Gigabyte EX58-UD5/Extreme Discussion Thread

[blossa]

now that is interesting.. maybe the pci-e voltage needs to be adjusted as you up the freq? I know I tried 101 and my crappy x-fi went offline in windows, but everest was able to see it still.. kind of interesting.. anyways...

I can do 100-101 without any issues. 102-105MHz seems kind of random here wich makes it unusable.

I have upped the voltage about 0.1v but as it made no difference what so ever I did not test higher.

[revenant]

I can do 100-101 without any issues. 102-105MHz seems kind of random here wich makes it unusable.

I have upped the voltage about 0.1v but as it made no difference what so ever I did not test higher.

ahh... I was thinking last night perhaps it's the ICH voltage that needs a bump here... isn't that the southbridge (ICH10)?

[mascaras]

Hi guys

anyone already tested the F5G Bios for UD5??

im still using the F4R bios !


regards

[Pyr0]

i found i couldn't resume from sleep mode with the F5f and F5g bios's and HT disabled (forgot to try with it enabled, lol)

but it works again after i flashed back to F5e

[JWMc]

vista does not seem as forgiving when oc'ing and crashing a lot.
I had to restore my vista 64 partition from an image - where my 32 bit xp has crashed maybe 50 times and still comes back just fine each time. maybe restore from a previous image?

I finally had to break out the Vista64 DVD to do a repair after a system hang trying to run Crossfire at higher than stock clock speeds. I got an immediate BSOD upon boot saying that ecache.sys was corrupted. All is well after the repair though.

Amazingly, I had no such issues as I overclocked the hell out of this i7 while keeping the memory at 800mhz with tight timings and at least 30-40 BSODs while testing.

Select start windows normally... carry on.

[Hondacity]

can i use memset with this mobo?

thanks

[Lukee]

Guys, I need some help. I have the extreme version, bios F5C.

I just took out my 920 and put in a 940 and my PC turns on for 1 sec, then turns off and continues this loop.

I've tried resetting the cmos, I've removed the battery for about 30 seconds.

Does anyone know why this is happening and how I can fix it?

Do you think that maybe the CPU isn't seated correctly?

[YukonTrooper]

Try putting your 920 back in.

[Splave]

Guys, I need some help. I have the extreme version, bios F5C.

I just took out my 920 and put in a 940 and my PC turns on for 1 sec, then turns off and continues this loop.

I've tried resetting the cmos, I've removed the battery for about 30 seconds.

Does anyone know why this is happening and how I can fix it?

Do you think that maybe the CPU isn't seated correctly?

did you unplug anything accidentally (8pin)?

[Lukee]

Try putting your 920 back in.

Ok, I think I found out the problem. I looked at the socket and I think some pins got bent. I didn't lay it flat when I changed out the CPU because of my reservoir, so when I tried closing the cpu socket, it must have bent a couple of pins because the CPU slid down a little.

Has that happened to anyone else? Can I bend it back or do I have to buy a new board?

Looks like I am going to have to buy a new board. I'm not going to RMA it because I'm sure when they see the pins it will give it away.

So, would you guy buy Gigabyte again? I really hate the long boot times.

[Splave]

Would be hard to fix imo, worth a try though?

[YukonTrooper]

You could just send the board back for repair. Shoot off an e-mail to Gigabyte and get an estimate. I imagine it'll be a hell of a lot cheaper than buying a brand new unit.

[06F150fx4]

Ok, I think I found out the problem. I looked at the socket and I think some pins got bent. I didn't lay it flat when I changed out the CPU because of my reservoir, so when I tried closing the cpu socket, it must have bent a couple of pins because the CPU slid down a little.

Has that happened to anyone else? Can I bend it back or do I have to buy a new board?

Looks like I am going to have to buy a new board. I'm not going to RMA it because I'm sure when they see the pins it will give it away.

So, would you guy buy Gigabyte again? I really hate the long boot times.

I had the same problem and successfully RMA'd the board. The only difference was the computer ran fine for about 2 hours then started that reboot cycle. I have seen a few reviews on Newegg describing this issue and they all RMA'd. Good luck!

