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

[Lsdmeasap]

Some people will never learn until it's too late

[Fritz_the_germ]

Do you have the wake up timer set in the BIOS?

There is a setting for that (Resume by alarm), sounds like you accidentally enabled it but left the default time 12:00?

Thank you lsd,
the option Resume by alarm was enabled on 0:0:0 Thats why the system woke up at midnight.
I checked "wake up by keyboard or mouse" but I didn´t think about the Resume alarm.
So my home isn´t haunted

[MadHacker]

Yeah, I guess, but why bother fixing a problem, if you can prevent it in the first place from ever happening (Aside from a few rare cases, such as power outages)?

battery backup
all my systems have one

[stasio]

BIOS uploaded on TT forum:

GA-X58A-UD7 - F7j

and other X58A series.

[Andrea deluxe]

Bios : 20.05.10

GA-X58A-UD9 - F2d
GA-X58A-UD7 - F7j
GA-X58A-UD5 - F6f
GA-X58A-UD3R - F6e
GA-EX58-UD5 - F13e
GA-EX58-UD4 - F11d
GA-EX58-UD4P -F14f

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GA-EX58 - Previous Final/BetaBIOS


GA-X58A-UD9 - F2D : Link

GA-X58A-UD7 - F6 : Link
GA-X58A-UD7 - F7J: Link

GA-EX58-Extreme - F12 : Link
GA-EX58-Extreme - F13C:Link

GA-X58A-UD5 - F5 :Link
GA-X58A-UD5 - F6F : Link

GA-EX58-UD5 - F12 :Link
GA-EX58-UD5 - F13E: Link

GA-EX58-UD4 - F10 : Link
GA-EX58-UD4 - F11D : Link

GA-EX58-UD4P - F13 : Link
GA-EX58-UD4P - F14F : Link

GA-X58A-UD3R - F5 : Link
GA-X58A-UD3R - F6E : Link

GA-EX58-UD3R - F11 : Link
GA-EX58-UD3R - F12b : Link

GA-X58-UD3R (1.6/1.7) - Fl :Link
GA-X58-UD3R (1.6/1.7) - Fj1 :Link

GA-X58-UD3R-SLI - F9 : Link
GA-X58-UD3R-SLI - F6m : Link

GA-EX58-DS4 - F11 : Link
GA-EX58-DS4 - F12b : Link

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[stasio]

Andrea,where you get this EX58A?
If you copy,copy properly.

[Gorki]

BIOS uploaded on TT forum:

GA-X58A-UD7 - F7j

and other X58A series.

Changelog?

[Andrea deluxe]

Andrea,where you get this EX58A?
If you copy,copy properly.

do you know "collaboration"

i do not recive any $ from gigabutt......

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[Lsdmeasap]

Thank you lsd,
the option Resume by alarm was enabled on 0:0:0 Thats why the system woke up at midnight.
I checked "wake up by keyboard or mouse" but I didn´t think about the Resume alarm.
So my home isn´t haunted

Nice to see you found it!!

Wonder how it got enabled? You sleepwalking through your BIOS

[Andrea deluxe]

BIOS Mod 20.05.10
updated:
- Intel(R) RAID for SATA - v9.6.0.1014
- Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller Series v2.34 (03/20/10)

GA-X58A-UD9 - F2d MOD
GA-X58A-UD7 - F7j MOD
GA-X58A-UD5 - F6f MOD
GA-X58A-UD3R - F6e MOD
GA-EX58-UD5 - F13e MOD
GA-EX58-UD4 - F11d MOD
GA-EX58-UD4P -F14f MOD

[antiacid]

So I'm having this strange issue with my board:

Sleep makes it go to sleep, then the board restarts 2-3sec after powering off... If I close the switch on the back of the psu (seasonic x750) and re-open it in the morning, it'll pick back up where it was at sleep (which is also quite strange).

Is there anything I can do to prevent this re-start on sleep issue?

