Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4 Thread

[sniviler]

Yeah shadowdust thanks man, with this bios I've been able to use 4 cores without a hiccup.

All my usb ports are fine also.

 

[Shadowdust]

No prob dude.

I just sent a mail to Gigabyte requesting some info on the next BIOS release. I don't know if they'll bother giving a straightforward answer or not. Anyway, I'll post whatever info they provide when I get a reply. Hopefully it won't take them a week to reply again like it did last time.

 

[HellSy]

No prob dude.

I just sent a mail to Gigabyte requesting some info on the next BIOS release. I don't know if they'll bother giving a straightforward answer or not. Anyway, I'll post whatever info they provide when I get a reply. Hopefully it won't take them a week to reply again like it did last time.

I hope you will get a response from them about the actual release..Even though i have 0 confidence when it comes to Gigabyte tech support.. I'm going to try my 0904EPFW X3 720BE later this week with F3i to see if i am lucky..

In order for Phenom II X2 550 to be stable with all cores activated, it needs 1.42v. Maybe BIOS might improve this situation even more..

 

[shaggeyman39]

GB tries. Im thinking a GB employees in usa translates to chinese and it makes miss understandings and communication. G-Skill support on the other hand is English-Chinese Bilingual and has great support. You can tell in gskill forums its not perfect but works well.

 

[Jickel]

New download link:

http://moogcoon.no-ip.org/~jickel/MA79XUD4.f3i

There are some photos in the same folder as the above file on my server. Kudos to anyone who can point out what they're of. I took them myself.

 

[shaggeyman39]

Free the world TPB

 

[valrond]

Has any of you 4x2GB of RAM at 1066?. I can't get my Mushkin Extreme 1066 to work at 1066. I can enter windows, pass the Everest memory tests, all that at 2.25v, at 2.1v windows doesn't even load. But when I try to do something heavier, playing a game, running prime or something, I get a reboot. I have tried it at the suggested timings of 5-5-5-18. It works fine at 800-4-4-4-12.

 

[aymeric106]

Feedback on BIOS F3i with PHENOM II 720 BE:

Work perfectly with 4th core unlocked (ACC: Hybrid and +6 all cores) at clock speed.
Didn't test OCing yet.

Also, Cool N Quiet working too when ACC is on. (important for me because my PSU antec earhwatts 430w don't like that much the 4th core enabled ... and start to get very noisy at full charge, so does my cpu fan)

My CPU cooler is a Titan Vanessa with a 2 wire fan.
The fan speed is set up like this:

In the bios
CPU smart fan control: ON
CPU smart fan mode: VOLTAGE

In windows, manual set up of CPU fan speed via Gygabite Easy Tune 6 (because auto mode si too noisy for me)

Does somebody know if there are some other tool that can control my CPU fan ? Speedfan is not working because, I suppose, it doesn't manage the gygabite 'voltage' way of slowing down the fan.

aymeric

 

[HellSy]

you might not like this, but i really like AOD on this. I have ZEROtherm ZEN FZ120 with 2 120mm fans. I set the fan speeds to 700rpm keeps the temp below 40C under load. You can save that as default so it will set it every time u load to the OS..

 

[shaggeyman39]

Information on 1066.

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=37753


I downloaded a program called SPDtool and compaired my memory timings on my gskills to the ones writen in OCZ's custom spd for 1066. I then set OCZ's differences in bios

 

[ItalianJob]

Feedback on F3I bios and 4th core unlock

Hi all, I updated the bios to F3I, and in hybrid mode, ACC auto (-2% all cores) the fourth core unlocked and was stable as never before (3Dmark, COD4, CPU benchmarks of Everest).
As a comparison, F2A bios unlocked the core but it was no stable on stock voltages conditions.

Not yet OCed, but I am on stock cooler, and with a default voltage of 1,39 and CnQ enabled, I get 49°C after one hour gaming (thermal probe directly on CPU, everest senses 36°C/Core).

Hope to give more news soon.

ItalianJob

 

[aymeric106]

I think everest gives you 36° F each core, isn't it ?

Because core temp are disabled when ACC is on ...

 

[ItalianJob]

No, I don't think so...I am pretty sure the reads are in °C...
With F2A bios the temp reads from CPU with ACC enabled were really down (everest read: 0°C).
Now, with F3I, it seems that temp reads are back (as they were in with F3F bios).

The only real difference that I noticed in temps reads was that with F3F bios and 1.32 Vcore, all (three) cores read 28-29°C (probe about 40°C), while now the (four) cores, with 1,39V, read 36°C each under load.

