Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4 Thread

[HellSy]

Shadowdust, you need to hit CTRL + F1 to see ACC's Firmware option. I have just upgraded, ad will try soon to see if it can unlock the core and boot into the OS at the same time..

EDIT: With F3, i unlocked the 2 cores of my Phenom II X2 550, booted into the OS and running IBT at the moment. The temperature readings are off. ECC Firmware Hybrid option works.. My next target is my X3 720 BE

EDIT2: Very strange.. System isn't passing with IBT.. It throws an error at the second interval.. Everything is set to Auto in the bios just like what i did with F3i.. I might need to do more playing around with this bios.. F3i were able to pass 30 iterations.

 

[Shadowdust]

Shadowdust, you need to hit CTRL + F1 to see ACC's Firmware option. I have just upgraded, ad will try soon to see if it can unlock the core and boot into the OS at the same time..

EDIT: With F3, i unlocked the 2 cores of my Phenom II X2 550, booted into the OS and running IBT at the moment. The temperature readings are off. ECC Firmware Hybrid option works.. My next target is my X3 720 BE

EDIT2: Very strange.. System isn't passing with IBT.. It throws an error at the second interval.. Everything is set to Auto in the bios just like what i did with F3i.. I might need to do more playing around with this bios.. F3i were able to pass 30 iterations.

Ah, sorry about that. I'm in auto-pilot and hit CTRL + F1 every time I get into the BIOS so I didn't realize it was hidden.

 

[shaggeyman39]

Looks like the ud3p are in full production. Guru3d took a GB factory tour a few days ago and snapped these pictures. Now I feel confident we will be seeing many more bios release.
http://www.guru3d.com/article/gigabyte-nan-ping-factory-tour/13

 

[shaggeyman39]

Tried out F3 tonight. Same great overclock and bench results as f3i. Two things tho I dont have to press Ctrl+F1 to see Hybrid ACC mode. After flash before picking up the raid drives it did a SPI bios update. It said GB SPI BIOS UPDATE TOOL 1%-%100 then reboot. Posible update to raid firmware? not sure

 

[Soulclaimer]

Flashed to F3. Fresh installed XP SP3.
Looks like this version finally did the trick for me.
No bsods after cold-boot.
All usb ports working normally. Gonna do more testing(in Vista).
___

Does anyone know who to prevent mobo from powering usb devices when system is off?

 

[Shadowdust]

From what I understood, ACC should have no effect on the Phenom II when it comes to overclocking but for some reason, after enabling ACC, my 940 is back to being stable at 3.5 GHz. Without it being enabled, one thread still initiates errors after four minutes in Prime95.

 

[devguy]

From what I understood, ACC should have no effect on the Phenom II when it comes to overclocking

Well guess again. What probably happened was the people who got the Phenom II early tried enabling a Phenom I optimized "auto" option for ACC, saw no benefit, and then announced that ACC was useless for Phenom II overclocking.

However, if you read one of my posts on the first page of this thread, it shows my Phenom II ACC experience on this board going in per core and finding great results. That was on an older BIOS revision and it sounds like Gigabyte has gotten a somewhat optimized Phenom II "auto" option working.

 

[Shadowdust]

Well that rocks. That opens up all sorts of overclocking opportunities for me to play with. Just when I thought 3.5 GHz was my max, it could be possible I can get higher. Although, it may be as far as I can go with Cool N' Quiet enabled since vcore only goes up to 1.425 in Auto mode.

 

[shaggeyman39]

Important info for F3

Tried playing some Left 4 dead and after 10 mins it would drop down to 20fps then spike back up.. New option in bios located in PC HEALTH. Its call HARWARE THERMAL CONTROL when enabled and it would downclock and drop voltage when cpu hits 50c. I have the alarm set at 60c and 60c is the max safe temp IMO. Disabled the option and L4D now runs fine and the 60c alarm I set did not come on.

 

[Shadowdust]

Thanks for the info. I was actually wondering what that option considered a "safe" temperature before downclocking. I originally thought that it worked alongside the alarm option. Clearly that isn't the case.

 

[eiriasblaze]

Love the new F3 bios, finally able to get 2.5GHz NB after a cold-boot.

 

[Jickel]

To those with unlocked 720-processors, what are your temperatures like?

I'm using a Xigmatek Achilles S1284 cooler, and under maximum CPU load the CPU temp in Everest hovers around 53C (127F) and 56C (133F). This is at 1.46 Vcore and a 3.4GHz clock. This is up from around 43C (109F) back when I only used 3 cores.
I had expected an increase in temperatures, but not by this much.

 

[sniviler]

To those with unlocked 720-processors, what are your temperatures like?

I'm using a Xigmatek Achilles S1284 cooler, and under maximum CPU load the CPU temp in Everest hovers around 53C (127F) and 56C (133F). This is at 1.46 Vcore and a 3.4GHz clock. This is up from around 43C (109F) back when I only used 3 cores.
I had expected an increase in temperatures, but not by this much.

35c @ 3.6Ghz 1.44v

what are your stock temps 2.8Ghz @ 1.32v ?

 

[Jickel]

I'll check stock temps later, but 35c sounds unreasonably low to me, especially for an overclocked processor. Did you lap your processor or cooler?

