Gigabyte EX58-UD5/Extreme Discussion Thread

[johnyz333]

Can someone confirm that the gigabyte extreme comfortably fits tri gtx 280's? Im looking at getting one, but concerned because i have heard that the board cant seat all 3 cards.

[bench2die]

all three fit perfect BUT you need a case with 8 expansion slots.

[Hornet331]

I figured out what the issue was. I was running two x-25m ssd's in raid. Memtest wont boot with the raid array active. I turned off my raid, and then ran Memtest. But when I tried to start my array again it failed. Is that supposed to happen?


Edit. Now that I can memtest I am seeing a problem. If I set Performance Enhance in the MBIT to Turbo or Extreme, I get many many errors in memtest. Did you have that issue?

Edit V2. I just burned my hand on my ram. I placed a yate-loon fan over the ram, It is running much cooler now. Does anyone know of an elegant ram cooling solution?

Edit 3. Even when cooled. Running the Corsair Dominator at 1600mhz with 12gbs still has too many errors when running memtest. Does anyone have any tips?

memtest dont test the ram alone, it also tests the IMC.

[Splave]

@namegt: how high does it go in triple channel?

[Xello]

all three fit perfect BUT you need a case with 8 expansion slots.

I think you can do it with 7, if your case allows it (TJ07 needs a few rivets drilled out to get rid of a wee plate that would block the 3rd card), you'd just need to put a single-slot backplate on the 3rd card, or make it fit some other way - it's not like it has to be perfectly sloted into the backplate space since you're not using the connectors on it.

I might just wait for the new quad-sli cards, all the same.

[johnp1983]

boyz, U know how to flash bios in dos via usb pendrive on this main??

And, I heard bios F4L for EX58 UD5 rocks... someone can confirm this?

Thanks.

[Xello]

Can anyone else confirm that 36x QPI multi actually = 18x? Other boards apparently have x18 multi, my GB extreme with F4j bios has lowest 36x(apart from slow mode), but that puts me on 18x.

[Splave]

Can anyone else confirm that 36x QPI multi actually = 18x? Other boards apparently have x18 multi, my GB extreme with F4j bios has lowest 36x(apart from slow mode), but that puts me on 18x.

yeah x36=x18 x44=x22 x48=x24

For the bios update, throw the file on a flash drive (size should be 1mb) press f8 while in the bios and update the somb1tch

[johnp1983]

For the bios update, throw the file on a flash drive (size should be 1mb) press f8 while in the bios and update the somb1tch

Oook...

on the previously XFX 780i i need also to use AWDFlash... now I don't need it??

Thanks

[Splave]

this is called qflash, nope you dont need anything just the bios file

[Hornet331]

Can anyone else confirm that 36x QPI multi actually = 18x? Other boards apparently have x18 multi, my GB extreme with F4j bios has lowest 36x(apart from slow mode), but that puts me on 18x.

yes its the same GB uses MT/s all others use the real frequency.

[Xello]

I can vouce for @bios, worked like a charm.

yeah x36=x18 x44=x22 x48=x24

That explains it! Why don't they just put the correct multi value

[Hornet331]

I can vouce for @bios, worked like a charm.



That explains it! Why don't they just put the correct multi value

It works for you?

I cant get any of the Gigabyte tool work under Vista Ultimate 64bit... @bios says it cant disable Green Energy saver (its not installed), the Energy saver says it doesn't support my Bios version and Easytune just crashes.

Good work GB good work.

[ante_ante]

This is where i´m at now for the moment.

Running 8-8-8-20 on memory and 1.64v , vcore is set to 1.30 with LLC enabled. Rest of the volt is auto.




Eist disabled and turbo mode enabled.

[Isepick]

Not sure what I am doing wrong here, but I cant get past 175 bclk on my UD5 and 940 to save my life. 175x22 (23 with permaturbo) is rock solid, prime & linpack stable. 180 x 19+, bsods within 5 minutes of prime (getting a lot 0x00000101 and 124s). Current settings are follows, using f4k:

22x175
QPI=36
uncore=13
spd=6
timings are 9-9-9-24 (corsair 1600 rated @7-7-7-10 @1.8v)
LLC=Enabled
Vcore=1.475
QPI/VTT = 1.400
CpuPLL=1.900
QPIpll= 1.24
IOH Core=1.200
ICH I/O =1.58
ICH Core=1.14
Dram=1.8

Raising Vcore all the way to 1.55 does not help the bsods at 180+bclck. Any thoughts and suggestions appreciated...

Edit: Turbo and HT are both on...and playing the EIST function didnt seem to help any.

[Hornet331]

try lowering the uncore to 17 or 16.

[Splave]

what is your ram multi @? should be half or less than half of your uncore. Maybe try 16x uncore and 8x ram

[Xello]

It works for you?

I cant get any of the Gigabyte tool work under Vista Ultimate 64bit... @bios says it cant disable Green Energy saver (its not installed), the Energy saver says it doesn't support my Bios version and Easytune just crashes.

