Gigabyte EX58-UD5/Extreme Discussion Thread

[DavyBoy]

Hi guys, and thanks so much for the replies..

I have already flashed the BIOS, the mobo came with F4 BIOS installed, so at first I flashed to F6, and now I am on F7...

I also tried F8b, but it caused my system to BSOD as soon as Prime95 started working, so I reverted back to F7 again...

Also, I checked the CPU socket for bent pins, I have done this several times, and there are none whatsoever... As for voltages, I have messed around with the main voltages in the BIOS, increasing them slightly higher than the stock settings to see if it is due to there not being enough voltage being supplied, but I still experienced the exact same problems...

I also set all RAM timings manually, acording to my RAM's spec, and I have tried loosening timings up to no avail... nothing I have tried seems to work at all for me, and it is really starting to drive me up the wall...

The mobo is with the people I bought it from as we speak, but their testing methods are poor, so the instabilities I have been experiencing wont show up with them, and also the board is now recognizing all memory installed once again, which also puzzles me, because it definitely stopped working for me, that was the reason that I decided to return the board!!!

They ran Prime95 for 1 hour, and because it never crashed for them, they are telling me the mobo is fine, but it can't be fine if it isn't stable at stock frequency!!!!

I had to ask them to tell their technicians to try running Prime Blend overnight to see if it does the same thing that it does for me, so now I am just waiting the results of this overnight test to find out whether the board is the cause...

What else could it be if it isn't my mobo, that is what I want to know... I am starting to regret building this system tbh... this is my first Intel system I have build myself, and the experience has been a real nasty one to say the least!!!

It is really frustrating when you read posts about other people with very similar systems to mine running them @ 4+GHz and theirs being completely stable... while I am sitting here struggling like crazy to have a stable system @ stock frequency!!!!

:edit:

@jar600, you need to raise your memory multiplier in your BIOS to increase your RAM frequency, and also change those timings that you posted to their correct values to...

@ Sparda, why have you posted me a page out of the mobo manual about RAM configuration??

I have already seen that page, and I tried installing one stick of RAM in DDR3 1 for single channel, and it refused to POST completely, with error "b9" on the LED debug thing on the board... this is why I figured the first DIMM channel was dead...

And I only tried installing all 3 modules in the order mentioned above so that I could see if the board would pickup all three modules, which it did, but it was only running in dual channel...

When I tried running 3 modules in the correct order (all sticks installed in the white slots!) the mobo only seen 2 out of 3 sticks... this was the same with both sets of RAM...

Which slot do you class as DDR3 1??

I class the first white slot as DDR3 1, or at least thats what the mobo manual says...

::edit::

Also, yes all modules have been tested with memtest+86 boot disc, 1 set at a time, and also tested each stick indivdually and they are all fine...

[jar600]

hey BLunTSmoKeR . i just did that and finally i can start working with it, i add 9 9 9 30 1 and changed from 1.50 to 1.66 v cause this was the main problem because i couldnt pass 133 on cpu frequency, thanks again, its a start .

[Sparda]

@ Sparda, why have you posted me a page out of the mobo manual about RAM configuration??

I have already seen that page, and I tried installing one stick of RAM in DDR3 1 for single channel, and it refused to POST completely, with error "b9" on the LED debug thing on the board... this is why I figured the first DIMM channel was dead...

And I only tried installing all 3 modules in the order mentioned above so that I could see if the board would pickup all three modules, which it did, but it was only running in dual channel...

When I tried running 3 modules in the correct order (all sticks installed in the white slots!) the mobo only seen 2 out of 3 sticks... this was the same with both sets of RAM...

Which slot do you class as DDR3 1??

I class the first white slot as DDR3 1, or at least thats what the mobo manual says...

::edit::

Also, yes all modules have been tested with memtest+86 boot disc, 1 set at a time, and also tested each stick indivdually and they are all fine...

