** Official ** Gigabyte UD3 P45 Series -- EP45-UD3 / EP45-UD3R / EP45-UD3P

[bluestang]

Ok, so after reading over past threads and settings you guys (you know who you are!) suggested. I went back to F6 and after many boot attempts this is what I got tonight. It's a start. I'm not happy with my vcore though and PL9 needs to be lower. I think these will do PL7 with the right settings elsewhere! Tomorrow I will shoot for PL8 and 8.5 cpu multi for 4250.

BTW, I could not boot into XP succesfully until I lowered vdimm in BIOS from 2.30-2.36 (mfg suggested is 2.30-2.35) to the value below. Go figure, it wanted lower volts!

Any more suggestions is welcome and thanks again everyone!

[Osterman]

Thanks, now Im testing 4ghz 9x 423.
The problem was an 8 on Performance level, thus I couldnt boot, but now I have a 9, and its running properly

[Osterman]

heres my try at lowering some of my voltages.this is with 8GB of G.skill pc8800.
here are the settings in the bios.

Robust Graphics Booster ...............: Auto 
CPU Clock Ratio .......................: 8
CPU Frequency .........................: 4.0GHz (500X8)

Clock Chip Control 
Standard Clock Control

CPU Host Clock Control.................: [Enabled] 
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ..............: 500 
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) ...........: auto 
C.I.A.2 ...............................: [Disabled] 

Advanced Clock Control

CPU Clock Drive........................: Default (900mV)
PCI Express Clock Drive................: Default (800mV)
CPU Clock Skew (ps)....................: 0ps
MCH Clock Skew (ps)....................: 50ps

DRAM Performance Control

Performance Enhance....................:Turbo
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.)........: Disabled
(G)MCH Frequency Latch.................: 400
System Memory Multiplier ..............: 2.00D 
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ................: 1000MHz

Standard Timing Control

CAS Latency Time.......................: 5 
tRCD ..................................: 5 
tRP'...................................: 5 
tRAS...................................: 15 
                                              55
Advanced Timing Control. Performance level set to 9 (everything else untouched)

Motherboard Voltage Control

CPU
Load-Line Calibration..................: [Enabled] 
CPU Vcore..............................: 1.368v
CPU Termination........................: 1.34v
CPU PLL................................: 1.570v
CPU Reference..........................:0.861

MCH/ICH
MCH Core...............................: 1.36v
Reference..............................:0.876
MCH/DRAM Ref...........................: Normal
ICH I/O................................: Normal
ICH Core...............................: Normal 

DRAM
DRAM Voltage...........................: 1.90
DRAM Termination ......................: Normal
Channel A Reference....................: Normal
Channel B Reference ...................: Normal

here is a screenshot of it priming.

Well I tried those settings and its boots properly but it wasn´t stable... thus I got BSOD.... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand it is getting up my nerves.

I think the problem could be the ram, dispite (to my way of thinking) the high VID I have, which is 1.25000 and maybe I need more vcore... but with 1.4000 set on bios it wasn't stable.

So what you think ?

[OC Nub]

Osterman, I have a 1.25vid q9650 also. I put it back in tonight to mess with. Have not run Prime yet but ran LinX and passed with these settings. You could also try the 2.00D PL9 if you are unsure about your ram.


Robust Graphics Booster ...............: Auto
CPU Clock Ratio .......................: 9
CPU Frequency .........................: 4.20GHz (467X9)

Clock Chip Control
Standard Clock Control

CPU Host Clock Control.................: [Enabled]
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ..............: 467
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) ...........: 100
C.I.A.2 ...............................: [Disabled]

Advanced Clock Control

CPU Clock Drive........................: 800mV
PCI Express Clock Drive................: 900mV
CPU Clock Skew (ps)....................: 0ps
MCH Clock Skew (ps)....................: 0ps

DRAM Performance Control

Performance Enhance....................:Standard
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.)........: Disabled
(G)MCH Frequency Latch.................: Auto
System Memory Multiplier ..............: 2.40b
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ................: 1121MHz

Standard Timing Control

CAS Latency Time.......................: 5
tRCD ..................................: 5
tRP'...................................: 5
tRAS...................................: 15

PL8

Motherboard Voltage Control

CPU
Load-Line Calibration..................: [Enabled]
CPU Vcore..............................: 1.35625v
CPU Termination........................: 1.30v
CPU PLL................................: 1.45v
CPU Reference..........................:0.848

