shamino

Moltenlava

EVGA_JacobF

kpablo

Still happens, you enable Turbo Performance and Memory does not set as you did in Bios. I set memory ratio to 1333MHz to have 2000MHz, and still set 800MHz.

Yes, this is expected if Turbo Performance is enabled.

Why is this necessary, Turbo Performance would be a desirable feature if it wasnt for this.  Why do you have to set the memory so low just to allow the 2x bin multiplier on 1 core to show up more?

no turbo performance has nothjing to do with turbo mode, it's just a tweak to make gulftown perf slightly faster. you can call it tweak performance, etc  just happened to think of turbo due to terminology cliches

So the fact that with Turbo Performance enabled (along with Turbo Mode, SpeedStep and CxE Function set to C6 but its Turbo Performance that makes all the difference when it comes to the frequency of the 26x multi) I see my 26x multiplier on Core 0 alot more and without having to specifically load Core 0 on its own, is just a side effect?  Its definitely caused by Turbo Performance, with just turbo mode enabled i hardly see it, infact to make the 26x multi appear on core 0 I have to populously load Core 0 but if i enabled Turbo Performance i will see it appear pretty much constantly.

Alot of other people are seeing this also, those with 920's are seeing the 22x multi on Core 0 with turbo Performance enabled which is screwing up their OC's.

With just Turbo Mode, SpeedStep and CxE Function set to C6 you basically never see the 26x multiplier (for the i7 965) on Core 0 but if you enable turbo performance you see it every few seconds and it lasts 5-10sec (roughly on my system).  Again this is without the need to specifically load core 0 with something like LinX which i had to do before or if Turbo Performance is disabled.

On a side note
this BIOS 49 totally messed up my Windows install, luckily i managed to save it by going back to an earlier BIOS (not the same one as i mistakenly flashed 224 instead of 22D), when i flashed 49 my Windows 7 install took ages to load not only the password screen but also my apps that usually appear in a blink of an eye since i have a SSD (i do have some secondary apps on a Raptor 150GB but they still dont take long to load), infact my Anti Virus wouldnt load at all, i tried several different times.

I also looked in Device manager and noticed a bunch of USB had a yellow warning sign next to them and did a couple of my USB Root Hub, when i tried to remove then reinstall the USB devices that had the yellow warning sign they wouldnt reinstall, they just lay dead.

Not sure why this seems to be an isolated incident, i have flash BIOS's many times and do it the correct way of power off the system + PSU, remove battery, leave it for 5mins, re-insert the battery, return power to system, go into BIOS load defaults, restart and load DOS using thumbdrive, flash using AWDFLASH tool, once done shut down, remove power to PSU, remove battery, leave for 5 mins, replace battery, turn on system, go into BIOS and load defaults, restart and then start making changes like setting sata to RAID etc.

Maybe a bad flash or may be down to the other issues i have been having with this board, i have an RMA on it due tpo it sometimes coming up with FF when i first try and turn it on or sometimes the graphics card in the primary slot isnt recognised, these are very rare but they never happened on my original E759 which i had alot longer.

my bios ver shows up as 50 in the bios instead of 49 lol...everything is working fine though it seems...no double pump with virtualization

Moltenlava

shamino

Moltenlava

EVGA_JacobF

kpablo

Still happens, you enable Turbo Performance and Memory does not set as you did in Bios. I set memory ratio to 1333MHz to have 2000MHz, and still set 800MHz.

Yes, this is expected if Turbo Performance is enabled.

Why is this necessary, Turbo Performance would be a desirable feature if it wasnt for this.  Why do you have to set the memory so low just to allow the 2x bin multiplier on 1 core to show up more?

no turbo performance has nothjing to do with turbo mode, it's just a tweak to make gulftown perf slightly faster. you can call it tweak performance, etc  just happened to think of turbo due to terminology cliches

So the fact that with Turbo Performance enabled (along with Turbo Mode, SpeedStep and CxE Function set to C6 but its Turbo Performance that makes all the difference when it comes to the frequency of the 26x multi) I see my 26x multiplier on Core 0 alot more and without having to specifically load Core 0 on its own, is just a side effect?  Its definitely caused by Turbo Performance, with just turbo mode enabled i hardly see it, infact to make the 26x multi appear on core 0 I have to populously load Core 0 but if i enabled Turbo Performance i will see it appear pretty much constantly.

