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    Gigabyte DS3 BIOS Settings Thread with Screen Shots

    Here are my BIOS settings for the Gigabyte DS3 with BIOS F4a. I couldn't overclock worth a damn until I found this combination. I was stuck at 300 * 7, which was horrible of course. Hopefully this thread can help some people!













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    I can raise it to 475 x 7 without any volt mods at all, all normal.
    also for SATA port 0-3, I set it to ENABLED so no big deal I guess

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    Mine needed juice.
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    I cannot believe your VCore, I have to do 1.5V just to reach 3.3GHz 367x9! Do you think by overvolting the FSB and VMCH, the VCore doesn't need to be as high?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brahmzy
    I cannot believe your VCore, I have to do 1.5V just to reach 3.3GHz 367x9! Do you think by overvolting the FSB and VMCH, the VCore doesn't need to be as high?
    If I use more VCORE or VMEM, my system becomes unstable immediately. I don't think my Scythe Mine is good enough for 1.4V+ VCORE because my CPU does better with less voltage. Also, I have bumped up the MCH, but I also have a 40mm fan blowing on it to help compensate for the extra heat:

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    Thanks for the pics...I need to NOT compare your chip to mine. These retail E6600's are completely different when it comes to OCing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brahmzy
    I cannot believe your VCore, I have to do 1.5V just to reach 3.3GHz 367x9! Do you think by overvolting the FSB and VMCH, the VCore doesn't need to be as high?
    lol my E6300 benches at 3D/SuperPI at 3465MHz with default vcore.......i'm gonna undervolt it to see how low i can go

    wish i had a board that can do 600MHz FSB

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    helpful guide. Had a little problem getting over 3ghz with the same setup myself, until last night. Might have to try that 40mm fan idea, I could cook bacon on mine

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    do best buy, radio shack, or those type of places sell 40mm fans? I don't feel like ordering something that small online. Also i don't have a hot glue gun...any other ways to mount it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BottomsUp
    do best buy, radio shack, or those type of places sell 40mm fans? I don't feel like ordering something that small online. Also i don't have a hot glue gun...any other ways to mount it?
    I turned the fan slightly on an angle and used two screws to mount it. The screws were slightly bigger than the holes on the fan so they provide a stable mount with no wobble. The screws were also big enough to screw snugly into the space between the fins on the heatsink. I screwed both down until the fan was level:



    When I was done, the Scythe Mine would not fit so I bent a few fins up on the Mine to accommodate the 40mm fan.
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    Quote Originally Posted by aldamon
    I turned the fan slightly on an angle and used two screws to mount it. The screws were slightly bigger than the holes on the fan so they provide a stable mount with no wobble. The screws were also big enough to screw snugly into the space between the fins on the heatsink. I screwed both down until the fan was level:

    When I was done, the Scythe Mine would not fit so I bent a few fins up on the Mine to accommodate the 40mm fan.
    any idea how much active cooling on the NB helped your OC?

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    No. Sorry. I put on the fan before installing it for the first time.
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    Take it off and try clocking

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    thats weird. i got the same board but it looks like you got ALOT more options than i do on the overclocking tab

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    Quote Originally Posted by TravisaKaBiggie
    thats weird. i got the same board but it looks like you got ALOT more options than i do on the overclocking tab
    You have to push Ctrl+F1 in the main BIOS screen to enable the advanced options
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    Quote Originally Posted by delas52
    You have to push Ctrl+F1 in the main BIOS screen to enable the advanced options
    Hopefully Gigabyte turns that crap off in a later BIOS. It's pretty annoying!

    Quote Originally Posted by trojan
    Take it off and try clocking
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    Anyone have any good guides for a noobie OCer? I have ds3, e6400, xp-90c +80mm fan, 2gb TeamGroup 667 3-3-3-8, 7900gt card.

    I'm wondering whats the best way for a first timer to go about doing this...ive been researching a bit into ram ocing but im still a noob. I want to get anywhere between 3ghz to 3.4ghz.
    Also if I play around with bios ocing functions and restart i dont want to really wrong the risk of things up enough to mandate cmos reset jumper thanks. Any suggestions?
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    WOOT thx for the settings - i apprieciate it when i get my DS3 and my E6400 i'll definetly. do something similar and if i get stuck on the bios settings definetly will help - thx so much-- BTW don't delete the hosting picture =P

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    As soon as change my VFSB I can't even POST. It HAS to be set to AUTO.

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    then set it as auto then =P

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    Can I just ask you guys who are OCing successfully which SATA ports you are using? The orange or the other ones?

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    My E6400BOX is arriving today. I will post my BIOS screenies for those interested after I find my max OC on water. (Shouldn't take long)
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    anyone have any idea of how best to decent oc e6400, ds3, 2gb teamgroup xtreem 667 3-3-3-8. I only been able to get it up to 2.6ghz 8x333fsb, stock volts...Im a noob ocer...so im not really sure what settings work best.

    im trying to learn and all, but searching through the forums here hasn't yielded any helpful results, I have only got minimal info from google, and more so from here
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    Ugh...I've got windows installed, but prime fails quickly. I did a memtest and that failed. Raised the vdimm to 2.0 on this Corsair XMS 2x1024 CL4 and it lit up just as well. The CPU-Z shows SPD @ CL5 and the ram's over a year old. Silly Fry's...maybe PC Club has something better?

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