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

[zsamz_]

zsamz mine craps out at 500 I dont know whats up. I have a side vent fan blowing directly on to it almost. Maybe it's the CPU? It is hitting somekind of FSB wall. Even at multi 6, I cant get a stable 500 mhz FSB. I think it's the cpu. my cpu craps out at 3.4 ghz.

not the cpu its the board
my old board was maxed out @ 510 lol i guess i got a better p35 chip this time
overvolting memory n droop in vcore n chipset needs more juice
from all my testing i saw the best performance @ 450fsb n 510fsb
not really worth it to go higher than 510 anyways
performance is good now but needs more stability hopefully next bios
i wished i got a quad cause i keepin it @ 3.8 lol
needs too much volts to keep my 6850@ 4.0+ 1.55v

[xcluded]

hi guys...im using e6850 and p35-dq6 with crucial ballistix 800 ram
using bios f5h

i could not go beyond fsb 420.....
no matter how i try. i'm still stucked.

anyway i can get around ?

thanks

[zsamz_]

hi guys...im using e6850 and p35-dq6 with crucial ballistix 800 ram
using bios f5h

i could not go beyond fsb 420.....
no matter how i try. i'm still stucked.

anyway i can get around ?

thanks

start here http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=11576
then come back

[xgodxicex]

start here http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=11576
then come back

lol what did that post have to do with his question?

[Scythe]

I agree, that link zsamz posted has nothing to the with the question. I have the same FSB problem with an E6300 though. Wondering if the cruical RAM xcluded and I are running that's causing this?

[lowfat]

start here http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=11576
then come back

lol what did that post have to do with his question?

ahahahahaha that was awesome. Didn't know an Antec case mod has anything to do with a GA-P35

[zsamz_]

ahahahahaha that was awesome. Didn't know an Antec case mod has anything to do with a GA-P35

oops my bad lol i gotta learn to copy paste better


http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=115765

[xgodxicex]

arite well a heads up on my previous posting:

i actually got my ram stable at 900mhz
looks like i needed to bump the fsb voltage a bit more

right now im running-
450x8
fsb volts : +.15v (needed +.1 to get my cpu stable, and +.15 for the ram)
mch volts: +.1v

is that safe?

also, anyone have issues with the 2.5 ram multiplier?

[zsamz_]

arite well a heads up on my previous posting:

i actually got my ram stable at 900mhz
looks like i needed to bump the fsb voltage a bit more

right now im running-
450x8
fsb volts : +.15v (needed +.1 to get my cpu stable, and +.15 for the ram)
mch volts: +.1v

is that safe?

also, anyone have issues with the 2.5 ram multiplier?

should be i got mine @+3

[joshua7]

Hi guys!
I need your help! I put together my new sys yesterday (p35c-ds3r, e6400, 2gb A-Data EE). I installed Win Xp sp1 without problems. Was happy. But then I noticed that my Pioneer dvr-109 wasn't listed in My computer (as later turned out not just there, but nowhere, my Xp just does not see it). Put in a dvd, it started to spin, but nothing happened. Rebooted, my Pio was listed at the Post screen, so no problem there. In Win it wasn't there again. Then I put the jumpers to all possible places, put the dvd-rw on master and slave, but nothing helped. It is clearly a Windows issue as later I booted from the Pio and the Windows installer started without any problems.
What can be the solution? Sp2? Something in the Registry?
Help pls!

[Klimpen]

Hi guys!
I need your help! I put together my new sys yesterday (p35c-ds3r, e6400, 2gb A-Data EE). I installed Win Xp sp1 without problems. Was happy. But then I noticed that my Pioneer dvr-109 wasn't listed in My computer (as later turned out not just there, but nowhere, my Xp just does not see it). Put in a dvd, it started to spin, but nothing happened. Rebooted, my Pio was listed at the Post screen, so no problem there. In Win it wasn't there again. Then I put the jumpers to all possible places, put the dvd-rw on master and slave, but nothing helped. It is clearly a Windows issue as later I booted from the Pio and the Windows installer started without any problems.
What can be the solution? Sp2? Something in the Registry?
Help pls!