Alot of other people are seeing this also, those with 920's are seeing the 22x multi on Core 0 with turbo Performance enabled which is screwing up their OC's.

With just Turbo Mode, SpeedStep and CxE Function set to C6 you basically never see the 26x multiplier (for the i7 965) on Core 0 but if you enable turbo performance you see it every few seconds and it lasts 5-10sec (roughly on my system).  Again this is without the need to specifically load core 0 with something like LinX which i had to do before or if Turbo Performance is disabled.

On a side note
this BIOS 49 totally messed up my Windows install, luckily i managed to save it by going back to an earlier BIOS (not the same one as i mistakenly flashed 224 instead of 22D), when i flashed 49 my Windows 7 install took ages to load not only the password screen but also my apps that usually appear in a blink of an eye since i have a SSD (i do have some secondary apps on a Raptor 150GB but they still dont take long to load), infact my Anti Virus wouldnt load at all, i tried several different times.

I also looked in Device manager and noticed a bunch of USB had a yellow warning sign next to them and did a couple of my USB Root Hub, when i tried to remove then reinstall the USB devices that had the yellow warning sign they wouldnt reinstall, they just lay dead.

Not sure why this seems to be an isolated incident, i have flash BIOS's many times and do it the correct way of power off the system + PSU, remove battery, leave it for 5mins, re-insert the battery, return power to system, go into BIOS load defaults, restart and load DOS using thumbdrive, flash using AWDFLASH tool, once done shut down, remove power to PSU, remove battery, leave for 5 mins, replace battery, turn on system, go into BIOS and load defaults, restart and then start making changes like setting sata to RAID etc.

Maybe a bad flash or may be down to the other issues i have been having with this board, i have an RMA on it due tpo it sometimes coming up with FF when i first try and turn it on or sometimes the graphics card in the primary slot isnt recognised, these are very rare but they never happened on my original E759 which i had alot longer.

Molten,
Did you by any chance have Windows in the AHCI drivers loaded. Cuz bios Defaults have it disabled.

WHOOOOOWWWW I cant believe my eyes, lets hope it works.

I think the problem stems from going to default before bios install, Then after the bios is installed they (including me) jump to the overclocking settings they had before the bios upgrade and find themselves unstable.
Like shimano said with turbo performance enabled your overclocking on top of an already overclocked system which causes instability.

yeah im about to reinstall vbox and test out VT

edit, just installed and started running vbox and got no error messages regarding VT, installling 64bit ubuntu now...

So either the bios is not reporting the vt enable correctly to windows or it's a dummy switch and is broken.

lcabezas

ShockTheMonky

lcabezas

mellowgeek

Just installed this update this morning and now windows 7 (x64) won't recognize that VT is enabled. Shows up in the BIOS as being enabled, but when I start Virtual PC, it isn't letting me run anything. Anyone else experiencing this?

Same here!!! My Virtual Pc won't start cause its saying that it's not on (BUT it is ON!!)  Come on Jacob can you guys test this stuff out please? (should have been tested before BIOS release!) VT is not working with this BIOS. Please check it out and tested for next BIOS. Thanks!

Just for kicks, see what happens if you disable it.

LOL! nope it didn't work either.

try a cmos clear and resetting bios options manually, i always do that and my virtualization works fine.

mrmuiz

Yes it works, THX EVGA......

your welcome

you have a pm
 

mrmuiz

EVGATech_ShannonR

mrmuiz

Yes it works, THX EVGA......

your welcome

Sorry i was happy for one reboot
After 2nd reboot, the pc went off , and i needed to remove the power cord again.
So its not fixed... sorry

Alex2190

lcabezas

ShockTheMonky

lcabezas

mellowgeek

Just installed this update this morning and now windows 7 (x64) won't recognize that VT is enabled. Shows up in the BIOS as being enabled, but when I start Virtual PC, it isn't letting me run anything. Anyone else experiencing this?

