been 2 hours since updated, Plays some heavy games. did VM, no BSOD's. Weird
 

zalbard
Doesn't BSOD for me, either. VT implementation is definitely flawed, though.
Looking forward to testing another release candidate. :)

I made a wish last night for a new BIOS and it came through Here's a teaser


Testing continues
 
Update 1:
 
Stock Settings (E759, Rev 1.0, i7 970 Gulftown processor, 12GB DRAM at 6-7-6-18-72-1T) - VT Disabled in BIOS

• Setting in BIOS working - PASS
• XP Mode not working - PASS
• Ubuntu in VirtualBox not working - PASS
• VT stays disabled after soft restart - PASS
• VT stays disabled after full shutdown and power-up - PASS

Stock Settings (E759, Rev 1.0, i7 970 Gulftown processor, 12GB DRAM at 6-7-6-18-72-1T) - VT Enabled in BIOS

• Setting in BIOS Working - PASS
• XP Mode working - PASS
• XP Mode enabled, then disabled, then enabled again working - PASS
• Ubuntu in VirtualBox working - PASS
• Ubuntu in VirtualBox after running XP Mode working - PASS
• XP Mode after soft restart working - PASS
• Ubuntu in Virtual Box after soft restart working - PASS
• VT stays enabled after soft restart - PASS
• VT stays enabled after full shutdown and power-up - PASS
• VT stays enabled after S3 - PASS

Overclocked Settings (E759, Rev 1.0, i7 970 Gulftown processor, 12GB DRAM at 6-7-6-18-72-1T) - VT Enabled in BIOS
VT operating same as without overclock - PASS

Other Tests

• S3 resume - PASS
• Consecutive S3 resume - PASS
• VT stays enabled after S3 resume - PASS
• VT stays enabled after multiple consecutive S3 resume - PASS

More to come tomorrow!
 
Update 2:
 
Overclocked Settings (E759, Rev 1.0, i7 970 Gulftown processor, 12GB DRAM at 6-7-6-18-72-1T) - VT Enabled in BIOS

• VT stays enabled after extended use - PASS

• VT stays enabled after extended use and multiple reboots/shutdowns - PASS

• VT stays enabled after S3 resume and extended use - PASS

Other Notes

• If using MSI Afterburner to overclock graphics cards the system may crash or hard-lock following S3 resume (it may or may not happen immediately).  This is not related to S3 resume but rather the fact that MSI Afterburner incorrectly restores the overclocked profile following resume from sleep.  It only restores the clocks but not the corresponding voltages causing potential crashes.  A workaround for this bug is to hot-key your profile overclocked profile and apply it after resuming from sleep, or alternatively if unstable immediately after resuming to hot-key the default profile and apply it before going to sleep followed by reapplying the overclocked profile after resuming from sleep. 

Update 3
 
Other Tests

• S3 resumes after extended sleep (7+ hours) - FAIL

Notes: It appears that at least on my setup waking from extended S3 sleep does not work correctly.  Video and keyboard are not restored and a hard reboot does not fix the problem.  The only solution is to hard reboot followed by a full power down and then power up.  This restores everything to normal functionality and the system boots as though nothing happened.  However, I can say with pretty good certainty that the CPU, board, hard drives, mouse, and OS itself did restore as Windows reports an improper shutdown at next successful boot.

The ability to name the profiles would be a nice feature.
Like asus did: 
 
Always being disarranged having them in mind...

I am also wondering whether it's done by EVGA or yourself. Please enlighten me! PM or post it here, please.

You mean Evga has finally nailed the VT issue....Bravo!

dejanh

lam_das
You mean Evga has finally nailed the VT issue....Bravo!

At the risk of finding issues through further testing I will go out there and say yes, it looks like they did.

I wonder why they did not do a beta with that version and get more testing from most folks on this forum.

dejanh

lam_dasI wonder why they did not do a beta with that version and get more testing from most folks on this forum.

Unfortunately, I think most people do not know how to properly test things and would falsely report things as working or not working without actually being able to reliably back up their claims with proper tests.

martigen

dejanh

lam_das
You mean Evga has finally nailed the VT issue....Bravo!

At the risk of finding issues through further testing I will go out there and say yes, it looks like they did.

Wooohoo! Will await the final release for all mobo versions.

Thanks for your dedication dejanh, and thanks EVGA for a BIOS with VT working properly :)

*dances*

I've now been using the beta for about 12 hours on pretty continuous basis with no issues.  That is a very good sign.  Every test I throw at it is working like a charm.  The BIOS appears solid to me, but I will continue to test it and post/send feedback

RaptorX86

Other problems found in bios 81  (My mobo 170-BL-E762-A1)

- Sometimes when I reset the bios to default, the card starts, but after the initialization of the JMicron, the screen stays black and freezes.

- Sometimes when you press ctrl alt del to change the boot, the card part, but when press Delete to enter the bios restarts continuously.

- With pen drive kingston, sometimes, the second JMicron crashes and freezes the bios and you have to press reset to restart the card.


I hope, can be of help!

Ok, I did not understand any of that...can you try to explain a bit better.  I can understand that English is probably not your native language but it is hard to get help if we cannot understand what you are asking.

But what you do not understand?
 
These short sentences, and do not understand what is not understandable.

RaptorX,
Yes it is clearer. Are you overclocking a bit high? It sounds like system unstability to me when you only have intermittent problems. I sure have not observed any of this.

rafale
RaptorX,
Yes it is clearer. Are you overclocking a bit high? It sounds like system unstability to me when you only have intermittent problems. I sure have not observed any of this.

@RaptorX - I have to second this.  This does not sound BIOS related.  Keep in mind that it could be BIOS "related" in the sense that overclocks and settings sometimes need to be redone moving from older to newer BIOS.  Just because there was a profile that was stable and worked on an older BIOS does not mean that it is on a newer BIOS.  Typically, I redo and re-test all of my overclocks and settings from scratch after a major BIOS update.

bios 82 should be available soon, it is already ready and I think it is good bios this time!

dejanh

boldencrazy
bios 82 should be available soon, it is already ready and I think it is good bios this time!

It's good for me so far   I could not get it to display any fault yet.

Can u categorically and unambiguously state that double pump is fixed for good and VT still works?

Thanks dejanh for the update. I can't wait to get this new BIOS, since I had the same issues as you did. I'm guessing you're working with Jacob via emails.