GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD9

Product Guide
GA-X58A-UD9
 GIGABYTE’s First XL-ATX Form Factor
Length: 13.58in (345mm)

Width:
10.375in
(263.5mm)
 List of compatible cases for X58A-UD9
Vender model Dimensions Vender model Dimensions
( W, H, D) ( W, H, D)
PC-P80 220 x 633 x 641 Thermaltake Armor+ 245 x 600 x 625
Lian Li VH6000BWS
Armor+ 245 x 600 x 625
PC-P80R 220 x 633 x 641
VH6000SWA

Xaser VI 250 x 605 x 660 Armor+ 245 x 600 x 625

VG4000SNA VH600LBWS

Xaser VI 250 x 605 x 660 Armor+ 245 x 600 x 625

VG4000LSNA VH600LSWA

Xaser VI 250 x 605 x 660 Mountain Ascension *7 457 x 600 x 600

VG4000BWS Mods

Xaser VI 250 x 605 x 660 HEC 98 R9BB 230 x 530 x 535

VG400LBWS
Xaser VI 250 x 605 x 660
VG4000BNS
Thermaltake Xaser VI 250 x 605 x 660
VG400LBNS
Xaser VI 250 x 605 x 660
VG4000SWA
Xaser VI 250 x 605 x 660
VG400LSWA
 Hybrid Silent Pipe Heat Pipe Cooling
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Large Low Profile Heatspreader 7 PCI-e Graphics Slots

Onboard Power On / Reset Button Unibody Cooling Design

Unleashing Extreme Power
 GIGABYTE Unlocked Power
Delivers Maximum CPU Power

• Longer Life time

• Lower Temperature

• Better Power Efficiency

• Lower Impedance

Longer Lifetime and more Powerful

 Unlocked Power
Unlocked Performance and Overclockability

Delivering more unadulterated CPU power than any desktop motherboard

currently on the market!
 The Difference 2X Copper PCBs Make

PCB electrical waste is reduced by 50%

Improved signal quality

Reduced temperature around
critical onboard components

1 oz Copper PCB Design 2 oz Copper PCB Design

Power
Layer

Electrons Traveling Through the Copper Electrons Traveling Through the Copper

Ground
Layer
 High Quality Motherboards MUST HAVE

50,000 hr. Japanese

Solid Capacitors Longer Life time

Driver Mos Lower Temperature

Ferrite Core
Chokes Lower Power Loss

2oz Copper
PCB Lower Impedance

Durable™
GIGABYTE Ultra Durable ™ 3 Motherboards lead
the industry for quality standards
World’
World’s Best Phase Power Design

The smoothest power delivery

from the highest quality components
 World’
World’s Best Phase Power Design

Fast transient response that provides quick VRM heat is effectively dissipated by
and seamless power delivery during sharing loadings among the 24 power
extensive CPU loading phases

24 phase power Traditional VRM

VRM Design
Power delivery Excellent Poor
stability
VRM temperature Low High
Efficiency High Low
Durability High Low

Optimum power delivery with lowest thermals

Phase Power VRM Transient Response Comparison
GIGABYTE 24 Phase Power Design Other brand’s Phase Power Design

Faster response,
delivers more stable
power to CPU Slower response,
delivers unstable
power to CPU

Better!
TBD

Remain below Intel’s
specification, ensure
a longer CPU lifespan
Overshooting voltage
at high loading, easily
cause damage to the
CPU.

Better!

World’s best Power design, providing a faster transient response,

more stable CPU power and enhanced CPU life span
 Unlocked Power
Industry’s First Auto Dual Power Switching Design

•Doubling the VRM phases lifespan

•Auto Power Failure Protection

•More Energy Saving

•6 Gear Switching

GIGABYTE Unlocked Power delivers better durability and longer

component lifespan due to the industry’s first Auto Dual Power Switching
design.
 Unlocked Power
Delivering Maximum Power When Needed

Auto Dual Power Switching ensures that each set of phases share the
power workload, effectively doubling the lifespan of the phases

* For Auto Power Switching functionality, DES 2 must be active

 Unlocked Power
Industry’s First Auto Dual Power Switching Design

When Auto Dual Power Switching is activated,

2 sets of 12 power phases operate in tandem,
automatically turning on one set of 12 phases
and powering down the other 12, allowing the
non active set to rest*.
 Unlocked Power
Power Phase Boost with Multi-Gear Switching

