Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Thread

[crazypip666]

Originally Posted by Nyne7lac

What's the difference between the

GA-EP35-DS3L

and the

GA-P35-DS3L???

I actually came in to ask the same thing. Someone else mentioned the Dynamic energy saver on the EP35, but I think the bigger difference is that they are now selling the EP35 version at the old price of $89.99, while the older P35 version is now being sold as "GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX All Solid Capacitor Intel Motherboard" for $109.99. Does anyone know if that means the EP35 version is no longer all solid caps, and if so how that affects its performance?

[johnnyxp64]

Originally Posted by technogeek

If you can eventually get it to boot "with an old CPU" the flash to the latest BIOS and get the same results that you started with then I would send it back for a replacement.

If it is too late to exchange it with the seller, it has a 3 year guarantee with Gigabyte...
Click here--> http://www.gigabyte.us/Support/ServiceCenter.aspx and start the process.

nothing i tryed 2 other cpu that should be supported from the 1st release, NOTHING!

i followed your link and fiilesd up my form, i hope for a fast reply, i am contacting tommorow my Ex boss that was the reseller and try to get a new model maybe the GA-P35-DS3L rev2 cause i need the GRAID, i had my Hard Disks in RAID striping, so i cant get my latest data from my hard drives also i will propably no need format if i replace p35-ds3 with the p35-ds3L right??

they are the same board with other features, i will reformat later, but now i need to get my Data back i need for my work....worst case senario i am going for an Nforce 650i

do you have any Gigabyte Board to sujest for Q6600 at 3.0ghz with 4GB of DDR2 default at 1066???? p35? x38?

any ideas?

tnx

[technogeek]

Originally Posted by kpo6969

About the multiplier:
You can't set it higher than it's locked at : 9
you can set to run 8.5, 7.5 etc
would help o'cing ram I guess, haven't done that (yet)

Ohh, Ok thanks.. I should have realized that..

[technogeek]

Originally Posted by johnnyxp64

nothing i tryed 2 other cpu that should be supported from the 1st release, NOTHING!

i followed your link and fiilesd up my form, i hope for a fast reply, i am contacting tommorow my Ex boss that was the reseller and try to get a new model maybe the GA-P35-DS3L rev2 cause i need the GRAID, i had my Hard Disks in RAID striping, so i cant get my latest data from my hard drives also i will propably no need format if i replace p35-ds3 with the p35-ds3L right?? Probably not but I am unsure. I see no trouble if both boards have the same chipsets.

they are the same board with other features, i will reformat later, but now i need to get my Data back i need for my work....worst case senario i am going for an Nforce 650i

do you have any Gigabyte Board to sujest for Q6600 at 3.0ghz with 4GB of DDR2 default at 1066???? p35? x38?
any ideas? No, this is the only Gigabyte board I have used.
tnx

..

[johnnyxp64]

in few days this is going to be my new baby :-)

GA-EP35-DS3P rev2.1

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...ProductID=2742

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...e=GA-EP35-DS3P

to bad i am not gona talk to ypu anymore in this thread i hope there will be athread for this board in this forum...

tnx for your help so far

have a nice day...

p.s Gigabyte vs ASUS = 1 - 0
check this out if you havent allready:

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/asu...oard,5348.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/asu...oard,5403.html

[technogeek]

Originally Posted by johnnyxp64

in few days this is going to be my new baby :-)

GA-EP35-DS3P rev2.1

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...ProductID=2742

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...e=GA-EP35-DS3P

to bad i am not gona talk to ypu anymore in this thread i hope there will be athread for this board in this forum...

tnx for your help so far

have a nice day...

p.s Gigabyte vs ASUS = 1 - 0
check this out if you havent allready:

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/asu...oard,5348.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/asu...oard,5403.html

Good luck with your new board, it looks like a nice one. You dont have to be a stranger here just cuz you dont have the GA-P35-DS3L.

Yea I have heard about the Asus vs Gigabyte war... Now its heating up alot.

