Forward: official GIGA 965P-S3/DS3/DS4/DQ6 beta BIOS

[kingcarlos]

hmm at bios still cant find th F7 for DS4. any of u have this prob?

[Marvin_The_Martian]

F9 bios
Ds3 rev 1
E6300
OCZ ti alpha vx2

400x7
ram 2.66 = 1067 4-4-4-15 +.5v
fsb normal
gmch normal
cpu 1.35v ( could do lower but temps are fine under water )

450x7
ram x2 900 4-4-4-15 .4v
fsb normal
gmch normal

500x7
ram 2x 4-4-4-15 +.5v
fsb +.1v
gmch +.1v

All stable through some spi32m and orthos, still my geil powerchip's did more than this expensive gkx kit on older bios.

[t800]

hmm at bios still cant find th F7 for DS4. any of u have this prob?

http://europe.giga-byte.com/FileList...65p-ds4_f7.exe

[kingcarlos]

cheers man

[burn what?]

I might agree with you - but MadMikeSS has an S3 that he flashed to F8 and had the EXACT same problems!! Reverting to another BIOS remedied it for him. I have an OCZ 520 Watt PurePower PSU with adjustable rails. Mike is using a different PSU.

you're right. i read back in this thread to see which bios had the least amount of negative feedback, and it was the f5. i've been on f5 with sufficient testing time and cold boots and have not had 1 cold boot problem. i had tried f6 and f7 and both did, so it was between f4 and 5 and f5 had best feedback. i'd like to know if anyone else having cold boot issues are running 4GB ram. i upgraded from 2 to 4, but also changed bios. could it be cold boots are latest bios not handling 4gb properly? just a thought. f5 has been good so far

[handle]

I've tested them all.

GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.0) 					GA-965P-S3 (rev. 1.0)
Version	Date	Description				Version	Date	Description
F9	12/27/06	Update CPU ID  				F7	12/27/06	Update CPU ID
		FSB 1333 MHz support 				FSB 1333 MHz support
F8	12/19/06	Update CPU ID 						
F7	10/12/06	Support Intel Core 2 Extreme 			F6	10/12/06	Support Intel Core 2 Extreme
		Quad-Core CPU (Kentsfield) 				Quad-Core CPU (Kentsfield)
F6	09/20/06	To improve CPU compatibility issue		F5	09/20/06	To improve CPU compatibility issue
F5	09/06/06	Fix Memory compatibility issues  		F4	09/08/06	Fix Memory compatibility issues
		Fix some GFX card compatibility issues 				Fix some GFX card compatibility issues
F4	08/11/06	Update CPU ID  				F3	08/11/06	Update CPU ID
		Improve memory and VGA compatibility 				Improve memory and VGA compatibility
F3	07/17/06	Fix during the first POST after AC resume, 		F2	07/20/06	Fix during the first POST after AC resume,
		system will spend 3~4 seconds to perform 			system will spend 3~4 seconds to perform
		a power-off cycle 						a power-off cycle
F2	07/07/06	Improve CPU FSB timing 
F1	06/28/06	First Release 

Using 965P-DS3 bios revision id's
F9 cold boot issue, dual M32 and orthos stable up to 480 FSB
F8i - F8 cold boot issue, dual M32 and orthos stable up to 450 FSB (POS)
F4 – F7 no cold boot issue, dual M32 and orthos stable up to 450 FSB

I'm back to 965P-S3 F6

CPU name E6300 OEM – lapped 6 B2 L624 A954
450x7 ~3150
vcore 1.325v bios
FSB v: normal
(G)MCH v: +.1
memory Firestix FSX800D2C-K2G
4 4 4 12 2.2v dual 32M passed
53c-56c load 19.5c-21.8c ambient
F6 & F7 dual super Pi 32M stable F7 cold boot issue
ORTHOS blend stable
(4 4 4 12 2.1v dual 32M failed)
{5 5 5 18 2.1v dual 32M passed}

Dear Gigabyte,
Please fix the cold boot issue.

