I can confirm this also, it only happens on a reboot/restart. If i lose the X-Fi i have to shut down and power up, the X-Fi is back again.
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I can confirm this also, it only happens on a reboot/restart. If i lose the X-Fi i have to shut down and power up, the X-Fi is back again.
are you using the updated F7 bios dated Oct 12?Quote:
Originally Posted by newls1
Quote:
Originally Posted by therat
its the updated F7 dated 10/13/2006 not 10/12
a simple mistake though.
actually the updated bios file is dated Oct 12 NOT Oct 13. The archive is dated Oct 13 (probably due to the autoexec.bat being dated Oct 13). The original bios file was dated Oct 11.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
true but when a person goes to the website it clearly says oct 13th, so it would be best to indicate that.
thats the first place people would look dont you think. you and i and some others might looka t the bios file directly but other might not, thats why i mentioned that the way i did.
its confusing to say the least.
but the updated F7 did something i cant explain, my 8x and 7x overclocks are not working anymore, i was doing higher clocks and now it wont, not even when i go back to the original F7 or the F6,,,
one thing i have never asked anyone, when flashing via DOS have any of you used the "Flash Bootblock" feature ? i have yet to do that..
this is something tha maybe some people with issues may try as it shouldnt hurt as each bios contains the bootblock, but if its not told to flash the bootblock it wont, and if your blootblock is corrupted... well you can see where you could be getting some nasty issues.
I am still having a problem with losing my X-Fi even after updating to bios of 10/12/06.Quote:
Originally Posted by therat
yep that's for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
The DS3 is the first board that I haven't flashed via DOS. I was told to use the built-in one in the bios so that's what I've been doing.Quote:
but the updated F7 did something i cant explain, my 8x and 7x overclocks are not working anymore, i was doing higher clocks and now it wont, not even when i go back to the original F7 or the F6,,,
one thing i have never asked anyone, when flashing via DOS have any of you used the "Flash Bootblock" feature ? i have yet to do that..
this is something tha maybe some people with issues may try as it shouldnt hurt as each bios contains the bootblock, but if its not told to flash the bootblock it wont, and if your blootblock is corrupted... well you can see where you could be getting some nasty issues.
ok and have you swapped pci slots
are you disabling the option "keep dmi data"
have you checked to see how many other devices are sharing that same IRQ
and your SURE you grabbed the NEW F7... the one that we talked about just above. the website shows its date as 10/13 the bios date when you right click it and look at properties is actually 10/12 and the autoexec.bat as he mentioend is 10/13
be sure your using the NEW F7
i would suggest uninstalling all drivers and software, delete the creative folder, and change it to a different slot see what happens.
There's obviously something broken with the board/bios when so many people have the same problem. though, i haven't had any trouble since updating to the original F7 bios, which i'm still using.
I actually blame creative... for not giving us a PCIE variant :)
So thats that then, new E6600 ordered + a Scythe Ninja Plus Rev. B. God willing this new combo will improve things a little.
Wonder if anyone has installed a Ninja Plus on the DQ6?
Good luck with it, Richard, I hope it all comes together for you.
Can I just recommend that when you first put it together you do a minimalist build ie CPU, one stick of RAM, Mobo, vid card and one HDD for a start. Then add your extra components one at a time, whilst continally testing your (hopefully probable) overclock, so if any problems crop up you'll be able to identify the source immediately.
(and I'd leave that buggy X-Fi till last :D )
X-Fi...bloody Creative, looked great on paper didn't it?
I'm sure it will be OK once they sort the drivers out. Even their initial release drivers had problems with random crackling and popping. Creative are usually better than that.
Ok, the updated F7 Bios let me boot at 402x7 but not stable, I couldn't even post at that before with this crap OCZ ram. But Im sitting at 375x7 now stable, before i was at 350x7.
I didn't play around with any settings to try and get 400 stable, I just put it at 400 and booted, Ill mess with it later.