[s3rv3r]

I need some help, i tried got stable using these bios settings:

bclk - 200
ratio - 20
Turbo - disable
HT - enable
QPI - 1.31V
CPU - 1.425
Ram - 1.66v

I coudn`t get stable, but with 190 * 21, i can use vcore with 1.40 ( vdropp 1.375 idle, 1.36 load ) stable.

Bios F4N.

[grandmaster]

Both of my LAN ports are dead - more specifically they repeatedly turn themselves on and off rapidly. I'm on F5D now, so will be trying the power-down, remove cable and clear CMOS trick. Hopefully that'll fix it.

I've also found that the RAM timings have a severe effect on Windows performance and I've still not got them right - some memory intensive apps just crash. While the DRAM settings were on 'turbo' (the default), the audio devices in Windows were running 1% too fast.

I wish I hadn't been a cheapskate and had bought the ASUS. I'm also kinda hoping that the LAN ports are dead so I can RMA this thing.

[Bjynne]

I need some help, i tried got stable using these bios settings:

bclk - 200
ratio - 20
Turbo - disable
HT - enable
QPI - 1.31V
CPU - 1.425
Ram - 1.66v

I coudn`t get stable, but with 190 * 21, i can use vcore with 1.40 ( vdropp 1.375 idle, 1.36 load ) stable.

Bios F4N.

I have the same problem I need 1.44vcore load to get 200X20 stable but 21X191 is stable with much less vcore.

[BulldogPO]

Has there been any progress after F5a?

[SteveRo]

I have the same problem I need 1.44vcore load to get 200X20 stable but 21X191 is stable with much less vcore.

The 21 multi is also the sweet spot for my 965.
I have checked so many other multi's - none of them work as good as the x21.
I can do 21x211 with ht off and 21x202 with ht on - both prime stable, I had to go to water to be able to do this though - temps just got too high on air.

[Lukee]

I decided to go out locally and pick up a board. They had the Asus P6T and P6T deluxe. i bought the deluxe.

It boots up fine now. Installing chipset drivers now and then will start to OC it.

[jerjon7]

hey, i am new to this board, so hi how are you guys doing?

anyway i have the ud5 version of this board, and as soon as i up the voltage of qpi/vtt up to 1.3 or higher i will not be able to post with cmos reset, is this a bios issue, should i go back to F3 version, as of now i am using the f4 version from gigabyte's website. or is it possibly a hardware issue?

if its a bios issue, which are you all findind the best?

[grandmaster]

Thanks to Safan80 for posting the fix to the dead LAN ports problem!

[kpablo]

I am on Bios version F5E of the EX58 Extreme board, so far... 0 problems... i don't have cold boot problems.

Still priming... since 04:00AM til now 19:54 (my time) at 19x200, Vcore 1.3v in Bios (1.276v idle, 1.24v full in cpu-z). My chip just don't like 4GHz and low voltages so i am sticking to 3.8GHz until i get a new chip...

Cannot confirm about resuming from sleep mode since i have it disabled.

[burningrave101]

So what exactly holds back an i7 from running higher BLCK's? Is it the QPI speed from the CPU that limits how high of BLCK you get? I haven't had any luck getting 211Mhz stable with my current chip. I've tried it with a lower CPU multiplier of 18x and 19x and I've lowered the memory ratio to 6x to try and take the memory out of it but it still fails LinX within a few seconds. I bumped the QPI/Vtt voltage all the way up to around 1.5v and that still didn't get it stable. It doesn't BSOD when it fails neither, it just hard locks and I have to manually restart the computer. Usually when testing with the 21x multi and a lower BLCK it will BSOD when its unstable due to the CPU needing more vCore.

[Splave]

Maybe explore the other voltages? What vcore are you trying to pass 211 at? HT on as well I assume?
I havent had luck over 215 without HT on my chip

[safan80]

Thanks to Safan80 for posting the fix to the dead LAN ports problem!

so how many times did you hit the clear cmos button?