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

[Johnny87au]

Alot of people saying Fr bios.. but i actually found the beta bios F7B to be way more stable and more overclock friendly..

[klataa]

What would be the best version of BIOS at the moment? Thanks!

I didnt try F7r but best for me is F6.

[Lsdmeasap]

everytime i flash my bios with this board it works but always get a Checksum error 5400, have no idea what it means..

This is normal, not an error, well the checksum anyway not the value.

Each BIOS should give you a different value, this is normal and lets you know the BIOS is ok. If there is 4 digits it is good to flash, more or less than 4 do not flash it

[ABalthazor]

Does anyone know which three temps are reported by Speedfan for the UD7?

Temp 2 is almost certainly CPU. Temp 1 might be MCH. Not really sure on Temp 3.

[psynapse]

I didnt try F7r but best for me is F6.

I tried one of the F7 betas a while back and reverted to F6x. Best for me so far.

[Johnny87au]

I tried one of the F7 betas a while back and reverted to F6x. Best for me so far.

Strange, opposite for me

[Amurtigress]

Strange, opposite for me

Prolly not strange at all. The F7 betas introduce a microcode update for 32nm chips. While those may profit, us D0 45 nm users are likely better off with the well proven older BIOSses until F7 goes release. My D0 920 runs well at 21x181 now and 1.2875V...no way to achieve that on F7p or F7r.

[SteveRo]

I'm still all the way back on F4 with my 980
Seems to be working fine for me anyway - http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=111

[stasio]

GA-X58A-UD7 Rev.2.0 first BIOS FA released.
and Manual.

[klataa]

GA-X58A-UD7 Rev.2.0 first BIOS FA released.
and Manual.

What changes in rev 2.0?

and can We (rev 1.0 users) use latest rev2.0 bios?

[Rambo87]

GA-X58A-UD7 Rev.2.0 first BIOS FA released.
and Manual.

Good. Please can you export and upload it?

[Johnny87au]

GA-X58A-UD7 Rev.2.0 first BIOS FA released.
and Manual.

Hows this compare with the Fr u posted?

[stasio]

What changes in rev 2.0?

and can We (rev 1.0 users) use latest rev2.0 bios?

Changes as UD5/UD3R Rev.2.0,BIOS is only for noted revision.

Good. Please can you export and upload it?

GA-X58A-UD7(Rev.2.0) - FA

[Andrea deluxe]

wath changes from rev.1 to rev.2 board???

[Lsdmeasap]

New power delivery plan/design, and official ON/Off ports, I think those are the only two major changes

[Rambo87]

GA-X58A-UD7(Rev.2.0) - FA

Thank you so much, my friend. I'll try it.

[stasio]

GA-X58A-UD7 Rev.2.0



- CPU VRM Power design for extreme 6 core CPU OC
- Supports Intel Core i7-980X
- Supports 3 channel DDR3 up to 2200+
- Unique ON/OFF Charge
- 16 power phase design with manual back-up to each 8 phase

[Rambo87]

Thank you so much, my friend. I'll try it.

It can't be installed... What a pity.

[klataa]

It can't be installed... What a pity.

Read first what Stasio sad then try to instal...

Changes as UD5/UD3R Rev.2.0,BIOS is only for noted revision.

GA-X58A-UD7 Rev.2.0



- CPU VRM Power design for extreme 6 core CPU OC
- Supports Intel Core i7-980X
- Supports 3 channel DDR3 up to 2200+
- Unique ON/OFF Charge
- 16 power phase design with manual back-up to each 8 phase

Each user who have rev 1.0 shoud get for exchange rev 2.0!!!!

[MadHacker]

Each user who have rev 1.0 shoud get for exchange rev 2.0!!!!

mine works fine.
and from the picture above it doesn't have integrated water block

[klataa]

mine works fine.
and from the picture above it doesn't have integrated water block

Meaby its because almost no one use this WC option.

[MadHacker]

I do.
was one of the factors in buying this board.

one less thing to make/buy

[klataa]

I do.
was one of the factors in buying this board.

one less thing to make/buy

Its true! I have WC on cpu but didnt mount wc on chipset. But it was also one thing why i bought that board.

[MadHacker]

i water cool so that ti have less moving parts in my machine. trying for no fans what so ever. but i don't think that will happen
keeps it quieter.
also my next step is to move my rad box into a different room, 2 small holes in the wall to run the water tubing.
silence is golden.

edit: just a pity the chipset block didn't have 1/2" barbs,
instead i split my flow to NB and video/ram.

[OC Nub]

I wouldnt exchange my rev1.0 for a new board, this board works awesome, I have 0 complaints with it. This and the P55A UD6 are the 2 best boards I have owned.

Well 1 complaint, the pcie x1 slot is blocked and pretty much useless for my sound card, but thats the only thing.