MCH/ICH
MCH Core...............................: 1.320v
Reference..............................:0.863
MCH/DRAM Ref...........................: Normal
ICH I/O................................: Normal
ICH Core...............................: Normal

DRAM
DRAM Voltage...........................: 2.10 (whatever your ram is rated)
DRAM Termination ......................: Normal
Channel A Reference....................: Normal
Channel B Reference ...................: Normal

[noinimod]

hey guys, i know some variant of this question's been asked various times over here, but are the ud3r boards still neglected for bios updates? Last i read, UD3P is up to F9l but what about the UD3R? Seems like most people agree the UD3R clocks as well as the UD3P, which is really the main concern of mine; i don't need crossfire and all the extras UD3P has got to offer, so going for the UD3R should be a better ($$$) choice i hope?

[Ghostleader]

hey guys, i know some variant of this question's been asked various times over here, but are the ud3r boards still neglected for bios updates? Last i read, UD3P is up to F9l but what about the UD3R? Seems like most people agree the UD3R clocks as well as the UD3P, which is really the main concern of mine; i don't need crossfire and all the extras UD3P has got to offer, so going for the UD3R should be a better ($$$) choice i hope?

Both the UD3P and UD3R are official at F9 (with the same bios change description) so there it´s no different, the F9l for the UD3P is not official.

Some say that UD3P have higher priority then the UD3R when it comes down to bios fix but I doubt that.

UD3R is good choice if don´t want the extra bling bling.

[pangingIII]

this is my first time running linpack on my Q9550+EP45T-UD3R
(thanks to Dua|ist for this LinX program)



CPU's temp/voltages info... at before running LinX



CPU's temp/voltages... during running LinX



and then i shutdown the computer and restart it, and rerun LinX...




rest of the bios settings were 800/900/0/0, Turbo, Strap 333, DDR3-1600, 7-7-7-20-auto's, DDR3 Write Levelling/Write Training: Disabled

[Ghostleader]

@pangingIII

Nice work

LinX is a nice app isn´t.

What´s up with the different in time and GFlops between the runs ~42 GFlops compare to ~60 GFlops, same core speed, bus speed, ram speed, timing, problem size and memory use.

[pangingIII]

Hi Ghostleader,

i probably had something running at the time? or something? i'm really not sure what was causing them to be like that.

here's another one that i ran it at 4.0GHz



CPU's temp during running LinX.
the room was kinda warm, no air con at the time that i ran this test.

[Ghostleader]

I know, it can really get hot with LinX, need to have good cooling. What kind of cooling do you have on that quad.

[pangingIII]

True Ex with 2 fans.
my system is usually using in an air-con room so the core temp usually never got that high,
if it has to be in full load more often than it is now i'll consider improving the core temp, i think.

[bluestang]

Ghostleader, how old are those Hyperx PC2-9600's in you sig? Just curious as I just got some PC2-9200 from Newegg.

[kagula323]

Ghostleader, how old are those Hyperx PC2-9600's in you sig? Just curious as I just got some PC2-9200 from Newegg.

bluestang post some results with that memory and tell us if they are D9. I think u are getting 2x1GB sticks.

[bluestang]

bluestang post some results with that memory and tell us if they are D9. I think u are getting 2x1GB sticks.

kagula23, will do as soon soon as I can get 500fsbx8.5 stable. I already have them installed since the weekend. I haven't taken off the heatspreaders though to look at the chips. I think the are Elpida though, not D9. I'm afraid to try and take off heatspreaders!!

[Osterman]

Well I tried a couple of things.
And I still getting BSOD, voltages... I dont think so, I think the problem are ram.
Could you people tell me which settings did you use for 2x2gb 1066mhz (that is what I have).
By the way, I can get stability with 3.8 423x9, but I cant have it with 4ghz (450x9= 4.05, 445x9= 4ghz, 471x8.5= 4ghz, 500x8=4ghz) I CANT!!!!! AND IT'S DISTRUBING jaja.

Thanks.!

[OC Nub]

Osterman, I have 2 sets of this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231246 Both sets do at least 1130mhz 2.10v, PL8. I think it has to be settings, most all of these cpu's will do over 4.0ghz. Have you tried dropping the CPU multi and just testing ram to see what it will do? That will give you a better idea what the problem may be.

