GA-X58A-UD7 - * Official Thread *

[ants]

Re: GA-X58A-UD7 - *Non-Official Thread*

whats up doesnt it see any of your ram? are you using latest bios??

Yeah its finding the ram. All 6gb. Its just that it doesnt make sence that ram that is supposed to be:
OCZ DDR3 PC3-16000/ 2000MHz / CAS 9
Is showing at boot (and in bios) as 1066 cas 7-7-7-16. I obviously dont know how to set anything in the bios so the ram reads properly.

Am I missing something, is it supposed to read as 1066? If thats the case why didnt I save myself $200 and buy 1066 ram?

Like I said, you'll find nothing remotly intelligent re MB/Ram from me. Its depressing

[wazza300]

Re: GA-X58A-UD7 - *Non-Official Thread*

no its normal it always sets it to default 1066mhz,go into the bios and set your ram multiplier to give you closer to your rams speed you should be able to go to 1600mhz on stock clocks,to reach 2000mhz you will need to overclock the cpu,what cooler you have?? i can give you 3.8ghz clock settings if you want or a 4ghz one

heres a quick guide for 3.8...set your ram timings manually

Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [x20] (x21 effective as Turbo is on)
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech .................. [ENABLED]
CPU Cores Enabled ............................ [All]
CPU Multi Threading .......................... [Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ................... [ENABLED]
C3/C6/C7 State Support .................... [ENABLED]
CPU Thermal Monitor ......................... [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function ............................ [ENABLED]

Bi-Directional PROCHOT ..................... [Enabled]

Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed .............................. x36 (QPI frequency 6.48 GHz)
Uncore Frequency .......................... 3600 MHz (Uncore Multiplier x 20) always 2xram multi+1 Isonchronous Frequency [ENAbled]

Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control ................ [Enabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) ..................... 180
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........... Auto [100]
C.I.A.2 [Disabled]

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

Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance ...................... [STANDARD]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ......... [Disabled]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........ x10 (SET TO GIVE YOU YOUR RAMS RATED SPEED OR AS CLOSE TO)
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) .......... [EXPERT]

Each Channel A + B + C set:

CAS Latency Time .......7<<<<set to your ram spec
tRCD ...................8<<<<set to your ram spec
tRP ....................7<<<<set to your ram spec
tRAS ...................20<<< set to your ram spec
Command Rate = Auto

CPU Vcore ............................."normal" setting
PCIE 1.500v ........................... Auto
QPI/Vtt .................................. Manual 1.30000
QPI PLL 1.100v .......................Auto
IOH Core 1.100v ..................... AUTO
ICH I/O 1.500v ....................... Auto
ICH Core 1.1v ........................ Auto

DRAM

[ants]

Re: GA-X58A-UD7 - *Non-Official Thread*

whats up doesnt it see any of your ram? are you using latest bios??

no its normal it always sets it to default 1066mhz,go into the bios and set your ram multiplier to give you closer to your rams speed you should be able to go to 1600mhz on stock clocks,to reach 2000mhz you will need to overclock the cpu,what cooler you have?? i can give you 3.8ghz clock settings if you want or a 4ghz one

I like you already
Itried both bios avail, standard and new beta.

Well Don't laugh, its a stock intel cooler. I dont want to overclock it sounds too expensive for a noob like me to try and fail dismaly at.

At the moment. The CPU in the bios says 133x23 its reading properly @3.06, at boot it reads 3.20 probably due to the stock OC in GB's bios. Everything is set to auto. If I change the memory multiplyer to 12 the ram reads 1600 at boot. The cas baffles me too.

So is it safe to change these two things only?
Memory Multiplyer from auto to 12x (result 1600)
Cas from Auto 7-7-7-16-1 to 9-9-9-30-1 (result unknown)

If you were to say leave it alone its fine as 1066 then so be it. I am too depressed to care ATM.
As far as I am concerned OCZ have been no help, all I can make of what they were trying to tell me before I said "Go Job yourselves" is that I would have to overclock to achieve what I thought was standard.

I think I will leave it alone and return it all. I have 5 days to do so.

Thanks guys.

[wazza300]

Re: GA-X58A-UD7 - *Non-Official Thread*

I like you already
Itried both bios avail, standard and new beta.

