F7b only shows 3 core on my Q6600.Quote:
Originally Posted by allen41547
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F7b only shows 3 core on my Q6600.Quote:
Originally Posted by allen41547
Hi , whats the best bios for overclocking q6600 on p35 Dq6 ?
Having some problems with my board , anything past 1.5ish vcore and it seems to get unstable , perhaps some component on mb getting warm ? Im running 4x1GB pc8500 ballistix around stock speeds atm seems to work fine. increased mch and
vfsb voltages slightly just to take that out of the equation. I can boot 4 ghz at 1.6v bios setting but prime95 crashes instantly but heres the strange part the same thing happens at 3.8Ghz 1.6v but 3.8 1.5v primes for 20 minutes before one of the cores fail. Cpu gets kinda hot at 1.6v quadprime around 70c measured with intel tat , speedfan and everest. Coretemp crashes the rig instantly for some reason.
I actually think your CPU is overheating and thus making Prime shut down.Quote:
Originally Posted by Getttosmurf
You said it yourself with the "3.8Ghz 1.6v but 3.8 1.5v primes for 20 minutes before one of the cores fail." -statement.
That is probably the reason for one core shutting down.
I guess you need more cooling!
I see you have 4xBallistix. Which ones do you have? An image or a link perhaps? Are they running fine and how high have you reached with 4 of them ?
Yeah i was thinking its a cpu heat problem but its kinda strange since i see people running 1.5-1.55v on air and im on a decent watercooling setup and cant run 1.55v.
I have the pc8500 non tracers havent tested them much yet but 600Mhz 5 5 5 15 2.20v seems ok 520Mhz is stable around 2.05v havent tested lower voltage yet. Theres a thread about them here http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=143009
Quote:
Originally Posted by Klimpen
The new BIOSes had some errors over 1.5vcore I my memory serves me right. I'm using F7d now, but haven't had time for OC latly, so I don't know if its any better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Getttosmurf
F9 bios is working great with P35-DS4 rev 1.0 :D Actual voltages are now in bios and there is also option for loadline calibration. With it enabled I could clock higher than bios F6. Also noticed that now cpu-z shows 1.520-1.536V load when 1.575V set in bios :up: With bios F6 cpu-z showed 1.504-1.520V when priming.
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/6...uistit4wl8.gif
i wonder if loadline calibration is coming to p35c board bios. anybody know? i wish gigabyte would communicate more with us.
I am new to overclocking. This is the first time I haver ever bought hardware with overclocking in mind
So this is what I put together
Gigabyte P35-DS3R Rev 2.1
Intel E2160
2 GB OZA PC 6400
Had it all set up on the table open system and was testing different settings. I was able to get the system up to 3.2Ghz stable and cool using 355 FSB vcore at 1.47 and memory multiplier at a 2.4 ratio giving me a small overclock on the memory
Took it all apart & put everything back together this time inside my case. Reinstalled the OS while playing around with Raid options.
About a week latter I noticed that the system felt a bit slow so I ran CPUZ to see if the overclock was still in place. The system was back at 1.8Ghz.
I quickly ran back to the BIOS to reset the overclock but the bios is set correctly. the system is just ignoring the FSB setting. now I cab set the FSB anywhere from 200 -700 with no affect on the CPU clock in post
What have I missed or done wrong?
Could the move to the case have caused this somehow?
Is it possible one of the component of the broad is damaged ?
Should I be considering the RMA approach?
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I can not get a reply form the Gigabyte support
thanks
Jonx
take battery out for a few minutes make sure no power going to the board
:) Yes !!!!!! I'm back in the game
Zsamz Thank you very much I have been searching the web for almost two weeks.
BTW just for interest is there a difference between removing the battery and resetting the Bios with the jumper
Thanks
Jonx :)
well thanks alot peeps yous are very friendly in here!
you welcomeQuote:
Originally Posted by jonxm05
yes big difference
in worse cases you gotta leave battery out for a few hours even overnight till all juice drains out of the board
Got a DS4 from NewEgg today and its a rev. 2.1. I noticed when I started it up it had flashing LEDs on the MB. Board come with F8 Bios. I was looking for an updated bios on Gigabytes website but I do not even see a rev. 2.1 on there. Is 2.0 the same bios?
