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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: darbod on July 05, 2011, 11:30:50 am

Title: Problem Triple Channell on GA-X58-UD7 rev. 2.0
Post by: darbod on July 05, 2011, 11:30:50 am: CONFIGURATION
INTEL i7 960 (Bloomfield) Quad Core 3,2 Ghz socket LGA1366
Motherboard GA-X58A-UD7 BIOS FC
KINGSTON Dimm HyperX Genesis 12 Gb (3x 4 Gb) ddr3 Triple Channel 1600 Mhz NON-ECC CL9 XMP 1,65v

Hi,
after several days of testing I can't use 24GB of RAM.

The RAM purchased is reported in the Vendors List, but is only seen in the 16GB Dual Channell, Channell mode.
The 5 and 6 blocks of RAM are seen by bios but not activated.

Even putting only 3 DIMM Triple Channell (banks 1,3,5) the MB sees only the first two.

So in any configuration and DDR3_6 DDR3_5 modules are not activated.

When the BIOS boot with 6 DIMMS goes into recovery mode to over voltage.

Do you have a solutions on? Must be use recommends settings specifically to 24GB of RAM in Triple Channell?

I bought this configuration for video processing and I would like to use all 24GB of RAM.

Thanks and Best Regards
Dario Bodrato
Title: Re: Problem Triple Channell on GA-X58-UD7 rev. 2.0
Post by: Aussie Allan on July 05, 2011, 12:18:13 pm: Solution! ............Windows 7-64bit Ultimate and Professional support the motherboards max of 24 gig of memory

Windows 7 -64bit below Professional............. support only 16 gig of memory........sorry for the bad news!

Aussie Allan
Title: Re: Problem Triple Channell on GA-X58-UD7 rev. 2.0
Post by: darbod on July 05, 2011, 02:06:50 pm: OK, but the problem is first to load Windows7.
The DDR3_5 and DDR3_6 sockets don't are active just in BIOS loading.

Thanks

Dario Bodrato
Title: Re: Problem Triple Channell on GA-X58-UD7 rev. 2.0
Post by: Aussie Allan on July 05, 2011, 02:24:14 pm: darbod

Would have been handy to know there's no OS present!..........move on!

Update!...........There's something about this problem I'm forgetting..........I'll email someone I know about this board/problem

Stay tuned!

Aussie Allan
Title: Re: Problem Triple Channell on GA-X58-UD7 rev. 2.0
Post by: Aussie Allan on July 05, 2011, 02:58:48 pm: Mr Goggle found several hits for triple channel problems with this board with early Bios versions.........Update to latest Bios via Qflash and report back your findings.

Aussie Allan
Title: Re: Problem Triple Channell on GA-X58-UD7 rev. 2.0
Post by: darbod on July 06, 2011, 05:25:10 pm: The BIOS is FC, the last one.
I read of problems with cpu socket but before work on it I want to be safe that isn't a problem of Bios configuration.

Thanks

DB
Title: Re: Problem Triple Channell on GA-X58-UD7 rev. 2.0
Post by: Dark Mantis on July 06, 2011, 06:45:17 pm: Hi clear the CMOS and then load Optimised BIOS Defaults first.

Remove the power cable from the mains supply and then press the power switch on the case for a few seconds just to drain any residual energy in the PSU capacitors.

Once done remove the motherboard battery for at least one hour before replacing it.

Next plug back into the mains supply and boot.

You will now need to enter the BIOS by pressing DEL and load Optimised BIOS Defaults.

Make any other changes to the BIOS settings to suit your self like disabling the floppy drive, disabling the full screen logo and making the HDD the primary boot device and then press F10 to save and exit.

If you still have the same problem then post back and we can go onto the next stage.
Title: Re: Problem Triple Channell on GA-X58-UD7 rev. 2.0
Post by: Aussie Allan on July 06, 2011, 06:47:44 pm: Quote from: darbod on July 06, 2011, 05:25:10 pm
The BIOS is FC, the last one.
I read of problems with cpu socket but before work on it I want to be safe that isn't a problem of Bios configuration.

Thanks

DB
......FD11 .........Is the latest Bios Here......this is if your board is the GA-X58A-UD7 ver2

http://www.station-drivers.com/page/gigabyte/ga-x58a-ud7.htm

Aussie Allan
Title: Re: Problem Triple Channell on GA-X58-UD7 rev. 2.0
Post by: F5BJR on July 06, 2011, 08:09:56 pm: *
The Station-drivers BIOS FD11 is not an official BIOS beta , i think

I have tested F8a beta ( same site ) and at startup i have Option ROM error with my HighPoint RR622 cards because BIOS is updated with non compatible INTEL firmware version v10.5.1.1070

Pierre
Title: Re: Problem Triple Channell on GA-X58-UD7 rev. 2.0
Post by: darbod on July 06, 2011, 08:22:00 pm: Dear Aussie,
why I can't load the FD11 2 MB bios with Q-Flash? The prompt result is bad dimension file.