Getting tired of waiting. What other cheap RAM kicks ass with the DS3? I paid $199 for my TEAM D9 kit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
Could be wrong, but from what I understand, PCI-E slots are too noisy for sound cards.Quote:
Originally Posted by eXceededgoku
They're better than what? Creative's cards have crackled and popped ever since the Live! series and maybe even before that.Quote:
Originally Posted by BiOvOrE
you cant relaly blame creative since the gigabyte boards are the only ones that have these issues.
have you guys heard of any other baords that have these issues ? i havent.
I don't blame Creative for this one. Not at all. I'm still on F4 and my X-Fi is running great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
/Soapbox mode on
The creative cards since the first Live cards have had many many issues from crackling and popping, to drivers that kill pc's to the disappearing card trick we are seeing on this forum. Just go look at their forums (they do wipe them every few months because of negative image).
Sure they make great hardware (my x-fi was seconded to none on sq and features when it worked) but their drivers suck Lestat's balls. And their technical support staff must have trained gigabytes or something cause neither of them seem to be able to even read a problem report never mind fix anything.
Also note that the x-fi disappearing act is not only on gigabyte boards, when I was testing mine I observed the behavior on an asus board (865p) and a Hp board (815e) and on many different os'es (vista rc1, rc2, xp pro, and server 2003) . So to blame gigabyte 100% is not accurate. Now that is not to say some bios miracle wont lessen the appearance of this issue but It simply will not solve creative cards issues all together.
So in short dump the X-FI for a mature card with mature drivers from creative or the onboard sound until creative solves THEIR issues.
/Soapbox mode off
you guys do realize that there are much better cards out there.
for the same price or cheaper then creative's cards.
what would those be?!
bluegears b-Enspirer 7.1
check the reviews from a few websites on google.
there are also a multitude of auiophile sound cards that would make the creative cards look like childs play.
M-Audio makes some killer Audiophile cards too
http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=...=pciinterfaces
I have a DQ6 that I have been trying out with Vista x86 (now on 5744).
The good news is that HD Audio works over SPD/IF (the Asus P5B Deluxe produced only silence) and the system works reasonably well as an HTPC. The LynxTWO-B sound card also works OK with XP drivers, although it is not part of the HD audio system.
Outstanding issues:
- Using a Samsung SATA DVD drive is tricky. In AHCI mode, on the JMicron controller, it works only as a reader. To get writing capabilities needs IDE mode, which is a pity as reading is much faster in AHCI mode;
- In earlier BIOS revisions at least, the SATA DVD was not recognised on the ICH8R in AHCI mode;
- Fast forwarding through a DVD is not as smooth as under XP/MCE2005 (with a LiteOn IDE DVD writer)
- S1 power saving mode seems to work (winking power light) although the system does not always wake from it cleanly. S3 mode seems result in a deeper sleep that wakes up less reliably (eg, cpu fan warning sounds persitently);
- Not sure what the best memory settings are. The SPD settings on the OCZ Platinum PC-6400 (800) 5-4-5-15 / 2.1v RAM are v conservative. Not sure what the optimal manual settings are (eg, voltage). I don't need to overclock, but memory bandwidth is the lowest factor in Vista's experience index. (Cpu is a E6300)
- The ATI control centre crashes Vista on startup (1600XT). Probably a driver issue, but may be a bios one;
I have yet to try the x64 version.
Like I said the last time you posted the exact same thing, please give us another card with full EAX and OpenAL acceleration, 128 voices, and an equivalent 3DHeadphone mode. There are other cards that outperform the X-Fi for home theater and audio use, but the X-Fi is the best gaming card out there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
Back on topic, GB confirmed to me that the new revision 2.0 boards start shipping from the 18th onwards, but it could take awhile for them to filter into retail. They won't be specially marked, as in retail box or packaging.
Only way is to ask or check the mobo before buying.
