Official GIGA P35-S3/DS3/DS3R/DS3P/DS4/DQ6 bios/info thread

[kadir_slayer]

Microprocessor Voltage Identification Input
- Dynamic VID™ Technology
- 8-Bit VID Input with Selectable VR11 code and
Extended VR10 Code at 6.25mV Per Bit
- 0.5V to 1.600V Operation Range

from http://www.intersil.com/data/fn/fn9276.pdf


does it mean that it is impossible to give more then 1.60v to the cpu regardless of the settings from bios? if so why there is more than 1.60v options to select in bios?

[ziddey]

no, that's just the ability to understand the vid signal from the cpu. with most motherboards, when you change vcore from stock / overclock / change vcore a certain amount, it'll override the vid information from the cpu and set vcore independently.

as an example, coretemp will show you the vid. also, you can get rmclock and it'd show you the vid as well in a graph.

[Burner27]

Will 4GBs of this memory work on the GA-P35-DQ6 mobo?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145034

[Klimpen]

Oh man, this is a massive thread. Thank you all for contibuting to all this knowledge on one single place. I have picked up a lot to try when I get home from vacation.

I have to go back to what you all refer to as the "double boot" or "endless reboot".
I understand that it is normal to have a cold boot after setting some of the OC to certain values.
I have the same thing but here's the twist:
Let's say I change the divider along with lets say the FSB above 417, then I get a double boot over and over again and IT WILL NOT STOP.
I have had it do "double boot" for an hour just because a got frustrated.
So whats the obvous solution? YES, CCMOS! But that does not work, nor does anything else.
I have tried to remove battery, pull the powercord, short the pins under the battery, keep the power off for hours. Yes I have tried it all but the board won't boot. Not until I replace my memory with a whole different kind.
I pop in one single stick of Samsung 512MB DDR-667. Get into BIOS and Load Default, then I'm ready to go.

So you could say I get endless "double boot".

Did anyone experince this and HOW did you get out of the loop?

I also got a note in "PC-Health" that say DDR18V - Fail
What is that?? It doesn't matter if I set it to AUTO or +0.550 (default for my mem)



System:
P35-DQ6 (F4)
E6600 (good for 4.05)
OCZ PC-9200 FlexXLC DDR-1150 (on water along with CPU)
HD 2900 XT

[Alex-Ro]

Well these are some of my results with a p35-dq6.Mem's used where 8500 2x1 gb,and 2x2gb Mushkin DDR800 5-5-5-15 PF+(D9HBD).Quite impressive since they got 500 5-3-3-10 Actually what do you think about its performance clock per clock versus other boards,i've done 1M with a 3.2 GHZ Celly 420,unfortunately FSB-walled ate 407

[metro.cl]

what is the ltest P35T DQ6 bios you have? i really need one but F2 is the latest on Giga site

[GazC]

Gigabyte seem to be slow in providing updates. I'm still waiting for a P35-DQ6 bios that isn't broken, so that I can really start to make this board work instead of getting hit and miss results.

[road-runner]

Can anyone confirm alex-ro's findings on trd? Looking for the ability to not be dependent on memset after the tweaking process is finished.

Yea trd does change the performance level I tried it. I also got my E6850 today and this is my first run of OCCT with 1.55 vcore setting in the bios.

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[vld]

i got the same problem lol
i can do 4-4-4-4@ 1050mhz but i cant do 5-5-5-15@1100 lol
all voltages maxed out

I think I know the problemo! testing now!

[TeutonJon78]

Has anyone gotten SpeedFan to work on this board? When I loaded it up, it said the RPM on the fans was like 1M RPM or something. Plus, they weren't just multiples of the right values.

Also, anyone using EasyTune in Vista? Is there anyway to not have it prompt me to allow the application to run? Or, is it even necessary to have EasyTune load itself at boot? I've unchecked the options in the program, but it still leaves something in the startup with a call of "Easytune -m". It doesn't start the program, but I'm guessing it loads the settings or something.

[Wallynut]

DANG!! I am having issues with 4 x 1GB PC2-6400 OCZ memory!!! Forget my earlier post. If I use 2 x 1GB my system is stable. Once I use all 4 sticks, I get a very unstable system. I am not OCing, the memory is set to SPD and the system is set to "standard" performance. Any suggestions would be helpful.

Thank you.

Mate, I have exactly the same issue where I cannot run 4 x 1Gb OCZ Reapers. All the system does is the shutdown loop before the post screen.
Have support reqests open with both Gigabyte and OCZ.

