Problem
I decided it would be a good idea to upgrade my BIOS today. It turns out it wasn't such a great idea. Despite diligently checking what revision of EX58-UD3R motherboard I'm using and making a backup of my BIOS, I failed to notice a small box in Gigabyte's flash utility that reads: "Load CMOS default after BIOS update".
I really don't understand why anyone would ever want to Load CMOS defaults but the position I find myself in now, is that all the tuning that was done to my PC by the company that built it is now lost and I don't have a clue how to get it back like it was.
While I understand that I can't expect anyone here to take the time to walk me through each setting and that there's a lot of good information on this site that I'll just have to read and learn, I wonder if any of you experienced overclockers might be able to take a look at some of my BIOS settings to make sure that my current settings aren't going to damage my PC please.
Specs & CPU-Z Report
CPU: Intel Core i7920 @2.67
GPU: Asus GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC 2GB (332.21 drivers)
RAM: 6GB DDR3 (3 x Corsair CM3X2G1600C9)
SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 (BIOS Version FK)
A CPU-Z report is here:
BIOS Screenshots
IMGUR Album with BIOS Screenshots
BIOS Questions
1) My CPU was overclocked to 3779.57 MHz. To get back to this, is it simply a matter of using a 21x multiplier and increasing BCLK?
2) I feel like I could change "Init Display First" to PCIE x 16-1 because I have my graphics card installed in the first PCIE slot and surely it must be a PCIE card?
3) I have enabled "Extreme Memory Profile", which sounds like it does something exciting but do I need to learn how to overclock my RAM also, or is what I have here good enough?
Very sorry for the noddy questions but really would appreciate any help please!
I decided it would be a good idea to upgrade my BIOS today. It turns out it wasn't such a great idea. Despite diligently checking what revision of EX58-UD3R motherboard I'm using and making a backup of my BIOS, I failed to notice a small box in Gigabyte's flash utility that reads: "Load CMOS default after BIOS update".
I really don't understand why anyone would ever want to Load CMOS defaults but the position I find myself in now, is that all the tuning that was done to my PC by the company that built it is now lost and I don't have a clue how to get it back like it was.
While I understand that I can't expect anyone here to take the time to walk me through each setting and that there's a lot of good information on this site that I'll just have to read and learn, I wonder if any of you experienced overclockers might be able to take a look at some of my BIOS settings to make sure that my current settings aren't going to damage my PC please.
Specs & CPU-Z Report
CPU: Intel Core i7920 @2.67
GPU: Asus GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC 2GB (332.21 drivers)
RAM: 6GB DDR3 (3 x Corsair CM3X2G1600C9)
SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 (BIOS Version FK)
A CPU-Z report is here:
CPU-Z TXT Report
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Binaries
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CPU-Z version 1.67.1.x64
Processors
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Number of processors 1
Number of threads 4
Timers
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ACPI timer 3.580 MHz
HPET timer 14.318 MHz
Perf timer 2.602 MHz
Sys timer 1.000 KHz
BCLK timer 133.23 MHz
Processors Information
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Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 4 (max 8)
Number of threads 4 (max 16)
Name Intel Core i7 920
Codename Bloomfield
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 1366 LGA (0x1)
CPUID 6.A.5
Extended CPUID 6.1A
Core Stepping D0
Technology 45 nm
TDP Limit 130 Watts
Core Speed 2797.8 MHz
Multiplier x Bus Speed 21.0 x 133.2 MHz
Rated Bus speed 2398.2 MHz
Stock frequency 2666 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T, VT-x