Now I try your suggestions to reset the Bios.

Thanks

Dario
Title: Re: Problem Triple Channell on GA-X58-UD7 rev. 2.0
Post by: Dark Mantis on July 06, 2011, 08:26:55 pm: It is because the BIOS file size has changed and is now bigger to accomodate the UEFI BIOS extras. This will stop the direct flashing of the smaller BIOS with the larger one via QFlash. You will have to use FlashSPI instead.
Title: Re: Problem Triple Channell on GA-X58-UD7 rev. 2.0
Post by: F5BJR on July 06, 2011, 09:22:25 pm: *
good links are to ( same to station-drivers if link is updated with the good files ) :

http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/28441-gigabyte-latest-beta-bios-print.html

Pierre
Title: Re: Problem Triple Channell on GA-X58-UD7 rev. 2.0
Post by: Dark Mantis on July 06, 2011, 09:58:13 pm: Yes TweakTown is a trustworthy source of BIOS updates and drivers. They are the US version of our forum.
Title: Re: Problem Triple Channell on GA-X58-UD7 rev. 2.0
Post by: darbod on July 07, 2011, 08:38:30 am: thanks. I'll try and send feedback

bye
db
Title: Re: Problem Triple Channell on GA-X58-UD7 rev. 2.0
Post by: darbod on July 07, 2011, 01:25:58 pm: I applied your instructions to reset the CMOS.
After two auto reboots the SO read 24 GB corretly.

At this point is necessary to flash the FD11 BIOS?

Thank You very much to help me.

Best Regards
Dario Bodrato
Title: Re: Problem Triple Channell on GA-X58-UD7 rev. 2.0
Post by: darbod on July 07, 2011, 02:10:36 pm: Now everytime that the system reboots in the POST fase after Verifying DMI Pool Data.......
Goes in Recovering last DRAM size...

And rebots twice time

It's normal? I can make something?

Thanks
DB
Title: Re: Problem Triple Channell on GA-X58-UD7 rev. 2.0
Post by: Dark Mantis on July 07, 2011, 02:20:17 pm: I would tend to think that there c ould be a problem with one of the memory sticks so I think a runthrough of Memtest86+ would be prudent even though it takes some time.

Please follow these instructions exactly.

I would suggest that you download and run the latest version of Memtest86+ to check your RAM first.

Memtest86+ http://www.memtest.org/

Insert one stick of memory in slot 1 and run Memtest on it for at least 10 complete loops/cycles and if there are no errors then swap it over with the next one and continue untill you have checked all modules.

If you have any errors the module is faulty.

If you have any faulty modules you will have to return the whole kit as they are matched.

Post back when you have done that with the results.
Title: Re: Problem Triple Channell on GA-X58-UD7 rev. 2.0
Post by: darbod on July 12, 2011, 08:44:59 am: Hi,
I made all tests on the RAM and everything is ok.
I loaded the FD11 BIOS and Optimised Bios Default.

Now computer restart 2 times with "restoring RAM size" and then start the OS. 24GB are loaded and viewed.

How can I solve the problem of rebooting? Is it dangerous for MB and i7?

Many Thanks
Dario Bodrato
Title: Re: Problem Triple Channell on GA-X58-UD7 rev. 2.0
Post by: Dark Mantis on July 12, 2011, 11:37:04 am: Don't worry about the multiple boots as far as damaging the hardware is concerned it is more an annoyance than anything. However if you have all the memory slots filled are you still relying on the auto setting in the BIOS to configure them ?
Title: Re: Problem Triple Channell on GA-X58-UD7 rev. 2.0
Post by: Tophamster on August 05, 2011, 09:52:43 am: Hi,
I have this motherboard in 1.0 revision and use 24 GB Corsair 1600MHz DOMINATOR (6x4GB).
Everything runs fine without multiple boots or not recognizing all 24GB. Only thing I set in BIOS was using XMP timing for RAM.
Worked on BIOS version F6 and then F8.
Title: Re: Problem Triple Channell on GA-X58-UD7 rev. 2.0
Post by: Dark Mantis on August 05, 2011, 11:54:43 am: Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum.

Obviously you were one of the very lucky ones then. Sometimes you can get away with just using the auto settings but more often than not they will need to be manually configured.