Gigabyte EX58-UD5/Extreme Discussion Thread

[Ic3man]

Yeah, this is UD5 thread NOT UD5A

[Strages]

0x00000050 << Incorrect memory timing/freq or uncore multi
0x00000124 << incorrect qpi/vtt voltage ( to much/not enough)
0x00000101 << not enough Vcore voltage


if setting are really out of wack 124 and 101 can reverse them selves


Any other bsod other then them codes are most likely low or not enough vcore but can be qpi/vtt voltage.

This and the post by vrdublu have been extremely helpful already. Thanks!

[Strages]

So, I'm experiencing an odd problem. I found settings that are stable for 5 instances of IBT at maximum memory usage (x64) and work fine when running HyperPi 32M using 8 cores. However, some games (GTA 4 and Left 4 Dead 2 in particular) crash after about 30 seconds. Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this? Just for clarification, the games crash to desktop - the machine does not lock or BSOD. I get no other error message other than the standard "such-and-such has stopped responding yadda yadda." The machine works fine after that other than looping audio.

[sin0822]

i find that 3d stressing is much harsher than pi testing, yet prime 95 stresses very well too. other than that i have no clue other than 3d errors caused by the oc. did you push up the pci-e bus?

[acebmxer]

So, I'm experiencing an odd problem. I found settings that are stable for 5 instances of IBT at maximum memory usage (x64) and work fine when running HyperPi 32M using 8 cores. However, some games (GTA 4 and Left 4 Dead 2 in particular) crash after about 30 seconds. Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this? Just for clarification, the games crash to desktop - the machine does not lock or BSOD. I get no other error message other than the standard "such-and-such has stopped responding yadda yadda." The machine works fine after that other than looping audio.

5 rounds of linx is not enough imho. Try running 10 - 15 rounds.. You may need more vcore. Post your currect settings that are failing.

[Strages]

5 rounds of linx is not enough imho. Try running 10 - 15 rounds.. You may need more vcore. Post your currect settings that are failing.

My current settings are as follows:

Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [20]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech ...................... [disabled]
CPU Cores Enabled .............................. [all]
CPU Multi Threading .............................[disabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ........................ [disabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support ......................... [disabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ............................ [disabled]
CPU EIST Function .............................. [disabled]
Virtualization Technology ...................... [enabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ......................... [enabled]

Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed ..............................[x36]
Uncore Frequency ............................[x17]

Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control .......................... [200]
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........................ [101]
C.I.A.2........................................... .. [disabled]

Advanced Clock Control:
CPU Clock Drive ..............................[1000mv]
PCI Express Clock Drive ................... [900mv]
CPU Clock Skew ............................. [200ops]
IOH Clock Skew ............................. [auto]

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

Channel A + B + C

Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ......................[8]
tRCD ..................................[8]
tRP ...................................[8]
tRAS ..................................[24]
CR.....................................[2]
B2B.....................................[auto]


Advanced Voltage Control:
CPU Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping
Load Line Calibration ................. [enabled]
CPU Vcore ..............................[1.40]
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v .................[1.36]
CPU PLL 1.800v .........................[1.90]
PCIE 1.500v ...........................[auto]
QPI PLL 1.100v ........................[auto]
IOH Core 1.100v .......................[1.18]
ICH I/O 1.500v ........................[auto]
ICH Core 1.1v .........................[auto]

DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500v .............. [1.66]
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]

One thing that is odd, the BIOS wants to set my uncore multi really high - x19, so I tried bumping it a bit and an uncore of x17 seems to actually help a lot. I tried x18 with IOH at 1.3, but no dice. I've left it at x17 for now. Also, keep in mind this is a C0, not D0 CPU.

[Strages]

I raised the vcore a few notches to 1.425 and it runs through 10 instances of IBT with maximum memory usage just fine and ran through 16-core 32M in Hyper Pi twice, one after another, and yet it still crashes after a few seconds in some games. I've never had a machine do this before - pass much more intensive stress tests just fine and yet be completely unstable in a game.

[acebmxer]

looks and sounds like it be gpu/driver problem maybe. Try running some other games or 3dmark vantage and see what it does.

[Strages]

looks and sounds like it be gpu/driver problem maybe. Try running some other games or 3dmark vantage and see what it does.

I thought that too, but it works fine at stock. Also, I lowered the CPU multi from 20 to 19 ( for 3.8GHz) and it works fine. So, it's definitely related to the overclock, it's just weird to me that a game like GTA would be a better indicator of stability than Hyper Pi and IBT.

