Gigabyte EX58-UD5/Extreme Discussion Thread

[Booj]

I replaced the Mobo twice, and switched a TT 1200w with a TT 1500w...same result!

Oh crap I just bought a 1200w Toughpower to use with this board. I'll let you know how it turns out. If I have problems, the PSU stays, the board goes!

[ZCommander]

Make sure you stress the system before you turn it off, then turn it on as soon as it turns off.

I'm allready starting to think about a replace with another brand, any one knows a site that ships world wide, I'm thinking DFI or Asus.

[Booj]

I had a bench session tonight with the TT1200w with i7 920 at 1.55v under cascade & hd4890 CF and didn't have any problems with multiple restarts. The psu handled it well.

afaik there are a couple of different revisions of the psu range. Mine is a W0133

[Splave]

what the highest bclk anyone has gotten out of this biotch?

[Booj]

I havent tested long under the cold with the board. I can boot & bench at 222x21 with a C0 920 under cascade. Haven't tried higher yet.

[CodeRush]

My max BCLK is 221.9 Mhz. There are rumors that PCI-Express clock is bottleneck for BCLK and raising it over 110 Mhz will solve BCLK wall, but I can't stabilize even 103 Mhz PCI-E on EX58-Extreme with 8600 GT (or old PCI S3 Treo64, same sh*t ), so I can't proove or disproove it.

[ZCommander]

I had a bench session tonight with the TT1200w with i7 920 at 1.55v under cascade & hd4890 CF and didn't have any problems with multiple restarts. The psu handled it well.

afaik there are a couple of different revisions of the psu range. Mine is a W0133

It is not about multi. rstarts, it's about trying to boot from cold boot after pushing the PC.

[Booj]

It is not about multi. rstarts, it's about trying to boot from cold boot after pushing the PC.

I see, well only once I shut down (with AC still on/connected)to put a second video card in and it booted back up to 222x21 ok..Of course once is hardly conclusive.

[ZCommander]

DDR Phas LED, when my mobo fails to boot these 2 LEDs ( a green and a yellow LED ) turns on, what causes these LEDs to turn on or off?

[ZCommander]

I'm reading some old posts on this thread and found out that lowdog has the same problem as I am!

Hmm.........now is this a gigabyte issue or a Thermaltake issue....?

[ReverendMaynard]

I'm reading some old posts on this thread and found out that lowdog has the same problem as I am!

Hmm.........now is this a gigabyte issue or a Thermaltake issue....?

I've used 3 different PSU's by 3 different manufacturers (not just brands, manufacturers) and all three worked flawlessly. I'd lean towards TT being the issue.

[ZCommander]

I've used 3 different PSU's by 3 different manufacturers (not just brands, manufacturers) and all three worked flawlessly. I'd lean towards TT being the issue.

The TT 1200w I have worked perfectly on 3 systems:

an X38 baseed system
a P35 system
and a 965 system

without any problems, now you couple it with a gigabyte x58 and the mobo sometimes won't boot!

I think it is a gigabyte problem.

[ReverendMaynard]

Whatever. Sell it, get a new board....live on.

[Splave]

The TT 1200w I have worked perfectly on 3 systems:

an X38 baseed system
a P35 system
and a 965 system

without any problems, now you couple it with a gigabyte x58 and the mobo sometimes won't boot!

I think it is a gigabyte problem.

asked for advice right? its not unheard of to have compatibility issues

[The Water Dog]

No newes that some motherboard dont like some psu

[ci2kla]

Finally got this to work 200/2000

[ZCommander]

Whatever. Sell it, get a new board....live on.

I was in the market today, I'm thinking of going either Asus Rampage II Extreme or P6T WS revo.

I'l putting the EX58-extreme back in to the box and wait for some one to buy it.

[hlonipha]

I ordered another evga gtx 295 red today but not sure if my UD5 board will allow for quad SLI of the (2 gtx 295). can anyone confirm that the cards will fit.

thanks

[ReverendMaynard]

I ordered another evga gtx 295 red today but not sure if my UD5 board will allow for quad SLI of the (2 gtx 295). can anyone confirm that the cards will fit.

thanks

Sure do.

[hlonipha]

Sure do.

thanks bud. my current board is acting up. it is only seen 4 ghz of ram. I'm building a new i7 rig and a new board should arrive tomorrow. Once that one arrive, I will rma my current one. guess my 2nd rig will have to wait a bit.

[emertX]

Has anybody get more than 222 Bclk until now?

[The Water Dog]

Is it someone here that have tried or heard something about this batch: 3847A764 ?
My Gigabyte mobo and 920 D0 is coming tomorrow

[naokaji]

Is it someone here that have tried or heard something about this batch: 3847A764 ?
My Gigabyte mobo and 920 D0 is coming tomorrow

Exact same batch as I have, up to 210x21 no problems, but above that it starts screaming: "more volts, more volts", since my gpu refuses to work with increased pci-e clocks I can't get past the 222 barrier, so can't tell you how much higher the chip would go. 1.33 vcore in bios (1.30 according to various apps in windows under load) gets the job done fine for 200x21 24/7 at 100% load on all cores with HT on.

210x21, didn't even increase volts above my 24/7 settings and could still run spi1m, dumped the memory timings though to remove a potential bottleneck as I'm using dirt cheap ram that requires some excessive tweaking to run stable above 1600.

[ZCommander]

Whatever. Sell it, get a new board....live on.

Done, I've put the EX58-extreme back to its box and it's place in my Spedo case now is the Rampage 2 Extreme....works like a charm! not a single cold boot issue!

Now I need to find some one to buy this EX58-Extreme ASAP.

[Andrea deluxe]

I ordered another evga gtx 295 red today but not sure if my UD5 board will allow for quad SLI of the (2 gtx 295). can anyone confirm that the cards will fit.

thanks

sure