[vld]

P35C users problem solved going above 1100 mhz on memory... Now you can go 1200 MHz +++


Actually the problem was strange and the fix is simple and surprizing... You need to actually go above 1200 mhz to get the memory to boot :P

So u want something around 1240 mhz... this is achievable with d9 chips only.

Use OPTION1 manual and set everything to 5-5-5-15 the everything else on auto... and finally TRD which is the PERFORMANCE LEVEL at 6! and it works. Maybe Option 2 helps go 1300

Maybe try 7 for perf level but it should work with 6 too...

I am currently feeding my mems 2.37 (+0.4 in bios) actual voltage (this is normal for d9 at those speeds with cooling but u may try +0.3) and MCH +0.2, FSB +0.1, Multiplier is 8X and FSB is 388. Mem multi is 3.20. Bios F4B.

System runs cool.

Good luck! Tell me if this worked for you. Zsams waiting for your reply.


Shot at 2007-07-17

[Alex-Ro]

Well the problem,mainly the solution do tell that this is a bios problem...However,it depends on the divider you are using to get that frequency over 1100 mhz,for example,my memory can do 4-4-4 at 600 mhz,using 4:5 divider,but they cannot do it still at 600 mhz,but using 2:3 divider,so this is also a matter.

[vld]

Well the problem,mainly the solution do tell that this is a bios problem...However,it depends on the divider you are using to get that frequency over 1100 mhz,for example,my memory can do 4-4-4 at 600 mhz,using 4:5 divider,but they cannot do it still at 600 mhz,but using 2:3 divider,so this is also a matter.

Avoid 600. Go above like 620... It should work on all dividers.

[Alex-Ro]

Non-sense,tried with all performance's level and still no go,it makes no difference booting at 620 vs 600,i know what i say,at least at my board,p35-dq6

[vld]

That was for P35C. It's very different.

[zsamz_]

VLD i thank you verry verry much
i'm @ 1222mhz 508fsb
f3b couldnt do it
i updated to f4b again and this time i can set it to level7
with this bios i couldnt set it @ level 8 @ 1000mhz but now i can
it wont even boot below 1222 lol
i finaly hit 10036 read lol

[Viss]

What was the actual problem and is it related to bios F4b? I never had a problem with mem mhz so far

[Burner27]

Mate, I have exactly the same issue where I cannot run 4 x 1Gb OCZ Reapers. All the system does is the shutdown loop before the post screen.
Have support reqests open with both Gigabyte and OCZ.

I am going to try 4 x 1GB Mushkin PC2-6400 and see if it just isn't a memory compatibility issue.

[Richard Dower]

Bingo...any new on bios updates?, why are GB taking sooo long for a new official bios?

It hasen't been this slack on bios in a long time, hell is going on over at GB tech??

[Richard Dower]

Few more P35-DQ6 reviews:

http://www.techware.com.vn/techware/...w.aspx?H_ID=50

http://www.noticias3d.com/articulo.asp?idarticulo=719

http://www.awardfabrik.de/index.php?...id=147&seite=1

[Richard Dower]

P35 owner has noted some changes to a new mobo he bought:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=150450

"It was a MB problem. Put together the new motherboad and audio worked right away.

Also, even though this is still the 1.0 revision and not the 1.x that may exist, there were some changes. This MB had F4 instead of F3 and it also had a "Made in Japan" battery instead of "Made in China". Also, there was a foam padding block that came in the package that help to support the heatsink.

Thanks for the help."

[dnottis]

Does anyone have or tried a working pencil mod on the p35 DS3R. By working I mean not the one at VR-Zone that doesn't work

TIA.

[kadir_slayer]

hi

I have a question.. I once loaded F4b bios and it was 3+ more hours orthos stable at 490fsb but when I rebooted , it didn't open as it was an overclocking failure. and one of the times it booted, all the things in bios turned to default settings, ı mean like clearing the cmos, and it repeated sometimes when an overclocking failure happened. bu the performance was better than f3a, I mean memory latency etc, Now currently ı'm using f3a bios but when I saw u using f4b without any problem ı want to reload it. did you experience something like that similar to my problems with f4b bios?

[vld]

Yes. This was caused by memory overclock failures and too low mem voltages at certain MHZ also caused by faulty memory stick!

Zsamz actually I booted 1230 at PERFORMANC LEVEL 5! ORTHOS STABLE! This further decreased the latency and added READ... Try to lower performance level. LESS PERFORMANCE LEVEL = better performance. Locco u didnt have the problem because u used CAS 4 maybe?