Gigabyte P35-DS3R....I love it

[Revtek]

I finally got all my parts and booted up with 333x9 5-5-5-15 2.4mem mult.
Ran prime for 6 hours with load temps reaching 62c after 3 hours... This board is awesome! I am using stock cooling so that's as far I will go for now. I have no need to push it further... for now.

The only issue I had was with the audio installation but fixed it by:

1. Disable Audio driver for HDA bus (under sound, video and game controller)
2. Disable "Microsoft UAA driver for high definition audio" under system devices.
3. Uninstall UAA driver (audio driver for high.... will disappear too)
4. Install latest realtek driver and reboot system if prompted

[Griff65]

anyone running the beta F12f bios on the P35-DS3r ? any issues afterwards, benefits ?


Think you have boards mixed up devvingiorgio, P35-DS3R is on F12f bios, Latest bios for P35-DS3L is F8f :)

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_Model.aspx?ProductID=2629

[Des1017]

my board died after about 8 months

[chrispycrunch]

my board died after about 8 months

your config is almost the same as mine - i'm on stock too, but don't use AS5. my volts are all +0.1, and memory is @ 2.1 (the max).

[G3F0RC3<>R4D30N]

My board will handle 445 on the FSB before it starts becoming unstable...

The board is awesome..

[theELVISCERATOR]

Just tshot my friends rig...P35DSR E6400, 4 gig Gskill Pc8500...no boot...

I took out his vid card, and put in my 8600GT and one stick Corsair 1.8v dominator no change..no boot..reset cmos several times... no change..

fans spin up on case cpu and vid card..no beeps no boot......

I told him mobo is DOA....

and he is past Neweggs RMA possible...he is messed up..

[Lunacinense]

I figured I would post here rather than start a new topic about this (I suppose I might if this doesn't get a response). Let me start off by saying, I love my DS3-R :beer:. I've yet to really push the system, I only do that as required by more demanding games. The oc'ing I've done leads me to believe I'm in for one hell of a ride when I strive to hit the wall.

I just reformatted (xp pro) and I can't seem to get my drivers to work this time, it truly makes no sense. I do kind of recall them being bit troublesome the first time as well. I use the cd that came with it of course, but the only drivers available to install are the usb drivers (except the files for pci-e, ethernet and everything else are all in the folders). And INF Update didn't install anything. In truth the first time I express installed, it just sat there for 20 mins, until I ended the task. Afterwards it confirmed the install was complete and asked me to restart. But after windows has loaded, it was clear that the chipset drivers were not installed.

I've never encountered such a hassle to install chipset drivers and the like. Their is usually a (working) list and you select everything you want or just 1 click and everything gets installed....

[Sam__]

Have you tried downloading them from the gigabyte site. Thats what i do with mine so i get the latest ones.

[technoViking]

I also bought this board and I would like to not have to reformat boht my harddrives, one has vista 32 and one has windows xp 32 bit.

Can you give me some advice on how you made this work?

Thanks!

ALso should I just not use the drivers given to me in the box and download them from the website to install?

[Lunacinense]

Have you tried downloading them from the gigabyte site. Thats what i do with mine so i get the latest ones.

I tried it yesterday, but all it installed was pci-e... one driver more than my install cd had hehe.

[Sam__]

I also bought this board and I would like to not have to reformat boht my harddrives, one has vista 32 and one has windows xp 32 bit.

Can you give me some advice on how you made this work?

Thanks!

ALso should I just not use the drivers given to me in the box and download them from the website to install?

What I would do is put evrything together then boot off the windows CD and do a repair. Then install all the drivers that came with the board. Should work in theory. It wouldnt give you the most efficient windows though cos the old drivers would still be there.

[Lunacinense]

Have you tried downloading them from the gigabyte site. Thats what i do with mine so i get the latest ones.

I tried it yesterday, but all it installed was pci-e... one driver more than my install cd had hehe.


:Edit: Alright, so I installed revision 2.1 again, I checked the device manager and everything seems to be there except the LAN. I'm guessing it's a separate driver. In any case I won't be needing it for a while.

