As I said, just short the jumper with a screwdriver or something, easy.
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As I said, just short the jumper with a screwdriver or something, easy.
I was thinking it'd be easier to attach two wires to it, and maybe a button or switch for ease of use.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dublin_Gunner
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Originally Posted by Dominus
If you plan on resetting the CMOS everytime you turn on the PC, maybe. Otherwise a complete waste of time. Takes a few seconds with a screwdriver.
Just touch the 2 pins, done.
Haha! So true...would it be so hard to put this in the lower right corner Mr. Board maker?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dominus
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Originally Posted by MightyOne
I have a Gigabyte GA-965PDS3 from newegg retail. It is rev C2 and it came with BIOS F4 out of the box. I installed with my E6300 Core 2 duo and Geil DDR2 6400 4-4-4-12 2.1Volts and I was able to boot. I installed WindowsXP SP2, games, software everything without any Issue. Then I up grated to BIOS F6 from Gigabytes website and everything was working fine and I was able to OC (You can see the PIC) for 2 days with no issues. After that, just one day I turned on my system just like everyday, It said something like recovering the image, looking for in drive C\:... It didn't boot so I turned off then back on but now it goes on for 1 sec. Then it goes on for 2 secs and off, then on and off again... The PSU fan spins, But the CPU fan doesn't. It's like he tried to but there is no spinning. Vcard fan Spins.
I though it was a memory problem but I tried 2 different memories (cheap ones) with the same result. I also cleared the CMOS but it stills the same. I tried with 2 different PSU and still the same. I tried with a Pentium 4 LGA775 630 and it still the same (on and off).
I red the 35 pages of this forum and I found:
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Originally Posted by Fred_Pohl
I followed those steps and in the first run the Board turn on, then off, then on and it was on, with all the fans spinning, and the HDD LED blinking but with no video and no beeps. I restart and it went back to on and off, on and off.
I'm outside the US for 4 months so it’s complicated to RMA my Board, if someone can help me I will really really appreciate it. Because I understand you need as much info as possible this is my system:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
PSU: 750Watt
VCARD: MSI NX6600GT TD128 128MB
RAM: 2X512 Geil 6400 2.1v 4-4-4-12
MB: Gigabyte 965P DS3 BIOS F6 REV C2.
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy SE (2nd PCI)
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA2 Perpendicular recording 320GB
Floppy
DVD LG H10A
Cables =P
nax007!!!
Picture here: http://www.laneros.com/attachment.ph...8&d=1159637966
@nax007, interesting procedure. I've experienced the same issues before, the last time resulted in RMA. As it happens, there was a broken cpu socket pin. This may explain the last time but not the previous times. It seems quite random and I can't offer any sure-fire fix.
Try the same procedure with that 'cheapo' ram you mentioned. The fix for most people is to insert 1.8v (default) ram and that does the trick.
I've recovered before by disconnecting the power or switching off the PSU and then starting the machine. Should fire for a second and then die (draining the last bit of any stored power). Then remove your battery or short the pins next to it.
Try it again. RMAing is PITA. I was three weeks without by board!
Good luck.
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Originally Posted by Jodiuh
DFI's SLI-DR was the worst lol
What is the recommended sata connection to be using. I am not clear the diff between the 4 orange and the 2 separate controllers. Which is better I am doing a fresh format right now
Orange is better from what I read on the forum.
The orange ones are controlled by ICH8, and the purple ones are controlled by Gigabyte Sata (JMicrion?). So best the choice is the orange ones.
While we're on the subject, has anyone succesfully added a drive to create a new array without losing data on the current drive? I threw the question in the bios thread, but it probably belongs here.
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Originally Posted by ClockCatcher
But you only get basic leghacy functions through the ICH8.
The jmicron controller gives you full SATA2 support, and the option of RAID
What do you mean by full SATA2 support? And also with ICH8 you don't need sata drivers when you install Windows, because they are native ports, but with Jmicron sata ports you will need the drivers (at least so I read from manual).Quote:
Originally Posted by Dublin_Gunner
I used the jmicron and didnt have to install drivers when installing windows.
