GA-990FXA-UD5 Living Review

[kiddi82]

Hi i have 990FXA-ud5 mobo, FX-8150 cpu, 4x4 gb corsair Vengeance @1866mhz and Mushkin Chronos 60GB SSD, there are 6 black and two gray SATA 3
ports on the mobo, can you please tell me in witch one i should put the SSD and how i should set up the BIOS for best peformance
thank you so much advance for help

[absic]

Hi there,

Connect the SSD to the first black SATA port labelled SATA3_0. That's the bottom port furthest away from the RAM Slots

In BIOS under Integrated Peripherals set OnChip SATA Type to AHCI and OnChip SATA Port 4/5 Type to As SATA Type.

[kiddi82]

thank you so much for quick answer

[kiddi82]

Hi again can you tell me one more thing, i have this CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103472
can i use it to flash the BIOS on 990FXA-ud5 ? it´s not on the cpu support list but it is AM2+ cpu, will it work just to flah the BIOS

[absic]

Hi again,

A nice idea but sadly the answer is no. You will need a CPU that is on the CPU Support list (probably not an FX processor at this stage as you will need F5 or above for these to be supported) to enable you to flash BIOS.

[kiddi82]

I was afraid of that thanks again

[kiddi82]

Hi once again  now the system is runing perfectly and im  about it, but there is one thing, i have 16GB of Corsair vengeance 1866Mhz
and it is auto set to 1333Mhz but when i try to make them run on 1600 or 1866, i get some message about overclocking and it will not run at that speed..
can you tell me how to set up the BIOS to make them run atleast on 1600Mhz, (i have BIOS ver: F6)
thanks advanced Kiddi

[absic]

Hi Kiddi,

the first thing I would do is update to the latest F7g BIOS, especially as if I remember correctly you are now running an FX8120 CPU and this BIOS has new code for it. Use QFlash to update the BIOS and remember to disable the "Keep DMI Data" option on teh QFlash homescreen befor eyou actually run the update.

Once you have updated the BIOS you will need to manually set the speed for your RAM and you do this by changing the option under the MIT Section of BIOS named Set Memory Clock. For 1600MHz RAM you need to change this to X8 and you may also need to change the voltage. If you could post back with a link to the RAM Kit you have it would be easier to advise you on this.

If you will actually get the RAM to run at it's rated speed of 1866MHz is a tricky question, especially if your kit is made up of four RAM Modules. You may like to read this post: http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,7530.0.html  to understand why this is the case.

[kiddi82]

yes okey thanks i have FX-8150 cpu and this is the ram, i have two kit like these http://www.corsair.com/memory/intel-memory-upgrades/dual-channel-intel-memory-upgrade-kits/vengeance-8gb-dual-channel-ddr3-memory-kit-cmz8gx3m2a1866c9r.html

[absic]

OK, your RAM should run at 1600MHz at 1.5V but I don't think it will be easy to get it to run above this speed with all four sticks as they are not a matched kit. You may also find that you need to manually set the RAM timings to match the figures on the packaging to get full stability.

Checking the spec's from the link you provided they are guaranteed to work as a single matched kit (2 x 4GB sticks of RAM) but only on the Intel platform and because of this you may have to settle for 16GB running at 1600MHz or 8GB running at the higher speed.

[kiddi82]

ahh i see 1600Mhz is fair enough, but when you are talking about seting the timings, are you talking about this 9-10-9-27
do i have to set this right in BIOS ?

[absic]

yes, that's what we are talking about when we mention timings.
You might find that setting these to 9,10,9,24 will be fine for 1600MHz (although these are the ratings for 1866MHz) but you may be able to tighten them a little to 9,9,9,24 for example at 1600MHz. You may need to experiment a bit with the timings to find the optimum settings for your particular RAM Modules.

However, you shouldn't need to adjust the voltage, even with all four sticks on-board which is always a good thing.

[kiddi82]

yes okey thanks

[mtekin8]

Hi 990FXA-UD5 motherboard, video card, processor, case fans running but the monitor does not display.
What is the problem or who live in this helpful was the problem?
I'm sorry my English is very bad

[AxisEdge]

hi! i've just bought this great mobo but im wondering why my northbridge is way hot on idle? just cant overclock it because it crashes every time the tmpin2 goes above 60c? im using bios F6

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