[technoViking]

I decided to do a clean install to avoid any hassels, thanks tho!

[Gooiool]

I'll 2nd that Love the Gigabyte P35-DS3R and GA P35 DS4

[Sam__]

I'll 2nd that Love the Gigabyte P35-DS3R and GA P35 DS4

Nice to know lots of others are loving the experience as much as me :D:D:D. how does the DS4 differ from the DS3r?

[somegeek]

What's the diff between the P35 and the EP35?

[chrispycrunch]

What's the diff between the P35 and the EP35?

EP35 is the power saving version. It's not appropriate for this forum to discuss the EP version though, since power-saving features are disabled when the board is overclocked :)

[Penn0116]

Hey, i've read through the majority of this thread and havent found anyone with quite the same issue as i have. So here goes, hope someone can help.
I am using the GA-P35C-DS3R Motherboard.
The problem is that i can not for the life of me get my 4 GB of Corsair PC8500 sticks to run stable at 1066. they are 4 1GB sticks. I've tried upping the memory voltage to +.4 to keep it at 2.2v which is what these sticks need. I'd like to overclock eventually, but can't do that until i figure out what the problem is here. The system will crash when loading windows or very shortly after windows is loaded.
It seems like a power issue to me, since occasionally bios only reads the memory at 800. Are there any other voltages that i need to up in order to keep these stable at 2.2v? Do timings matter? or should i leave those to auto?
Other system specs: q6600 CPU, Radeon 3870, vista64 OS.
Any help at all would be immensely appreciated.

[chrispycrunch]

Hey, i've read through the majority of this thread and havent found anyone with quite the same issue as i have. So here goes, hope someone can help.
I am using the GA-P35C-DS3R Motherboard.
The problem is that i can not for the life of me get my 4 GB of Corsair PC8500 sticks to run stable at 1066. they are 4 1GB sticks. I've tried upping the memory voltage to +.4 to keep it at 2.2v which is what these sticks need. I'd like to overclock eventually, but can't do that until i figure out what the problem is here. The system will crash when loading windows or very shortly after windows is loaded.
It seems like a power issue to me, since occasionally bios only reads the memory at 800. Are there any other voltages that i need to up in order to keep these stable at 2.2v? Do timings matter? or should i leave those to auto?
Other system specs: q6600 CPU, Radeon 3870, vista64 OS.
Any help at all would be immensely appreciated.

What power supply are you using?

What are your memory timings set to?

What is your SPD multiplier? Is it 1:1? Someone correct me if i am wrong, but you don't need to run at the 1066 because your Q6600 can only go from 266ghz and above anyway. 1066 is for someone with a C2d who wants 533xcpu multiplier. In your case, if you wanted to be at 3.2ghz, then you're still 355x9.

If you are running async and want to be at the full 1066, and you are overclocking, try using just 2 sticks first, slots 1/3 or 2/4. There is little real world benefit in running your memory at full speed though. OCing is better.

[miles999]

Noticed you are using a Radeon. I have experienced three months of frustration and a few hundred dollars in attempting to fix a crashing issue similar to yours with a Radeon HD 2600XT ranging from new power supplies to memory. Hours and hours of reading have led to the discovery that ATI is having quite a bit of difficulty with the Radeon drivers and it's not confined to a specific OS or board. If you have an Nvidia (any card will do) completely uninstall and driver clean the ATI presence in your system. Then power down and install the Nvidia. Just a suggestion. It's quick and will give you a very good idea if it really is memory related or possibly ATI drivers. I did the same with a 6600
GT and the lock ups were gone. So I figured it's either the card or the drivers. Hope this helps.

[MR-FIX-IT]

I'm running it too, for about 4 months now... I want to go to 1066 RAM, but it would seem the board is a little picky. Does anyone recommend 1066 for the DS3R?

[Penn0116]

PSU - 650W Antec NeoPower
Memory timings, i've tried leaving it at auto, and also setting manually to 5-5-5-15 and 5-5-5-18, i've also tried upping the MCH and PCI-e voltages like some other threads said to try, still get major unstability. It might just be that this corsair does not get along with Gigabyte boards, stupid Dominator series.

