Overclocking the Gigabyte X58 UD4P

[Lsdmeasap]

Sounds like you got it right? Looks good, if you need more help feel free to ask

I see you put N/A for the following settings:
tWTP .......................................N/A
tWL ........................................ N/A

Why? What BIOS did you use previously, and did you load optimized after the flash and apply? Did you clear the DMI Data with Qflash, you should.

I ask because your BIOS should have these settings, I put in a lot of time, effort, and testing to get them added in which is why it caught my eye that you had N/A listed for them. They are indeed in your BIOS, and in that version. I am using F9c myself, but just flashed to F10a to verify and then back to F9c because I need to finish up a review with that BIOS. So you should have these settings, if you do not then you are likely coming from an older (Pre F7d) BIOS that did not have them and you need to follow the above steps so you will have them.

[caintry_boy]

Originally Posted by Lsdmeasap

Sounds like you got it right? Looks good, if you need more help feel free to ask

I see you put N/A for the following settings:
tWTP .......................................N/A
tWL ........................................ N/A

Why? What BIOS did you use previously, and did you load optimized after the flash and apply? Did you clear the DMI Data with Qflash, you should.

I ask because your BIOS should have these settings, I put in a lot of time, effort, and testing to get them added in which is why it caught my eye that you had N/A listed for them. They are indeed in your BIOS, and in that version. I am using F9c myself, but just flashed to F10a to verify and then back to F9c because I need to finish up a review with that BIOS. So you should have these settings, if you do not then you are likely coming from an older (Pre F7d) BIOS that did not have them and you need to follow the above steps so you will have them.

Ooops! Flashed BIOS didn't I ?? I'll correct that when I get back on Monday....

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[Lsdmeasap]

Ahh, ok! No worries for you anyhow, I was just personally concerned as I had not flashed F10a yet and it got me worried for a minute, thought they removed those settings again!

I was about to get angry possibly.

They are there though, but most dont set advanced timings anyway.

[caintry_boy]

Originally Posted by Lsdmeasap

Ahh, ok! No worries for you anyhow, I was just personally concerned as I had not flashed F10a yet and it got me worried for a minute, thought they removed those settings again!

I was about to get angry possibly.

They are there though, but most dont set advanced timings anyway.

Well, I'm back and just taking a cruise through BIOS and those settings are there, tWTP is Auto =19 and tWL is Auto = 7.

Now can you take me higher than these settings? BIOS shows 4.0Ghz but CPU-Z in Windows says 4.2Ghz....

Booted @ 4.0Ghz

Advanced CPU Features:
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 ................... [Disabled] << Disabled if you do not use Vmware or Virtual PC Programs
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ..................... [Disabled]


Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed .............................. x36
Uncore Frequency .......................... X18 = 3600Mhz
Isonchronous Frequency ..................[Enabled]


Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control ................ [Enabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) .....................200
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........... [100]

C.I.A.2 [Disabled]

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


Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance ...................... [Standard]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ......... [Disabled]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........ [8.0]
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) .......... [Expert]

Channel A + B + C

Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ......................8
tRCD .......................................8
tRP .........................................8
tRAS .......................................20

##Channel A Advanced Timing Control##
tRC ........................................Auto
tRRD .......................................Auto
tWTR ...................................... Auto
tWR ........................................Auto
tWTP .......................................Auto = 19
tWL ........................................ Auto = 7
tRFC .......................................80
tRTP .......................................Auto
tFAW ......................................Auto
Command Rate (CMD) ................1

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


Channel B Advanced Timing
CAS Latency Time ......................8
tRCD .......................................8
tRP .........................................8
tRAS .......................................20

##Channel B Advanced Timing Control##
tRC ........................................Auto
tRRD .......................................Auto
tWTR ...................................... Auto
tWR ........................................Auto
tWTP .......................................Auto = 19
tWL ........................................ Auto = 7
tRFC .......................................80
tRTP .......................................Auto
tFAW ......................................Auto
Command Rate (CMD) ................1

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


Channel C Advanced Timing
CAS Latency Time ......................8
tRCD .......................................8
tRP .........................................8
tRAS .......................................20

##Channel C Advanced Timing Control##
tRC ........................................Auto
tRRD .......................................Auto
tWTR ...................................... Auto
tWR ........................................Auto
tWTP .......................................Auto = 19
tWL ........................................ Auto = 7
tRFC .......................................80
tRTP .......................................Auto
tFAW ......................................Auto
Command Rate (CMD) ................1

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


Advanced Voltage Control:

CPU
Load Line Calibration ................. [Enabled]
CPU Vcore ...............................1.37500v
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v ............1.355v
CPU PLL 1.800v .......................Auto

MCH/ICH
PCIE 1.500v ...........................Auto
QPI PLL 1.100v .......................Auto
IOH Core 1.100v .....................1.16v
ICH I/O 1.500v .......................Auto
ICH Core 1.1v ........................Auto

DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500v ..............1.64
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]

Didn't list Channel/s B and C but I will set the same...