24 power phases 12 power phases

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6

Unlocked Power Design provides dynamic 6 gear switching, regardless if

Auto Dual Power Switching is active or not
PCI-E Gen2 Bandwidth for 4-way SLI™
4-Way SLI Support via 2 Nvidia NF200 SLI Bridges

Gen2
1* PCI-E x16
1* PCI-E x8

1* PCI-E x16
1* PCI-E x8

1* PCI-E x16
1* PCI-E x8

1* PCI-E x16
7 PCIE 2.0 x16 Slots for Maximum Graphics Scalability

1
2 PCI
3 Ex
4 16
5 PCI
Ex
6 16
PCI
7 Ex
16
PCI
Ex
16

Intelligently scales graphics performance by combining

multiple graphics solutions in X58A-UD9
 3D Graphics Comparison
4/3/2-way NVDIA SLI
•CPU: Intel i7 Extreme 980 3.33G B1 (6 Cores)
•Memory: kingstone DDR3-1866 2GB x 3
•VGA: NVIDIA GTX 285 x4
•HDD: Segate 320GB
•OS:WIN7 (64bit)

4way (4*x16) / 3way (3*x16) / 2way (2*x16) VS. 1way (1*x16)

214.7%
Better !
165%
Better !

88.9%
Better !

(Score)

Note: NVDIA is constantly updating the 4way SLI driver support for performance improvement.
 3D Graphics Comparison
4/3/2-way CrossFireX
•CPU: Intel i7 Extreme 980 3.33G B1 (6 Cores)
•Memory: kingstone DDR3-1866 2GB x 3
•VGA: ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB x 4
•HDD: Segate 320GB
•OS:WIN7 (64bit)

4way (4*x16) / 3way (3*x16) / 2way (2*x16) VS. 1way (1*x16)

257%
Better !
180.9%
Better !

88.1%
Better !

(Score)

Note: ATI is constantly updating the 4way CrossFireX driver support for performance improvement.
 ON/OFF Charge
Delivers the best recharging capabilities for the
iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch

• Enables FAST Charge for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch

• GIGABYTE 3X USB power to provide sufficient charge power
• Supports charging in working state, standby, hibernate and power off
mode
Charge Your iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch Anytime

• Supports power hungry iPhone/iPad/iPod

Touch Charge from USB ports
• Charge when your PC is turned off
• Shortens the charging time by up to 40%!
 On/Off Charge Theory and Rules

On/Off Charge USB port

Supports iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch charging
while PC is in Hibernation and power off modes

Connect On/Off charge USB pin

pin--
header to front panel USB ports
 On/Off Charge Theory and Rules

S3 S4
S0 S1/S2 S5
Suspend Suspend
Working Standby Shutdown
to RAM to DISK

On/Off
Charge V V V V V
USB port

Standard V V V
USB port
* *
Other
Motherboards X X X X X

V X
Works * Device needs to be connected to PC before entering S4/S5 Doesn’t Work

Notice: Maximum 3 devices can be charged at the same time,

charge current can vary by PSU 5V stand-by spec
 On/Off Charge Comparison
Traditional Motherboards On/Off Charge Motherboards

Slow WIN !
charge
Fast
Charge
System On System On

WIN !
Fast
NO charge
Charge

System OFF System OFF

 ON/OFF Charge

ON/OFF Charge is derivative of GIGABYTE 3x USB Power

Based on GIGABYTE’s unparalleled 3x USB power boost design, plus an entirely new
hardware design, GIGABYTE ON/OFF Charge technology easily connects to your
system’s front USB 2.0 ports, providing not only normal USB 2.0 connectivity, but also
doubling as a quick charge port for your iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch, even when your PC is
turned off.
GIGABYTE 333 Technology
GIGABYTE 333 Technology

Featuring SuperSpeed USB 3.0 from NEC with superfast

data transfer rate of up to 5 Gbps.

Featuring 3X USB Power Boost from a unique hardware

design for greater USB device compatibility and stability.

Featuring Marvell SE9128 high speed SATA3 6Gbps

storage interface with superfast 4x speed when in
RAID 0 (Stripe) mode.
World’s First USB 3.0 Logo
Certified Solution From NEC
 SuperSpeed USB 3.0
5 Gbps transfer rate from
NEC USB 3.0 host controller

10X FASTER
5 Gbps speed USB 3.0 offers 10x performance gain over USB 2.0.

