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

[zsamz_]

dont use default voltage for ram you might get 2.38 as default n kill your ram
set volts manually

[BTK]

dont use default voltage for ram you might get 2.38 as default n kill your ram
set volts manually

it is manual +0.3

[Flinch]

BTK,

Where did you get the F10 bios for the DS3R?

[zsamz_]

it is manual +0.3

+3 is good +4 is a killer if they didnt fix bios

[trt740]

dont use default voltage for ram you might get 2.38 as default n kill your ram
set volts manually

No I mean the acutal default voltage of 2.2v

[BTK]

on official site

rev 2.0
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...ProductID=2626

rev 1.0
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...ProductID=2543

[Flinch]

Got it, thanks

[DeNs]

I've been running F9 since I got the board, and while it is nothing special it seems compared to F6 which I got stock (but didn't test at all) it hasn't killed any of my hardware yet. Just wondering if I should use F5 or upgrade to F10... They don't even have F5 on that page anyway for whatever reason.

Got my conductive pen yesterday so i'll be attempting the vDroop mod sometime today

---dens

[road-runner]

I have been running F9 since it came out on three DS4s and a DS3R Folding 24/7 and have not killed anything since I reduced my RAM voltage to +3, so far so good...

[DeNs]

I've actually used +0.4v briefly on the RAM - what exactly was the issue with it?

---dens

[miahallen]

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Well Bios f9 seems to have first caused ram errors then killed two sticks of ballistix Lanfest ram, and somehow it has either confused windows into not finding my ethernet or killed it aswell. I went back to F7 and all is well except for two dead sticks of ram and a dead ethernet. The lan has power and the modem has a solid green connection but it just won't work . I tried a new cable because the bios has a cable test for the ethernet / lan and it's not responding at all. WTF. This is my last Gigabyte. I may RMA this board and when it returns sell it. It is a full featured board that overclocks like hell but man all these problems. I even tried to reflashing the bios, upgrading the chipset drivers, then reactivate the ethernet adapter ,without any difference. Then I tried reinstalling a fresh copy of Windows on my second hardrive, unplugged the first hardrive, reset the bios and boot with the fresh copy of windows,still no ethernet found. I'm using a USB connection now and ordered a 7 dollar ethernet adapter. Still this is B.S because Gigabyte has no advanced rma so if I return it I will be without a computer for 3 weeks. Anyone have any Ideas about this lan problem.



Also don't use F9 bios I was using default voltage when my ram died with it. Memtest showed errors out the azz and the board won't boot at all with the two sticks which are now DOA. Windows memtest also shows error with F9 I know you guys think the memtest error are false positives as I did so i continued to used it and two perfectly fine ram sticked died and my Ethernet is either dead or my bios is so confused it won't find it. This all happened using F9 and in a very short time. I don't believe these memory errors are false positive I think this bios killed my ram.

Interesting, but I'm not sure it should all be blamed on the BIOS, maybe you just got a bad board. I've been running F9 for over a month, and the only problems I've seen are in memtest. I switched back to F8 briefly (as you read above), but re-flased to F9 shortly after to continue troubleshooting...never went back to F8 as reccommended by Gigabyte becasue F9 is working fine for me.

[DeNs]

So wait.. does F9 give false positives for every board, or just the DS4 or something?

---dens

[DeNs]

Well being stupid and not thinking things through, I thought that the conductive pen wouldn't be just a dispenser of a very liquid kind of substance and as a result, I applied the pen without masking off the area or testing it on a cheap motherboard i've got here..

It made a small puddle of it and seems to have bridged like 5 pins on the chip near that resistor (d'oh..). Trying to clean it up now with a pin and some magnification glasses. My second proper voltage mod, so not surprising I stuffed it :P Hopefully can turn out ok though.

---dens

Edit: Just measured resistances on both the resistor in question and between each pin on that chip, and all seems to be ok. Gonna make extra sure before I boot it up though.

[zsamz_]

I have been running F9 since it came out on three DS4s and a DS3R Folding 24/7 and have not killed anything since I reduced my RAM voltage to +3, so far so good...

lucky you i've killed 6 sticks @ +3 2.26v
lets see if my dfi kills any @ 2.26v

[Ryouko]

I've been using F9 for a while now and it hasn't crashed or anything - although I hope that they get a F10 bios to fix the memtest86+ errors...

