thats a great OC.
im gonna have to see how far these promos chips take me cause im pretty sure they are what will limit me with this 6400. i wish i could have picked up those corsairs - nice stuff.
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thats a great OC.
im gonna have to see how far these promos chips take me cause im pretty sure they are what will limit me with this 6400. i wish i could have picked up those corsairs - nice stuff.
I have a 6300 running at the same speed as your 6600 but with 1.48 vcore. Why are you able to run such a low vcore? By loose timings are you referring to 4-4-4-12? I know nothing of memory timings so what is considered faster other than the obvious 3-3-3-10? Also, I have an s3 that ran like crap with f8 (ds3 f10) but runs like a champ with f7 (ds3 f9)? odd. I'm able to get to 528fsb but only with 5-5-5-15 timings. Any advice for getting better timings? I guess I should be happy with a 3700mhz core 2, but 3500mhz with tighter timings seems faster.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ajfina
Not sure why im able to run 3.5 at that vcore, when i had the BX2 i was doing 3.6 24/7 but it required 1.45 on that intel board , I like this DS3 , i keep buying new mobo to try but i always ending up switching back to DS3, lets see if the AB9 QUADGT do the work :), About the timing i meant I would like to do 1000mhz at 4-4-4-12 no 1000 at 5-5-5, cant run my C4 at such high speed with a low timing , i need better memory , if u want to do more than 1000mhz with lower timings u def need better memorys ,Quote:
Originally Posted by PanteraGSTK
flashed to F10 and few days ago and reapplied my overclock fine. few days later when i turn my computer on i was greeted with the "bootblock bios recovery" screen. it kept trying to search for a bios on the hard drive for some reason, even when i made a bootable floppy and disconnected all my hard drives.
i shorted the cmos and my computer booted back up. im not sure if this a problem with the F10 bios or the motherboard itself, but i flashed back to F7 to see it does it again.
anybody with DQ6 has taken off the crazy cool backplate from cpu area in order to mount backplate?
how hard was it if you did?
thanks.
I did that and omg it was time consuming until I figured out how to do it, you basically need to get either some tweezers or use scissors like me to close the clip together so you can take the plate off. It is slightly adhesive so you need to weaken that by moving it around first before attempting to rip it off the mobo ;). It took me like 10 minutes lol, I was not happy since I just wanted to mount my CPU water block :D.
It's not too difficult, I did this by hand. Try to remove backplate from its corner, you have to apply some more power in order to separate thermal pad and motherboard.Quote:
Originally Posted by idiotekniQues
TBH...the one reason i bought the DQ6 was for the crazycool, sure big heatsinks need a custom retention backplate, but i have found the Scythe Ninja to be very good at cooling, and it's the standard Intel pushpin locking system.
So no need to remove the crazycool...it does help with cooling.
p.s. OCZ have offered to send me their 1000W ProXtreme as an apology/compensation for my problems...can't say fairer then that.
I need to take off teh crazy cool in order to mount my watercooling block.Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Dower
Can you post the link for latest hd audio driver? GThank
Masami : Go here and Download http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/
Any new bios updates?
S3 has officially ate my ram alive...
P5W DH max ram oc: 4x512mb 910MHZ (one stick hit well over 1000mhz) 5-5-4-5 2.25v (2.3, 2.35v yielded no improvements but ran fine.)
Now this is where it gets REALLY weird
S3 max ram oc after it killed 2 sticks running stock voltage: down to 2x512mb
Max ram 1.8v: 840mhz 5-5-5-15
Max ram 1.9v: 880mhz 4-5-3-5 (no improvement loosening all timings including subtimings)
Max ram 2.0v(stock voltage): 820mhz 5-5-5-15 would do also 4-5-3-5
Max ram 2.1v: 760mhz 5-5-5-15 would do also 4-3-3-5
Max ram 2.2v: NO BOOT
Max ram 2.3v: NO BOOT
Max ram 2.4v: NO BOOT
Bringing down ambient tempatures to around 5C didn't show any improvements...
These sticks are PQI Turbo 667mhz 4-4-4-12 Elpida(eek!)
Have spent hours upon hours tweaking...