L1 Data cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 4 x 256 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L3 cache 8 MBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
Turbo Mode supported, enabled
Max turbo frequency 2933 MHz
Max non-turbo ratio 20x
Max turbo ratio 22x
Max efficiency ratio 12x
TDC Limit 110 Amps
Core TDP 110 Watts
Uncore TDP 20 Watts
Power @ 12x 43 Watts
Power @ 13x 50 Watts
Power @ 14x 57 Watts
Power @ 15x 66 Watts
Power @ 16x 76 Watts
Power @ 17x 87 Watts
Power @ 18x 100 Watts
Power @ 19x 114 Watts
Power @ 20x 130 Watts
Max bus number 63
Attached device PCI device at bus 63, device 2, function 0
Attached device PCI device at bus 63, device 3, function 4
Chipset
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Northbridge Intel X58 rev. 13
Southbridge Intel 82801JR (ICH10R) rev. 00
Graphic Interface PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width x16
PCI-E Max Link Width x16
Memory Type DDR3
Memory Size 6 GBytes
Channels Triple
Memory Frequency 532.9 MHz (2:8)
CAS# latency (CL) 8.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 8
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 8
Cycle Time (tRAS) 20
Row Refresh Cycle Time (tRFC) 60
Command Rate (CR) 1T
Uncore Frequency 2131.7 MHz
Memory SPD
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DIMM # 1
SMBus address 0x50
Memory type DDR3
Module format UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Corsair (7F7F9E0000000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3-10700H (667 MHz)
Part number CM3X2G1600C9
Number of banks 8
Nominal Voltage 1.50 Volts
EPP no
XMP yes
XMP revision 1.2
AMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 6.0-6-6-16-23 @ 444 MHz
JEDEC #2 8.0-8-8-22-30 @ 592 MHz
JEDEC #3 9.0-9-9-24-34 @ 666 MHz
XMP profile XMP-1600
Specification PC3-12800
Voltage level 1.650 Volts
Min Cycle time 1.250 ns (800 MHz)
Max CL 9.0
Min tRP 11.25 ns
Min tRCD 11.25 ns
Min tWR 15.00 ns
Min tRAS 30.00 ns
Min tRC 50.63 ns
Min tRFC 110.00 ns
Min tRTP 7.50 ns
Min tRRD 7.50 ns
Command Rate 2T
XMP timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage)
XMP #1 6.0-6-6-16-27-2T @ 533 MHz (1.650 Volts)
XMP #2 9.0-9-9-24-41-2T @ 800 MHz (1.650 Volts)
DIMM # 2
SMBus address 0x52
Memory type DDR3
Module format UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Corsair (7F7F9E0000000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3-10700H (667 MHz)
Part number CM3X2G1600C9
Number of banks 8
Nominal Voltage 1.50 Volts
EPP no
XMP yes
XMP revision 1.2
AMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 6.0-6-6-16-23 @ 444 MHz
JEDEC #2 8.0-8-8-22-30 @ 592 MHz
JEDEC #3 9.0-9-9-24-34 @ 666 MHz
XMP profile XMP-1600
Specification PC3-12800
Voltage level 1.650 Volts
Min Cycle time 1.250 ns (800 MHz)
Max CL 9.0
Min tRP 11.25 ns
Min tRCD 11.25 ns
Min tWR 15.00 ns
Min tRAS 30.00 ns
Min tRC 50.63 ns
Min tRFC 110.00 ns
Min tRTP 7.50 ns
Min tRRD 7.50 ns
Command Rate 2T
XMP timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage)
XMP #1 6.0-6-6-16-27-2T @ 533 MHz (1.650 Volts)
XMP #2 9.0-9-9-24-41-2T @ 800 MHz (1.650 Volts)
DIMM # 3
SMBus address 0x54
Memory type DDR3
Module format UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Corsair (7F7F9E0000000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3-10700H (667 MHz)
Part number CM3X2G1600C9
Number of banks 8
Nominal Voltage 1.50 Volts
EPP no
XMP yes
XMP revision 1.2
AMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 6.0-6-6-16-23 @ 444 MHz
JEDEC #2 8.0-8-8-22-30 @ 592 MHz
JEDEC #3 9.0-9-9-24-34 @ 666 MHz
XMP profile XMP-1600
Specification PC3-12800
Voltage level 1.650 Volts
Min Cycle time 1.250 ns (800 MHz)
Max CL 9.0
Min tRP 11.25 ns
Min tRCD 11.25 ns
Min tWR 15.00 ns
Min tRAS 30.00 ns
Min tRC 50.63 ns
Min tRFC 110.00 ns
Min tRTP 7.50 ns
Min tRRD 7.50 ns
Command Rate 2T
XMP timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage)
XMP #1 6.0-6-6-16-27-2T @ 533 MHz (1.650 Volts)
XMP #2 9.0-9-9-24-41-2T @ 800 MHz (1.650 Volts)
Storage
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Drive 0
