Forward: official GIGA 965P-S3/DS3/DS4/DQ6 beta BIOS

[Richard Dower]

Gigabyte have update the FAQ for the DQ6 and what appears to be an EEPROM update for the onboard Marvell 8056 controller:

http://www.giga-byte.com.tw/Support/...ue=Motherboard

Q. How do I solve the problem in the following situations?

1. System hangs up when installing Windows Vista.
2. RAID array fails.
3. If the Marvell LAN is disabled in OS, system becomes extremely slow when copying files or even hangs up.


A. Please follow the steps below:
1. Please make a bootable disk (you may build this disk under Windows XP and select "make this disk bootable" while formatting your floppy).
2. Please unzip the file downloaded from http://www.giga-byte.com.tw/FileList...ell_eeprom.zip into the bootable floppy you just made.
3. Use this floppy to boot you system and type "eep.bat" after the DOS prompt.
4. When this utility has done its work, please reboot your system.

I performed this update but i am not quite sure what is does?...i belive it's update the Marvell EEPROM and also the MAC address, as info during the update indicated this...can anyone confirm and offer further insight?, when Vista booted it detected a new Marvell controller...lists it as #2, so something got changed.