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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with AMD processors => Topic started by: MegaX on June 05, 2011, 11:37:00 pm
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(http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/upload/files/990FXA-UD7%20w%20Box%20.jpg)
Well folks, I wonder if Gigabyte is aware of the poor performance of sata controller on your motherboard:
GA-990FXA-UD7 and some correction will have to respect, follow the links below tests:
http://www.gdm.or.jp/review/mb/gigabyte/GA-990FXA-UD7/index_01.html
http://www.criminalcafe.com/showthread.php?2539-Preview-Gigabyte-GA990FXA-UD7
http://www.criminalcafe.com/showthread.php?2721-AMD-lovers-S%E1bado-dia-4-meia-noite-novisssss
I'm considering buying one for me, more if this disappointment, not worth buying
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Problems Part 1
underperforming in SATA3 (marvell chipset or ..)
despite being written in the standard reading is very weak
Crystall Mark 3.0.1:
(http://downloads.criminalcafe.com/fotos/amd/am3+/crystal%20mark.jpg)
we note that the ATTO results were repeated, while the writing has remained within the expected reading skidded again ..
ATTO disk benchmark:
(http://downloads.criminalcafe.com/fotos/amd/am3+/ato.jpg)
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Problems Part 2
where's my SLI .....
(http://downloads.criminalcafe.com/fotos/amd/am3+/no%20sli.jpg)
I tried two combinations of slots 16x + 16x + 16x and 8x and nothing ...
Possible Causes
1 - driver, I'm using the most current 275.33
2 - Bios, it may be that the bios is blocking the SLI
3 - Since I am using a Lightning and a Twin Frozr then this may be the problem, but I run perfectly on this setup in SLI X58 and P67
I will install a driver package a little older and if it fails it will also test with 2 x 480
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You won't be the only one with the SLI problems. In the product info on the Gigabyte site it clearly states 'Support for 2-Way/3-Way/4-Way AMD CrossFireX™ and NVIDIA SLI™ technology'. However, in the manual there is no mention of SLI just 'Support for 2-Way/3-Way/4-Way AMD CrossFireX ™ technology'. Someone has dropped the proverbial b***ock. Or maybe SLI support will be added with a later revision or bios. Still, what a let down.
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I have to say that I wouldn't read too much into this at the moment. It seems, from what I can make out, that the board used for testing may have been an engineering sample NOT the final product.
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I have to say that I wouldn't read too much into this at the moment. It seems, from what I can make out, that the board used for testing may have been an engineering sample NOT the final product.
Actually this is the end product, even why I buy the card already if I want, in the same test reports that are using the latest bios from Gigabyte's site, for me the big problem is that the performance of SATA III
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You won't be the only one with the SLI problems. In the product info on the Gigabyte site it clearly states 'Support for 2-Way/3-Way/4-Way AMD CrossFireX™ and NVIDIA SLI™ technology'. However, in the manual there is no mention of SLI just 'Support for 2-Way/3-Way/4-Way AMD CrossFireX ™ technology'. Someone has dropped the proverbial b***ock. Or maybe SLI support will be added with a later revision or bios. Still, what a let down.
Good staff confirmed that .. the Forceware does not support the 990FX or we wait for the version that supports
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(http://downloads.criminalcafe.com/fotos/amd/am3+/sli.jpg)
Now enabled with 275.36 + mod inf ;)
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Two Vertex 3 in Raid0
(http://downloads.criminalcafe.com/fotos/amd/am3+/5.JPG)
(http://downloads.criminalcafe.com/fotos/amd/am3+/raid.jpg)
Is still below the P67
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4way SLI works perfectly :D
(http://downloads.criminalcafe.com/fotos/amd/am3+/4way%20sli.jpg)
now is getting interesting;)
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MegaX
Could you be so kind as to confirm the model number of the Marvell chip on this platform controlling the SATA III ports.......
it should be the 88SE9128
or the ...........88SE9182
Rather important for a bit of research I'm doing at the moment re some long term solutions to some of the Marvell controller chips integrated into some platforms.
