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

[zsamz_]

Not sure if its my board or what but machine crashed crunching in the middle of the night and now even at stock speeds I am getting so many errors I can not even get windows installed without errors at stock speed. I think linux said cpu soft error on the screen when I went in there yesterday morning and I have had no luck getting linux or windows installed, I tried all day yesterday. I tried a pci video card since the 2900 was hanging at boot, I tried a new raptor 150 hard drive so far. Must be the cpu ram or MB.

Edit: Update got a bad stick of G. Skill HZ....

most likely the ram

[BobHarris]

Virus False Positive? I did a scan of C drive and the file _desktop.ini came up as the W32/HLLP.Philis.ini virus. It was located in the folder:
c:\windows\Options\CABS

isn't this the realtek folder?

[LifeStealer]

Lots of files are in the cabs folder its not limited to any one program. Windows stores programs there.

[Rebel_DL]

I was wondering if anyone using the new 1333fsb C2D's E6750/6850 still has the double post/boot issue when overclocking using the P35 motherboards.

Well I will answer my own question - I picked up an E6750 this morning and the nice young lady at the computer store said that I could return it if I was not happy. (and yes she is pretty)

Well I AM happy - no more double boot/post isssues - so far I have OC to 3.4ghz - temps are up to 10 deg cooler than my E4400, so a worthwhile upgrade IMHO.

So as the saying goes " you can have my E6750 when you prize it from my cold dead fingers !!"

Thanks all

[zsamz_]

Well I will answer my own question - I picked up an E6750 this morning and the nice young lady at the computer store said that I could return it if I was not happy. (and yes she is pretty)

Well I AM happy - no more double boot/post isssues - so far I have OC to 3.4ghz - temps are up to 10 deg cooler than my E4400, so a worthwhile upgrade IMHO.

So as the saying goes " you can have my E6750 when you prize it from my cold dead fingers !!"

Thanks all

i use to do 3.7 with my e6400
not i do 3.9 24/7 with my e6850 21c idle 45 full load

[LifeStealer]

I'm wanting to get closer to a 500fsb but I'm having trouble getting over 400 stable. I know 400 stable isn't anything to be depressed over but I would like to see it get a little higher.

Currently:
e6400: 3.2 @1.45v [Everest reports 1.41] (Don't want to go higher than this because I'm on air [This was purchased around Aug 06])
FSB: 400 @ +.1v
PCI: 100 @ +.1v (Not sure if I need this just upped it .1 for the hell of it)
MCH Overvolt @ +.1v
Team Elite 667 3-3-3-8: 800 @ 2.15v (3-3-3-8)
Temps: 44c idle, 52c load on a Zalman 9500 (This could be limiting? But the temps aren't that bad)

All told prime/orthos stable @ 2hours (Wanted to mess around and lower voltages before I go all night)

Thats pretty much it, regardless of how I change the multiplier or what voltages I put on FSB (I've gone up +.2v still no change) it hangs on Windows loading (It boots @420 w/x7 multi). The ram will go up to 550 @ stock voltages (Tested) so I'm not sure where the limiting factor here lies. I'm assuming that my e6400 just doesn't want to go over a 400mhz FSB. But I've fed it and been good to it

Also, I know 1:1 gives the best performance but if the ram will run 1200 should I change divider and let it run 1200?

As an aside I'm not sure I believe the temps that coretemp is giving me, bios shows 36c while coretemp shows 44-46c idle. Bios also shows NB at 26c which is close to ambient but speedfan reports 28-30c idle. I turned the warning on at 60c in the bios but nothing happens when I reach that. Although to be honest I'm not sure what the bios would do when it reaches that temp (Does it throttle?) but I see no change.

Anyone else with more suggestions? Hey sam check your PM.

[zsamz_]

Anyone else with more suggestions? Hey sam check your PM.

fsb+2
mch+2
pcie no need
dont bother with 1200mhz unless you want slight increase
i added a fan on northbridge +arctic silver+better springs

[r4st4m4n]

pcie no need

I need +.1V to the PCI-E to be stable at 400MHz and I only need to bump that (except Vcore).

It took me a while to figure it out as I also was thinking PCI-E voltage shouldn't play any role at this moderate FSB frequency.

[ziddey]

I need +.1V to the PCI-E to be stable at 400MHz and I only need to bump that (except Vcore).

It took me a while to figure it out as I also was thinking PCI-E voltage shouldn't play any role at this moderate FSB frequency.

a lot of people say it shouldn't matter, but personally, I've found it to make a difference as well.

I've only really needed it going 450fsb or so (although different motherboards...)

but vpcie is also vsb (not to be confused with vich of 1.057v)

[zsamz_]

a lot of people say it shouldn't matter, but personally, I've found it to make a difference as well.

