Hey guys, I am doing a build for a friend of mine based on EP45-UD3P.
Specs:
Mobo: EP45-UD3P (updated bios to f9)
CPU & Cooling: E8400 (E0), Ultra120 Extreme
RAM: 4gb Mushkin (996580) DDR2-800 4-4-4-12 (the kit have been already tested in my build)
PSU: Enermax Pro82+ 625W
Sound card: Auzentech X-Fi Prelude
GPU: GTX260 216sp
Case: Cooler Master HAF932
Drives: 1x Raptor 150 (OS Drive) on SATA2_0, 1x 320gb seagate on SATA2_1; DVD Drive on SATA2_5
OS: Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2
Mouse & kboard: Logitech g5, connected through g15
There seems to be couple of problems:
1) The system does not detect X-Fi Prelude (tried both PCI slots). When installing drivers there is a messege saying 'multimedia adaptor is not found' (something along these lines).
I've updated bios to F9 through windows using gigabyte utility; loaded optimized default settings. As mentioned the card is not recognized in both PCI slots.
2) One time I got a blue screen which mentioned USB devices (dont remeber the exact name of the error now).
3) I've pluged out the Prelude and decided to test for stability. OCCT 3.1 linpack test blue screened after a couple of minutes.
All tests were made on stock clocks, the bios seem to set vRAM a little low at default (1.8v), so I did change it to 2.0v (default for this kit).
4) I've noticed that the bios lowered the multi to 8.5, so that I had to set it to 9 manually.
My ideas:
1) it seems to me the I might have to mess around with PCI IRQ settings or IDE/AHCI settings (?).
2) Trying appling voltages manually for cpu, ram, nb & sb. Disabling all energy saving/throttling options.
3) Leaving only one stick of RAM, 1 HDD & DVD drive and gpu only. Trying to flash bios one more time (not through windows this time around). Maybe even OS reinstall... Basically - possibly spending loads of time.
I hope you can share some of the ideas and settings & help me to find out possible tricky moments with this board.
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