DQ6 beta BIOS

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11-21-2006, 10:30 AM
Richard Dower

How do you guys flash bios?, Floppy/USB Floppy/@bios?
11-21-2006, 10:36 AM
Kashelz

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Originally Posted by Richard Dower

How do you guys flash bios?, Floppy/USB Floppy/@bios?

I prefer using @BIOS, I dont trust floppies anymore :D
11-21-2006, 10:56 AM
eXceeded

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Originally Posted by bingo13

There is a new beta for the DQ6. I do not think it is ready for public release yet but if it comes close after testing this week then we will try and get it released. We are trying to get any public betas in a "good enough" state so that it will not cripple your system. ;)

Gigabyte is hoping to get the DS3 F8 finalized next week and the DS4 F7 shortly afterwards. There are some code changes in the DQ6 BIOS so I do not have a date yet. I hope everyone appreciates the fact that Gigabyte is really taking your comments seriously and they are doing their best to address issues. I can tell you from my experiences with them at this time they are burning the midnight oil on quickly solving any potential issues that arise.

Haha, bingo I think you should be awarded for keeping us in contact with gigabyte. You have provided us with real facts and even hope!!! I actually do love you right now, lol.
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Originally Posted by Richard Dower

How do you guys flash bios?, Floppy/USB Floppy/@bios?

I prefer using floppies, I dont trust @bios :)
11-21-2006, 11:03 AM
badhabit

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Originally Posted by Richard Dower

New Marvell Yukon drivers for S3/DS3/DS4/DQ6 (2000/XP/x86 + x64):

http://www.marvell.com/drivers/uploa...x86_v86123.zip

Vista x86 drivers:

http://www.marvell.com/drivers/uploa..._V9.12.3.3.zip

CPU-Z 1.37.1:

http://bakkap.free.fr/Softs/cpu-z-137-1.zip

Is there a specific benefit to these new Marvell drivers?
11-21-2006, 12:05 PM
msgclb

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Originally Posted by Richard Dower

How do you guys flash bios?, Floppy/USB Floppy/@bios?

I use a floppy. I think you're crazy to use a Windows based bios flash. There are many posts here in the XS forums where their system won't boot after flashing with Windows. I don't know what these individuals do wrong but sometime in the future using Windows just might cause your bios flash to go wrong.

Does anyone know if a USB Flash drive would work? It would have to be formated as a floppy drive to use it with Q-Flash.
11-21-2006, 12:06 PM
bingo13

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Originally Posted by badhabit

Is there a specific benefit to these new Marvell drivers?

This last set slightly reduced CPU utilization and they are new. :D
11-21-2006, 12:30 PM
TheForce81

I flash with @bios, sometimes even remote (i.e. RealVNC, something liek Remote Desktop)!! Never had any problems, but I've got dual bios thus if anything would go wrong it is repairable and less dangerous for me...
11-21-2006, 12:44 PM
msgclb

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Originally Posted by TheForce81

I flash with @bios, ..., but I've got dual bios thus if anything would go wrong it is repairable and less dangerous for me...

I don't have the dual bios but I once had my DS3 go into a continuing restart with a message on the screen that it was looking for bios on the hard drive and trying to recover. It must have restarted over a dozen times before it eventually found the bios, loaded it and started with the bios that came with this board. I really felt lucky after that experience.:D
11-21-2006, 12:49 PM
Kitaps

I'm using @bios because I dont have floppy anymore.
11-21-2006, 01:02 PM
markopoleo

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Originally Posted by Richard Dower

What the hell is this HPET Support thingy seen in beta F8i for the DS3?

Go back a few pages, i posted a whole thing about it.

basically you can leave it disabled, its for "future proofing" the PC.
11-21-2006, 03:09 PM
iceblade

still having problems with usb connected devices and overclocking @ DS4 w BIOS F7b. would be very much appreciated if these are corrected in the final F7 release (along with some OC instabillity issues!) cheers ! :) Also X-FI is fixed, plz gigabyte dont mess with that :)
11-21-2006, 03:31 PM
FirePhoenixCtk

Im using the ds4(f6 bios) with 2x74gb 16mb cache raptors in raid0. 320gb seagte perp drive and a dvd drive and an ide drive.
11-21-2006, 04:53 PM
Richard Dower

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Originally Posted by badhabit

Is there a specific benefit to these new Marvell drivers?

