GA-EX58-UD4P/Corei7-920/12GB RAM - Base settings?

[ontariodude]

First build in 7+ years and everything ran perfectly when I hit the power - yay!

Little lost on what the BIOS settings should be though to optimize. Note that I'm not interested in overclocking at this point, but will as I get the hang of things.

So...is it possible to get a listing of what settings I should have in my BIOS in the same format as Lsdmeasap made in this post? I found this to be extremely handy!

My system is:

GA-EX58-UD4P
Core i7-920
12GB Patriot RAM (7-7-7-20) @ 1333MHz
BFG GTX285 @ 666MHz
Western Digital Caviar Black - 1TB
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

Thanks for any help.

[ontariodude]

Re: GA-EX58-UD4P/Corei7-920/12GB RAM - Base settings?

bump...

No one? Did I miss important info?

[bob saget]

Re: GA-EX58-UD4P/Corei7-920/12GB RAM - Base settings?

Unless you are looking to overclock, I would leave it alone. You are not going to get any noticeable improvements I think. As long as all your memory is recognized, you are good to go :)

[wazza300]

Re: GA-EX58-UD4P/Corei7-920/12GB RAM - Base settings?

its more difficult to run faster ram speed and tight timings with 12gb also,you will be able to overclock tho

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: GA-EX58-UD4P/Corei7-920/12GB RAM - Base settings?

Do you want to leave things as they, are now clock wise I mean? If so, let me know and I can give you a full set of suggested settings like you wanted.

[ontariodude]

Re: GA-EX58-UD4P/Corei7-920/12GB RAM - Base settings?

Do you want to leave things as they, are now clock wise I mean? If so, let me know and I can give you a full set of suggested settings like you wanted.

Whatever the 'factory settings' should be i.e., not over clocked. I can work on that once I have a better understanding.

Thanks again!

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: GA-EX58-UD4P/Corei7-920/12GB RAM - Base settings?

K, thanks. This is what I suggest for stock, I have C1E and EIST disabled here so your CPU will run at full speed, you can enable them if you would like speedstep to clock things down at idle


BSOD Error codes and what they mean:
0X00000050 << Incorrect Memory Timing/Freq or Uncore Multi
0X00000124 << Incorrect QPI/Vtt Voltage (To Much/Not Enough)
0X00000101 << Not enough Vcore Voltage

[B]Advanced CPU Features:[/B]
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [20x]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech .................. [Enabled]
CPU Cores Enabled ............................ [All]
CPU Multi Threading .......................... [Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ................... [Disabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support .................... [Disabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ......................... [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function ............................ [Disabled]
Virtualization Technology ................... [Enabled] << Disabled if you do not use Vmware or Virtual PC Programs
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ..................... [Enabled]


[B]Uncore & QPI Features:[/B]
QPI Link Speed .............................. x36 or 44x (Just have to keep under 8.0GT/s, x44 will be fine, but you may want to try it out later as it may require some voltage tweaking, set x36 for now
Uncore Frequency .......................... 20-22 (Always 2x memory Multi or 2x +1, 2x +2, ect - Higher means more Vdimm often) 
Isonchronous Frequency ..................[Enabled]


[B]Standard Clock Control:[/B]
Base Clock (BCLK) Control ................ [Enabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) ..................... 133
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........... [100]

C.I.A.2 [Disabled]

[B]Advanced Clock Control:[/B]
CPU Clock Drive ..............................[800mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive ................... [900mV]
CPU Clock Skew ............................. [0ps]
IOH Clock Skew ............................. [0ps]


[B]Advanced DRAM Features:[/B]
Performance Enhance ...................... [Standard]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ......... [Disabled]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........ [AUTO] << Set x10
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) .......... [Manual]

[B]Channel A + B + C

Channel A Timing Settings:[/B]
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ......................7
tRCD .......................................7
tRP .........................................7
tRAS .......................................20

Below values may be left in Auto if you like, generally this is fine.  For those users who DO Set advanced timings manually, please see some of my thoughts and findings about these settings and rules here
[url=http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=3969957&postcount=3615]XtremeSystems Forums - View Single Post - Gigabyte EX58-UD5/Extreme Discussion Thread[/url]


##Channel A Advanced Timing Control##
tRC ........................................ << Auto (Should be = tRAS + tRP or above for stability)
tRRD ....................................... << Auto
tWTR ...................................... << Auto (Must be Write to Read Delay/Same Rank - (tWL + 4)
tWR ........................................ << Auto 5-12 (Odd # values likely will fail)
tWTP .......................................   << Auto (tWTP Must = tWR + tWL + 4)
tWL ........................................  << Auto (tWL Must be CAS Latency -1)
tRFC ....................................... << Auto
tRTP ....................................... << Auto
tFAW ...................................... << Auto 
Command Rate (CMD) ................ << Set 1

##Channel A Misc Timing Control##
Round Trip Latency ................... Auto



[B]Advanced Voltage Control:

CPU[/B]
Load Line Calibration ................. [Disabled]
CPU Vcore ............................... Auto is fine for no overclock
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v ............ << 1.3-1.45+ (You may need 1.3-1.35 or more with 12GB, maybe even 1.4+, I'd suggest you start at 1.35 and see how it goes, then decide which way you need to go)
CPU PLL 1.800v ....................... << Set 1.8

[B]MCH/ICH[/B]
PCIE 1.500v ........................... << Set 1.5
QPI PLL 1.100v ....................... << Try 1.14-1.24
IOH Core 1.100v ..................... << Set 1.2-1.32 (Higher end may be needed for 12GB, start around 1.24 or so though as it may be good enough at these speeds)
ICH I/O 1.500v ....................... << Set 1.5
ICH Core 1.1v ........................ << Set 1.14

[B]DRAM[/B]
DRAM Voltage 1.500v .............. 1.66-1.72 (May be needed for 12GB, start with 1.66)
DRAM Termination 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-A Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-B Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-C Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-A Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-B Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-C Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]

[ontariodude]

Re: GA-EX58-UD4P/Corei7-920/12GB RAM - Base settings?

thanks. I will give things a try this weekend.

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: GA-EX58-UD4P/Corei7-920/12GB RAM - Base settings?

K, let us know how you get along with things.

Good luck!