Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Thread

[wiggy2k7]

Originally Posted by NP2H

Just picked up a 8800GTS 512 G92 and 2x2gb DDR2 1000 G.skill 5-5-5-15 2.0... so I'll share my benchmarks in a bit

Nice... i wish i'd paid an extra £30 and got the GTS rather than the GT when i got my new card 4 weeks ago.

What was wrong with your sig rig G.Skill ram ? What series is it ?? mines the HK series and they are very good.

[ZDarryl]

What is the default NB (MCH) Voltage for this board?

For my current measly OC, I feel like my voltages are high:
415 FSB x 7.5 = 3113 MHz Q9300 (2.5 GHz Stock)
1.300V VCore
+0.4V DDR2 = 2.2V
+0.1V PCI-E
+0.2V FSB
+0.2V MCH

I wish that the summary in the first post had all of the voltages that each person used. That would be helpful.

I have seen other people with my CPU on different boards use 1.48V for MCH and only 1.2525 Vcore at 450 FSB

[johnnyxp64]

hi friends

i am not new to overcloacking but with this motherboard i want to kill my self!

i have tried all your instruction, all the bios versions, no matter what the hell i am doing my q6600 is always stuck to the default values 266x9 2.4ghz and ingores my changes!
i played with usb, smart fans ....everything!!!!!

i have the ga-p35-ds3 rev1.0 Bios f13i
Q6600 g0
kingston hyperx 4x1gb 1066 running default at 5x5x5x15 but in this board at 800Mhz cause i reached it limit i quess...

now i a100000000% sure i can reach 3.0Ghz and 1066mhz the ddr2 without damaging my cpu.....

PLZ help!
anyone having this specification that i want to reach to share with me what he/she did changed from the default setting to get to that??????

tnx for your time.....

[wiggy2k7]

Originally Posted by johnnyxp64

hi friends

i am not new to overcloacking but with this motherboard i want to kill my self!

i have tried all your instruction, all the bios versions, no matter what the hell i am doing my q6600 is always stuck to the default values 266x9 2.4ghz and ingores my changes!
i played with usb, smart fans ....everything!!!!!

i have the ga-p35-ds3 rev1.0 Bios f13i
Q6600 g0
kingston hyperx 4x1gb 1066 running default at 5x5x5x15 but in this board at 800Mhz cause i reached it limit i quess...

now i a100000000% sure i can reach 3.0Ghz and 1066mhz the ddr2 without damaging my cpu.....

PLZ help!
anyone having this specification that i want to reach to share with me what he/she did changed from the default setting to get to that??????

tnx for your time.....

Hi,

So you have the DS3 board not the DS3L... Have you tried resetting the CMOS with a screw driver or a jumper on the motherboard ??? Also do you mean you set the settings in the BIOS but they dont stick in windows or they wont save in the BIOS ???

What is the default NB (MCH) Voltage for this board?

For my current measly OC, I feel like my voltages are high:
415 FSB x 7.5 = 3113 MHz Q9300 (2.5 GHz Stock)
1.300V VCore
+0.4V DDR2 = 2.2V
+0.1V PCI-E
+0.2V FSB
+0.2V MCH

I wish that the summary in the first post had all of the voltages that each person used. That would be helpful.

I have seen other people with my CPU on different boards use 1.48V for MCH and only 1.2525 Vcore at 450 FSB

Yea.. those voltages do seem a bit high. All mine are on default values apart from my cpu and ram.

[thethriller]

Originally Posted by ZDarryl

Wow, that is awesome 500 FSB!!!!!! Up there in the stratosphere with SgtSpike.......

What was your SuperPi 1M time at 4.0 GHz?

There's a pic there (page 149) with SuperPi 1M (11.86s)

Now I have a few new questions...

