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

[zsamz_]

hi

I have a question.. I once loaded F4b bios and it was 3+ more hours orthos stable at 490fsb but when I rebooted , it didn't open as it was an overclocking failure. and one of the times it booted, all the things in bios turned to default settings, ı mean like clearing the cmos, and it repeated sometimes when an overclocking failure happened. bu the performance was better than f3a, I mean memory latency etc, Now currently ı'm using f3a bios but when I saw u using f4b without any problem ı want to reload it. did you experience something like that similar to my problems with f4b bios?

to be honest the only thing i see f4b is good for is memory to reach 1200+
i tried it before and it wasnt stable @ performance level 7 @ 1000mhz

[burn what?]

Oh man, this is a massive thread. Thank you all for contibuting to all this knowledge on one single place. I have picked up a lot to try when I get home from vacation.


I also got a note in "PC-Health" that say DDR18V - Fail
What is that?? It doesn't matter if I set it to AUTO or +0.550 (default for my mem)



System:
P35-DQ6 (F4)
E6600 (good for 4.05)
OCZ PC-9200 FlexXLC DDR-1150 (on water along with CPU)
HD 2900 XT

i also get the vdimm "fail" message using xclio greatpower 600w or an antec 500w smartpower on the p35c-ds3r. hope it's just the bios misreporting

[zsamz_]

lol i get that too its ok
why is your system temp so high?
did you take off the northbridge heatsink n put arcticsilver?
i run @ 510 fsb n my temp is 30c

[zsamz_]

well my system not stable @ 4-4-4-4 or 4-4-4-8 with f4b with f3b was ok
but its good for 1224mhz+ with f4b i hit 10100 read 50.5 latency
but not 100% stable
i might go back to f3b

[burn what?]

lol i get that too its ok
why is your system temp so high?
did you take off the northbridge heatsink n put arcticsilver?
i run @ 510 fsb n my temp is 30c

yes, i did. that's not my board that's the pic from klimpen's post. ya scared me at first and thought my as5 job was bad

looks like mixed verdict on f3b or f4b. i'm still on shipping f2 and can't get over 490, so guess i'll start with f4b since looks like that's getting a tad higher freq

[zsamz_]

yes, i did. that's not my board that's the pic from klimpen's post. ya scared me at first and thought my as5 job was bad

looks like mixed verdict on f3b or f4b. i'm still on shipping f2 and can't get over 490, so guess i'll start with f4b since looks like that's getting a tad higher freq

oh i forgot i put a fan on the heatsink lol
btw u better off with f3b use f4b if u want 1222mhz+ for memory
go with f3b 510fsb best results for me unless your memory can do 1222+

[burn what?]

yeah, i'm looking to push 2x1gb ocz flex 9200's into the 1200's. on air though, no water through them, but i read they can make 1300. i usually superglue a fan to the nb heatsink but in testing i held it there and still couldn't get over 490, made no difference, so not sure if i'm gonna bother with this board.

[neonflx]

well i can confirm what vld says about the memory at 1200 my system will not boot at all if i set my memory between 1101-1210 anything below and up to about 1260 above the system will boot ok.

i am currently running my E6600 at 7*505 with memory at 606 5:6 divider, it will boot at 7*515 but prime will fail after about 10 minutes

thks

[vld]

You guys are not doing something right, you dont need such high FSB to get the numbers... use higher multi and less FSB, this will result in a stable system plus good numbers. Try it... High FSB is only needed if u have like a 6300 and want to push it... What you guys are doing by lowering mulitplier and increasing fsb is putting more stress on the system. try to keep FSB under 417. This chipset is designed for much higher memory mhz, so it is prolbably the high FSB that keeps your system unstable not the memory mhz.

For example try the following settings on for P35C F4B bios:

FSB: 410
cpu multi: 8
mem multi: 3.0

Try that in performance level 6 and then 5 for d9 chips... Mine is really stable and I like this setting. Make sure the CPU is getting enough voltage first by running small ffts (usually cpu needs 1.5 in bios at 3280 mhz) and also u need +0.4 for vdimm.

