elusiv1

I'm also using 4gb (2x2gb) DDR2-1066 PC2-8500 on my EP45-UD3P, very good memory..

Yomny

good to hear whaat about the bios, where cani get a hold of the f7 beta version and what is that safe tpm feature it has do any of you use it

kimosabi

Im running PC8500 2x2GB Dominators on mine. Works great!

Im so stoked now. Got 500mHz FSB and it wasnt really that hard either. This board loves to run 1:1 divider.

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blee1149

does anyone know which rams can OC to 1333+?

my a-data fails @ 1200 ish

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arjo_reich

#1. QVL RAM is only the types of ram that the engineers had available at the time of quality control testing that passed. omission from the list does not mean the board cannot support it, it simply means that the BIOS may not know how to default to the correct settings supplied by the SPD profiles. Which means you'll have to find out those settings from the RAM vendor for your board and adjust them accordingly.

(there's actually a little drama on the P45 boards because intel changed the spec of their MCH/NB weeks before production and many motherboard and ram manufacturer's built designs based on the (then) currently circulating specification Intel had released previously. Specifically this caused an issue where for 4x2048 M/B and higher configurations the tRFC needed to be set to a value range of 52-68 - with higher values for higher density IC's. Of course, these values weren't in the SPD of the DDR2 chipsets and some BIOS settings didn't even let you adjust the tRFC above the original spec's maximum of 48... The GA-EP45-UD3P gives you completely granulatity over your tRFC so no worries there. ;p )

#2 - Gigabyte's "Latest BIOS" Thread

#3 - Feedback can be left in those support forums...

#4 - Here's a useful link, while I'm at it... (GA-EP45-UD3P Virtual BIOS v.7A) ...save it as a favorite because it really comes in handy when you're talking to someone about a setting and they can't find it, lol...

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arjo_reich

I don't use it, but I'm not really the paranoid type who thinks he needs his HDD encrypted. TPM stands for Trusted Platform Module and it's only purpose is to encrypt everything going onto your primary harddrive. Haven't really looked into it further but because of it's nature I would only consider running it on a "stable as stock" type configuration because a BSOD during some drive access.. I don't know, that scares me more than someone finding all my pr0n.

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stn0092

F6 bios are on Gigabye's site.

Yomny

lol thats true arjo_reich, i was just curious but i really didn't think of it necessary, i dont even put passwords in my BIOS or on even on the windows log on.
Kimosabi, do you have an option in the bios to set the 1:1 devider? My current MSI only lets me select manual or linked, and when i link it it sets the devider on its own.
If i set the FSB to 400(1600QDR) and have the ram devider at 1:1 wouldn't that put my ddr2_800 alot higher or maybe even cause it to fail? Should i unlinked the ram and set it to run at 800

Yomny

thanks alot for the link arjo_reich that virtual bios is really helpful. +rep for you for that i could really dig in there. Have a couple of questions.
Under Advacned BIOS features, in order to OC you have to disable the EIST function and thermal monitor, what about the virtualization tech? Where can i find the details on what needs to be disabled before OC'ing this mobo.. i know there are always a couple of features to turn off.

Nevermind found it.. thanks though

MCBrown.CA

I was up until 3AM last night trolling the interwebz for info/tips about this board and apparently there are some discrepancies between the voltages that get set in the BIOS and what ET6 reports. You may notice that you can manually set the MCH/ICH/reference voltages in the BIOS and ET6 will show no change (keeps displaying the default values found in the left-most column in the Inelligent Tweaker section of the BIOS.

I found a post over at XS where a member posted some very helpful steps for properly setting up the 'Auto' values in the BIOS. These steps assume that LLC in disabled and need to be completed in the order listed below:

- load BIOS
- set multi, FSB and mem strap & divider
- set all of the voltages to the same volts as default voltage shown in the left column (not "Normal" or "Auto")
- set vCore and DRAM voltage. The 3 settings below DRAM Voltage are no longer at default
- set CPU Termination. Again, notice that now the CPU reference changed.
- set MCH Core. Same as the steps above, this should change the MCH Reference.
- set PLL and others

When you boot into Windows, none of the reference voltage changes will be reflected in ET6 (they will all appear to be the defaults). I tested the rig at 3.83GHz last night using the steps above and it passed Prime Small's for 9 hrs with 1.31-1.33v real load, 1.39v real idle and 1.425v BIOS.



Will be testing today at 4GHz using the same steps...

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