problem with gigabyte EP45-UD3L (urgent)

[aladdin74]

HI all i have a very strange problem ,i have a problem with cold boot using gigabyte boards both my old one GA p35 ds3l and my new EP45-UD3L ...which is when i leave the pc closed for 4 or 5 hrs and then open it , the pc restarts itself again ?? it doesnt happed with frequent restarting PC only after cold boots , i thaught the problem was my old gigabyte board , so i got the new one and same happend so i dont think its a battery probelm !! i am disabiling the C1E and EIST functions for power saving ..i thaught also it was coz i was trying to overclock my Q6600 to 3ghz although it was stable using overclocking tests !! but when i was back to factory settings 2.4ghz the same happend , is it a RAM problem ? as i dought the same probelm occurs with 2 boards , and that occured to me either clocking to 3 ghz or returning to stock speed 2.4ghz , my specs r
RAM: 4 ghz OCZ 1066 2x2
power supply : thermaltake 750w
mother board: gigabyte EP45 UD3L
Q6600 2.4 ghz
thanx all for answering

[profJim]

Re: problem with gigabyte EP45-UD3L (urgent)

Fill out this generic bios template and post your current settings. Be sure to include a link to the specs for your memory. Also include info, such as:

bios version
motherboard version
operating system version
etc. (you get the idea)

The forum SEARCH function can be used to threads that deal with:
cold+boot
sleep+issue

[The Master Chief]

Re: problem with gigabyte EP45-UD3L (urgent)

What case do you have?

Your sure its not a grounding issue?

[aladdin74]

Re: problem with gigabyte EP45-UD3L (urgent)

What case do you have?

Your sure its not a grounding issue?

thanx for answering , my case is full tower gigabyte sumo ..what do u mean grounding issues ??

[aladdin74]

Re: problem with gigabyte EP45-UD3L (urgent)

my bios is the latest bios
operating system XP professional SP3 32 bit

[profJim]

Re: problem with gigabyte EP45-UD3L (urgent)

Some of your bios settings are incomplete and/or not filled in.
If some of the settings are not available, fill in with N/A.

MCH Core = ???? and 8 GB of ram. THIS COULD BE A MAJOR PART OF THE PROBLEM!!

Bios version = "latest" doesn't cut it. specify the version in your signature.

Static tRead Value isn't filled in. If it's on auto, say so. Same for cpu host frequency and cpu multiplier.

Provide an external link to you ram specs, we need to confirm the specs.

Please, make it easy for us to help you.

[aladdin74]

Re: problem with gigabyte EP45-UD3L (urgent)

Some of your bios settings are incomplete and/or not filled in.
If some of the settings are not available, fill in with N/A.

MCH Core = ???? and 8 GB of ram. THIS COULD BE A MAJOR PART OF THE PROBLEM!!

Bios version = "latest" doesn't cut it. specify the version in your signature.

Static tRead Value isn't filled in. If it's on auto, say so. Same for cpu host frequency and cpu multiplier.

Provide an external link to you ram specs, we need to confirm the specs.

Please, make it easy for us to help you.

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[aladdin74]

Re: problem with gigabyte EP45-UD3L (urgent)

any one can help me ?? i have increased MCH to 1.26 v ...any new ideas ?? also i can downgrade my RAM to 4 g instead of 8 , if anyone thinks thats the problem ..although i had the same problem with 4 g alone

[profJim]

Re: problem with gigabyte EP45-UD3L (urgent)

Your memory is rated at 6-7-7-20 @ 1066 MHz and 2.05 volts max(2.2 volts is in red !!!
This is Gigabyte's way of making sure you really know what you're doing. Don't go any higher with your dram voltage.

If you want to quickly get to 3.0 GHz, use the forum SEARCH feature for:
Q6600+overclock
and see what bios settings others have used. You won't be able to use their memory timings because most 1066 memory is spec'd at 5-5-5-15.

