***Official***Z68X/P67A-UD7 Club/Discussion/Info**

[andressergio]

Got 58x to work for the first time ever with B3 today.
With sub zero though, couldnt even get into windows with 55x on H20. Seems B3 is very picky with temps compared to B3.

B2 pb was 5767, got to 10Mhz less with B3 http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1731535

Hell of a lot easier to work with. No more BIOS corruption and pretty much anything will POST at the minimum.

nice Eldonko

B2 + BIOS F8f wont give you such issues, all others YES

cheers !
Sergio

[the_real_7]

Talking about B3 mine should be here tomorrow from newegg they did cross shipping for me , but I also gotta thank Lsdmeasap cause if the newegg didn't happen he had helped me with the gigabyte RMA , Im start from zero see if i get any different results with my proc and rams

[the_real_7]

Got 58x to work for the first time ever with B3 today.
With sub zero though, couldnt even get into windows with 55x on H20. Seems B3 is very picky with temps compared to B3.

B2 pb was 5767, got to 10Mhz less with B3 http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1731535

Hell of a lot easier to work with. No more BIOS corruption and pretty much anything will POST at the minimum.

so less issues with booting B3 than B2 Eldonko ?

[Eldonko]

Yeah B3 is waaay easier to work with, on sub zero anyway. Boot issues and BIOS corruption issues are gone. It is less picky with secondary memory timings as well. I had to leave secondaries on auto with B2 when booting at high freq.

[the_real_7]

Yeah B3 is waaay easier to work with, on sub zero anyway. Boot issues and BIOS corruption issues are gone. It is less picky with secondary memory timings as well. I had to leave secondaries on auto with B2 when booting at high freq.

I dont know if was same issue as you but when i booted my system in morning when it was cold and loop was about 19c I would always get boot issues then after second start all was fine . . . if bios corruption is finally gone I would considered this back as gigabyte quality , and be very happy as im tired of clearing bios on configuration changes . . . I have some memory mushkin redlines that was giving me problem with settings so im still using my super talents hopefully i get some better results

[Falkentyne]

But your sig says you're using B3.
You're getting boot issues on B3?

Did you update to latest beta bios? As that makes things even better than F1 or F2...

[Eldonko]

Ill put it this way. I benched for 4 hours this afternoon with sub zero. Loads of bsod and freeze from pushing too far and I never had to reset CMOS once. With B2 every single freeze corrupted the dam BIOS. I could also tighten up secondaries and still boot which was a first. 10Mhz less that I achieved at the top end with B2 but that could be a slight degradation who knows. IMO B3 is a lot better, but it is because of a better BIOS, nothing is different hardware wise.

[the_real_7]

But your sig says you're using B3.
You're getting boot issues on B3?

Did you update to latest beta bios? As that makes things even better than F1 or F2...

sorry lol just got ahead of myself and changed signature lol I tried the last beta bios and boot problems went away and than I inherited problems with my two ssd's , so i had no choice but to stick with F8X . . . I figure it this way if i cant get a free B3 swap why not , my data is very important to me as i run two 1 terabyte backup drives on the effected ports , even if I lost 2ghz in speed I take reliability any day

[chuchnit]

sorry lol just got ahead of myself and changed signature lol I tried the last beta bios and boot problems went away and than I inherited problems with my two ssd's , so i had no choice but to stick with F8X . . . I figure it this way if i cant get a free B3 swap why not , my data is very important to me as i run two 1 terabyte backup drives on the effected ports , even if I lost 2ghz in speed I take reliability any day

Are the achi issues limited to you, intel ssd's or what? I am itching bad to hit the buy button on this board but I have two C300's I want to run R0. This board just seems very buggy and immature from the few pages I've browsed. BTW, are any of you running pcie sound cards?

[the_real_7]

Are the achi issues limited to you, intel ssd's or what? I am itching bad to hit the buy button on this board but I have two C300's I want to run R0. This board just seems very buggy and immature from the few pages I've browsed. BTW, are any of you running pcie sound cards?