All those max ram oc's were done using 1:1 and full 8x multiplier... running 4:5 or 2:3 had no improvement...
Atleast the board will do 440mhz fsb, cpu is golden 1.37v... Gmch up a notch along with FSB for stability...
Talk about really weird ram issues lol.
yes but those plastic clips are inferior to a real mounting system. there is a great mod in the air cooling gallery to really mount these big heatsinks on and get the right amount of pressure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Dower
temps will get knocked down way more than crazy cool can offer. ill report back how many degrees i lose when i do this next week.
I cannot get my new ram to go anywhere on the DS3. I mean I had 475-495 FSB with the old corsair stuff. Help guys if you can. BTW I updated to the F10 before putting in this ram.
Realtek HD codec Vista driver, 1.56:
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false
DS4 Rev 3.3:
http://bbs.mychat.to/read.php?tid=596311
Very nice closeups of the mobo, dosen't appear to be that different (if anything) to revision 2.0.
all those guys in china talk by question marks :) very easy way to type :toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Dower
hi, sry about this newb question, but i cant find where i can change manualy the timings of mem in bios... i have a 965P-DS4 bios F8... im i seeying bad or this bios doesnt have that option?
ty all
press CTRL+F1 first in bios to show the hidden options
ty ferdsQuote:
Originally Posted by ferds
I have dq6 and suddenly ethernet stopped working.
Tried reinstalling windows and installing drivers again but the controller is simply invisible.
And also in bios there is no option for enabling or disabling lan just the smart lan that doesn't recognise anything.
Any help??I am with F9 bios...
OCZ *will* be sending me the ProXStream 1000W PSU to replace the two RMA'd 850W units, Eric Ryder has been great and very cooperative, my thanks to him and OCZ.
There is a bios option for the LAN, you can enable/disbale the onboard LAN, it's been in every bios release. It must be disabled in bios or your not looking for it right.Quote:
Originally Posted by ReaperX
Check the manual...it's there!
Just wanted to report a weird cold boot issue with the new F10 BIOS for DS3 that seems to be linked with the RAM "Option 1"...
Basically, when I boot up, everything goes fine, I get into Windows fine, but as soon as I try to run ANY program, things start crashing. Can't even pass 5 seconds in orthos/SuperPI before I get errors. If I restart the computer, even after 5 minutes, everything works flawlessly again.
Solution: I changed the RAM setting to "Option 2" and I haven't seen the issue since. Also notice my RAM isn't running about 1000Mhz.
Anyway, just wanted to see if anyone else had similar experiences.
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Originally Posted by Richard Dower
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/6...0137ix6.th.jpg
It's not..It has disappeared...:confused:
Tried flashing back to F3 but still invisible...:(
Ok who stole his LAN option?Did you try to clear the cmos or load factory defaults in the bios?Hope it shows up for you.It could be possible that the lan has shorted out.Quote:
Originally Posted by ReaperX
Quote:
Originally Posted by Warpcore
Yes tried several times CCMOS and I also tried flashing back to F3,but nothing...
I think I will rma it for a commando,as there is no solution...
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Originally Posted by ReaperX
I had this happen once. I managed to get mine back. Try this, what do you have to lose at this point:
Boot to xp and check Device Manager. If you can't see the LAN, Go to View menu and select Show hidden devices. Try to uninstall the LAN driver (right click). I never could uninstall mine, I kept getting a "hardware is required to boot can not uninstall" error message.
Unplug the LAN connection. I think this was the key for me.
Unplug the power cord from the PSU. With the PSU switch still ON(1), hit the pc power button (discharge the capacitors). Plug power cord back in to the PSU.
Turn pc on and enter the BIOS.
Load the BIOS optimized defaults.
Save and reboot. Enter BIOS and check for the LAN option.
Plug the LAN connection back in.
You may need to reload the LAN Drivers.
Hope this works for you. If, not RMA time.
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Originally Posted by handle
I had same issue with uninstalling lan driver which was hiddden but then I reinstalled windows hoping it was driver issue and didn't show up again..
Anyway,I tried following your instructions but still dead..
Thx for your help...