Perhaps the Pioneer is connected to a IDE interface alone? No harddrives?
Then you might NOT have the drivers for the IDE controller installed in Windows.
if Windows don't have the proper driver installed for the IDE controller then it (Windows) won't "see" your pioneer connected to that IDE controller.
If you would connect another DVD the same thing would happen.
Go to Device Manager and see if you have any yellow questionmarks or any other device that look suspicious.

[luseruser]

Try another ide-cable... could be defective... sp2 is also must. After sp2 instal latest intel inf -chipset drivers. If these doesnt help try another cd/dvd -drive to see if that works...

[lightzout]

I was going to make another annoying first post about the core2 system I built but instead I followed instructions and started reading up on the recommended links. Not only did I learn about the availability of Antec cases in the EU circa 2003 but my most pressing bios mystery was unraveled after a mere 10 minute invested perusing these sage quarters. Also, I feel smarter but it is probably just the caffeine. Now I will return to my studies before I post about how the 5L bios gave me BSODs (probably my own fault) and see if its just a coincidence that other folks seem to share my preference for 5H.

This a great resource. Love my DQ6 but its got a hell of a learning curve.

[Klimpen]

Try another ide-cable... could be defective... sp2 is also must. After sp2 instal latest intel inf -chipset drivers. If these doesnt help try another cd/dvd -drive to see if that works...

NO NO NO !!!

Try another ide-cable... -- It works in "BIOS" mode and during installation
could be defective... -- It works in "BIOS" mode and during installation
sp2 is also must. After sp2 instal latest intel inf -chipset drivers. -- Has nothing to do with SP2. Driver might be needed though regardless of SP1 or SP2
If these doesnt help try another cd/dvd -drive to see if that works... -- It works in "BIOS" mode and during installation

[r4st4m4n]

Review of the GA-P35C-DS3R:
http://hardwarelogic.com/news/129/AR...007-08-03.html

[luseruser]

NO NO NO !!!

Try another ide-cable... -- It works in "BIOS" mode and during installation
could be defective... -- It works in "BIOS" mode and during installation
sp2 is also must. After sp2 instal latest intel inf -chipset drivers. -- Has nothing to do with SP2. Driver might be needed though regardless of SP1 or SP2
If these doesnt help try another cd/dvd -drive to see if that works... -- It works in "BIOS" mode and during installation

Yes of course inf -driver is needed regardles of SP version.. SP2 is a must for data security. Thats why i would install it in a hurry. Cannot imagine why someone would voluntary be online wit SP1. Anyways there must be something fundamentally wrong if DVD-drive doesnt work after a clean install... just like you adviced device manager is exactly what i would also look first.

Naturally first you try to fix the software... if nogo... then you have to start looking explanation from the harware side. If there is somekind of a suttle problem wit Ide-cable, DVD-drive or even MB the XP installation could be succesfull for example in slower PIO -mode... and for some reason this wouldnt work on installed OS. Far fetched i know but propably possible... compatibility problem is also not yet ruled out.

I have the same MB ...clean installed XP SP1 about a week ago...had PATA HD as master and PATA CD-RW/DVD drive as slave. No problem there. If one has just DVD- drive on ide cable one has to set it up as a master. There cannot be slave without a master. Always setup HD as master. After this one should install inf -drivers and see if that helps.

I´ll soon install Vista from PATA DVD-drive (setup as master) to SATA HD... will see how that goes.

[joshua7]

NO NO NO !!!