Basically try using the highest mulitpliers...

[Synicalcop]

NIce thread guys

I just finished setting up my new rig with H20 and she running nice and cool @ 3.2ghz 8x400 with 1.31v on this lucky quad
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Im able to run my memory with the 3.0 divider which gives 1200mhz with 5-5-4-7 timmings option 2.

So far im extremely dissapointed with my memory scores, 7660/7700 in sandra and 9000 read/7300 write/7800 copy/ 64.3 ns in everest
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I was doing a hell of alot better with my asus 680i with cheap ocz gold pc6400@800 4-4-4-12 1t, was getting
7800/7900 sandra and 17200 read/7228 write/ 6937 copy/ 50.5ns

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Am i doing something wrong or is there some memory tweaking to be done?

[zsamz_]

do more reading
you should hit @ least 10100 in read
you every try 500+fsb

[zsamz_]

You guys are not doing something right, you dont need such high FSB to get the numbers... use higher multi and less FSB, this will result in a stable system plus good numbers. Try it... High FSB is only needed if u have like a 6300 and want to push it... What you guys are doing by lowering mulitplier and increasing fsb is putting more stress on the system. try to keep FSB under 417. This chipset is designed for much higher memory mhz, so it is prolbably the high FSB that keeps your system unstable not the memory mhz.

For example try the following settings on for P35C F4B bios:

FSB: 410
cpu multi: 8
mem multi: 3.0

Try that in performance level 6 and then 5 for d9 chips... Mine is really stable and I like this setting. Make sure the CPU is getting enough voltage first by running small ffts (usually cpu needs 1.5 in bios at 3280 mhz) and also u need +0.4 for vdimm.

Basically try using the highest mulitpliers...

i'm gettin best performace 500+fsb
3 years warranty
if x38 any good i'll keep this one as a backup

[neonflx]

You guys are not doing something right, you dont need such high FSB to get the numbers... use higher multi and less FSB, this will result in a stable system plus good numbers. Try it... High FSB is only needed if u have like a 6300 and want to push it... What you guys are doing by lowering mulitplier and increasing fsb is putting more stress on the system. try to keep FSB under 417. This chipset is designed for much higher memory mhz, so it is prolbably the high FSB that keeps your system unstable not the memory mhz.

For example try the following settings on for P35C F4B bios:

FSB: 410
cpu multi: 8
mem multi: 3.0

Try that in performance level 6 and then 5 for d9 chips... Mine is really stable and I like this setting. Make sure the CPU is getting enough voltage first by running small ffts (usually cpu needs 1.5 in bios at 3280 mhz) and also u need +0.4 for vdimm.

Basically try using the highest mulitpliers...

i can run 505 stable and still hit 1200+ latency at 50.2ns
with performance at 8 i have not try 7 yet and system is stable

so you are saying that i should go lower on the fsb and higher on memory?

[Klimpen]

i also get the vdimm "fail" message using xclio greatpower 600w or an antec 500w smartpower on the p35c-ds3r. hope it's just the bios misreporting

Thank you very much. It's always good to see other with the same "error" since I then know that all is OK so to speak.
I won't worry about it no more.

lol i get that too its ok
why is your system temp so high?
did you take off the northbridge heatsink n put arcticsilver?
i run @ 510 fsb n my temp is 30c

The same to you zsamz, Thanks for answering!
I have a case with absolutely NO fans running when I don't bench. I have WC on CPU so the air is pretty much non-moving at all.
I might take it apart some day just to be sure about good contact.

yeah, i'm looking to push 2x1gb ocz flex 9200's into the 1200's. on air though, no water through them, but i read they can make 1300. i usually superglue a fan to the nb heatsink but in testing i held it there and still couldn't get over 490, made no difference, so not sure if i'm gonna bother with this board.

Nice to see someone with the same setup as me. I have the exact same mem's but having trouble to reach any high with them.
Would you like to start exchange ideas with each other? Maybe we can set a new "high" on these babies

If you feel like it you could send me a mail and we can continue there?
klimpen |at| jobbig.se

I will be back home tomorrow and then the tweaking starts...