Reaper...that's mental!...a missing bios option, try this...boot from the backup bios, it's very possible the main bios has been corrupted.
Once you boot from the backup and confirm the LAN option is present then re-flash the main bios again.
If that fails or if the backup bios is also missing the LAN option then you have a serious problem, it could mean the Marvell chip is dead.
On a side note...is anyone going to go Vista today?...thinking about Vista Ultimate, but at €579 it's complete lunacy!
Got Vista Ultimate x64 about 2 weeks ago.
:eek: this is SHOCKING!, i just bought Windows Vista Ultimate (retail) for the small (sic) sum of €549, so i call Microsoft only to discover that i only get 90 DAYS technical support from Microsoft???????
90 days....what, 90 days????, in Europe is STANDARD proceadure to offer a minimum of 1 year techinal support, can anyone explain what the HELL are thinking?
I didn't break the seal on the box and am taking it back.
Richard..... If you have to call MS for support, you might want to take it back anyway.I don't think in the last 12 years that I ever called MS for OS support. Come to think of it, I don't know anyone who has called them for OS support.
Cold...i get that, but it's not really my point. It's not about being savvy...it's about spending €550 on software that only has 90 days tech support, it's a scandal!
To me it suggests the OS is very flawed and buggy (and note there are ALREADY some 26 patches listed on the Microsoft website on the day of release). I've never called M$ for support...but that isn't the point.
It's a brand new OS and bound to be bugs, and no doubt people will encouter problems, as such 90 days is not sufficient. It should be a minimum of 1 year, add to this M$ tell me after 90 days i must pay €75 per incident/call...wtf?
ALREADY is actually more like 3 months... since it was released to business's a few months backQuote:
Originally Posted by Richard Dower
Well in a perfect world sure, but this is the real world. In the real world companies don't care, esp when the majority of their users are serviced by OEM's like Dell and Gateway. the retail purchases are a small portion of their customer base.
Welcome to the real world, where your guilty until proven innocent, companies only care about your money, where kittens are hunted for sport, and where an honest politician would cause the government to collapse.
So anyway Back to the bios topic.......
Hi,
I have bad feeling about this Bios F10. Since I am with E6300 - no sense for me with this Kentsfield support. F7 is different. What makes it different? See: http://rone.data.bg/Pictures/Capture_18.jpg
That in not possible with F10 on my 965 DS3 mobo.
Well, I got my memory to run at 4-4-3-5 at 500mhz. I can get to 516mhz, but it isn't stable by any means. I've looked into better memory, but I think this is the best I'm gonna be able to get with this speed and timing. Unless I get som c3 6400, but I like G.Skill and I can't find any with those timings by them. Any 2gb kits with 3-3-3-10 timings @ 400mzh?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ajfina
Yes, I had the same experience, but f10 was never stable for me, at any speed. It did increase my max oc, but now my chip needs more volts to run smooth...go figure....Quote:
Originally Posted by darcon
i was using f5 for the longest because holds cold boot better, but now on f8i. it doesn't always hold your oc at cold boot which is annoying as hell, but reaches 500+ fsb with less vcore. currently have my 6400 at 505x7 with 1.33125 set in bios. temps in mid 30's idle on air. does have some vdroop according to cpuz, but is stable 24+ hours. f9 and f10 are crap imo....Quote:
Originally Posted by PanteraGSTK
So apart from the couple of peepz getting higher oc's out of F10 for the DS3, can we establish that F8i is the best allrounder BIOS as in a good stability/performance ratio?! I've been following this thread since the beginning and I think that if I had to sum it all up F8i would be the most likely candidate to give you some acceptable results/stability on a DS3. Haven't been able to get my mem. over 1025 without crapping out. Now doing 410*8 with a 5/4 mem. divider. Would like to go higher, but dunno if i'm having any of the bug/hardware issues that were mentioned in this thread like the d9 stuff. I feel like i'm gaining more speed with higher mem. settings instead of higher FSB settings. I measure with Aida32. My specs in a nutshell are: GA-965P-DS3, intel e6600, Corsair Twin2x2048-8500C5, ASUS EN8800GTX, 480W PSU.Quote:
Originally Posted by burn what?
