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

[Kougar]

Icon check my sig, I use an Apogee GT block. The leftmost corner rubs against the VRM 'sink fins, but it still fits. It also works fine with the CrazyCool backplate left on.

If you meant watercooling the NB... the DQ6 NB cooler is still downright cool to the touch in most places, even the VRM fins are cool due to the case fans right next to them (P180). I see zero reason to use a WC block on the NB! All "heatpipes" have a liquid in them, they would not function without it.

[road-runner]

does the outlet on the D-TEK FuZion have to be on the top right? i want to mount it so its on the bottom left so i can connect it to the gfx card easier.

I guess not, mine is on the top left. I would not think it would matter the inlet is in the center so....

[icon57]

k...thx for the info...guess in my head i am still thinking 680i heat...lol

[BikerKS]

Bios F5c for the P35-DS3 now has a working Memory Performance Enhance too.

[Lome]

Big news! The recent released beta BIOS's on Gigabyte's website have fixed the lax MCH strap and tightened the memory settings. "Memory Performance Enhance" setting now controls the MCH Strap and sets it aggressively at low FSBs.

For DQ6 users: the beta F5L BIOS on Gigabyte's website has fixed the non-working "Memory Performance Enhance" feature. I've only just started testing, but these are some quick checks with 10 min stable Orthos runs using the 1:1 divider.

266FSB Stock
Standard= MCH Strap of 11
Extreme= MCH Strap of 3

333FSB
Standard= MCH Strap of 11
Extreme= MCH Strap of 7

400FSB Overclock:
Standard= MCH Strap of 11
Turbo= MCH Strap of 6
Extreme= MCH Strap of 6

501FSB Overclock
Turbo= MCH Strap of 9
Extreme= MCH Strap of 9

Standard seems to use default values in all cases. So far Turbo/Extreme settings have not once caused an error in Orthos. I've just hit the 30 min stable mark at 501FSB "Extreme". Time to tighten the MCH strap manually and see how low it can go again...

I cannot currently test higher FSB's due to my 8500 Ballistix down for RMA.

did they take out the trd setting or do you have it set on auto?
ive been using that to set "preformace level" on ds3r

[Kougar]

did they take out the trd setting or do you have it set on auto?
ive been using that to set "preformace level" on ds3r

TRD is a RAM sub-timing. Before flashing to F5L I tested the F4 BIOS and changing the TRD setting did nothing, except change the TRD RAM timing. I have left mine on AUTO.

I did some more Option 1 vs Option 2 testing. For all 8500 or higher speed Micron D9 users, it still seems that "Option 2" will give more stable results. For the first time I completed 8 hours of Orthos using "Option 1", but the system still BSOD'd when I opened WinAMP, so obviously that wasn't stable. Option 2 does seem to start making a difference for RAM speeds over 1GHz.

[Lome]

interesting on p35ds3r trd changes the "prefomance level"
i hope they dont change it

[road-runner]

interesting on p35ds3r trd changes the "prefomance level"
i hope they dont change it

It changed it on my DQ6 also, I have not tried it with the F5L bios though

[Mysterfix]

It changed it on my DQ6 also, I have not tried it with the F5L bios though

It still works just fine with the F5L bios.

[mario2008]

I am building new system soon with q6600 plan on overclocking to atleast 3.0 to 3.4

Which mother board is better ?

GIGABYTE - P35-DS3R or P35-DS3P? some people told me to go with DSEP because DS3R has memory issue?

[kadir_slayer]

f4g beta bios for p35c ds3r owners is a must. this bios rocks. finally I am able to run my memories at 1200 mhz 5-5-5-18 with only +0.3 voltage. performance enhance option really works with this bios. when ı set it to extreme, the performance level is 8. and my system doesn't freeze anymore while shutting down.all my problem are gone finally....

[peteypete271]

yeah turn it off

Even if running a RAID?

[Kougar]

Well that's pretty odd regarding the TRD setting working on y'alls boards... strangely I'm now longer getting issues with my thought-to-be-defective Crucial RAM either, so I am still in the process of testing THAT now... I hate tests.

I will play around with the TRD setting again, maybe it was the specific overclock settings I was using at the time or something. (I never used any beta BIOS's before F5L however). The memory performance enhance seems to do a good enough job adjusting the strap on it's own though.

