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[jackbrennan2008]

Wow 5.5ghz amazing WITH HT ON!!!! that must be a new on. That is impressive I must say the least jack!

Hmm that is odd with DES2, what i do know is that if you don't install DES two then phase switching doesn't occur(as in 2 phases or 4 phases at a time) 12/12 phase occurs automatically other than when OCing.

Maybe DES hasn't been properly updated? IDK how it can change your vcore?

Do you have DES2 installed?

I'm extremely sceptical now, i love overclocking and raising the voltage while doing that, but for DES2 to push 1.58v through the chip when your aim is to save power is just absurd... I'm as baffled as you are

The problem is i can't take a screenshot because my PC crashes....

[maneta]

Since i see a lot of fans here about this mobo what are the positive points agains the ASUS P8P67 Deluxe ? And a good reason for it to be 100 euros more expensive.

[jackbrennan2008]

Since i see a lot of fans here about this mobo what are the positive points agains the ASUS P8P67 Deluxe ? And a good reason for it to be 100 euros more expensive.

It's black.

I'm just so happy with this board. Hitting 5.5Ghz, and it's just a solidly built board brimming with features. Im not a sales person i can only give you my personal view of it.

Oh yea, did i mention it's black...

Black mobos look nice that must be worth 100 euro, surely

[maneta]

It's black.

AHAH indeed that is worth 10 euros more but not 100 ^^

Need more clues.

[jackbrennan2008]

AHAH indeed that is worth 10 euros more but not 100 ^^

Need more clues.

I got it for all of its features hoping to net the highest overclock for my system. You pay a price for top quality components; However i guess it's really geared towards people who want to go 3way SLI and Xfire with its onboard NF200 chip.

[stureah]

running mine at 4.8 now.. 1.35 in bios, lvl 2 vdrop thingy(ads 0.04v)..
idles at about 30°C.. Load is about 76°C
Running F6a bios.

can boot into 5200(52X) no problem, but 1.45 in bios is not enough.. ends up at 1.5 load, and crashed very fast in Prime95 - took about 5 sec..

What is safe the safe voltages to run this chip 24/7?

[maneta]

I got it for all of its features hoping to net the highest overclock for my system. You pay a price for top quality components; However i guess it's really geared towards people who want to go 3way SLI and Xfire with its onboard NF200 chip.

Indeed but as far i could see the values around OC between this one and the p8p67 deluxe are similar.

Well all of them are since they all reach the suposed max OC for the 2600k ( 5.5-5.6GHZ).

Im stil reading the threads comparing stable air and water cooling results cause thats the main reason for me to purchase that mobo.

I will use it only for bench purposes and try my way into as a french OC site reviewer.

[jackbrennan2008]

Ok here is my little DES2 test.

1. I uninstalled DES2
2. Restarted PC
3. Installed DES2
4. Restarted PC
5. Started DES 2



6. I played with DES2 for a while turning it on and enabling Dual Power and the various power saving levels.
7. I turn DES2 off via the Button in the program and BAM!!!



I left the whole desktop there so you can see the clock. 2 minutes later i'm at 1.57v....

By the way i shrunk the images so they don't overtake the thread. The writing is quite small but the voltage on the second picture is 1.572v

[maneta]

Intruiguing!

Isnt that a little high for the 4.5ghz?

[jackbrennan2008]

Isnt that a little high for the 4.5ghz? What batch u got?

I'm running it at 1.26v, but what im saying is that when i enable Dymanic Engergy saving 2, and then disable it, the software puts my CPU Vcore at 1.572v i didn't do that...The software is doing it, that's the problem.

What i don't understand is why DES2 which is designed to save power is raising my Vcore to 1.57v which is massively over the safe rated voltage and if any home user was to use this software they might destroy their chip. The only way i know it's doing that is because i'm a nerd and watch my voltages

[maneta]

I'm running it at 1.26v, but what im saying is that when i enable Dymanic Engergy saving 2 and then disable it the software puts my CPU Vcore at 1.572v i didn't do that...The software is doing it, that's the problem.

Guess that option is there for a reason but actualy not working properly maybe because of the bios (if u updated it) kinda messed up that option. CHeck cpu-z for another voltage ( the beta one for the skt 1155)
Its insane....

[jackbrennan2008]

Guess that option is there for a reason but actualy not working properly maybe because of the bios (if u updated it) kinda messed up that option. CHeck cpu-z for another voltage ( the beta one for the skt 1155)
Its insane....

It's shows the same as Aida64. Both are current and show the correct voltage. I'm going to shoot an email to Gigabyte. It might be a Bios issue, but they need to know.

This is not right and dangerous for the hardware. I don't mind if they say, hey Jack, your an Idiot because you have done A,B,C, but at least then i'll know why it does it

[maneta]

It's shows the same as Aida64. Both are current and show the correct voltage. I'm going to shoot an email to Gigabyte. It might be a Bios issue, but they need to know.

This is not right and dangerous for the hardware. I don't mind if they say, hey Jack, your an Idiot because you have done A,B,C, but at least then i'll know why it does it

Its an issue and must be comunicated. Many many ppl use mobo softwares without caring about the values behind it. Migh cause heavy damage if th cpu goes away in a few months of use.

Btw can u try the software when u have the cpu at default settings?

[jackbrennan2008]

Its an issue and must be comunicated. Many many ppl use mobo softwares without caring about the values behind it. Migh cause heavy damage if th cpu goes away in a few months of use.

Btw can u try the software when u have the cpu at default settings?

