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

[GazC]

Guys, I going to get an E8400 from my local shop in 12 hours from now. But I still not sure whether will my GA-P35-DS3L (Rev 2.0) can support this 45nm processor. The change log of the F6 bios only stated "Support Intel 45nm Yorkfield CPU". Need some opinion on this.. Can support or not? Thanks

I'm willing to bet it will work okay. In the worst case the mobo will probably report it as an "unknown" processor while posting.

[Hornet331]

I find the vcore enough stable on the P35DQ6 without this loadline calibration :

well under load you usually should have no further vdroop. (or else your psu is about to die. )

vdroop only happens when going form idel to load.

[irangan]

I'm willing to bet it will work okay. In the worst case the mobo will probably report it as an "unknown" processor while posting.

Hmmmmm... Ok... I will give a try then.. Will update when I got the processor.

Thanks

[lastdon00]

what is the BEST bios to use for the DS3p v.2.0 ?

this is my first gigabyte ever, so i dont know much about them !!



Also whats that bios hack or something to show more options??

[GazC]

Hmmmmm... Ok... I will give a try then.. Will update when I got the processor.

Thanks

At least you've got someone to blame if it doesn't work! I'd use your original chip flash the bios to the latest revision before you put the new chip in though, just to be safe.

[irangan]

At least you've got someone to blame if it doesn't work! I'd use your original chip flash the bios to the latest revision before you put the new chip in though, just to be safe.

LOL... I already dropped an email to local gigabyte distro. According to them, its will works. We'll see.. Haha..

Already did that.. Using F7 now..

Thanks ya.

[kenton]

what is the BEST bios to use for the DS3p v.2.0 ?

this is my first gigabyte ever, so i dont know much about them !!



Also whats that bios hack or something to show more options??

The key is CTRL+F1 in the BIOS root menu. This opens more options.

I, too, would like to know the best BIOS for the DS3P 2.0 as there have been some discrepancies in other boards about RAM killing BIOSes.

[stasio]

EVEREST Ultimate v4.20.1238 Beta:
HERE
EVEREST Ultimate v4.20.1241 Beta(registred):
HERE
EVEREST Ultimate v4.20.1245 Beta:
HERE
CPU-Z, version 1.43:
HERE
Memtest86 3.4a Release (27/Dec/2008)
Windows
Iso

[Repliquant67]

It's nice.Soon I will post mine.
As I receive a lot of PM according Bios F7C & F7dd for P35-DQ6 and my internet provider working today with 25%,I decided to upload.
Link is>>>>>HERE
Edit my Vcore(Bios F7C):

3.4GHz,Bios 1.40000v.
OCCT 30min 1.39000v(idle 1.39000v)

I have one maximus now, because the F7b was not really good on my P35DQ6 with my QX9650 (can't boot over 4Ghz and trouble with vcore in manual).
If someone test one orki with this new bios, please give the results

[irangan]

My second run on my newly bought Retail E8400.

4ghz at 1.37vcore (I believe can go lower than this). Using Gigabyte P35-DS3L. Stable at least while posting this. Haha.. Temp: 33'C Full load on WC.

[GazC]

My second run on my newly bought Retail E8400.

4ghz at 1.37vcore (I believe can go lower than this). Using Gigabyte P35-DS3L. Stable at least while posting this. Haha.. Temp: 33'C Full load on WC.

Nice!

[irangan]

Nice!

Thanks... At least, its run on my board... But its took several on / off before its managed to POST. I think my board is re setting itself for this proc.. Oh ya.. Using F7 bios and avoid pairing DS3L with E8400. I cant get my proc above 4.2ghz even with 1.6vcore when I can prime 4.0ghz at 1.37vcore (still on going)

[Repliquant67]

Not higer than my qx9650 for the same vcore.
Temp are nicer and could alow higger oc.
For the 24/7 use, I don't believe that I could go over 4.2-4.3Ghz in water cooling.