[acebmxer]

I thought that too, but it works fine at stock. Also, I lowered the CPU multi from 20 to 19 ( for 3.8GHz) and it works fine. So, it's definitely related to the overclock, it's just weird to me that a game like GTA would be a better indicator of stability than Hyper Pi and IBT.

If lowering Cpu multi from 20 to 19 stopped it from crashing in game then then would mean you need more Vcore. The only other thing I saw in your settings was

Advanced Clock Control:
CPU Clock Drive ..............................[1000mv]
PCI Express Clock Drive ................... [900mv]
CPU Clock Skew ............................. [200ops]
IOH Clock Skew ............................. [auto]

Are you sure you need them set like that? I over looked it before as you said you have a C0 chip not a D0 chip.

[Strages]

If lowering Cpu multi from 20 to 19 stopped it from crashing in game then then would mean you need more Vcore.

Yes, that was what I took from the situation, as well. At least I've found that raising the uncore multi from 16 to 17 and raising the IOH Core to 1.18v allowed me to reduce the QPI/VTT and CPU PLL voltages. They're working great at 1.32v and 1.8v, respectively.

I'm marginally happy with the overclock at the moment - I may try for the 20 multiplier again and just see how far I have to push the vcore.

Are you sure you need them set like that? I over looked it before as you said you have a C0 chip not a D0 chip.

Well, those settings have worked for me in the past - helped stabilize an overclock. So I gave them a shot, and they don't seem to impact performance much. The C0's do take extra fiddling - the early ones, especially (this is a week 38 CPU - one of the early batches). I will probably set them back to normal at some point to see if this OC is stable without.

[Presretach]

Bios f13j

[Godmyster]

hey all,

I finally just got my self the coolermaster H50 to cool off my i7 920 i am now in need of some help i have my setting at default at the moment so i was wondering what setting can i go for that should get me some good reults and be stable?

My CPU batch is #3838B556 and it is a D0 i am using a X58 UD5 with the F9E bios.

[Andrea deluxe]

hey all,

I finally just got my self the coolermaster H50 to cool off my i7 920 i am now in need of some help i have my setting at default at the moment so i was wondering what setting can i go for that should get me some good reults and be stable?

My CPU batch is #3838B556 and it is a D0 i am using a X58 UD5 with the F9E bios.

flash the f12 bios and:


Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [19]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech ...................... [disabled]
CPU Cores Enabled .............................. [all]
CPU Multi Threading .............................[enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ........................ [disabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support ......................... [disabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ............................ [disabled]
CPU EIST Function .............................. [disabled]
Virtualization Technology ...................... [enabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ......................... [enabled]

Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed ..............................[x36]
Uncore Frequency ............................[x16]

Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control .......................... [200]
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........................ [100]
C.I.A.2........................................... .. [disabled]

Advanced Clock Control:
CPU Clock Drive ..............................[1000mv]
PCI Express Clock Drive ................... [900mv]
CPU Clock Skew ............................. [200ops]
IOH Clock Skew ............................. [auto]

Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance ...................... [standard]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ........... [disabled]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........... [8]
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) ............. [quick]

Channel A + B + C

Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ......................[8]
tRCD ..................................[8]
tRP ...................................[8]
tRAS ..................................[24]
CR.....................................[2]
B2B.....................................[auto]


Advanced Voltage Control:
CPU Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping
Load Line Calibration ................. [enabled]
CPU Vcore ..............................[1.3]
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v .................[1.34]
CPU PLL 1.800v .........................[auto]
PCIE 1.500v ...........................[auto]
QPI PLL 1.100v ........................[auto]
IOH Core 1.100v .......................[auto]
ICH I/O 1.500v ........................[auto]
ICH Core 1.1v .........................[auto]

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]

[Godmyster]

hey thanks for the settings i updated the bios and put in exactly those settings but it didnt boot for some reason, after saving those settings it restarted and just stayed there with the graphic card fan at max i had to restart the computer and it gave me that fail safe boot because of the overclock.

[acebmxer]

hey thanks for the settings i updated the bios and put in exactly those settings but it didnt boot for some reason, after saving those settings it restarted and just stayed there with the graphic card fan at max i had to restart the computer and it gave me that fail safe boot because of the overclock.

Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [20]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech ...................... [Enabled]
CPU Cores Enabled .............................. [all]
CPU Multi Threading .............................[Disable] - Enabled if you can boot and/or temps ok may need extra vcore
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ........................ [Enabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support ......................... [Enabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ............................ [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function .............................. [Enabled]
Virtualization Technology ...................... [Disabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ......................... [Enabled]

Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed ..............................[x36]
Uncore Frequency ............................[x16]or x17, x18 (always 2x +1 or +2 of memory Multi)

Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control .......................... [200]
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........................ [100-102]
C.I.A.2........................................... .. [disabled]

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

Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance ...................... [Expert]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ........... [disabled]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........... [8]
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) ............. [quick]

Channel A + B + C

Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ......................[8]
tRCD ..................................[8]
tRP ...................................[8]
tRAS ..................................[24]
CR.....................................[1]
B2B.....................................[auto]


Advanced Voltage Control:
CPU Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping
Load Line Calibration ................. [enabled]
CPU Vcore ..............................[1.3]
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v .................[1.34]
CPU PLL 1.800v .........................[1.6]
PCIE 1.500v ...........................[1.5]
QPI PLL 1.100v ........................[1.16]
IOH Core 1.100v .......................[1.100 - 1.200]
ICH I/O 1.500v ........................[1.5]
ICH Core 1.1v .........................[1.1]

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]

Try those settings. for my cpu that is too much vcore and vtt for those settings. If you can boot and is stable lower those as low as you can.

BSOD error codes

0x00000050 << Incorrect memory timing/freq or uncore multi
0x00000124 << incorrect qpi/vtt voltage ( to much/not enough)
0x00000101 << not enough Vcore voltage

[Godmyster]

Tryed those settings acebmxer did exactly the same thing, restared the computer and didnt even boot just stayed there with the black screen.

[Aedubber]

Add more vcore , u prob gonna need 1.4+

[Godmyster]

I just tryed that also didnt work doesnt even boot, should i change Bios? im using F12 from Gigabyte like Andrea deluxe told me to put.

Some other setting must be wrong then :\

[Aedubber]

Have you been messing with your ram by any chance ? Try to loosen the timing on your ram and see what happens.. Maybe apply a bit more vtt , disable turbo performance and any c states and/or speedstep .. See what happens .. Try using odd numbers on the blck?

[Godmyster]

I have The Exact settings acebmxer gave me that are 3 posts up check it out

Thank you

[Aedubber]

Doesn't matter , every computer overclock differently ... You have to play with diff settings till you can run stable

[Bullet92]

Try to set ALL voltages except vCore and vDRAM on AUTO for the first time. If it boots than you have to set another value for some of the voltages (probably VTT). If it doesn't boot thank try with other memory divider and other timings. Performance Enhance put on Normal. For 24/7 Expert mode doesn't mean anything. Those modes set up the memory sub-timings lower and gives boost only in Everest memory benchmark so "relax" your memory. CPU PLL voltage "have" to be on 1.8v. When you on air it's better to set it at 1.7-1.8v but when you go on subzero cooling than is good.

[Godmyster]

I remembered when i had my stock cooler i had some trouble with the memories so what i did was intead of giving the emories 8-8-8 24 i have it 9-9-9 24 and it booted perfectly so at the moment i have this:



Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [20]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech ...................... [Enabled]
CPU Cores Enabled .............................. [all]
CPU Multi Threading .............................[Disable] - Enabled if you can boot and/or temps ok may need extra vcore
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ........................ [Enabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support ......................... [Enabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ............................ [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function .............................. [Enabled]
Virtualization Technology ...................... [Disabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ......................... [Enabled]

Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed ..............................[x36]
Uncore Frequency ............................[x16]or x17, x18 (always 2x +1 or +2 of memory Multi)

Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control .......................... [200]
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........................ [100-102]
C.I.A.2........................................... .. [disabled]

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

Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance ...................... [Expert]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ........... [disabled]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........... [8]
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) ............. [quick]

Channel A + B + C

Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ......................[9]
tRCD ..................................[9]
tRP ...................................[9]
tRAS ..................................[24]
CR.....................................[1]
B2B.....................................[auto]


Advanced Voltage Control:
CPU Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping
Load Line Calibration ................. [enabled]
CPU Vcore ..............................[1.3]
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v .................[1.34]
CPU PLL 1.800v .........................[1.6]
PCIE 1.500v ...........................[1.5]
QPI PLL 1.100v ........................[1.16]
IOH Core 1.100v .......................[1.100 - 1.200]
ICH I/O 1.500v ........................[1.5]
ICH Core 1.1v .........................[1.1]

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]

[Aedubber]

Yup , you have to find the sweet spot for the memory and the OC on the CPU , just gotta balance it all out . with what you have now it looks great!! If your gonna up your CPU OC def gonna need more vcore and more vtt , but watCh your mem as well .. Adjust in small doses and run LinX for 20 passes for stability