Instant Connect
Sync-N-Go technology to minimize user wait-time.

Optimized Power Efficiency

No device polling and lower active and idle power requirements.

USB 2.0 backwards compatibility

Devices interoperate with USB 2.0 platforms.
Hosts support USB 2.0 legacy devices.
 SuperSpeed USB 3.0
5 Gbps transfer rates
from NEC SuperSpeed USB 3.0

10X FASTER
10X FASTER !!!
!!!

USB 3.0
GIGABYE P55A Series
 SuperSpeed USB 3.0
No More Waiting

With USB 3.0, transfer a 25GB HD movie is no longer a pain…

14 minutes drops to 70 seconds only!

*Source: NEC
 SuperSpeed USB 3.0
Better Data Transfer Efficiency

USB 2.0 USB 3.0

One direction data transfer Bidirectional data transfer for efficiency

GIGABYE P55A Series
Utmost Compatibility with
3x USB Power Boost
 3x USB Power Boost
Offer USB devices More Power
Featuring 3x USB Power Boost
From a unique hardware design

USB ports power delivery comparison

Better

Better

Standard
Standard
 3x USB Power Boost
Up to 4x Lower Resistance!

Better Performance Better Compatibility

Each USB port protected by a Lower resistance fuse
dedicated fuse (up to 4x lower)
to ensure lower voltage drop

Intel X58
Express
Chipset
 3x USB Power Boost
3X Power Boost performance for USB power
by unique hardware design

Better protection via dedicated fuse on each port

More stable, less power spikes

Better USB device compatibility

Supports more USB devices through USB hub

Support power hungry USB devices

No longer requires ‘Y’ USB cable for external DVD-RW/HDD

(Before) (Now) Better

Needs 2 USB 1 USB plug
plugs to work! works!
 World’s first SATA Revision 3.0
solution provider from Marvell SE9128
 SATA 3 6Gbps
2x Faster than SATA 2, 4x Speed via RAID 0

Provides latest Marvell SE9128 high speed SATA3 6Gbps

storage interface with superfast 4x speeds by
RAID 0 (Stripe) support

Marvell 88SE9128
 Better Performance with SATA3 6Gbps
SATA 3 6Gbps beats
SATA 2 3Gbps on HD TACH performance

34% Faster ! 9.5% Faster !

9.7% Faster !
SATA 2 SATA 3 SATA 2 SATA 3 SATA 3
3Gbps 6Gbps 3Gbps 6Gbps SATA 2 6Gbps
3Gbps

(MB/Sec) (MB/Sec)

SATA3 HDD
Seagate 2TB
ST32000641AS
 Better Performance With SATA3 6Gbps
SATA 3 6Gbps beats
SATA 2 3Gbps on PC Mark Vantage Comparison

15% Faster !

SATA 2 SATA 3
3Gbps 6Gbps
(Score)

SATA3 HDD
Seagate 2TB
ST32000641AS
 Extreme Cooling Solution
External heat sink rapidly
Unique Screen Cooling transfers heat from
thermal design effectively components to outside the
reduces the temperature chassis
around the CPU zone, and
removes the heat between
NB and SB area.

Liquid Cooling system

featuring special
waterblock design and
enlarged dissipating
surface area for High performance Copper Heat
enhanced heat Pipe with sintered process,
dissipation and optimum designed for ultra efficient
flow-rate. thermal conductivity

Unique Hybrid-Silent Pipe 2 combines Air cooling and Liquid Cooling to

enable effective heat removal for near zero noise operation
 Ultra Cooling, Ultra Silent

Temperature of CPU
Zone and North Bridge
zone

Lower

Much
Lower

Works with Liquid Cooling

 GIGABYTE Unique Features for O. C.

1 2 3 4 5 6
1 • Hardware Over Voltage Control ICs
2
2
• Provides more voltage control options
for CPU, Chipset & memory than before

3 • HW linear real time voltage control, with

no delay compare to previous GPIO
controller

• Finer stepping of 6.25 mV min (0.00625V)

6 4
5
GIGABYTE X58A-UD7 motherboards
all equipped with OV control IC
 Smart Dual LAN
Blisteringly Fast and Seamless Connectivity
GIGABYTE Smart Dual LAN technology features intelligent LAN port auto-
switching between the 2 physical Gigabit LAN chips; offering hassle free,
zero downtime, high speed network connectivity.

