Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Thread

[stoned grappler]

[stoned grappler]

Let me know what you guys think of that OC! I used to have it set at 1:1 divider but changed that to 5:6(2.4x divider) and ended up bumping my ram up to 480mhz with 2.10V.

One thing I'm not clear about even after reading for hours is if it's best to keep your ram in sync (1:1) or unlinking the ram, which is what I've done here. I haven't got a chance to compare but the 5:6 divider seems quicker in every day use. Also feels a little quicker in gaming but that could just be me

[Galeo Deus]

Okay, now I've officially tried everything. I have new RAM in the board, and the same exact problem is happening. It's not a problem of saving settings--90% of the time the BIOS is exactly as I left it--rather, it's a problem of the POST paying attention to those settings. It WILL NOT post at any OC. It won't even try. Just merrily goes to 2.66 Ghz.

Interestingly, and I think I remembered this happening last time with my other ram:for about 2 days this thing POSTed fine at the conservative OC of 3.2 Ghz, but now it wont. Period.

[homestyle]

Anybody pair this board up with a Q9450 or Q9550 chip?

If so, how high were you able to hit?

[Pasta]

Has anyone been able to get the SATA controller into DMA mode 6?

E: Nevermind it's working in DMA mode 6 under Vista 64. DMA mode 5 under XP 32.

btw, here's how to enable ahci in xp with this board. Vista enables it by default, but the damn OS initially stuck my drive in multi-word DMA mode 2. I first had to boot vista with ahci off (and maybe native mode off too, don't remember), do this, then enable ahci and native again and that fixed it. hope that helps someone.

[homestyle]

I just tried to take off the northbridge heatsink, but it seems like it's glued onto the northbridge.

Is it glued or is the paste just really strong?

[FerdinandII]

It's not glue, just really crummy, hard paste.
Don't give up.

Originally Posted by homestyle

I just tried to take off the northbridge heatsink, but it seems like it's glued onto the northbridge.

Is it glued or is the paste just really strong?

[redalert]

Originally Posted by homestyle

Anybody pair this board up with a Q9450 or Q9550 chip?

If so, how high were you able to hit?

I did with my Q9450 the highest I could get was 3.2 but completely unstable it was unstable @ 3.0 with my voltages maxed out so I ended up buying my current board. The highest I heard someone said they got with a Q9450 was 3.4. The 65nms C2Q OC alot better on the board than the 45nms quads.

[authentic]

Hey, I would love to chat with someone over aim or something if there is someone out there that has a little time with this board... or just can help me OC in general... I have a Q6600 at 2.8 right now with thermalright 120.

I have mushkin ram, and lots of hard drives in raid config...
you can message me at "aim" consumingworship

I can't go past 2.8 - what is my next step... I have not touched the voltage yet - i have the ram timings tight like they are supposed to be... should i loosen them up?

[redalert]

Originally Posted by authentic

Hey, I would love to chat with someone over aim or something if there is someone out there that has a little time with this board... or just can help me OC in general... I have a Q6600 at 2.8 right now with thermalright 120.

I have mushkin ram, and lots of hard drives in raid config...
you can message me at "aim" consumingworship

I can't go past 2.8 - what is my next step... I have not touched the voltage yet - i have the ram timings tight like they are supposed to be... should i loosen them up?

I would underclock the ram and loosen the timings. Also since your using all the memory slots on the board it adds extra stress to the memory controller and can limit how high you can OC the Q6600.