I have tried upping the MCH+PCI-e voltages +.1 and +.2, still get the same issues, freeze/restart on boot and blue screen if it makes it to windows desktop, any other settings i should be looking at? have my CPU 266x9 if that makes a difference, so stock settings.

Also... If i run two sticks of this stuff, it runs at 1066 just fine with just the memory voltages upped to +.4 to get the total to 2.2v.
Right now i just have all four running at 800 i believe, stable there. So frustrating.

[Dassassin]

PSU - 650W Antec NeoPower
Memory timings, i've tried leaving it at auto, and also setting manually to 5-5-5-15 and 5-5-5-18, i've also tried upping the MCH and PCI-e voltages like some other threads said to try, still get major unstability. It might just be that this corsair does not get along with Gigabyte boards, stupid Dominator series.

I have tried upping the MCH+PCI-e voltages +.1 and +.2, still get the same issues, freeze/restart on boot and blue screen if it makes it to windows desktop, any other settings i should be looking at? have my CPU 266x9 if that makes a difference, so stock settings.

Also... If i run two sticks of this stuff, it runs at 1066 just fine with just the memory voltages upped to +.4 to get the total to 2.2v.
Right now i just have all four running at 800 i believe, stable there. So frustrating.

Pop all sticks out but one and run memtest on each stick. You might have bad ram - Corsair is pretty notorious for this.

[somegeek]

Does this board have speed limitations with addressing four physical sticks of memory vs two sticks?

[wingman99]

I'm running it too, for about 4 months now... I want to go to 1066 RAM, but it would seem the board is a little picky. Does anyone recommend 1066 for the DS3R? OCZ SLI-Ready Edition 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory

OCZ2N1066SR2GK Gigabyte recomends this ram plugs right in that is what im using

[RockyC2D]

This board can handle quite a lot, very stable at 3.8ghz

[Sam__]

Does this board have speed limitations with addressing four physical sticks of memory vs two sticks?

if overclocking at high speeds you may need to up the MCH or FSB voltages a bit more with four sticks as its more work on the nb.

saying that i have never had any problems with OCing two or four sticks.

[wingman99]

I found that the memory will over volt when you select memory multiplier in any position it will volt 2.782, Bios is where i compared the voltage if you have it memory multiplier on auto it will show 2.0956 volts which is correct.


Do any of you have this problem.:confused:

BIOS Ver : F7
GA-P35-DS3L (rev. 2.0)

[Sam__]

I found that the memory will over volt when you select memory multiplier in any position it will volt 2.782, Bios is where i compared the voltage if you have it memory multiplier on auto it will show 2.0956 volts which is correct.


Do any of you have this problem.:confused:

wow, nasty, iv never had this problem. which board and bios are you running specifically?

[wingman99]

BIOS Ver : F7
GA-P35-DS3L (rev. 2.0)

[Sam__]

BIOS Ver : F7
GA-P35-DS3L (rev. 2.0)

first off id try puttnig a new BIOS on it then see what you get.

[wingman99]

first off id try puttnig a new BIOS on it then see what you get.Thanks i did that and now the voltage is low 1.765 in bios on selection +.1 well thats better:beer:

[Sam__]

Thanks i did that and now the voltage is low 1.765 in bios on selection +.1 well thats better:beer:

stil not gret but better, do you have a multimeter so you can try to find the real voltage cos i dont relly trust software readings.

[wingman99]

stil not gret but better, do you have a multimeter so you can try to find the real voltage cos i dont relly trust software readings.Yes i do a good one it's a Fluke 87 v where do i get the readings at so i don't short out the board.:santa:

[Sam__]

im not sure where you measure but if you search around for a ram vmod for the board im sure itll tel you where to measure the voltage from.

