Gigabyte EX58-UD5/Extreme Discussion Thread

[freshy]

just put my ud5 , 920 together and just finished putting OS on and drivers , still on f3 bios everything seems ok but im getting a FF code on the debug led thingi under the sata ports on the mother board ,anyone got any idea what that is ?
when i boot system up it goes 76 to 80 then FF

also im about to start overclocking shall i upgrade my bios to f4k or stick with f3

thanx for ya help guys , appreciate it

i7 920
ga-ex58-ud5
patriot 3gb kit 1600
HIS 4870

[hiwa]

has anyone tried benchmarking their RAM past 2GHz
i cant seem to reach high MHz but this RAM is capable

everything else pretty much rocks with this board
its pretty efficienct, OCs like a mofo and performance is good, stable and all

btw i am yet to experience these cold boot startup problems that some were mentioning

got a link in the sig from testing notes etc

no benchamark dinos,but i got 997.9 cas 7 with giga extreme

[derektm]

just put my ud5 , 920 together and just finished putting OS on and drivers , still on f3 bios everything seems ok but im getting a FF code on the debug led thingi under the sata ports on the mother board ,anyone got any idea what that is ?
when i boot system up it goes 76 to 80 then FF

also im about to start overclocking shall i upgrade my bios to f4k or stick with f3

thanx for ya help guys , appreciate it

i7 920
ga-ex58-ud5
patriot 3gb kit 1600
HIS 4870

FF code means all systems go!

[dj883u2]

New Test!

Configuration:

Processor: Intel Core i7 920 (Nehalem);
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 - Bios F4K;
Ram: Corsair 6GB DDR3 1600 cas 8-8-8-24 - 1.65v "TR3X6G1600C8D";
Cooling: Air - Asus Triton 81;
Sistem: Windows Vista 64 bit.

Frequency Cpu: 4515Mhz "215x21" - Voltage: 1.37v.

Super PI 1M:



Super PI 2M:



Super PI 4M:



Super PI 8M:



Super PI 16M:



Super PI 32M:



Validazione:

CPU-Z Validator 3.0

Very Good Cpu!

[GAR]

just put my ud5 , 920 together and just finished putting OS on and drivers , still on f3 bios everything seems ok but im getting a FF code on the debug led thingi under the sata ports on the mother board ,anyone got any idea what that is ?
when i boot system up it goes 76 to 80 then FF

also im about to start overclocking shall i upgrade my bios to f4k or stick with f3

thanx for ya help guys , appreciate it

i7 920
ga-ex58-ud5
patriot 3gb kit 1600
HIS 4870

From my experience, stay with F3.

[hicookie]

i think i can say Yes !!! (but only few hours since i flash it)






the same

1.216v idle / 1.20v full







regards

whats going on..lol, why i found retail 920 is always be better than 965,

[hicookie]

Below pic is what is apparently hidden in GB bios, this pic from another poster is bios of intel x58 board. I think this explains why F3 bios is stable with turbo enabled with a lower Vcore than all F4beta bioses.

F3 bios apparently sets 1-core and 2-core ratio limit of 21 for i920 and 23 for i940, ie allows turbo for 1 and 2 cores loads. While 3 and 4 core ratio limits are stock or 20 i920 and 22 i940. All F4betas have 1-4 core ratio limit all set at turbo mode 21 for i920 and 23 for i940. For that reason to be stable in F4 beta bioses, you have to turn turbo off or use significantly more vcore than what you need for stable in F3. It may also be necessary to adjust TDP override as well.

I wonder if enough of us email GB, would they make this option accessible to us.

the latest BETA BIOS has put that in
but i think that can't improve anything
actually its via turbo boost, after fix mulitiplier
when disable turbo boost then that beta BIOS can go out.
but the function of change multi is not like AMD's processor.

[hiwa]

Gigabyte Ex58 Rox
Cellshock 1800 GTR


21 passed

[hicookie]

try raise uncore to higher step, in your case 21x or 22x
i have one i7 can work 4.6GHz UCLK.
if not stable, then try higher QPI/VTT voltage

[hiwa]

try raise uncore to higher step, in your case 21x or 22x
i have one i7 can work 4.6GHz UCLK.
if not stable, then try higher QPI/VTT voltage

i tried 1.58 to get 41XX, next run will try new CSX triple kit and try 1.58 Vqpi with them

[hicookie]

i tried 1.58 to get 41XX, next run will try new CSX triple kit and try 1.58 Vqpi with them

yes, alos some modules limit your uclk

[Xello]

Frequency Cpu: 4515Mhz "215x21" - Voltage: 1.37v.

Holy Moly

[freshy]

prime for over 1 hour @4ghz with turbo on , still going
1.375v in bios, 1.328v under load
bios f4k
thats ok ha ?

and m temps are ok too ?

[ReverendMaynard]

Slight overvolt with the F4j.

1.4v (drop = 1.375vcore load = 1.376
1.25 qpi/vtt
1.84 pll
uncore 17x

HT off

[dinos22]

whats going on..lol, why i found retail 920 is always be better than 965,

nice man very nice

try raise uncore to higher step, in your case 21x or 22x
i have one i7 can work 4.6GHz UCLK.
if not stable, then try higher QPI/VTT voltage

i got a nice chip/board too

4422MHz NB Frequency stable for 32M SuperPi



but i do have a problem with this board/IMC with high MHz RAM frequency
i just cannot bench past 2100 with these sticks which did 2300+ CAS8 on asus board (charles' bench) same ram

Latency reported is kinda low as well...was expecting low 20s
hicookie any changes on that?!?!?!

[freshy]

prime over 5 hours , still going @4ghz , 191 x 19 + turbo

[ShoNuff]

4.2GHz on Air!

Using Rev's settings above except for 1.28v QPI

[freshy]

ShoNuff is that prime stable ? or just benching ?

[ShoNuff]

Didn't test it yet. Personally I didn't even think it was going to allow me to launch CPU-Z but it ran all tests as posted above. I'm still on air so I don't plan to push the temps at that voltage.

edit: Added temp log from Everest.

[icecold316]

I just put together my rig. The keyboard didnt work after the BIOS screen.

Then I just switched to 4-pin connector and it worked fine? Is 4 Pin enough for i7 920?

[bench2die]

From my experience, stay with F3.

x2 I just tried it and it does not work as good, Its a tad more unstable.

[ante_ante]

Planing to order this setup:

I7 920
Gigabyte X58 UD
G.Skill DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz PI Black 3GB

What do u think ?

[Nocturno]

Slight overvolt with the F4j.

1.4v (drop = 1.375vcore load = 1.376
1.25 qpi/vtt
1.84 pll
uncore 17x

HT off

Still hope that the same happens in future UD5 Bios. Hate the droop...

[dinos22]

Still hope that the same happens in future UD5 Bios. Hate the droop...

[Nocturno]

Dinos22, UD3P doesnt have droop neither has Extreme, why does we have to make vmods to solve this in UD5?!?!