**Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 OC-Tips-Bios-Discussion Thread**

[Invectus]

Okey here is my current configuration with test screenshot,
Im running on a air stock cooler NOCTUA NH-U12P SE2, therefore I am satisfied atm on 3.9Ghz. How ever I'd like to squeeze some more out of my memories and fine tune bios settings more. Any tips on this? I found QPI link speed max 6.69 (x36 ratio) being max with the other current settings, when i try to go higher it result in POST fail (c1) and black screen. max CPU temp with LinX were 75C.

win 7 pro 64bit


Bios template

CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [21]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech ...................... [enabled]
CPU Cores Enabled .............................. [All]
CPU Multi Threading .............................[All]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ........................ [Disabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support ......................... [Disabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ............................ [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function .............................. [Disabled]
Virtualization Technology ...................... [Disabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ......................... [Enabled]

Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed ..............................[6.69]  
Uncore Frequency ............................[3680]
Isonchronous Frequency ......................[enabled]

Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control .......................... [enabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) ................................[186]
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........................ [102]
C.I.A.2........................................... .. [-]

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

Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance ...................... [Turbo]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ........... [Disable]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........... [ 8] 1480
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) ............. [Quick]

Channel A + B + C

Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ......................[7]
tRCD ..................................[7]
tRP ...................................[7]
tRAS ..................................[7]
CR.....................................[20]
B2B.....................................[1]


Advanced Voltage Control:
CPU Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping
Load Line Calibration ................. [Level2]
CPU Vcore ..............................[1.25625V]
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v .................[1.32]
CPU PLL 1.800v .........................[1.40]
PCIE 1.500v ...........................[1.50]
QPI PLL 1.100v ........................[1.10]
IOH Core 1.100v .......................[1.14]
ICH I/O 1.500v ........................[1.50]
ICH Core 1.1v .........................[1.10]

DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500v .............. [1.64] 
DRAM Termination 0.750v.......... [AUTO]
Ch-A Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[AUTO]
Ch-B Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[AUTO]
Ch-C Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[AUTO]
Ch-A Address VRef. 0.750v ........[AUTO]
Ch-B Address VRef. 0.750v ........[AUTO]
Ch-C Address VRef. 0.750v ........[AUTO]

can anyone tell me why as soon as I go above 8.0 in QPI and try go over 1600 with my memories I get POST blackscreens? other than that this config seems to be quite stable

[yenclas]

I'm running G.Skill Ripjaws 1600Mhz and it works perfectly, have no issues at all.

Can you post your bios configuration template ?

Thank you very much !

[Chrono Detector]

I'm just using the default settings, I did not tweak anything.

[yenclas]

I'm just using the default settings, I did not tweak anything.

At 7 7 7 20 ?

[yenclas]

If I set timmings to 6 7 6 18 1T at 1600, systems only recognize 4Gb.

If I set to 7 7 7 21 1T at 1600 systems recognize 6Gb but isn't stable (error at 8 hour of prime95)

This is at 1,6 or 1,66 vdimm.

Is my Gskill Trident 2000Mhz faulty ? Or is compatibility with this mainboard ?

[dinos22]

the most common issue i found that might be related to that is the way the CPU sits on the LGA pins.......

i usually try to clean the CPU pins with alcohol and spray cleaning spray in the socket if i get those issues and then just let the heatsink sit on it without tightening it hard...just enough for it to sit

power up the machine and load up settings with ram running at settings where the last channel used to disappear and see if it's ok...try reseating the CPU a few times....and then when good tighten the HS but dont overdo it....

[StoraX]

Hi,
I'm new here. I bought Gigabyte X58A-UD7 and im so gladd for this motherboard. Which air cool model should purchase for my pocessor ?

[Chrono Detector]

At 7 7 7 20 ?

It runs at 9,9,9,24 which is its default settings but I'm fine with that.

[LarsMarkelson]

Hi,
I'm new here. I bought Gigabyte X58A-UD7 and im so gladd for this motherboard. Which air cool model should purchase for my pocessor ?

NH-D14, Venomous X, or wait for results on the new Prolimatech Armageddon.

D14 and VX you will need lower profile RAM if you plan on using all the slots. Ripjaws will fit though.

[2slick4u]

Are the GA X58A-UD3R any good? I have this board even tho I havent messed with it yet I havent played with oc in a long time and i7 seem pretty difficult to oc..

[stasio]

Hi,
I'm new here. I bought Gigabyte X58A-UD7 and im so gladd for this motherboard. Which air cool model should purchase for my pocessor ?

Corsair Hydro-H50
Push-pull fan combination match with best air cooling brand.

NH-D14, Venomous X, or wait for results on the new Prolimatech Armageddon.

D14 and VX you will need lower profile RAM if you plan on using all the slots. Ripjaws will fit though.

