GA-965P-DS3 new beta BIOS F4a

[Benny Lodewijk]

just received new BETA BIOS F4a for Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3.
Please use at your own risk !

Download here (http://www.geocities.com/benny_nejkt/965pds3f4a.zip)

[FUGGER]

Thanks link.

[Stalk3r]

Changelog?

[tictac]

Thanks... :toast:

[clone38]

Any good?

[ArcTan]

can someone rehost it somewhere else besides geocities
or even put it up as an attachment here if possible

already exceeded it's limit

[vkbms]

here it is....

http://rapidshare.de/files/27777019/965pds3f4a.zip.html



;)

[mikael999]

Anybody who have tried the new bios and can tell a difference ?

[mearle73]

Anybody who have tried the new bios and can tell a difference ?


No,still no mem/dividers

[ArcTan]

here it is....

http://rapidshare.de/files/27777019/965pds3f4a.zip.html



;)awesome thanks :toast:

[Brahmzy]

Thanks! Wonder what changed? Hopefully the RAID issues...

[ocZZZ]

and guaranteed 450fsb+/3.6ghz on all 6400's :)

[Brahmzy]

Hey LESTAT?!?!?! Why don't you load up this new F4a BIOS and check the PIO/IRQ crap that you're experiencing?

[Richard Dower]

Does Lestat have some issues with forum members or something?

(not starting a flame war, just curious)

[aldamon]

Does Lestat have some issues with forum members or something?

(not starting a flame war, just curious)

Lestat is a little abrasive, but I've seen worse.

[Brahmzy]

Does Lestat have some issues with forum members or something?

(not starting a flame war, just curious)

No flaming here...in fact I find most of Lestats posts to be very informative. I was planning on RAID0ing my 2 new WD74ADFD's on my DS3 and he brought up that there are issues with PATA optical drives when you do this.

I was hoping this BIOS could solve those issues.

I'll find out tomorrow as my retail E6600 will be in my hands tomorrow!!!!

Woohoo!!!

[darkandlong]

If anyone can comment on the IRQ and x9 multi issues after flashing I'd appreciate it.

[Richard Dower]

Brahmzy...may i ask what firmware comes with your Raptors?, and the manufacture date?, if you have such info to hand.

[Lestat]

Lestat is a little abrasive, but I've seen worse.


heheh im a bastard and dont you forget it!!

lol

im not so bad when things are good. but when things are bad i can get ugly.



i'll try this bios on lunch here in about 15 minutes and report back.

gigabyte has denied any wrong doing by putting the majority of the hardware on 2 IRQ's so that right there,they fell back down the technical latter when they said that to me. thats just idiotic.

anyways im happy to test and let everyone know.

[Brahmzy]

Brahmzy...may i ask what firmware comes with your Raptors?, and the manufacture date?, if you have such info to hand.


Sure - they're just sitting here doing nothing...

MDL: WD740ADFD - 00NLR1
DATE: 10 MAY 2006
DCM: HBCA2AB

Both are the same...and I even recieved my two $30 rebate checks in the mail 2 weeks ago. That's how friggin' long I've been waiting to build this dang Conroe box.

[gundersausage]

Can you set the memory below 1:1 yet?

[HeadShotWI]

heheh im a bastard and dont you forget it!!

lol

im not so bad when things are good. but when things are bad i can get ugly.



i'll try this bios on lunch here in about 15 minutes and report back.

gigabyte has denied any wrong doing by putting the majority of the hardware on 2 IRQ's so that right there,they fell back down the technical latter when they said that to me. thats just idiotic.

anyways im happy to test and let everyone know.

Actually ACPI handles multiple devices on the same IRQ very well. This is a common occurance with windows xp.

[Lestat]

im not talking about multiple devices, im talking multiple resource hungry devices. multiple usb hubs/port, video and lan all on one IRQ.
you can tell things aint right when your mouse starts dragging.


here's a new piece for us E6600 owners.

START RAISING THAT FSB PAST 400!!!!
new bios.... new speeds....... :)

*edit* maybe not lol

410 in the bios bootable. but no higher. 415 via windows and im out of time gotta head back to work.
it aint much but its a start

[cliffy]

New bios hasn't done nothing for me:( looks like i am going to have to wait a little longer for the bigger overclock

[Lestat]

only thing i saw physically int he bios was the addition of the cpuid lock at 3. for legacy os's.
or have i just not payed any attention to that from the F3 bios.

i hit 410 then the system would reboot and NOT turn off this time it would just cycle the pre-post stages where your cdrom's cycle. but thats all.
so ill have to reset the cmos tonight when i get home. which entails swpaping ram out.
but my ocz stuff showed up so ill swap with that and see how well it does.

as for anything else, i imagine it was just some slight issues resolved.
i will have to reload to check the IRQ situation i believe.
which i dont mind,
give me a chance to set raid again to check the PIO mode thingy also.

[rattsabre]

CPUID lock was in F3. Only difference I've noticed is this bios seems to give my ram better latencies for some reason, 3-4-4, vs the 3-5-5 it stated before.

[logigamer]

Can you set the memory below 1:1 yet?

i think no, but i hope it will be add soon. i must try it

[Brahmzy]

Thanks Lestat, please do check the RAID/PIO issue out tonight. :)

My E6600 gets here tomorrow, so I will be building away...