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Originally Posted by aldamon
im sorry but maybe you need to check the spec's on the cards ive listed.
those are studio cards and can do anything the creative cards do and better.
frankly if you knew anything about audio cards you would know that the creative cards are anything but top line cards. infact they are known in the audio community to be quite a joke.
and their support and drivers should have told you that years ago.
creatives bit rates have been and proven to been lied about and over rated.
they have never been a true multichannel card as they claimed they had been.
do some research before you make claims against a set of cards that has been proven from one end of the earth to the other to be the laughing stock of the audiophile community aside from the horrible onboard audio
So lestat honestly, if I wanted a wicked gaming sound card what would I be loooking at? Something like the XFi but not creative, and with support for all the EAX and everything
Any news on new bios updates?....be nice to get a beta for my new E6600.
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Originally Posted by eXceededgoku
EAX is what makes creative a gaming card.
they buy out whoever tries to make a better "gamers" enhancements.
look at Aureal Semiconductor.
This is simply untrue. The x-fi line finally dealt with most of the sound quality issues of previous cards, and as others have said for gaming (unfortunately) Creative has a monopoly on newer versions of EAX.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
All in all, the X-fi cards are very good if a little overpriced. If you're not going to play games or don't care about that extra 1-2% speed boost and possibly very slightly better in-game sound, then there are better, cheaper alternatives to the creative cards.
About 2 years ago, Creative released an update for the orignal Audigy and for the next year, I had no issues.Quote:
Originally Posted by aldamon
QFT.Quote:
Originally Posted by aldamon
I've owned an M-Audio Revolution 7.1, the 5.1, and an EMU 0404. The first two utilize Sensaura's 3D algs and I had an incredibly difficult time "locating folks by sound" in Halo, UT2004, or BF2. All 3 mutilated my framerate by as much as 25%. The X-Fi's new headphone alg's put folks exactly where they should be. The immersion factor increases dramatically with 128 voices and proper cans. (Not 5.1 g-wiz headsets from mouse pad manufacturers)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
This is the first time I've had an issue with the X-Fi since release. The drivers have been rock solid and choosing audio creation mode will allow for bit accurate playback. In a blind head 2 head using a PIMETA and some Sennheiser HD580's, a friend and myself picked the X-FI Xtrememusic over both "audiophile" cards. Factor in the X-Fi Elite Pro's use of 4 seperate higher quality DAC's and some of the higher end audio cards (1212M, Jubilee) will have a run for their money! IMO, the only real issue Creative's sound cards have now is disinformation. Well, that and the bullsh1t 24-bit Crystalizer...hahah...right. :lol:
BOT: This board and it's F6/F7 are the first to lose my X-Fi. I've had it on a 925XE from Abit and 2 NF SLI (3 and 4) from DFI without any issues.
I don't know if it's sad or funny that anyone would continue to seek Lestat's advice simply because it's the most frequently proffered on most subjects, when he's been proven wrong on multiple things in this topic alone.Quote:
Originally Posted by eXceededgoku
Now that's QFT.Quote:
I don't know if it's sad or funny that anyone would continue to seek Lestat's advice simply because it's the most frequently proffered on most subjects, when he's been proven wrong on multiple things in this topic alone.
Good luck finding a better gaming card than the X-FI. If someone thinks a "studio" card is better designed for gaming, then that person just needs to simmer down and find a different topic to comment on, because it's obvious that they have nothing intelligent to add.
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Originally Posted by BiOvOrE
really show me...
no need for flaming, I was just inquiring about a possibility :S... please back on topic :S
Yes please...on topic, so the Conroe is gone and shipped off to the new owner, maybe he'll have more luck then me. Stripped my PC down and started a cleaning frenzy.
Even cracked open the OCZ for a fan clean and can of compressed air for the dust bunnies, hey...did you guys know the OCZ dosen't have a sticker "warranty void if seal/sticker broken" etc.....cool!
So i just took off the cover and clean her, gave my DQ6 a good blowing (no pun intended), feels nice to have a spring clean.
:-)
Well, you seem to have great difficulty pointing out the "countless" users who have had "nothing but trouble" with their DQ6 boards... I counted two (yes 2) who have given up on their DQ6. (Even poor old Richard has kept his, and if that's not a good testimony I don't know what is.) Nor did you explain away all the good DQ6 reviews.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
Then there was the "crap bag OCZ" RAM that you then offered to "eat your words" about.