No problem with high profile RAM,a lot of space in your rig and it's very good.

[StoraX]

NH-D14, Venomous X, or wait for results on the new Prolimatech Armageddon.

D14 and VX you will need lower profile RAM if you plan on using all the slots. Ripjaws will fit though.

I have ;
* Team Xtream 6 GB kit ( 3 x 2 gb, 1600 Mhz )

Corsair Hydro-H50
Push-pull fan combination match with best air cooling brand.


No problem with high profile RAM,a lot of space in your rig and it's very good.

Its cool, i think about this watercooling.

[OC Nub]

Corsair Hydro-H50
Push-pull fan combination match with best air cooling brand.

+1

and it doesn't weigh 500lbs.

[Invectus]

I am having 2 empty 1TB samsung F3's, the thing is that there are 3 options to connect these discs and form a raid volume im not 100% sure of the difference, Obviously im looking for the best performance, stability choice.

ICH10R controller, intel's southbridge chip,
2 Marvel SATA 3 600, which also seem to be able to coop with SATAII
2 Gigabyte SATA 2, on the schematics its seems like gigabyte have put their own controller infront of the ICH10 chip, to support JBOB or something.. I am not really sure why but to me its sounds like they are trying to say that their GSata is better than the standard one ICH circuit (Gigabyte exemtreme bla bla bla). Could It be worth to buy a cheap PCI-E raid controller seperatly?



"Gigabyte's proprietary SATA2 RAID chip"

Best way here? I am going to try them all three(Intel, Gigbyte, Marvell) this weekend and see if there is any performance diffrence between them and post the results here. Just for fun might aswell take the opportunity before the discs are full :o

What benchmarks would you like? HDtach, ATTO bench?

Cheers!
/Chris

[yenclas]

If I set Gskill 3x2Gb 2000Mhz CL9 at 1600 and 7 7 7 20 1T with 1,5v (vDimm) my system is totally stable, but if I set higher vDimm (1,65 for example) with same settings, system is unstable.

What is my problem ?

My memory don't like higher voltages !!!!!

[Sam_oslo]

I finally did it. Lost the screwdriver right on the socket, and got a few broken and bend pins . It had only 4GB RAM, but after a few useless attempt to fix it, it ended up with 2GB RAM. Re-sitting the CPU didn't help either. But that's OK, killing HW is a part of pushing (and rubbing) it to the limits, anyways.

My good old DFI UT was laying around, and I'm using it for now. Maybe I get new MB later.

[zalbard]

I finally did it. Lost the screwdriver right on the socket, and got a few broken and bend pins . It had only 4GB RAM, but after a few useless attempt to fix it, it ended up with 2GB RAM. Re-sitting the CPU didn't help either. But that's OK, killing HW is a part of pushing (and rubbing) it to the limits, anyways.

Ow, my condolences.
At least perhaps you'll give another board a try, could be fun for a change.

[R3alsp33dy0ne]

I finally did it. Lost the screwdriver right on the socket, and got a few broken and bend pins . It had only 4GB RAM, but after a few useless attempt to fix it, it ended up with 2GB RAM. Re-sitting the CPU didn't help either. But that's OK, killing HW is a part of pushing (and rubbing) it to the limits, anyways.

My good old DFI UT was laying around, and I'm using it for now. Maybe I get new MB later.

Oh man, that sux. I am sorry to hear that. No chance of using a needle or pin of some kind and a steady hand to fix it?

Maybe just make the pins look normalish and RMA it?

[zalbard]

Maybe just make the pins look normalish and RMA it?

If some are broken that's impossible.

[Sam_oslo]

Thx guys , but it's not a big deal, I've had a lot of fun with this MB, anyways.

Even tho that socket is too fine and sensitive, but I did it myself. I won't RMA it.

I liked this MB and would like to buy the same again, but it is always fun to try new stuff too. I need to decide soon.

[lowfat]

Contact Gigabyte and see if they can replace the socket for a fee. It might be a better option than buying a whole new board.

[sRHunt3r]

Wow Sam, sorry to hear about that. I like lowfat's idea ..... so we can keep you on the UD7 side

I have been rock solid at 4.5 I have had several reformats due to corrupted Win7 trying to get to 4.6 but I think I will try again tonight with higher QPI/VTT.

[Bjynne]

My condolences goes out to you sam. I have one of this board comming real soon. My old GA-X58 Extreme melted my 24pin power supply socket so i RMA it and is now going with this board, the Extreme was a fine board but I believe this board is much better. I to like lowfat`s idea.

[LarsMarkelson]

*pours one out for Sam*

[nyeah]

@Sam_Oslo: that's just suck, although it's a lost, you have a chance to try another board