Device Path \\?\ide#disksamsung_hd103sj_________________________1aj100e4#5&33353cd8&0&0.0.0#{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}
Type Fixed
Name SAMSUNG HD103SJ
Capacity 931.5 GB
SMART Support Yes
Drive 1
Device Path \\?\ide#disksamsung_ssd_840_evo_250gb_______________ext0bb6q#5&4f7d517&0&3.0.0#{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}
Type Fixed
Name Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB
Capacity 232.9 GB
SMART Support Yes
Display Adapters
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Display adapter 0
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
Revision A2
Codename GK104
Technology 28 nm
Memory size 2 GB
PCI device bus 1 (0x1), device 0 (0x0), function 0 (0x0)
Vendor ID 0x10DE (0x1043)
Model ID 0x1184 (0x8465)
Performance Level 0
Core clock 1136.6 MHz
Memory clock 3505.5 MHz
Win32_VideoController AdapterRAM = 0x80000000 (2147483648)
Win32_VideoController DriverVersion = 9.18.13.3221
Win32_VideoController DriverDate = 12/19/2013
Software
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Windows Version Microsoft Windows 7 (6.1) Home Premium Edition 64-bit Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)
DirectX Version 11.0
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Binaries
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CPU-Z version 1.67.1.x64
Processors
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of processors 1
Number of threads 4
Timers
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
ACPI timer 3.580 MHz
HPET timer 14.318 MHz
Perf timer 2.602 MHz
Sys timer 1.000 KHz
BCLK timer 133.23 MHz
Processors Information
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Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 4 (max 8)
Number of threads 4 (max 16)
Name Intel Core i7 920
Codename Bloomfield
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 1366 LGA (0x1)
CPUID 6.A.5
Extended CPUID 6.1A
Core Stepping D0
Technology 45 nm
TDP Limit 130 Watts
Core Speed 2797.8 MHz
Multiplier x Bus Speed 21.0 x 133.2 MHz
Rated Bus speed 2398.2 MHz
Stock frequency 2666 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T, VT-x
L1 Data cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 4 x 256 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L3 cache 8 MBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
Turbo Mode supported, enabled
Max turbo frequency 2933 MHz
Max non-turbo ratio 20x
Max turbo ratio 22x
Max efficiency ratio 12x
TDC Limit 110 Amps
Core TDP 110 Watts
Uncore TDP 20 Watts
Power @ 12x 43 Watts
Power @ 13x 50 Watts
Power @ 14x 57 Watts
Power @ 15x 66 Watts
Power @ 16x 76 Watts
Power @ 17x 87 Watts
Power @ 18x 100 Watts
Power @ 19x 114 Watts
Power @ 20x 130 Watts
Max bus number 63
Attached device PCI device at bus 63, device 2, function 0
Attached device PCI device at bus 63, device 3, function 4
Chipset
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Northbridge Intel X58 rev. 13
Southbridge Intel 82801JR (ICH10R) rev. 00
Graphic Interface PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width x16
PCI-E Max Link Width x16
Memory Type DDR3
Memory Size 6 GBytes
Channels Triple
Memory Frequency 532.9 MHz (2:8)
CAS# latency (CL) 8.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 8
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 8
Cycle Time (tRAS) 20
Row Refresh Cycle Time (tRFC) 60
Command Rate (CR) 1T
Uncore Frequency 2131.7 MHz
Memory SPD
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DIMM # 1
SMBus address 0x50
Memory type DDR3
Module format UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Corsair (7F7F9E0000000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3-10700H (667 MHz)
Part number CM3X2G1600C9
Number of banks 8
Nominal Voltage 1.50 Volts
EPP no
XMP yes
XMP revision 1.2
AMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 6.0-6-6-16-23 @ 444 MHz
JEDEC #2 8.0-8-8-22-30 @ 592 MHz
JEDEC #3 9.0-9-9-24-34 @ 666 MHz
XMP profile XMP-1600
Specification PC3-12800
Voltage level 1.650 Volts
Min Cycle time 1.250 ns (800 MHz)
Max CL 9.0