[Ajn]

mm got my q6600 running this weekend....really nice boost almost everywhere
I see vdroop, but it didn´t have effect (yet) to overclock, because I oc'ed just a bit, 333*9=3ghz, that boosted a bit too, ie world in conflict benchmark lowest fps rose up from 13 to 22 (avg 34->41)

When I have time, I tweak this more, then we´ll see if the vroodp mod is essential. Lapping coming ahead too. btw, with this mobo and this cpu, is the coretemp 0.96 reliable? @ extremely cold house (my friend´s place) coretemp showed startup temps like 15/12/12/14 (celcius) and in load the temps went up to 28. Possible with cooooold air & tt bigtyp?

[elgoog]

Thanks... At least, its run on my board... But its took several on / off before its managed to POST. I think my board is re setting itself for this proc.. Oh ya.. Using F7 bios and avoid pairing DS3L with E8400. I cant get my proc above 4.2ghz even with 1.6vcore when I can prime 4.0ghz at 1.37vcore (still on going)

so there are some issues with ds3l and these chips then?

what about other p35 boards?

[Deuzsta]

Hey all im preety new to overclocking as such i have noticed that all the q6600 around here are running 3.6g and up i cant get mine past 3.4 can anyone help me with a some volts to set before i oc my specs are this:
Q6600 @ 3.4 1.47vc swifttech watercooling kit up graded the rad to a swiftech360 and a alphacool res i have 2gig of ocz 8500 reaper 2x320 seagates and a x1950xtx vid card got 2 3870 arriving next week on and thats all running a p35-dq6 board in a cosmos case the crrent volts im using on everything is ..
Vcore: 1.47 Dram:2.3 fsbv:.1 mchv:.05 can anyone please help me with what volts i should try please... i need help

[chrispycrunch]

I'm running with the F10 Bios since yesterday. I always update to the latest bios.

My settings are Core CPU = 1.35V, memory voltage + 0.2 (for 2.0V total).
No luck in overclocking..it's a project in progress!

[HitMaker]

I'm running with the F10 Bios since yesterday. I always update to the latest bios.

My settings are Core CPU = 1.35V, memory voltage + 0.2 (for 2.0V total).
No luck in overclocking..it's a project in progress!

I did too, and too bad for me , i can´t go now over 299Mhz fsb, before my E6400 was working at 425x8 (ddr2@850Mhz CL4-4-4-10) without any problem (crysis, Boinc, pes2008...)..

But since i have updated the bios its impossible for me to get even close to my "old" clocks, i don´t know whats going on and i've started to feel desperate with this *** motherboard.

Am i the only one with this problem?

[swaaye]

The "enhance performance" memory option actually starts to do something with newer BIOSes. So make sure you set it to standard if you are having problems.

[[XC] 4X4N]

It changes performance level. With standard it's 9, turbo 8, and extreme 7. I always leave it at extreme.

[HitMaker]

swaaye i always check that, i will try this afternoon...

[necron66]

Thanks, enabling the multi threading worked for me getting the 4 cores to show up.

But now with F8, I have .5v added to the vdim in the bios, and it reports as 2.080v in the bios and Everest is reporting 2.1v. My g.skill PC8500 is meant to have 2.3v-2.4v, not 2.1v. Any idea's?

Finally figured it out. After I added the .5v I set the main one back to Auto, this must somehow override the manual adjustment's I made. So I know have 2.32v with F7 and no false positives after memtesting overnight like I did with F8 on the DS3P.

[HitMaker]

Finally i managed to do it and its again running at 3.4Ghz... i'am happy again and waiting for the E8400 to come out XD

[chrispycrunch]

It changes performance level. With standard it's 9, turbo 8, and extreme 7. I always leave it at extreme.

You trust auto-performance tuning? extreme? What does 9,8,7 mean?

[chrispycrunch]

Finally i managed to do it and its again running at 3.4Ghz... i'am happy again and waiting for the E8400 to come out XD

It's out - what nice numbers, and sweet overclocks. For me saving 5 seconds encoding a song, or having nice benchmarks would not justify the $200. Quad core would though

And when will flash HDD's come out? That bottlenecks the system no matter how fast the CPU!