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BTW the Ripjaws X series is made for intel P67 afaik.
I had noticed the vdroop in my board, but there's no setting in the BIOS to set to help alleviate the problem. I'll try the higher vcore, but I did already try increasing it. I think its currently set to 1.4 v. Not sure, I'm not next to my system atm.
I had noticed the vdroop in my board, but there's no setting in the BIOS to set to help alleviate the problem. I'll try the higher vcore, but I did already try increasing it. I think its currently set to 1.4 v. Not sure, I'm not next to my system atm.
I also noticed the command rate being 1T and thought it was odd. Nevertheless, I did actually try 2T at one point and noticed it did not help.
Unfortunately, I did NOT try BOTH VCore 1.4V and 2T command rate at the same time. I'll give that a shot and see what happens.
Do you have a bios setting called Load Line Calibration (LLC)?
I am getting Gigabyte's advise on this issue. I have also included a URL to this thread. Hopefully some good can come of this issue. Evidently I'm not the only one. As crazy as this sounds, it does make me feel better.
to OCF!
AMD's published specs on your CPU show a vCore range of 1.25-1.475, which is why 1.375 (average + 0.0125v) was chosen for "normal". Since you've got such a bad vDrop why not try increasing the vCore to 1.40, or maybe even 1.45v, to see if that will clear up the problem?
For the Record I did try this. Same result.
I have not specifically spotted it, no. In fact, any voltage controls are listed in the previous screenshot (camera picture of BIOS), which shows ALL available voltage controls.
I have seen on some BIOSes that you need to press a key combination to access further items in the BIOS. Could this be the case here?
I have seen on some BIOSes that you need to press a key combination to access further items in the BIOS. Could this be the case here?
Maybe. Ctrl + F1
With a high end board like that I would thing there would be some kind of manual adjustment for vdrop/vdroop offset.
Still no contact from Gigabyte. Superior support services at its best...
Same here... It's been a week now with no reply. I couldn't wait any longer, so I sent the board back. Still curious to see how this turns out though.
Dear customer,
We don't have this kind known issue on our side, you may need to test with single stick memory a time on slot close to cpu, test with graphic card or power supply. If issue still persists, please refer to our warranty, whether replace mother board from the vendor or submit RMA request, let our mother board specialist check and test the complete board for you:
All motherboards carries a 3 years warranty from the date it was manufacture (according to serial number), products which was purchased within 30 days will be handled directly from your vendor/dealer, they will replace mother board. Over 30 days please log on our online RMA service http://rma.gigabyte-usa.com go to end-user click on add new request fill out the RMA request form click on submit, our RMA dept will assign RMA# and shipping instruction by email.
Best regards,
Gigabyte technical support team
CoolNQuiet shouldn't have any effect on this issue but it would be worthwhile to disable CnQ as well as C1E and any Windows power saving features like sleep and Power Saving Mode. I know there have been issues with sleep mode on some boards. I'd also disable any Turbo feature in BIOS.
That PSU is made by SeaSonic so, assuming there are no defects, it should work well for your system. However, even the best manufacturers have bad units now and then.
How about Turbo mode? It's possible your BIOS doesn't have that option but it's worth a quick check.
Also, make sure Windows is set for Performance. Don't ask me how but some people have reported downclocking even with CnQ and C1E turned off and setting Windows to Performance solved the problem both times it's happened ...
You're right - XP doesn't have it, at least not the way I'm talking about.
I just looked through your manual and I didn't see it either. Some boards have a different name for it so I thought I'd check but nope. Don't know why there would be voltage fluctuations in different cores like that ...