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

[hlonipha]

Mysterfix,you are right.Me too cann't boot with stable setting in F7.Must increase Vcore to be stable.
I am also back to F7.

Im back to F7 as no luck with F8B. Same issues

thanks

[Bluesign]

Hi! I just wanted to ask if Q9450 works fine with P35-DQ6 and does it need a special BIOS update or something? Thanks!

[hlonipha]

Hi! I just wanted to ask if Q9450 works fine with P35-DQ6 and does it need a special BIOS update or something? Thanks!

It should with F7 bios and above.

[stasio]

Download available from Gigabyte official site for:
-Easy tune 6
-Ultra TPM
-Dynamic Energy Saver Advanced
-Face Wizard
-@BIOS
-Dynamic Energy Saver
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...lity_List.aspx

[Baleful]

Will changing the stock TIM void the gigabyte warranty? I've checked Gigabytes site and searched here and couldn't find anything. Also, is it even worth it, is the stock TIM pretty good or what?

[Aleslammer]

I just lost the Asus P5B-Plus mentioned below and replaced it with a GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS4 and I'm wondering if I will have any problems with the components listed below. I've got the board but haven't assembled it yet, so if something sticks out I would greatly appreciate a heads up.

CPU - Q6600 B3
MB - ASUS P5B-PLUS
HSF - ZALMAN CNPS9700 NT
MEM - CRUCIAL BALLISTIX BL2KIT12864AA804 2GB KIT
MEM - CRUCIAL BALLISTIX BL2KIT6464AA804 1GB KIT
VIDEO CARD - EVGA 8800 GT KO 512MB
HD - BOOT WD1600AAJS SATA2
HD - 2X WD5000ABYS SATA2 (RAID 0)
HD - WD 3200JB 8MB IDE
DVD-RW - PIONEER DVR-112DBK IDE
FLOPPY - SONY 1.44MB
CASE - APEVIA MX-PLEASURE FULL
PS - ANTEC NEO POWER 650W
SOUND CARD - CREATIVE LABS X-FI FATAL1TY WITH I/O UPGRADE KIT
TV - HAUPPAUGE WINTV-PVR USB 2.0
OS - MICROSOFT WINDOWS MCE 2005 / SP2

[kagula323]

hy guys ... can buy an E8400 Q807A367 / E27439-001 ... what is ur experience with this batch? Is it overclockable?

[pitadotcom]

is it me or does the p35-ds3r not show the NB and SB voltages in hwmonitor and everest? well for everest i have to go through heaps of pages to get to it. i was hoping to be able to see the voltage in the sensors page

[msgclb]

is it me or does the p35-ds3r not show the NB and SB voltages in hwmonitor and everest? well for everest i have to go through heaps of pages to get to it. i was hoping to be able to see the voltage in the sensors page

I don't believe there is either a NB or SB voltage in the PC Health Status and I don't see them in my version of Everest. You can set the NB voltage with the (G)MCH OverVoltage Control but monitoring it is another question.

[rge]

I have DQ6, but same issue, there is no way to monitor NB/SB voltages. Everest will show the default voltages, and you have to add on what you set in the bios from that and assume that is correct...but that is a far cry from the ability to monitor.

By the way, I had a weird issue with 8B bios for P35 DQ6, my vcore would not increase, when I increased it in the bios. ? some bug, when they flipped the position of the overclocking section. Vcore set to 1.356 bios read 1.33 cpuz, which is normal. I tried increasing all the way to 1.425 in bios, still read 1.33 cpuz. With f7, 1.425 in bios gives 1.39 cpuz. Had to switch back to f7.

[pitadotcom]

well i hope this is the last time i buy a gigabyte....i dont like the bios

[Millyons]

I have DQ6, but same issue, there is no way to monitor NB/SB voltages. Everest will show the default voltages, and you have to add on what you set in the bios from that and assume that is correct...but that is a far cry from the ability to monitor.

