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

[hlonipha]

Does it fix the bios reset overclocking on reboot problem ?

Testing now, hopefully can bring some stability to my system at 3.7ghz

[ceemic]

I got my P35-DS4 today, since my P5K-E died.
It was w/ F7 BIOS and I flashed it w/ newer F11.
In BIOS there are now "loadline calibration". Is that for vdroop? It should be enabled?

[miahallen]

I got my P35-DS4 today, since my P5K-E died.
It was w/ F7 BIOS and I flashed it w/ newer F11.
In BIOS there are now "loadline calibration". Is that for vdroop? It should be enabled?

There is no apparent change for me in OCing or vdroop...not sure what it's for but it was new with F9 and I've had it enabled since then. Other users have reported it lessens vdroop...but there was no change for me.

[ceemic]

miahallen, tnx. I'll compare changes w/ multimeter soon...

[hlonipha]

Well so far at 3.8ghz with 1.48v on bios 1.47v under load. prime ran for 7 hrs last night with no issues, could not do that with prior bios at 3.6ghz. will try 3.9ghz tonight load temps are 64-67c max.

more to follow

[ceemic]

OK, I did some measuring on my new DS4. BIOS is F11 (F7 didn't have "loadline calibration").
I thought that Loadline Calibration is for Vdroop, but I was wrong:


...so it's for making real Vcore similar to BIOS value.



Is ~0,015V Vdroop big? Need Vdroop mod? Hmm, haven't even noticed, there is any Vdroop mod for DS4/DQ6

[kagula323]

I have a problem . When I power up 4 the 1st time my computer it turns on, then off and then back on when overclocked. This only happens when i turn it and there is no power at all in it (over night i stop the power to it completly like turn off the power source). And after that it goes perfectly stable. My system configuration is :
Q6600 @ 3600mhz (9x400 1.4v)
TRUE 120 cooler
Gigabyte P35-DS4 F11 bios rev2.0
Adata Vitesta 2GB DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 @ 2.0v
Gainward 8800GT 512MB
2x320GB Seagate RAID 0 for win and aplications,games
1x500GB Seagate for data storage
Samsung SH-203B + LG GH20NS10 + Benq 1650 optical drives
Sirtec 560w modular PSU
Antec 900 case.
Should I worry? Someone told me that the MB is verifying something about FSB strap and is nothing to worry about. I tested with Prime 95 for stability about 11 hours and passed succesfully.

[tatts]

I have a problem ....

Isn't a problem, they all do it. Even my 965P DS4 used to

[kagula323]

10x ... I was worried that my mobo is defective ... almost thought about ordering another one ...

[LuckyNV]

shouldn't be normal, my P965-DS4 was fine OCed, and my P35-DS4 was fine too until it no longer recognises increases in FSB and sometimes even boots up at 166*9, its set to be RMAed

[r4st4m4n]

I have a problem . When I power up 4 the 1st time my computer it turns on, then off and then back on when overclocked. This only happens when i turn it and there is no power at all in it (over night i stop the power to it completly like turn off the power source). And after that it goes perfectly stable. My system configuration is :
Q6600 @ 3600mhz (9x400 1.4v)
TRUE 120 cooler
Gigabyte P35-DS4 F11 bios rev2.0
Adata Vitesta 2GB DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 @ 2.0v
Gainward 8800GT 512MB
2x320GB Seagate RAID 0 for win and aplications,games
1x500GB Seagate for data storage
Samsung SH-203B + LG GH20NS10 + Benq 1650 optical drives
Sirtec 560w modular PSU
Antec 900 case.
Should I worry? Someone told me that the MB is verifying something about FSB strap and is nothing to worry about. I tested with Prime 95 for stability about 11 hours and passed succesfully.

Same here. If I completely cut the power source or if I change some of the bios settings it always do that.

[tatts]

Can i ask which sata channel is best for setting up a raid0, yellow, orange or purple?

[Khalmyr]

I'm sorry if this was asked before, but I'm going to buy a Gigabyte P35-DS3 v2.0 very soon and I'd like to know something

Does this board offer any memory dividers? I don't mean multipliers.. For example, say I want to run the FSB at 500 and keep the RAM at 400. is this possible?

i currently do similar things with my P5W-DH, but I've come to a point where it's 425FSB limit is just not enough for me.

So, does this board offer a 6:5, 5:4, 4:3, etc FSB:RAM divider?

Thanks in advance.

[JS1234]

I'm sorry if this was asked before, but I'm going to buy a Gigabyte P35-DS3 v2.0 very soon and I'd like to know something

Does this board offer any memory dividers? I don't mean multipliers.. For example, say I want to run the FSB at 500 and keep the RAM at 400. is this possible?

i currently do similar things with my P5W-DH, but I've come to a point where it's 425FSB limit is just not enough for me.

So, does this board offer a 6:5, 5:4, 4:3, etc FSB:RAM divider?

Thanks in advance.

Yes there are dividers. Im not sure which dividers there are, because in the BIOS they are just numbers like "2, 2.4, 2.5, 3, 3.2, 3.33, and 4".

I have a question as well. I have a P35-DS3R Rev 2.0 on F6. Are there any guides for what the voltages are in the BIOS? There is a "DDR2 Overvoltage" option where i can pick +0.1V, +0.2V and stuff...but none where i can pick a specific voltage like 1.8, 1.9, 2.0, etc.

Anybody know?

[LuckyNV]

lowest divider is 1:1

Yes there are dividers. Im not sure which dividers there are, because in the BIOS they are just numbers like "2, 2.4, 2.5, 3, 3.2, 3.33, and 4".

I have a question as well. I have a P35-DS3R Rev 2.0 on F6. Are there any guides for what the voltages are in the BIOS? There is a "DDR2 Overvoltage" option where i can pick +0.1V, +0.2V and stuff...but none where i can pick a specific voltage like 1.8, 1.9, 2.0, etc.

Anybody know?

default voltage for DDR2 is 1.8, so +0.1 is 1.9V, +0.2 is 2.0V etc...

[JS1234]

lowest divider is 1:1



default voltage for DDR2 is 1.8, so +0.1 is 1.9V, +0.2 is 2.0V etc...

Ah ok. Thanks.

[Khalmyr]

lowest is 1:1?

so there is no way i can get memory lower than fsb?

[r4st4m4n]

lowest is 1:1?

so there is no way i can get memory lower than fsb?

no, only nvidia chipset can do that.

[stasio]

Hi guys,just bougth Wolfdale E8400.So far 4.15GHz stable.
Anybody else with new 45nm CPU?

[BTK]

is the loadline calibration only for the ds4?

[Scythe]

is the loadline calibration only for the ds4?

P35-DS3P Rev 1.0 has the option in the Bios.

[GazC]

As does DQ6 now.

[Toferman]

Isn't a problem, they all do it. Even my 965P DS4 used to

Indeed. My 965P-DS3 still does it to this day. It's done it with BIOSes 12, 11, 9, and 7.

Conroe, G0, B2, B3, any cpu.

[r4st4m4n]

P35-DS3P Rev 1.0 has the option in the Bios.

In which menu is it. I tried to find it on my P35-DS3 with F12 bios but I couldn't ... maybe it is not in for P35-DS3

[LuckyNV]

In which menu is it. I tried to find it on my P35-DS3 with F12 bios but I couldn't ... maybe it is not in for P35-DS3

it should be just just above the CPU voltage in the voltages list