[wingman99]

im not sure where you measure but if you search around for a ram vmod for the board im sure itll tel you where to measure the voltage from.I did a long net search no luck, so i poked a while praying to god and the board shut down twice and it started back up, i was lucky this time. Well i found a place on the memory board and the Bios is correct

Actual measurements of memory voltage with Fluke 87 v Digital meter
Default 2.119v:)
memory multiplier switch from auto to any ratio 1.786v:(
+.1v = 1.888v:(
+.2v = 2.015v:(
+.3v = 2.119v:(
+.4v = 2.225v:(

[Sam__]

I did a long net search no luck, so i poked a while praying to god and the board shut down twice and it started back up, i was lucky this time. Well i found a place on the memory board and the Bios is correct

Actual measurements of memory voltage with Fluke 87 v Digital meter
Default 2.119v:)
memory multiplier switch from auto to any ratio 1.786v:(
+.1v = 1.888v:(
+.2v = 2.015v:(
+.3v = 2.119v:(
+.4v = 2.225v:(

Auto is 1.8v so 1.786 isnt too bad.
+1 should be 1.9
+2 should be 2
+3 should be 2.1
+4 should be 2.2

so your fine, and on the higher ones its overvolting a touch which isnt bad.

[wingman99]

Auto is 1.8v so 1.786 isnt too bad.
+1 should be 1.9
+2 should be 2
+3 should be 2.1
+4 should be 2.2

so your fine, and on the higher ones its overvolting a touch which isnt bad.
Actual measurements of memory voltage with Fluke 87 v Digital meter

No Auto and default are the same 2.119v then it drops voltage

Memory multiplier switch from auto or default to any ratio you get this 1.786v

From this memory auto or default 2.119v the undervoting is next
+.1v = 1.888v
+.2v = 2.015v
+.3v = 2.119v
+.4v = 2.225v

[Sam__]

Actual measurements of memory voltage with Fluke 87 v Digital meter

No Auto and default are the same 2.119v then it drops voltage
memory multiplier switch from auto to any ratio 1.786v
+.1v = 1.888v
+.2v = 2.015v
+.3v = 2.119v
+.4v = 2.225v

maybe on auto it tries to detect the voltage the RAM needs and gives it 2.1

[wingman99]

maybe on auto it tries to detect the voltage the RAM needs and gives it 2.1Yes the memory is 2.10 defualt however when you manually set the settings it says + .1 it does not say -.2

It looks like they tried to make it automated however GA messed up because i should not have to get out a digital meter to see what is going on, i did not know if bios was correct or if there settings were correct

[Sam__]

Ok, my board has decided to die. Iv tried everything and cant get anything out of it. It powers up but doesnt POST or beep or anything! :cry::cry:

[wingman99]

Ok, my board has decided to die. Iv tried everything and cant get anything out of it. It powers up but doesnt POST or beep or anything! :cry::cry:Did you check your PSU and what board is it

[Sam__]

Did you check your PSU and what board is it

P35-DS3R and i've tried two PSUs and loads of RAM and two CPUs and it wont make a noise.

[wingman99]

P35-DS3R and i've tried two PSUs and loads of RAM and two CPUs and it wont make a noise.Well atleast Gigabyte has 2 years parts and labor.:)

[Sam__]

Well atleast Gigabyte has 2 years parts and labor.:)

awesome, i e-mailed them erlier so hopefully I can get an RMA. fingers crossed.

[Axis]

awesome, i e-mailed them erlier so hopefully I can get an RMA. fingers crossed.

Did they rma?

I have a q6600 on a p35c-ds3r running 3.2 = 400x8 with 1.375 on the vcore in the bios. But I have major vdroop. The pencil mod doesn't work??? For anyone?? If there was no vdroop I could run the above @ 1.28v!

I can run 3.6 400x9 with no problems but I need 1.75v in the bios because the droop at idel is 1.52v and load 1.45v.

Is there a working mod? Please someone?

[Axis]

Also why when I select "auto" for all voltages does it overvolt everything? The vid is 1.312 but in the bios is runs 1.508?!? ALso the ram goes from 1.8 to 2.2 etc? Oh these volts are when I run 266x9 for the default of the q6600.