A better route is to ensure that your system is stable at stock settings (with 4 GB ram), and then stability test the new settings by gradually increasing cpu host frequency by 20 - 25 MHz. You will want to keep your memory speed within a narrow range (800 - 1000 MHz) by varying the SYSTEM MEMORY MULTIPLIER.

Don't change many settings at once, otherwise it's impossible to tell which ones helped or hurt. Have you read the Bios Overclocking guide?

Once you've reached your goal, we can tweak the memory timings for better performance.

If you're in a hurry to achieve a stable overclock, it won't work. It takes patience. Let's get your system stable.

[aladdin74]

Re: problem with gigabyte EP45-UD3L (urgent)

Your memory is rated at 6-7-7-20 @ 1066 MHz and 2.05 volts max(2.2 volts is in red !!!
This is Gigabyte's way of making sure you really know what you're doing. Don't go any higher with your dram voltage.

If you want to quickly get to 3.0 GHz, use the forum SEARCH feature for:
Q6600+overclock
and see what bios settings others have used. You won't be able to use their memory timings because most 1066 memory is spec'd at 5-5-5-15.

A better route is to ensure that your system is stable at stock settings (with 4 GB ram), and then stability test the new settings by gradually increasing cpu host frequency by 20 - 25 MHz. You will want to keep your memory speed within a narrow range (800 - 1000 MHz) by varying the SYSTEM MEMORY MULTIPLIER.

Don't change many settings at once, otherwise it's impossible to tell which ones helped or hurt. Have you read the Bios Overclocking guide?

Once you've reached your goal, we can tweak the memory timings for better performance.

If you're in a hurry to achieve a stable overclock, it won't work. It takes patience. Let's get your system stable.

THANX soo much for your help , my exact problem is when overclocking on cold boot the screen comes out showing 3 ghz clock then restarts itself to factory settings 2.4ghz and everything works normaly , i will try what u said and i hope it works ..my cpu v core is 1.23 stock and i have increased it to 1.32 as some said it might be the need of voltage increase ...should i decrease it to stock settings ?? anyway thanx again for valuable info :)

[profJim]

Re: problem with gigabyte EP45-UD3L (urgent)

The mobo bios resets to safe default settings when it can't deal with the current settings. I refer to this as a reboot-reset.

As I said earlier, look at the Q6600 settings that work in other Q6600 threads and this will help you get in the ballpark.

Right now we're taking a shot in the dark with settings that might work with your cpu.

[MadMax2911]

Re: problem with gigabyte EP45-UD3L (urgent)

any one can help me ?? i have increased MCH to 1.26 v ...any new ideas ?? also i can downgrade my RAM to 4 g instead of 8 , if anyone thinks thats the problem ..although i had the same problem with 4 g alone

I have almost the same system as you and I am setting mine up now too. I hope to see how fast I can get this system to run while still remain stable. I just bought some Mushkin memory to try out with my core 2 Quad CPU.
We can compare notes about overclocking if you like. Just post in one of my threads like here http://forums.tweaktown.com/f69/ep45...message-34001/
or send me a PM.
Prof Jim and Lsdmeasap are the greatest Mods, but there are a few others with the smarts too.
Madmax out

[MadMax2911]

Re: problem with gigabyte EP45-UD3L (urgent)

Hi Aladdin74, we also have a overclocking guide here at Tweaktown forums that you can refer to for more questions. I realize its for older mobos but the advice is generally correct. I am going thru it right now and am at the baseline settings part. I bought my graph paper and am starting to record my values. Here is the link if you are interested http://forums.tweaktown.com/f69/giga...g-guide-26112/

By the way one of the tips is to use the reset switch and wires to connect to the BIOS clear pins on the mobo. So in the event of a problem with BIOS settings all you have to do is press reset and then the BIOS clears and then you can load optimised defaults then set your ram volts and reboot back to BIOS. If you are running RAID or AHCI then you would need to set your BIOS accordingly. In the Overclocking Guide there are BIOS settings help and descriptions for most settings.

Hope that helps you and any others that stray this way.
Max out