P.S. AOD and HWmonitor gave the same reads as everest on CPU temps per core

 

[aymeric106]

That's strange, because mine are still showing 0°C with F3I

 

[ItalianJob]

Aymeric106, I will investigate more this evening on the temperature reads.

 

[Jickel]

With F3I, I only get the CPU reading from Everest, and 0 celcius from each core reading.

Also, no problems with USB ports here.

 

[Soulclaimer]

I reinstalled Vista, no bsods when on default, random when HTT is increased even 1MHz.

And i still have problems with my usb ports but in random times.

Am I doing something wrong or the mobo is faulty?

 

[aymeric106]

if you can find a self-powered USB hub, you can confirm it's a USB power weakness.
I had the same problem with my previous motherboard and and a webcam draining to much current from the USB bus.

 

[ItalianJob]

random temp reads F3I bios

OK, as promised I made more investigations on the CPU temperature read of the mainboard with F3I bios installed.
The strange with temp reads is that sometimes, almost in my experience, you may have it, and at the next reboot the read drops to 0°C (or -256°C according to AOD...).
Yesterday, for example, at first boot I had reads of 0°C on every monitoring program.
Then at second boot I had a constant read of 22°C per core, no matter if with loaded CPU or at rest. Obviously my thermal probe on CPU measured 37°C at rest and 46°C under load (Crysis on high details).

I am a bit surprised with this, which did not happen with the F2A bios. Maybe the dual bios chips on the mobo sometimes operate alternatively?

Read this new about:

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/gigabyte-motherboard-amd-phenom-cpu,8015.html

every opinion is welcome.

ItalianJob

 

[Soulclaimer]

if you can find a self-powered USB hub, you can confirm it's a USB power weakness.
I had the same problem with my previous motherboard and and a webcam draining to much current from the USB bus.

I cant find a self powered one.
Anything else I can try?

In the bios the devices are recognized normally.
(flash disks, and the usb modem (ZTE MF639) as a USB CDROM unit).
Also, they are displayed in the screen that shows up after the POST screen.
The one with the irq assigments.

Maybe my mobo is not faulty and its's some kind of driver conflict?

 

[Shadowdust]

Well, Gigabyte USA has no idea when a new BIOS will be available. Here's the message I was sent:

Dustin Ulmer,

I am sorry I do have information regarding future BIOS releases and fixes. Our BIOS writers are in our headquarters located in Taiwan. Thank you.

EDIT: Weird, now there's a new BIOS on the website dated 06-03-2009. F3F has been completely removed and replaced with one simply identified as F3. Here's the link: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_Model.aspx?ProductID=3002

 

[shaggeyman39]

These chinese know whats up. Translate this site to find more infoabout gigabytes bios bugs. I got it to work before.

http://www.xici.net/b680445/d87251733.htm

Also im going to keep checking up on a chinese forum. Looks like they found this thread they might find some more information. Forum Translated link.

http://translate.google.com/transla...MA79XUD4.f3i&hl=en&client=opera&rls=en&hs=8VJ

Although I got 120 Bucks worth outta this board and I shouldnt be trying to get more outta it. I am 99% satisfied. Just give me 100 more mhz! Just kiddin Gigabyte rocks!

 

[shaggeyman39]

OOO man a new bios named F3 possable a final realse? I just got f3i.. Im too tired to try the new one along with multiable combinations for an overclock.. Jeeeez keepin us occupied they R.

Tommoro will update.

GB spill the beans and release all ya got!

 

[ItalianJob]

Well, I am just curious to see this bios at work.

Does someone know if the 4th core unlocking is still possible (and stable) with this new one?

 

[Shadowdust]

Well all of the ACC options are still the same so I can only suggest giving it a try. I don't have a tri-core so I can't be too sure but all of the options that would be used to unlock are still there.

This version seems a little more complete than F3I. I won't know for sure until I test my current overclock and see if it is still stable as well as if I can push it further. VDIMM still has issues. I have noticed that the BIOS now backs itself up after a successful POST. Also, in the hardware monitor section there is a new option to help protect the CPU. When the option is enabled, it will lower the CPU ratio and voltage if it starts getting too hot.

EDIT: Well my overclock isn't stable on the fourth core anymore. Settings are exactly the same as they were with F3I but four minutes in to Prime 95 in blended mode, one of the threads stops due to an error. Later today, I'm going to check to see if each of my memory modules pass Memtest86. With F3F, two of the modules would fail whereas F3I those same two modules would pass.