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

[zsamz_]

hmm...raised vcore to 1.4v but cant get 400x6....im quite reluctant to go higher as the room temp here is really high. in mid day my idle temps are 43-40. case temp 46-47 and gpu temp 58. all fans on 70%.

damn thats hot
i cant wait till it gets colder i'm idle@ 32c load@51c cpu@4.04
just got an antec 900 air goin straight to 120extreme n straight out

[pitadotcom]

im gonna stick 2 120 fans up front for intake and another on my 8800. hopefully that will take the temps down by around 5c. ill just stick with my downvolted 3ghz e4300. better then nothing

[burn what?]

i'm now doing 540x7, +.1 pcie, +.3 everything else, ram at +.5=2.3v, pcie freq auto (which is scary) mem is 1:1 at 5-4-4-12
temps are great, wish i wasn't cpu limited at 3.8!

p.s. f4i best bios!!

[zsamz_]

i'm now doing 540x7, +.1 pcie, +.3 everything else, ram at +.5=2.3v, pcie freq auto (which is scary) mem is 1:1 at 5-4-4-12
temps are great, wish i wasn't cpu limited at 3.8!

p.s. f4i best bios!!

ram @ +5 gonna give you 2.4+ "danger"
+4 should give you 2.34-2.38v
+3 should give you 2.22-2.24v

[Krohling]

Ok thanks

I need new rams, because my geil rams don´t run on my gigabyte pc35c-ds3p.

1. 4x 1024MB Mushkin SP2-6400+ CL5
2. 2x 2x 1024MB Patriot PC2-6400 CL5 Blue HS
3. 2x 2x1024MB OCZ PC2-6400 CL4 XTC Platinum Rev2
4. 2x 2x1024MB OCZ PC2-6400 CL4 KIT XTC Gold Rev2
5. 2x 2x1024MB Patriot PC2-6400 CL5 KIT Black HS

Anyone has this ram on the gigabyte ds3p?

all those rams are garbage mostly promos "i got 3 gigs lol"
just make sure they d9
http://ramlist.ath.cx/ddr2/

AFAIK DIMM's with D9 chips = only 1GB sticks.

Riverna, I see you got problems running 4 sticks at desired timings and frequency.
Running 4 sticks isn't same thing as running 2. You might need to bump vdimm and/or loosen timings a little bit.

And/or also raise MCH and FSB voltages a little...

[psyxeon]

I have the same problem running 4x1024 cellshock over 1050 Prime stable!

[zsamz_]

I have the same problem running 4x1024 cellshock over 1050 Prime stable!

you got them to 1050 be happy i cant get them past 1020 lol

[Richard Dower]

Station-drivers have lots of new bios for y'all mobo's.

[zsamz_]

another set dyin @ 2.24v +3 in bios
i'm averaging 3 months per set now
anyone else had a p35 killing ram?
this me second p35c killin my mushkins

[burn what?]

ram @ +5 gonna give you 2.4+ "danger"
+4 should give you 2.34-2.38v
+3 should give you 2.22-2.24v

i thought 1.8v default, so '+.3 = 2.1', '+.4=2.2' etc.

are u using a dmm or something for those numbers? this ocz flex rated at 2.35 so 2.4 doesn't scare me. some patriot 800's i had in the past were rated at 2.2 and their tech support said 2.4 was fine but not over that, so 2.4 on these flex should be nothin' but we'll see.

[GazC]

another set dyin @ 2.24v +3 in bios
i'm averaging 3 months per set now
anyone else had a p35 killing ram?
this me second p35c killin my mushkins

After 3 sets of dead ram I'd start to look at other things besides the motherboard such as the PSU. I'm not saying it isn't the mobo, but it is possible that ripple from the PSU is killing your Dimms.

[Krohling]

Third DIMM set dying... Yeah, that's fishy...
What's your PSU maker and model?

[psyxeon]

you got them to 1050 be happy i cant get them past 1020 lol

Still, 4x 1024 1050 vs 2 x 1024 1170

[MuffinFlavored]

Anyone experince Linux ACPI problems with the P35-DQ6?
With F7b BIOs, when the latest (2.6.23.8) Linux Kernel tries to detect my CPU, all 4 APIC (Yes, different from ACPI) to my 4 cores fail.

Anyone using Linux on this motherboard? If so, what BIOs?

Gigabyte P35-DQ6 owners:
F7d beta BIOs available at http://station-drivers.com/page/gigabyte/ga-p35-dq6.htm.