Aussie Allan
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Hi Allan,
the specs for this board with regard to SATA are as follows:
South Bridge:
6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3_0~SATA3_5) supporting up to 6 SATA 6Gb/s devices
Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID5, RAID 10 and JBOD
2 x Marvell 88SE9172 chips:
2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (GSATA3_6, GSATA3_7) supporting up to 2 SATA 6Gb/s devices
2 x eSATA 6Gb/s connectors (including 1 eSATA/USB Combo connector) on the back panel supporting up to 2 SATA 6Gb/s devices
Support for RAID 0 and RAID 1
I don't know if MegaX actually has access to this board or if he is reading from posts on the web. From what I can make out this thread is referring to an Engineering Sample of the board and not the final product.
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Well I'm actually one of the Directors of Criminal Coffee and repeat is the version that is for sale but a picture is worth a thousand words as well:
(http://i.imgur.com/x5L0v.jpg)
The sale of the city Akiabara, I am not a liar
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Why can't a release date mean just that, ... world wide, ... it was bad enough living in Australia with a product releases being up to 10 to 12 month after people were enjoying the latest toys.........And MegaX..........I never doubted you for a second.......well maybe one,....But not two!
now I find Brazil getting product before the UK, so has anyone had any hands on experience with this Marvell 9172 chip as in does it perform as advertised or as expected ?
Absic, thanks for the handy details......the pot thickens with Marvell....9172 now, ....and people are still reporting problems, ...DM is going to have kittens!........he's already maxed out on his Valiuum prescription
Aussie Allan
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Hi MegaX
my humble apologies. Trouble is a lot of your links are in Portuguese or Japanese and something may have got lost in translation.
As Aussie Allan has said we were told, in the UK, that the release date for these boards would be the middle of June and didn't realise they meant just for us on this side of the world.
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In fact the plates are in Japan, is PcCI2iminal Brazilian who lives in Japan and it sends the same plates, so I said I can get it anytime you want .. lol, I'm more concerned with performance and SATA III wanted any effective response from Gigabyte if it will fix it
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As of yet, we still can't get hold of these boards in the UK, hopefully from next week they will start to become available. I'm sure that any problems or glitches will soon be highlighted then.
Does the SATA3 problem seem to be with the AMD SB950 controller or the Marvell 9172 chip?
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The problem comes with the AMD SB950, one thing that people are commenting from what I read is that the ASUS boards are the best performing and that MSI and Gigabyte need to launch a new more mature bios to correct the problem, I particularly want Gigabyte to go, the more I want this to do something about it.
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As with all new things these issues can take some time to settle down but it is only by reporting them that Gigabyte can be made aware of them and correct them.
I would recommend that you contact Gigabyte Technical Support through this form: http://ggts.gigabyte.com/tech.asp?ClassID=2&Country=Brazil&SourceWeb=B2C. Don't be surprised if it takes a little while before you get a response as it can take 7-10 days to get a reply to your request.
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Well would fill up this form, but as I said in my first post, bought UD7 not yet, I'm wondering if the Gigabyte will solve this problem, so I joined the forum and posted the information, Junior said it had received a new bios Gigabyte's taking the test I post here.
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Contact the PcCI2iminal he already updated the bios and now is doing the reading 500, writing 480, I'll buy the motherboard now
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Pleased to see that issue seems to have been solved. :D
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Pleased to see that issue seems to have been solved. :D
(http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/6008/81203423.jpg)
according to Dean of XS, these tests were made by technicians from Giga : D
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The only problem I have with my board is my boot time has increased dramatically. Once my PC has booted, performance is excellent but my boot time is unacceptable
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The price we pay for performance.........It's been a while since I had a board for comparison purposes, but Giga boards are renowned for slow boot times
Aussie Allan
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Are there any new beta bios for the UD7 that we can try out that is NOT on the download page?
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Try TweakTown Forums in the US as they often have newer versions than we do.
http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/