So tested some more, tried really relaxed memtimings and standard mode instead of turbo and some other settings and managed to prime for an hour at 3.9Ghz 1.5v but then i tried playing cod4 and got an instant shutdown , no bluscreen no freeze. Tried 3.8Ghz
3.7Ghz etc and i keep getting these shutdowns not the usual bsod or freeze = ( anything past 3.6Ghz no mather what settings. Really whised there was a 1:1 setting so i could take the memory out of the equation , altho memtest runs fine.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Getttosmurf
so basicly the loadline doesnt do nothing major, just makes the vcore closer to bios setting and it doesn't eliminate the vdroop.Quote:
Originally Posted by Family man 72
Quote:
Originally Posted by road-runner
Thank you for the info road-runner.
Anyone know the current best BIOS for the DS3P? I'm still running on the F4 BIOS that came with it
The best one that I've ran is the F7b beta bios. Station-drivers had it, but they were having some connectivity problems a few days ago, so I put it up on Rapidshare. My post with the link should be a page or so back.
i see. thanks for the version
btw, does anyone know how to control the fans on the mobo? my s-flex is way too loud for my liking in this open air rig...
It doesn't eliminate droop totally; it is now 0.016, With F6 bios droop was 0.032. So it is working :yepp:Quote:
Originally Posted by Millyons
You know, the most annoying thing about the P35-DS3R is that it undervolts the CPU even at stock. I see 1.17 v when Primeing. As such, I can't get as much of an overclock with normal votage settings, meaning that I can't get a sweet 3.2 GHz without increasing the volts, which in itself means no nice power-save C1E idle voltage.
I was messing with a G33-DS2R yesterday and found that it has much nicer voltage delivery. Of course, I was just running a E6750 @ 3.2 GHz; no quad core there. Stock volts, 8x400 is a nice, cool, ultra-speedy setup though.
I have tested the F7b on the P35 DQ6 with a QX9650. There is a lot of issues : impossible to clock over 4Ghz in the bios (with setfsb, yes) and there is problems with the vcore : sometimes, I have to change the value of the the vcore (for example, if I have 1.4V, I need to use 1.42V or 1.38V...) because it is impossible to load windows.
In other ways, ocing results are not bad : with water cooling : max fsb with my qx9650~470mhz, 3dmark06@10x465mhz@1.6V, spi1M@4750mhz@1.6V, prim95 10h@4300mhz@1.49V
Gigabyte seems to be not hurry to release a news bios for the P35 DQ6 :mad:
I have a question for the people who have a p35-ds4:
I have been running memtest86+ on it (usb legacy disabled) with 3 different sets of corsair CM2X1024-6400C4 and then I tried the Crucial Ballistix BL2Kit12864AA804 and they both failed, both with using the pc35-ds4 default configuration, and with the optimized configurations that are recommended by the memory companies website.
However, I never noticed any crashing while playing games, errors when encoding videos or winraring my project files. I looked upon their faq and it seems like it doesn't give out false positives.. should I be concerned?
I was wondering if anyone else was having the same problems, and if memtest86+ ver 1.70 is giving me false positives.
Thank you in advance!
Interesting...What board revision, and what BIOS?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryouko
I have a Rev.2.0 F9b and just tried running memtest86+ v1.7 on some Crucial Ballistix PC2-6400 that previously passed with flying colors...this time they started popping up errors immediatly. I backed off my speeds/timings, but it did not help. They previously passed without error on F7 & F8...
Consequently, I just completed an RMA request last night for a G.SKILL 2x2GB PC2-8000 kit I just got from newegg last week because they were failing memtest the same way (even with relaxed speeds/timings).:down: Now I'm thinking maybe they're OK.
I think I may try flashing back to F8 and see if the problem remains.:shrug:
I have the rev 2.0, bios ver F9 (2007/11/30), I unfortunately didn't run memtest86+ ver 1.7 while I had the F7 bios so that's why I kept exchanging those memory sticks. I felt bad for doing that and thinking it was the ram.
I'm not too sure how I would be able to downgrade my bios- I wasn't able to update the bios update through the bios but through the gigabyte bios web update program (@bios)... I tried to update it through Q-Flash, but never got it to work...