Still waiting on that "peanut butter jelly time" moment. :banana:
Can 3x1GB module runs at Dual-Channel on 965P chipset?
I saw interesting thing in intel website :
SourceQuote:
Intel® Flex Memory Technology
Gives users a more flexible memory upgrade option by allowing different memory sizes to be installed while maintaining dual-channel mode/performance.
if it be correct I will buy another 1GB module and upgrade my memory from 2x1GB to 3x1GB because according Anand Vista runs smoothly on 3GB memory or higher
DQ6/DS4/DS3/DS3P etc. Rev 3.3 listed now on GB website, Rev 3.3 has a new manual.
http://www.giga-byte.com.tw/Support/...ProductID=2453
Today I made same experiments with F10 Bios on 965P DS3 mobo. It seems that there is some kind of instability when board work in dual canal mode. I have 2 RAM modules, both capable to work error free on 1180MHz (DDR2) in single canal mode. With same settings they can only reach 1000MHz in dual canal. I noticed that system didn't restarts properly and even when it is 100% stable it can not be restarted. There is no exact stability border like in single canal mode. I had to make lots of CMOS CLR when experimenting.
Agh, looks like my rev2 might have ate my d9's completely. It's running f10. I was making some changes here and there, but mostly in the conservative direction. The last setting I tried to make was 400 1:1 5-5-5-15 normal memory, 2.1v. Haven't seen a post in over 7 hours now. This rev2 in the past tended to rebound from these problems better than the rev1 I had. But this time it was tragic. I pulled a stick of ram. Reset the cmos. Still no dice. Pulled the other stick. It beeps. Ok... so at least it's working enough to be able to beep memory error. Put the other stick in and try again. Nada. Computer just goes up and down and up and down, unless I hold the reset switch. Then it sticks on but doesn't do anything.
I powered the thing off for the night, but now it's morning and still no go. I've had just about all I can take. It's too bad I'm past my 30 days or else I'd rma the :banana::banana::banana::banana: out of this thing. Maybe I'll follow dnottis and pickup a p5b.
Sometimes the EIST settings are gone on my ds3. Not that I really need them, but it's a little bit stange.Quote:
Originally Posted by ReaperX
i just got a rev 2 board that shipped with f10. maybe i'll flash to f8i as i also have micron memory. thanks for the tip ziddey.
is it possible to remove the NB heatsink in a rev 1 without destroying it? i can only remove by breaking the plastic legs it seems, but all i want to do is apply as5 then re-use it with a fan. if i pull hard enough maybe it will pop out without breaking, anyone remove without breaking it? rev 2 a better heat sink and runs much cooler, still put a fan on it though.
I noticed that too.Quote:
Originally Posted by bassie
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
Quote:
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......
Quote:
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
Quote:
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
yeah I got one of the week 24 A batches :(. Just sucks because who would buy this crap?
hm... thought i got a bad week with e6300... i can run 3.2ghz with 1.38xxV at bios but my ram suck :/Quote:
Originally Posted by eXceededgoku
Motherboard is fine upto 460mhz FSB before it starts crapping out in Windows... CPU will just not go above 3.2Ghz stable, and also get some weird problems where if I take the FSB down (say 380mhz) it wouldn't boot and i get continuous reset. This is with F9 bios. Why does everyone who has a Conroe and a DQ6 get bad overclocks??
not only the dq6. i cant get more then 2.8 stable out of my 6400 & DS3
ouch, sucks to be u!
I have been battling this thing for a while now i can get 6+hours 3.0 stable when i use easytune as soon as i set the same settings in BIOS not stable for more then 5 minutes. i tried F7, F9, and F10. I'm going to try f8i right now
RAM owns though :). just you got one of the poor allendales like I got a poor conroe, I think I might try a diff mobo unless Intel/AMD release something revolutionary within the next 4-5months
I swapped to f8i and actually booted into windows at 3.2 let see how long it'll last
Main thing holding me back is the Patriot PC2-5300 sticks. Currently using DS3 F10 BIOS and as long as I set voltages to Auto it clocks fine (within 1:1 RAM limits). Odd thing is if I change to manual volts, no matter what voltage or FSB, it craps into the endless re-POST (needle-nose pliers & a jumper to reset CMOS).