[Richard Dower]

HELLO!...am i invisible?, have the Intel bios ROms been updated?!?
DQ6 F7 has 6.0.0.1022 whereas and update 6.2.0.2002 is supposed to be in F8, so is it?

[handle]

-Question!

Is MCH voltage +0.3V 100% safe for 24/7 use, considering my NB is actively cooled by a fan?

What do You think, is it 100% safe? // thanks!

I think nothing is 100% safe. But, that should not stop you. Provided you've thought things through. Fan for sure.

Have you removed the NBHS, lapped it, cleaned up and applied AS5?

Does this look 100% safe? YMMV

[CrazyJohn]

F9 cold boot issue [...]
F8i - F8 cold boot issue [...]
F4 – F7 no cold boot issue [...]

The same here

[ziddey]

My computer's a little hectic right now. Last night I went watercooling. all I have to say is 7/16 is such a pain in the ass on the plastic barbs. The computer is now back scattered on the desk. But after it all took place, I gave it a whirl. Something is up with my 7900gs, and I think it's the common finger/dirt issue since I was "all up on the card". After being puzzled at why it'd lock up in bios even at stock settings, I did some fiddling and came to the video card conclusion. I did a little bit of wiping of the card and now it's working again, however, it's artifacting real hard at known good settings. I'm a bit busy for the next few days, but will eventually alcohol swab it again, and maybe even the ds3 to see if it does anything.

Temps for cpu got a lot better with normal voltages (<1.35) but 1.312 is what I need for 3.2, which I was doing on air with 58'c coretemps. Obviously, I'm wanting more. And I had a hard enough time getting it to be stable at the old settings I used to use. Stupid 4:5 is broken, etc. The board also doesn't like too high fsb's for me, despite a way better heatsink (which still gets damned hot) so i put a 120 on there for now and it's ice cold. Tried normal mch, +.1 and +.2. Seems all I get to is around 470 still before it craps out. So it looks like it's back to the 8x multi (since 7x I'd need 500+). At least nbcc is more in check too. So I try 8x450 and 1.6v. Looks like high vcores don't work properly. I was having the stupid loop issue. Tried 1.5v and got it to post and boot into windows. Orthos was failing immediately. Used et5 to pump up vcore a few steps at a time. Not sure what actual setting would be in bios, but it's at 1.56v set in et5 and dmm reads 1.48 under load. Failed prime overnight. Didn't feel like getting out of bed to change up the vcore more, so I ripped off the pcspeaker. This morning I tried 1.58v set in et5 and it's orthoing again. Coretemps are up to 65'c though . Guess it's what I was expecting with this cpu, even with water. With an ac freezer 7, I was seeing 80+'c on these vcores before I stopped prime and just sat it out. I'm comfortable in the 60s . Too bad mem is only 900 @ 450 1:1.

[Cracker]

I'm having no cold boot issues with F7 on my DS3.

The only issue I had was a strange one where I couldn't install an older version of ZoneAlarm without it causing bluescreens so I deleted ZA and all the registry entries for it and installed Comodo firewall instead which turned out to be an improvement.

I'll be sticking with the F7 as it seems to work fine for me despite this one odd issue which is no longer a problem.

I only change my bios if I really really have to. You guys that flash and reflash daily are far braver than I.

[tripleflip18]

Same here people. Great overclock but for the first time im having a cold boot issue

[cold_realms]

Sorry rich, I tried F8 but the damn thing was so horribly unstable I tossed it. It wouldn't even do my normal OC without power cycling endlessly upon reboot. I liked the memory reporting features but I wanted my OC back! Maybe with F9.

[soodent]

Does DS3 F9 bios support micron D9D memory?I am still using F7 as most stable and reduced vmch to +0,2v and increased v fsb to 0,2v to get things more stable.Using micron D9GCT and it runs great up to 900mhz(7x450 1:1) cl4-4-4-12 2,2v.At multi 8 max is 415mhz or 3,32ghz 1,475v.