I'm going to give it a go now. It will be interesting to hear if anyone else with this motherboard or any other gigabyte board has come across the same problem.

It seems to work with everything set to default. Maybe it doesn't work on an overclocked system? It's still strange bahavior if it's going to shoot the voltage up that high.

[Polypenko]

Initially I was not able to use Des in W7 64 bits NL.

Once I activated Des, the programme freezed.

later changed to modus to Vista and afterwards I was able to use Des.

I'm running at 4400mhz ram2133mhz all settings in Bios AUTo.

When I activate Des my voltage in Easy Tune remains the same, only when
I just activated Dual Power I got a Bsod and my pc crasht.

Perhaps the current Bios is not yet stable enough to work correctly with
DES?

Today when I changed my settings from 4200 to 4400 during rebooting
I got the msg. your pc recovered from a overclock" and the ram was
defaulted to 1333mhz.

Bios F7a is quite nervous and trust future bios will be more stable.

Was albe to run 47 x 100 with all settings auto, at 4800 mhz with all on
auto unable to boot.



nb.: my screen pring of Aidi64 version 150.1200 is showing 2.904 Volt whioch is impossible

assuming same is a result that the new Sandybrdige chip data is not yet being read correctly.

[jackbrennan2008]

Initially I was not able to use Des in W7 64 bits NL.

Once I activated Des, the programme freezed.

later changed to modus to Vista and afterwards I was able to use Des.

I'm running at 4400mhz ram2133mhz all settings in Bios AUTo.

When I activate Des my voltage in Easy Tune remains the same, only when
I just activated Dual Power I got a Bsod and my pc crasht.

Perhaps the current Bios is not yet stable enough to work correctly with
DES?

Today when I changed my settings from 4200 to 4400 during rebooting
I got the msg. your pc recovered from a overclock" and the ram was
defaulted to 1333mhz.

Bios F7a is quite nervous and trust future bios will be more stable.

Was albe to run 47 x 100 with all settings auto, at 4800 mhz with all on
auto unable to boot.

Thats interesting you get the same result as me.

That's a nice overclock on auto settnigs , but Auto tends to over do it a bit on the voltages. But being able to go that high by just changing the multipler is quite remarkable actually.

[sin0822]

So you are trying to do 4.5ghz with DES2? Hmm what settings do you have in BIOS? when i set it to auto it gives me 1.35v for 4.5ghz which is because of SVID. See what happens when you leave vcore on auto and set 45x multi. IDk why DES2 is doing this, it is very weird, maybe its not properly configured for P67, that is all i can think of. BTW you can use that voltage read point in my review in the review sections to find actual vcore, maybe its a software glitch.

[Polypenko]

Would it be possible that you give a short Guide of the settings which you
can change manually to achieve a low possible Voltage (in my case 4400mhz)
but still have a stable platform.

Since this board is brand new, we are basically now encountering problems/
clitches which apparenlty did not surface during beta testing by GB?

On the otherhand when did Intel release Processors for the MB manufacturers
for testing?

[jackbrennan2008]

So you are trying to do 4.5ghz with DES2? Hmm what settings do you have in BIOS? when i set it to auto it gives me 1.35v for 4.5ghz which is because of SVID. See what happens when you leave vcore on auto and set 45x multi. IDk why DES2 is doing this, it is very weird, maybe its not properly configured for P67, that is all i can think of. BTW you can use that voltage read point in my review in the review sections to find actual vcore, maybe its a software glitch.

At the moment Vcore is set to 1.265v with LLC Level 1. Ram is set to 1866 with 1.54v otherwise everything else if left on auto. I'll test it again tomorrow with Auto settings and see how DES2 responds to that. I'm assuming it's due to the Beta bios i'm using (F7A) or as you put it, it's not entirely compatible with P67 yet.

[jackbrennan2008]

nb.: my screen pring of Aidi64 version 150.1200 is showing 2.904 Volt whioch is impossible

assuming same is a result that the new Sandybrdige chip data is not yet being read correctly.

You need to download the latest beta of Aida64 for it to show you the correct voltage. Version: 1.50.1224

[Polypenko]

Thks. just installed this version of Aida and the voltage are now correct.

than opened DES - no prbolems but once I hit the ON/ Off button
my pc crashes.

[Polypenko]

Reflashed to Bios F6, started DES everything okay.

than the on/off swith and my pc crashed completely.

only to recover tback to MAIN bios F4

so running at auto at 4400mhz with ram 2133mhz and activating
des in W7 does not work well.

for the time being I'm not going to use des.

Running at 3400mhz bios F4 with DES on so far no Crash, looks like higher settings
create severe instability.

[Forceman]

I'm running it at 1.26v, but what im saying is that when i enable Dymanic Engergy saving 2, and then disable it, the software puts my CPU Vcore at 1.572v i didn't do that...The software is doing it, that's the problem.

What i don't understand is why DES2 which is designed to save power is raising my Vcore to 1.57v which is massively over the safe rated voltage and if any home user was to use this software they might destroy their chip. The only way i know it's doing that is because i'm a nerd and watch my voltages

It happens when you go from an enabled DES to a disabled DES, is that correct? Maybe enabling and then disabling DES somehow resets the Vcore setting in the BIOS and it puts itself back on Auto? Kind of like sleeping will cause the BIOS to lose the overclock on some boards?

[stasio]

EasyTune6 B10.1228.1

http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Utili...y_et6_intel.exe

[TheHardCase]

Not bad hit 5.0Ghz @ 1.43v cpu.
Man this board rocks...


Temps are just unreal.