124 BSOD with Gigabyte EX58-UD5 and i7 965

[Mixer]

Hi all,

I recently upgraded to an i7 965 processor (an Intel engineering sample) and a Gigabyte EX58-UD5 board.

I've been having intermittent BSODs and reboots, always with error 124. System is used mainly for video encoding so it runs at full load most of the time - this 124 error comes up on average once a week.

Now I did migrate this hard drive across from my previous 965/Q6600 rig but I do not believe that to be the problem.

I've already swapped out the PSU for a 750w Corsair unit and changed the graphics card so I have ruled those out as causes.

Here's all the relevant information, I'd love some guidance!

CPU = i7 965 ES
Motherboard = EX58-UD5 rev 12
BIOS Version = F12
Ram = G. Skill F3-16000CL9-2GBTD

Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [24x]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech .................. [Enabled]
CPU Cores Enabled ............................ [All]
CPU Multi Threading .......................... [Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ................... [Enabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support .................... [Disabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ......................... [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function ............................ [Enabled]
Virtualization Technology ................... [Enabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ..................... [Enabled]

Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed .............................. Auto
Uncore Frequency ..........................  Auto (2667MHz)
Isonchronous Frequency ..................[Enabled]

Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control ................ [Disabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) .....................
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........... Auto

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) .......... [AUTO]

Channel A + B + C

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



Advanced Voltage Control:

CPU
Load Line Calibration ................. [Disabled]
CPU Vcore ............................... AUTO 1.275
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v ............ AUTO 1.175
CPU PLL 1.800v ....................... 

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

DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500v .............. AUTO 1.5
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]

This thing is causing me to pull out what hair I have left, if anybody can assist to eradicate this crashing you'd have my undying gratitude!

Thanks all!

[wazza300]

Re: 124 BSOD with Gigabyte EX58-UD5 and i7 965

124 error is not enough or too much qpi/vtt voltage,dont leave it on auto
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v ............ AUTO 1.175 set this to 1.30000v or near to it in the bios

CPU Vcore ............................... AUTO 1.275 you can set this manually to normal voltage setting,if its unstable then set it to 1.275v

its not psu/graphic card its qpi/vtt voltage

[Acebmxer]

Re: 124 BSOD with Gigabyte EX58-UD5 and i7 965

+1^

0x0000050 << incorrect memory timing/freq or uncore multi
0x0000124 << incorrect qpi/vtt voltage (to much/not enough)
0x0000101 << not enough Vcore voltage

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: 124 BSOD with Gigabyte EX58-UD5 and i7 965

You should also set your own Memory multiplier, and uncore set 2x that or 1-2 above

[Mixer]

Re: 124 BSOD with Gigabyte EX58-UD5 and i7 965

Cheers all, now I'm a total noob here so would anybody be able to give me some assistance in all these various settings to get the best performance and stabililty out of my system at stock speed? My settings seem to vary a lot from the template given.

[wazza300]

Re: 124 BSOD with Gigabyte EX58-UD5 and i7 965

is the ram rated at 1.5 or 1.65v? set it in bios either 1.5 or 1.66 for 1.65v,set the timing for example 8-8-8-24 yourself and the spd system multiplier to give you 1600mhz ram speed,set qpi/vtt to 1.30000v and try with normal setting for cpu voltage if its not stable then try with 1.25-1.275v,you can enable c3/c6/c7 state support in advanced cpu features too

set timing according to your ram,usually printed on the side of the module along with the voltage,you shouldnt need to adjust anything else and can be left on auto

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: 124 BSOD with Gigabyte EX58-UD5 and i7 965

Try these for stock setup

Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [24x]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech .................. [Enabled]
CPU Cores Enabled ............................ [All]
CPU Multi Threading .......................... [Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ................... [Enabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support .................... [Disabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ......................... [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function ............................ [Enabled]
Virtualization Technology ................... [Enabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ..................... [Enabled]

Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed .............................. Auto << Set x36 or x44
Uncore Frequency .......................... Auto (2667MHz) << Set 24-26, always 2x ram multiplier (x12 as of below) or above 1-2
Isonchronous Frequency ..................[Enabled]

Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control ................ [Disabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) ..................... 133
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........... Auto << Set 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 may be best
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ......... [Disabled]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........ [AUTO] << Set x12 = 1600Mhz memory speed
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) .......... [AUTO] << Expert, then set each channel Main timings one by one

Channel A + B + C

Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ......................7/8
tRCD .......................................7/8
tRP .........................................7/8
tRAS .......................................20/24
CMD Rate ................................... 1T



Advanced Voltage Control:

CPU
Load Line Calibration ................. [Disabled]
CPU Vcore ............................... AUTO 1.275
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v ............ AUTO 1.175 << Set 1.25-1.375
CPU PLL 1.800v .......................

MCH/ICH
PCIE 1.500v ...........................
QPI PLL 1.100v ....................... Set 1.1-1.2
IOH Core 1.100v ..................... AUTO 1.1 << Set 1.14
ICH I/O 1.500v .......................
ICH Core 1.1v ........................

DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500v .............. AUTO 1.5 << Set 1.66
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]