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

[Dennet]

Hi all,

I got a strange problem with MA790XT-UD4P and my MS Sidewinder X6 keyboard. It works nice until I enter BIOS (F4) when it stops working. I need to plug my good old PS2 keyboard to setup BIOS)
I used X6 (to setup BIOS) before without problems on 2 different motherboards (ASUS M3A32-MVP...) so I don't know what can cause this issue on MA790XT-UD4P.

Well cause I'm already posting here I would like to add that this mobo is a nice overclocker too despite that strange keyboard issue.

My Athlon II 620 CADAC AD 0932 Propus

Athlon II 620 @ 3250Mhz 1.4V - 250*13 Air cooling Gigabyte G-Power 2 Pro
GA-MA790XT-UD4P F4
NB Voltage 1.2V
All other voltages @ stock
2X2GB DDR3 Geil Ultra 2133 @ 1666 1.65V

I have the same 'issue' with my 790X UD3P and my MS Natural 4000. The keyboard only seems to work on one of the two USB ports closest to the PS/2 port. Looking at the back I have to use the top-right USB port for the keyboard.

[kull]

Thank you for the tip Dennet, I'll try to plug it in one of the USB ports just below PS2 ports.

Cheers.

[Zyrix1]

hmmm F6 bios is out, just saw it posted at GB site with a release date of 2009/09/16, gonna try it as soon as I can to see if it enhances anything (currently on F5).
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...ProductID=3010

[FlanK3r]

for AM2+ 790x-UD4 too F6 bios

[Lmui]

Nice thread. Lurked on forums for a while and then decided to make an account

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...3038#anchor_os

F8 Bios is out for the 790x-ud4p.

Haven't had much time to test it at all.

[Ohm]

Tried to flash F8 without sucess - error when checking file in update utility...
Tried several times to download it, changed usb-mem and went to GB site again. F7 and F8 removed now.
Flashing F6 now.

Lmui: you are on F8 right now?

edit: mem volt problems still there - boot problems with voltage above 1,85v.

[FoxRacR17]

I just got this board, and have a weird issue with it. I tried installing win7 ultimate x64 on my x25-m with ahci enabled in the bios, and everytime, no matter what sata port I plug the ssd into, the installer tells me it cannot install to the drive and gives me an error 0x8030024. Tried googling that error but didnt find anything. I was only able to get it installed by setting it to IDE, then i reenabled ahci on the drive. Anyone know whats going on?

[Lmui]

I'm on F8 right now. It hasn't given me any problems so far, all my previous settings for my bios work fine. I'll play around with the voltages and see if there's any major bugs. Right now, the best thing IMO that they fixed is that the northbridge actually shows the voltage in BIOS beside the place to change it, not what it did before.

[jamz1155]

hmmm F6 bios is out, just saw it posted at GB site with a release date of 2009/09/16, gonna try it as soon as I can to see if it enhances anything (currently on F5).
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...ProductID=3010

Didn't change anything for me, going from F4I to F6. Max stable clocks unchanged. Not surprising, really, I didn't have any complaints about F4I.

[Zyrix1]

The only notable difference F6 made is that now I am able to run my OCZ 1600 mem @1600 7-7-7 1T stable. Was trying to achieve higher clocks but it does not seems possible; my 720 seems to hit a wall at 3.2 (default voltage) to pass this "wall" I have to go at 1.4V to reach 3.4, and with 1.45 I can reach 3.6 (tried everything with no success). My goal was to reach as high as I could without pushing the voltages too high. Hence my 24/7 overclock is 3.2 only by multi (16x) and using phenommsrtweaker to cool it down.

[Mr.Farva]

Was on F4 now running F6 no problems for me. Cpu seems to run a tad cooler.

[FoxRacR17]

I have not tried installing win7 x64 and vista x64 on my x25-m hdd, newly formatted, and set to active with diskpart, and I CANNOT install either when it is set to AHCI. I have tried loading drivers first from a usb drive, and still no go. Vista told me "windows is unable to find a system volume that meets its criteria for installation" and vista gave me some error code. As soon as I got and set the bios to IDE I can install to the drive no problem. Anyone have any idea whats going on?

Also, when i connect my external hard drive through esata windows will not recognize it until i reboot the computer, this happens weather the sata ports are set to ahci or ide. Any idea?

[Mr.Farva]

What Fan Controller program are you guys using? Cause in AMD Overdrive its only showing the cpu fan and once in awhile another fan will pop up.

[CaspeN]

Hello peoples, I'm quite curious, I have an MA790X-UD4 running with a 940BE.
I've had two kits of ram, OCZ Platinum PC8500 2x2gb, and OCZ Reaper HPC 2x2gb.
On both kits whenever i tried to set the ram voltage on 2.2 or higher it won't even post.
Nothing nada, I've set EPP to off, everything on manual, and it just won't boot on 2.2v or higher.
Even when I'm running stock, I only change the ram voltage to 2.2v, it still won't post.
I've tried bios versions f1 till f6, does anybody know a solution to this problem?