I just post it since you seems struggle putting the ram in the slot. Nothing special.
Like I said maybe the board is no good because you got no post when you put single stick in the white slot near the cpu socket.
When I first got my board I only use single stick for some time at the same 1st white slot and it works fine. So it probably the board since you already know you got a working cpu and ram.
Ask them to put/test only one stick on the first white ram slot like you did. If they said it post ; something might be fishy or wrong since you already tried it with 2 different set of RAM.

[DavyBoy]

Hi again Sparda, I didn't mean to sound nasty in my last post, but I thought that by you posting the mem config page from the manual that you thought that I hadn't bothered to read it myself, or that I was installing the mem in the incorrect slots!!!

My mistake!

I really dont know what to do anymore with regards to this system, I still haven't heard anything back from the people that are testing it neither, so I am going to take it that they are still currently testing the mobo for me...

I really dont know what else it could be if they test the mobo over the course of a few days and it doesn't crash with them..

About flashing the BIOS, can you use any USB flash drive, or do they have to be a special type of flash drive?

I used the @BIOS software to flash via Vista, but I have just read on here that using this software is a bad idea... I dont have any floppy discs, or a floppy drive for that matter, and I no longer have a USB flash drive, but I can easily go buy one...

[Jonny Manc]

Hi again Sparda, I didn't mean to sound nasty in my last post, but I thought that by you posting the mem config page from the manual that you thought that I hadn't bothered to read it myself, or that I was installing the mem in the incorrect slots!!!

My mistake!

I really dont know what to do anymore with regards to this system, I still haven't heard anything back from the people that are testing it neither, so I am going to take it that they are still currently testing the mobo for me...

I really dont know what else it could be if they test the mobo over the course of a few days and it doesn't crash with them..

About flashing the BIOS, can you use any USB flash drive, or do they have to be a special type of flash drive?

I used the @BIOS software to flash via Vista, but I have just read on here that using this software is a bad idea... I dont have any floppy discs, or a floppy drive for that matter, and I no longer have a USB flash drive, but I can easily go buy one...

I flashed mine using a normal USB drive (formatted to FAT32) and am happy running on f8b and experienced no issues through the flashing process :P

[Sparda]

I flashed mine using a normal USB drive (formatted to FAT32) and am happy running on f8b and experienced no issues through the flashing process :P

Same here & I'm using spiflash because earlier bios has some Q-Flash issue.

[javaneze]

Hello!
Working with a user-summer-friendly OC @3,36GHz (21*160) for now what with all the warm weather and temps in Greece.

With xmp enabled i get 1.65v (1,64 actual) and 8-8-8-24 timings just fine with no manual tuning.

Any suggestions, specially in volts would be appreciated, I think that maybe some need a lower value than auto.
(Auto on vcore gave me 1,36v! Hit 95C on the first 20 seconds in prime )

A suggestion on hyper-threading would be appreciated too.
Since i m not running any benchmarks and the pc is for gaming mostly should I turn it off? (as i understand more volts are needed when its on... )


F7 bios, changes made:

Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [20x]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech .................. [Enabled]
CPU Cores Enabled ............................ [All]
CPU Multi Threading .......................... [Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ................... [Enabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support .................... [Enabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ......................... [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function ............................ [Enabled]
Virtualization Technology ................... [Disabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ..................... [Disabled]


Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed .............................. x36
Uncore Frequency .......................... 21
Isonchronous Frequency ..................[Enabled]

Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control ................ [Enabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) .....................160
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........... [auto]

C.I.A.2 [Disabled]

Advanced Clock Control:
CPU Clock Drive ..............................[800mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive ................... [900mV]
CPU Clock Skew ............................. [0ps]
IOH Clock Skew ............................. [0ps]



Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance ...................... [turbo]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ......... [Enabled]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........ [10] (auto gave me 12 with ram@1920)
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) .......... [auto]

Advanced Voltage Control:

CPU
Load Line Calibration ................. [Εnabled]
CPU Vcore ...............................1.125

Everything else missing, on default or auto.
Results in the attached image with prime running in the back.



Thanx in advance mates

[Ikari1]

Hi

What is the newest/best chipset drivers to use with the extreme? Can you just use the Vista ones?