Try another ide-cable... -- It works in "BIOS" mode and during installation
could be defective... -- It works in "BIOS" mode and during installation
sp2 is also must. After sp2 instal latest intel inf -chipset drivers. -- Has nothing to do with SP2. Driver might be needed though regardless of SP1 or SP2
If these doesnt help try another cd/dvd -drive to see if that works... -- It works in "BIOS" mode and during installation

You see it correctly. Installed sp2, nothing changed. Tried 3 cables, no go. But I may have the solution. One of the pins (or what you call it) is only half the height of the others. It is pin no. 21, which is responsible for some DMA thing (and guess it is related to some Windows stuff). I guess I tried to put the ide cable the other way round and it pushed the pin back. I didn't notice this then, but clearly I have a non-working rw drive since then.

[Klimpen]

You see it correctly. Installed sp2, nothing changed. Tried 3 cables, no go. But I may have the solution. One of the pins (or what you call it) is only half the height of the others. It is pin no. 21, which is responsible for some DMA thing (and guess it is related to some Windows stuff). I guess I tried to put the ide cable the other way round and it pushed the pin back. I didn't notice this then, but clearly I have a non-working rw drive since then.

Aaaahhh, I see that a lot since I work as a PC-Engineer.
Try to use a strong plier (spelling ???) and pull slowly but still hard. You might be lucky to get it out a bit. After that I suggest you put in an IDE cable and glue it there so you can't remove it again.

[joshua7]

Aaaahhh, I see that a lot since I work as a PC-Engineer.
Try to use a strong plier (spelling ???) and pull slowly but still hard. You might be lucky to get it out a bit. After that I suggest you put in an IDE cable and glue it there so you can't remove it again.

I'm thinking of buying a 212d instead. But I might give it a try.

[luseruser]

You can try to pull that pin back... jus be very carefull not to overdo it bcause solder or the pin can break quite easily. I did this once to my floppy.

Edit: went to eat some dinner and too late i see.

[1heone]

BETA M out. @ station drivers. nothing really special about. just thought i would post

[kenograndmaster]

Other than extra pcie(4x) slot,firewire,ide connector placement, and better nb heatsink.....is there any difference in terms of performance between the
-DS3R vs. -DS3P. Do they both have similar issues or does one work better than the other such as memory dividers,stability,etc? Im just thinking that since the placement of adding PCIE 4x slot, therefore making the board layout a bit different may affect performance in different ways for both types of board. I am leaning towards -DS3R because i dont care for firewire I ony care for overclocking and it seems both can do that well. I am just worried about memory divider issues or other bugs that are only present in each board separately.

Anyone can share some input? Seems like to me reading from here they both have same issues so getting one vs. the other wont matter? Thanks for reading.

[Richard Dower]

F5m beta bios for the P35-DQ6, bios dated August 1st 2007....it fixed an issue with the "official" beta on the Gigabyte website relating to an unknown device being listed in Device Manager, namely the Trust Platform Module 1.2

http://www.station-drivers.com/page/...ga-p35-dq6.htm


There are other updates and bios, i suggest y'all take a snoop.

[ZEROMAN]

Anyone had any flakyness with the DQ6 i was doing a slight overclock with an e6850 380fsb 1.35v and I bumped up them memory still not to its capacity when i set the setting in the bios goes back to defaults kept doing it tryed using easy tune nothing still runs stock well i removed easytune reinstalaled an old version and then updated it it mysteriously started actually working. LOL i go to install new version of easytune try to set the setting press go and poof reboots no overclock bios even has the settings now its back to not overclocking again. Ive tried removing easytune altogether setting in bios nothing. I Only had the memory at 912 well under its rated speed. Its just flaky sometimes its overclocked sometimes its not. Any clues from anyone having similiar issues

P35-DQ6 E6850 L722A241 F5L Bios
KINGSTON 4GB HYPERX PC2-8500
Vista x64
RADEON XD2900XT 1GB DDR4

[slayer_warrior]

don't use easytune just do it in bios, easytune imo sucks at least for me (p35-ds3p)
add: but i have read in this thread that other people had problems with it to.