Ok, I'm starting this thread because I know there are quite a few DS5 users out there, but all I ever see is attention given to the DQ6.

Right now the latest BIOS is rev F2 (downloadable off Gigabyte's website)


TIPS:

One thing I noticed is that the Motherboard manual for this board is wrong. You do NOT put the memory in TWO seperate colored memory banks.

I was unable to run dual channel until I put the DIMM sticks on BOTH YELLOW or BOTH ORANGE slots.

Here's what I'm running on:

Gigabyte MA790FX-DS5
OCZ Sli Ready 1066 DDR2
Crossfire HD 3870
Phenom 9500 Rev b2

Here are some screens:










My bios settings are as follows in the MIT menu (Hit CTRL+F1 to show advanced)

CPU FSB: 220
HT LINK: 1.2 Ghz
DDR MEMCLOCK: 1066
Dram mode: Unganged -64 bit
Dram Timings: Auto


I am running the vDimm voltage at +.40 which is 2.2v