***Official*** X79-UD7 Owners Club/Discussion/Info

[Hondacity]

still fixing ud7? lol

990fx ud7 got revised
x79 ud7 got revised

i see a pattern here..

next ud7 will get revised

[sin0822]

what a great discovery , i didn't know boards get revised lol. Wait a minute, P67A-UD7 B2 then P67A-UD7 B3 hmm, X58A-UD5 1.0 and then X58A-UD5 rev 2.0 hmm, Z68X-UD3H 1.0 then Z68X-UD3H rev 1.3 hmm i see your point. Do you think other board makers revise boards too? That would be even more crazy.

lol im just messing with you, only time will tell what will happen to the X79-UD7, i wish i knew. As far as i know you currently can't buy one in the US because they sold out again, as my USA contact told me they might not restock as it was limited edition*

[Lsdmeasap]

Looks like Tigerdirect still has the OC/UD7 in stock, for anyone currently looking
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...188&CatId=7381

[sin0822]

oh hey man long time you haven't been around! nice to see you back around.

nice to see there are some in stock!

[Lsdmeasap]

Thanks! I've been back a few weeks now, it's great to be back!

Ya, not sure how long those will last at TD, especially since issues seems to keep coming, they may end up having to recall them back or something if the cause can't be addressed via BIOS updates?

[dewwwxx84]

X79UD7 arrived.
in test
I thank GIGABYTE for faster service problems

[Swanie]

Well am very happy with my UD7. Hope these issues dont happen to me. Running F7 BIOS now for 4 weeks

[UTerror]

I installed this board today with my new cpu (3960X) and I already hate it!

I connected everything and started it.... Error 6A! Nothing on my screen.
I already tried 3 different memory modules, unplugging everything and resetting bios, changing bios, using only 1 GPU, changing PCI-e slot, unplugging everything that isn't really needed to boot (usb devices, sata, ...)

Nothing works!
The board boots and is showing some numbers, then hangs on 6A...

I only have 1 cpu, so changing that ain't gonna happen.

[sin0822]

Try mounting your heatsink different, seemed to work for some users. if your board doesn't have F7 on it it might need that BIOS update. Keep trying until you can get it, b/c i think some users said it would work one 1/10 of the time, and have the BIOS ready on a FAT32 formatted flash drive to flash your BIOS to F7. That is what i would do, but i didn't have that 6A error so I can't reproduce it and find a better solutions, but i think BIOS F7 seems to have addressed it somewhat pretty well

[UTerror]

I have a bios update ready.
Already tried holding the wc block on it by hand. Same error. I have been trying to boot this board for 3 hours.... getting out of ideas by now

[graphic harbour]

hi UTerror, i had this issue when i had this board before it started smoking up, i would just hold start button and reboot and eventually it would post, it would sometimes take a few times
tacking battery out for a while may also help not sure if it is a cold boot problem, as i am sure it is what dinos22 mentioned earlier ( the protection mechanism implemented on UD7 may not be functioning correctly. We are getting all these boards back to HQ for testing and will find out what is up and update. It's being treated as a top priority!) once in the bios disable ratio change in os seemed to help for me. i spent
over 2 weeks messing around with this board with no satisfaction and still think to myself what a waste of two weeks, good luck UTerror, i hope you have more luck than me

[UTerror]

AHHHH! Got it working!

I tested everything I could think off. 4 different sets of ram, lots of GPU combinations, other cooling, without HD's and other extra's, cmos reset's, other bios, taking battery out, ....
Nothing worked. I finally decided to contact the shop and ask for an RMA... Received the rma numbers and info and was about to return the board.
I was gonna give it 1 more try before sending it. Booting pc......... => 6A again. Changed bios again......... something on my display!

It showed many post codes and the display turned on! The message on the screen was a bit strange, but heh... it boots!
It was showing something like this: "Bios is corrupted, it might take a few minutes to fix it."
After a few minutes I got in the bios (F2!!!!) and flashed it right away!

I left all the bios options at default settings for now. Going to install windows now.
I will look at the bios options when windows is done installing. I hope there are some tweaks to make it boot quicker, cause it really takes a long time to boot!

[Fritz_the_germ]

I have a bios update ready.
Already tried holding the wc block on it by hand. Same error. I have been trying to boot this board for 3 hours.... getting out of ideas by now

Yo UTerror,
Do you know this site?

[sin0822]

AHHHH! Got it working!

I tested everything I could think off. 4 different sets of ram, lots of GPU combinations, other cooling, without HD's and other extra's, cmos reset's, other bios, taking battery out, ....
Nothing worked. I finally decided to contact the shop and ask for an RMA... Received the rma numbers and info and was about to return the board.
I was gonna give it 1 more try before sending it. Booting pc......... => 6A again. Changed bios again......... something on my display!

It showed many post codes and the display turned on! The message on the screen was a bit strange, but heh... it boots!
It was showing something like this: "Bios is corrupted, it might take a few minutes to fix it."
After a few minutes I got in the bios (F2!!!!) and flashed it right away!

I left all the bios options at default settings for now. Going to install windows now.
I will look at the bios options when windows is done installing. I hope there are some tweaks to make it boot quicker, cause it really takes a long time to boot!

I told you sometimes it works. Make sure to disable ratio change in OS like he suggested.

BTW here is my G1 Assassin 2 review i just posted up if anyone is interested to see how that board compares to the UD7: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...rformance-BF3)

[maxxx]

BTW here is my G1 Assassin 2 review i just posted up if anyone is interested to see how that board compares to the UD7: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...rformance-BF3)

@Sin0822: any review coming up for the UD5? Am trying to swap the UD7 for a UD5.

[dinos22]

sick tubing man

[DuraN]

As there is no specific thread for it but it's the UD7's smaller sister i'll post here. I've been using the UD3 benching lightly for a few hours, and so far so good! The only issue I had was the USB mouse inverted in the BIOS with F3 but that was fixed when I flashed to F8. Well happy this far

CPU-Z does report a lower vcore than what I have set in the BIOS though, i'll find my multimeter and verify. Any tips on what I should set LLC to ?

[sin0822]

it is not written levels right? i would try the second highest, or even maybe the highest.

[DuraN]

Its written, Normal - Standard - Turbo etc., so I guess Turbo or Extreme ? I've added a 120mm fan blowing towards the VRM area, but I need to fix some sort of mounting for it as my comp is inside a case and I cba to have the side door open all the time. Been running at 4.7 2133mhz mem since Saturday, 4.8 seemed a little difficult as it would not pass Vantage the first time atleast. I'll try some more today, not too familiar with the board yet

Btw Sin after reading through a lot of the threads on this forum, you should ask Gigabyte for a paycheck

[stasio]

As TT forum is down again.....(for me)

GA-X79-UD7 - F9b

-30.Jan 12

[sin0822]

do you have log?

[stasio]

do you have log?

As reply you on OCN,
probably some kind of fix for burning issue (more protection).

[sin0822]

i just saw it, thanks

[DuraN]

TT is up for me, but theres only F9a. Do you have the UD3 F9b too perchance?

EDIT: If there is one of course.

[stasio]

TT is up for me, but theres only F9a. Do you have the UD3 F9b too perchance?

EDIT: If there is one of course.

It's up for me also.
F9b uploaded 9 hours ago,probably new beta for UD3 will release soon.