Re: Multiplier forced to 6x on EP45-UD3R (should be 9x)
All multipliers from 6x - 9x are available and selectable in the BIOS. Upon reboot (after saving BIOS changes) the MB reverts back to 6x everytime. Previously everything was fine at 9x333 no problem. Only other thing I can mention is that it coincided with the upgrade of my fanheatsink (Arctic Cooler Pro 7) as best I can remember. Maybe I knocked the CPU power conn from PSU to MB loose. I wil check when I get home from work.
BTW, this same PSU was used in my AMD 64 X2 4200+ which uses more power than the 45nm E8500. Outside of that, and the MB & mem, all other H/W is the same. I did however add an extra PCI/IDE ctlr card as well. I will try removing that as well as the optical drives just to lighten the load on the PSU. I do not game with this PC, it's only used for video encoding which means both cores will be pegged 90 - 100% for sometimes 48 hours straight. So I need it to be fast and stable.
Thanks for the tip. Tried these settings with same result unfortunately. Rebooted and forced to 6x. Very disappointed in this MB so far. Brand new and not very useful to me... Although it seems to run fine/stable at 6x in WindowsXP (@ 2GHz)
Yes I have flashed and used F4, F5 and F6 BIOS versions (not to be confused with the 'F' keys). Qflash is a very easy program. Works great. No solution to my problem though.
As of now C1E is disabled. Please read original post regarding EIST and BIOS info. I have spent hours playing with the BIOS of course saving everytime. That is what is so frustrating; everytime I make the change, it is forced back to 6x on POST/boot. This did not always happen.
The change (you may already know) in CPUZ that you are seeing is the CPU throttling from 2 - 3 GHz. EIST being disabled is supposed to prevent this (Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology) curious you are seeing this still.
I wish this was the problem I was having. I am aware of this technology and what it can do, unfortuntely my CPU is forced to 6x without the ability to throttle up. The setting in the BIOS under EIST for the clock ratio defines the maximum multiplier for the bus speed.
It seems I am just resigned to a defective MB. My first Gigabyte. Too bad it is a negative experience. Any other socket 775 M/B recommendations that offer the O/C ability that the Gigabytes do? I really wanted this board to work out for me.
Originally posted by Nickel020
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BTW, this same PSU was used in my AMD 64 X2 4200+ which uses more power than the 45nm E8500. Outside of that, and the MB & mem, all other H/W is the same. I did however add an extra PCI/IDE ctlr card as well. I will try removing that as well as the optical drives just to lighten the load on the PSU. I do not game with this PC, it's only used for video encoding which means both cores will be pegged 90 - 100% for sometimes 48 hours straight. So I need it to be fast and stable.
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Originally posted by acarcia81
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I wish this was the problem I was having. I am aware of this technology and what it can do, unfortuntely my CPU is forced to 6x without the ability to throttle up. The setting in the BIOS under EIST for the clock ratio defines the maximum multiplier for the bus speed.
It seems I am just resigned to a defective MB. My first Gigabyte. Too bad it is a negative experience. Any other socket 775 M/B recommendations that offer the O/C ability that the Gigabytes do? I really wanted this board to work out for me.
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