GIGABYTE DS3 FAQ by CrazyJohn /FAQ on 1st page/

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Originally Posted by Pjoeloe

So I gues F4c is the preferred DS3 BIOS right now because CPU-Z showes the information correctly with this bios. Ok

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My DS3 came with the F1 bios. It booted right up with a E6400 and 2x1GB of OCZ Platinum PC6400 (4-5-4-15). I set the Vdimm to +.2v and flashed to the F4C bios and it was fine until I OC'd it too far and had to clear the CMOS. Since then everytime I try to power on the fans start to spin and the mobo promptly turns off. No beeps, no keyboard lights, nada. Removing the battery doesn't help. I tried some PNY PC4300 I had laying around (yeah, I know it has to run at PC5400) and the same thing happens.

Is this normal behavior if the ram doesn't have enough voltage? I expected to get some beeps if the ram was the problem. I'm trying to decide whether to buy some cheap PC5400 to boot with or just RMA this buggy piece of crap. :(

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Originally Posted by Fred_Pohl

I'm trying to decide whether to buy some cheap PC5400 to boot with or just RMA this buggy piece of crap. :(

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Sounds like an RMA to me to :( . F4E is like 1 hour warm .........:eek:

How much can I overclock a E6400 with stock cooling?

F4E bios is here, this one not bricking your ds3 : http://rapidshare.de/files/28960251/965pds3.f4e.html

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Originally Posted by kenofstephen

This morning I got "another" F4e BIOS, which they said is "the same as" what I've received yesterday, of course I don't believe it though...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...n/DSC00359.jpg
Once again, please use it at your own risks, the above picture showing the successful screen after updating.
http://rapidshare.de/files/28960251/965pds3.f4e.html
they said "After updating to F4e on 965P-DS3, there is no problem at all.
Please see the attached picture."

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thanks kenofstephen

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Originally Posted by Pjoeloe

Sounds like an RMA to me to :( . F4E is like 1 hour warm .........:eek:

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That's what I'm afraid of. RMAs are a PITA and I don't know which board to replace this DS3 with.

FWIW, someone here says that the F4E bios killed his DS3. Considering that my board worked fine until I flashed it to F4C, I'm inclined to avoid beta bioses from Gigabyte.

that F4E of his was actually the wrong bios, that was a renamed by gigabyte ds6 bios. The new F4E is not killing your ds3. Where do you downloaded your bios ?

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Originally Posted by Pjoeloe

that F4E of his was actually the wrong bios, that was a renamed by gigabyte ds6 bios. The new F4E is not killing your ds3. Where do you downloaded your bios ?

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I got F4C from a link posted here. It did work fine until I cleared the CMOS. I suspect that while my ram could boot with F1 at 1.8V, it might not with F4C. Perhaps F1 incorrectly read the spd as 5-5-5 and F4C correctly reads it as 4-5-4? I'm guessing here.

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Originally Posted by gravelayer

So to OC this board I have to dump my logitech G15 keybaord and MX1000 mouse? How do any gamers use this board!
ARGGHHHHH!
I have a conroe in my hands wanting a mobo.......

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I have G15 and G7 mouse and I have the usb keyboard and mouse disabled and it all works fine.

No worries :toast:

i got a question :

does anyone know a good fan control for ds3 + boxed cooler ?

my starts to run full speed at around 60-65°C which is REALLY high in my opinion.

i would like to have it run full speed allready at 50-55°C. any possibility to do so ?

the fan control in easy tune is greyed out for me....

ah yes : bios is on auto, so i could set it to "disabled" but then fan runs full then speed ALL the time, and that's not acceptable.

Somebody help please just built my system and it won't post.

E6400 + DS3
Antec SONATAII 450W PSU
2GB Corsair DDR2-800 ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145590 )
eVGA Nvidia 7600GT KO
I have a CD-drive connected and my HD connected.

It just starts up for a few seconds then shuts down then starts up and stays on, nothing is showing up on my monitor and there are no post beeps.


Edit: If somebody could help me over AIM that would be great, my screen name is TheAkaikami

Memory should be fine, that's what I'm running in mine.

Try the usual stuff...clear bios, take out battery for a min and put back in, reseat everything.

edit: also make sure you didn't forget the 4 pin PCI-E power cable to the MB

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Originally Posted by Akaikami

Somebody help please just built my system and it won't post.

E6400 + DS3
Antec SONATAII 450W PSU
2GB Corsair DDR2-800 ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145590 )
eVGA Nvidia 7600GT KO
I have a CD-drive connected and my HD connected.

It just starts up for a few seconds then shuts down then starts up and stays on, nothing is showing up on my monitor and there are no post beeps.


Edit: If somebody could help me over AIM that would be great, my screen name is TheAkaikami

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I have the same CPU, Mobo and Ram. If this is the first time using the mobo, it may only have the F1 bios, so I would try one stick of memory if you haven't. And when turning the PSU off and pulling the cable from the back, try pushing the case power button several times too before doing anything. So see if one stick works, if it still does nothing try a different slot that hasn't been used yet with one stick.