[dnottis]

you're right. i read back in this thread to see which bios had the least amount of negative feedback, and it was the f5. i've been on f5 with sufficient testing time and cold boots and have not had 1 cold boot problem. i had tried f6 and f7 and both did, so it was between f4 and 5 and f5 had best feedback. i'd like to know if anyone else having cold boot issues are running 4GB ram. i upgraded from 2 to 4, but also changed bios. could it be cold boots are latest bios not handling 4gb properly? just a thought. f5 has been good so far

Prolly not anything to do with 4GB - MadMikeSS is using 1GB of memory and I have a 2 GB kit...I dont think it would have anything to do with amount of memory - at least there isn't a trend I've seen.

[HamidFULL]

Wait EveryOne!! Important thing to know about OCing with new BIOSes (DS3 F9 DS4 F7 DQ6 F8) and its official from my Friends in GB!! look for find out :
I have Patriot D9 that you can see in my rig When I flash to DS4 F7 I load optimized default + save and exit and first try 300x7 w/memory multiplier 3.33 but cant hit 1000MHz like before (F6-F5...) and wont boot at all (3 beeps) I try also 500x7 w/memory multiplier 2.0 but again cant boot I call my friends in GB and now I can hit 1040MHz!!! but how? way is :

First I set memory to 900MHz + save and exit it can boot next I set memory 930MHz + save and exit it can boot next I set memory 960MHz + save and exit it can boot next I set memory 975MHz + save and exit it can boot next I set memory 1000MHz it can boot next I set memory 1020MHz it can boot next I set memory 1040MHz it can boot!!

you should jump 10MHz-30MHz to reach pick!! its free to try .....

Now I can break my older record (FSB 500+1MHz) + 40MHz extra FSB means 540MHz and I should say DS4 F7 is best BIOS that I have so far

[DStealth]

....

First I set memory to 900MHz + save and exit it can boot next I set memory 930MHz + save and exit it can boot next I set memory 960MHz + save and exit it can boot next I set memory 975MHz + save and exit it can boot next I set memory 1000MHz it can boot next I set memory 1020MHz it can boot next I set memory 1040MHz it can boot!!

you should jump 10MHz-30MHz to reach pick!! its free to try .....
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Ye till next power OFF
That's why i changed teams and move from DQ6 to P5B delux Wifi / unbelievable board IMHO/
Can boot all the way to 540 and no need to clear and going to cycle on and off when he wants And no need every boot to waste 10min to reapply the clocks it was stable

[soodent]

HamidFULL -Well Fatbody D9DQW will not boot on biosis F6-F8.If yours clocked bad under older biosis its another story.What markings do your fatbody chips have?

[HamidFULL]

soodent My patriots are D9GMH it can boot always until 1000MHz 5-5-4-8 2.0v now I can do 1040 stable 1167 not stable only with 2.0v I dont try more voltage

[Battleneter]

I've tested them all.

GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.0) 					GA-965P-S3 (rev. 1.0)
Version	Date	Description				Version	Date	Description
F9	12/27/06	Update CPU ID  				F7	12/27/06	Update CPU ID
		FSB 1333 MHz support 				FSB 1333 MHz support
F8	12/19/06	Update CPU ID 						
F7	10/12/06	Support Intel Core 2 Extreme 			F6	10/12/06	Support Intel Core 2 Extreme
		Quad-Core CPU (Kentsfield) 				Quad-Core CPU (Kentsfield)
F6	09/20/06	To improve CPU compatibility issue		F5	09/20/06	To improve CPU compatibility issue
F5	09/06/06	Fix Memory compatibility issues  		F4	09/08/06	Fix Memory compatibility issues
		Fix some GFX card compatibility issues 				Fix some GFX card compatibility issues
F4	08/11/06	Update CPU ID  				F3	08/11/06	Update CPU ID
		Improve memory and VGA compatibility 				Improve memory and VGA compatibility
F3	07/17/06	Fix during the first POST after AC resume, 		F2	07/20/06	Fix during the first POST after AC resume,
		system will spend 3~4 seconds to perform 			system will spend 3~4 seconds to perform
		a power-off cycle 						a power-off cycle
F2	07/07/06	Improve CPU FSB timing 
F1	06/28/06	First Release 

