Gigabyte EX58-UD5/Extreme Discussion Thread

[burningrave101]

I just thought that I would note in case anyone else hadn't noticed that the latest version of EVEREST Ultimate Edition seems to be reporting North Bridge temps for the Gigabyte UD5/Extreme. My temps at the moment are 60C running Prime Blend and with 1.3v IOH. What kind of temps are the rest of you getting?

http://www.lavalys.com:8081/beta/eve...jha7tbys2x.zip

[ReverendMaynard]

I just thought that I would note in case anyone else hadn't noticed that the latest version of EVEREST Ultimate Edition seems to be reporting North Bridge temps for the Gigabyte UD5/Extreme. My temps at the moment are 60C running Prime Blend and with 1.3v IOH. What kind of temps are the rest of you getting?

http://www.lavalys.com:8081/beta/eve...jha7tbys2x.zip

Idle 45C load 57C.

[Xello]

It'll vary greatly depending on voltage and your video cards.

I'm on stock (1.1v if i remember right) but with 2 GTX295 i sit 55c idle and push 61-65c, 67c max under load (while gaming).

If you have enough gpu's a session of Crysis will actually heat up the NB more than blend

[Hondacity]

does anybody have the lan-drivers for the mobo? on the gb website.there's only several drivers...which is so so....

thanks

[Hott00]

GA-EX58-UD5 - F5e finally is a stable bios for me. Tried a lot, futile so far.
Now 26x150 @ 1.4 vcore and 27x150 @ 1.4750 vcore both hit 8 hours stable ortho. Only problem is the temperature: 78 C load and 85 load C respectively.
Using Thermalright 120 extreme black with 2 scythe SFF21F on the i7 965 Extreme and UD5 mobo doesnt seem to temper these temps. Maybe replace the thermalright with new artic?

[ReverendMaynard]

GA-EX58-UD5 - F5e finally is a stable bios for me. Tried a lot, futile so far.
Now 26x150 @ 1.4 vcore and 27x150 @ 1.4750 vcore both hit 8 hours stable ortho. Only problem is the temperature: 78 C load and 85 load C respectively.
Using Thermalright 120 extreme black with 2 scythe SFF21F on the i7 965 Extreme and UD5 mobo doesnt seem to temper these temps. Maybe replace the thermalright with new artic?

so you're running 4 instances of orthos? 1.475 for 4050mhz is terrible, are you setting anything other than the vcore or just leaving it on auto?

[SteveRo]

GA-EX58-UD5 - F5e finally is a stable bios for me. Tried a lot, futile so far.
Now 26x150 @ 1.4 vcore and 27x150 @ 1.4750 vcore both hit 8 hours stable ortho. Only problem is the temperature: 78 C load and 85 load C respectively.
Using Thermalright 120 extreme black with 2 scythe SFF21F on the i7 965 Extreme and UD5 mobo doesnt seem to temper these temps. Maybe replace the thermalright with new artic?

try the x21 multi - that is a sweet spot for several i7s - perhaps - for a first try - 21x191 hyper threading off - set at vcore of 1.4v, cpu PLL at 1.88, qpi at 1.335, mem at 1.64 for a start - multi's at x36, 13 and 6 for qpi, uncore and memory - that should get you going. That f5e bios might be a problem for you also, most oc folks are still running f4 bios's. I found (on extreme) that best oc bios was either f4j or f4m.

[revenant]

I was seeing that repeated 'power cycle' issue on cold boot with f5a-f5d BIOS versions. I am not seeing this issue in f4n.

looks like all of the f5 bioses are plagued with that.. huh. well, unless f5e has some other horrible problem I haven't encountered yet, I will live with it.

[vegasr]

Great thread, very informative.

I'm just about to upgrade to the i7, and would really like to try a Gigabyte mobo over an Asus board. However, it seems bios issues are plentiful here, but I know thats how it is with all mobos I guess. I'm just not used to so many beta bios versions, like all the F4xx's and now the F5xx's.

Is it just hit or miss with these Gibabyte bios releases? Or has there been a couple solid ones out there.

