Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Thread

[stanglx302]

Oh, and SGTSpike, can you add me to your list?

StangLX302 -- P4 3.0 @ 3.6Mhz, 240fsb, 1.39 vcore

[MikersSU]

Originally Posted by stanglx302

Glad I found this thread. A few BIOS questions, if you guys don't mind.

#1 If I set the System Memory Multiplier (SPD) to "auto". It thinks my memory is 667Mhz. I'm absolutely positive it's 533Mhz ram. Any idea why?

#2 Robust Graphics Booster. That's only used if your using the built in graphics, correct? (Which I'm not)

#3 Advanced Bios Features. I have it all at default. Should I mess with any of those?

#4 Power Managment Setup. All at default. Should I mess with any of those?

Thanks in advance.

Hi there! Here are some comments on your items.

1. Download and use CPU-Z. It's a free program and you can find out what your memory's rated timings and voltages are. You can check out SPD and your current settings as well.

2. I didn't touch that setting. When it comes to anything that wants the user to set either from AUTO, XTREEEEME!, or TURBO, I leave the choice to the lowest factor being AUTO or Standard (if available). Sorry, I'm at work and I can't really recall what the BIOS looks like in detail.

3. Now, when you say Advanced BIOS Features, do you mean the portion of the BIOS that you see after you press CTRL-F1? If so, it stays hidden by default. I wish it didn't though since the only way you can tweak FSB voltage and make detailed changes to your system is through the advanced menu..

4. Power management is largely up to you. I usually don't mess with the settings...only because I don't have to.

[stanglx302]

#1 Problem fixed with the latest BIOS flash. I have CPU-Z already it said it was 533Mhz as well. The old BIOS thought it was 667Mhz for some reason. All good now.

#3 Advanced BIOS Features is the 2nd thing down from the top on the main BIOS page. I know about the F1 trick, this is different. It has settings such as HDD SMART capability, limit CPUID Max to 3, CPU Hyper-Threading, CPU EIST Function and so fourth. I'm still not sure what all that stuff means or does.

[stanglx302]

Oh, and one more thing: What power supply is everyone using with this board? I'm using a generic 500w PSU that came with the case (cheap). I know it's probably holding me back. I'm just not sure what I need.

[jbrown]

I should be on list. I had my Q6600 @ 3.35... 3.0 now though, didn twanna over do it.

[SgtSpike]

Originally Posted by stanglx302

Oh, and one more thing: What power supply is everyone using with this board? I'm using a generic 500w PSU that came with the case (cheap). I know it's probably holding me back. I'm just not sure what I need.

With only an 8500GT that's probably not holding you back at all. I wouldn't worry about it unless you start running into problems that could be the cause of a bad PSU. I'm using a 500w as well, but it's a name-brand (Xclio Goodpower) that's decently efficient and very stable. Only $50, and worth the eventual upgrade for you when you upgrade to a more power-hungry card. It'll run a 8800GTX just fine btw (based on newegg reviews).

Originally Posted by jbrown

I should be on list. I had my Q6600 @ 3.35... 3.0 now though, didn twanna over do it.

What's the other info for your OC? Voltages, FSB?

[rcf22]

Hey guys, having some issues here:

As I posted previously, I had successfully OC'd to 375FSB x 8 for a solid 3.0GHz OC. Tonight I tried pushing it up to 400FSB to get the RAM running full speed at 800MHz, but now no matter what settings I have other than default causes the machine to post, but then reboot with the default settings loaded. I was working with BIOS F3, but I updated to F6 and am seeing the same issue. Is there a setting that may have been inadvertantly changed in the BIOS that I should check, or could this be a PSU/voltage problem?

[SgtSpike]

Start over. Try going slightly above the stock FSB and see what happens. Make sure you're locking the PCI bus as well.

[MikersSU]

Originally Posted by stanglx302

#3 Advanced BIOS Features is the 2nd thing down from the top on the main BIOS page. I know about the F1 trick, this is different. It has settings such as HDD SMART capability, limit CPUID Max to 3, CPU Hyper-Threading, CPU EIST Function and so fourth. I'm still not sure what all that stuff means or does.

I turn off the EIST function. I believe that's the feature that when idle, it takes your CPU's multi down a few pegs to conserve power and such. Apparently, it causes stability problems when overclocking is involved.

Originally Posted by stanglx302

Oh, and one more thing: What power supply is everyone using with this board? I'm using a generic 500w PSU that came with the case (cheap). I know it's probably holding me back. I'm just not sure what I need.

I use PC Power and Cooling Silencer 610W. I love it. It really is quiet, stable as a rock, great efficiency, and provide a ton of amps to the rails. PC Power and Cooling psu's are on the expensive side but if you find any reviews out there, they're all favorable. If you want to be able to run quad graphics, there's a 750W version. The copper finish one is pretty popular - and it came down in price fairly recently on Clubit.com and Newegg.com.


As a side note, I've brought my 3.6 overclock back down to 3.42. About 1/2 hour into prime stress testing, 1 core would crap out. So....there. But with BIOS F6, I was able to at least boot into Vista and XP and run apps that didn't load the cores to 100 percent.

[MikersSU]

Originally Posted by rcf22

Hey guys, having some issues here:

As I posted previously, I had successfully OC'd to 375FSB x 8 for a solid 3.0GHz OC. Tonight I tried pushing it up to 400FSB to get the RAM running full speed at 800MHz, but now no matter what settings I have other than default causes the machine to post, but then reboot with the default settings loaded. I was working with BIOS F3, but I updated to F6 and am seeing the same issue. Is there a setting that may have been inadvertantly changed in the BIOS that I should check, or could this be a PSU/voltage problem?

Just as the Sarge stated, start slow. In addition, did you up the voltage slightly on the FSB? I have mine at +0.1 and MCH at +0.1 as well. I noticed that those settings helped in acheiving stability on my machine. Once you set BIOS with settings that are at least half way stable, the BIOS will POST normally with your setting as opposed to the default.