Min tRP 11.25 ns
Min tRCD 11.25 ns
Min tWR 15.00 ns
Min tRAS 30.00 ns
Min tRC 50.63 ns
Min tRFC 110.00 ns
Min tRTP 7.50 ns
Min tRRD 7.50 ns
Command Rate 2T
XMP timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage)
XMP #1 6.0-6-6-16-27-2T @ 533 MHz (1.650 Volts)
XMP #2 9.0-9-9-24-41-2T @ 800 MHz (1.650 Volts)
DIMM # 2
SMBus address 0x52
Memory type DDR3
Module format UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Corsair (7F7F9E0000000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3-10700H (667 MHz)
Part number CM3X2G1600C9
Number of banks 8
Nominal Voltage 1.50 Volts
EPP no
XMP yes
XMP revision 1.2
AMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 6.0-6-6-16-23 @ 444 MHz
JEDEC #2 8.0-8-8-22-30 @ 592 MHz
JEDEC #3 9.0-9-9-24-34 @ 666 MHz
XMP profile XMP-1600
Specification PC3-12800
Voltage level 1.650 Volts
Min Cycle time 1.250 ns (800 MHz)
Max CL 9.0
Min tRP 11.25 ns
Min tRCD 11.25 ns
Min tWR 15.00 ns
Min tRAS 30.00 ns
Min tRC 50.63 ns
Min tRFC 110.00 ns
Min tRTP 7.50 ns
Min tRRD 7.50 ns
Command Rate 2T
XMP timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage)
XMP #1 6.0-6-6-16-27-2T @ 533 MHz (1.650 Volts)
XMP #2 9.0-9-9-24-41-2T @ 800 MHz (1.650 Volts)
DIMM # 3
SMBus address 0x54
Memory type DDR3
Module format UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Corsair (7F7F9E0000000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3-10700H (667 MHz)
Part number CM3X2G1600C9
Number of banks 8
Nominal Voltage 1.50 Volts
EPP no
XMP yes
XMP revision 1.2
AMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 6.0-6-6-16-23 @ 444 MHz
JEDEC #2 8.0-8-8-22-30 @ 592 MHz
JEDEC #3 9.0-9-9-24-34 @ 666 MHz
XMP profile XMP-1600
Specification PC3-12800
Voltage level 1.650 Volts
Min Cycle time 1.250 ns (800 MHz)
Max CL 9.0
Min tRP 11.25 ns
Min tRCD 11.25 ns
Min tWR 15.00 ns
Min tRAS 30.00 ns
Min tRC 50.63 ns
Min tRFC 110.00 ns
Min tRTP 7.50 ns
Min tRRD 7.50 ns
Command Rate 2T
XMP timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage)
XMP #1 6.0-6-6-16-27-2T @ 533 MHz (1.650 Volts)
XMP #2 9.0-9-9-24-41-2T @ 800 MHz (1.650 Volts)
Storage
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Drive 0
Device Path \\?\ide#disksamsung_hd103sj_________________________1aj100e4#5&33353cd8&0&0.0.0#{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}
Type Fixed
Name SAMSUNG HD103SJ
Capacity 931.5 GB
SMART Support Yes
Drive 1
Device Path \\?\ide#disksamsung_ssd_840_evo_250gb_______________ext0bb6q#5&4f7d517&0&3.0.0#{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}
Type Fixed
Name Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB
Capacity 232.9 GB
SMART Support Yes
Display Adapters
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Display adapter 0
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
Revision A2
Codename GK104
Technology 28 nm
Memory size 2 GB
PCI device bus 1 (0x1), device 0 (0x0), function 0 (0x0)
Vendor ID 0x10DE (0x1043)
Model ID 0x1184 (0x8465)
Performance Level 0
Core clock 1136.6 MHz
Memory clock 3505.5 MHz
Win32_VideoController AdapterRAM = 0x80000000 (2147483648)
Win32_VideoController DriverVersion = 9.18.13.3221
Win32_VideoController DriverDate = 12/19/2013
Software
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Windows Version Microsoft Windows 7 (6.1) Home Premium Edition 64-bit Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)
DirectX Version 11.0
BIOS Screenshots
IMGUR Album with BIOS Screenshots
BIOS Questions
1) My CPU was overclocked to 3779.57 MHz. To get back to this, is it simply a matter of using a 21x multiplier and increasing BCLK?
2) I feel like I could change "Init Display First" to PCIE x 16-1 because I have my graphics card installed in the first PCIE slot and surely it must be a PCIE card?
3) I have enabled "Extreme Memory Profile", which sounds like it does something exciting but do I need to learn how to overclock my RAM also, or is what I have here good enough?
Very sorry for the noddy questions but really would appreciate any help please!
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