Or maybe you'd like to hand out a bit more of your discredited sound card advice?
That's 3 for 3 so far...
That's the last I'll say about it. My point is for novices/beginners/people having difficulties to seek advice from reputable sources, simple as that.
I love my DQ6!!..it's just my chip didn't do what i wanted it to do. Hell even my new chip may not be any better, but at least i gave it a shot.
I paid BIG money for the DQ6, €285...so i ain't gonna dump it for another brand, i owned five GB mobo's since the Granite Bay model.
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Originally Posted by shawn1998
oh really.
see thats where you show that you really dont know what your doing.
im not about to sit here and do the research for everyone to prove a point. a point that anyone can find for themsleves by using google for 5 minutes.
almost all the higher end cards support a form of EAX and they definately support all the dolby you can shake a stick at. and they DEFINATELY have better components and output than the audigy cards.
listen im not saying the creative cards are crap, i have never said that but people who swear by the audigy have never even looked at other cards. they have only seen the crappy cards and crappy onboard sound and when you try a audigy 2 or XFi then yes they are a helluva card, but the fact remains, and undesputed truth that there are better cards out there. they are just not truly known but the majority of the community as they are not labelled a gaming card, they are labelled an audiophile card.
that card i linked to on newegg has got outstanding reviews. both on the hardware end and the software end.
not to mention the fact that most of you dont even own speakers that you could truly tell the difference in the cards as the response range of the speakers dont allow for it.
My X-Fi works perfect, in fact it worked PERFECT on my Gigabyte nForce4 Ultra mobo...when lots of folks reported problems. The issue with the DQ6 and others was introduced in a bios update, it's nothing to do with Creative or the drivers.
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Originally Posted by Richard Dower
wow rich... 285... i dont even have to do the conversion to know thats alot of cash.
what is that in US Dollars anyways.
Guys, lets keep this on topic as the mods might move or delete this thread.
I got screwed Lestat....because i ordered from a UK website, as such Sterling, and Sterling to Euro...ooh man!
It's on sale for €225 at the moment, add to that the price on the UK website dropped like £12 Sterling FIVE days after i order the mobo.
!!!!!!!
This is the last I'll say. Look up the definition of "hardware" and "software", in reference to a sound card. Yes, even onboard sound supports eax, but only at the software level and only up to eax 2.
Supports most industrial standards of 3D sound for PC gaming, including EAX™ 1.0&2.0, A3D™ 1.0 and DirectSound™Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
Not going to cut it. Sorry.
I'm still waiting for the phantom alternative card that offers hardware acclerated OpenAL and all flavors of EAX, 128 voices, and an equivalent 3DHeadphone mode. Software emulation isn't going to cut it. Sorry. My CPU has better things to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
You say the b-Enspirer is better because of its sound quality and then you say we can't hear the sound quality differences anyway because of our speakers. Well, since the Enspirer can't accelerate all of the gaming effects the X-Fi can, I guess it's definitely eliminated then. If I want better sound quality with DD and DTS, I'll go to my livingroom.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
Thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jodiuh
Just killing time between BIOS releases. I hope nobody is offended by this discussion.Quote:
Originally Posted by eXceededgoku
Hehehehe my CPUZ is going crazy man.. check this
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/4...uzerrorjf8.jpg
I got the fastest CPU of the universe :clap:
Wow, I just upgraded to the F7 and I'm having the EXACT same issue!Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Dower
Go back to F4 if you want your X-Fi to work properly.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShOcKwAvE
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Originally Posted by Emperium
hahhahaha can you submit that to the cpu-z database ?
thats wierd.
did you guys use the "clear dmi data" option ? try flashing again and use that see what happens.
i been having issues with cpu-z 1.37 it locks my system at higher overclocks.
i had to stop using it.
