$100 mobo @ FSB485:)

[DrJay]

DUMO,

Could you please give some tips?
Just adquired 2 945PL-S3, motherboards, they only difer from yours as they dont support 1066 fsb, only 800.
I have tried to overclock an e6300, however from the initial 266 fsb, i can only get the mobo stable up to 270.

Its not the memory, since i have tested it up to 355 mhz! (multiplier 3/4 and no errors in memtest).

What am i doing wrong? I believe this one is weaker than your version, but from 475fsb to only 270? Does it get THAT bad?

PS: Here's a fellow with same board as you, and also some problems: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...hlight=945p-s3

Hope you or someone can help

The 945P-S3 is not the same as the 945PL-S3. The 945P-S3 does support a 1066 fsb. I was able to get a 945p-S3 up to 387Mhz stable......the 945P is very sensitive to PCi-E frequency. It seemed my FSB would not go beyond 3x the value of the PCI-E speed. That held true up to the point where Vmch / chipset cooling became an issue. I'm sure 400Mhz + on the fsb is possible with a Vmch mod......no settings for this in the bios.

[icywater]

I just wonder, is it possible to flash S3 with a DS3 bios?

[norain]

I just wonder, is it possible to flash S3 with a DS3 bios?

NO. It is not possible. It's not the same board and it's not going to be tricked into thinking it's the same board. You will get an error saying you have a Bios mismatch and then if you reset CMOS your board will simply no longer function. (You won't be able to get into bios because it's not the correct bios for the board.)

[icywater]

NO. It is not possible. It's not the same board and it's not going to be tricked into thinking it's the same board. You will get an error saying you have a Bios mismatch and then if you reset CMOS your board will simply no longer function. (You won't be able to get into bios because it's not the correct bios for the board.)

The boards are the same, expect for the solid caps on the DS3 and that is all to it.

Just like the dfi expert board and the dfi venus, people flash venus bios on the dfi expert board and it work fine.

[Lestat]

NO. It is not possible. It's not the same board and it's not going to be tricked into thinking it's the same board. You will get an error saying you have a Bios mismatch and then if you reset CMOS your board will simply no longer function. (You won't be able to get into bios because it's not the correct bios for the board.)

you will want to educate yourself before you make a statement like that.

the 965 S3 CAN be flashed with the 965 DS3 bios, this is old old news 8 months old news.

the 945 stuff,, i wouldnt try it, nope dont do it.