[burn what?]

need opinions before making final decision:
2 rigs with same memory/psu/etc. 1 is p35c-ds3r and 1 is p35-ds3r. also have 1 e6600 and 1 e6450. the p35c i had the 6600 in and couldn't get over 480-490 fsb, the p35 i had the 6450 and got to 520 stock straight out of box no prob. so i thought the fsb was better on the p35. put the 6600 in the p35 and same thing, now couldn't get over 480-490 fsb. so it seems it's the 6600 limiting fsb. so do i use the 6450 with higher fsb though lower multi or 6600 which has lower fsb but a 9 multi? i guess at this point the boards don't matter either way, just that the p35c has ddr3. any opinions would be appreciated

[zsamz_]

Thank you very much. It's always good to see other with the same "error" since I then know that all is OK so to speak.
I won't worry about it no more.



The same to you zsamz, Thanks for answering!
I have a case with absolutely NO fans running when I don't bench. I have WC on CPU so the air is pretty much non-moving at all.
I might take it apart some day just to be sure about good contact.



Nice to see someone with the same setup as me. I have the exact same mem's but having trouble to reach any high with them.
Would you like to start exchange ideas with each other? Maybe we can set a new "high" on these babies

If you feel like it you could send me a mail and we can continue there?
klimpen |at| jobbig.se

I will be back home tomorrow and then the tweaking starts...

you need f4b bios to go over 1200mhz f3b wont do it
for 24/7 you better off with 4-4-4-4 timings or 4-4-4-8
510fsb read 9700+ latency 49-50 f3b bois "f4b unstable for tight timings"
fsb 510+ not stable
i wished i had better cpu to test 550-620fsb
but it commin soon lol

[burn what?]

has anyone used f5b bios on the p35? the p35c and p35 have to be pretty much the same bios. i searched back in the thread and didn't see anyone using f5b yet on the p35

[gaspimp]

has anyone used f5b bios on the p35? the p35c and p35 have to be pretty much the same bios. i searched back in the thread and didn't see anyone using f5b yet on the p35

I am using F5B. It fixed a weird issue I was encountering with my overclock being reset on some cold boots, even though I've done 24hr+ of memtest and orthos. It happens very rarely now, about 5% of the time instead of 50%.

I suspect it has something to do with the strap setting for the E2160. I'll be getting a new CPU as soon as the price cuts take effect in Canada.

So F5B gets a thumbs up from me, seems to be more stable, not that any of the other BIOSs ever gave me any serious trouble.

[zsamz_]

where to find the f5b for the p35c

[lazy]

hello everyone and good job on all this information you guys have gathered for this board.
I just received mine yesterday (P35-DS3R) and was wondering how to check which bios version i have. Also was wondering how important it is for me to update the bios

[[XC] 4X4N]

When it first posts, it shows the bios version. Also, the mainboard tab of cpu-z shows the bios version.

[vld]

where to find the f5b for the p35c

i dont think it exists yet. Basically u know what. We have to stop all the overclock testing until a good bios comes out. And it will come out. the p965 series only became good on the F9 bios. I think the p35 will become good on like F6 or F7

[zsamz_]

i dont think it exists yet. Basically u know what. We have to stop all the overclock testing until a good bios comes out. And it will come out. the p965 series only became good on the F9 bios. I think the p35 will become good on like F6 or F7

yup u right
i'm back to f3b f4b shaky with low lattencies

[Richard Dower]

Official F3 bios for the P35-DS3L:

http://tw.giga-byte.com/Support/Moth...S&FileID=12907

Official F3 bios for the P35-S3L:

http://tw.giga-byte.com/Support/Moth...S&FileID=12908

[burn what?]

tested vdimm with dmm, bios is overvolting by +.1

+.4 setting in bios is 2.3
+.5 in bios is 2.4

supposedly default is 1.8v so +.4 should be 2.2 and +.5 should be 2.3

this is on the p35, i'll test p35c later. let me know if this has already been posted for these boards.

*****UPDATE*****
the p35c is overvolting even more. same psu, +.5 gives 2.5v showing on the dmm.