[kenton]

What is the 1TB fix mentioned with F9 BIOS?

I plan to rebuild system in signature with DS3P Revision 2.0 from Newegg next week.

I have Hitachi 1TB drive I plan to use. Don't want to use newer BIOS if memory errors and burnout occur because I use highly loved Micron D9GMH G.Skill "HZ" type DRAM

So does anyone know what 1TB issue exist and what issue contain?

[BTK]

f9 bios has been fine for me

[sniper007]

I think also that you guys read into the BIOS's too much. Each one didnt provide any difference for me. F6 through to F9. I'm on F8 at the moment and its the same as every other one for me really.

The 1TB Hard drive issue is just that some hard disks would not be detected at the full 1TB with some BIOS's so they made a fix for it. Its all documented on the Asus site...briefly.

Someone above said that the stock ddr2 voltage was 1.38? I doubt that. Generally I thought it was decided that these boards mostly set the voltage at stock to 1.8.

[DeNs]

Just letting you guys know that not only is my board not dead, but that the vDroop mod worked Don't even get vDrop anymore - so it's dead on what it's set to in BIOS and literally doesn't move a single mV when under load.

The only thing that I could find wrong with the board is gone on it It's a P35-DS3R board revision v2.1.

Thanks for everyone's help so far with this!

---dens

[KTE]

P35-DS4, supports only DDR2 memory:

1st page: That doesn't look like the DS4 I have. Cooling is very different.

[robber123]

i have a ga p35 ds3r rev2.0.mobo.e6850 cpu,2gb crucial ballistix 6400.
i did have f6 bios,couldnt see the psu rails voltage so i changed it to f8 bios.
i have just changed the fsb from 333 to 400fsb,cpu@3.600ghz.
i havent changed anthing else in the M.I.T.all the others are on auto.
winxp comes on okay,but when i choose to start after doing things,i go to restart,i just get a black screen.
i sit there and after awhile,i hit the reboot button,and it will come on.
it has started in the default timings,cpu3.00ghz.
my cpu@system temps are in the 30C.
in pc health in bios,all my timings are in blue colour,so i cant change them.
vcore is 1.28v
ddr1.79v
my mem 6400 runs @4.4.4.12.
i think @the moment is running@5.5.5.18.
i dont know how to overclock much,so im hope(used to do it awhile ago,but not in these bioses)hoping someone will give me a hand here.
thanks.

[kenton]

robber - you likely just need a bump in core voltage

[kenton]

I think also that you guys read into the BIOS's too much. Each one didnt provide any difference for me. F6 through to F9. I'm on F8 at the moment and its the same as every other one for me really.

The 1TB Hard drive issue is just that some hard disks would not be detected at the full 1TB with some BIOS's so they made a fix for it. Its all documented on the Asus site...briefly.

Someone above said that the stock ddr2 voltage was 1.38? I doubt that. Generally I thought it was decided that these boards mostly set the voltage at stock to 1.8.

Can you link me to ASUS issue webpage mention 1TB hard drive error?

This is a Gigabyte board, is the 1TB issue P35 chipset wide? Erratum of some sort?

I really wish more people had DS3P Rev 2.0 to share experiences.

I simply want to overclock g0 q6600 to 3.2GHz using 400FSB with memory at 1:1

[robber123]

robber - you likely just need a bump in core voltage

kenton
i will try that.
do i do that in the M.I.T.? what should core voltage be for my e6850.
thanks.

[kenton]

I don't own my Giga P35 board yet. Am ordering next week to replace motherboard (dead) in signature.

But yes, it should be in MIT, you may need to do a CTRL F1 to access it.

Look at your g0 q6600 box, you'll see a vid value (i.e. 1.300), slowly bump that up (i.e. 1.300 -> 1.31 -> 1.32, etcc)

You want to download Orthos and run that program to stress all cores to 100% for 8-24 hours (I do 24) to successfully test for stability


Now can someone give me info on P35 DS3P Revision 2.0 --- GOOD BOARD?