X58A-UD9 an Overclocking nightmare

[ZCommander]

Good day lads

I had been using an EVGA classified for more than a year and it was a good motherboard, I was able to take my Core i7 980x to 4.54x on water with a little work.

I've decided to give the UD9 a try since it is being sold where I live for a price less than the Asus R3E and the EVGA classified.

And to be honest with you, I have never felt such a remorse on my spent money more than the money I've wasted on this junk !

I'm not able to boot with a bclk higher than 156MHz what ever I do, with my old EVGA I could boot at 208 MHz with no issue, with the UD9 just crank the Bclk 1 MHz higher than 156MHz and it will go into infiniet reboot cycle where the motherboard will boot for 1 sec. then tuns off then on then off and so on !!!

The only way to stop it is to unplug my PSU, do a CMOS clear and then the secondary BIOS will flash the primary BIOS.

My Gear :

Ci7 980X
GA-X58A-UD9
OCZ DDR3 2000 CL9 3x2GB
Gigabyte GTX480 tri SLI
Silverston 1500w PSU

P.S. motherboard is being cooled by an EK water block, CPU is cooled by a swiftech XT block.

[Acebmxer]

Re: X58A-UD9 an Overclocking nightmare

What bios are you using? Have you update the bios at all? Please grab a bios template from my sig and fill in your current bios settings. You say you are unable to boot past 156 blck but are you stable at 156 blck.. Try running some stablity test like LinX or Prime95 at 156 bclk to make sure the system is even stable at that bclk before tring to push it further.

[ZCommander]

Re: X58A-UD9 an Overclocking nightmare

LOL, I've posted @ Xtremesystems about this and you also replyed there.

Any way, I've tried F3, F4, F5i. F5L and all gave me the same issue, but I found out that if I turned of HT I was able to boot and stabilize @ 160 MHz, I have not tried to push more because it is too late where I live and should try tomorrow.

[Judge-dredd]

Re: X58A-UD9 an Overclocking nightmare

what are your settings get it to 4.2 is real easy with this board i have even had it to 4.8
I run 24/7 at 4.2

five us your setting and we can help you

[ZCommander]

Re: X58A-UD9 an Overclocking nightmare

what are your settings get it to 4.2 is real easy with this board i have even had it to 4.8
I run 24/7 at 4.2

five us your setting and we can help you

Let's see, I was able to boot with Bclk 166 if I turn off HT !!!

Bclk of 167MHz and I get the following issue, please refer to the you tube clip below :

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[Judge-dredd]

Re: X58A-UD9 an Overclocking nightmare

most likely you have to much votage or qpi/vtt

please fill ou this templet so we can help you

Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [25x]
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 ......................... [Disabled]
CPU EIST Function ............................ [Disabled]
Virtualization Technology ................... [Disabled] << Disabled if you do not use Vmware or Virtual PC Programs
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ..................... [Enabled]


Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed .............................. x36
Uncore Frequency .......................... (Always 2x memory Multi or 2x +1)
Isonchronous Frequency ..................[Enabled]


Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control ................ [Enabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) .....................
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) ........ [AUTO]
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) .......... [Manual]

Channel A + B + C

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

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
XtremeSystems Forums - View Single Post - Gigabyte EX58-UD5/Extreme Discussion Thread

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

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

B2B CAS Delay ..........................


Advanced Voltage Control:

CPU
Load Line Calibration ................. [Disabled]
CPU Vcore ...............................
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v ............
CPU PLL 1.800v .......................

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

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