[Sam__]

The RMA went very smoothly, I got a replacement within four days of sending it off. :D

I have tried one vdroop pencil mod but to no avail. I would suggest updating to the newest BIOS though. Then if you still have the problem maybe look into a hard vdropp mod if ur willing to go that far.

[Axis]

The RMA went very smoothly, I got a replacement within four days of sending it off. :D

I have tried one vdroop pencil mod but to no avail. I would suggest updating to the newest BIOS though. Then if you still have the problem maybe look into a hard vdropp mod if ur willing to go that far.


Thanks I have the newest bios installed. Do you know why setting it to auto makes everything overvolt even when the CPU is setup to run @ default speeds?

[mattlyall06]

hey, nice thread. read through the whole thing. before i started reading this i was fairly certain on my next mobo purchase, being the p35 dsr... but now its pretty much set in stone. gonna get an e8400 up in it. just about everywhere ive looked, the E8400 can get up to 3.6ghz without any change to the vcore. on just about any board. yikes.

now ive got a g31m-s2l mATX and i love it, for my first build gigabyte made it very easy. one of the main reasons i want to stick with them

[Sam__]

Thanks I have the newest bios installed. Do you know why setting it to auto makes everything overvolt even when the CPU is setup to run @ default speeds?

Im really stumped on why the autp settings bump the voltages up but it doesnt really matter as long as you dont use them.

hey, nice thread. read through the whole thing. before i started reading this i was fairly certain on my next mobo purchase, being the p35 dsr... but now its pretty much set in stone. gonna get an e8400 up in it. just about everywhere ive looked, the E8400 can get up to 3.6ghz without any change to the vcore. on just about any board. yikes.

now ive got a g31m-s2l mATX and i love it, for my first build gigabyte made it very easy. one of the main reasons i want to stick with them

Nice to know this thread helps people. :D

Hope you have run with it.


and w00p, 300th reply.

[pinky33]

I know I will be part of this thread very soon and just can't wait. I am at work and stopping by ups to pick up this board and.....

q6600
2gig ocz reaper 1200hz

this will be water cooled and shooting for silent(<30dbs) 3.6ghz++++ would be sweet to hit 4.0 but we will see.

corsair 650 watt single rail psu
lian li pc a77
swiftech cooling on vga, cpu
220 rad, 350 pump
BFG 8800 GTS


I would really like to cool the mosphets. I have extra heat sinks and thermal epoxy so why not. I will also do the volt mod. Obviously I will only do these two things if someone shows me they work or I hit a wall with OCing.

I feel good after reading all 11 pages knowing I only have 2gigs of ram and its already rated for 1200.

Dose the south bridge control the sata/ata ports and if so would running 5 hds and one burner heat things up on the SB. And yes I can see myself using 4 hds, one sata disc drive, and one ata disc drive heavily all at the same time.

ripping, burning, encoding, listing to music and browsing the web is what I want this new rig to do.

Also I am coming from a amd 64 2800 from 4 years ago.

Hope everyone is havening great ocing with this board and finds this thread as useful as I have. Can't wait to show some water cooling #'s for this bored.

[Sam__]

Dose the south bridge control the sata/ata ports and if so would running 5 hds and one burner heat things up on the SB. And yes I can see myself using 4 hds, one sata disc drive, and one ata disc drive heavily all at the same time.

ripping, burning, encoding, listing to music and browsing the web is what I want this new rig to do.

I have a four disk raid 0 with a dvd burner running on the sb and its fine with it, never had any heat problems with it ever.

[pinky33]

So I hooked everything up and I have a problem. If the video cards power is hooked up the mobo flashes, fans spin for a second, then dead. If I unpluge the video power then it boots and peeps due to no video power. no post yet!!!

tried two psu's

while trying things with the vid card.......powered computer on and white smoke came from fan/end of vid card. RMA tomorrow. I found a pci express vid card from a dell I had laying around so I get to test mobo and ram. Nothing is clocking right and cpu is 1.8ghz. Going to bed after all this crap and then out of town for 3 days.....arg.