[peteypete271]

I'm curious as to whether there are any aftermarket NB HS that fit the P35C-DS3R?

[Forsaken1]

I'm curious as to whether there are any aftermarket NB HS that fit the P35C-DS3R?

Just installed this one.Thermaltake Extreme Spirt II.Appears to be no onboard sensor to read temp(NB) .

[lazy]

Need some help here guys,

my computer is constantly failing orthos in the 1st 5sec its on and ive tried to increase voltage but not much of a difference

e6850 oc'ed to 3.6 (cant seem to get it stable higher then that)
p35 ds3r with voltage set to 1.37+
memory is set to 4-4-4-12 with mem spd set to 2.0

this is my 1st intel build and heard this mb is good for oc'ing but im out of ideas

btw im on watercooling so temps is no problem,

[kadir_slayer]

only possible solution seems to increase the mch voltage and fsb voltage....

[Klimpen]

On a separate note...im disappointed with the performance per clock on the DS4 at least.

Im roughly 0.2 secs slower on Spi 1M and 15-20 seconds slower in 32M (and im fairly confident it aint me!)

Happy to be shown to be wrong though- if anyone feels like cracking out a Pi 1M and 32M at 3600MHz on their DS4, feel free. any combo/timings ya like.

I have made a SP1 just for you K404. I ran it just seconds ago on my Vista machine. Please note that this is my setup for game/work/surf so EVERYTHING is running in the background, and that is a lot
I think Vista adds about a second or so to SP1 compared to XP SP2

nice work kougar, i really want to get a dq6, been lurking here...
i love the quality of the gigabyte! think this is going to be my next board.
any liquid in the heat pipes?
also, anyone watercooling these yet? how is the clearance?

I'm using a homemade block for the CPU and it is no problem what so ever.
I even have the CrazyCool still on...

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i was referring to the cpu,
i would like to be able to wc both the cpu and northbridge, i am not a fan of the heatpipes at all.

i was wondering if they have any liquid in them...

I had the EXACT same thoughts before buying this MB. Now that I have used it for a few weeks or so I am more then pleased with the heatpipe solution.
It is WAY more then you need. And now I'm pretty happy about it not dumping more heat into my water then needed. Run with the HP, you won't be sorry!

[Viss]

On a separate note...im disappointed with the performance per clock on the DS4 at least.

Im roughly 0.2 secs slower on Spi 1M and 15-20 seconds slower in 32M (and im fairly confident it aint me!)

Happy to be shown to be wrong though- if anyone feels like cracking out a Pi 1M and 32M at 3600MHz on their DS4, feel free. any combo/timings ya like.

Same here for 1M. This was before memset beta with PL setting though. Ill try to rerun it.




32M is a bit faster for me (with PL now) on P35C however not 100% sure the exact same tweaks were used and me time on Commando is slooooow to start with

[lazy]

only possible solution seems to increase the mch voltage and fsb voltage....

for the fsb voltage is it better to put it as 1.4 or 1.3 + .1 overvoltage?

[vld]

f4g beta bios for p35c ds3r owners is a must. this bios rocks. finally I am able to run my memories at 1200 mhz 5-5-5-18 with only +0.3 voltage. performance enhance option really works with this bios. when ı set it to extreme, the performance level is 8. and my system doesn't freeze anymore while shutting down.all my problem are gone finally....

Beautiful. Is the bug for setting memory around 1150 mhz gone too? I guess they went all the way from b to g lol thats like 6 bios revisions.

[lazy]

Problems with the ds3r

after some minor oc'ing my computer started to hang, then started to say that system32\driver\ntfs.sys is missing or corrupted, so i loaded windows xp to repair, and now even on stock settings my computer is getting bsod

what did i do wrong?!

[Forsaken1]

Try putting all settings back to normal.Then run repair.Most likely going to have to reformat and re-install.Could be a hardware issue,but most likely a user error in bios set up .Most of us have been there .

[lazy]

Try putting all settings back to normal.Then run repair.Most likely going to have to reformat and re-install.Could be a hardware issue,but most likely a user error in bios set up .Most of us have been there .

ive tried everything... now im reinstalling windows im still curious what went wrong though

[vld]

i had the same thing, I dont know what it was... Could be result of bad oc-ing.