I hope it's the bios and if it is a fix might be in the works! :)
Quote:
Originally Posted by miahallen
Some motherboards of GIGABYTE GA-P35-series have two PCI-E graphics slots. Intel P35 chipset officially supports ATI CrossFire, but it enables only x16+x4 lines configuration. It's not so bad as some radical benchers can think, here are some tests for example:
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/...e_performance/
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2837
IMO, the deifference between x8+x8 or x16+x16 and x16+x4 isn't so huge to worry about. CrossFire support problems from games are more serious.
Just sent this too Gigabyte:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryouko
Quote:
System Configuration
VGA Brand : Nvidia Model : eVGA 8800GTX
CPU Brand : Intel Model : Q6600 Speed : 2.4GHz
Operation System : n/a SP :
Memory Brand : Type : DDRII
Memory Size : various Speed : various
Power Supply : 500 W
tested four different sets of memory:
(x2) 2x1GB Crucial Ballistix PC2-6400 @ 800MHz 4-4-4-12 2.2V
(x1) 2x1GB Corsair Dominator PC2-8500 @ 1000MHz 5-5-5-15 2.2V
(x1) 2x2GB G.SKILL PC2-8000 @ 1000MHz 5-5-5-15 2.1V
tested by pairs & with individual DIMMS. Results never varied.
This is a bug report for GA-P35-DS4 Rev.2.0 ***F9 BIOS***
Running the popluar memory diagnostic tool "memtest86+" v1.7 results in numerous "false positive" errors. Errors always occurring during test 1 and/or test 2 and always at address "0007feedf18" regardless of memory brand/size/configuration. I flashed back to the F8 BIOS and memtest86+ v1.7 runs without issue.
Please refer to the "more detailed configurations" section for more information on tested memory.
I also briefly tested memtest86 v3.2 with the same "false positive" errors.
F8 BIOS
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...n/IMG_2899.jpg
F9 BIOS
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...n/IMG_2898.jpg
Well, I had a bad BIOS flash on a GA-965 DS3 and had to get something Quick. I went to ComUSA while they're having their Going Out of Business Sale. I bought their last GA-P35 DS3L because it was $87. It's a pretty nice board but made for Basic systems only. Example, only 4 SATA headers but at least it adds a fan header (now 3) while my old one only had two.
I'll eventually use this one for my HTPC that will not be overclocked and built more for quiet running without water cooling.
I didn't even do a fresh install. I just installed it over the other board's drivers and only removed the software. It's actually slightly faster than the old board. It has ZERO compatability problems with the X-Fi.
With computers, timing is everything. That new features for Hybernation and Timers, even Quicker start up. HPET or High Precision Event Timer.
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/CEC/mm-timer.mspx
At first I thought something was screwed up. My computer seemed to have shut down, no flashing power lid light. Nothing running. So I pushed the power button and it woke up from sleep, *deep sleep mode in about 4 secs.
I think I'm going to like this:D
I have sent back 4 or 5 sets of memory because of failing memtest, 2 sets were so bad that Folding quit working, nothing but errors. The other sets just showed to fail memtest. These were on different boards, the DQ6 and DS3R. I have not tested any on the DS4 yet as I have not had errors with folding...Quote:
Originally Posted by miahallen
That P35-DS3L is super popular at Newegg, I've seen. Sells out often. I would've actually bought one for my bro, but it was sold out. They are very similar to DS3R, but almost $40 cheaper.
That reminds me: I got a P35-DS3R 2.0 recently. It was interesting to see because I have a 1.0, and they are very different. Instead of the serial and parallel ports, you get 4 more USB ports. The headers are still there for the legacy ports if you want them. I actually do use parallel because I have a old laser printer that I'm not getting rid of until it stops working. The USB-to-parallel adapters really are a pain to use.
I sent them my information as well but haven't gotten a response back from them. I'll have to wait until they get another bios update since I never got the q-flash to work for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by miahallen
They responded earlier today with this:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryouko
I wrote back with this:Quote:
No issue with bios below F9?
Any settings overclocked?
How about running it at default specs?
Then I flashed back to the F9 BIOS and re-ran the tests with the "fail-safe" settings, and the "optimized" settings, just to cover all my bases.Quote:
"No issue with bios below F9?"
No, F7 & F8 work fine, no issues found.
"Any settings overclocked?"