And another question, I know I flashed to F10a and all was good. Followed instructions about loading Optimized Defaults and rebooting to reset my RAID. Left for a few days. This morning on startup I noticed the BIOS on POST screen is F8 why would it revert??


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[screwtech02]

Did it possibly reboot/reset, and use the other bios chip???

[caintry_boy]

Reckon that's possible. How do I convert the other chip to F10a?? Read the manual??

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[Lsdmeasap]

Don't even look on the left in the BIOS, it is irrelevant and incorrect

Your BIOS recovered from the backup chip because your settings failed badly and corrupted the Main chip.

You had 4.2 in windows due to Turbo being enabled.

So have you flashed back to F10a yet? If not please do so and try these changes this time after your normal flash procedures

QPI Link Speed .............................. x36
Uncore Frequency .......................... X18 = 3600Mhz << Set x16 for now
Isonchronous Frequency ..................[Enabled]


Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control ................ [Enabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) .....................200
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........... [100]

C.I.A.2 [Disabled]

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


Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance ...................... [Standard]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ......... [Disabled]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........ [8.0]
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) .......... [Expert]

Channel A + B + C

Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ......................8
tRCD .......................................8
tRP .........................................8
tRAS .......................................20


Advanced Voltage Control:

CPU
Load Line Calibration ................. [Enabled]
CPU Vcore ...............................1.37500v
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v ............1.355v << Set 1.38 to be sure this is not an issue
CPU PLL 1.800v .......................Auto

MCH/ICH
PCIE 1.500v ...........................Auto
QPI PLL 1.100v .......................Auto << Set 1.24-1.3
IOH Core 1.100v .....................1.16v << Set 1.22-1.24
ICH I/O 1.500v .......................Auto
ICH Core 1.1v ........................Auto

DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500v ..............1.64 < Set 1.66

[caintry_boy]

Originally Posted by Lsdmeasap

Don't even look on the left in the BIOS, it is irrelevant and incorrect

Your BIOS recovered from the backup chip because your settings failed badly and corrupted the Main chip.

You had 4.2 in windows due to Turbo being enabled.

So have you flashed back to F10a yet? If not please do so and try these changes this time after your normal flash procedures

QPI Link Speed .............................. x36
Uncore Frequency .......................... X18 = 3600Mhz << Set x16 for now
Isonchronous Frequency ..................[Enabled]


Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control ................ [Enabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) .....................200
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........... [100]

C.I.A.2 [Disabled]

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


Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance ...................... [Standard]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ......... [Disabled]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........ [8.0]
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) .......... [Expert]

Channel A + B + C

Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ......................8
tRCD .......................................8
tRP .........................................8
tRAS .......................................20


Advanced Voltage Control:

CPU
Load Line Calibration ................. [Enabled]
CPU Vcore ...............................1.37500v
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v ............1.355v << Set 1.38 to be sure this is not an issue
CPU PLL 1.800v .......................Auto

MCH/ICH
PCIE 1.500v ...........................Auto
QPI PLL 1.100v .......................Auto << Set 1.24-1.3
IOH Core 1.100v .....................1.16v << Set 1.22-1.24
ICH I/O 1.500v .......................Auto
ICH Core 1.1v ........................Auto

DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500v ..............1.64 < Set 1.66

Yessir, back to F10a..... Your settings work o.k......I don't have the option for 1.38v in the QPI/VTT settings so I went with 1.39v...seems to be o.k......

Oh, another question. Is there a way to save these settings to BIOS/CMOS? F11 or something???


Now on to 4.4Ghz and up.......



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[Lsdmeasap]

Hmm, that is odd! No 1.38? Funny to hear, I have a few CPU's here and they all have different voltage amounts available for certain settings and 1.39 QPI is not in any of them. 965 I have offers many small increments on QPI and others, the 920 and W3520 I have here only have even QPI amounts.

Ya, On the MAIN Page F11 is save and F12 is load. Be sure when you are saving that you move down and don't overwrite a previous save you want to keep

[caintry_boy]

Originally Posted by Lsdmeasap

Hmm, that is odd! No 1.38? Funny to hear, I have a few CPU's here and they all have different voltage amounts available for certain settings and 1.39 QPI is not in any of them. 965 I have offers many small increments on QPI and others, the 920 and W3520 I have here only have even QPI amounts.

Ya, On the MAIN Page F11 is save and F12 is load. Be sure when you are saving that you move down and don't overwrite a previous save you want to keep

Yeah, it goes from 1.375v to 1.395 actually.....it's as 920 D0 stepping if that matters....maybe just the board or BIOS....

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