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

[berdde]

Does any one have problem about power/standby on DS3R? My board keeps giving me issues related to it. Gigabyte support is not very helpful and keeps talk about overheat or power supply issue, kept talking about putting PCIE_12V power although I have told him twice my video card does not have PCIE_12V connector. (low end 2400PRO card) But my e6600 is hardly overheat, core temp 45C idle/65C load, and my Seasonic S12 500W has been awesome in doing it's job on the other board.

Problems on this system let me think it's DS3R related:
1) resume from standby doesn't work for USB mouse/keyboard. Unfortunately I do not have PS/2 keyboard/mouse. It's kind of ridiculous that this is not supported.
2) When hit power button, first LED will come up, just a flash then go down. And go up after 5 seconds. It does this every time.
3) Occasionally the system will shutdown/restart out of no reason at all - not running heavy apps, no gaming on this system.
4) Happen once, hang during Windows trying to go to standby mode.

I really doubt that this board has some design problem about ACPI/standby, etc. Any one has similar problem?

Is there a way to isolate the problem beside getting another motherboard?

[NJDevilsFan21]

I have a P35-DQ6 on the way. Can anyone who has this board recommend good FSB/MCH voltages for 400FSB?

Also, hows the PWM area in terms of temps with quads? I don't care about dual cores because those don't raise the PWM temps nearly as much as a quad will. Will I need a fans over the giant array of heatsinks?

[zsamz_]

I have a P35-DQ6 on the way. Can anyone who has this board recommend good FSB/MCH voltages for 400FSB?

Also, hows the PWM area in terms of temps with quads? I don't care about dual cores because those don't raise the PWM temps nearly as much as a quad will. Will I need a fans over the giant array of heatsinks?

i'm @ 525 +3 n +3

[jacek]

I have a P35-DQ6 on the way. Can anyone who has this board recommend good FSB/MCH voltages for 400FSB?

Also, hows the PWM area in terms of temps with quads? I don't care about dual cores because those don't raise the PWM temps nearly as much as a quad will. Will I need a fans over the giant array of heatsinks?

Your system should be stable with default voltages.
I'm at 490 without increasing voltages on the mainboard.

[Icefury]

My old E6300 i could only get to 3.1ghz no matter what (P35C-DS3R)
I just bought E6550 and it fly over that, i was hurry to play so i didnt test too much, got it booting 500x7 but my memory would not cooperate and did not load to windows, anyway working steady now at 475x7 with 1,325v. not sure yet wich temps are correct but ~45c on max load.

[mojado]

How to obtain 400 FSB on E4300 with 8x multiplier?.
I try to 1,35 vcore, 2 vdimm and increase 0,5 v MCH and FSB but I can´t boot.

E4300 (L701C637) + GA-P35-DS3P (BIOS F4) + 2 gigas RAM GeIL (5-5-5-15 supports to 2,2v).

[rge]

Everyone else probably already knows this, but whats up with the Gigabyte P35 DQ6 marketing two 16x pcie slots.

I had put my 8800 in second slot, not thinking it mattered. Could not figure out why I was getting 9900's in 3dmark6 when everyone else was getting 12K+ with similar setup. Finally I saw the 4x listed instead of 16x on 3dmark6 comparison. Read fine print in manual says supports 4x in second slot. Switched it and now instead of 9900's I always get ~13,500.

I dont care that it only has one 16x slot, if I wanted sli, i would not have this board, so why even use the terms 16x, it is 4x.

[r4st4m4n]

How to obtain 400 FSB on E4300 with 8x multiplier?.
I try to 1,35 vcore, 2 vdimm and increase 0,5 v MCH and FSB but I can´t boot.

E4300 (L701C637) + GA-P35-DS3P (BIOS F4) + 2 gigas RAM GeIL (5-5-5-15 supports to 2,2v).

Try more Vcore. My E4300 + GA-P35-DS3 is only Orthos stable at 3.2GHz if I feed him with 1.45 Vcore :/

[mojado]

Try more Vcore. My E4300 + GA-P35-DS3 is only Orthos stable at 3.2GHz if I feed him with 1.45 Vcore :/

Yea, for now (?) run at 3,2 ghz with 1,375 vcore (356x9 - Evercool IceMan), 2,1vdimm (890/4-4-4-12-2T) and +0,1v vMCH & vFSB.
Temp. ambient 16~20º and CoreTemp IDLE show 33~35º.

Thanxs for reply.

[Poki]

Yea, for now (?) run at 3,2 ghz with 1,375 vcore (356x9 - Evercool IceMan), 2,1vdimm (890/4-4-4-12-2T) and +0,1v vMCH & vFSB.
Temp. ambient 16~20º and CoreTemp IDLE show 33~35º.

Thanxs for reply.

I think you're doing better than I am with my 4400 if that makes ya feel any better. Right now i'm at 356x9 1.525v(on water) ram at 890 4.0-4-3-11-2t 2.2v. The rest of the voltages are at auto and everyting seems pretty cool. It's much faster than my Opteron was so i'm pleased so far. EDIT/ wanted to add that i'm seeing 22c idle 52c load in speedfan for the cores with 23c ambient.

[slayer_warrior]

Does any one have problem about power/standby on DS3R? My board keeps giving me issues related to it. Gigabyte support is not very helpful and keeps talk about overheat or power supply issue, kept talking about putting PCIE_12V power although I have told him twice my video card does not have PCIE_12V connector. (low end 2400PRO card) But my e6600 is hardly overheat, core temp 45C idle/65C load, and my Seasonic S12 500W has been awesome in doing it's job on the other board.

Problems on this system let me think it's DS3R related:
1) resume from standby doesn't work for USB mouse/keyboard. Unfortunately I do not have PS/2 keyboard/mouse. It's kind of ridiculous that this is not supported.
2) When hit power button, first LED will come up, just a flash then go down. And go up after 5 seconds. It does this every time.
3) Occasionally the system will shutdown/restart out of no reason at all - not running heavy apps, no gaming on this system.
4) Happen once, hang during Windows trying to go to standby mode.

I really doubt that this board has some design problem about ACPI/standby, etc. Any one has similar problem?

Is there a way to isolate the problem beside getting another motherboard?

in bios in power management setup can u give list on how u have it setup or pic of that bio screen.
add: and what os u are useing.

[berdde]

in bios in power management setup can u give list on how u have it setup or pic of that bio screen.
add: and what os u are useing.

I used to enable Power On By Mouse and Power On By Keyboard, found they did not work so restore BIOS to factory default. Now it is as follow.


It might be my illusion but after restoring BIOS to default, the random shutdown/restart (item 3) no longer happens. (Used to be once or twice each day in the first two days.)

OS is Windows XP Pro SP2
All drivers appear to be loaded okay. No unknown device in Device Manager.