no idle bsod ever on my ud5, I have had one bsod in FSX so I upped v core to 1.37 in bios which gives load vcore of 1.385-1.39 for 4.7 ( I have a weak chip)

I am following this thread with the greatest of interest. I don't know what the answer to the idle BSOD question is but wonder how widespread it is?Kind regards,

I thought that was more an issue on Asus boards as they adjust idle vcore, gig boards idle vcore is not adjusted, and most don't bother as it seems like a pain in the __! My cpu idles at 1600, but the vcore is 1.37:( Chip is only 30 degrees on idle though.

I'm having serious BSOD issues. I get about one/day now. I haven't changed any settings though since I reached 4.5GHz (about 2 weeks). Is it possible that the system suddenly doesn't like something? Also, would a bad RAM stick produce a BSOD? If so, how can I use memtest to test all my RAM. I always get a message about the fact that I have to test it in chunks.What I'll do is go back to stock settings (load BIOS failsafe settings?) and probably reinstall Windows too.

Also, would a bad RAM stick produce a BSOD? If so, how can I use memtest to test all my RAM. I always get a message about the fact that I have to test it in chunks.

Definitly, a bad stick will cause BSOD, you can also use SuperPI at 32M to test, if you get freeze or BSOD you have a problem with your settings or one of the stick.Test only one stick at the time (in the PC) with Memtest, at least 10 passes each (time consuming) but it's the only way to know if you have a bad one.Good luck.

Alright - I loaded optimized defaults in my BIOS. I'm just gonna stick around at stock settings for a few weeks and also check out the RAM.Do you guys use the in-Windows Memtest? Or should I do the boot Cd with memtest?

Alright - I loaded optimized defaults in my BIOS. I'm just gonna stick around at stock settings for a few weeks and also check out the RAM.Do you guys use the in-Windows Memtest? Or should I do the boot Cd with memtest?

Boot CD with only one stick, if you pass take the stick out and put another one, test again like that with every stick.

I have an MSI GD65. Its fine the only problem is I can't get the damn thing to go into sleep mode. I am not going to bother replacing my mobo for the Intel sata problem bevause its a pain taking it out and replacing it.

No issues with either my original UD3 purchased on launch day, or the B3 revision. Well, outside of when I tried to push my ram or my OC too far.

Well .....the SATA defect is in full affect now -I'm still using the B2 rev.I was hoping to get a few years out of this thing ....

Haha! The sata defect has been hitting LOTS of people over the past month. Intel was obviously way off on their 15% at 3yrs estimate. I haven't had FSX installed for a month now because it wasn't isntalled when my sata ports failed.

Haha! The sata defect has been hitting LOTS of people over the past month. Intel was obviously way off on their 15% at 3yrs estimate. I haven't had FSX installed for a month now because it wasn't isntalled when my sata ports failed.

Yeah, I've been bitten. I'm a bit disappointed. Now, I did purchases this mobo a few days AFTER the "recall" - when all but a local puter store had pulled their p67 stock from the shelves - so I knew what I was getting into; however, part of my purchase decision process included what you pointed out from Intel: "15% at 3yrs estimate" ....And heck, this wasn't even a slow degradation over a 1 year period. Oh well. I wanted to keep this mobo, as it was otherwise fine. Not looking forward to the mobo change out.

Haha! The sata defect has been hitting LOTS of people over the past month. Intel was obviously way off on their 15% at 3yrs estimate. I haven't had FSX installed for a month now because it wasn't isntalled when my sata ports failed.

The 'SATA defect' only involves the 3GB ports on the MB. Who in the heck plugs anything into the 3GB ports when you have several 6GB ports? And, if you do plug something into the 3GB SATA port (why?) you will not lose any data on your hard drive and you can simply move the plug from the 3GB port to the 6GB port and continue on. It's a non-issue IMHO.Best regards,Jim

I have my OS drive taking up one 6GB/s port and my mechanical drive taking up the second 6GB/s port. With the Gigabyte boards, the two marvell 6GB/s ports are dedicated to the eSata on the back. Doesn't really leave a port for a CD/DVD drive to install FSX on the mechanical drive. Who in the heck wants a board with only half the sata ports working? Swapping boards is a non-issue IMHO.

Is it all 4 Intel SATA II ports or just 0 & 1 that fail?

It's all Intel sata 2 ports. So, you do lose 4 ports - 4 of the 6 Intel ports on the Asus Deluxe.

Ok, thanks FnN