I had just started a thread with some odd behavior from the ram here:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=111024

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Originally Posted by realsmasher

i got a question :

does anyone know a good fan control for ds3 + boxed cooler ?

my starts to run full speed at around 60-65°C which is REALLY high in my opinion.

i would like to have it run full speed allready at 50-55°C. any possibility to do so ?

the fan control in easy tune is greyed out for me....

ah yes : bios is on auto, so i could set it to "disabled" but then fan runs full then speed ALL the time, and that's not acceptable.

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Looking for a decent fan controller too myself - CPU temps are ok, but not for overclocking. My freezer 7 pro only hits 1000RPM though, it should do triple.

is 49C system temp OK for OCing? Was hitting 61C without a fan on it.

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Originally Posted by TimothyB

I have the same CPU, Mobo and Ram. If this is the first time using the mobo, it may only have the F1 bios, so I would try one stick of memory if you haven't. And when turning the PSU off and pulling the cable from the back, try pushing the case power button several times too before doing anything. So see if one stick works, if it still does nothing try a different slot that hasn't been used yet with one stick.

I had just started a thread with some odd behavior from the ram here:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=111024

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I figured out what I had to do. I just took out the CMOS battery and shorted the jumper and left it out for 10 minutes. And I was previously only using 1 stick of ram but I put both in and it posted fine. I'm not posting on this system and it is :banana::banana::banana::banana:ing FAST.

yay! 1000 speeds with the new bios

Ok, well got the ds3 a while ago, my E6400 wednesday, and my gskill 2gbnr RAM came today. i was worried this ram wouldn't work becuase it didn't for a few others but it has booted up great everytime!

MY problem is the mouse. It is a usb laser mouse (the logitech g5). It worked great during windows installation but then I installed a few drivers from the gigabyte disc and re-booted and it wont work. It doesn't even light up anymore unless I use my usb -> ps2 adapter, then it will light up but not work. I tried enabling usb mouse in bios and that didnt work.

I think it is that INF updater (it says it controls usb plug and play when you install it). I thought I would need that but it is most likely causing the trouble. I have been trying to unistall it with just the keyboard but running the installer again doesn't do anything and it doesn't appear to be in add/remove programs. It could have been one of the other usb drivers I guess (like the ICH8 one) but I don't know. Can anyone offer any help? Thanks.

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Originally Posted by ocZZZ

yay! 1000 speeds with the new bios

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Is your memory the 3-3-3-8 or the 3-4-4-8 timmings. Also, what voltage are you using. And last, does it boot ok at 1.8V. Thanks.

was 3-4-4-8 667 but running 5-5-5-10 +.4 at 1000 speeds

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Originally Posted by ocZZZ

yay! 1000 speeds with the new bios

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what bios? :toast:

f4e, still stuck at 400fsb though :/ ah well

Man, this is annoying. These boards seem bi-polar. One will oc like crazy and the next will not go 1 mhz over stock. And some won't even boot. I really want to get one, but it seems like a huge gamble.

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Originally Posted by mkorpal333

Man, this is annoying. These boards seem bi-polar. One will oc like crazy and the next will not go 1 mhz over stock. And some won't even boot. I really want to get one, but it seems like a huge gamble.

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I wouldn't say it's a gamble, but you definately have to do your homework. BIOS updates have been helping a lot, and if you research well enough you can find out a lot of the fixes for issues people have been seeing.

@mkorpal333...
one again, read and understand...
the motherboard is the same, basically every single one is the same. it all depends on mem and gpu, not on motherboard.
mine not-ocing-a-1mhz board will go 500 with good mem and gpu


updated faq.

Ok I got my system running and everything, right now i'm on the F1 BIOS and i'm just wondering a few things.

This was my first time putting thermal paste on a cpu/HSF and it was a big pain in the ass. I did it as directed on the Arctic tutorial. I put a rice-sized glob of it in the middle of the proc and spreaded it around with my finger wrapped in seran wrap in a circular motion until it almost covered the whole top of the CPU. Then I put on the HSF (stock) and I found it to be a HUGE pain in the ass to get on. I would get 2 of the plastic things popped in but then the other 2 wouldn't go in until I pushed them so hard it didn't sound good on my mobo.

Well anyways, I was wondering if idling at 40-43C is bad for stock cooling?

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Originally Posted by CrazyJohn

@mkorpal333...
one again, read and understand...
the motherboard is the same, basically every single one is the same. it all depends on mem and gpu, not on motherboard.
mine not-ocing-a-1mhz board will go 500 with good mem and gpu


updated faq.

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That's not true, I have two of these boards sitting in front of me now. They both have the F4C bios and with the exact same components one will not OC past 2ghz on an E6300 while the other one does 2.4ghz dual prime stable. Heatsink, memory, video card, hard drive, bios verion and settings, psu, cooling, etc is exactly the same.