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[the_real_7]

Exactly Sergio, get it nice & stable then switch it on. I have always used the power saving features & never had any issues at all provided it works properly in the first place. I'm not saying its not working on the UD5 but the voltage spikes too high under load with Level 1 & its useless with std due to the drop & droop. The voltage spikes higher than Level 1 does with a set vcore & IMO Level 1 overvolts too much anyway so any way I look at it, it aint good.

so C - N or you saying you don't use ll1 ? cause it spikes to high after bouncing back up from droop on the load

[C-N]

so C - N or you saying you don't use ll1 ? cause it spikes to high after bouncing back up from droop on the load

Yes I do use level 1 as std drop/droops 0.1v too much imo.

No not the increase/spike from unload to load.

Level 1 overvolts a bit & compounded by the overvolt from the bios setting looks bad i.e set 1.335 get 1.356 in windows 1.38 under load .045 increase this should be better/less & simply put GB should at least re hash the numbers in bios to match windows. Not easy maybe but other boards I have used can get it right.... sometimes with several goes & on one a DFI, they even put a user adjustable value in bios to correct it.

Level 1 vcore set normal with or without dvid you get even more overvolt under load compounded even more the more vcore you add as some chips need 1.35 / 1.45 even 1.55 to do 5G.

Level 2..... forget it it spikes so much the rig reboots under load!!

[OC Nub]

Yes I do use level 1 as std drop/droops 0.1v too much imo.

No not the increase/spike from unload to load.

Level 1 overvolts a bit & compounded by the overvolt from the bios setting looks bad i.e set 1.335 get 1.356 in windows 1.38 under load .045 increase this should be better/less & simply put GB should at least re hash the numbers in bios to match windows. Not easy maybe but other boards I have used can get it right.... sometimes with several goes & on one a DFI, they even put a user adjustable value in bios to correct it.

Level 1 vcore set normal with or without dvid you get even more overvolt under load compounded even more the more vcore you add as some chips need 1.35 / 1.45 even 1.55 to do 5G.

Level 2..... forget it it spikes so much the rig reboots under load!!

Are you testing with a DMM, or going by cpuz or et6? The UD7 doesnt over volt using LLC1, but that is going by et6 and cpuz. I havent tested using a DMM.

[C-N]

Are you testing with a DMM, or going by cpuz or et6? The UD7 doesnt over volt using LLC1, but that is going by et6 and cpuz. I havent tested using a DMM.

I have & wasnt sure about the reading, I went off one of the core chokes as Sin did & I got somewhere like .035 more on the DMM than set in bios at idle.

Anyway for the values I just mentioned they were from ET/CPU-Z which read the same for me.

So you are saying the UD7 you get what you set in bios in ET/CPU-Z under load with level 1?

[sin0822]

here is the thing with that Vread point, its that it doesn't go through the capcitators, there is a voltage read point on the back of the board, but its on the back of the socket, that one is good for a O-Scope reading and shoudl be the same as the choke one with a DMM. There is another one where the error correction for e the PWM is, but that one you don't want to try to hit, its very hard to hit a pin/resistor nexto or on the PWM.

I found with prior BIOSes that LLC1 drops like 20mv under load from what you set so its pretty good. What I will do is do some more testing, but the choke is pretty good, and easy to hit while the PC is on.

I will do some testing tonight becuase I have time. CN what is the new BIOS you used for the LLC testiong?

Even with older BIOSes Vcore was read low/high with cpu-z i forget which is was about a 20mv difference though from the real voltage.

[C-N]

here is the thing with that Vread point, its that it doesn't go through the capcitators, there is a voltage read point on the back of the board, but its on the back of the socket, that one is good for a O-Scope reading and shoudl be the same as the choke one with a DMM. There is another one where the error correction for e the PWM is, but that one you don't want to try to hit, its very hard to hit a pin/resistor nexto or on the PWM.

I found with prior BIOSes that LLC1 drops like 20mv under load from what you set so its pretty good. What I will do is do some more testing, but the choke is pretty good, and easy to hit while the PC is on.

I will do some testing tonight becuase I have time. CN what is the new BIOS you used for the LLC testiong?

Even with older BIOSes Vcore was read low/high with cpu-z i forget which is was about a 20mv difference though from the real voltage.

I would appreciate it

On the UD5 All bios's are the same that I have noticed anyway, but my above examples were on F6d. The .02 dif between bios set & windows should be an easy fix the other .025 on top of the .02 dif is a bit much but increases even more if you use normal vcore + dvid this is the biggest problem imo.

Whilst we are on the subject of voltages could you DMM your CPU PLL read point & check that against what you have set. I am getting 3.34v at your read point on the UD5 & the layout/components look the same so dont think its the right point or its dif on UD5.

[OC Nub]

I have & wasnt sure about the reading, I went off one of the core chokes as Sin did & I got somewhere like .035 more on the DMM than set in bios at idle.

Anyway for the values I just mentioned they were from ET/CPU-Z which read the same for me.

So you are saying the UD7 you get what you set in bios in ET/CPU-Z under load with level 1?

I have 1.390v set in bios, idle in cpuz and et6 it reads 1.380, load will drop to 1.56v using LLC1.

I miss the easy read points that the EVGA and MSI boards have.

[C-N]

I have 1.390v set in bios, idle in cpuz and et6 it reads 1.380, load will drop to 1.56v using LLC1.

I miss the easy read points that the EVGA and MSI boards have.

load 1.36??

That's what I'd expect Level 1 to do from my experience with other boards the first load line 1/2's intel droop the 2nd eliminates it if not a tiny bit under or over.

Have you tried vid to normal & add voltage dvid to get 1.38 in windows then put it under load? Looks like power saving will work ok level 1 on the UD7 as its not over shooting voltage like the 5.

The read points aren't a problem really as you only got to check then once against software.

[OC Nub]

load 1.36??

That's what I'd expect Level 1 to do from my experience with other boards the first load line 1/2's intel droop the 2nd eliminates it if not a tiny bit under or over.

Have you tried vid to normal & add voltage dvid to get 1.38 in windows then put it under load? Looks like power saving will work ok level 1 on the UD7 as its not over shooting voltage like the 5.

The read points aren't a problem really as you only got to check then once against software.

I havent tried using dvid, had always used LLC1/LLC 50%. Looking at that video from Dinos22 on YouTube his UD5 also over volts a little using LLC1.

[sin0822]

load 1.36??

That's what I'd expect Level 1 to do from my experience with other boards the first load line 1/2's intel droop the 2nd eliminates it if not a tiny bit under or over.

Have you tried vid to normal & add voltage dvid to get 1.38 in windows then put it under load? Looks like power saving will work ok level 1 on the UD7 as its not over shooting voltage like the 5.

The read points aren't a problem really as you only got to check then once against software.

yes sorry that pic has a mistake for CPU pLL, its the leg of that MOSFET that is next to the capacitor