:p: fine but your problem solved?Quote:
Originally Posted by Emperium
Quote:
Originally Posted by aldamon
aldamon have you looked into irq setting and such to see if you can spot anything changing from F4 to F7 ?
also guys it has been posted on another thread in another forum to go into the bios under the irq settings and reserve an IRQ for a PCI device, that pci device would be the XFi. i think a few guys replied back that it works so try that.
i also posted a rather lengthly response about the reprocussions of doing this on a whim before checking your current IRQ placements over at anandtech. so stop buy there and take a moment to read it. i have made very valid arguments to becareful when you do this as it my have a negative effect.
but only if you dont check your current irq placements prior to manually forcing the X-Fi to an IRQ.
so rea dit. the AT thread is a sticky under the mobo's section.
it seems like a valid arguement that forcing it to a single IRQ could infact work so check it out.
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Originally Posted by HamidFULL
No.. All problems still here.. waiting for a guy, he want to buy it but didint come yet :) .
Thing is, on my DQ6 and K8NXP-9 the X-Fi has it's own IRQ...that was never a problem for me, my card is also the original...not the later one with the heatsink, 'cause Creative were cheap b*stards and decided to produce a chip that generated more heat while yield increased.
So i consider my card a good one, since it dosen't need a heatsink...ooh and check out the new Falat1ty card!
$150...X-RAM minus the I/O front bay.
which board you want buy? I think P5W DH and P5B-E plus is best choiceQuote:
Originally Posted by Emperium
Quote:
Originally Posted by HamidFULL
I want to buy P5B Deluxe Wiifi edition :) .
very well board but it dont have Solid Cap I think P5W-DH or Asus CrossHair and P5B-E Plus is better choiceQuote:
Originally Posted by Emperium
P5B uses solid caps.. err.. yes ?Quote:
Originally Posted by HamidFULL
and lets be honest, switching from non solid state capacitors to the old style is not going to hurt anything. there isnt a noticeable difference when using the two side by side.
all caps do is store power so the solid one may store power more efficiently but not at such a drastic difference that solid caps are the next best thing.
they are better, but not worth writing home about.
did you read my post?!!!! I say P5B-E Plus not P5B-E :slapass:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
for find more about P5B-E Plus look :
http://zeus.asus.com/products4.aspx?...99&modelmenu=1
it uses Uses 100% All High-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors! like some of Gigabyte
Isn't Crosshair only for AM2?? And I think its don't matter if its solid or not, i'm not gonna use a motherboard 10 years or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by HamidFULL
I want a good board.. thats all :D .
sorry I am too busy today
I have received new betas and will share with you guys by tomorrow~
DS3/DS4/DQ6
pls stay tune especially for those who are having X-Fi issues
Quote:
Originally Posted by kenofstephen
\thats a good news :toast:
SYS_FAN Ken....... ***SYS_FAN*** !!!!!!!!!!
On the SYS_FAN issue...i've done battle with GB tech support about this, they are just STUPID. I don't think English is their native language...telling me my Evercool fan must be the problem, what the hell??
The damn thing is CONNECTED to the SYS_FAN header and spinning like a tornado!, i've connected both fans the the CPU_FAN header...both work and are controlled by bios.
Connect both to the SYS_FAN...tornado alley!, muppets modified the bios is what they did, put it back to the way it was!
Guys, can anyone write a Vdroop mod for the DS3/DS4/DQ6?...these Asus types have been doing alot of modding to get rid of the voltage problem. Thus should we not be banging heads to do the same?
Richard why don't you just get a damn fan controller lol? You've been banging on about this issue forever and its not going to get solved any time soon by the looks of it :S
Because i shouldn't HAVE TO!!, GB messed it up in their bios, so they should fix it!
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Originally Posted by kenofstephen
you tha man ken.
keep in touch!
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Originally Posted by Richard Dower
Rich there already is a vdroop mod for these boards its in the motherboard mod section, its been there since very shortly after the boards came out.
but the DQ6 doesnt need vdroop mod it has a wicked vcore rail.
i'd be surprised if your seeing more than 0.02v droop.
but that also depends somewhat on your PSU.
the droop mod for vcore that has been shown here and vr-zone doesnt work and infact will kill your board.
i've talked to Kuunak on this and he said do NOT do the conductive ink mod, it will fry your board.
and after what i saw happen when i tried it,, yes i believe it.
but you can also do a droop mod with a Adjustable Pot or standard 20k resistor.
but frankly and i need you to correct me here if i am wrong... the DQ6 has almost no droop already so modding is it rather pointless dont you suppose ?
