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

[jacek]

I also RMA'd my UD7. Completely unstable under load even at default settings.

[Gorki]

I also RMA'd my UD7. Completely unstable under load even at default settings.

May I ask how come that happened? Do you have more info regarding your problems? Did you tried ono of the latest beta bioses?
Sorry to hear that, mine works perfect from day one, I really have nothing to complain.

[jacek]

Yes the UD7 is a great board. I was satisfied.
Currently board automatically restarts under load(linx or occt) then boots again.
Flashed the latest beta bios and the problem still occurs.

[klataa]

I have a question. Is UD7 have speedstep technology? I cant see this option in bios.

[Fritz_the_germ]

Yoh guys,
I set the DRAM-Voltage up to 1.64v but how high am I supposed to set the DRAM-Termination-Voltage? I heard it should be half of the DRAM-Voltage that means 0.82v. Am I right or wrong?

[Amurtigress]

Fritz,

no matter what I do, the termination voltages won't show right in ET6. Set them manually in your BIOS and dismiss them...mine are at 0.84 and the RAM voltage at 1.68. Tho the readings being a bit below what you're setting there. 1.66 gives me 1.63 or so...

Oh one thing I noticed too, after setting the six values in the BIOS to 0.84 (50% of the RAM voltage) they seem to snap to the RAM voltage and adjust automatically when changing it up and down

Those 0.75V come from the JEDEC that's setting the standards for memory types. Normal DDR3 voltages would be 1.5V usually. And the references are 50% of that. Other boards like the ASUS P6T series uses percentages as settings, which is IMHO more elegant to work with. Gigabyte gives you the bland display of voltages instead. It has been a bit of a hassle in the past with socket 775 systems, their GTL bus used reference lines like DDR2/3 RAM. Gigabyte had voltages, ASUS used percentages just like Intel's spec papers did.

[jacek]

I have a question. Is UD7 have speedstep technology? I cant see this option in bios.

Go to M.I.T then select "Advanced CPU Features".
EIST= Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology

[OC Nub]

^^The Dram Termination and other ref's I have left set to normal up to 4500mhz. Have seen no difference in stability setting them any different.

Last night I reinstalled the X58A-UD7 and was playing around with 3dmark 06, I hope to break 30k tonight with sli 260's.

[Gorki]

Currently board automatically restarts under load(linx or occt) then boots again.
Flashed the latest beta bios and the problem still occurs.

I'm guessing this could be due some mechanical and/or faulty damage probably one of voltage regulator or even more. Did you looked for any physical damages on mbo itself?
I hope you're get your new and replaced ud7...

[BinaryBummer]

Curious would these bios setting work for the Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Rev 1 motherboards?

[jacek]

I'm guessing this could be due some mechanical and/or faulty damage probably one of voltage regulator or even more. Did you looked for any physical damages on mbo itself?
I hope you're get your new and replaced ud7...

Thanks mate. I have to wait a couple of days and the matter will be explained.
I am currently testing r3e

[klataa]

Guys!

Wich option in bios enable dropping the vcore when cpu is in idle? I have C1 and EIST enable but still i have all the time 1.31v on cpu

[stasio]

Only EIST Disabled.

[klataa]

Only EIST Disabled.

U mean that the rest of options in bios i should enable?

[jacek]

Guys!

Wich option in bios enable dropping the vcore when cpu is in idle? I have C1 and EIST enable but still i have all the time 1.31v on cpu

Set your vcore to NORMAL.
Use the Dynamic Vcore(DVID) option for vcore regulation.

[Fritz_the_germ]

What is all about the BIOS option C3/C6/C7 Stat Support?
(I enabled it).

[Nam-uk]

I had Exactly the same issue you had , 9 days of Double boot from cold but run fine on over-clock settings when i rebooted , prime,gpu-z ect all fine even temps were fine. i pulled HDD's,swapped mem, updated Beta bios's ect absolute nightmare ..

it was just that Double boot reset and MIT defaulting from overnight , day to day Mb run fine.

i swapped the UD7 , since then no issues. the fault was that Random you would know it was the Board , no error codes on led nothing , only thing on this Ud7 is the led Volt lights on default were off , on the old Ud7 the DRR were at max load.. imop it was some sort of volt regulator issue .. i no one thing i aged after that problem , and i have had a few hardware issues over then years, but this has tobe top of the list or very near.

also your the First i have seen posted, with Exact same issue i had and were talking google search ect ..

good to see you sorted issue though ,and just wanted you to no it was a Hardware issue and not your overclock

Is it just me Only grouch i have with my UD7 is the errors about overclocking failed when i start the machine up after a night of it being off. Then i gotta clear error from the MIT page and just save and exit. No problems afterwords .. overclocks are stable and no issues with the settings. Only happens If I restart it and if it's been off for ages .

[Rambo87]

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[stasio]

EasyTune6 B10.0521.1

[ropittbul]

I am brand now on your forum !
So I am glad to say HI to all .

I have 1 question . What yoy guys say about qpi voltage 1.6v 24/24 on this mobo . I need for using memory 2100mhz cl 7.

Thank you.

[Viss]

X58A-UD7 roxx

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Strong board

[Oblique82]

As a result of bios engineers messing with llc in f7p I find at idle my rig is a lot less stable and needs more vcore than previous bios. Still stable under load though

[klataa]

I have tried F7p f7m but only F6 is full stable for me at 4,2 24/7 and at 4.4oc for test. I can make it stable on any other bios

[SteveRo]

As a result of bios engineers messing with llc in f7p I find at idle my rig is a lot less stable and needs more vcore than previous bios. Still stable under load though

I dropped back to f4 for this reason

[Sam_oslo]

On F7m the vdroop was the same for LLC=1 and LLC=standard. I guess it was a mistake and they have fixed in it now.
F7p seams to be using Intel's recommendations for LLC=standard, which always had a big vdroop on UD7.
So, if you are using LLC=standard, you have to increase the BIOS-set and it will result in higher idle vCore on F7p.
I haven't tested the stability throughly yet, just had some quick tests, and it seams to be stable with the same load vCore on my setup.