[Sam__]

So I hooked everything up and I have a problem. If the video cards power is hooked up the mobo flashes, fans spin for a second, then dead. If I unpluge the video power then it boots and peeps due to no video power. no post yet!!!

tried two psu's

while trying things with the vid card.......powered computer on and white smoke came from fan/end of vid card. RMA tomorrow. I found a pci express vid card from a dell I had laying around so I get to test mobo and ram. Nothing is clocking right and cpu is 1.8ghz. Going to bed after all this crap and then out of town for 3 days.....arg.

Nice to know you found the problem but shame ur out of town so you cant play with it :(.

[pinky33]

just an update to vent. So the grafix card is out for RMA and now my 4 year old raptor 36gig died after reformatting last night so it is going out today for RMA. Maybe in a month or two I will have the H2O hooked up.

I have gotten both the preprocessor and ram running at there correct speeds and timing which took a lot more work then I wanted, but hey thats new computers.
I have done some little overclocking, not much since on stock heatsink. Just wanted to play with bios and get ready for parts getting back. I was surprised it had an option for underclocking the pci-e bus, but that helped a lot since I am using my only extra pci-e card thats a pos from dell. Anyway while overclocking I felt the ram,cpu heatsink,nb,sb to feel temps. cpu and ram felt cool to the touch while the nb and southbridge felt hot enough to burn me if I held my finger there. This was while running one HD, 2gigs of ram,slight overclock to 3ghz, and no other pci cards. We will see what happens in the end but I must admit I am a little worried.

[pinky33]

I am having some trouble setting up my raid. I enabled SATA RAID/AHCI Mode and set up raid 0 with two seagate 320GB. Windows does not see the the two HDs + another I had hooked up.

When I disable the SATA RAID/AHCI Mode windows will the see the HD's and want to format them. I am now setting up the striped windows raid. If I am correct this is a software raid that is not as good as doing it through the bios.

This is my first raid setup and just to be clear I am not trying to install windows on these, just want them for game,music, and other such files.

thanks

[Axis]

Things I have learned about the ep35c-ds3r...

Load default settings to bios and save... reboot.

Test, bench run this bugger hard for a few days.

Then... Bump up by a 24% OC of the cpu/fsb/ram.

Stress test again. Bump voltages or keep increasing.

Keep going if you can.

My board is sooo stable now...

This is a good board keep tweaking.

[pinky33]

I would still like some help setting up my raid please.

[Sam__]

I would still like some help setting up my raid please.

Are you running XP or Vista? vista should have drivers already installed for the ichr chip but XP doesnt so youll have to download and install them.

[pinky33]

Are you running XP or Vista? vista should have drivers already installed for the ichr chip but XP doesnt so youll have to download and install them.

I feel a little stupid. Did not realize I had to install newer raid drivers then what came with the mother board cd.

After installing the drivers from gigabyte windows saw the raid just fine. I then went to computer management, disk management and formated via windows. Just want to make sure formating through windows like I did will not slow down the raid at all. Hope that does not sound stupid but I know windows wanted to stripe it for me even though it would have been a software stripe.

Thanks again.

[Sam__]

hey, everyone makes mistakes, iv made much, much more n00bish ones.

formatting it with windows is fine i wouldnt stripe it though but then you shouldnt be able to if it shows up as one drive.

[Thermodynamic]

whats the diff? the R stands for raid methinks...what does the L stand for?

Low-end?

The DS3R is a 6-phase board, while the DS3L is a 4-phase board. The DS3R should be more stable when overclocking...

At the time I got a DS3L. I kinda wish I got a 3R instead, but not real complaints. 8x403; I'm not fussy...

[pinky33]

Ok, finally hit a stable 3.6Ghz WOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!


PRIM95 stable for 10min, lol. I just run it to see max temp. Even the most intense gaming does not even come close so it works for my setup.

check sigs for detail and ask any questions you want. Not sure how much detail some of you want, but this thread is here for people with this mobo and I would love to help anyone get to 3.6 and above.