1.) Has anyone gotten SpeedFan to work with changing at least the CPU fan header speeds? If I enable fan speed controlling in the overclocking section of the bios, then the motherboard controls fan speed and SpeedFan does nothing. If I disable the mobo fan speed control, the fan runs 100% no matter what. (And this new ASUS HSF has a ~4200rpm fan, which is loud :P)

2.) Has anyone had a Core2Duo which reads the cores at way different temps? Shouldn't they be pretty close to the same? I have several different tools that read them on average 10-15°C different, For example at 100% load OCCT(and most tools) reads CPU1 56°, CPU2 66°(And MBM5 reading temps apparently from the core 36°/47°) At idle OCCT(and most tools) reads CPU1 38°, CPU2 55°, with MBM5 saying 18°/34° - which leads to another issue, I doubt cpu1 is 18°C(64°F)

[losttsol]

It's usually your mounting job that accounts for major differences between cores (over 5C). As for SpeedFan, I can't even get it working right now for some reason. The new version is screwy.

[thethriller]

Originally Posted by losttsol

It's usually your mounting job that accounts for major differences between cores (over 5C). As for SpeedFan, I can't even get it working right now for some reason. The new version is screwy.

Yeah I'm just not sure that's the issue... they were just as different with the factory intel HSF as they are now with the ASUS V-70 (which virtually can't be installed wrong), just a few degrees cooler now.


As for SpeedFan:
I forgot to do the advanced setup part and make the fans "Software Controlled" - just an oversight on my new install since I switched to a different boot drive.



On a sad note, I'm now wishing I had spent the extra $14 on an E8400 for the 9x multiplier No amount of voltage changes can make the system stable at 500 FSB I'm betting the cpu would do a good bit higher than 4ghz. All seems fine now at 469 x 8 for 3.75Ghz (@ 1.3v in Bios/1.28v reported)

/disappointed with my poor decision, but how much difference would ~500mhz make if I could do 469x9 (4221mhz) I mean really :P

[johnnyxp64]

well i have tried to clear the bios with the jumber or the battary, no results, maybe sometimes 1 time in the 20 boots it will load my settings but generally it doesnt.

i mean that tha bios SAVES my settings BUT doesnt APPLY them durring the Boot time!!

i change the fsb to 333*9 but when it boots the system (dos bios screen) says 266*9
so into windows there are no changes, BUT in the bios the seetings are altared to 333*9 but not applied!

i am wondering if i could make use of warranty...

[JadeMiner]

Originally Posted by johnnyxp64

well i have tried to clear the bios with the jumber or the battary, no results, maybe sometimes 1 time in the 20 boots it will load my settings but generally it doesnt.

i mean that tha bios SAVES my settings BUT doesnt APPLY them durring the Boot time!!

i change the fsb to 333*9 but when it boots the system (dos bios screen) says 266*9
so into windows there are no changes, BUT in the bios the seetings are altared to 333*9 but not applied!

i am wondering if i could make use of warranty...

Before you return the board. Try this. Go BACK in bios. To like F13a. See if that works. If not. Got back one more to F12. It might be the newest bios that has a problem with your setup. That happens sometimes. Good luck. ~JadeMiner~

You are SURE you have rev 1.0 right???? Here's the bios for that board. http://www.gigabyte.us/Support/Mothe...ProductID=2516

[johnnyxp64]

Originally Posted by JadeMiner

Before you return the board. Try this. Go BACK in bios. To like F13a. See if that works. If not. Got back one more to F12. It might be the newest bios that has a problem with your setup. That happens sometimes. Good luck. ~JadeMiner~

You are SURE you have rev 1.0 right???? Here's the bios for that board. http://www.gigabyte.us/Support/Mothe...ProductID=2516

yes 100% sure its clearly printed in the corner of the board "rev 1.0"

i will try all over again, BUT i need to ask you a major question:
is it nessesary to have the smart fan disable?
i mean i have changed the stock fan with an other one with less noise and better cooling, (i cant recall the name right now) BUT it still does some noticable noise if the smart fan is disabled?

this board cant be overcloacked AT all with the smarth Fan enable?

damn, i miss my old MSI nforce 650i board, i think nvidia are handling easier and smoother overclacking
but i have read so many good things about it and spend 80euros back then to buy it its a shame to change it now....reformat...no way...

you have to help me achive 3.0Ghz and 1066mhz ram with all 4gbytes on it...it can be done right?
i repeat my part default specs:

GA-P35-DS3 rev1.0
Q6600 steping G0 2.4ghz
Kingstone HyperX 1066DDR2 5*5*5*15

tnx for your time so far...