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

[managerman]

Why the hell did they put 1.8 / 2.0v in there and not 1.6-1.7v?

This is the real question! Why can't Gigabyte give us a Bios with 1.6v through 1.7v that works...1.6v would be fine if the VDROOP was not so horrid...on my board it drops to 1.49v under load I hate to think that I need to change boards to get the best overclock on my QX6700 (secondary system). Any one have some insight on this?

Thanks,

M

[TsvetanVR]

damn i thought it was weird i got same problem 1.6 wont boot n 1.59 all good
i thought something wrong with the board i guess its the bios
ever since f6 i had that problem

So the only solution is to flash to an earlier BIOS then... I'll try it when I get home.. cus there is no way getting my E6600 stable enough for 3DMark @ 4ghz @ only 1.54v real.
Edit: 1.59xxx v at the moment. Real according to CPU-Z - 1.508-1.520v ....
BTW - http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/5701/superpird9.jpg

[fausto412]

Hey guys, i am running f8 bios on my p35c , did anybody notice that High Speed Dram DLL Settings [option 1] is no longer an option in the bios. i was going to give that a try to see if i could overclock higher but it is not there. not that they ever explained what the freaking thing did.

[gsan]

the pencil vdroop mod for P35-DS3R can works on P35-DS3?

[AriciU]

People are saying that it doesn't work on the DS3R and actually provides lower voltages

[mykemyk2006]

Ok, i cant read all of these posts but i read a few and there seems to be many complaints about this board. I am getting a Q6600, thermalright xp120 extreme, p35-ds3l, and i would like to get 4 gigs of ballistix 8500. I hear that 4 gigs has trouble with this board. Can you guys give me some recommendations ?

[zsamz_]

Ok, i cant read all of these posts but i read a few and there seems to be many complaints about this board. I am getting a Q6600, thermalright xp120 extreme, p35-ds3l, and i would like to get 4 gigs of ballistix 8500. I hear that 4 gigs has trouble with this board. Can you guys give me some recommendations ?

you better off getting the p35-ds3r you need a strong board for 4 sticks
or get the gskill 2X2 comes to about same price

[fausto412]

Ok, i cant read all of these posts but i read a few and there seems to be many complaints about this board. I am getting a Q6600, thermalright xp120 extreme, p35-ds3l, and i would like to get 4 gigs of ballistix 8500. I hear that 4 gigs has trouble with this board. Can you guys give me some recommendations ?

i have a p35c-ds3r and a p35-ds3l. they got the job done. haven't put 4 gigs on them but think about this for a second....there is only a few people on the boards having issues out of thousands that own them. if you're going to run 4gigs at rated speed you should not have any issues. if you going to overclock the ram...4 gigs has issues on any board then..it's the luck of the draw. if you serious about things you wouldn't be buying a ds3l...that's what i got my wife. $95 on newegg 3 months ago. i paid 160 for my p35c. if you talking overclocking nothing is guarranteed. stock should be just fine. and for all you know these guys having issues may not know what they doing. just an fyi!

[zsamz_]

well i went back to f5 bios it lets me boot 540fsb+

[TsvetanVR]

Hmm, isn't there anyone here who can edit the P35-DS3R's bios and add small steps from 1.6v up ? It would be really nice Cuz i don't want to change the board just because of this voltage issue...

[zsamz_]

Hmm, isn't there anyone here who can edit the P35-DS3R's bios and add small steps from 1.6v up ? It would be really nice Cuz i don't want to change the board just because of this voltage issue...

i cant wait to change just hate the voltage issue
newer bios after f5 is just pure bs
i cant even boot @ 1,6v any bios after f5

[zsamz_]

i just got my new ballistix 8500s
i gotta say they only gettin better only 2.24v they rock
i got them as low as 2.13v @ 1040 4-4-4-12

i can boot @ 575 again

[Krohling]

i just got my new ballistix 8500s
i gotta say they only gettin better only 2.24v they rock
i got them as low as 2.13v @ 1040 4-4-4-12

i can boot @ 575 again

Interesting... 2.13v @ 1040 4-4-4-12

I'm currently running @1050 with +0.20V (2.00v) 5-5-5-15 (2.06V reported in Everest). But tested with +0.10v (1.95~1.96V reported in Everest) and 1066MHz 5-5-5-15. Give it a try see what you can do with only +0.10V.

