GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 2.0) Cold Boot Startup Sequence when overclocking i7-930

[kevjames]

Hi,

I get a strange cold boot startup sequence when overclocking my GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 2.0) system. The blue Overclock LEDs always switch off and on three times before POST.

Is this normal?

A Warm restart just leaves the blue Overclock LEDs switched on and they stay on all the time through POST and OS start.

The system runs well at 3.78GHz - tested with Prime95 - load temps are around 78C.

If I do not overclock I get a normal startup as expected with no blue LEDs.

I've tried two other PSUs - Corsair 650TX and an old Enerax EG495 - makes no difference!
I've tried each of the three RAM sticks at a time - again makes no difference! The RAM passes Memtest86 and I always see the correct amount 6GB.

My specs:

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 2.0) BIOS FB
i7-930 2.8Ghz Stepping 5 Rev D0
Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B CPU Cooler with Akasa Fan
Corsair XMS3 TR3X6G1600C9 G 3x2GB
Gigabyte GV-N460OC-1GI GTX40 1GB
Antec TruePower New 750W

My Bios Settings :

Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ............................. [21x]
DP Frequency ................................ 3.78GHz (180x21)
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech ................... [Disabled]
CPU Cores Enabled ........................... [All]
CPU Multi Threading ......................... [Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ..................... [Disabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support ...................... [enabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ......................... [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function ........................... [Disabled]
Virtualization Technology ................... [enabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ...................... [Enabled]

Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Ratio .............................. [x36]
QPI Link Speed .............................. 6.48GHz
Uncore Clock Ratio ............................ [x17]
Unicore Frequency ............................. 3060MHz
Isonchronous Frequency ...................... [Enabled]

Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control ................ [Enabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) ..................... [180]
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) .............. [100]


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]
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ................ 1440
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) .......... [Quick]
Profile DDR Voltage ................... 1.5V
Profile QPI Voltage ................... 1.2V
Channel Interleaving .................. [Auto]
Rank Interleaving ..................... [Auto]

Channel A + B + C

Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ........................... 8 [8]
tRCD ....................................... 8 [8]
tRP ........................................ 8 [8]
tRAS ....................................... 24 [24]



##Channel A Advanced Timing Control##
tRC ........................................ [Auto]
tRRD ....................................... [Auto]
tWTR ....................................... [Auto]
tWR ........................................ [Auto]
tWTP ....................................... [Auto]
tWL ........................................ [Auto]
tRFC ....................................... [Auto]
tRTP ....................................... [Auto]
tFAW ....................................... [Auto]
Command Rate (CMD) ......................... [Auto]

##Channel A Misc Timing Control##
B2B CAS Delay .............................. [Auto]
Round Trip Latency ......................... [Auto]

Advanced Voltage Control:

CPU
Load Line Calibration ...................... [standard]
CPU Vcore .......................... 1.2375V [1.225]
DVID ............................... [Normal]
QPI/VTT Voltage .................... 1.175V [1.300V]
CPU PLL ............................ 1.800V [auto]

MCH/ICH
PCIE .............................. 1.500v [auto]
QPI PLL ........................... 1.100v [auto]
IOH Core ........................... 1.100v [auto]
ICH I/O ............................ 1.500v [auto]
ICH Core ........................... 1.100v [auto]

DRAM
DRAM Voltage ....................... 1.500V [1.640V]
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]

[wazza300]

Re: GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 2.0) Cold Boot Startup Sequence when overclocking i7-930

its normal,the blue cpu leds light up depending on how high your overclocked,the higher the more lights,looks ok to me

i have 4 cpu lights @4.2ghz

[kevjames]

Re: GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 2.0) Cold Boot Startup Sequence when overclocking i7-930

its normal,the blue cpu leds light up depending on how high your overclocked,the higher the more lights,looks ok to me

i have 4 cpu lights @4.2ghz

Wow - thanks for the super quick reply.

So you're saying the three times on-off blinking of the blue LEDs and clicking sounds sequence before POST is normal - yes?

Sorry to ask again - because there's a lot of talk of power/reboot cycling and false starts on this motherboard - I though maybe this is what I was seeing?