I've tried overclocked, underclocked, and rated speeds for all components with the same results in memtest. I even tried the Crucial Ballistix, rated at 800MHz 4-4-4-12 2.2V, at 800MHz 5-5-5-15 2.2V (underclocked) and still got the same errors with F9. With F8, I can run at 1200MHz 5-5-5-15 2.2V without errors.
"How about running it at default specs?"
Set everything at factory rated spec, still got the same errors in F9.
"Ryouko" alearted me to the issue in post #1823 of the Gigabyte P35 thread (page #73) at XtremeSystems Forums...feel free to read our discussion here (toward the bottom):
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...142340&page=73
He has had similar results:
"I have been running memtest86+ on it (usb legacy disabled) with 3 different sets of corsair CM2X1024-6400C4 and then I tried the Crucial Ballistix BL2Kit12864AA804 and they both failed, both with using the pc35-ds4 default configuration, and with the optimized configurations that are recommended by the memory companies website."
fail-safe:
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...9fail-safe.jpg
optimized:
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...9optimized.jpg
This might be a stupid question, but is the DS4 and DS3P similar enough that you can use a DS4 BIOS on a DS3P?
No, not similar enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChronoReverse
Gigabyte has contacted me again:
So now we play the waiting game once again...at least they are not denying the problem (not yet at least ;) ).Quote:
revert back to the F8 bios for now, we will examine the F9 bios
Certainly a weird issue you guys having with new bios versions. I am keeping an eye on this one.
Hopefully same issue wont show up in the P35-DQ6's F7 final bios if they ever release the final version. F7 bios has been in beta stage for as long as I remember. I am starting to think they actually decided not to bother with F7 final. :stick:
BTW the GSkill 2x2GB F2-8000CL5D-PQ kit I recently recieved is rated for 2.0v - 2.1v I get these readings in everest and EZTune with this bios setting.
http://i1.tinypic.com/7xdnhb8.jpg
http://i12.tinypic.com/6sixkiu.jpghttp://i13.tinypic.com/6twkdfl.jpg
To be on the safe side I am inclined to believe everest. I am not sure how sensitive to overvolting these chips on the GSkills are. I think I might just overvolt them a wee bit to reach 1037 or 1045 if possible to go with my CPU OC not going crazy on voltage this time. Anyone happened to read reports of these sticks not tolerating 0.1 above rated voltage?
I had my retired dominator 8500s under 2.4v CL4 with dominator airflow fans. It was fun while it lasted. :p: 3 months I guess. I knew it was going to be a short ride but I couldn't resist the temptation of getting the 8888C4DOMS performance out of them. Maybe I was trying to make way for the new 2x2GB kit. ;)
Did you read EnJoY's review?Quote:
Originally Posted by SySTaXer
I just ordered two sets a couple days ago....looking forward to being at 8GB in Vista x64 :cool:Quote:
Overall an excellent set of memory both for the user on a budget, as well as the enthusiast. These sticks proved to be excellent overclockers, even though they may not be breaking any records any time soon. They also ran extremely cool, and could definitely be run without a fan even at 2.2v without getting hot to the touch.
So far, so good. I'm liking mine. The Newegg like Price is the reason it was the last one in the store:up: It's a great Basic board and I needed something quick.Quote:
Originally Posted by swaaye
Newegg
I'm waiting for better prices on other items at CompUSA.
can anyone give me some guidance on how to setup raid on a p35c? i've never done this and the terminology in the manual is new to me? i would like to setup a raid 0 with 2 160 gig drives just so my games load faster. i plan on giving windows it's own drive. it's raid worth it or is it a hasle?
Bios f9 Failing memtest for me also.....Test #3 "0007feedf18" thirty errors and counting.Back to F8 :down:
That is very interesting...:confused: Did you test with fail safe or optimized settings?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr.Bones
Yes, it is a long time that Gigabyte release the last bios for the DQ6 and it is not a final version. Some people have no problem with the F7b, but not me. I can not boot over 4Ghz with the qx9650. If I use the vcore in manual, I have to change his value each time I boot otherwise I can not load windows :shakes:Quote:
Originally Posted by SySTaXer
I have ordered a maximus formula yesteday :down:
I did :shakes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Family man 72
Quote:
Originally Posted by miahallen
I just received GIGABYTE-GA-P35-DS3R Rev 2.0 and been doing orthos on this for 2 hours so far and it works great with tuniq
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=284032
1.392V Load
2.1V VDIMM
I plan to run that 24/7, I am a gamer and care about stability. Going to 3.6 GHz yield a whopping 12 points in 3DMark06 and it's not worth the extra voltage/temps.