[zsamz_]

Interesting... 2.13v @ 1040 4-4-4-12

I'm currently running @1050 with +0.20V (2.00v) 5-5-5-15 (2.06V reported in Everest). But tested with +0.10v (1.95~1.96V reported in Everest) and 1066MHz 5-5-5-15. Give it a try see what you can do with only +0.10V.

the new ballistix 8500 have no clips just heatspreaders stuk on

[TsvetanVR]

Nice... I can get with my 8000's up to 1100mhz 4-4-4-10 @ 2.34v only...

Edit: Here's a 1M Pi result
P.S. OMFG ! 1.59v @ bios and dropped down to 1.488v during the Pi Calculation..........

[zsamz_]

Nice... I can get with my 8000's up to 1100mhz 4-4-4-10 @ 2.34v only...

Edit: Here's a 1M Pi result
P.S. OMFG ! 1.59v @ bios and dropped down to 1.488v during the Pi Calculation..........

1.6 in bios is 1.55 real for me then it will droop to 1.52 lol
my old mushkin xp2-8500 couldnt do 4-4-4 above 1070mhz

[TsvetanVR]

This is real crappy with the vdroop And I thought the vdroop was much on my Asus P5WD2 Premium.... at least it was real easy to fix with a pencil...

Edit: Now with F9 bios it dropped "only" to 1.504v (according to cpuz) while calculating the Pi ...

[fausto412]

well i went back to f5 bios it lets me boot 540fsb+

now why in the world use such a high FSB?
540x6=3240
540x7=3780
540x8=4320
can't you over clock ram just the same using the multipliers???

[zsamz_]

now why in the world use such a high FSB?
540x6=3240
540x7=3780
540x8=4320
can't you over clock ram just the same using the multipliers???

lol its not the same higher fsb=higher performance

[fausto412]

i cant wait to change just hate the voltage issue
newer bios after f5 is just pure bs
i cant even boot @ 1,6v any bios after f5

i have same board as you and bootup fine on any bios...i tried bios f2 to f8 to see the differences in each...they all boot. i do hate the voltage issues and i got a bs answer from gigabyte tech support explaining what the problem is. will post later...

[fausto412]

lol its not the same higher fsb=higher performance

so what settings got you that high FSB? how much voltage on northbridge.
and this is a NOOB question but what does the MCH voltage control?

[gsan]

I just completed setup a new Intel C2D platform. The spec is

Intel C2D E6550
GA P35-DS3 rev2.0
Crucial 2x1GB PC5300 DDR2
Hitachi 160GB SATA HDD
Galaxy Geforce 7300GT
Fortron Epsilon 600W
Windows XP SP2

The rig is up since this wednesday, almost everday I'm facing the problem that the LAN suddenly no connectivity. To get back the LAN working, I need to restart my pc again, but then the pc cannot shutdown or restart normally, it will hang during shown "Windows is shutting down..." and I have to power off and on the pc again. Any solution?

[zsamz_]

i maxed out on fsb here i need more volts gigabyte options just suk
vdmm+3
pcie+2
fsb+3
mcmh+2
cpu1.6v
f5 bois
anything over 510 is good need less volts
easier on the board under 525

[nightrider72]

Ok, i cant read all of these posts but i read a few and there seems to be many complaints about this board. I am getting a Q6600, thermalright xp120 extreme, p35-ds3l, and i would like to get 4 gigs of ballistix 8500. I hear that 4 gigs has trouble with this board. Can you guys give me some recommendations ?

I´m using 4 sticks of 1Gb G.Skill in my DS3R and my system is totally stable.

[Salem13]

I´m using 4 sticks of 1Gb G.Skill in my DS3R and my system is totally stable.

I'm using 4x1gb Geil without any problems... well aside from the problems a 32bit OS would bring since you need XP64 or Vista64 to run over 3gb.

Anyways. I noticed the F10 bios is out ... any word on it?