[775911]

Whats so hard about setting lower ratios, this is a cheaper budget board and my ram wont go far beyond 333mhz I believe. That might hold back performance in itself of course but I'd rather deal with that when I get to it

[EJTREM3]

i whant my conroe :(

[ste]

I've still got the issue with the DVD Rom in PIO mode with Raid enabled and cas latency is still being set to 3 when using the system multiplier 4 option :(

[logigamer]

here it is....

http://rapidshare.de/files/27777019/965pds3f4a.zip.html



;)
Get your own Premium-account now! Instant download-access! (Or wait 56 minutes)

... maybe another site?

[AcUaViVa]

no D6Q bios?

[mascarilha]

Get your own Premium-account now! Instant download-access! (Or wait 56 minutes)

... maybe another site?


?????????

you have to choose FREE and in next page enter the CODE, its instant download :slapass: :slapass:


regards

[xgman]

no D6Q bios?
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=109455

[logigamer]

?????????

you have to choose FREE and in next page enter the CODE, its instant download :slapass: :slapass:


regards
normaly yes, U have right BUt i dont have any code to insert ... i know rapidshare

[mascarilha]

normaly yes, U have right BUt i dont have any code to insert ... i know rapidshare


?????????????

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/9008/bioseo2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)






regards

[Haltech]

Im hosting it..

BIOS F4A (http://www.venomousmofo.com/XtremeSystems/BIOS/Gigabyte/DS3/965pds3f4a.zip)

[Lestat]

pio mode is not fixed guys.

i believe more now after playing around that this is a driver issue.
which doesnt surprise me
JMicron is a very low budget substandard chipset used on cheaper motherboards. or by companies who don't want to pay Intel's royalties for using the ICH7/8 SATA/IDE controller.

and did you people even try the link posted in the first post ? you didnt otherwise you'd know its a direct link to the download he is hosting on his geocities webspace.

[Richard Dower]

I agree, they should have used a Silicon image 3132 controller and dumped IDE altogether...who needs it?

I have SATA opticals.

[775911]

Ive brought a PCI IDE raid, sounds like I'll definetly be needing it.


I remember people doing custom bioses for socket A, mantaray and others. Is that still possible?


Not everyone can use Rapidshare. Depends if your isp has proxies, etc which then requires you have alternative arrangements

[Lestat]

you have sata opticals huh good luck with that.

i and everyone else fails to see the reason to pay 100+ bucks for a jacka$$ retarded plextor drive since there are only like 3 on the market and they are all upto 3x's more than the same ide drive.

dump IDE get real kiddo, ide is years from being dead.

[Richard Dower]

Plextor are FAR from retarded, Plextor have always commanded a premium price, from the days of the Plextor Premium and 8MB cache.

There are four models with SATA interface, 712SA/716SA/755SA/760SA...the best of the bunch is the 716SA, you can pick up a 712SA in Europe for €47!

[darkandlong]

Plextor are FAR from retarded, Plextor have always commanded a premium price, from the days of the Plextor Premium and 8MB cache.

There are four models with SATA interface, 712SA/716SA/755SA/760SA...the best of the bunch is the 716SA, you can pick up a 712SA in Europe for €47!

The 716SA is better then the newer 755SA and 760SA?

[Haltech]

SATA opticals suck ass.

[Lestat]

Plextor are FAR from retarded, Plextor have always commanded a premium price, from the days of the Plextor Premium and 8MB cache.

There are four models with SATA interface, 712SA/716SA/755SA/760SA...the best of the bunch is the 716SA, you can pick up a 712SA in Europe for €47!


you can go ahead and buy a plex drive if you dont mind updating the firmware every week since they release about 100 different firmwares until the things work right.

that and they are WAYYYYYYYYYY overpriced.
Lite-On kicks their arse in price, and they are the same if not higher quality in my eyes. i still have my original 5yr old lite-on drive and it still works to this day.

anyways get real. IDE is far far far from dead.
sata is nearly mainstream for hard drives but like i said when 3 people make sata dvd drives that has to tell you something doesnt it?

there is no speed increase,
they have issues when booting from a cdrom
other than that i dont know much but know for a fact here in the states you cant buy one for under $100.

[theteamaqua]

is this 4a any good?? more clock??

[Brahmzy]

I'm afraid my 2 Raptor WD740ADFD's will not be doing RAID0 like I'd hoped-I just don't want to have to :banana::banana::banana::banana: with stuff. I even bought 2 IDE/SATA adapters but don't feel like messin' with 'em. I'll wait a few months or so when/if Gigabyte fixes this gheyness.

[theteamaqua]

i wanna go higher ... i hope F4 is soo much better in OCing

[Richard Dower]

The 716SA is better then the newer 755SA and 760SA?

IMO yes, the only real difference to say the 755A and 716SA is 716 has 8MB buffer while the 755 has 2MB.

The DL write has been increased to 10x and the 755, check the specs over at www.plextor.be

[horrorwood]

If you have a google/gmail account then go to http://pages.google.com

You can upload stuff there and then link to it.

[dinos22]

i wanna go higher ... i hope F4 is soo much better in OCing
nah mate didn't do anything for me

[gundersausage]

How do you flash this bios? I load the file 965pds3f4a and it says it cant find it?