Stock score with EVGA 8800GT 512MB SC of 12,209, will oc the card for over 13k :) this is vista home premium 32 bit
flashed with F9 BIOS works great so far
HI guys,
I have a ds3p p35, does it work with new cpu 45nn like 8400?
thanks
Its the App not your overclock that's the problem. 3DMarks is merely meant for checking like setups, not a Contest. It doesn't really correlate to any real-world app. If you really want to see more speed, Dump Vista and test real apps.:up:Quote:
Originally Posted by BTK
But I don't care about benchies, I game........yes most people here like to bench but not me
Cool:up:Quote:
Originally Posted by BTK
Penryn should work on this board.Quote:
Originally Posted by diablos
Please post your complaints on the F9 bios in the following thread:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryouko
http://forums.tweaktown.com/showthre...253#post246253
It's the GigaByte forum and they have Gigabyte people monitoring the theads. Responses are never steller however at least it gives visability to the problem.
Indeed......I ran both and it Failed BAD....went back to F8 and let it run for about an hour.Passed without a problem:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Family man 72
I emailed Gigabyte to let them know that the 7B bios gave me issues, the response is pretty cool.
There response:Quote:
From : xxxx
Sent : 12/8/2007 22:21
Question : BIOS 7b only enables 3 cores on my Q6600.
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Model Name : GA-P35-DS3P(rev. 1.1)
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M/B Rev : 1.1
BIOS Ver : 7b
Serial No. :
Purchase Dealer : MSY
C/tick Number :
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VGA Brand : inno3d Model : 8800gt
CPU Brand : Intel Model : Q6600 Speed : 2.4
Operation System : Win XP 64-bit SP : 2
Memory Brand : g.skill Type : DDRII
Memory Size : 2x1gb Speed : pd8500
Power Supply : 850 W
They are on the ball.Quote:
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your kindly mail and inquiry. About the issue you mentioned, please follow the steps below taking off the on-board battery to leak voltage to clear CMOS then try again later.
1) Turn off power.
2) Remove the power cord from MB.
3) Take out the battery gently and put it aside for about 10 minutes or longer. (Or you can use a metal object to connect the two pins in the battery holder to make them short-circuited.)
4) Re-insert the battery to the battery holder.
5) Connect power cord to MB again and turn on power.
6) Press F1 to enter BIOS and load fail-safe defaults setting.
7) Save changes and reboot the system.
At last, if there is any further question or suggestion about our products/service, please do not hesitate to contact us. We will try to help you to resolve them as soon as we can.
Best Regards,
GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY
who is the best bios for P35-DS3R.. rev 1.0 ?
i`m with F9 but he is not good from my opinion :shrug:
Does anyone have a working vdroop mod for the p35-ds3r rev1.0??
Neither shaminos or the other guys vdroop mod works, they both either increase vdroop or drop vcore
Forget about fixing vdroop. Read this fine article to understand the reason...Quote:
Originally Posted by Exal
http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/int...oc.aspx?i=3184
Yeah cause that article helps me get 3.8ghz prime stable on my xeon :X which i cant because the vdroop is so horrible
Bios F7 and F8 Finals for GA P35 DS3P are up on the Gigabyte site for those interested.
Bios F7 and F8
And they are rubbish.Quote:
Originally Posted by By0T0xN
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2...rrrrex5.th.jpg
and core temp reports the 3 cores around 60C idle.
Did u read this post, a couple of posts up?:Quote:
Originally Posted by necron66
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=1851
Lol ??? I posted it, so I would say yes I read it. That post your referring to was with 7B, if you look at the SS you will see I get the same thing on F8, as with 7B... 3 cores. Reset bios makes no difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by megatron
U seemed pretty pleased here, I had no idea that reseting the bios did not help. If fact I find it extremely puzzling why u would say "they are on the ball" when it didn't help. Thanks for belittling me for not checking the names of posters.Quote:
Originally Posted by necron66
Appolagies, no intention of belittling, I thought you was having a dig. I have emailed Gigabyte in the past and this seems to be a standard response from them, word for word. I guess it's hard to pick up on sarcasm in a post. My last 5 or 6 boards are all gigabyte and I just I'm just s bit annoyed with this DS3P.Quote:
Originally Posted by megatron
Hi guys,
I have a Gigabyte P35-DS3R and I have an issue with my overclock.