I've only really needed it going 450fsb or so (although different motherboards...)

but vpcie is also vsb (not to be confused with vich of 1.057v)

i guess its luck of the draw
i got to 576fsb stable withought any more volts to pcie
i will see if i can go higher if i add more juice to pcie

[Poki]

I have to add alot of PCIE voltage over 450fsb(obviously the SB is suffering). 450 is fine at default but for 455 it needs +0.2v and 458 +0.3v with 460fsb being no-go. Time to get another board me thinks.

[NJDevilsFan21]

Is there any BIOS that supports EIST&C1E when you change the default voltage on the DQ6? I don't like raising the voltage and seeing a high idle when it's completely unnecessary... : down:

[Lestat]

Im using F5 official. Fixed performance issues with 2900XT for me. Not much else seems different. I hate the lack of a pencil vdroop fix. Missing my p5b-d...

here ya go

this is the DS3R though

[r4st4m4n]

Earlier in this thread, several people said the Vmod from VR-Zone doesn't work. Actually the voltage drop if you do it

It is also confirmed on the VR-Zone forum.

[BTK]

I just ordered

GA-P35-DS3R
E6750
2GB (2x1GB) Crucial Ballastix (Micron D9GMH)
Scythe Infinity HSF for $38 (Normally $58 and I couldn't justify spending double the price for 120-extreme with a $38 scythe infinity.
8800GTS 320mb superclock
vista home premium 32 bit

i got corsairhx520w psu and the HD wd 7200rpm sata 250gb and cd/dvd and the case - heavily modded x-cruiser

what can i expect

i would like 3.2 GHz stable can I expect that?

what should i know?

any bios flashes to take care of for mobo/gpu?

[dnottis]

here ya go

this is the DS3R though

Doesnt work. I posted some things when I first got it. That mod actually lowers your voltage.

Edit - found it: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...4&postcount=17

[diablos]

Hi guys,
I've a problem with my p35 ds3p
when I set fsb over 430mhz the system start (in fact I listen the windows' jingle star) but the vga don't some signal (all black)
than this I must do a clear cmos
what is the problem?
thanks

[zsamz_]

i set pcie to +2 n in fact it does overclock better now
4.1 fully stable now

[diablos]

i set pcie to +2 n in fact it does overclock better now
4.1 fully stable now

but it isn't dangerous?
thanks

[mackintire]

Your not going to believe this, but.....


After making some changes Standby -S3 worked overnight for the first time.

I had to change the Vcore to 1.34375

Funny thing is 1.35000 is not stable, nor is any higher voltage up to 1.36250.

According to all my monitoring programs 1.34375 is a slight increase in voltage under load compared to the Auto setting.

Does anyone know where to read Vcore externally on the GA-P35-DS3P with a VOM?

It'll take a while before I am 100% sure this is completely stable. But it is 2 hours Othos stable so far.

I plan on passing this info on to Gigabyte as soon as I have this verified.


Update


It worked once but another 4 hours later it failed. So although this is closer to working correctly. It still does not work.

[lobuni]

Has anyone with a ich9 board tried to enable achi (thus NCQ, hotswapping, transferrate over 133MBps)

http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=444831

[Lestat]

Earlier in this thread, several people said the Vmod from VR-Zone doesn't work. Actually the voltage drop if you do it

It is also confirmed on the VR-Zone forum.

thats what i thought,

i have said this time and time again and i'm NOT afraid to say it again.

Shamino posts those pictures and doesnt test them, he is GUESSING that those mods are working.

i was going to say this when i posted the picture but i didnt.

Shamino's original 965 DS3 mod would blow up your motherboard, litterally, it would kill it.

so why he still does it.

well, in my eyes that shows he doesnt give a sh|t .


oh well.

[zsamz_]

but it isn't dangerous?
thanks

well i dont plan on keeping this cpu more than a year lol

if intel comes up with a 5.0 i'll buy it today10
my cpu is lapped no more warranty if it burns it burns
only thing i concerned about is power consumption lol
wont be the first cpu i burned wont be the last lol
when i'm not gaming i turn it down to 3.7
but i will do more testing since augmenting pcie volts helpin i will find how high it can go till my 6850 cries for mercy

got new batch of mushkin xp8500 lets see how good they are

[Richard Dower]

Lots of new bios out guys...i just flashed to F6 for the P35-DQ6 myself:

http://www.station-drivers.com/

[Scythe]

This ing bios is full of mudakunt hot what the is going on with the pci-e slot as soon as i hit 400fsb the slot is put into x1 mode which results in 5 frames at most when i'm gaming or is this problem just happening on my rig? I see no one else posting about this problem but it just pisses me off so badly. Anyone know how to fix this seriously annoying problem?