[zsamz_]

After 3 sets of dead ram I'd start to look at other things besides the motherboard such as the PSU. I'm not saying it isn't the mobo, but it is possible that ripple from the PSU is killing your Dimms.

i was thinkin the same
i'm usins silverstone zeus 650 watt

[zsamz_]

Still, 4x 1024 1050 vs 2 x 1024 1170

well lots of boards cant even run 4 sticks
i used the x38dq6 for 3 weeks n it couldnt run more that 800mhz lol and still got bsod

[miahallen]

well lots of boards cant even run 4 sticks
i used the x38dq6 for 3 weeks n it couldnt run more that 800mhz lol and still got bsod

There is a lot of talk about bad experiances with 1GBx4 on these boards. I thought I'd offer a positive exeperiance. I've been running 4 Crucial PC2-6400 DIMMS for almost two months now. With only +0.2 in the BIOS, I was stable with either DDR2-800 4-4-4-12 or DDR2-1000 5-5-5-15. Right now I am running DDR2-900 4-4-4-12 with only +0.25V BIOS setting. Not sure why everyone else is have so many problems, good luck getting things worked out.

DS4 Rev.2.0 f8b

On the other hand, I have not been successful getting my board stable at anything over 450MHz FSB with my Q6600 G0.

[zsamz_]

There is a lot of talk about bad experiances with 1GBx4 on these boards. I thought I'd offer a positive exeperiance. I've been running 4 Crucial PC2-6400 DIMMS for almost two months now. With only +0.2 in the BIOS, I was stable with either DDR2-800 4-4-4-12 or DDR2-1000 5-5-5-15. Right now I am running DDR2-900 4-4-4-12 with only +0.25V BIOS setting. Not sure why everyone else is have so many problems, good luck getting things worked out.

DS4 Rev.2.0 f8b

On the other hand, I have not been successful getting my board stable at anything over 450MHz FSB with my Q6600 G0.

i can run 1000mhz with 4 sticks on the p35 but no higher just funny i couldnt go higher then 800mhz on x38 lol

[Riverna]

all those rams are garbage mostly promos "i got 3 gigs lol"
just make sure they d9
http://ramlist.ath.cx/ddr2/

I now, but rams with d9 are so expensiv Last friday I buyed my new g.skill pc8000 gbpq 2x 2048mb. My system run without problems, 3600mhz @ 1.328v with 450mhz 5-4-4-12 2.0v ramclock... I´m so happy.

AFAIK DIMM's with D9 chips = only 1GB sticks.

Riverna, I see you got problems running 4 sticks at desired timings and frequency.
Running 4 sticks isn't same thing as running 2. You might need to bump vdimm and/or loosen timings a little bit.

And/or also raise MCH and FSB voltages a little...[/url]

I have sold the geil rams and buyed my new ram.

Thanks 4 help

[Tambutsoo]

Intel Q6600 B3
Gigabyte P35 DQ6
Palit 8800 GTS 640mb
2 X 1GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 c4
2 X 1GB Kingston Value Ram DDR2 800
4 X 74GB WD Raptor raid 0
2 x 500GB Samsung
XFi xterme music
ThermalTake Aqaurius 2
Hec 750 watts

[Riverna]

Here my system

[miahallen]

ram @ +5 gonna give you 2.4+ "danger"
+4 should give you 2.34-2.38v
+3 should give you 2.22-2.24v

Is this the case with all the Gigabyte boards? Where did you get this information?

[zsamz_]

Is this the case with all the Gigabyte boards? Where did you get this information?

after 3 p35c boards all the same volts n some are even worse
and latest bios increased my +3 by 0.02v
i mesured vdimm on every board i had to see if everest readings were correct
so do you know if your board is overvolting? i'd put money that it is
in some cases even going from +3 to +4 no increase
i wont even use +4 unless i will do some benching
and optimised default with f7 bios was 2.38v
these +1 adjustments i think is ridiculous

[[XC] DragonOrta]

So did everest report vDimm right?

[zsamz_]

I now, but rams with d9 are so expensiv Last friday I buyed my new g.skill pc8000 gbpq 2x 2048mb. My system run without problems, 3600mhz @ 1.328v with 450mhz 5-4-4-12 2.0v ramclock... I´m so happy.



I have sold the geil rams and buyed my new ram.

Thanks 4 help

d9 chips are cheap now lol compaired to last year we payin about 25-40% compaired to last year lol
somesets are cheaper than ddr1 2 gigs of ocz platinum for 25$ after mir
i remember buyin 1 gig set of that crap for 170$