EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 Released

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 BETA Released (HalloweenWeed)

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:08:49 GMT

Auracle2g you posted a blank. Welcome to the forum.

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 BETA Released (Auracle2g)

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:23:38 GMT

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 BETA Released (Kanti)

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:56:16 GMT

Sounds like the new BIOS flash is causing more headaches than relieving them. I have the dreaded USB issues with my board and since EVGA "can't" or wont reproduce them I'm stuck with this over priced waste of time. next time I'm going ASUS. As far as the Mobo taking 20 seconds to start POST I can confirm that the thing does take forever just to load anything, then it takes even longer to cycle through all the prompts. If you turn on the EVGA splash screen in the BIOS it may seem like it reduces load time as you get to look at a logo while you wait for it to POST but it still takes an awfully long time.

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 BETA Released (dwillingm)

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:20:10 GMT

and not forgetting that the base VTT is now 1.2V, not 1.1V anymore

when did this change occur?

so +175 vtt in this bios = +275 vtt in SZ2X?

WOW! If this is true I cannot believe EVGA would make a change like this and not document it in the changelog! I was adding 100 more mv to the VTT and not even knowing that it is happening?? Come on now! This is unacceptable, especially since how criticical this voltage is to stability.

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 BETA Released (dwillingm)

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:12:22 GMT

This BIOS isnt working too well for me. With SZ2X bios, sleep mode works perfectly. With this bios, when I wake up from sleep, my CAS latency changes to 19.

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 BETA Released (tehHooligan)

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:24:28 GMT

i'm having problems with my dimms. I have had them overclocked (technically) to 1600 MHz and 7-8-7-20 for the last year in my board with various bios versions (dominator rated xmp 1600 8-8-8-24) After flashing to this bios, though, the memory will run at 1600 but only one stick is recognized. So I was lagging like crazy and had no idea what was up until I saw that I was using 99% of my ram. not good. Usually I use no more than 60% with the full 6GB, but I only have 2 now. Any ideas? I've been messing around and after I cleared cmos it saw the full 6GB. I'll be tinkering more and post whats up.

on an unrelated note my usb G15 keyboard used to work fine through the bios and now I have to break out my PS2 keyboard. Strange because it works at first to call up setup or the boot drive menu but doesn't work after or to tell windows what mode to boot in after a hard shut down. It's running through a usb hub on my monitor but that has never been an issue. ?

EDIT:
Sorry guys, should have read the whole thread. Someone else had the same issue. Solution: the OC presets from old bios versions arent quite compatible with this new bios version. Clear CMOS and then reset everything manually. And read the whole post before you post :)

USB keyboard issue still eludes me though. It works to call up a menu at first but doesnt work at all after that. If this is just me if might be because it's running though a hub. No idea. PS2 keyboard is always at hand at any rate.

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 Released (wxchaser)

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:21:50 GMT

Incorrect post (E760 owner).

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 Released (ShockTheMonky)

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:06:49 GMT

You've never flashed your bios before have you? The flash routine is more than a couple of flashes from the cd player. If all you got was a couple of flashes then it bootedc on through to windows then you didn't burn the iso file properly. Or did you burn the bin file instead?

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 Released (slimjim555)

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:57:03 GMT

Download 44, burned image, reset bios default but had to goto Raid 0 AND first device CD, Reboot got 2 cd drive flashes, removed cd then had to reboot and and load defaults reset raid and cd first saved then reboot and system crash , had to repair and restore. No 44 update happened. Says S71E 08-13-2008, cpu-z says 10-30-2009 what the h e l l ! I cant get this to work for me. Sys is using usb keyboard win 7 64 bit pro. Not a happy camper.

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 Released (Solaris17)

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:20:08 GMT

flashed booted ram stuck at 1066 from 1600, rebooted enabled XMP still 1066, rebooted loaded defaults set everything manually disabled "turbo performance" saved booted still 1066.....

EDIT:
Went back in took it off auto left XMP enabled manually set 2:12 ratio (1600) all works now

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 BETA Released (bnaert)

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:14:26 GMT

I had the same issue, at first i thought it was the turbo performance mode but even turning that off resulted in Vcore related BSOD's after a while. I'm now stable on this bios with a .025v jump on the vcore. Wonder what causes this.

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 BETA Released (Marc05)

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:33:01 GMT

For some reason I have to give more voltage to the CPU to get a stable clock with this BIOS. I'm on air cooling so I rather no have to increase the temp so I'm going back to SZ2Z.

