Gigabyte EP45-UD3P - out of the box and almost auto setting -> boot @ 620FSB easy.

[Grnfinger]

This will be a interesting thread to watch. I was considering this board untill dinos22 chip died as well

[VIctorj]

And thats it for ultra durable, eh?

[WaterFlex]

Very nice clock!

[PcCI2iminal]

same here man
my gem E8600 is dead

damn ....what happen ? died on air or what?

[BoldEagle]

Ouch, very sorry to hear that. Damn this was looking like a killer thread to and it happened during the wimpy session, that sucks. Personally I have manually set all volts on the mobo as it does jack em up.

[PcCI2iminal]

here is the dead board....





dead only few hrs after the first booting ..... and my best E8600 was gone...anyway ,i like that board and i will try again with a new Gigabyte EP45-UD3P and a new E8600



lets see how it goes

[dinos22]

damn ....what happen ? died on air or what?

i am not 100% sure if it was this board but i think it's probably 99% likely

i last benched a few days ago on 790i
everything was normal ...... no weird going on.....CPU was ok and all

i took it out
put it in the UD3P and was getting constant reboots....like quick power on power off

after i put my debug card i saw CE..........outch ...i thought maybe CPU is dead

stick it in another board...........same reboots.,,,,,,,,,,,another board ...... reboots

took it to a shop next door today
same ......... reboots
dead CPU

i have to buy some cheap CPU now to first check whether UD3P is still ok and then whether 790i board is ok

i didnt have that heatsink on the side of the PCB....didnt think id need it just to install OS but i did not see any blown components and usually those things only need cooling if pushed really hard on air anyways

[PcCI2iminal]

i am not 100% sure if it was this board but i think it's probably 99% likely

i last benched a few days ago on 790i
everything was normal ...... no weird going on.....CPU was ok and all

i took it out
put it in the UD3P and was getting constant reboots....like quick power on power off

after i put my debug card i saw CE..........outch ...i thought maybe CPU is dead

stick it in another board...........same reboots.,,,,,,,,,,,another board ...... reboots

took it to a shop next door today
same ......... reboots
dead CPU

i have to buy some cheap CPU now to first check whether UD3P is still ok and then whether 790i board is ok

i didnt have that heatsink on the side of the PCB....didnt think id need it just to install OS but i did not see any blown components and usually those things only need cooling if pushed really hard on air anyways

u never had a post??
very sad man.....just let me know if u need some help with Intel 45nm

[systemviper]

i'd better slow down , with my Q9650. sry to hear that.

[Slovnaft]

YA DOOD gigabyte auto settings are notorious for pumping volts! I had the same thing back with me X48T-DQ6, first few minutes on a 45nm quad i was wondering why i was idling at 50*C then I saw the board was pushing 1.55 vcore...

EDIT: I've noticed a very high frequency sound that seems to start when i start any kind of stability test. It's almost inaudible and very quiet and i'm not sure whether i'm going crazy, whether it's some fan barely grazing something, or whether it might be a bad vreg. wondering if anyone else heard something like this.
I'm totally stable on reasonably low volts (1.275 vcore, 1.3 pll, 1.5vttt, 1.3vnb). i just don't wanna blow a fet...

[PcCI2iminal]

sry to hear that.

its ok with me ,i lost my great E8600 but i will request a RMA from Intel

i'd better slow down , with my Q9650.

you rite my friend your cpu is twice of the price of mine ,so don't push so hard

[sunny7day]

got this board boot at 580

[systemviper]

its ok with me ,i lost my great E8600 but i will request a RMA from Intel


you rite my friend your cpu is twice of the price of mine ,so don't push so hard

yea, have had it booting with vcore @ 1.56 an mch 1.82 to get 4.8 @ 535 fsb but i know it can go higher but i haven't found the key, maybe water. But i have been pushing hard with air,i was hoping to break the magic 5G

It seems to like 503, it just locks in and rocks, 1.46v, so i might try to ratchet that down

[PcCI2iminal]