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Originally Posted by kenofstephen
OH cant wait.
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by eXceededgoku
I do find the update curve not giving me any oc improvements though but maybe that's because my mobo was/isn't the weakest piece off the setup. The added mem voltage for the ds3 is nice, only thing that really bothers me is the reboot issue's and double boot issues, also the bios could set thighter subtimings on default imho, if you leave them on auto their way to high. Also, why add the full screen logo :stick: Glad I could turn it off though ;)
kenofstephen, good work getting the bugs worked out, props for the effort shown :)
How about a beta S3 bios also ken?
Martian.
the defualt timings are EXACTLY what the ram spec's out for.
even my gskill 6400 HZ's which can easily do 1100 4-4-4 or 4-5-4 but not on this board run at their defualt spd at 800 mhz which is 5-5-5-15.
at 667 they spd at 4-4-4 and the board shows that.
it reads the spd right from the ram so blame the ram companies.
I have a week 28 e6600 and have no problems being orthos stable/boot stable 9 x 400 @ 1.53vcore, idle 36 load 58, of course on a gigabyte ds3, f6 and f7 bios.
Nono I said subtimings :toast: I know spd's are programmed for compatibility though, but I'm just saying that when left on auto when I oc my ram the higher speed they run the auto settings compensates with looseing those timings to much. I can thighten them myself in the bios or through memset so it's not like the auto settings compensates for a to high oc with lower subtimings. Know what I mean now? Now this is my first intel board so go easy on me if this is normal :toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
guys Why I cant go over 1000MHz 1:1 with my Patriot DDR2-6400 Micron D9 based?
did you have same issuse?
kenofstephen Please upload new betas we need ...
Hamid,
this is the issu we have been discussing for what seems like forever.
if you have the DS3 you can't run the D9GKX ram over 950 stable. SOME and i mean that,, SOME have been able to, but 99% of those cant run that high.
if its the D9GMH then i understand it can run a little higher.
but in general your are up a creek at 1000mhz it just will not go any higher no matter what you do.
SUPPOSEDLY gigabyte has a fix for this, and this is what the F8 beta bios is supposed to fix,, but we have to wait for ken to free up some time to share it with us.
Martian,
with DDR2 they run insanely low subtimings. and there isnt alot you can do to change that, as you said on auto they are pretty lose, but even to go tighter it doesnt improve speed at all.
ther eis only 1 or 2 subtimings that can actually improve overclocking and its not like its a huge difference.
i think coolaler, freecableguy and a few others did some testing where they talked about adjusting certain subtimings, but good lord that thread is probably long gone unless someone has it in their favorites.
in general the main 4 timings with DDR II are the key. where as with DDR1 and TCCD you really had to fool around with alot of the timings to really make the ram scream. know what i mean.
but, yes i agree they are pretty lose but not much will improve by going tighter.
why we should wait until F8!!?! we need it sooner its another bad support from Gigabyte
I have 2GB Patriot DDR2-800 Micron D9 @ 1:1 1000MHz 5-5-5-12 2.0v I'm sure this is Micron D9 but I want to know which D9 any way to find which chip used without dispart Memory HeatSink?
and in this topic we found another bug with S3/DS3/DS4/DQ6 when you set Vcore lower than 1.2250v your CPU temp (idle and load both) become 15C hotter you can test with your system I hope in future BIOS Gigabyte solve this problem
for some odd reason some boot ups, i dont boot, its like it sits there and i have no beeps no display but the computers running, then sometimes it resets and then still has the same issue, or sometimes i have to sit there and re-start it and then re-start it again to make it finally work, is this a issue with others or am i the only one? i have a e6400 @ 3.3ghz, and at 1:1 ram ratio, and have 2gb of 800mhz crucial ram @ 825mhz, so i dont know whats up i never have issues in windows and i know my memory is a issue because this board doesnt like crucial, and im hoping ill get a fix.
