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okay so new post for whine about VDDC LOCK ON GV-R795WF3-3GD.

I buy this card with this spec :

Rev 2.0 , bios FX0 ( 1068 mhz gpu @ 1.250v ) and  1300 mhz memory.

After release of FX1 Bios , we can make 1200 mhz Gpu ( always 1.250v) and 1450 memory ( always Mvddc stock = Huh? )

WTF u doing Gigabyte ? another vendor like msi or asus don't lock the voltage control , so why u lock this Huh

iam so bored to run my 7950 @ 1200/1450 on furmark at ONLY 59° !!!

Can u just release a FX2 with THIS VOLTAGE UNLOCK ? 

okay so new post for whine about VDDC LOCK ON GV-R795WF3-3GD.

I buy this card with this spec :

Rev 2.0 , bios FX0 ( 1068 mhz gpu @ 1.250v ) and  1300 mhz memory.

After release of FX1 Bios , we can make 1200 mhz Gpu ( always 1.250v) and 1450 memory ( always Mvddc stock = ? )

WTF u doing Gigabyte ? another vendor like msi or asus don't lock the voltage control , so why u lock this

iam so bored to run my 7950 @ 1200/1450 on furmark at ONLY 59° !!!

Can u just release a FX2 with THIS VOLTAGE UNLOCK ? 

Hello
I post here because I solved the USB BOOT problem (at least in rev 1.4)

first: I tried flashing to the last version F12c (beta) since it was no good, go back to F11, still no boot
Tried plop, as soon as i selected the USB boot drive it freezes, and nothing happens.
Tried to format with HP tool, but no good because as soon as I install linux, it happens again.
Tried like 6 different sizes and brands of flash drives (from 8 to 32 GB) none of them boot.

It is easy to see if they will boot or not, when boot, press F12, then select +HARD DRIVE, if in the next screen, you see your drive, then it will boot.

By accident, I test an old Hiren's boot USB (2GB) and it DID boot!! WOW, we got something here!.

So I start playing and the issue is WHEN the drive is bigger than 4GB.
so, I fdisk MY problematic 8GB Kingston G3, delete partition, then create a partition but of 3980MB (less than 4GB) and set type to FAT32 (d).
then go to the normal install process of ubuntu and it WORKS.

now I can boot ubuntu 12.04 LTS with gigabyte.
Yes, I have half the capacity but that's not important in my case, 4GB is plenty
hope it helps someone, so i doesn't have to lost all day trying to figure it out like i did.

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Hello!

X58A-UD3R 2.0
Intel i7 930 default settings
Patriot 1600LL 3*2.0GB RAM
AMD ATI Radeon HD 5870 GPU
Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit

Let me know if you need any other info.

The problem is that only 4.0GB of the 6.0GB RAM installed are "usable".
And when I check the Resource Monitor, it says 2.0GB are "hardware reserved".

I tried booting the computer with each stick individually. One of them does not boot the computer. I assume it's just a bad stick and I have to replace it? My question is then, why does the computer detect 6.0GB. Or why does it put 2.0GB as hardware reserved.

If I boot the computer with only two sticks (4.0GB), it will show 4GB installes, 2GB usable (but maybe that's beacause it's triple channel RAM and shouldn't be installed not 3 at at a time?)

I'm at a loss for figuring this out. If there's any way to get my computer to use all 6.0GB that'd be great. Otherwise I'll buy a new RAM kit.

It may be the antivirus ,it is quite aggressive with the resources lately also.
Maybe then you should install only some modules and not all.
Send the dumps to avast as well ,they have a forum.

I am glad that my help has been useful .

an interest (and positive) update:

the offending driver program didnt seen to be consistent with the dozen or so recent BSOD episodes.

a couple of websites suggested that i try temporarily disabling avast-antivirus, which i did.

well, i currently (or concurrently if you will) am running four (count 'em, FOUR!) of the video-conversion program and no BSOD's.   the CPU is not too happy with me, but this does make an interesting test.

with avast on, even only one process with the video-conversion program running seems to cause the BSOD issue.

note too that this happens right after a fresh new OS install, so i figure its nothing to do with viruses or anything like that.

so, i am ready to write this one off to some odd conflict between windows-7, the video-converter, and avast.


Vezina - thank you for your suggestion to run the BlueScreenView program.  i took the html display of the latest dumps and sent them to the video-conversion program author.

If you will use Google you will find more info regarding this file errors .

IRQL Less or ... is an error that relates to RAM 99% percent of the cases.
Most probable the Windows gets corrupted after some time due to bad RAM.

Checking against viruses with the live disks i have told you is a good idea also.

There is a chipset/southbridge driver available along every Catalyst release from AMD.

Here is a link->  http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/raid_windows.aspx
It s available on the AMD website

The driver has USB drivers AHCI ,SM Bust controller but they will install according to the chipset used.
I had the surprise that depending on the BIOS of the 970A-UD3 to have AHCI driver installing or not.

Hi i figured it out:) Just used Qflash and
saved current bios to drive on a USB stick.

No sweat;)


jangodog

Hi there,

no, it's not simple and you are not alone in struggling with updating from Award to AMI BIOS.

Check here: http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,7410.msg70474.html#msg70474 as I go through the process a little bit and it may well help.

BUT, consider why you are wishing to update the BIOS.
If it is so you can run a newer processor then I would say go for it but, if it is just because you like the look of the UEFI BIOS and you think you will gain something then I would advise against it. This is only a personal view though, gained from my own experiences with the GA-Z68 X-UD3P-B3 and running an i5 2500k CPU.