Using 965P-DS3 bios revision id's
F9 cold boot issue, dual M32 and orthos stable up to 480 FSB
F8i - F8 cold boot issue, dual M32 and orthos stable up to 450 FSB (POS)
F4 – F7 no cold boot issue, dual M32 and orthos stable up to 450 FSB

I'm back to 965P-S3 F6

CPU name E6300 OEM – lapped 6 B2 L624 A954
450x7 ~3150
vcore 1.325v bios
FSB v: normal
(G)MCH v: +.1
memory Firestix FSX800D2C-K2G
4 4 4 12 2.2v dual 32M passed
53c-56c load 19.5c-21.8c ambient
F6 & F7 dual super Pi 32M stable F7 cold boot issue
ORTHOS blend stable
(4 4 4 12 2.1v dual 32M failed)
{5 5 5 18 2.1v dual 32M passed}

Dear Gigabyte,
Please fix the cold boot issue.

With F9 if you set your FSB to 430 (3gig) do you still get the cold boot issue?. Can you try it if you are not sure. There is method to my madness.

[OnLine]

Are you sure you NEED +.3? Almost everyone I know can get by with +.1 on the MCH & FSB up to 450+, some needed more voltage to get close to 500FSB. At 400 your MCH should have very little stress on it, b/c the higher strap has just been set.

My board does up to 473FSB with +.1v

F9 on my DS3 has been fine. But then again I have had virtually no problems through the life of the board (besides like F1-F3 bioses = weaker overclocks). Its all about tweaking one thing at a time and finding out which settings your ram / board / cpu work with.

Then again I don't have a massive overclock, but I'm happy enough with it.
http://www.crowdcontrolusa.com/overclock/conroe.gif

My e6600 needs
1.3750v for 3Ghz or
1.4875v for 3.2Ghz (temps are as high as I want to go at this setting)

Yeah, I know what You're saying, true, and with mem at 1:1 I can actually Orthos up to 7x500 FSB "only" needing Vmch = +0.2V.
But I want to use 8x410 @ 4:5 ( 4 4 4 12 ), which puts mem on 512.5 ( 1025 ) MHz, an memtest spits out 100's of errors if I don't use Vmch = +0.3V.

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3.2GHz is plenty and it's ~10% faster than a X6800 which is the fastest dual-core CPU today!

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I love this GA-965P-S3 mobo. Very cool mobo.

[OnLine]

I think nothing is 100% safe. But, that should not stop you. Provided you've thought things through. Fan for sure.

Have you removed the NBHS, lapped it, cleaned up and applied AS5?

Does this look 100% safe? YMMV

Yep, Nope, Yep & Yep!

You're right, nothing is 100% safe but let's say 99% then?!

How much is +0.3V MCH, in real voltage? 1.5 ... 1.6?

[Lestat]

HELLO!...am i invisible?, have the Intel bios ROms been updated?!?
DQ6 F7 has 6.0.0.1022 whereas and update 6.2.0.2002 is supposed to be in F8, so is it?

richard there is an old addage that holds true even today,

if it aint broke then dont fvcking fix it.

you have A B S O L U T E L Y no ,, NO reason to have an updated bios rom.. N O N E . do you even know what it does.


sorry ol friend for being such a d|ck but jesus Rich man alive,, give it a rest with the retarded intel Rom stuff

[Tac0]

considering nothing has been improved since F6 why dont you guys just go back to F6 hell even F4..

seems like all these new bios's are just screwing up everyones systems.

I am lucky, blessed, what-have-you...F8i is fine for me no cold boot issue, no losing oc, no usb f*ckups...none of it...system in sig is way stable but I'll be damned if I'm going to flash a new bios without better feedback...

[handle]

With F9 if you set your FSB to 430 (3gig) do you still get the cold boot issue?. Can you try it if you are not sure. There is method to my madness.

No cold boot at 430x7, get it at 440x7.

What are you thinking?