I have the rev 1 and i was able to remove the pins without breaking them, not sure about rev 2,,, did they use diferents pins?Quote:
Originally Posted by burn what?
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I have the rev 1 and i was able to remove the pins without breaking them, not sure about rev 2,,, did they use diferents pins?Quote:
Originally Posted by burn what?
I've had both boards. They have a different heatsink, but the mechanism is the same. If you want to do the least damage, try using your fingers if you feel they're strong enough for it. If not, use pliers, and if you want, wrap it in paper towels so it won't bite into the thing as hard. What you want to do is press in the clips and push it upwards. Note, you need to flip the motherboard around and approach it from below.
edit: tried for a few more hours and still no dice with my ds3. The ram will do 667 at stock 1.8v and spd just fine, so I don't see what the problem is. Hell, it'll even post at 800 and spd timings with 1.8v, or at least did in the past. Haven't been able to see a post at all for the past day. This is no good. I really need to use the computer this weekend too
I have recenly sent my dq6 board back to gigabyte is it wouldnt post hey have called me back and told me that it was due to missing 2 nodes from the north bridge??? sorry but i have no idea what they are or how they could go missing any ideas or cold someone show me what they are plz:)
Hey Ziddey, i'm wondering if you were able to fix the problem of the black screen after resetting.
I have also experienced the same problem a couple times when all the sudden the computer freeze, and if I push the reset buttom or hold down the power button and reboot, I just get a black screen with no BIOS screen or windows.
I have to switch the PSU power switch off then on to get it to boot correctly again.
I have experienced it with both F9 and F10 BIOS. Not sure if I had the problem with the F7 BIOS that the board came with.
Here are my system parts, I'm wondering if you can help me isolate the problem, thanks!
DS3 v1.0, F10 BIOS, E6300@2.33, OCZ 667 RAM, XFX 7600GS
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Originally Posted by ziddey
It disappears when you set the multiplier to 6, the lowest value. I guess when the multiplier is already 6, there's nothing EIST can do, so BIOS just hides it :)Quote:
Originally Posted by bassie
Well I lasted about 2 weeks with the DS3 rev 1, before deciding that ebnough was enough. Unfortunately its the most unstable p965 board (IMO) that you can buy. Absolutely terrible product by gigabyte.Quote:
Originally Posted by ziddey
I had exactly the same problems as you, through about 7 different BIOS releases (it shipped with F2, early board).
End of the day, its a POS. If you want to fix the problems with it, get a different board.
you guys haven't mentioned so just making sure you're trying, the shorting of the clear cmos jumper? use a screwdriver and short the 2 pins near the cmos battery for a few seconds and should boot with default settings. not sure about recovery after bad oc with f9 and f10 cause i haven't stuck with them for very long, but i know recovery with f5 and f8i is good. almost never had to clear cmos with those bios unless i got really crazy with timings or something. thanks for the tip on the nb sink.Quote:
Originally Posted by slimwallet
Any new bios?...my Gigabyte 7600GS just stopped working!...for no reason, and i have tried the card in two other machines and it works, it won't work for some reason.
I changed to the 1000W PSU (it was working with the 850W PSU) and suddenly i am getting bios beeps ( 1 long and two short which denotes a monitor and display card error).
I put in an ATI X300 and it works, i flashed to F7 bios and get the same result, no POST!
Yeah, short the pins. Even, pull the battery and short there as well. I don't have any other sticks of ram to test with, but I'm tried every combination with my two sticks. The :banana::banana::banana::banana:'s dead :(Quote:
Originally Posted by burn what?
Just an FYI; Anandtech thinks this was the 2nd best board for 2006.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dublin_Gunner
Here's the link the "Award Ceremonies" by Anandtech (1/26/07);
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2914&p=4
"AnandTech presents the Gold Editors Choice for Best P965 Motherboard to the ASUS P5B-Deluxe WiFi-AP. Their 8-phase design with completely passive cooling worked very well throughout our testing regimen. The end result is an exceptionally stable motherboard and the best overclocker among the P965 motherboards. ASUS clearly listened to the computer enthusiast when they designed this motherboard, and they provided options in the BIOS that cater to this market. ASUS also utilized the ADI 1988B HD audio solution that provided the best overall audio capability and performance of the onboard solutions. The performance results from the board were consistently near or at the top and the board never once failed or put us in a situation where the product needed to be returned. However, all is not perfect as it took several BIOS releases and a new audio driver to solve some feedback and recording issues not present on other ASUS ADI equipped boards, and some users are still reporting problems. ASUS also continues to have issues with Vdroop exceeding that of other board manufacturers when overclocking, but how much that really matters is clearly debatable depending upon your overclocking objectives. Overall, the positives of the board greatly outweigh the negatives, and while we have expressed concern to ASUS about a few issues, this remains our favorite current P965 board.
