Gigabyte EX58-UD5/Extreme Discussion Thread

[devsk]

My new board EX58-EXTREME si great
Full support for Xeon:
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Only bad thing in this board is a vdroop.

Is that with Loadline Calibration Disabled or enabled?

[ReverendMaynard]

.03v droop here as well and I actually rather have it that way opposed to say the eVGA X58's overshoot.

[koc]

I just received my EX58-UD5 with i7 920 D0 , its very easy board to OC , i went to 3.6 direct from the first try ( 20X180 ) , I will try 4.0 tomorrow ,
but what is the bclk wall for this board , i dont know if i can do ( 18X225 ) ?

[ReverendMaynard]

I just received my EX58-UD5 with i7 920 D0 , its very easy board to OC , i went to 3.6 direct from the first try ( 20X180 ) , I will try 4.0 tomorrow ,
but what is the bclk wall for this board , i dont know if i can do ( 18X225 ) ?

the theoretical bclk wall is 222. Why would you run 225x18 anyway?

[koc]

the theoretical bclk wall is 222. Why would you run 225x18 anyway?

Well , just to take advantage of higher bclk
but if i cant run 18 X 225 bclk , i will run 20 X 200 bclk

[ReverendMaynard]

Well , just to take advantage of higher bclk
but if i cant run 18 X 225 bclk , i will run 20 X 200 bclk

lol, it's not that you can't, or shouldnt....but the perf difference would be minimal and getting it stable would be a pain.

[roadtonowhere08]

My computer was working fine with an SSD and SATA HDs on the ICH10 and optical drives on the SATA2 controllers using AHCI for both ICH10 and the SATA2 controllers. I wanted to install Windows 7, and during the first go around, I messed up a driver install within the OS, so I went to reinstall it. When I rebooted again, the computer froze under the ACHI drive detect screen in the BIOS. None of the drives were ever detected. I then went back to IDE all around and used another HD that had a Vista install. It booted up fine.

My problem is I have changed nothing hardware related. I have tried to clear the CMOS, reinstall the F7 Final BIOS, and update the BIOS to F8b. I cannot get AHCI to detect any of my drives, but IDE mode works fine on another HD. AHCI was working FINE the way I wanted before. All I wanted to do was reboot and reinstall Windows 7. What I am saying is: all the hardware works. It has before in AHCI and works now in IDE. Any suggestions?

BIOS Settings (What I am attempting):

- All clocks auto or presets from a clean BIOS install
- ACHI for both ICH10 and SATA2 controllers
- SATA native mode enabled
- Intel SSD as drive to load OS on
- Any wake features disabled
- No floppy detect
- Power saving features not changed

[angelreaper]

Is that with Loadline Calibration Disabled or enabled?

Enabled.

.03v droop here as well and I actually rather have it that way opposed to say the eVGA X58's overshoot.

Thanks

The mobo is great:

[warmage]

any difference in OC options/components in GA-EX58-EXTREME vs GA-EX58-UD5 or its just the cooling ?

[angelreaper]

any difference in OC options/components in GA-EX58-EXTREME vs GA-EX58-UD5 or its just the cooling ?

Just the cooling

[Assassin48]

just got my ud5 and i7 d0 today just waiting on my heatkiller block so i can actually start using it

should i use vista or win 7 ( 32 or 64) ?

[angelreaper]

just got my ud5 and i7 d0 today just waiting on my heatkiller block so i can actually start using it

should i use vista or win 7 ( 32 or 64) ?

I use win 7 64bit

[Jonny Manc]

I use win 7 64bit

Another vote for W7 64

[hlonipha]

Another vote for W7 64

Why Win 7 ?

[Jonny Manc]

Why Win 7 ?

For me:

Better looking than Vista (and XP by a few gazillion miles)
Feels really stable
Decent driver support already (most of my hardware is new anyway, unsure about older stuff)
Faster than Vista (again, this is subjective, but to me, it feels faster)

In a nutshell, this OS is everything Vista should have been (though I ran Vista from RC and never had any 'major' problems). Its fast, responsive and feels stable and solid.