I personally always use the latest drivers, and WHQL drivers. When i look in Device Manager i like to see drivers with a modern driver date. New drivers add things and fix things, sometimes they break things...the only way is to test and try.
11-21-2006, 04:55 PM
Richard Dower

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Originally Posted by msgclb

I use a floppy. I think you're crazy to use a Windows based bios flash. There are many posts here in the XS forums where their system won't boot after flashing with Windows. I don't know what these individuals do wrong but sometime in the future using Windows just might cause your bios flash to go wrong.

Does anyone know if a USB Flash drive would work? It would have to be formated as a floppy drive to use it with Q-Flash.

Not sure, Vista allows for bios flashing by flash drive and F6 driver install, not sure about XP.
11-21-2006, 05:00 PM
Richard Dower

HPET...got some info on this, XP users should disable this option in bios, reason is HPET is intended to work in concert with Vista. XP dosen't fully support the feature.
11-21-2006, 05:06 PM
Richard Dower

New DS3 review:

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/418/1/
11-21-2006, 05:29 PM
OnLine

A board with Micron D9 issues!?! :confused:

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2...4mem250if0.jpg

Hopefully the new official F8 BIOS will come soon and fix this issue.

:D
11-21-2006, 05:52 PM
markopoleo

Richard if you read what i posted you would know more. It has nothing to do with just vista, its a hardware based thing also.
11-21-2006, 06:22 PM
MACMAC

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Originally Posted by OnLine

A board with Micron D9 issues!?! :confused:

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2...4mem250if0.jpg

Hopefully the new official F8 BIOS will come soon and fix this issue.

:D

Details...Details! :D
11-21-2006, 08:39 PM
laziepig

@bios is crap, i can't choose which bios i wanna flash it alwaz go to the main... maybe i have to choose backup bios n run @bios again... so troublesome... with q-flash i can do it in 1 time... but this doesn't concern ds3 or s2 user as u guys have only 1 bios? i'm not sure tho
11-21-2006, 09:06 PM
markopoleo

I always use windows bios utilities. Have been for years and no problems.
11-22-2006, 01:35 AM
HamidFULL

I use @BIOS tool because I dont have Floppy but I can flash BIOS with USB Flash Drive?

PS: if anyone know that where I can find DS4 BIOS over F7b please help me
11-22-2006, 05:56 AM
OnLine

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Originally Posted by MACMAC

Details...Details! :D

See new thread! :)
11-22-2006, 06:50 AM
Richard Dower

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I've had the oppertunity to test a very early beta for the DQ6, it's F8b and dated November 20th 2006. Please note i was given this beta in confidence with the understanding i would not make it available publically or privately, as such please do not email or PM asking for said bios, it was given in good faith so as end users to bug hunt etc.

I have however been given the green light to discuss the bios and show screen shots/discuss new features etc. F8b...there are quite a few new items added, most important to me is the fact that the JMicron bios ROM has been updated to version 1.06.59 (DQ6 previously had 1.06.53), the copyright date for this bios has also changed to 2006-2007. Guess they are thinking ahead, as someone else reported with the beta F8i for the DS3, the DQ6 now also has new options in bios for HPET support (Enable/Disable + 32bit/64bit).

With HPET enabled in bios a new item was added to Device Manager, "Intel(R) ICH8 Family PCI Express Root Port 6 - XXXX", disable said option it disappears. M.I.T. has been refreshed, under the section for memory timings it now displays "SPD" data, it shows the default SPD data as reported by the memory, in my case 4-4-4-12 etc. You can still manually alter the memory timings, it's a nice addition...other then this i have not seen any major changes or additions, nor have i tried to alter my bios settings or overclock from my previous settings. I'll be testing as i go along, the one thing that i wanted to see was the Intel AHCI and SATA RAID bios ROM's being updated...they have not. God willing by the time official F8 comes this will happen.

Based on my experience to date this bios is far from finished and not for public release, i've had major issues with overclocking and increasing the FSB from normal 266 to my usual 425FSB. Basically the overclock won't take, if i shut down the PC and power up once again the PC hangs, sits there doing nothing and monitor goes black and won't POST. Only way is to push the reset button, it does POST but upon entering bios the CPU Host Clock Control is set to "Disabled", increasing (G)MCH and FSB voltages does not help. I guess this is to be expected with such an early beta, on default settings it works fine. When i have more observations or future betas become available i'll report back.
11-22-2006, 07:00 AM
MajestycX

I have DS3 and flash to F8i bios and the issue with Team Xtreem Micron D9 is not resolved, I can't pass 450fsb , dont boot...= with F7 bios....

Other problem with board is CpuZ show board bios is F3 date 11/14/2006

and everest show F8i bios date 11/14/2006, cpuz is 1.37, what is the problem??

Thanks

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