AnandTech is pleased to present our Silver Editor's Choice for Best P965 Motherboard to Gigabyte for their innovative GA-965P-DS3. Gigabyte has made a tremendous comeback in the last year when it comes to product design, reliability, and customer support. This particular motherboard completely changed our perception of Gigabyte and was a motherboard that we felt best represented the spirit of the P965 chipset. One feature that Gigabyte introduced on this motherboard that is now in widespread utilization by other suppliers is the 100% use of Conductive Polymer Aluminum Solid Capacitors. We complained bitterly to Gigabyte for weeks about the inability of this board to overclock past the 450FSB level when utilizing Micron D9 memory, and their engineering group responded with several BIOS releases with the latest now allowing the board to reach 500FSB levels. Gigabyte has recently introduced a revision two board that improves upon the original release and adds improved electricals for better Quad Core compatibility, a new heatsink design for improved cooling, and it is now Vista Premium certified. We still wish Gigabyte would have included IEEE 1394 support, more fan headers, and a new color scheme, but otherwise this board is about as solid as they come (now)."
haha what a joke
I have no flashed to an older bios, F5 and the same problem persists. The thing is...i had F9 installed and last Monday i took out the 850W Gamextreme as it was being RMA'd.
Everything was working fine, incl. my 7600GS..i hadn't tocuched nor modified my PC since then. I installed the 1000W and i get no display from the graphics card.
I've flash to both F5 and F7 to see if it's bios related, but there is no power going to the card, even when you power up the heatsinks get hot....but they are cold, as such no power to the card.
But the thing is, i have tried the 7600GS on two different desktops...and it works, and when i installed the X300 into my own PC it works, but for some reason the 7600 won't?
I am at a loss to explain this, the only variable and change is the PSU...but it *appears* to be working ok, it's powering all my hardware etc.
Exactly. Award a POS with a siver star so to speak.Quote:
Originally Posted by ziddey
Amazingly enough, Gigabyte are one of their main sponsors (check the banner on the main page)
I have already tried clearing the CMOS with putting a jumper on the 2 pins near battery, but it did not fix the problem.
I'm hoping the future BIOS will eventually fix the problem. I would really hate to RMA the board since it'll be a lot of trouble, but if it comes to that then i still have a year to RMA with newegg or gigabyte directly......
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Originally Posted by burn what?
In my opinion, they are right about the ASUS P5B-Deluxe WiFi-AP; no reason to believe that are not right about the DS3; Newegg, Asus, DFI have banners too, this doesn't mean anything; the only thing biased appears to be your comments; flame on. The GA-965P-DS3 seems to have been "innovative" for it's time and price.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dublin_Gunner
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Originally Posted by dekruyter
Apart from trying to use the damn thing. I can honestly say I have never used a more unstable board in my life.
You think its a good deal because of the price, but then you realise the lack of features, the singular fan header, and complete unreliability actually do justify the price.
So if experience with the board is considered a flame, so be it. But you're kidding yourself if you think its a decent board.
**edit
oh actually, if you look at the main banner ad on the main page, and refresh, every second as is a Gigabyte one, along with a constant Gigabyte banner on the left hand side.
So, out of the only 2 main adverts on their main page, 1 is constantly Gigabyte, the other is Gigabyte every second time.
Just got this board with an e4300 and everytime i try to install OS (Win XP Pro or media center or Vista RC1) it crashes during the completing installation phase. Has any1 had a similar problem?
I have 2 gig pc4200 mushkin
zalman 9500
was using radeon x850xt (just threw in an x300se)
standard PATA 200 gig HD
standard DVD burner etc
Just not sure why all OSes would blue screen at about the same point. The bios rev is F6. I'm trying an 805 to see if its compatibility with e4300.
I must bevery lucky,cos my rev 1.0 is stable as as a rock. Using D9's and 6400...
I'm assuming you're trying to run stock at the moment. Make sure the ram is being run at 533 instead of the 667 that stock might run it at. There's a good chance even mushkin 533 doesn't like 667 at 1.8v.
Richard, by chance, have you connected power to the 4-pin molex connector on the motherboard? To be honest, I don't know exactly what it is for but I understand it is vga related. The fact that you've changed you power supply means it's possible you've overlooked this connection. I did during a rebuild recently ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Dower
whenever i've had blue screens during installs it's either a bad cd/dvd drive or bad memory sticks. do you have a hardware diagnostic program to test? i think during the vista install you may have an option to do memory test. i do with the vista business release, not sure about rc1. it's somewhere buried a few screens in i think. i've never used it so can't say if it's a good test or not, i use something else, but worth a shot if you don't have a diagnostic program.Quote:
Originally Posted by socrilles
OR try pulling 1 mem stick and do the install, if it still bsod then try with the other stick, if still bsod then maybe bad cd/dvd drive.
ARGH so pissed off right now, finally installed my watercooling setup and find that I can't overclock anymore than I could with out it... load temps are less though. But I am only stable at 3.2Ghz with 1.575 set in bios. Board won't even boot at most frequencies, managed to get it to boot at 3.6Ghz (by just changing the multiplier from 8 to 9) and it wasn't stable even at 1.75 set in bios. Idle temp at that vcore was 40oC :O
yikes sounds like not a very good chip if it requires 1.575 to hit 3.2. maybe put it up for sale and buy another and hope for better. most conroes I've seen do 3.2 with 1.375 or less.
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Originally Posted by burn what?
Thanx for the suggestions, Vista Beta installed fine with the 805 and i flashed to rev 8, and PC is now running fine with the 4300 at 3 ghz, but can't squeeze much more out of it.
Damn, from following this thread since the beginning, you seem to have the worst luck with hardware.Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Dower