MA790X / MA790XT-UD4P 790X bugs fixes etc etc.....

[richierich]

Well, not to go OT here, but AMD needs to step it up IMO. Intel I7 vs. Amd 955? I7 is something new + triple channel ddr3, 955 is the same old same old and ddr2 is still it's sweet spot. Add to that, Microsoft is working directly with the Intel I7 developers for Win 7 which is the future for us, like it or not. I'm not an intel fan boy at all, but if I was building new it would be an I7 given the price of the I7 920 is roughly the same price as the 955. DDR3 cost the same, x58 boards are 100.00+ more, but given the fact the I7 actually uses ddr3 to some benefit, the price justifies the cost for something actually "better" this time. Yeah, I can buy a 720 for 140.00, hack it (maybe) and have a 955, but we found a new i7 920 D0 stepping locally at a B&M store for $200.00. IMO, the AMD price/performance advantage is slipping if you need serious bandwidth and actually gain some benefit from DDR3. The 6 dimm slots on some x58 boards are a big plus for people who are ram hungry. Fact is, Intel is moving forward, what will AMD do to keep me next time? I'm off my soap box now...

Just because Microcenter sells the i7 for $200 doesn't mean that everyone else does. And once the i3 and i5 come out in September say goodbye to the i7 920. Sure the 955 costs that much now, but only because it's AMD's flagship processor. And my 550 is basically a 955 with a weaker IMC, and cost half.

With the 965 coming out it could even be a better overclocker than the 955, and should be a drop-in upgrade for many AM2/AM2+ users (as with all of AMD's AM3 processors). Can't say the same about the i7 if you have a LGA-775 system.

[Matas]

Problem with SMBus controller. Under MA790X-UD4P BIOS, I get SMBus cntrlr IRQ NA, but device manager doesn't show any problems. Don't find any AMD SMBus drivers for Vista nor at Gigabyte drivers package, nor at AMD game.com

[ELItheICEman]

Dunno if this has come up yet, but using F6A BIOS on MA790X-UD4P I found that Memtest86+ v2.11 shows my proccy to be an A64 3.1GHz, no L3, DDR1, 6-7-6 (or something way wrong) for timings.... yeah, it's just all wrong. Went to see why it was doing that and I got some sort of SMBus controller error or not found message. I have absolutely no idea what this means, and I didn't try Memtest on F5 before flashing. All I know is it was effing weird.

Can try to nab some screenies and revert to F5 after work if it helps.

[doompc]

Matas, Get the SB Drivers: http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_ca...ista32-chipset

[jlacy76]

I'm on the f6a. The fastest my XMS2 800 ram has been ever been reported to go from everywhere I can find to search is 922 5-5-5-18. I've never been able to hit 922 personally on any MB I have owned and this ram. On the f6a though, memtest passes at 940 but fails at 941. What might be more interesting is that this same ram will run at 800-4-4-4-15 and has on my other boards fine, memtest passes on the f6a at 800 4-4-4, but it fails at 801. Bottom line for me is that f6a seems to favor higher clocks than tighter timings.

[Matas]

Matas, Get the SB Drivers: http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_ca...ista32-chipset

There is no SMBus drivers on this drivers package.

[gOtVoltage]

There is no SMBus drivers on this drivers package.

Hmm ,Thats the SB driver i use .
It installs the ATI/AMD PCI IDE driver and ATI SATA driver package..
I believe it also updates the SMbus when it installs too.

Hanvnt seen any SMbus driver problems with this mobo ,your the first

..Ive used XP32/XP64 Vista32/Vista64 Win7/32..all ran fine..

I tried checking Gigabyte but their server is Flooded....go figure.

Also .. I dont think MEMtest worked correct on this Mobo detecing Speed ...Especially Ram Timing lol..

[Matas]

I can't say, that I have problems with my board It's only a bit strange, that BIOS shows SMBus IRQ at NA. Maybe I should ask technical Gigabyte service about it.
Memtest86+ can't detect correct RAM speed/latency settings. It's program related problem, not BIOS.
After updating to F6a BIOS I manage to find a new AMD C1E support option under advanced BIOS settings. Don't know what it does.

[Rezag1000]

since we are on the topic of drivers...do any drivers need to be installed on the 790X if RAID is not being utilized? Thanks!

[gOtVoltage]

since we are on the topic of drivers...do any drivers need to be installed on the 790X if RAID is not being utilized? Thanks!

You dont need the Raid driver if not using raid..


AHCI mode Make shure you Set the Bios to AHCI before Installing Vista or Windows (Fresh Install only)...

Vista is already installed and you are in Regular SATA mode,,
You Must change the Vista Driver to AHCI before you change the BIos setting to AHCI.

If yo get a AHCI error@ boot or cant find drive "shows no drive or AHCI support" its because the Windows/Vista driver was not enabled in OS before you set your Bios.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/922976


Also You do want to have the Lan driver installed...

** Do not update the Lan driver through windows update.**
Update will install a incorrect version and disable the LAN..

Use the Lan Driver from Gigabytes site or use the one off the CD.

Have Fun

gOtVolTage

[teeffaa]

hello guys i need ur help i got a new Amd phenom 2 x4 955 and
Gigabyte 790x-ud4p

everything works great except there is a strange buzzing noise coming from the board near the cpu that makes my ear whistle and i don't know what that is couls it be a capacitor on the board or the cpu ?

thx.