[MadHacker]

So I'm having this strange issue with my board:

Sleep makes it go to sleep, then the board restarts 2-3sec after powering off... If I close the switch on the back of the psu (seasonic x750) and re-open it in the morning, it'll pick back up where it was at sleep (which is also quite strange).

Is there anything I can do to prevent this re-start on sleep issue?

shutting off the power to the back of the PSU would wipe the ram since it would have no power.
this sounds more like hibernate where the data in ram is stored on the hardrive (persistent).
As to how to fix your problem I don't know.

[Musho]

Sounds more like hybridsleep to me. It's basically sleep and hibernate combined. When you use it, the data in the RAM gets written to the disk, but it's still retained. If you enable your computer again, you can start working again right away. If power to the RAM was disconnected, it will load the data from the HDD instead. Although it's slower, it's better than losing the data you were working on.

[antiacid]

Sounds more like hybridsleep to me. It's basically sleep and hibernate combined. When you use it, the data in the RAM gets written to the disk, but it's still retained. If you enable your computer again, you can start working again right away. If power to the RAM was disconnected, it will load the data from the HDD instead. Although it's slower, it's better than losing the data you were working on.

I know the difference between hibernate and sleep, which is also why I'm puzzled!

I click SLEEP in win7 and I basically get hibernate with a side order of insta-reboot... What gives?

[Lsdmeasap]

You must be using the latest BIOS, and be 100% stable for S3 sleep to resume properly.

[Bolas]

I feel like I could get so much more out of my chip (I was able to run pcmv at 4.8ghz I just mean in terms of doing 4.4-4.5 with lower vcore) The problem is I don't really know what I'm doing I just stick my 2000mhz c7 triple kit on xmp, set dram voltage to 1.66 pick an odd multi that gives me like 4.2ghz then start raising bclk and vcore/vtt and try to get something high.

This can't be the best way to go about it.. Maybe someone could give a few pointers? I've read i7 oc guides but the 980x seems to be a bit different or at least that's what I read on the forums from people who have pushed 920s and now are pushing 980s.

I would also like to see a noob friendly primer on how to overclock a 980X on a GA-X58A-UD7. Which voltages need tweaked, which options disabled, different things to try. A basic setup that should work for 4+ GHz, something to try for 4.5+ GHz, etc. If this already exists on this thread, sorry I missed it, I haven't managed to wade through all 60 pages yet.

[Major]

I know the difference between hibernate and sleep, which is also why I'm puzzled!

I click SLEEP in win7 and I basically get hibernate with a side order of insta-reboot... What gives?

I believe you have to have CPU EIST Driver enabled under advanced cpu features in the bios for sleep to work. Alot of peeps turn off all of the thermal stuff when OCed but I noticed in OSX that my comp will not sleep unless it is enabled.

[SimpleTECH]

Don't know if it is an OS issue or has to do with the new BIOS but I was turning on my computer today and it showed a blank screen right before the OS load screen. Pressed the power button and it shut off and tried again. Worked fine thereafter.

Tested as always for stability and seems fine. Never did this before. I might revert back to F6c since I was able to crank out 4.5GHz.

[antiacid]

I believe you have to have CPU EIST Driver enabled under advanced cpu features in the bios for sleep to work. Alot of peeps turn off all of the thermal stuff when OCed but I noticed in OSX that my comp will not sleep unless it is enabled.

I just checked 1min ago, EIST was enabled all along. I checked also and my sleep is set to STR and not POS, as required. I'm still puzzled

[Hok]

I have a 930 with 20x200 for 4Gz.

This is my LLC Load Line calibration mini experiment... anything under 1.28 for vcore CPUz reading will BSOD with LINX. btw LINX will say stopped unexpectedly (not enough memory?) with just 768 and the 10th run... I have 6 GB of ram...if i use the "ALL" setting LINX will BSOD on the 18th run with a 0x000007F error....