Thanks in advance,

[felix_w]

Careful with those voltages, my DS4 was overvolting (1.975V Bios set -> 2.06V DMM Measured). Some ram don't like high voltages also. Try lowering to the voltage that the ram kit's are spec'd.

[Daveburt714]

Hey Folks,

I was trying to push my NB/IMC the other night and managed to get my main rig to a point where it won't even post...

I've tried all the usuall tricks, pull power cord/remove battery, all while resetting CMOS. I even removed all power (including Batt) and put a jumper on CMOS while I went to work,
No Luck....

Is there a way to FORCE the board to use the backup BIOS?

It always ran fine with the IMC @ 2700-2800 with 1.325v's. I was trying to get 2900 @ 1.375, seemed reasonable at the time.

Hopefully I didn't POP anything, that 550 was a sweet chip!!

The gear in my sig is the machine I'm talking about....
Any Suggestions?

Thanks.... Dave

[Daveburt714]

FWIW, I figured out my problem, and all my gear is OK...

I tore the whole thing apart, changed CPUs, Video Cards, PSU's and switched from Water to Air, only to find out that my monitor somehow switched to Anolog input .....

Really weird problem, and I have NO idea how that happened!

Oh well, I really needed to clean up the Main Rig anyway...
Now I have a worthy project for this weekend.

[FlanK3r]

me help with problem sometimes, repeatedly push RESET (2x about 3s, than its ok)

[BeepBeep2]

Sorry to ressurect an old thread, but how precise can the voltage changes be on this motherboard? (GA-MA790X-UD4P)

The manual says .1v increments for the CPU_NB and RAM...my OCZ DDR2-1150 runs at 1.8v 5-5-5-15 but I would like to run between 1.8v and 1.9v and not just jump to 1.9v. :P It's probably a misprint, but I'd like to know before it's too late. I'd also like to run no more than 1.35v -ish on the NB, I'm not going to run 1.4v 24/7. Thanks.

[msgclb]

Sorry to ressurect an old thread, but how precise can the voltage changes be on this motherboard? (GA-MA790X-UD4P)

The manual says .1v increments for the CPU_NB and RAM...my OCZ DDR2-1150 runs at 1.8v 5-5-5-15 but I would like to run between 1.8v and 1.9v and not just jump to 1.9v. :P It's probably a misprint, but I'd like to know before it's too late. I'd also like to run no more than 1.35v -ish on the NB, I'm not going to run 1.4v 24/7. Thanks.

This is an image I snagged off of some site.

GA-MA790X BIOS-1.jpg

When you set the System Voltage Control to Manual you can increase the DDR2 Voltage by .1v increments up to +.6v. From the image you can see the auto voltage was 1.8v so it could go up to 2.4v.

I don't know what the auto voltage is for northbridge but it can go up +.1 to +.3 volts. It's the same for the southbridge.

[neo mike]

I'm on F8 right now. It hasn't given me any problems so far, all my previous settings for my bios work fine. I'll play around with the voltages and see if there's any major bugs. Right now, the best thing IMO that they fixed is that the northbridge actually shows the voltage in BIOS beside the place to change it, not what it did before.

Where did u find a F8 BIOS, i only see F6 as the latest bios ????

[msgclb]

Where did u find a F8 BIOS, i only see F6 as the latest bios ????

I currently have the DDR2 version GA-MA790X-UD4P. My latest BIOS version is F8.

GA-MA790X-UD4P

From your sig you have the DDR3 version GA-MA790XT-UD4P. The latest version I see is F6.

GA-MA790XT-UD4P

[BeepBeep2]

This is an image I snagged off of some site.

GA-MA790X BIOS-1.jpg

When you set the System Voltage Control to Manual you can increase the DDR2 Voltage by .1v increments up to +.6v. From the image you can see the auto voltage was 1.8v so it could go up to 2.4v.

I don't know what the auto voltage is for northbridge but it can go up +.1 to +.3 volts. It's the same for the southbridge.

Alright, thanks. I'm fine with the northbridge incriments, just the .1v memory increments bothers me a bit. My memory is rated at 1.8v and 1.9v will damage them so I wished there was something in between. Oh well.

[ASharp]

Beta BIOS F9A for the 790X-UD4P and F7B for the 790XT-UD4P have been posted on the Gigabyte site.

Seems that it adds a "CPU Core Control" option. I'm assuming this means you can now choose which cores you want to use on your multi-core chip similar to the ASUS boards. I'm not sure though as I haven't checked myself yet. Just thought I'd let you guys know.

[FlanK3r]

fo MA790X-UD4 nothing new beta?