[wazza300]

Re: GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 2.0) Cold Boot Startup Sequence when overclocking i7-930

the clicking is probably the power saving relays,your board has different power saving modes than mine,mine has less,you can go in advanced cpu features and disable all c-states and eist and save and exit then see if it still clicks at start up,i wouldnt worry about it though it seems normal to me,even my board clicks when c-states are enabled

are you using the latest bios? that might help with things,it probably blinking as the bios scans all the different components before booting up

if its not freezing up or blue screening then its fine

[Acebmxer]

Re: GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 2.0) Cold Boot Startup Sequence when overclocking i7-930

Yes this all sounds normal. My board does the same at stock settings power on all you here is it beep once as it passes POST. Start to overclock and you will here what sounds like the motheboard turn off then on 3 times or so before you hear it beep passing POST. This is normal has the bios is triple checking things to make sure it can boot.

[kevjames]

Re: GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 2.0) Cold Boot Startup Sequence when overclocking i7-930

Thanks for all your replies - looks like it's OK after all and yes I'm using the latest BIOS FB.

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 2.0) Cold Boot Startup Sequence when overclocking i7-930

Ya it's normal with X58! There is another thread where we've been discussing this around here lately too.

I made some videos a while ago for a user to show them it's normal to see when overclocked. I can't find that thread since it's been a while, but I do have the videos in a folder and luckily also kept the links I posted.

Triple.Boot.Normal.rar

Or
Triple.Boot.Normal.rar

Shot on EX58-UD4P, and using Crucial Blue Tracers so you can easily see it happen

[cwall64]

Re: GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 2.0) Cold Boot Startup Sequence when overclocking i7-930

Does this board also have issues with sleep/hybrid sleep? What I mean is that sometimes the board sleeps fine, sometimes it seems to never sleep (the case lights are on), but will not wake up - must hold down the power button for 4 seconds... If it does wake from sleep most of the time the network card doesn't work, must do a full power cycle to get power back. This is a new build, and it did seem to work better on the beta bios that then new one (FB). Currently no OC except for Intel Turbo is turned on and it always seems to boot with 22x for 2.93.

Also, it did do a full 24 hour burn in with prime95 and memtest86+.

Specs:
i7 930
Thermalright Venomous X w/ Cooler Master Blade Master 120mm PWM Fan
GA-X58A-UD3R rev 2.0
BIOS FB
12 GB OCZ Memory in white slots (OCZ3G1333LV12GK)
1x WD Black 2TB drive (System) on blue sata port
5x WD Black 1TB drives in RAID5 (Data) on blue sata ports
Sony AD-7260S dvd burner
Cooler Master HAF 932 case
Corsair TX750W PS

Also:
Logitech Wave keyboard and Performance Mouse MX with Setpoint 6.15.25 software

BIOS setting are optimal with exact numbers entered for memory (hate OCZ for not having profiles), and power saving features are all enabled.

[wazza300]

Re: GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 2.0) Cold Boot Startup Sequence when overclocking i7-930

xmp memory profiles are a waste of time anyway,youll get much more accurate settings by setting memory manually,as for sleep could be bios issue,you can always flash back to a bios that worked better

[sin0822]

Re: GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 2.0) Cold Boot Startup Sequence when overclocking i7-930

yea i get the same thing when i oc my rev 2.0 somtimes mine does it 4-5 times then boots, its only after overclocking though and those clicks are annoying.

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 2.0) Cold Boot Startup Sequence when overclocking i7-930

Sleep issues are probably not worked out in the BIOS for Rev. 2.0 yet guys, so if you are having issues at stock Bclk with memory and QPI/Vtt (XMP Disabled) set manually than this would be why.

[cwall64]

Re: GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 2.0) Cold Boot Startup Sequence when overclocking i7-930

That is interesting - a stock board with no over clock (except the bclk the board itself does 134.x when set to auto, and DDR3 1.64v - no over clock on the memory - just the way OCZ does it) with a release BIOS has sleep issues? I would expect that of beta BIOS's but never had that experience before on a Gigabyte board? Do not get me wrong, I am not complaining - I just find that outside of my normal experience with Gigabyte. I might expect that of OCZ (why I normally buy Mushkin Memory)!

[wazza300]

Re: GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 2.0) Cold Boot Startup Sequence when overclocking i7-930

ocz memory works fine on my board,sleep resume works fine too,but my board is an early model and has had time for the bios to mature,i remember when there were sleep problems with mine but newer bios's fixed it

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 2.0) Cold Boot Startup Sequence when overclocking i7-930

BIOS sleep issues always take a few, sometimes several, revisions before sleep issues are worked out.

It's just something you have to expect with new technology, we are on the bleeding edge.

Are you setting your own memory timings, uncore, and QPI/Vtt? I think it should be ok at stock with 100% Stable manual set timings, but I can't say for sure as I do not have one of these boards to test with.