Thanks

[FragMagnet]

Well I grabbed another 920 today, the batch # was close to a couple of decent ones on here. 3837A908 seems to be a lot more playful than the last one. First thing I noticed was the default vcore, 1.275v vs. 1.325v of my other one. I did the basic setting in the bios, left turbo and HT on, booted right into windows and started priming at 1.232 under load at 3780, lasted about 2 minutes then rebooted. Turned off turbo, and it's about 10 minutes into prime as I type this. Temps are 54-60c in a 22c ambient, VTT is at 1.15v, but it looks good so far. There's one more of these at another retailer across town, for those in Winnipeg, pm me and I'll give you the location.
edit: actualy it's going between 1.232 and 1.216v under load with LLC enabled, I think I'll do the vdroop mod that dinos22 mentioned.

[chefnr1]

On Wednesday, I get my new things, i7 965 Extreme Quad - Corsair TWIN3X 1866MHz DDR3 3GB DHX + - Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5, X58 - Corsair Power Supply 1000W Black - already have 3 HD4870X2, some tips on the bios setting, and the bios that is best for this set ..

[Theta]

Is there any "golden" UD5 BIOS for S3 / Standby support?

Every... single... one... From F3 -> F5E has failed to come out of S3 properly.

Anyone have any info on a S3-friendly BIOS to take more time with?

[kpablo]

There is a possibility to put the multi at x21 on the 920? w/o enabling Turbo.

If is... how to do it?

[ReverendMaynard]

There is a possibility to put the multi at x21 on the 920? w/o enabling Turbo.

If is... how to do it?

Turbo = x21....plain and simple.

Theta, that issue is X58 chipset wide, not Gigabyte.

[Pyr0]

i don't have any problems resuming from sleep

[chefnr1]

Is there any "golden" UD5 BIOS for S3 / Standby support?

Every... single... one... From F3 -> F5E has failed to come out of S3 properly.

Anyone have any info on a S3-friendly BIOS to take more time with?

Im with you there..

[Xello]

You need to have HT on to resume from s3.

This is a pretty major glitch, it should be put somewhere, maybe on the first post or something.

[chefnr1]

You need to have HT on to resume from s3.

This is a pretty major glitch, it should be put somewhere, maybe on the first post or something.

Yes so folks dont need to read all the pages to se what is the best or the worst..

[Xello]

Damn right, when i started posting on this thread there were only 20-30 pages to read through to catch up, i don't think i'd bother now

And in fact, i remember from testing that under all bios even with HT on, while resuming does work, the board's lights and LED display never return to normal. The voltage lights never come back on, and the LED hangs on D1 or something like that. The only light that's on is the power button, which never actually goes off even in sleep mode.

[Pyr0]

i can resume from sleep with or without HT (i have HT disabled atm and have just tested)
the led reads E1 while resuming, and then FF when it gets to the desktop

since disabling HT, the only prob i have is that it will occasionally go straight back to sleep again if i use the mouse to wake it and then don't move it while resuming

if i wake the pc by pressing the spacebar, it seems to resume normally

[revenant]

So, perhaps this was covered, but how does the UD5 recover from a bad bios setting? does it try to power up a couple times and then revert to power on defaults? or.... do you have to clear CMOS with the button?

i can resume from sleep with or without HT (i have HT disabled atm and have just tested)
the led reads E1 while resuming, and then FF when it gets to the desktop

the only prob i have is that it will occasionally go straight back to sleep again after waking if i don't move the mouse again while resuming

nice.. what is your base clock set to? seems like anything over 180 or so and people have issues with sleep mode.

[Pyr0]

i'm running 191x21 at the moment

recovery from bad bios settings seems to be pretty much automatic
sometimes it can just hang, but pressing the reset button a couple of times usually gets it to recover

[revenant]

ahh, so maybe there some hope.. thx on the bios question also.

[roller11]

i don't have any problems resuming from sleep

Pyr0 (or anyone with a gigabyte board) ..could you run a simple test? Could you resume out of SM and measure how many seconds from power button to windows reappearing? My ud5 always resumes out of SM, but it is extremely slow and I want to know if my numbers are typical, or, if there is something wrong with my board.

Thanks

[Pyr0]

roughly 15 seconds from pressing spacebar to seeing desktop