GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

[C3D76]

Re: Gigabyte latest bios

New Bios
GA-EX58-UD5-F4f
GA-EP45-UD3P-F7a
GA-EP45-UD3R-F5

Thank's to Janus Yeh

Do the EX58-UD5 and the Extreme use a different BIOS?

[stasio]

Re: Gigabyte latest bios

EX58-UD5 and the Extreme use a similar but DIFFERENT BIOS !

[Slipkorn_78]

Re: Gigabyte latest bios

New Bios
GA-EX58-UD5-F4f
GA-EP45-UD3P-F7a
GA-EP45-UD3R-F5

Thank's to Janus Yeh

the F7a already release ka bro..?

[stasio]

Re: Gigabyte latest bios

GA-EP45-UD3P-F7a
Info: OC Quad Test 450x8x2.40B und 500x8x2.00B...OK
Feedback from user:

Bios F7a installed, system posts faster, same problem with S3 suspend mode..

[VorLonUK]

Re: Gigabyte latest bios

The P35C-DS3R mobo has a Realtek 8111B NIC. I don't understand how the new beta bios is going to add support for an 8111C NIC. Does the new BIOS use a magic wand to transform the NIC from a 8111B to an 8111C? There must be something I am not understanding here.

Possibly they mean there is bios support for for an add-in PCI card with the 8111C chip?

[FrancoisC]

Re: Gigabyte latest bios

Must be an update for newer revision of the motherboard with the 8111c on board instead of the 8111b

[rge]

Re: Gigabyte latest bios

turbo bug is in F4E...
see weird turbo mode staying active with all 8 cores loaded
XtremeSystems Forums - View Single Post - Core i7/X58 Overclocking Thread

EDit: Clearly a turbo bug in F4E. F4E is stable and works fine with my ram, if you turn turbo off.

Bios F3 is prime stable 182x22 turbo on or turbo off.

Bios F4E is prime stable with turbo off. But with turbo on system will not boot until I raise vcore .06 volts enough to support 182x23, and when running prime it runs as 182x23. Ie instead of turbo mode, constant 182x23.

[stasio]

Re: Gigabyte latest bios

Note:BIOS bug
GA-EX58-UD5-F4f
GA-EX58-Extreme-F4e

Posted here http://forums.tweaktown.com/270098-post6.html

Bug with combination of "SATA RAID/AHCI Mode [AHCI]" and "Onboard SATA/IDE Device [Disabled]" hang start.
Keep "Onboard SATA/IDE Device"... [Enabled]

[stasio]

Re: Gigabyte latest bios

BIOS GA-EP45-UD3P - F6 also released.
If somebody want to try.

[Lee_Kay]

Re: Gigabyte latest bios

GA-EX58-Extreme-F4e

Voltage are inconsistant and results in volitile system.

[bius]

Re: Gigabyte latest bios

BIOS GA-EP45-UD3P-F6 also released.
If somebody want to try.

Any comment about this version? It is official? Because doesn`t have any letter after the number...

[stasio]

Re: Gigabyte latest bios

Official BIOS for UD3P is still F5.

[C3D76]

Re: Gigabyte latest bios

turbo bug is in F4E...
see weird turbo mode staying active with all 8 cores loaded
XtremeSystems Forums - View Single Post - Core i7/X58 Overclocking Thread

EDit: Clearly a turbo bug in F4E. F4E is stable and works fine with my ram, if you turn turbo off.

Bios F3 is prime stable 182x22 turbo on or turbo off.

Bios F4E is prime stable with turbo off. But with turbo on system will not boot until I raise vcore .06 volts enough to support 182x23, and when running prime it runs as 182x23. Ie instead of turbo mode, constant 182x23.

I get the same problem with F3 if I reduce the multi.

-200x20/21 runs @4.0/4.2 with 1.36v (load)
-190x20/21 runs @3.8/3.99 with 1.26v (load)
-200x19/20 runs @(3.8)/4.0 but needs 1.36v (load)

It seems to me this is the same problem you are having rge. CPU stays @ turbo mode multi throughout prime, and I need a huge voltage bump...

Hopefully my 24/7 setting is going to be 200x19/20 @ 3.8/4.0 with a low 1.26v when this is fixed.

Any news on a new BIOS by the way? ETA for F5 maybe

[rge]

Re: Gigabyte latest bios

On F4E turbo is not disabled when running full load on all cores, but should be.

But, if you reduce the multi on any bios, then you run into another problem. turbo is +2 multiplier or +1 multiplier up to 21 max i920, up to 23 max i940. So if you decrease multiplier to 19x200, then your turbo mode goes to +2 instead of +1, so instead of running 20x200 turbo, you will run 21x200 or 4.2 turbo, hence the need for additional volts to support the higher clock.

That is an issue with cpu itself, but I wonder if the bios could say lock turbo mode to just +1, as I would like to run 21x191 for 4ghz instead of 22x182, but I cant use turbo when decreasing the multi, unless like you noticed, I run a crapload more vcore to support the +2 turbo.

[C3D76]

Re: Gigabyte latest bios

Oh ok, I didn't realize that's how turbo worked..

Thanks for the info.