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Yes I was also using the F8i bios, but it had been working fine for me.
The only thing I did differently last night, aside from the new HSF, was running Orthos with 400Mhz FSB(No increased voltage) and no fan blowing on the NB.
Lovely...RMA it is I guess.
I'm ordering a XBX2 as a replacement.
By the way, it won't cause any problems that we loaded a beta bios will it? :rolleyes:
Mine was working fine as well, I was on stock volts using my Tuniq Tower and was trying to find my max FSB on stock volts of an E6300. I put 450 in bios and went, it got into the Windows loading screen then restarted and never came back on. I hope it won't cause problems with the beta bios, I'm RMAing it through NewEgg.
With hardware monitoring software, does anyone else's 12V rails read low? In Everest I get 11.38 while in Easytune I get 11.85. A digital multimeter gives me 12.1 however. I can't get MBM or Speedfan to work and the BIOS only reports the rails as "OK." Annoying.
Same happend to me yesterday.Quote:
Originally Posted by MACMAC
I tried with two video cards and two monitors, still no picture.
guys, i have a S3 board and i am wondering if it's ok to flash it with a DS3 BIOS?
thanks!
I installed Tuniq 2 nights ago, everythin worked for hour or so, until it's back plate shortrd the cpu socket "pins". Insulator was too thin... What HFS u installed? Some scythe models have same problem. Need to use Zalmans backplateQuote:
Originally Posted by MACMAC
How is the f8 bios?
hi
my motherboard is exception
i have got ds4 rev 1 on c2 chipset...
ive got problem... my e6300 processor in stress on default clock and box fan is heated to 75*C !!! is that normal ? i am using asV now...
sorry for my bad english
thanks
Yep, my +12V reads from 0,00V to maybe 3V :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by alejo
I was reading a post on another forum saying the DS3 is not Vista ready because of some SATA problem? lol.......This has to be a joke right? Because I definitely plan on getting Vista for this.
I have vista installed on my computer and its running fine.
I have always since installing Vista (numerous builds, I am on the RTM now) had trouble with Hibernate. I have tried a few BIOS versions on my DS3, tweaked with some BIOS settings, started from scratch, and nothing has resolved it.
What happens is in Vista I click Hibernate, it shuts down the computer, but then a second after that it starts itself back up again and resumes from Hibernate! Very annoying because I love to use the hibernate function.
If anyone has any information on if this is a known bug or not, or what could be causing it, because I have tried everything and even after cleaning the BIOS it still does it so it doesn't seem to be a board problem because nobody else has this problem.
Thanks!
AFAIK that happens to more people and isn't a specific hardware issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by InternalStorm
Do you have a link for the Zalman backplate? I'm having similar problems with a metallic Thermalright socket 775 backplate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janne2
Thanks!
sharkacorp.com carries them.Quote:
Originally Posted by vailr
I used one from my old CNPS9500AT...Quote:
Originally Posted by vailr
no, U will kill your MotherBoard! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by theDUD3
did a search for this but couldnt come up with anything...is there a way to set the command rate somewhere in the BIOS?
I'm running e6300 (7x430 5-6-6-20) 2x1gb Buffalo select 6400 with DS3 rev.1 bios F7. Processor runs at 1.1875volts, everything else at default volts and settings.
Great motherboard for the price and I'm very pleased with the performance. Thank you for this thread also.
There is one question I have: has anybody replaced the nothbridge heatsink? How could it be removed without damaging the board, or is it worth it? HS is very hot. Although everything is running stable.
I have a problem with my ds3, with F8i bios I run it 450x7 (6300)...
Now I flash it to F9, put on same clock-s that I used before, restart, but computer wont boot anymore...only Black (blank) screen.
I Tryed to clear CMOS...
Took the battery out about 1 hour...didnt help....
What should I do next?
PS! Sorry for my bad english!
Power cord out of wall, press and hold reset and power on at the same time, INS or DEL at boot screen, components out and in, voodoo, pray and RMA.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coolfire
I was lucky as it worked for me before voodoo procedure...
Hey all,
I read through a bunch of this thread and found some good info. I just have a few questions:
I've been running this board (revision 1) in my gf's computer for a while with the f7 bios and a p4 chip. Finally upgrading it to an E6400. Other info: mini typhoon cooler, antec neo 480w psu, corsair value ddr2-667 (will run @ 800 5-5-5-15)
Is an o/c of 3.0-3.2 reasonable to expect with minimal voltage increase?
Is there any fsb ranges that prove problematic with this board that I should avoid?
Is there a "strap" changeover point I should also avoid?
I suggest you try FSB 400 right away with memory timings to AUTO (at first, you can tighten later) and system voltages to AUTO. The DS3 will adjust vCore automaticly to approx 1.4. Test stability. Later you can try to lower vCore slowly. Most people are many hours Orthos (small,blend,large) stable with 1,35-1,4 vCore @ 3.2 GHz. You have to find out what your CPU needs.Quote:
Originally Posted by NINaudio
Do you recommend one orthos test over another for maximum stability testing? Doe the different tests differentiate between cpu and ram stability?
What is the benefit to leaving ram on AUTO opposed to setting the timings manually to some loose settings?
EDIT: 100th post in the thread! Sig info added. Hopefully shows up with an edit
Orthos Blend : CPU + RAMQuote:
Originally Posted by NINaudio
Orthos Small : CPU
Orthos Large : CPU (might stress CPU cache more)
I suggest at least Small and Blend for 8+ hours. Monitor Temp with CoreTemp. I don't like temps > 65-66 C.
Setting ram timings to auto may give more conservative timings giving more chance for initial success.