My CPU is a e2140 and I have this completely stable at 3.2ghz. As this CPU has a low multi of x8, I am at a point where I need to find out what my RAM will do as I have a FSB of 400x8 = 3.2ghz. Ram is at 1:1 and hence is running bang on its rated 800mhz.
I have seen people hit 850/900 even 1000mhz with this ram, and everytime I try to boot with the FSB even slightly over 400, I will not be able to boot at all. I have NEVER been able to boot with the FSB over 400. I have even put the multi at x6 so I know the CPU can definitely handle it, and I still cannot boot. Its not like it even gets close either...just won't boot at all.
Heres the wierd thing.... memtest @ 800mhz passes every time absolutely fine with whatever volts or timings I like. 5 5 5 15, 5 5 5 18, 4 4 4 12. Also I am Orthos stable in windows with the RAM at 800mhz all stock at 3.2ghz.
I have tried upping vcore, upping ddr2 voltage to its max rated 2.3v, upping pci-e voltage, upping NB voltage, pci lock at 100/101/102, and have tried relaxing timings.
This is strange...anyone any idea why I cannot go over 400 FSB with this ram? Is it likely to be a Mobo issue with running 400+ FSB or a ram issue? I am sure it is ram, as this board is rock solid at 400 FSB and I have heard of it going up to 500 odd FSB.
Any help much appreciated.
Did you increase the mch voltage or fsb voltage? Try with both. What ram is that anyway? I've never heard of ddr800 to stop dead at 400 mhz rated speed.
Dunno about e2140's but i can't think it has such a low fsb wall. What vcore for cpu?
What bios version?
Thankyou for your quick reply AriciU :)Quote:
Originally Posted by AriciU
BIOS Version F6 (I am only using this because it shipped with it - otherwise seems fine).
CPU Vcore currently at 1.35 but as I say, I don't think it needs this much to get 3.2ghz stable. Will probably be ok with 1.325 or 1.300. I tried inreasing FSB voltage by one notch as well and dint make a difference. I can try two notches but I would be surprised if it needed 0.2+ on NB just to get to 810mhz! Tried increasing DDR2 voltage as well right up to the max rated 2.3v.
The ram is the ram that all us UK people have been buying at ocuk for dirt cheap! I did research the ram before I bought it though, and it was apparent that it was the least problematic on my board and was good stable ram that was great value for money as it DOES overclock ok as well. Its commonly used ram over here.
I have a e2160 and I believe the fsb wall is around 395fsb, its not a newer m0 but an l2. I have run it at 375 x 8 with ram at 1125Mhz with 2.1v but since one of my ballistix pc6400 stopped my pc booting; now got a new kit (will RMA borked 1 later) 333 x 9 and 800Mhz 444 12 24. Its a 66% overclock not "extreme" but Ive only got aircooling and little patience for unstable PCs.
You have Geil Ram, for anyone wondering:
Quote:
Originally Posted by sniper007
You didn't say wha ram it is mate :D I haveno idea what's popular in the Uk. If it's the Geil from my sig then that's ok for up to 510fsb with 2.2v
Anyway, i've heard that e2140's need little voltage for 3.2 then you have to reallycrank it up. I'd say go higher with the vcore... 1.35 is too low IMO.
My e6750 needed only 1.375 to get to 3.2 but i had to crank it up to 1.52 to get it at above 3.3...
Also, use f8 bios.
Sorry for spelling... space key on phone sucks.
Why F8 BIOS, I have heard of issues with that one?Quote:
Originally Posted by AriciU
My ram is DDR2 Geil PC6400C4 Ultra Low Latency 4-4-4-12 1.9-2.3v. Yes perhaps you are right about it being the CPU. Its confusing as to where the bottleneck is, because surely it is not the CPu as I have lowered the multi down to x6 @ 410 FSB (which would only be 2.4ghz) and it still has issues. So seems ot be motherboard or ram. Maybe the board needs more FSB voltage?