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 BETA Released (Nereus)

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:20:04 GMT

Hmm. 3.6GHz (180 x 20) is stable at VCore 1.325V and VTT +250mV with 1.6V on RAM (pretty average for a C0 stepping i7-920), but beyond that it just goes vertical..

I seemed to find a relatively stable 3.8GHz with VCore at 1.4V and VTT at +300 and DIMM at 1.65V (all results are with VDroop on), but that is a whole 0.5V higher on the VCore than the SZ2R BIOS.. and not forgetting that the base VTT is now 1.2V, not 1.1V anymore... that's a significant amount of extra juice just for a BIOS update..

The core temps and VReg temp are running at about the same level now at 3.6GHz as they were before at 3.8GHz (both idle and load.. although VReg is a bit hotter now at load, strangely).

CO's are known voltage hogs, but still.. something strange here. Just mulling over going back to the old BIOS, or sticking with SZ44 but sacrificing 0.2GHz on the CPU, while retaining a relatively safe voltage level so my CPU lasts longer... or of course I could throw caution to the wind and slam the voltage through the roof for a higher clock.. LOL.. that can become an expensive activity though.

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 BETA Released (Nereus)

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:33:43 GMT

Yeah I saw that thanks, and had it turned off (also have 'normal' turbo disabled). I'm not sure what the problem is.. seems particularly since I added the SSD a few weeks ago I've been having issues.

Curse Newegg for sending me a C0 instead of D0 stepping last year. .

I guess I could continue cranking up the CPU VCore voltage into the 1.4 range, but then I'll start having additional heat issues to contend with.. also noting my VReg temps becoming a concern at these higher voltages.. *sigh*

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 BETA Released (bnaert)

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:51:16 GMT

Do you have Turbo Performance turned on? I just posted with a similar problem and turning Turbo Performance off fixed everything.

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 BETA Released (Nereus)

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:01:20 GMT

Gah.. I previously had a very stable 3.8GHz o/c on a C0 stepping i7-920 at CPU VCore of 1.35V and CPU VTT of +225mV on the SZ2R BIOS. Now I've got the 44 BIOS and I am still hitting 101 BSOD's at a CPU VCore of 1.4V and CPU VTT of +250mV with everything else the same.. this is insane.. RAM is running at stock spec only...

I recently moved to Windows7 64-bit (from Vista64), and more recently moved to a SSD for the boot drive, but that should not make this much difference, if any.. I just can't get a stable clock anywhere above 3.4-3.5GHz... wondering if I should flash back to SZ2R again.

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 BETA Released (bnaert)

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:33:13 GMT

Turning Turbo Performance on caused my previously stable OC to BSOD 124 as soon as windows started. Turned it off and everything is fine again. What exactally does this setting do?

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 BETA Released (Nereus)

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:18:23 GMT

jasonanderson

lam_das

jasonanderson
Also, I have read in a separate thread that the new BIOS changes the default Vtt from 1.1 to 1.2, so you might want to check on whether you need to adjust how much you add to your Vtt.
Why was this not documented in the CHANGELOG? This will destabilize some machines because higher VTT some times leads to instability. May be this was the cause of my recent lockup...[:-(]

I am hating Evga for not doing a good job with BIOS releases and not fixing serious issues.

This is where I read this: http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=176541

I have not seen anyone confirm this from EVGA, but I agree that if it was indeed changed it should have been documented. Since this thread is more read, maybe others will chime in on whether the Vtt changed for them. I have yet to upgrade to this BIOS. I am just not sure I would gain anything.

Just flashed to 44, and yes, with CMOS cleared / BIOS reset to defaults, although E-leet shows 1.1V on the 'Voltages' tab, the 'Monitoring' tab shows CPU VTT as 1.2V, as does Everest Ultimate.

Now I need to start clocking from scratch, but I'm too damn tired lol.

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 BETA Released (d.burnette)

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:42:19 GMT

I knew going in that getting a 758 board that would succesfully sleep would probably be a crap shoot.
But that is not a deal breaker for me - the advantages of this mb far outweight the disadvantage of not being able to sleep it , at least for me personally.
I did get a revision 1.1 758 board, and was hopefully mine would sleep successfully, but it was not to be. It will for 3 or 4 times sometimes, then boom major freeze or bsod. May be related to my X-Fi soundcard drivers, I have read they have caused sleep issues, but who knows.
Sleep just ain't that important for me, and thankfully Windows 7 is pretty darn quick on booting up.
Other than the sleep issue, this mb rocks for me, and is solid as can be, and an excellent board for overclocking.

