Wrong readings with new BIOS F3 (GA-790XTA-UD4) and AMD Overdrive

[runn3R]

Well, no one complained so I thought... it is either working or you are ALL blind!

No worry

BTW Have short reading about how to place pictures into your posts:
http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,22.msg31.html#msg31

OK,

I am now testing the F4A beta BIOS. The PC seems to be running OK but I am NOT really overclocking anything.
(...) The issue of PATA drives being combined with the SATA Drive Controller has been addressed and I can once again disable the PATA controller so it is not being tested or searched for during POST or BOOT. This does help speed up the BOOT a little, especially if you have no PATA drives or devices installed.

 

The problem with temperature reporting in EasyTune6 & Core Temp still seems to be there. When checking the CPU temp in BIOS it is showing as 37°C but Coretemp is reading 31°C and EasyTune 6 is reading 35°C. (See following picture)



Having done some further research into this I do not believe that this is a BIOS fault but a limitation of the software in reporting the temps. Easytune6 seems to be the more accurate of the two readings but they are only a guide and, if you are attempting to overclock your system, I would advise extreme caution when using either of these programmes and not to rely on them for accuracy.

Correct, it's "limitation of the software in reporting the temps" - blame Coretemp  and don't forget that Windows in idle mode cools down CPU due to same energy saving functions, so that's why temperature is lower than under BIOS monitoring.

[absic]

BTW Have short reading about how to place pictures into your posts:
http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,22.msg31.html#msg31

Yes, it's as clear as mud now!

[Dark Mantis]

Yes I see what you mean

[alforan]

Bumping and old thread... All the bug listed here are still there; it could not be different for the simple reason no new bios was released...

Especially the wrong PCI frequency scares me. I am going to buy a 6 core to be used in this motherboard and I really should like to see the bug fixed... Gigabyte please...

-- alfie

[bytheway_r]

You can set it manually to 100Mhz in bios. I think it runs at that value on auto anyway. AMD Overdrive always gave me strange readings, so I gave up on it. Unless you're experiencing some problems indicating that the PCI freq. is higher than 100Mhz I wouldn't worry.

A good deal of the problems listed here is common, at least within Gigabyte boards. The 1.6v RAM voltage instead of 1.5v I can't figure out. I have this problem on my other MB but on my GA-790XTA-UD4 it works as it should. HT link and bus speed are likely both read properly if they're only a little higher than auto ( 200Mhz/2000Mhz ). For some reason bus speed is actually running 200.8/200.9Mhz which equals a higher HT link.

edit: I downloaded AOD again just to see what it'd show me. Good thing I wasn't drinking anything or I'd be cleaning my screen now . Somehow, I seriously doubt that my PCIe is running at 345Mhz. The GPU going crazy aside, I think I'd have to increase PCIe volts to even dream of such values. Not to mention RAM volts reported as 1.6 when it's over 1.7v in reality.

What can I say... AOD sucks and is probably potentially dangerous.