The only drivers you need are on the CD, but it doesnt stop windows loading. You load them from windows.
You need to install the drivers if you want to enable AHCI which supports/provides 'full' SATA2 functions. If you haven't done that, you're not running SATA2.
"But you only get basic leghacy functions through the ICH8." This is not true.
If you've already installed Windows without installing the drivers, you have to some tricky business to get them enabled.
This is what I did on an existing install which worked perfectly (I have since rebuilt and installed the drivers at the outset via the F6 function.)
1. Shutdown and power off
2. Connect your OS drive to the GB controller (Purple headers-JMicron)
3. Boot to BIOS and check/change the boot order to the GB controller (it should do this for you depending on your system components/config)
4. Enable AHCI in BIOS
5. Save and reboot to Windows
6. Install the Intel Matrix Storage Technology drivers from the CD. (You cannot do this if AHCI is disabled as the software checks for it before proceeding. If disabled, you'll get the message that it is not supported by your board.
7. Reboot for good measure.
8. Shutdown and power off
9. Reconnect your OS drive back to the Intel ICH8 yellow headers
10. Boot to BIOS and change/check your boot to order (back to OS drive on ICH8)
11. Save and reboot to Windows
All done.
The main reason I enable AHCI for SATA2, is for hot swapping drives. I have a couple of removable drives that I use for backups etc and this allows me to successfully power off the drive, swap and power up again while Windows is running.
Does AHCI provide any other benefits than hot plug? I didn't find any information about AHCI features. Currently my SATA2 driver (Hitachi DeskStar 7k80) isn’t even run at full speed, only half of it, so maybe enabling AHCI will help?
Did you remove the sataI jumper on the back of the hd?
http://www.intel.com/support/chipset.../cs-012304.htm
I searched on the forum and people said they can't really notice the speed difference and its useful for hotswaping.
AHCI enables the SATA2 functions, i.e., hot swap/plug, NCQ...and I think is also required for SATA2 300 Mps speeds, but not sure on this last one.
From memory, the difference in benchmarks between my SATA and SATA2 drives, using HD Tach, were slight.[edit: this must have been with the SATA2 disabled on the 'drive' by jumper, as difference in speed is significant.]
I get 260mb with sata2 and 130mb with my sata on hdtach.
Well, I used the purple headers on the DS3, enabled RAID on them, and installed the Gigabyte RAID utility. Then it let me create from existing disk, which had the same name...no free space statistics or drive labels to determine which drive was original tho. It does tell you Channel 0 or 1 and I unplugged 1 just to be sure. After a reboot, it rebuilt and gave me a mirror! :D
Has anyone gotten the Intel Matrix Manager software to work with the DS3? I can't find a version that supports the plain ICH8 (specifically, not the ICH8R)
Thanks,
-Eric
I suspect you need to do this (a few posts down in this thread;)):Quote:
Originally Posted by ekessel
http://xtremesystems.org/forums/show...&postcount=865
The Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver install does not recognise systems without AHCI enabled.
That's completely right, BUT this guy has a DS3 with ICH8 and not ICH8R which doesn't support AHCI. So he can't get the IMS driver installed EVER, because everything under the DS4 doesn't have the R and thus doesn't support AHCI over the Intel SATA bus.Quote:
Originally Posted by GAM
This means that Dublin Gunner is right with his statement and that ICH8 only has legacy support...
But the ICH8R has full SATA2 support
Thanks for clearing that up. Apologies for being misleading (I did actually think the DS3 had the same chip :slapass: )Quote:
Originally Posted by TheForce81
Well GAM, I did too. I just built a DS3 for someone else and thought: Well lets turn on AHCI and enjoy the NCQ!
When I tried to turn it on I was like :stick: where is it, and browsed a bit more on the Intel and Gigabyte websites and found out...
I have to say that NCQ is a very nice feature and that with AHCI enabled (I don't care what benchmarks say) I notice a difference and therefore can recommend the ICH8R over the ICH8. So pay the 20Euro extra and go for the DS4 (or DQ6 of course) is my recommandation!