Good work GB good work.

Yep all the tools work for me, vista HP 64. I'm not using Easytune though, i prefer to make change in the bios. Not a great program, anyway.

[ReverendMaynard]

Not sure what I am doing wrong here, but I cant get past 175 bclk on my UD5 and 940 to save my life. 175x22 (23 with permaturbo) is rock solid, prime & linpack stable. 180 x 19+, bsods within 5 minutes of prime (getting a lot 0x00000101 and 124s). Current settings are follows, using f4k:

22x175
QPI=36
uncore=18
spd=6
timings are 9-9-9-24 (corsair 1600 rated @7-7-7-10 @1.8v)
LLC=Enabled
Vcore=1.475
QPI/VTT = 1.400
CpuPLL=1.900
QPIpll= 1.24
IOH Core=1.200
ICH I/O =1.58
ICH Core=1.14
Dram=1.8

Raising Vcore all the way to 1.55 does not help the bsods at 180+bclck. Any thoughts and suggestions appreciated...

Edit: Turbo and HT are both on...and playing the EIST function didnt seem to help any.

I would honestly try to nail down a decent clock without HT enabled, then work on it. It just throws another variable in there to deal with.

124's in my experience are usually vcore, but at 1.475v....you're already pushing it. That is just a brutal amount of vcore to throw at a cpu at such low frequency. Also the uncore should be lowered like Bobbylite mentioned.

It seems like you're not really taking the right approach....at all. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that if you keep your settings where they are, your cpu is going bite it fast.

[Hornet331]

Yep all the tools work for me, vista HP 64. I'm not using Easytune though, i prefer to make change in the bios. Not a great program, anyway.

Damn... ah well i dont need them anyway.

Still in the process of finding my 24/7 clocks... i aim for 3,6ghz with HT on at the lowest voltage. (prime/linx stable of course )

Right now im on 1,232V and droping.

[Isepick]

sorry, uncore is 13x, ram is 6x, the 18 i posted above was when i was playing with memory stuff to see if it was stable at 175 with better timings....when i was on my way up to 175 bclck, 12x uncore would be unstable, 13x just fine (with 6x memory)

I do believe I AM taking the wrong approach, thx Rev...my temps are ok tho, and I'm not near the max Vcore yet, but I really didnt want to run so high on the voltages...I'm on air, hitting 83C on load, 40 on idle...I'm getting 4 GHZ now, I'm trying for 4.2 and I'll be happy

Edit: having issues with my dvd player at the moment, so I am NOT on a clean install...running vista x64, could that be the cause?

[Hornet331]

Edit: having issues with my dvd player at the moment, so I am NOT on a clean install...running vista x64, could that be the cause?

I don't think so im also on Vista x64 and running 180mhz bclck without a problem.

[Isepick]

I don't think so im also on Vista x64 and running 180mhz bclck without a problem.

Thank you, I know sometimes windows gets annoyed when you change mainboards on it...does anybody else have 8 cpus listed in device manager?

[Hornet331]

Thank you, I know sometimes windows gets annoyed when you change mainboards on it...does anybody else have 8 cpus listed in device manager?

Yes its because of HT.

btw. broke the 1.2V barrier, priming now at 1.184V

[ReverendMaynard]

sorry, uncore is 13x, ram is 6x, the 18 i posted above was when i was playing with memory stuff to see if it was stable at 175 with better timings....when i was on my way up to 175 bclck, 12x uncore would be unstable, 13x just fine (with 6x memory)

I do believe I AM taking the wrong approach, thx Rev...my temps are ok tho, and I'm not near the max Vcore yet, but I really didnt want to run so high on the voltages...I'm on air, hitting 83C on load, 40 on idle...I'm getting 4 GHZ now, I'm trying for 4.2 and I'll be happy

Edit: having issues with my dvd player at the moment, so I am NOT on a clean install...running vista x64, could that be the cause?

Sometimes you just gotta scrap everything you're doing and "reset" lol. Glad you didn't take my comment as a knock

This is subjective, but I'd say 1.4v is the max limit for i7's on air 24/7. I say that because of the high load temps. high Volts + high temps = damage, and the higher the load temps, the lower your vcore ceiling is going to be. If you're not worried about ditching your cpu, then by all means...pump it to it lol.

Right now, with HT off I'm trying to dial in 4ghz.

20x200
QPI=36
uncore=16
9-9-9-24 (depends on your ram of course)
LLC=Enabled
Vcore=1.375
QPI/VTT = 1.325
CpuPLL=1.84
QPIpll= 1.24
IOH Core=1.1
ICH I/O =1.58
ICH Core=1.14
Dram=1.66v (depends on your ram of course)

So far, this has netted me 4ghz 1hr prime small/large and blend stable. I refuse to push it beyond an hour at 82C (I'm on air as well) until I can drop it by switching to water (modding my Apogess GT today)

Those settings might not work for your Ise, but they are a bit more realistic to what it should take to get 4ghz.