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 BETA Released (Nereus)

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:37:51 GMT

sylon

is it right that the money i spent on this board was used to buy the beta board for the classified.

EVGA got the E758 wrong. but they did it right with the classified.

Did I / we who own the E758 get screwed? Yes we did.

Right... and by that logic, the 790i was the beta for the 758, and the Classified was the beta for the P55, and the P55 beta for the dual socket board...

I'm happy with my 758 board - yes I am.

It seems clear that EVGA were out to get you personally.

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 BETA Released (jasonanderson)

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:26:29 GMT

sylon

Squat500

Hey, sylon. Not a nice sig. You arent aware of the fact that they are doing a heck of a lot better than Nvidia, aren't you...
Also, i must add, the ethernet ports will not always show up after this flash AND with the update from windows.

is it right that the money i spent on this board was used to buy the beta board for the classified.

EVGA got the E758 wrong. but they did it right with the classified.

Did I / we who own the E758 get screwed? Yes we did.

I still believe the S3 issue is not this simple. I have a E758 1.0 board and my S3 works flawlessly. I put it to sleep every day and I think I may have had a problem resuming once or twice. I believe if EVGA had isolated the cause of people's issues with S3 they would fix it. I believe there is some bizarre combination of factors that must lead to it.

I have never regretted my purchase of the E758 board. If I had to to it over I would probably have splurged for the Classified, but it was a lot more at the time and the size of the board worried me for my case. I do not feel like I have a beta board at all.

I do hope EVGA is able to isolate the S3 problem at some point though, as it is obviously not just a few people with the problem.

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 BETA Released (tonyca3001)

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:09:40 GMT

EVGA X58 SLI
Intel Core i7 920
6GB Corsair XMS3 memory
EVGA Geforce GTS 250 1 GB
Western Digital 1T GB SATA HD
Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate

when I bring up the Computer management screen I get a lot of firmware problems, have updated chip set I realy don't know what else to try to fix the messages

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 BETA Released (sylon)

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:09:36 GMT

Squat500

Hey, sylon. Not a nice sig. You arent aware of the fact that they are doing a heck of a lot better than Nvidia, aren't you...
Also, i must add, the ethernet ports will not always show up after this flash AND with the update from windows.

is it right that the money i spent on this board was used to buy the beta board for the classified.

EVGA got the E758 wrong. but they did it right with the classified.

Did I / we who own the E758 get screwed? Yes we did.

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 BETA Released (Squat500)

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:36:08 GMT

Hey, sylon. Not a nice sig. You arent aware of the fact that they are doing a heck of a lot better than Nvidia, aren't you...
Also, i must add, the ethernet ports will not always show up after this flash AND with the update from windows.

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 BETA Released (NazcaC2)

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:17:35 GMT

I don't use hibernation, but where did you find this out to use that or was it trial and error?

tahoe916

Changed the payload size to 2048 from 4096 and it works now. Not sure why, but if you have this problem try that out!

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 BETA Released (Orici)

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:52:02 GMT

Kramer_JAM

Thanks for the informative post jasonanderson,

And confirmed........VTT voltage is defaulted to 1.20v.......glad you said this because I had setting @+150mv which moved it up to 1.35v where I have never had it before.

My CPU VVT is at 1.41V (CPUID Hardware Monitor) and i dont have this BIOS version.

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 BETA Released (tahoe916)

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:46:29 GMT

Changed the payload size to 2048 from 4096 and it works now. Not sure why, but if you have this problem try that out!

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 BETA Released (tahoe916)

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:43:21 GMT

Anyone else having sleep/hibernation issues with this BIOS? My last BIOS I think it was SZ2R maybe, everything worked perfectly. Now when I click my mouse to wake my computer I just get a blinking cursor on a black screen and I have to reboot by flipping the switch. =(

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 BETA Released (Kramer_JAM)

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:47:17 GMT

Thanks for the informative post jasonanderson,

And confirmed........VTT voltage is defaulted to 1.20v.......glad you said this because I had setting @+150mv which moved it up to 1.35v where I have never had it before.

Re:EVGA X58 SLI (E758) - BIOS 44 Released (NazcaC2)

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:40:11 GMT

The last time I heard, they were unable to reproduce these issues; don't shoot the messenger. It's pretty hard to fix something they can't reproduce.