How Smart Dual LAN Works

LAN Chip 1 encounters hardware failure, resulting in
network outage for LAN 1…
Traditional Design Smart Dual LAN

Win! Standard
Server Spec.

Users are required to With Smart Dual LAN,

reconnect the network by LAN Chip 2 automatically kicks
switching the network cable to in without requiring users to
LAN 2 physically switch the network
cable
 Smart Dual LAN
Blisteringly Fast and Seamless Connectivity
Experience blistering fast network data access of up to 2Gbps bandwidth
transmission with the Teaming function enabled, and enjoy added power
savings with the Green Ethernet feature.

Performance Enhancement with Dual

How Teaming Works
PCIE 8111D

With the Teaming function enabled, the network

68% Better!
bandwidth of both systems are grouped together,
doubling the bandwidth of up to 2 Gb/s.
Gb/s.
 eSATA\
eSATA\USB combo connectors
2 eSATA\
eSATA\USB combo connectors for enhanced
storage flexibility with no need for additional power source

2-in-1 combination connector

design capable of accepting
eSATA & USB cable plug

Power eSATA ! eSATA HDD USB drive

Provides connection between a PC and an external storage drive. Similar to existing USB
connections, but support for up to 3 Gb/s SATA data rates
 Great Connectivity
4 Total SATA ports and 8 USB ports in back panel to provide maximum
connectivity options
Coaxial and optical
S/PDIF Out connector 2 1394 ports Dual LAN

8 USB ports (USB 3.0 x2+USB2.0 x6)

Supports 2 eSATA
storage by eSATA cable
10 SATA ports on board for flexible capability
 What is Smart 6
A Smarter way for PC system Management
GIGABYTE Smart 6™ is designed with user-friendliness in mind, and offers a combination of 6 innovative software utilities that
provide easier and smarter PC system management. Smart 6™ allows you to speed up system performance, reduce boot-up
time, manage a secure platform and recover previous system settings easily with a click of the mouse button.
 Dynamic Energy Saver™ 2
World’’s most intelligent energy saving utility
World
multi--gear power phase switching
with multi
GIGABYTE Dynamic Energy Saver™ 2 incorporates a host of intelligent features that use a
proprietary hardware and software design to considerably enhance PC system energy
efficiency

Reduce power consumption and deliver optimized auto-phase-switching for

CPU Memory Chipset VGA HDD Fan
 Dynamic Energy Saver™ 2
System Energy Saving

Industry leading Power phase

PWM controller switching
maker-Intersil controller
ITE8275

Dynamic Energy Saver™ 2 controls 6 system key

components- Save More power!!!
GIGABYTE P55 series motherboards all supports Dynamic Energy Saver™ 2
 AutoGreen
Effortless power saving

Configure your Bluetooth

cell phone

To enable AutoGreen function, simply pair your Bluetooth Enabled mobile

device with Bluetooth dongle using the AutoGreen user interface.
 AutoGreen
Effortless power saving

Step away from your computer with your Bluetooth

device, and AutoGreen will automatically put your PC
into power savings mode

As soon as your Bluetooth device is within range

again, AutoGreen will automatically wake your PC
 XHD (eXtreme HardDrive)
Accelerating hard drive performance with ease
 Benefits of XHD

Easy to use
Simple ‘Plug and Play’ for instant performance boost up

Performance boost
Guarantee performance boost, Performance up to 4X faster

EZ setup
Only 2 step setup, easy, painless installation

Up 6 HDD support
Can mix up to 6 SATA HDDs for maximum boost
 XHD performance test
MB/s
More HDDs, More Performance ! 4x
Faster!