I boot at 8x400 then ET5 can take me to 8x435 (1.45V core, 2.1V dimm). CPU-Z reports stepping 6, rev B2.
Paladin, what are you shooting for?
Based on the memory timings in your signiture (if that's what you've started your overclocking with) it's no wonder you're having difficulties. Try auto or 5-5-5 to start. Almost everyone recommends under clocking memory (speed and timings) until you find the stable FSB and CPU speeds; a more systematic approach always works better.Quote:
Originally Posted by do0zman
do0zman, as stated, check your timings for ram. also, what i've found is that the vcore i set in the bios isn't the same one as reflected by et5.
Eric Ryder from OCZ said the same thing, i did try and plug the 4pin Molex in as per his suggestion, it had no effect. I never had to plug in the Molex on the mobo with my 700/850W OCz supplies.Quote:
Originally Posted by GAM
But i did try and it it would not show any image from the graphics card, i am at a loss to explain what has happened. I have now ordered a 7900GS (another €200 down the swanny) so i'll see if it works with that card.
I cannot account for these issues, it's either bios or the mobo is just a duff and needs an RMA. 1 long beep + 2 short beeps = monitor or display card error...as per the manual, that's what i get each time...bios beeps.
I had a week 24 E6600 myself, it was rubbish. 3.0GHz needed 1.4750V, my week 28 needs 1.41250V for 3.4GHz.Quote:
Originally Posted by eXceededgoku
lol, yeah but unlike you I can't justify throwing money into the drain for a couple extra 100mhz... unless I could guarentee 4Ghz :O
Some other suggestions, can you see whether the heatsink fan on the graphics card is spinning? Possibly the fan power cable has been dislodged somehow or the fan itself has died. Maybe try the other PCI-e slot? Failing all that, if you don't have a second video card lying around, try borrowing another card and check if that works. That will narrow it down to video card or motherboard at least. Good luck Rich.Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Dower
It's fanless and gets it's power direct fom the PCi-E 16x slot, it does not require a PCI-E connector from the PSU. I try the secondary 4x PCI-E slot...it get bios beeps, there is no power going to that card...it stays cold. I do have an ATI X300 installed and it works.
It gives a display, but as i said i have tried the 7600GS in two different PC's and the card works, it WAS working prior to me changing out the PSU to the new OCZ 1000W model, it's the most bizarre thing i have ever encountered...i wonder if the mobo bios has somehow alter the graphics card bios?
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Originally Posted by dekruyter
I tried that also and still no stability no matter what voltage i set the cpu to. even tried to run a lower multi to drop the core speed and run the ram at its "stock setting" no luck what so ever. i wonder if my RAM is faulty.
Run Memtest or Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool to test your RAM.Quote:
Originally Posted by do0zman
The newest bios is a piece of crap. When running my OC on my e6400 (400x8) 3.2ghz, I was getting bad slowdowns, even in WoW. I reverted to the f7 bios, and now everything works fine.
Btw...i tried the embedded Windows memory diagnostic thingy used in Vista Home Premium, i got a clean bill of health.
On stock speed (2.4GHz) E6600 i got a rating of 5.3, overclocking to 3.4Ghz i got 5.7, my HDD's got 5.9...what let me down is the ATI X300...lol, i got 2.0....time to dump that!
If I was stumped, and I had few answers, I would suspect the Ram first, the motherboard second and the cpu last;Quote:
Originally Posted by do0zman
get a g.skill gbga ;) i'm planning to get a set of those...Quote:
Originally Posted by do0zman
I had the same problem. Mine was first due to a chip with 400mhz fsb limit. New chip will go to 3700mhz with 528fsb. But not without the nb voltage max, and the fsb voltage max. pci-e voltage is not known to increase stability for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by do0zman
Had the same problem with a 7900gs in an S3. I wiggled the card and found that the pci back plate on the case was not letting the card get a good connection, but as now it would POST, but the BIOS ended up being corrupt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Dower