[Osterman]

I have 1 set of this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231166
And those settings you have are for 24/7??

[Ghostleader]

Ghostleader, how old are those Hyperx PC2-9600's in you sig? Just curious as I just got some PC2-9200 from Newegg.

I bought two set of 2x1 in november 2007 and they are Micron D9GKX and they got really hot with the original heatspreader, did a 100% stresstest (HCI design Memtest) @ 1200 555 15 2.30V) and placed a temp sensor inside and got a temp ~65C, not good I thought.
Placed 2 60 fans@1700rpm (don´t like noice, therefore not higher) above the ram and got a temp ~55C, not good either.

I bought myself some Nexus Heat Pipe Memory Cooler (looks like OCZ´s Reaper) and replaced the original heatspreaders, same kind of stresstest and got a temp ~40 without fan, I have not tested with fans because I´m pleased with that temp, my ambient room temp was ~21.

Removing the heatspreader was rather easy, have to be careful though, I did the same to a set of 4x1 Kingston HuperX PC8500 (Elpida IC) no problem there either but when I tried it on a set of OCZ Titanium Alpha VX2 the IC came lose, tough luck but that´s the way it´s some time.

[pangingIII]

i rerun LinX after changing a few bios settings for my q9550 at 4.0GHz



btw, Ghostleader, what's wrong with your UD3P?

[bluestang]

I bought two set of 2x1 in november 2007 and they are Micron D9GKX and they got really hot with the original heatspreader, did a 100% stresstest (HCI design Memtest) @ 1200 555 15 2.30V) and placed a temp sensor inside and got a temp ~65C, not good I thought.
Placed 2 60 fans@1700rpm (don´t like noice, therefore not higher) above the ram and got a temp ~55C, not good either.

I bought myself some Nexus Heat Pipe Memory Cooler (looks like OCZ´s Reaper) and replaced the original heatspreaders, same kind of stresstest and got a temp ~40 without fan, I have not tested with fans because I´m pleased with that temp, my ambient room temp was ~21.

Removing the heatspreader was rather easy, have to be careful though, I did the same to a set of 4x1 Kingston HuperX PC8500 (Elpida IC) no problem there either but when I tried it on a set of OCZ Titanium Alpha VX2 the IC came lose, tough luck but that´s the way it´s some time.

Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of is the thermal tape removing an IC. I have my Corsair Dominator fan on them. I'll have to take the laser temp thingy home from work and measure temps.

[Ghostleader]

Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of is the thermal tape removing an IC. I have my Corsair Dominator fan on them. I'll have to take the laser temp thingy home from work and measure temps.

One way is to use a razorblade and cut between the IC and heatspreader

[xzulu]

I'm planning to upgrade my kids board to an EP45-UD3L, since it's cheap. I'm wondering does it also run the P45-A3 chip? TIA! :-)

[bluestang]

I'm planning to upgrade my kids board to an EP45-UD3L, since it's cheap. I'm wondering does it also run the P45-A3 chip? TIA! :-)

Yes it does, I just built one for my boss's office PC. I used that board and E7400 with some Corsair XMS DDR2-800 2x1GB sticks. I ran it at either 400fsb x9 for 3600 or 425fsb x8 for 3400 with RAM 1:1 and it was quick! I could have ran it higher but didn't as it he wouldn't of noticed. I would recommend replacing the stock cooler and using a case with some room for a couple 120mm fans. 1 for front and 1 for rear as usually but if you can get one on the side to blow at the motherboard that would be great!

[xzulu]

Yes it does, I just built one for my boss's office PC. I used that board and E7400 with some Corsair XMS DDR2-800 2x1GB sticks. I ran it at either 400fsb x9 for 3600 or 425fsb x8 for 3400 with RAM 1:1 and it was quick! I could have ran it higher but didn't as it he wouldn't of noticed. I would recommend replacing the stock cooler and using a case with some room for a couple 120mm fans. 1 for front and 1 for rear as usually but if you can get one on the side to blow at the motherboard that would be great!

Thanks bluestang! My kids are using a Lian-Li PC-07+ with a 120mm blowing in air towards the motherboard area.

I'll be running an E6600 and G.Skill DDR2-1000 2x2GB kit. OC'ed a little bit, but they dont need it that high. LOL!

Thanks again!

[xzulu]

I never posted my results of my Q9650 @450x9, well, here it is.