Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 & E8400

GRiDlock · 20 Feb 2008 at 18:39

Decided to buy an E8400 and test it on my Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 Rev 1.0 (Bios F13o)

I've had a few problems which i'll try to explain below, but I now seem to have it stable (not orthos tested yet) at 4.0Ghz using 1.265 volts and a Zalman 9500.

I tried reseting the bios and installing the E8400, but this resulted in a non-boot. Instantly knew i had a problem as the USB keyboard had no power and could not get anything on the monitor. After trying everything I could think of, I reinstalled my E6600 and booted. This then allowed me to boot and set the Bios about where I needed it, including volts to 1.2650. I then installed the E8400 and this booted fine. Having tweaked the Bios a few times, 444FSB seems to be okay.

The temps seem a little high (CoreTemp:- 50c @ idle and 63c @ load). Will report a bit more detail when i've had a chance to play..

SuperPi was about 12.2secs, but my ram is very slack whilst I test the CPU limits.

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=317478

UPDATE: I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND WOLFDALES WITH GA-965P-DS3 AT PRESENT

Cheers

Cob · 20 Feb 2008 at 18:57

Nice to see some confirmation that the Penryns will work fine in the Rev 1.0 P965 DS3

GRiDlock · 20 Feb 2008 at 20:12

Quick update - Will now be runinng this for a few days @ 1.225 volts 400FSB 3.6Ghz. Seems to be stable, quick and using hardly any power

IAmATeaf · 21 Feb 2008 at 11:24

GRiDlock said:
Quick update - Will now be runinng this for a few days @ stock 2.25volts 400FSB 3.6Ghz. Seems to be stable, quick and using hardly any power

Do you mean stock 1.25?

GRiDlock · 21 Feb 2008 at 11:31

Corrected my typo's, I meant to say 1.225 volts - Thanks for noticing.

mp260767 · 21 Feb 2008 at 13:32

wish you hadn't posted this, very tempted to try one on my ds3p

GRiDlock · 21 Feb 2008 at 20:11

Thought it was too good to be true !!

Switched the machine on after being at work all day and got the no boot again !

I'm starting to think a new Mobo is needed, or sell the E8400 for now.

IAmATeaf · 21 Feb 2008 at 20:27

Was it a no boot or was it a boot but no vid signal? If the later then check/set your PCI-E frequency, I set mine to 101.

GRiDlock · 21 Feb 2008 at 20:41

I had set the video to 100, but I get no keyboard power on USB or PS2 lines..

Might have one more try.

GRiDlock · 22 Feb 2008 at 11:45

After several tries, it appears that the 965P-DS3 is not going to be stable enough for me. If a boot failure occurs the Mobo reboots with default settings, but these settings do not allow the wolfdale to boot.

Sold the E8400 last night (within 5 mins !!), so MUD will now be getting a toy.

mp260767 · 22 Feb 2008 at 13:03

unlucky m8, looks like i'll need a new mobo as well if i want to get a wolfdale

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Arsenal · 24 Feb 2008 at 07:06

I hope you flashed both bioses to the F13o? I have a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS4 Rev 1.0 running the equivalent beta bios (F11f) with my E8400, and although from cold boot it seems to do a restart or two before kicking off the bios properly, it seems to retain the ovcerlock settings and always works with my e8400, though i suspect it is booting to the second bios. It sounds to me like yours was doing the same but maybe your second bios was still running a previous version it wasn't booting with the wolfdale onboard.

Something interesting to note is that i have similarly high temperatures reported by coretemp, and although i'm not convinced my reseating of my Scythe Ninja Plus when i put the E8400 in was particularly clean, this does make me thing there is an anomally with the reported temps running in our P965 mobos.