All HDD run under Write Back cache mode enable

Read Performance : (HD Tune Average Read + HD Tach Average Read + Crystal Disk Mark Sequential Read) / 3
Write Performance : (HD Tune Average Write + HD Tach Average Write + Crystal Disk Mark Sequential Write) / 3
Conclusion : eXtreme Hard Drive
 Security Leadership
Delivering the highest level of protection
from hardware failure and data theft

GIGABYTE DualBIOS™ Technology

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16

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16
How DualBIOS™ works?
BIOS H/W Boot sequence Boot
check check ON Up!
Pass Pass
Boot
Start
Backup Restore
Boot BIOS data to
Fail kick in main
BIOS

Re-start BIOS Boot Up sequence

 Powerful Audio Technologies

• DOLBY Support
Delivers vivid surround sound for music, movies, and
games, using two to eight speakers or any set of
headphones

• ALC889 Codec
High-performance DAC (Digital-Analog Converter) with
108 dB Signal-to-Noise ratio playback quality

• Blu-ray Support
Enables high quality Full Rate Lossless Audio for Content
Protected media
 GIGABYTE Alert LED Design
User Friendly Alerts at a Glance
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Overvoltage Alert LED Lig
1( l2
(M 3 (H
l l
L e ve eve eve
L L 4 sets of OV-
OV-Alert LEDs
indicating the overvoltage level of the
CPU, Memory, North Bridge and
Real MB Image South Bridge to prevent component
damage

1 2 3 5
Overclock Alert LED el vel vel vel 4 vel
L ev Le Le Le Le OC-
OC-Alert LEDs
indicating the level of CPU
overclock.
overclock. The higher the
Real MB Image overclock level, the greater
number of LEDs light up.

Low High

Above 80oC
Temperature Alert LED 2 sets of TMP-
TMP-Alert LEDs
indicating the temperature level of the
Real MB Image CPU and North Bridge
Between 61~80oC
 Features of X58A-
X58A-UD9
Intel 32nm 6-
6-core processors
Supports the latest Intel® Core i7 LGA1366
processors featuring QPI 6.4 GT/s

Revolution Multi-
Multi-Phase Power Design
Smart 24 power phase design with auto failure
protection

7 PCIe 2.0 x16 slots for maximum expansion

capability
4 Way SLI with 2 nF200 SLI bridges & 4 Way
CrossfireX support for ultimate graphics
performance

USB 3.0 Support

Supports newest NEC SuperSpeed USB 3.0 with
superfast transfer rates of up to 5 Gbps

eSATA\
eSATA\USB combo connectors
Supports 2 eSATA\USB combo connectors for
enhanced Storage flexibility with no need for
additional power source

GIGABYTE Smart Dual LAN

Smart Dual LAN with intelligent LAN port auto-
switching enabling zero down time network
connection
Features of X58A-
X58A-UD9
On/Off Charge
Unique On/Off Charge delivers the best recharging
capabilities for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch

Support for 3 channel DDR3 memory

50% increase in bandwidth to 192 bits for even
greater memory performance

GIGABYTE Patented DualBIOS™

DualBIOS™ Technology
2 Physical BIOS ROMs onboard providing double
protection against BIOS corruption or damage

12 SATA Ports with RAID (10 onboard, 2 rear)

Supports 12 devices without the need for drivers to
be installed before being fully operational

SATA 6 Gbps Support

Provides newest Marvell SE9128 high speed
SATA3 storage interface with superfast 6Gbps link
speeds

Onboard Debug LED

Simplifies motherboard troubleshooting by identifying
and displaying error codes
 Specification of X58A-
X58A-UD9
Processor Internal I/O Connectors
Intel Core i7 processors in socket LGA1366 2 x Serial ATA 6Gb/s connectors
8 x Serial ATA 3Gb/s connectors
Chipset 1 x 24-
24-pin ATX power connector
Intel X58 Chipset 2 x 8-
8-pin ATX 12V power connector
South Bridge: Intel®
Intel® ICH10R 2 x 4-
4-pin PCIe 12V power connector
NEC USB 3.0 controller 1 x IDE connector
Marvell 9128 SATA 3 controller 1 x IEEE 1394a connector
T.I IEEE 1394 controller 3 x USB 2.0/1.1 connectors (supports 6 ports)
2 x RTL8111E LAN controller 1 x S/PDIF In header
8 Channels ALC889 Audio controller 1 x S/PDIF Out header

Memory Rear I/O Connectors

Supports 3 Channel DDR3 with 6 DIMM slots 2 x eSATA/
eSATA/ USB Combo connector
2 x USB 3.0/2.0ports
Expansion Slots 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
4 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 2 x LAN ports
3x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 1 x clearing CMOS button
1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector
Form Factor 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
XL-
XL-ATX 6 x audio jacks
Length: 13.58in - 345mm
Width: 10.375in – 263.5mm 2 x IEEE 1394a connector
PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse
Leader in Motherboard Innovation