Well Don't laugh, its a stock intel cooler. I dont want to overclock it sounds too expensive for a noob like me to try and fail dismaly at.

At the moment. The CPU in the bios says 133x23 its reading properly @3.06, at boot it reads 3.20 probably due to the stock OC in GB's bios. Everything is set to auto. If I change the memory multiplyer to 12 the ram reads 1600 at boot. The cas baffles me too.

So is it safe to change these two things only?
Memory Multiplyer from auto to 12x (result 1600)
Cas from Auto 7-7-7-16-1 to 9-9-9-30-1 (result unknown)

If you were to say leave it alone its fine as 1066 then so be it. I am too depressed to care ATM.
As far as I am concerned OCZ have been no help, all I can make of what they were trying to tell me before I said "Go Job yourselves" is that I would have to overclock to achieve what I thought was standard.

I think I will leave it alone and return it all. I have 5 days to do so.

Thanks guys.

yes thats it set your ram timings manually to spec so it would be 9-9-9-30-1T,dont clock any higher than 3.2ghz with stock cooler,intel coolers are only good as a paper weight or a doorstop,when you buy a better aftermarket cooler youll be able to clock to 4+ghz easily,and dont pack up and send it back your ram has a headroom of 2000mhz so you will be able to take full advantage of it when you overclock,it wont hurt anything at all setting ram multi/timings.........also i would set ram voltage to 1.66 in the bios as auto will overvolt it

[ants]

Re: GA-X58A-UD7 - *Non-Official Thread*

yes thats it set your ram timings manually to spec so it would be 9-9-9-30-1T,dont clock any higher than 3.2ghz with stock cooler,intel coolers are only good as a paper weight or a doorstop,when you buy a better aftermarket cooler youll be able to clock to 4+ghz easily,and dont pack up and send it back your ram has a headroom of 2000mhz so you will be able to take full advantage of it when you overclock,it wont hurt anything at all setting ram multi/timings.........also i would set ram voltage to 1.66 in the bios as auto will overvolt it

Dude I thank you, its the most comprehensive answer ive had for 2 days. I will try as you suggest. Yes I need to buy a cooler. My case is water ready but its another issue all together lol. If interested here is a reply from OCZ

OCZ -
You are not going to get ram that identifies at 2000 MHz.
You have to manually set 1866, then raise the Bclock to reach 2000.
You need to set the memory voltage to 1.64 - 1.66 also.

ants -
OK thanks I will try it. Then I will go to the store and return it for some
OCZ 6G (3x2G) DDR3 Platinum 1866 that would of cost me $150 less.
Shoot me for being an idiot.
Thanks.

OCZ -
Well, your not an idiot.. but 2000 MHz is an overclocked memory speed. If you are not interested in overclocking anything, then yes 1600 or 1866 memory is what you want. Those speeds are settable in the bios (the memory will not boot at those speeds by default still, though) at stock Bclock speeds.

ants -
Buys gun.

[wazza300]

Re: GA-X58A-UD7 - *Non-Official Thread*

Dude I thank you, its the most comprehensive answer ive had for 2 days. I will try as you suggest. Yes I need to buy a cooler. My case is water ready but its another issue all together lol. If interested here is a reply from OCZ

yeah just set your ram multi as high as you can maybe you can go as high as 1866mhz on stock clocks of 2.66 what they mean is if you want to reach 2000mhz you can by overclocking cpu,then your ram wont be restricting you like other users who have say 1600mhz ram and are limited to that speed

[KnightOfTheRose]

Re: GA-X58A-UD7 - *Non-Official Thread*

Hi, I was hoping someone could help me. I have a GA-EP45-UD3P motherboard. I have two drives I want to configure in RAID 0. The POST detects the RAID. However, Windows 7 won't let me install on the partition. I found the driver on the disk that came with my motherboard but it isn't working. I stored it on a USB flash drive. Can anyone help?


Thanks,

Steve.

[Judge-dredd]

Re: GA-X58A-UD7 - *Non-Official Thread*

you wont need the drivers on the disk windows 7 has it allready in the OS

when you get to the screen that show the drive and it ask you what drive make if that are new raw drive you format them then it show install
as long as you have created your raid strip

[KnightOfTheRose]

Re: GA-X58A-UD7 - *Non-Official Thread*

I tried that. It still says windows was unable to create the system partition.