Asus Gigabyte

[pectin]

When installing vista, i start it up and before even installing Vista Crashes with Bad_Pool_Caller or Irrepairable or Unrepairable Hardware Error. There must be something wrong I did... I just cannot install this Motherboard. I have a Pentium D930 and thegot a New 2GB G.Skill DDR2 1066 DDR2 Memory... note that the D930 Processor is a 800Mhz.. and memory is 1066. Why is this happening. I have AHCI to Disabled in the BIOS and Native Port-0 SATA to enabled since there is nothing being said about this.. and no overclocking. Everything is set to AUTO in the BIOS. Memory is set to Auto which I saw it as 5,5,5 15 or something. What is wrong.. why when trying to boot up it is fine when trying to install Vista Ultimate or CP Pro it is bad. What must I do... tried a lot of combinations so far nothing works.

Video Card: 6900GS
Memory : 2gb GSkill DDR2 1066
CPU: D930
Hard Drive: Sata
DVD/CD " 20x SATA Recorder.

[kpo6969]

Would overclocking and or changing the timing on my ram be worth it, and if so what settings?
E8400 @ 3.6
G.Skill 4x1GB 6400 NQ @ 800 5-5-5-15 rated 1.8-2.0 run @ 1.87v stock
FSB
Ram 2.0 (1 to 1)
all stock voltages except vcore

Would 4-4-4-12 be better?
I read the AnandTech piece and I'm ??
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3208&p=4

All I know to do is F1 + CTRL to get to settings.
Thanks

[claytona]

Originally Posted by kpo6969

Would overclocking and or changing the timing on my ram be worth it, and if so what settings?
E8400 @ 3.6
G.Skill 4x1GB 6400 NQ @ 800 5-5-5-15 rated 1.8-2.0 run @ 1.87v stock
FSB
Ram 2.0 (1 to 1)
all stock voltages except vcore

Would 4-4-4-12 be better?
I read the AnandTech piece and I'm ??
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3208&p=4

All I know to do is F1 + CTRL to get to settings.
Thanks

I have been running the NQs on this board. I ran into something weird tho: actually hit memtest errors after 9 passes. errors there always showed up much sooner for me. Anyway I emailed gskill usa rep about my solution and he got back to me within a day saying all is ok if not getting hot.

bottom line run 2.1Vddr (+0.3V in bios and 2.0 (1:1) divider, all higher settings errored) and no errors at 12+ passes. I ran at 920MHz and 900MHz fine with tight 4-4-4-12 2T timing. warm to touch but not hot. Anytime I hit 1000MHz or more with them they errored for me. even with very loose timing. at this speed my timings changed bandwidth from 3144MB/s to 3701MB/s Nice! (memtest86 1.70) sandra results were similar.

I am running 450FSB due to cpu 7X lock, 460FSB ran fine on this memory also but after 36+ hrs stable on prime95 I discovered XP crashed trying to come out of standby, lowered to 450FSB took care of that problem. actually getting 3620MB/s with 450FSB.

same settings errored at 2.0V but fine at 2.1V

also +.1V FSB, +.1MCH, 1.3500 Vcore in bios (cpu-z showing 1.30Vcore) and all is very well and very cool running.

I rma'd the board due to dropping settings after shutting down overnight, just got it back yesterday from newegg, same problem. rolled bios back to F6 from F7. before I rma i tried F8 bioses but they did not help me.

I am wondering if cold reset is related to loading a saved profile so I'm letting this baby cool off with manual settings and F6. what a pain. (yes I also tried many other listed solutions before rma but no joy)

I read a big ddr3/2 shootout in toms hardware a while back and it seems like gains for big memory speed are small, looks like get good stable memory and get a good oc on cpu is where the money is, IMHO

[JadeMiner]

Originally Posted by kpo6969

Would overclocking and or changing the timing on my ram be worth it, and if so what settings?
E8400 @ 3.6
G.Skill 4x1GB 6400 NQ @ 800 5-5-5-15 rated 1.8-2.0 run @ 1.87v stock
FSB
Ram 2.0 (1 to 1)
all stock voltages except vcore

Would 4-4-4-12 be better?
I read the AnandTech piece and I'm ??
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3208&p=4

All I know to do is F1 + CTRL to get to settings.
Thanks

I have the same chip. I'd set the ram at 2.40 (try to boot. if not go back to 2.00) Timings 5-5-5-15.
That G.Skill is rated at 2.1v. The board is 1.8v stock. So +0.3v DDR2.
Then +0.1v MCH and FSB. Should run steady as a rock.
Once you start getting up towards 4.0 territory. You'll need to add +0.1v or even +0.2v to the MCH. Possibly +0.1v FSB too.
That board is rock solid with the E8400. Have fun. Good luck.