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Does anyone happen to have the DZ19 bios file (iso version) on their computer still? I was trying to upgrade the bios but the link doesn't work for the .iso file and I don't have a floppy drive and disks sitting around anywhere to use the .exe version. The link for the .bin version doesn't work either which rules out using the nforce tools.
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Re: EVGA 790i ftw digital pwm
2014/08/05 22:46:45
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☄ Helpfulby XrayMan 2014/08/07 21:51:42
Here is the DZ19.iso for the 132-YW-E180 790i FTW Digital PWM board directly from EVGA server.
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Re: EVGA 790i ftw digital pwm
2014/08/06 09:08:31
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Thanks Bob for posting that. It sounds like you have some decent experience with the 790i chipset from reading some other posts. I also have a 790i Ultra board overclocking the two of them seems pretty different. My digital board will run just fine in windows during stress testing and will report errors in programs like OCCT and IBT if it's not stable. My ultra board on the other hand simply locks up or restarts when it isn't stable and will not report errors during stress testing. When it's stable, it runs fine and doesn't report any errors. Do you have any idea why it's doing what it does?
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Re: EVGA 790i ftw digital pwm
2014/08/06 11:14:22
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You're welcome, no problemo..I don't know why the .iso BIOS isn't available on the download page, but yet is still available on EVGA's servers if you know how to access correctly..Same as some other BIOS versions for some other boards.
Yeah, I'm fairly familiar with the 790i..I had an E179 FTW board for a long time, Q6600 @ 3.6GHz, 2 x 2GB 1600MHz Patriot Viper (the good old green ones)..The main 3 problems with the 790i boards are not enough Vcore when OC'ing, RAM compatibility/timing and using the NVIDIA SATA drivers.
The Ultra doesn't have EVGA VDroop Control (Load Line Calibration) like the FTW and Digital boards do, consequently and usually requiring a higher Vcore to be stable under load..All versions are picky about RAM, need to be sure the speed, timing and voltage is set to the RAM mfgr's specs manually in BIOS and sometimes requires loosening the timings and CMD rate to 2T and tREF to 7.9uS..Some RAM just plain won't work, even though it should..The generic Windows SATA drivers seem to work better than the NVIDIA SATA drivers which have been known to cause freezing.
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Re: EVGA 790i ftw digital pwm
2014/08/06 11:21:00
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Bob16314 is still one of resident experts for those older boards and it's great that he is still here to help.
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Re: EVGA 790i ftw digital pwm
2014/08/06 11:53:26
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Glad to try and help when I can, RJ..Guess i'm showing my age 
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Re: EVGA 790i ftw digital pwm
2014/08/06 12:22:15
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I ended up getting a hold of both boards for pretty cheap and am running a q9550 in the 790i digital right now. I figured these would both be fun to mess around and overclock with so I've done a ton of reading and have been able to get my q9550 up to 3.4 and I'm also running 8gb of Corsair cm3x2g1600c9dhx at their stock settings at:
1600 MHz
9-9-9-24 2t
Linked and synced
1.64V
Everything is pretty stable without vdroop.
I wanted to start really pushing the system and see if I can hit 4Ghz.
I'll post my full bios later tonight when I get home and if anyone has any insight, I can try and push it.
Again thanks Bob for the bios update and it's great having such a great community for support. I should have started using the forums a couple years ago
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Re: EVGA 790i ftw digital pwm
2014/08/07 21:43:26
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Well it looks like the board I picked up had a faulty audio chip....that didn't last very long and of course there is no way they'll have this in stock still for an RMA.
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Re: EVGA 790i ftw digital pwm
2014/08/07 23:35:34
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laser192882
Well it looks like the board I picked up had a faulty audio chip....that didn't last very long and of course there is no way they'll have this in stock still for an RMA.
For something that old, you wouldn't get RMA warranty coverage unless you were the original owner and had registered the board for the limited lifetime warranty (or had the original owner do it for you if possible). I've still got a 790i SLI FTW DIGITAL PWM board set up almost exactly the same as Bob down to the Patriot memory except for running a Q9650. Back in the day it was pretty common to be able to get a Q9550 up to 4.0. Oddly enough they seemed to overclock a bit easier than the Q9650.
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Re: EVGA 790i ftw digital pwm
2014/08/12 19:10:07
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I figured out that it ended up being a setting in the Realtek sound manager labeled "Disable front panel jack detection". It was causing issues with recognizing the speakers plugged in the back
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Re: EVGA 790i ftw digital pwm
2014/08/12 20:08:23
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laser192882
I figured out that it ended up being a setting in the Realtek sound manager labeled "Disable front panel jack detection". It was causing issues with recognizing the speakers plugged in the back
Ahhhh, yeah..Not an uncommon issue..Glad you figured it out..Get the latest Realtek driver/software here if you need/want it, it might have more/different/updated features and a better user interface than the older versions.
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Re: EVGA 790i ftw digital pwm
2014/08/14 10:20:47
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Good to see someone having fun with these 790 boards still. I've still got a Q6600 in mine, so 4 GHz is pretty much out of the question. I do have it stable at 3.6 GHz though (linked & synced at 1600).
i know there are a couple of sticky posts here regarding overclocking the 790 series - maybe you found them already.
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Re: EVGA 790i ftw digital pwm
2014/08/15 07:03:04
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Everything has been running very smoothly. It's been a fun board to overclock. I threw in a q9650 EO stepping and got it to 3.8ghz linked and synced with 1.28v pretty easily and it's really stable after putting it threw quite a bit if testing.
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Re: EVGA 790i ftw digital pwm
2014/08/20 11:45:51
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Has anyone give 4GB modules a try on the 790i digital? I've seen that some people have had success with running 16gb on the 790i ultra with the latest bios.
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Re: EVGA 790i ftw digital pwm
2014/08/20 12:47:59
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I've got two Patriot PSD34G16002H 4 GB sticks in my rig. But I bought these around 2012, and even then it was getting difficult to find high-voltage DDR3 to run on these boards. The ones I bought were technically rated to run at 1.7 V, which is still on the low side of what the 790 boards like. http://www.modsrigs.com/detail.aspx?BuildID=21014 I did a quick look on Newegg and Amazon and didn't find anything. Finding any 1.9 V+ RAM is even more difficult, and expensive. IMO if you have 4 GB of RAM stable, you might as well stick with it. If you have 8 GB of RAM stable (4 x 2 GB), then definitely don't buy any more. 16 GB of RAM is overkill on brand new systems, and not worth the headache on a 790. 8 GB is wonderful if you got it, but 4 GB is "enough" for most games.
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