Granted there maybe a few 'niggles' but as an RC, I expect nothing less and comparing that to Vista's post-SP1....a few niggles are acceptable

[ReverendMaynard]

I just recently dumped 7 RC. The issues with nVidia cards, no punkbuster support and some other really minor issues forced me back to Vista Prem 32b, which I find equally as fast, but I really do like 7's overall look and feel better.

[Jonny Manc]

I just recently dumped 7 RC. The issues with nVidia cards, no punkbuster support and some other really minor issues forced me back to Vista Prem 32b, which I find equally as fast, but I really do like 7's overall look and feel better.

I assume its an SLi issue on the nv card.....

What were your PB issues?? I had some on the beta, but manual updating on the RC seems (seems lol) to have solved that!!

[ReverendMaynard]

I assume its an SLi issue on the nv card.....

What were your PB issues?? I had some on the beta, but manual updating on the RC seems (seems lol) to have solved that!!

Actually, Sli or single, I had allot of stopped driver errors w/ stock clocks. Total piss off. Vista back on, not a single issue even at high clocks. nV's fault all the way.

as for PB, try playing COD4 or W@W online...not happening and all of the fixes posted out there are useless with later 7 releases. I play competitively so it was a deal breaker for me. evenbalance are lazy s, again not MS's issue.

[Jonny Manc]

Actually, Sli or single, I had allot of stopped driver errors w/ stock clocks. Total piss off. Vista back on, not a single issue even at high clocks. nV's fault all the way.

as for PB, try playing COD4 or W@W online...not happening and all of the fixes posted out there are useless with later 7 releases. I play competitively so it was a deal breaker for me. evenbalance are lazy s, again not MS's issue.

Can't argue with your reasoning there.....I (so far) have had no issues with nv drivers, and not played any CoD mp since going over to 7.....might have a look and report back.

[ReverendMaynard]

Can't argue with your reasoning there.....I (so far) have had no issues with nv drivers, and not played any CoD mp since going over to 7.....might have a look and report back.

Unknown API error, within seconds of joining. Tried all of the "fixes" notta.

[Jonny Manc]

Unknown API error, within seconds of joining. Tried all of the "fixes" notta.

Just did 5 mins in a Cod4 TD with no issues......guess a more prolonged session is needed, roll on tonight

[ReverendMaynard]

Just did 5 mins in a Cod4 TD with no issues......guess a more prolonged session is needed, roll on tonight

If the server is run on Win 7 RC, then you won't get booted because the API will match, and there are a few out there...just not the ones that I roll on.

On non-7 servers, YMMV but you will get kicked, guaranteed. Type Win 7 + PB + COD4 in google and you'll see the rage lol.

[Jonny Manc]

If the server is run on Win 7 RC, then you won't get booted because the API will match, and there are a few out there...just not the ones that I roll on.

On non-7 servers, YMMV but you will get kicked, guaranteed. Type Win 7 + PB + COD4 in google and you'll see the rage lol.

LOL......I'll no doubt join the rage later

[hlonipha]

If the server is run on Win 7 RC, then you won't get booted because the API will match, and there are a few out there...just not the ones that I roll on.

On non-7 servers, YMMV but you will get kicked, guaranteed. Type Win 7 + PB + COD4 in google and you'll see the rage lol.

Thus why I asked the question. I ran W7 for awhile with an earlier version and had major issues gaming so went back to vista 64 and no issues whatsoever. Will keep waiting for better support.

[ReverendMaynard]

Thus why I asked the question. I ran W7 for awhile with an earlier version and had major issues gaming so went back to vista 64 and no issues whatsoever. Will keep waiting for better support.

if you're not gaming, Win 7 is brilliant. Otherwise, we all know RC OS's shouldn't be used as main OS's anyway