Is it possible that to run high FSB of over 400, I would still need higher vcore despite that the CPU would easily be able to clock to the resultant clock speed with lower vcore? i.e. Is there a relationship between achieving high FSB and vcore assuming a CPU was well within the limits of its clockability?
thanks miahallenQuote:
Originally Posted by miahallen
I have the same error with ds4 rev2.0 F9.
memory: 2 x 1Gb A-data Extreme Edition DDR2 1066+
failing address:
0007feedf18
memory: 1 x 1Gb A-data Extreme Edition DDR2 1066+
failing address:
0003feedf18
The F8 works without error.
Any reason not to use this F9 BIOS for this reason the? Is it still stable or worth sticking to F8? I am on F6 currently.Quote:
Originally Posted by tlac
for my ds4 rev2.0Quote:
Originally Posted by sniper007
f9 throws error under memtest86+, I didn't experience other problem
f8 is very stable, no error
try f8!
switched back from F7b to F5 and it seems like my bsod's and ram troubles went
away :D
just flashed to f8 on a ds3p ... no software reads the vcore anymore, it only shows 1.26v no matter the bios setting, i know the bios changes it, it just doesnt read anymore
from all the bioses f5 was the best every bios after that had bugs for me i saw bioses gettin worse instead of gettin better
i gave up went to dfi
gl you guys
Yeah even though I'm at 1.31v CPUZ is reading 1.21vQuote:
Originally Posted by Millyons
im so glad i went back to F5 , now im stable 3.6Ghz 1.45v with 4x1GB 501Mhz 4 4 4 12 before i wasnt even stable 3.42 1.55v 5 6 6 18 :D
I do not have any stability issues with F9...I'm pretty sure it's just false positives...although I heard they may effect spi32M.Quote:
Originally Posted by sniper007
yeah F9 works great for me with what i got in my sig
F8s on my DS3P are giving me false positives on my Ballistix 8500's as well as F7b, Reverted back to F6 and no more errors. What gives? And to think I rma a set already and had the new ones in a box and labled for shipment tomorrow. I'm glad I read the last few pages of this forum and tested the therory myself. I'm a believer.:up:
Well I flashed to F8 (from F6) and saw no difference with anythng except a couple of tiny minor BIOS layout changes. My overclock stability stayed the same and vdrop/vdroop was still massively evident.
Does anyone know of any mosfet/vreg heatsinks/blocks/waterblocks for the gigabyte P35-ds3r/P35c-ds3r motherboards.
Everything is watercooled on the board except the ram and mosfets/vregs. The circuits are running extremely hot under orthos/3dmark.
It's a b3 x3210 (440x8) 3520mhz (rated at 260watts)
I'm thinking of just 2 heatsinks or maybe mini sinks with a fan on them.
Any ideas?
How y'all getting on with your P35 based boards?, us X38 folks are waiting in perpetual limbo for a decent bios...
:-(
I have better luck using F8 on my P35-DS3P (version 1.0). I can use lower VCore (1.28725 vs 1.31875) in overclocking Q6600. The missing CPU core issue can be fixed by enabling "Hyper Threading" in the bios.
Thanks, enabling the multi threading worked for me getting the 4 cores to show up.Quote:
Originally Posted by philgood
But now with F8, I have .5v added to the vdim in the bios, and it reports as 2.080v in the bios and Everest is reporting 2.1v. My g.skill PC8500 is meant to have 2.3v-2.4v, not 2.1v. Any idea's?
With the new F8 bios for the DS3P what is the added Loadline CPU vcore control for?
I solved the problem with F8 where the monitoring for vcore didnt work, just have to unplug the power from PSU, and then boot, it shows the vcore ok after, altough i have to do that every time i enable or disable loadline
Anandtech has an excellent article on overclocking. It also clarifies something everyone on this forum complaints about, vdrop(vOffset) and vdroop. turns out it is a necessary part of intel's voltage regulation guidelines. Load line calibration is simple removing this safety. when we set vcore we are not setting the voltage the cpu is to run at 24/7, what we are setting is the top end to protect the cpu from fluctuations in voltage regulation.
read here for more, also a good read on overclocking. the article starts off talking about one of the new intel chips but it's applicable to core 2 duos.
http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/int...oc.aspx?i=3184
im new to this forum,so i would welcome some help please.
i have just upgraded my comp.my specs are.
