wall right around 475FSB that I can't seem to overcome. Anyone have any suggestions on that?
I'm quite sure I can break 4.5GHz easily if I can get that issue taken care of. I'm not quite ready to give up SLI yet

thanks

[douirc]

anyone hitting 500fsb (2000qdr) with any of the new bios images? i'm running p05p and am stable at 475*8, but I can't even get the system to post at 500. wondering if i'm not putting enough voltage through it or if i don't have something set correct, or of course, the board just won't do it. would be nice to run 500 1:1.

[Pellepel]

I'm looking for something to replace my Striker. Don't really want to spend anything 200+, but do you guys recommend this board? Does it over clock well with Q6600? what are some know issues? thanks guys appreciated.

[CCC]

anyone hitting 500fsb (2000qdr) with any of the new bios images? i'm running p05p and am stable at 475*8, but I can't even get the system to post at 500. wondering if i'm not putting enough voltage through it or if i don't have something set correct, or of course, the board just won't do it. would be nice to run 500 1:1.

im running my 8500 at 500x9 for 24/7.. nb voltage on auto.. using p05 bios, ram linked 1:1

[saphirex7]

FYI P07 BIOS is out!

"P07 Updates:
DDR2-1066 stability improvements,

Improve operation of SLI-Ready DDR2-1066 memory

Stability improvements for Kentsfield 1333 CPUs
Improve detection of several PCIe cards, including certain SCSI cards"

http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=...1&key=&#463333

So far so good for me

SaphireX

[simonhimself]

Hello you all,

It seems like I cant get my Q6600 G0 over 3.0GHZ stable. My rig looks like this:

Q6600 G0
780i
2x2GB Mushkin 8500 (996599)
280GTX
850W thermaltake toughpower
Zalman 9700

I didnt do vdroop mod yet. I'd like to get my CPU to 3.4 prime stable 24/7, but it seems like it can't be done.

I tried about everything for a stable 3.2.

Max Voltages I used for 3.2ghz were:
Vcore 1.425
FSB 1.4
SPP 1.45
MCP 1.525
Rest on Auto

It didnt get stable. Always prime errors after an hour or so. I tried 8x400, QDR = 1600, 9x355 .. I thought maybe it's an FSB hole. So I went for 9x400, didnt work either. I also tried to run the RAM linked and synched. unlinked 1066 didnt work either. Not stable.

I read on the other thread that users with 4gb of ram should put 1.5V on the SPP (NB).. I am afraid of this because it's already highlighted in red. I'll need this computer for another 2 years or so. Do you think NB voltage could play a role?

Settings for stable 3GHZ:
QDR= 1333
Vcore = 1.250
Rest on Auto
Temps Load small FFS on prime95: 55 55 49 49 in Coretemp.

8x400 = 3.2ghz, ram at 800.. vcore 1.375 in bios, get's prime error after about 1.5h.

What am I missing here? I'd love to push my system a little further.

Thanks,
Simon