Keep in mind everything in my case is under 30 dB, hehehe

A few notes. All the items you can increase voltage to are 0.3 ram 0.4(2.2volts)

cpu is set for 1.8volts but drops all the way down to 1.69. stays around 1.74-1.69.......this is under load of course. otherwise its at 1.8

[Sam__]

ur cpu needs 1.8v to hit 3.6!! methinks something is up, it should take less. have you tried increasing nb and mch voltages?

[pinky33]

ur cpu needs 1.8v to hit 3.6!! methinks something is up, it should take less. have you tried increasing nb and mch voltages?

both are max


also this morning it would not boot, running at 266x8 right now, lol.

[pinky33]

and even though I have it at 1.8 its really just 1.69

[pinky33]

updated sig to something more stable. I think I will just keep it at this until a game come out that lags. I run all my games at 1280x1024 and everything plays at full so all is good.

[pinky33]

well I hate to bump old thread, but I also hate to see a thread without a conclusion. Not to many people posting about the q6600 and for good reason. I would not recommend this mobo for any quad core. In my build I spent all this money on water cooling but could not spend the money on a mobo that can overclock a quad core. In defense the next mobo I would consider was more then twice the money.

mobo works great, but cant overclock quad cores.

[Cuiiey]

Boy gotta love them Gigabyte hybrids! :)

[Rich'[ard]]

oi Tong, tryna catch up to my posts? =p are you sure the DS3R is a hybrid? im' pretty sure it's DDR2 only

[liftedcj7on44s]

Depends. If its a P35C then its the hybrid board which i have. And this board has had a few quads up to 4ghz so whatever trouble you are having it isn't the board!

[Sam__]

Yeah, the P35C is a hybrid but the straight P35 is just DDR2.

Interestng that your having trouble with OCing a quad on it pinky33, i dont think iv heard much about anyone else having problems, you tried all the usual things like BIOS updates and trying different voltages etc?

An update on mine, i killed it :(. I didnt insulate it enough aparently, so gigabyte rejected the RMA :(. I bought an abit P35 pro and it seems to be working very well.

[Rich'[ard]]

hey liftedcj7on44s, it's off topic, but how did you manage to get 3.4ghz on your e6300 with only 1.36v? i can hardly get anything higher than 425FSB (w/ 8x multi)
does higher FSB, lower multi combinations take less voltage? becuae if that's so, i'm gonna re overclock my e6400.

and back on topic, aren't the Ram pins different for ddr2 and ddr3? and how does that board rank against standard ddr2 and ddr3 boards? - any performance loss?

[Sam__]

I cant remember what voltage I was using but i got up to 490FSB on my E6300, i think it was between 1.4 and 1.45v.

ans yes DDR2 and 3 use different slots, the P35C has four DDR2 slots and two DDR3 slots, but of course only one set can be used at once.

[pinky33]

Yeah, the P35C is a hybrid but the straight P35 is just DDR2.

Interestng that your having trouble with OCing a quad on it pinky33, i dont think iv heard much about anyone else having problems, you tried all the usual things like BIOS updates and trying different voltages etc?

An update on mine, i killed it :(. I didnt insulate it enough aparently, so gigabyte rejected the RMA :(. I bought an abit P35 pro and it seems to be working very well.
Sam_
Glad you asked about the bios update.

Ran another bios update(f4a) and running at 3.6ghz now. see how stable it is this time. Still having issues with Vcore fluctuation so I have to set it at 1.74 and watching it drop to 1.68. Still not exactly sure why i need such a high voltage, but if I run less cores fail on prime95. Going to have to work on my temps though......65-69c. Any other idea on what to do or change.


Really wanting to hit 4.0ghz.

thanks again guys.

[liftedcj7on44s]

I dont run 3.4ghz stable. I can get there and play games and what not but prime doesnt run. Now I have Vcore set to 1.4 in bios but CPU-Z reports 1.36. I run 450x7 24hr Prime Stable. Also make sure you're ram timings are set correctly. I had a pain with mine and it ended up being that My Trfc was set too low and now i can get all the way up to 493fsb before it will not post.