Doesn't happen to my E6400/DS3 when I set vcore to 1.100V (temps fell 5C actually).Quote:
Originally Posted by HamidFULL
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stalk3r
his issue is his issue,, it isnt some wide spread issue that a bunch of people are having,
and hamid you will wait for F8 just like the rest of us are, i been waiting since the day this baord was released for the D9 fix so back of the bus son and wait just like the rest of us.
they have been working on this issue for awhile now and you should be happy that they have it fixed. they are just tweaking the bios.
Wait ... has the D9 memory fix happen yet? I still can't get my ram above 438 stable .... its patriot too ...
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Originally Posted by ScythedBlade
you cant get it up above 438 and your asking if it hasnt happened yet ? i think you answered your own question.
SUPPOSEDLY the F8beta has the D9 fix.... so we will have to wait and see when Ken has the time to test it on his end and then share it with us.
btw newegg has that killer biostar tforce 965P mobo in stock..
$104... yes thats right $104!!! i just ordered one, i'll have mine on friday.
wow! that's sweet!Quote:
btw newegg has that killer biostar tforce 965P mobo in stock..
$104... yes thats right $104!!!
my x-fi will not work for long on the F7 bios.
Probably gonna dump this board for the P5B
I need to use my xfi for music and games.
Yeah, it's dropped out on me twice, but flashing the bios's more work than rebooting, so I'll patiently wait. Or sell and get a P5B, hehe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazog
dazog and jodiuh
go into device manager and show me what IRQ the XFi is on and temm me what other devies are on the same IRQ.
you dont need to go into detial just the name is fine.
i had it on pci slots 1 and 2
both don't work.
putting it in 1 is not an option.
hi guys, here you go.
965P-DS3 F8a beta *Flash it at your own risk*
http://rapidshare.de/files/37285132/965pds3.f8a.html
965P-DS4 F7b beta *Flash it at your own risk*
http://rapidshare.de/files/37285251/965pds4.f7b.html
965P-DQ6 F7a beta *Flash it at your own risk*
http://rapidshare.de/files/37285407/965pdq6.f7a.html
Downloaded F8beta for my DS3.... will give news VS D9 ASAP.
BTW what is the change log for F8?
Fixed X-Fi issue, and more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charloz24
Update for me: GOOD NEWS very good news for D9 memory!!!!!
Before: wasn't able to boot above 440 fsb.
Now and still testing: easy 475 fsb and going!
At last I can now really test my Conroe!!!!!!!!!!
Right on! Can't wait to receive my board :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Charloz24
should be, cuz they have been testing with Micron D9 overclocking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charloz24
Nice one, though i see the DS4 has a more mature beta build...why should they get special treatment?
Us DQ6 owners paid top tollar for the premier model, we should be ahead of everyone else!
hey guys forgive me if this has been already answered in this thread...
i'm having trouble getting this DS3 w/F7 to be stable @ 400mhz. Is there an fsb wall at or around this speed? I have 1stick of OCZ rev2 platinium 800mhz, so i doubt that it's the ram holding me back.
vcore @ 1.4v
mem @ +.4
mch @ +.3
fsb @ +.2
orthos fails on me within 1~2 minutes.
i'm pretty confidant it's not heat, as the cpu is only @ 32c under load...
timings are @ 5-5-5-15
so either 1 of 2 things, i think
a) my cpu can't do 3600mhz
b) my motherboard can't do 400 fsb
my system specs are in my sig
1.4V in bios may not be enough for 3.6GHz, try 1.4500V, if that deosen't work try 1.4750V.
Tried the f8a bios (was on f7). Now able to do 8 x 450, unable to do it prior. Was running 9 x 400 b4. Actually can boot up 8 x 463, but not orthos stable.
Couldn't get over 440FSB myself, hopefully this new bios will change things, can't test until i build my rig again, waiting on the new 6600.