Hey chuchnit the achi issues are only with me and two other people so far on a beta bios,
And yes there are buggs but you have to own this board to understand that it is great even with the buggs that are getting worked . . . Is it immature yes so imagine when the new b3 bios get worked out for the highest clocking board . . . Hit the button

[Lsdmeasap]

Talking about B3 mine should be here tomorrow from newegg they did cross shipping for me , but I also gotta thank Lsdmeasap cause if the newegg didn't happen he had helped me with the gigabyte RMA , Im start from zero see if i get any different results with my proc and rams

Thanks man, always happy to help!

Are the achi issues limited to you, intel ssd's or what? I am itching bad to hit the buy button on this board but I have two C300's I want to run R0. This board just seems very buggy and immature from the few pages I've browsed. BTW, are any of you running pcie sound cards?

Check out the UD7 review in my signature, it includes several R0 benchmarks with C300's. No problems on these boards!

[chuchnit]

Hey chuchnit the achi issues are only with me and two other people so far on a beta bios,
And yes there are buggs but you have to own this board to understand that it is great even with the buggs that are getting worked . . . Is it immature yes so imagine when the new b3 bios get worked out for the highest clocking board . . . Hit the button

Thanks. I about hit the buy button last week on the MIVE but the EATX form factor stopped me. UD7 is my only other choice. Stupid me is going with a cased build instead of a bench table. This is gonna be the daily grinder. Thanks

Thanks man, always happy to help!




Check out the UD7 review in my signature, it includes several R0 benchmarks with C300's. No problems on these boards!

I have glanced over it before but will give it a full read this morning. Thanks.

[Lsdmeasap]

Anytime man!

The review isn't that long or in-depth because I rushed to get it out due to the recall, so it shouldn't take you too long to look through, but there is plenty of SSD results you can check out in it.

I ran single, RAID x2, and RAID x 3 all with C300's

[chuchnit]

I do have a question since the pcie x1 port is all but useless. If I want to use my pcie x1 sound card in the bottom most pcie slot will that render pcie x16_1 slot down to x8 link? That useless x1 slot is my only real gripe about this board.

[Lsdmeasap]

That should be fine.

The bottom PCIE slot is PCIE x8-2, and shares bandwidth with the PCIE x16-2 slot, so as long as you are not using the second PCIE x16 slot you will be fine running your sound card in that last x8 slot.

2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2)
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16_1 slot; if you are installing two PCI Express graphics cards, it is recommended that you install them in the PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2 slots.

2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x8 (PCIEX8_1, PCIEX8_2)
* The PCIEX8_1 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16_1 slot and the PCIEX8_2 slot with PCIEX16_2. The PCIEX16_1/PCIEX16_2 slot will operate at up to x8 mode when the PCIEX8_1/PCIEX8_2 is populated.

[owikh84]

i7 2600K @ 5.35GHz wall
G.Skill RipjawsX 2133C7 @ 2240MHz 7-10-7-27-1T

[andressergio]

i7 2600K @ 5.35GHz wall
G.Skill RipjawsX 2133C7 @ 2240MHz 7-10-7-27-1T

great owi u got me with that bclk increase lol



cheeeeers
Sergio

[andyr(uk)]

nice Eldonko

B2 + BIOS F8f wont give you such issues, all others YES

cheers !
Sergio

I like F8f very much!!

[andressergio]

I like F8f very much!!

we must as i think it will give to us B2 users very nice bios

[MacClipper]

Still on F1 BIOS, much improved over B2 BIOS except for these last 2 quirks that I can find. Anyone still getting occasional USB overcurrent warnings and that weird FDC present?

[H2lium]

Hi all guys,

I'm a little confused,

I'll get my UD7-B3 rev on tuesday, what is the best BIOS I should take? there are so many different version around.

If someone could show me the light

Thx !

[Falkentyne]

F3C or whatever the latest B3 beta is.

[jacek]

I join the club.

[H2lium]

nice setup,

is there any way to disable all the LEDS that are lit on the mainboard?

[stasio]

Kick your memory.
Memory setting 8-9-8-34 and stock voltage?