EDIT: I'm not sure how but it worked this time. Thank you for your help :)



Steve

[itman064]

Re: GA-X58A-UD7 - *Non-Official Thread*

I tried that. It still says windows was unable to create the system partition.


EDIT: I'm not sure how but it worked this time. Thank you for your help :)



Steve

When you come to the point where it ask you where you wana install OS click on that array and bellow on the right hand side you will see create new or just new in red can't remember out of my head so click where you wanna your Windows 7>Hit new >Voila you can instal!

[itman064]

Re: GA-X58A-UD7 - *Non-Official Thread*

Yeah its finding the ram. All 6gb. Its just that it doesnt make sence that ram that is supposed to be:
OCZ DDR3 PC3-16000/ 2000MHz / CAS 9
Is showing at boot (and in bios) as 1066 cas 7-7-7-16. I obviously dont know how to set anything in the bios so the ram reads properly.

Am I missing something, is it supposed to read as 1066? If thats the case why didnt I save myself $200 and buy 1066 ram?

Like I said, you'll find nothing remotly intelligent re MB/Ram from me. Its depressing

Like wazza300 wrote keep the ram. It always sets to default and reading posts by now you are running at 1600 right? if not
Set Uncore frequency to as close to 3200MHz, uncore has to be 2x mem (and on Gigabyte you have exactly 3200MHz).

What OCZ Reply was as(i asume) 1066MHz is default everything above they consider Overclocking, but your ram with proper settings is set to run 24/7 at 1600Mhz and right timings. Follow his instruction from wazza enable ram timings and depends what you want higher speed or lower timings set them manualy.

if you need cooler for OC i have 4 brand new
-Thermolab Baram CPU Cooler
-Zalman CNPS9900 LED CPU Cooler - Intel LGA 775, LGA1366, AMD S754/S939/S940, AM2/AM2+, Blue LED, 120mm Fan, 1000-2000rpm, 19.5-38dBA
-Noctua NH-U12P-SE2 Performance CPU Cooler - 120mm Fan, 92.3m3/h, 19.8dBA, 1300 rpm - LGA1366, LGA1156, LGA775, AM2, AM2+, AM3
and
-CoolIT Systems Domino A.L.C CPU Cooler - Intel 775/1366, AMD AM2+, 2900rpm, 21dBA
Hope this is not against forum rules

[illern]

Re: GA-X58A-UD7 - *Non-Official Thread*

Hey mine fits also. The part is identical to X58 EXTREME one, and yes it does not fit really good but definetly apply some thermalpaste and put it on healps a lot. I can't really see from picture but on your heatpipe end i see strange hook lol so might be really goodto RMA on the other hand 5mm Tweek.
About Dominators same qoestion. I know on Extreme I had to run them on 1333MHz 12G. Apparently motherboards fault so I am also interested if you have all 12G or is it just 6 runnin on 1600MHz.

I am now running my Corsair Dominator at 1600MHz.
I just set the BIOS to use XMP and its been running fine with all 12Gb for 4 Hours now.

[itman064]

Re: GA-X58A-UD7 - *Non-Official Thread*

I am now running my Corsair Dominator at 1600MHz.
I just set the BIOS to use XMP and its been running fine with all 12Gb for 4 Hours now.

Thats perfect news, might be just XMP or the new Mobo is better then Extreme. Very good news i have been pulling my hair out as i Oc so eazy and high but couldn't run on 12G. 10 yes although even then i was getin blue screen. I am doing all also with CPU cooler so i can install all 6.
Let us know if you will get any blue screens or not be aible to boot.

[nyeah]

Re: GA-X58A-UD7 - *Non-Official Thread*

i have question,

how many times does it restart when booting with overclocked settings ?
mine does 4 times ( i heard 4 times sound (relay?) like) until actual post.

[itman064]

Re: GA-X58A-UD7 - *Non-Official Thread*

Zero it changes scren coupple of times until it detects all drives if you have raid or something like and from that point on boots to OS normaly. It doesn't RESTART at all. I don't know perhaps you are refering to what i have just described as restart...?
Also just 1 beep