Gigabyte DS3/DS4/DQ6 Compatible Ram!

jmart1uk · 21 Aug 2006 at 10:34

Monstermunch said:
Have you had it working at all?

Bios version?

Are you sure the board isn't borked!?

hi
OK when i say its not working i mean the old stop/start prob.
once it boots its stable. in dual mode with the corsair ddr2 twina 2gb pc6400c5
it does not start but boots with 1 stick after about 20 trys .
with the Geil (gx22gb5300dc)x2 it takes up to 10 trys but sometimes boots after 3.
bios f3g

ReeMISM · 21 Aug 2006 at 14:34

The Asgard said:
The G Skill NR Green Spreader works fine in a DS4.

Agreed seems to work fine with the F2+bios

Munromax · 21 Aug 2006 at 16:00

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) works fine on DQ6 with no BIOS changes or upgrades - so should work on DS3/4 - Running some tests now and will let u know if not OK

R3323 · 21 Aug 2006 at 20:46

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB) (MY-092-CS)
vs
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)
Witch one would be best for my DS4(F3 bios) and E6300

Monstermunch · 21 Aug 2006 at 22:27

The Geil every time.... Faster latencies!

Monstermunch · 21 Aug 2006 at 22:30

jmart1uk said:
hi
OK when i say its not working i mean the old stop/start prob.
once it boots its stable. in dual mode with the corsair ddr2 twina 2gb pc6400c5
it does not start but boots with 1 stick after about 20 trys .
with the Geil (gx22gb5300dc)x2 it takes up to 10 trys but sometimes boots after 3.
bios f3g

From what i've read I would say the DQ6 board is the most troublesome of all.... Personally if it were me I would send it back to where you got it from, along with your ram and ask them to test it all......

If they can't get it to work, then get a refund and get something else!

Monstermunch · 21 Aug 2006 at 22:38

I think this thread should be made into a sticky until the problems with these boards are dealt with!

Super Tigers · 21 Aug 2006 at 22:59

There are a lot of ds3/ds4/ds6 users on these forums and there is plenty of other threads regarding these mobos on other forums. Gigabyte are getting a huge amount of feedback on these mobo problems (I have no problems at all with my setup using bios F4e) so hopefully they will be coming out with better bioses in the near future.

I must admit sticky-ing this thread is not a bad idea.

Rob H

Pizzaboy2003 · 22 Aug 2006 at 10:49

Just to show that my Corsair twinX ddr2 6400C4 works fine in this board

I can comfirm that it works in the DS3/DS4

And that only with 1.8V on the Ram
it like the ram does not like mto much voltage on htem as my over clocks gets better when not putting more that 2Volts though them

Justintime · 22 Aug 2006 at 11:16

You've got the LA NR and HZ Gskill, but haven't put my ZX?

Not working with DS3 or 4

G.Skill 2GB DDR2 ZX PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBZX)

Lonefox · 22 Aug 2006 at 12:17

Shocky-FM said:
G.Skill HZ memory is compatible with the DS4 with F3 bios, it even defaults to the correct timings now. I suspect G-Skills other memory is also now compatible....

hmm thats odd myn was defaulting to cas 5 i had to set it manually to 4 same with the voltages was defaulting to 1.8 O_o

Monstermunch · 22 Aug 2006 at 19:02

Pizzaboy2003 said:
Just to show that my Corsair twinX ddr2 6400C4 works fine in this board

I can comfirm that it works in the DS3/DS4

And that only with 1.8V on the Ram
it like the ram does not like mto much voltage on htem as my over clocks gets better when not putting more that 2Volts though them

I'm not saying that the Ram i've listed as incompatible applies 100% of the time, it actually seems to be a little hit & miss with a few of them....

My XMS2 has casued me great problems and I haven't even been able to get to the bios stage with mine..... And I find it very hard to believe that both sticks of this ram are borked!

bobba · 22 Aug 2006 at 19:17

I've tried:

G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NR PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5

and

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX

With a DS4

Both relatively ok at stock sppeds but the reboot problem starts at an overclock of as little as 5mhz fsb even with voltages slightly increased.

When it does boot eventually, it does seem to be ok

Monstermunch · 22 Aug 2006 at 20:41

bobba said:
I've tried:

G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NR PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5

and

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX

With a DS4

Both relatively ok at stock sppeds but the reboot problem starts at an overclock of as little as 5mhz fsb even with voltages slightly increased.

When it does boot eventually, it does seem to be ok

What bios version are you running? I would guess by what you stated that it's probably the F2 version......

Try flashing to the f3 version here - http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_Model.aspx?ProductID=2288

.DevastatioN · 22 Aug 2006 at 21:14

Pizzaboy2003 said:
Just to show that my Corsair twinX ddr2 6400C4 works fine in this board

I can comfirm that it works in the DS3/DS4

And that only with 1.8V on the Ram
it like the ram does not like mto much voltage on htem as my over clocks gets better when not putting more that 2Volts though them

You have the DS3 or the DS4?

SOSAGES2 · 22 Aug 2006 at 21:22

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
only works with f3 bios ..(on my setup anyway) had to buy lower speed ram to flash bios

Pizzaboy2003 · 22 Aug 2006 at 22:43

.DevastatioN said:
You have the DS3 or the DS4?

thats been used on both boards thats why i said that this ram is ok and run just fine, just thinks monster munch had bad luck in the set he had and that why it did not work for him but so far we are two using them with no problems.

Pizzaboy2003 · 22 Aug 2006 at 22:45

Monstermunch said:
I'm not saying that the Ram i've listed as incompatible applies 100% of the time, it actually seems to be a little hit & miss with a few of them....

My XMS2 has casued me great problems and I haven't even been able to get to the bios stage with mine..... And I find it very hard to believe that both sticks of this ram are borked!

If you chould not get to the bio stage i whould put it drown to Duff ram nothing else unless some of your orther hardware was borken

ReeMISM · 23 Aug 2006 at 08:37

bobba said:
I've tried:

G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NR PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5

and

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX

With a DS4

Both relatively ok at stock sppeds but the reboot problem starts at an overclock of as little as 5mhz fsb even with voltages slightly increased.

When it does boot eventually, it does seem to be ok

What frequency were you putting in manually? if you are putting in anything as low as 266-333mhz the ram will not boot up properly because of the timings of the G.Skill ram you have to manually put in 333mhz(G.sKILL) or more for it to boot properly.I had the same problem would reboot if i manually put in 266 in the cpu host clock so i tried 333mhz and it worked properly and i was able to overclock no problem..

Munromax · 23 Aug 2006 at 10:41

Using 2 kits of (1gb x 2) Geil 6400 lo latency on a DQ6.
Bios reports 4gb, but XP reports only 3.669 gb - Any Ideas?
System seems to be running OK.