Level 1
________________________
Vcore = 1.293
VTT = 1.335

cpuZ = 1.26X Load and idle
Lixn Crashes
_________________________
Vcore = 1.300
VTT = 1.335

CPU z = 1.28 Idle
CPU z = 1.26 Load
Prime95 is ok for 10 mins
Lixn crashes
_________________________
Vcore = 1.2875
VTT = 1.335

CPU z = 1.264 Idle
CPU z = 1.248 Load

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Level 2
_________________________
Vcore = 1.2875
VTT = 1.335

CPU z = 1.264 Idle
CPU z = 1.264 Load
__________________________
Vcore = 1.3000
VTT = 1.335

CPU z = 1.2875 Idle
CPU z = 1.296 Load

This is what i wanted... but common where is the logic... please help.

[Lsdmeasap]

EIST nor C1E has to be enabled to resume from S3 sleep, you only need the latest BIOS (or not an old one) and to be 100% stable

I can resume from S3 sleep at 200+ Bclk and or 4.2GHX+, with speedstep disabled

[Fritz_the_germ]

Nice to see you found it!!

Wonder how it got enabled? You sleepwalking through your BIOS

I forgot the change it after my last CMOS clear.

But now I having another strange issue; my system won´t shut down as it should. It keeps hanging and hanging "system shuts down" but it won´t.
What am I supposed to do?

[Amurtigress]

I have a 930 with 20x200 for 4Gz.

This is my LLC Load Line calibration mini experiment... anything under 1.28 for vcore CPUz reading will BSOD with LINX. btw LINX will say stopped unexpectedly (not enough memory?) with just 768 and the 10th run... I have 6 GB of ram...if i use the "ALL" setting LINX will BSOD on the 18th run with a 0x000007F error....

Level 1
________________________
Vcore = 1.293
VTT = 1.335

cpuZ = 1.26X Load and idle
Lixn Crashes
_________________________
Vcore = 1.300
VTT = 1.335

CPU z = 1.28 Idle
CPU z = 1.26 Load
Prime95 is ok for 10 mins
Lixn crashes
_________________________
Vcore = 1.2875
VTT = 1.335

CPU z = 1.264 Idle
CPU z = 1.248 Load

==========================
Level 2
_________________________
Vcore = 1.2875
VTT = 1.335

CPU z = 1.264 Idle
CPU z = 1.264 Load
__________________________
Vcore = 1.3000
VTT = 1.335

CPU z = 1.2875 Idle
CPU z = 1.296 Load

This is what i wanted... but common where is the logic... please help.

Hi Hok,

this is where analog signalling techonogy shows. High frequency signals cause a phenomenon called overshoot and undershoot. A rising flank's voltage level tends to shoot higher than it's supposed level...which can kill parts of the chip, mainly the external bus driver transistor logic.

LLC disabled means the board sticks ti Intel's specification and reduces the high level of an electrical "1" until the maximum overshoot peak is 1.30 V in your case. Which means the average high level is like 1.26V, simply too little for the chip.

LLC level 2, or simply LLC enabled on other maker's board (ex. ASUS) disables the dropping but allows the overshoot to go to 1.36V for example and the average high level remains at 1.30.

Gigabyte's boards appear to have an intermediate level...Level 1.

You should look for screenshots of oscilloscopes showing digital signals with overshoot...

As I always say...the digital world is just an illusion, in the end it is all terribly analog!

[Lsdmeasap]

I forgot the change it after my last CMOS clear.

But now I having another strange issue; my system won´t shut down as it should. It keeps hanging and hanging "system shuts down" but it won´t.
What am I supposed to do?

This sounds like OS issues to me, defrag your drives and run chkdsk and see if that helps.

[Major]

Not a complaint or gripe but a word of warning. I updated my BIOS saturday morning to the X58A-UD5 F6F Beta and everything seemed fine until yesterday.
But apparently after the flash the firmware was not installed correctly with the Intel SATA and it's been a LONG road trying to figure out why I was getting random BSOD in windows and even my OSX would halt unexpectedly. Re-flashed and now all is fine, but for a while I thought I had trashed my chip or mb.

BE SURE TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS WHEN FLASHING AND FOLLOW THE GUIDE!!!