EP45-UD3P #2 - The Reborn
Intel cooler box





First Boot @ 600
max FSB @ 630
room temp 25c
E8600 Q820A593

not bad for a first try with cooler box hehehe


robust graphics booster - auto
cpu clock ratio 6x

cpu host clock control - enable
cpu host frequency - 600
pci express frequency 101
C.I.A.2 - disable
advanced clock control - default

performance enhance - standard
(G)MCH frequency latch - auto
system memory multiplier (spd) - 2.00B
latency - auto

load-line calibration - disable
cpu vcore - 1.25v
cpu termination - 1.6v
cpu pll - 1.6v
cpu reference - auto
MCH core - 1.4v
MCH reference - auto
ICH I/O - auto
ICH Core - auto

Dram voltage - 2.2v
Dram termination - auto
channel a reference - auto
channel b reference - auto

[NapalmV5]

no surprise there

thats what dq6/extreme are for.. sustain high clocks

why hasnt my q9650/dq6 @ 4.8ghz on air and xtreme voltages blown up already..

[systemviper]

are you going to the beta bios?

i'd love to get a E8600, hmmmm

[BoldEagle]

Have u tried EasyTune6? Damn Im loving that app for volts and clocks on the fly, can crash SuperPI and then tweak again without a BIOS revisit. It beats SetFSB imho.

[Slovnaft]

nice air fsb.
all those voltages are very reasonable, xcept vtt, seems pretty high, specially for air; careful with that E86...

[pangingIII]

EP45-UD3P #2 - The Reborn
Intel cooler box


load-line calibration - disable
cpu vcore - 1.25v
cpu termination - 1.6v
cpu pll - 1.6v
cpu reference - auto
MCH core - 1.4v
MCH reference - auto
ICH I/O - auto
ICH Core - auto

Dram voltage - 2.2v
Dram termination - auto
channel a reference - auto
channel b reference - auto[/B]

that's better than setting all voltages in BIOS to Auto the core voltage would be 1.45v with the auto

[CryptiK]

Started out well then went downhill fast. Now 3 x 8600's have died on UD3P and then 1 possibly 2 boards die. This is not looking good.

[BoldEagle]

that's better than setting all voltages in BIOS to Auto the core voltage would be 1.45v with the auto

Nice fsb thr buddy for 1.168v .

[sunny7day]

boot from bios, everything on auto just for testing.

[dinos22]

YA DOOD gigabyte auto settings are notorious for pumping volts! I had the same thing back with me X48T-DQ6, first few minutes on a 45nm quad i was wondering why i was idling at 50*C then I saw the board was pushing 1.55 vcore...

EDIT: I've noticed a very high frequency sound that seems to start when i start any kind of stability test. It's almost inaudible and very quiet and i'm not sure whether i'm going crazy, whether it's some fan barely grazing something, or whether it might be a bad vreg. wondering if anyone else heard something like this.
I'm totally stable on reasonably low volts (1.275 vcore, 1.3 pll, 1.5vttt, 1.3vnb). i just don't wanna blow a fet...

i've tested every conceivable GIgabyte that came out and never had an issue.....this was unique to my Giga experience....not very pleasant but oh well

btw at stock settings GB boards have stock volts...it is only when you start overclocking with auto volts which is not a great idea on any board is that you see high volt jumps to compensate for OCs...this is definitely not GB exclusive and i've tested Asus boards which also scale in volts crazy just from FSB OCs and auto volts

[new-b]

I've noticed a very high frequency sound that seems to start when i start any kind of stability test. It's almost inaudible and very quiet and i'm not sure whether i'm going crazy, whether it's some fan barely grazing something, or whether it might be a bad vreg. wondering if anyone else heard something like this.
I'm totally stable on reasonably low volts (1.275 vcore, 1.3 pll, 1.5vttt, 1.3vnb). i just don't wanna blow a fet...

Yea...I hear the same thing under heavy load (stock volts right now to) and it seems to be coming from around the top vreg heatsink...right about where PcCI2iminal lost his mosfet

[SMeeD]

Hey what voltages should I be watching out for? Ive got everything set on auto except for Vcore and memory voltage. I really dont want to fry my stuff.