 

[yonef]

hello guys,
I have managed to get my Phenom II 940 to this: http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=582317 and it is stable enough to play games, and running prime95 for ~2 hours. Temp did not exceed 58 C (cooler=Zalman CNPS9700-NT). This is with BIOS F3I, ACC=auto.
However I got some verry annoying issue, when in games my CPU runs at ~50C and I have set my ET6 profile to keep my cooler at 30% to 50% ( it is set 50% at 65 C), at this temps it should run at 1400-1800 RMP, but unexpectedly my cooler spins up to 2800 RMP for a second and then spins down to ~1600 RPM. I think that at some poing ET6 looses control of the cooler causing it to spin at full speed. It is extremely annoying while playing because this cooler is too noisy at full speed. (tryed this at stock CPU speed = same effect)

My question is, does anyone else got this type of issue with F3I BIOS? Will it solve the problem if I update to F3 ?

 

[Simplex]

Hi, I´m new to this forum but has been reading it since the beginning i think
The reason I´ve become member is.... yes you guessed it, I have a problem and need some directions to finding a solution.
I recently bought the MA790X-UD4 mb and after installing it I run into some problems.

First issue: The system doesn´t seem to find the realtek alc889a chip. I have installed different drivers but with no success in bringing the sound alive.

You who have a functional board, on what bus can I expect to find it?
How do I know if its a software or hardware problem?
Anyone?
/S

 

[sniviler]

I'll check stock temps later, but 35c sounds unreasonably low to me, especially for an overclocked processor. Did you lap your processor or cooler?

no lapping , Artic Silver 5, 3000rpm fan with thermal probe. max temps are about 52c running OCCT with 4 cores. its also a nice compfy 68F degrees in my house.

 

[ItalianJob]

To those with unlocked 720-processors, what are your temperatures like?

I'm using a Xigmatek Achilles S1284 cooler, and under maximum CPU load the CPU temp in Everest hovers around 53C (127F) and 56C (133F). This is at 1.46 Vcore and a 3.4GHz clock. This is up from around 43C (109F) back when I only used 3 cores.
I had expected an increase in temperatures, but not by this much.

OK, first of all, the fourth core can be enabled at maximum efficiency with the F3 bios.

Now my CPU runs at 2.8 GHz @4 cores, with 1.30Vcore (downvolted 0.025V).

Temp reads from probe on CPU, with stock cooler, are 39°C in idle and 45-46°C on load (gaming) maximum reached was 51-52°C with OCCT.

The core temp reads worked only at the first boot, then at every subsequent boot they were 0°C.

CPU temp (read from Everest) indicated 60-63°C with OCCT.

 

[ItalianJob]

I made also a few OC attempts with the new F3 bios.

My unlocked 720 is stable at 3.2GHz (200*16) at stock vcore (which is recognized as 1.39V with the new bios). This with stock cooling. Did not try overvoltage to see the reachable speed, but 3.2 @ 4 cores are just the specs of 955 processor

 

[337]

My first post.. I run F2A bios and my mushkin runs Epp profile and has correct settings. F3 bios loses this info. More importantly, when running AMD overdrive stability test TMPIN2 hits 70c and my buzzer goes off. I can revert back to F2A and my temp. never gets over 62c?? Anyone know of a fix? And why it loses the Epp settings? Thanks!

 

[Jickel]

337: if you've unlocked an extra core, it would account for the rise in temperature. Otherwise, my best guess is that it's something wonky with the temperature readings, I don't think you'd see an increase like that unless your cooler has started coming off.

 

[falco1]

F3 bios

There are some problems with the new F3 bios compared to F3F. I cannot set the normal 1.325 voltage for my Phenom II 720, since the "Normal" voltage setting overvoltage the processor to 1.39V. Only the -.025 or the +.025 settings get you closer to the default.
Moreover right after the update ( without unlocking 4th core) I noticed in the bios the normal temperature raised to 43C vs. to 34C in F3F. The idle fan speed is higher too (2100 vs 1600 rpm).

 

[ItalianJob]

There are some problems with the new F3 bios compared to F3F. I cannot set the normal 1.325 voltage for my Phenom II 720, since the "Normal" voltage setting overvoltage the processor to 1.39V. Only the -.025 or the +.025 settings get you closer to the default.
Moreover right after the update ( without unlocking 4th core) I noticed in the bios the normal temperature raised to 43C vs. to 34C in F3F. The idle fan speed is higher too (2100 vs 1600 rpm).

It's true. If you have a locked three core 720, try adjusting the CPU voltage setting.
In my system, -0.025 gives a bios read of 1.296V. With this voltage, the unlocked 720 (4 cores) is stable. I suggest you to undervolt by 0.075 (in steps of 0.025) and reach a voltage which should read as 1.325. Then check stability of the processor, which should be good.

I think that the "default" vcore at 1.39 is the major aid which this bios gives to overclocking (e.g. if you try increasing the multiplier with 1.39 voltage unchanged, you should reach easily 3.2 GHz, if not more).

The increase of temp matches the increase of fan speed with CNQ enabled.

Perhaps if you succeed in reducing voltage, the temp reads should return somewhat "normal".

Let us know

 

[HellSy]

I am happy with this board, especially with F3 bios.. I was able to unlock my X3 720 and X2 550 succesfully. However the HT multiplier issue seems very annoying. I cant increase the multiplier at all..

 

[337]

So what is the TMPIN2 sensor in AMD overdrive reading? Funny how a mere bios flash can ruin a good set up... I hope they release another version soon.