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Need help with bios GA-X58-USB3

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Need help with bios GA-X58-USB3
« on: October 30, 2010, 01:10:07 pm »
Gigabyte GA-X58-USB3
Intel i7 950
Corsair 3x4GB 1600mhz 9 9 9 24


Need help to get this setup stable. And this new motherboard has way more complex settings than my old one.

Id like to run the DDR on 1600mhz and the CPU from 3-4ghz. just aslong as its stable. I run it at default speed now but its still not stable. Can someone tell me if any of my settings are way off? (pictures)

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Whats uncore and QPI?

Thanks in advance for help.

Dark Mantis

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Re: Need help with bios GA-X58-USB3
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2010, 01:46:13 pm »
Hi

I have just been looking at yhour screengrabs and the first thing I noticed was that you weren't using the XMP function that normally comes with Corsair Dominator RAM which is I assume what you are running. So try loading that and see if it gives you any more stability.

QPI stands for Quick Path Interconnect and has taken over from the old FSB Front Side Bus. The only problem with it is that you can't just increase the voltage on it as you would have doen previously to compensate for the extra loading of  more memory etc because it is tied into the memory controller on the CPU.

uncore is the parts of the processor that controll the cache, PCIE and memory controller. The uncore setting needs to be 1-2 above the memory multiplier setting so if you are using the multiplier of 10x then you need to set the uncore to 20-22. On auto it is probably set too high.
« Last Edit: October 30, 2010, 01:50:12 pm by Dark Mantis »
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