[bladebel]

hi,

i'm struggling with this board in the following setup: everything is new since friday:
GA-MA790XT-UD4P
sapphire 4890 vapor-x
4 gb dd3-ram (kingston value)
X4 945
corsair hx650 power supply

what happens is that after pressing the start button everything seems to power up but my monitor (tried 2 different ones on different cables and connectors) doens't get a video signal but everything seems to be running (graphics card lights and fan are running, cpu fan is running)
i've rechecked all the cables, the radeon has the two power cables properly connected; i've tried another video card (same thing) and have tried the 4890 in my old computer and there it works flawlessly so i have ruled out the graphics card
i've also mixed and move the 2 ramsticks around, tried it with one, ... so i don't think it's the ram either

so it's down to either the mobo, the cpu or the ram; cpu is seated properly (haven't got another one to test...) and so is the ram
the boards gives no beeps whatsoever at startup so i can't really diagnose what's wrong ...

any ideas? Could it be a bios-problem in that it doesn't support the cpu ? i don't have another one to flash it either
if this is the problem, is the only option to send it back to the supplier and ask them to flash it?
thanks for any replies !

[Luslero]

hi guys i have a question D:!

my chipset temp is too high? on stock idle is running at 38ºC
enviroment temp is like 15ºC

i have a 790X-UD4P

is this normal?


thx btw ^^

[Nelly]

Dunno if this has come up yet, but using F6A BIOS on MA790X-UD4P I found that Memtest86+ v2.11 shows my proccy to be an A64 3.1GHz, no L3, DDR1, 6-7-6 (or something way wrong) for timings.... yeah, it's just all wrong.

Awaiting an updated version for the AMD 700 chipsets.

A few people including me have posted screen dumps of CPU-Z here: Memtest86+ Official forum - CPU-Z dumps of unrecognised chipsets

[Smellydeli]

...
what happens is that after pressing the start button everything seems to power up but my monitor (tried 2 different ones on different cables and connectors) doens't get a video signal but everything seems to be running (graphics card lights and fan are running, cpu fan is running)
...

I've had possibly the same problem as described or just very similar.

Are there diagnostic LED lights on the 4890? If there are and lit like [X][ ][X][X], that means there is something preventing the graphics card from displaying according to MSI. The mobo also produced one long beep.

I ended up RMA'ing it although the problem wasn't because of quality control. Lightening stuck the utilities pole across the street. Fried my modem, took mercy on my router and fried my LAN jack. Inspection of the mobo revealed a small dot of melted plastic on the ethernet chip. I tried installing a NIC afterward but that just killed the system

Lightening also killed one of the LAN jacks on another computer (luckily it had two jacks).

[bladebel]

well, nevermind, it turned out to be one of the pins on the cpu that got bended during install ... I feel silly since I have installed at least 15 other systems before; it was bound to happen :-) i've reinstalled everything and now it works like a charm!

[ELItheICEman]

Awaiting an updated version for the AMD 700 chipsets.

A few people including me have posted screen dumps of CPU-Z here: Memtest86+ Official forum - CPU-Z dumps of unrecognised chipsets

Interesting. Thanks

[uncle john]

I have 790x-ud4p with a brisbane and I also get memory speed increase with f6a bios.

I have cold boot post error with 1.35v and 1.45v cpu. I haven't tried 1.25v or 1.55v. Maybe this is just brisbane specific bug?

*edit*
1.25v errors as well while 1.55v successfully booted.

[jlacy76]

I haven't had much luck below 1.55 either and even at 1.6, I don't gain any speed.

[Ohm]

Hi, my first post here is about my new rig - first AMD since the days of Athlon XP. Thanks for every byte of information I have read here since finding this forum.

system
Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P
Phenom II 550 (unlocked to 4 cores) batch?
Kingston KHX12800D3 2G 2x2GB
Arctic Freezer 64 Pro
Saphire Radeon 4870 512MB
Cooler Master Silent Pro 500W
WD Caviar Black
Win XP 32bit

settings (5F since 5 min):
CPU 19x
NB 13x
fsb(?) 200
HT 10x
mem 8x

mem +0,25V
NB +0V
SB +0V
NB-Vid +0,175
CPU +0,175

Not touched timings yet as I have just started to fiddle with my pc.

Memtest <1h ok
Sandra Dry-/Whetstone: 51,8/50,0
Cpu temp ca 55C (ambient ca 22C)...

1: Once in a while does the games (only installed Crysis and Cod waw) loose connection with the graphic card (as told by ATI pop up). Tweaked or not tweaked - the same problem... Any ideas? I'm going to reinstall everything just in case.

2: Any comments on my settings?

3: I'm not sure about which drivers to use for the non AMD satas (Jmicron 36X chip). The cd got 1.17.43 but Jmicrons site got several vesions all the way up to 1.17.50. The problem is, that they have normal(?), no eSATA, eSATA, and eSATA with Write Cache Disabled versions. Which one do you use? eSATA is controlled by the Jmicron chip, not the 790X, isn't it? AMD or Jmicron chip control IDE dinosaurs?
Jmicron; ftp://driver.jmicron.com.tw/jmb36x/XP_Vista_Win7/

4: Disabling the high speed audio device (hdmi?) in the device manager is a good idea if you don't need it? I can't find any ways to disable it through the bios.

Thanks in advance!

[JCRSystem]

Hi again....

I notice that it is available the final version of the BIOS F6
http://america.giga-byte.com/FileLis...0x-ud4p_f6.exe

See yaa...

[davidw8818]

Hi again....

I notice that it is available the final version of the BIOS F6
http://america.giga-byte.com/FileLis...0x-ud4p_f6.exe

See yaa...

Just updated. Finally CPU NBVID shows the actual voltage and i see that theres a new option called " AMD C1E Support"

[ASharp]

Thanks for the tip! Will update tomorrow.

[ELItheICEman]

Word. Will do the same when I get the chance.

[jlacy76]

Flashed to f6, no issues or performance increases on core or ram, but they "may" have fixed the NB multiplier. I have never been able to get this board to post above 2600 nb, now I'm a little over it at 2688.