[Perk]

I just ordered the P35C-DS3R, no idea what Revision it is.
Just wondering if anyone has seen the Load Calibration option in the Bios (F9 or F10) that it mentions in over at Station drivers, in the bios list. Link provided.
Bios F10
Quote:
* 1. ADD new version super I/O code.
2. Speicheradress BUG beseitigt
3. Loadline Calibration Auto-Disabled-Enabled (nur DS4)
* beta BIOS:update CPU ID
http://www.station-drivers.com/page/gigabyte/ga-p35c-ds3r.htm

I wonder if it's just a miss print or for another DS3 board.

Read the whole thread, Shame to here your board died twice Sam:-/
And Pinky that's some crazy volts your putting through you CPU :clap:
Good thread!

Edit: Ah, just read me post and seen the '(nur DS4)' maybe it's DS4 only?


Also, does anyone have the P35C-DS3R running a quad at 3.6ghz, on air or water?

[pinky33]

I just ordered the P35C-DS3R, no idea what Revision it is.
Just wondering if anyone has seen the Load Calibration option in the Bios (F9 or F10) that it mentions in over at Station drivers, in the bios list. Link provided.
Bios F10
Quote:
* 1. ADD new version super I/O code.
2. Speicheradress BUG beseitigt
3. Loadline Calibration Auto-Disabled-Enabled (nur DS4)
* beta BIOS:update CPU ID
http://www.station-drivers.com/page/gigabyte/ga-p35c-ds3r.htm

I wonder if it's just a miss print or for another DS3 board.

Read the whole thread, Shame to here your board died twice Sam:-/
And Pinky that's some crazy volts your putting through you CPU :clap:
Good thread!

Edit: Ah, just read me post and seen the '(nur DS4)' maybe it's DS4 only?


Also, does anyone have the P35C-DS3R running a quad at 3.6ghz, on air or water?

I have tried many things and I still cant obtain more then 450*7. I was running 460*7, but changed it back for some reason.

[horvi4]

I have tried many things and I still cant obtain more then 435*7. I was running 442*7, just for 10 minutes

Please help I'm running out of ideas.

runing stable on 3.04 max

using
gigabyte p35c-ds3r REV. 2.0 (VER. 2.0)
Tuniq TX-3 CPU Heatsink Thermal Compound Paste
XigmaTek Porter North Bridge Cooler N881 with fan
ThermalTake CL-P0538 ISGC-200 cpu cooler
Akasa Freedom Xone Midi Tower Case AK-BKXNE-01

used 2.33 dual core e6550
ram
Crucial Ballistix BL2KIT25664AA106A RAM Module - 4 GB 2 x 2 GB - DDR2 SDRAM

(1066 MHz DDR2-1066/PC2-8500 - Non-ECC - Unbuffered - 240-pin DIMM - MPN: BL2KIT25664AA106A)

POWER SUPPLY FSP FORTRON 500W
graphic card Nvidia 9600 GTS

temperatures cpu load 46 ,,,idle 30
NORTH SIDE BUSS BRIDGE TEMP 38 LOAD

http://a.yfrog.com/img189/331/sdc12132.jpg

http://img195.imageshack.us/i/capturekm.jpg/

http://img201.imageshack.us/i/capture1gc.jpg
http://img818.imageshack.us/i/capture2g.jpg/

http://img204.imageshack.us/i/capture3pc.jpg/

[Sam__]

What voltages are you running for cpu/nb/ram/fsb etc?

[horvi4]

What voltages are you running for cpu/nb/ram/fsb etc?

see the photos.

north bridge 1.25v
south bridge 1.05v
memory 2.1

runing stable on 1.30V i have tried 1.5 also , doesnt worked.
but now using 1.4v
fsb +2v
MCH Voltage +2v
pcie +1v
memory +3

ALSO I HAVE TRIED BIOS VER. F4 F8 F10 AND F12 NOTHING HAS CHANGED
IM RUNING ON F12