Same here!!! My Virtual Pc won't start cause its saying that it's not on (BUT it is ON!!)  Come on Jacob can you guys test this stuff out please? (should have been tested before BIOS release!) VT is not working with this BIOS. Please check it out and tested for next BIOS. Thanks!

Just for kicks, see what happens if you disable it.

LOL! nope it didn't work either.

try a cmos clear and resetting bios options manually, i always do that and my virtualization works fine.

Yep, I just cleared my cmos and re-entered my overclock manually and enabled VT but it didn't work. Jacob said they are looking into it

EVGA_JacobF

kpablo

Still happens, you enable Turbo Performance and Memory does not set as you did in Bios. I set memory ratio to 1333MHz to have 2000MHz, and still set 800MHz.

Yes, this is expected if Turbo Performance is enabled.

What does this mean?  Can you please explain what makes this "expected" behavior?  Unit a concrete explanation is provided this will no doubt remain a bug that you are unsure how to or unable to resolve as of yet.

Now, in terms of the general issues with the BIOS I will list the ones I have found below.

1. VT does not work at all any more.  Yes, there is no more double-pump on every reboot including soft reboots which is great but there is no VT enabled and VT cannot be enabled.
2. Resuming from S3 will still set CAS value of DRAM to CAS 11 regardless of the BIOS setting causing system instability.
3. Setting 2:10 DRAM multiplier does not work when Turbo Performance is enabled.
4. There is a noticeable delay during POST.

This is just what I have observed quickly.  Can we please make sure that these issues get addressed.  I have listed them here in the order of priority and highlighted the critical issues, VT obviously being the most important followed by the S3 CAS problem.  The last two are not as important though resolving #3 would be strongly desirable.

Jacob, Peter, can you please comment?

dejanh

EVGA_JacobF

kpablo

Still happens, you enable Turbo Performance and Memory does not set as you did in Bios. I set memory ratio to 1333MHz to have 2000MHz, and still set 800MHz.

Yes, this is expected if Turbo Performance is enabled.

What does this mean?  Can you please explain what makes this "expected" behavior?  Unit a concrete explanation is provided this will no doubt remain a bug that you are unsure how to or unable to resolve as of yet.

Now, in terms of the general issues with the BIOS I will list the ones I have found below.

1. VT does not work at all any more.  Yes, there is no more double-pump on every reboot including soft reboots which is great but there is no VT enabled and VT cannot be enabled.
2. Resuming from S3 will still set CAS value of DRAM to CAS 11 regardless of the BIOS setting causing system instability.
3. Setting 2:10 DRAM multiplier does not work when Turbo Performance is enabled.
4. There is a noticeable delay during POST.

This is just what I have observed quickly.  Can we please make sure that these issues get addressed.  I have listed them here in the order of priority and highlighted the critical issues, VT obviously being the most important followed by the S3 CAS problem.  The last two are not as important though resolving #3 would be strongly desirable.

Jacob, Peter, can you please comment?

I think it is great that EVGA is looking for ways for us to squeeze extra performance out of our CPUs.  But I'd really like to be able to set a memory divider and have it actually apply.  With Turbo Performance enabled I am sometimes seeing the correct memory divider, and sometimes it defaults to something lower (for me, I usually use a 2:14 divider, and am finding it often set to 2:10.) 

Guys with the VT issue, Re-examine your setting in the new bios. I'm typing this post from my VT insallation on Windows 7 x86. Everything came up fine, like before. the one thing I did notice is that the bios boot faster than the previous versions. The first post screen flashes by so fast now, you could miss seeing your hdd's. Also, if you have your HDD's in AHCI mode, Set it to that again in the new bios. It will double pump after the change, but that the only time it will. Enjoy, and thank EVGA for the fast Bios.

jgiorla

XMP fixed in this bios?

It is for me. Bios 44 did not apply the XMP profile.
 
Bios 49 does apply the XMP profile.
 
At present, running 3.352 GHz only by selecting turbo, XMP and dummy OC with an i7 920.