ga p35-ds3r mobo
2gb crucial ballistx 6400 mem
1900xt v/c(hoping to get 8800gt or 3870 v/c)
intel 6850 cpu(run@3.0ghz)
santa cruz s/c.
when i go in bios,it doesnt show my psu voltages,+12v +5v+3v,it just says okay
my bios is 6.59.the mobo is a Rev2.0.
i would like to overclock,i used to do that in the early days,but nowadays,the bioses seem more complicated.
this bios seems very stable,no double booting,but would like to see the voltages in bios.
in my bios i have the cpu @9x,and fsb 333(that is in blue writing)how do i adjust the fsb to overclock it?
i havent touched the bios,and at the moment its in turbo mood.
looked in the MIT,looks pretty complicated.
hope to get it running at 3.2 to 3.4 if possible,after i can see the voltages with another bios with your help.
thanks.
i have the ds3r rev. 1 with f9 bios, i just want to know what is keeping me from getting a higher prime-stable clock than 3.72ghz? so far i figured out that the temp isn't the problem since both cores never break 60c, the fsb wall is beyond 510, which potentially brings me at least 4080mhz. the max cpu voltage i can set in the bios is 1.593 on the ds3r, 1.6+ is still glitched and not yet fixed, but due to vdroop my cpu voltage is actually 1.52 shown in speedfan. i am currently doing 465x8 prime-stable, anything beyond gives me bsod after a minute of prime, i suspect that the cpu isn't getting enough voltage, any solutions around it? or any suggestions or ideas?
here are my specs:
e6750 watercooled cpu and northbridge
ds3r rev1
pc6400 ballistix
600w ocz stealth
F9 BIOS
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/8462/smallfttbp6.jpg
1.440V Load
2.1VDIMM
BTK are you having to up any of the board voltages to get the 450 fsb?
My DS3R can get a bit flaky at 450 when heavy stressing the CPU and RAM.
Also try lower the voltages on the CPU a bit, my e6750 is doing 3.6 with 1.36v under load, your setup is almost exactly the same as mine
I personalyl didnt find that FSB voltage, DDR2 voltage or the other MCH (sp?) one affected my overclock much, as I hit a wall at 400 FSB with my e2140. However, my temps with my e2140 are not great under load. These CPUs run pretty hot. I can get the load temps down to under 60 easily, but the fan noise is too much for my liking. I may change my cooling and lap/IHS remove my cpu.
i did post a few days ago regarding this problem,but i havent had any replies to help me out here.
i am new to this board,and seeing so many posts about this board,i thought someone could help out a newbie.
perhaps its because its getting near xmas.
my last post is a few posts above this post.
thanks.
make sure your "performance enhance" is set to standard.
guys dont go with latest bois if you got a bios that is workin good
when i was using my p35c later bioses were not as stable for me
i tried up to f8 n f5 was best for me allowed for high fsb clock
if you cant get stable try earlier bios
swaayeQuote:
Originally Posted by swaaye
thanks for answering my email.
have done that in bios.
just would like to see my psu volages in bios.
is there another bios that will show the psu voltages in bios?
i have the 6.059 bios.
Has Gigabyte fixed EIST in any of the latest DQ6 BIOS?
MCH +0.1 hats itQuote:
Originally Posted by Delta9b
and my chip won be stable @ 3.6 below 1.440v load (vdroop)
seems about acerage for my e6750's he ones hat new low volts are good cpu's
ive seen some need 1.55v for 3.6
mine needs 1.392 for 3.5 but the tuniq is so good with volts it dont matter
Quote:
Originally Posted by robber123
Your volts will only show with bios F8 and above:)
Just remember what you see in the bios is a *loose* guideline at best. If you have a multimeter you can see just how far off the bios is.
Same for me on my DS3P using F8, I get these false positives at address 0007feedf18-2046.8mb, with my g.skill HK's. Tried F7 and I don't get them.Quote:
Originally Posted by By0T0xN
But even worse now using F5,F6,F7 and F8 with +0.5v added the bios / Everest and Speed Fan all say 2.08v for vmem. The HK's are meant to be 2.3v-2.4v. Even if I add 0.6v it remains on 2.08v. I don't want to try above +0.6v as this should be above the 2.4v max set by g.skill.
Anyone know of any Vdroop mods for GIGABYTE-GA-P35-DS3R - I have rev 2.0 if that matters
i heard the vr zone one makes vdroop worse