By the way, I had a weird issue with 8B bios for P35 DQ6, my vcore would not increase, when I increased it in the bios. ? some bug, when they flipped the position of the overclocking section. Vcore set to 1.356 bios read 1.33 cpuz, which is normal. I tried increasing all the way to 1.425 in bios, still read 1.33 cpuz. With f7, 1.425 in bios gives 1.39 cpuz. Had to switch back to f7.

i noticed this also with one of the bioses, but i think it was rasing it just that monitoring software wasnt showing..... the was i solved it was by unpluging the power cors and hitting the power swich few times, after next boot the voltages were changing

[stasio]

Same issue with me with bios F8B.Increasing voltage in bios,but in windows still same voltage and CPU fan sometime stop.
Back to bios F8A which is quite good.
OK guys,just received new bios for P35-DQ6 from Taiwan.Will try.
Bios F8C:
http://rapidshare.com/files/121590752/P35DQ6-F8C.html

[vws]

Will the beta BIOS fix this problem? My P35-DS4 rev2.0 has the same problem and if any DQ6 BIOS gets to fix that, I'd like to give it a try. Currently, I must set PCIe freq. at 101MHz to avoid cold boot/BIOS setting clear. Then, like the OP said any time I have vMCH > 0.20v (i.e. 0.225, 0.250, .. , 0.375) the PCIe1 link width will reduce down to 1x. What a pain. FWIW, my memory is set at Turbo mode for much improved latency (can't stand the slowness @ Standard mode).

[stasio]

P35-DQ6-F8C (released 06/06/2008)new link:
http://www.station-drivers.com/telec...ivers.com).exe
Go back to CTRL+F1 to open new panel timing memory(separate in bios-"Advanced chipset features").
Some improvment in Vdrop(minimal),set in bios 1.5V under full load 1.4880V(Everest).

[Mumid]

The new beta bios' for Gigabyte boards are to solve the DPC latency issue where the latency is high meaning rubbish performance for real time low latency audio\video software.

There is a bug in them where you cant change vcore though!

[hlonipha]

Same issue with me with bios F8B.Increasing voltage in bios,but in windows still same voltage and CPU fan sometime stop.
Back to bios F8A which is quite good.
OK guys,just received new bios for P35-DQ6 from Taiwan.Will try.
Bios F8C:
http://rapidshare.com/files/121590752/P35DQ6-F8C.html

What is the improvement that you have seen so far from the F7 bios?

Thanks
Hlo

[Millyons]

guys did anyone read my post above

the vcore does get changed but just the monitor gets stuck, try to unplug the power protocol and it should be fine after, it also does it for me when loadline is enabeled or disabeled, same thing in windows monitoring

[sauria]

hy guys ... can buy an E8400 Q807A367 / E27439-001 ... what is ur experience with this batch? Is it overclockable?

My Q807A187 is great batch

[psyxeon]

ga p35 ds3r bios f12b is doing good, I had to manually set sub timings or it won´t boot. I,m running ram in extreme and it is stable.

[ceemic]

hy guys ... can buy an E8400 Q807A367 / E27439-001 ... what is ur experience with this batch? Is it overclockable?

I have exactly this batch
24/7: http://ceemic.pri.ee/45nm/4ghz_24_7.jpg
LN2 http://ceemic.pri.ee/45nm/8.406.jpg
http://ceemic.pri.ee/45nm/cpu-5760.jpg

[rge]

Like Stasio said, 8C is back to CTRL F1 to show subtimings, and puts them in another directory all together...which makes it more inefficient for overclocking.

They did fix the voltage bug on 8C. And Millyons I did read your post, unplugging/restarting did not work for my voltage issue with 8B bios, and the failure to raise volts was actual on mine, as evidenced by overclock testing/failing. Also, I have tried every bios since I got DQ6 a year ago, and never had that problem on loadline or not until 8B.

Just the annoying CTRL F1 issue being back and even worse with an additional section, is enough for me to go back to F7. I am thinking that the bios writers for GB are not overclockers.

[prljavibluzer]

Hello. Any Q6600 + P35-DS4 users here? I am having trouble running it stable at 400x9, what settings should be set? No memory overclock, I tried F7 and F12.

[Mumid]

Got a new beta bios F13e for my P35-DS4 from Gigabyte to solve the DPC latency issue. I havnt found any bugs with this bios, there are no longer any DPC latency issues and it holds my overclock with no problems.

See my post in the E8400 overclocking thread:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=3312

If anyone would like the bios feel free to PM me.

[stasio]

New Utilities available from Gigabyte official site for:

-Ultra TPM-B8.0603.1
-Dynamic Energy Saver Advanced-B8.0516.2
-Face Wizard-B8.0617.1
-@BIOS-B8.0617.1
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...lity_List.aspx
or
http://www.station-drivers.com/