Gigabyte DS3/DS4/DQ6 Guide

I had a similar problems with my DQ6 board after I changed the pins on my Seagate drives to ensure they were working in full 3gb/sec mode.

Removed the pins and rebooted - and nothing. I striped it down to just a Raptor drive, 1 stick of RAM - still nothing. Cleared the CMOS, still nothing. I was strongly tempted to give the beast a gentle tap with a lump hammer - but went to bed instead.

The following morning I booted up my old system to get onto the internet to contact TS and thought I would fire up the malfunctioning unit one last try - and it booted as if nothing had happened. Connected everything back up (including the 3 re-pinned Seagate drives) and not a problem. Went back into the BIOS and set everything back the way I wanted - again not a problem.

Can computers sulk????? :mad: :mad:
 
Yes they do sulk!

Every system is different, they all have the quirks and hickups.

Has anyone had problems with F9? Im on F7 atm and wondering if i should go F9.
 
I am using the F9 bios and have been since it came out - i am currently at 454FSB at 1:1 and have no problems at all. Memory timings are still at 4,4,4,12 and +0.3v dimm. Stock vcore voltages and 49 degrees or so at full load. 18 hours orthos stable.

Maybe you were unlucky?
 
VeNT said:
D9 ram?
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RAM with Micron D9 chips. D9 hasn't been able to overclock past 900ish on the DS3 despite being able to hit 1200+ on other boards. F8 and F9 have been reported to solve this issue for a lot of ppl.

But F8 was a pile of crap. It lasted less than a week before being replaced with F9.

And some of the boot problems from F8 are still in F9 for a lot of people (myself included). I can't boot past a 380 fsb with it.

However I am able to boot at a 480 fsb with F7. And that's only held back by my Geil.
 
IDE devices showing as scsi?

Hello,

I've just bought a motherboard/processor/ram kit from overclockers (DS3 C2D 6300 and 1gig of geil ram) and everything thing is working fine, except that my ide hard drive and ide dvd burner are showing up as scsi devices in windows xp device manager. Any thoughts appreciated
 
hi, i did what the poster said about the fan controls but i can't get the speed i need out of the arctic freezer 7 pro, it's at like 800RPM and i need about 2000, i know it's loud but i need it faster, my idle temp is sitting at 57/53c (per/core)
 
Ive just bought a DS4, and im running the crucial 10th anniversary in it and a e6300, all running fine overclocks nicley but

it can with the F2 Bios on it, so i used the @BIOS tool and it changed the bios to the F8 version. it now takes FOREVER to boot, duing the post when the intel sata raid array starts up and it check type thing it takes about 2 mins to go through that, this cant be normal.

help please :confused:
 
ive just flashed the bios back to F6 and it still takes a long time, 90 seconds to get through

my mate has the same board with F6 and his is much faster, im running 2x120gb drives in stripe, he's running 2x80Gb drives that shouldnt make a difference, should it?
 
I'm wondering if someone could help me, built my new rig yesterday and have one problem, I can't get the front panel lights of my Akasa eclipse to work with my DS3, I've fitted the cables twice now but still no luck, any advice?
 
Clocking
1. Make sure that you have the latest chipset drivers and flash the board to the most recent bios version
2. On the main bios screen press Ctrl+F1 to open the advanced options within the menus
3. In the Advanced Bios Features Menu, Disable all of the following: CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E), CPU Thermal Monitor 2(TM2), CPU EIST Function
4. In the PC Health Status menu, set the FAN Speed Control Method to "Legacy" & FAN Speed Control Mode to "PWM" to maintain highest speed
5. Go into the MB Intelligent Tweaker (MIT) menu at the bottom of the page, set the System voltage control to "Manual"
6. These boards have a default VDIMM of 1.8v, set the VDIMM to co-ordinate with your ram. The Geil I have is specced as 2.1v so I have mine set to +0.3v
7. Set the MCH Voltage to +0.1v
8. Set the FSB Voltage to +0.1v
9. Set the VCORE to 1.45v - Please be aware that this will increase temps!
10. Set the CPU Host Clock Control to "Enable"
11. Set the System Memory Multiplier to "2x"
12. You're set to go, just increase the System bus Frequency to Overclock
13. I would reccommend that you use Intels TAT to monitor temps
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I'm about to do my first OC and I have the GygaByte 965P-S3, so can I use the above with that board as well?

And when you say that "this will increase temps", by how much? My current Idle temps with my e6600 on stock == 45c, and I got arctic cooling freezer 7 pro, is that OK?

Thanks!
 
And when you say that "this will increase temps", by how much? My current Idle temps with my e6600 on stock == 45c, and I got arctic cooling freezer 7 pro, is that OK?
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No...I would say thats far too high for an idel temeprature at stock speeds and voltages. Mine at idle at stock is no more than 30...OC'd to 3.5Ghz with a raised voltage its about 38 idle. Full loading up to 60.
You want to check the cooler is installed properly, the right ammount of thermal paste is used. Use Intel TAT to egt you temps of CPU if you havent allready.
 
Dan1984 said:
I'm wondering if someone could help me, built my new rig yesterday and have one problem, I can't get the front panel lights of my Akasa eclipse to work with my DS3, I've fitted the cables twice now but still no luck, any advice?
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have you tried turning the connectors around...ie. + to -ve instead of +ve to +ve...I had this with my DS4
 
toxic said:
have you tried turning the connectors around...ie. + to -ve instead of +ve to +ve...I had this with my DS4
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Don't you just hate it when its something as simple as that! :D
Thanks mate, all sorted now.
 
toxic said:
No...I would say thats far too high for an idel temeprature at stock speeds and voltages. Mine at idle at stock is no more than 30...OC'd to 3.5Ghz with a raised voltage its about 38 idle. Full loading up to 60.
You want to check the cooler is installed properly, the right ammount of thermal paste is used. Use Intel TAT to egt you temps of CPU if you havent allready.
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your temps are too good to be true

you're using artic cooling freezer 7 pro as well?

what case do u got?

and mine is installed correctly, maybe i need to raise the fan speed or something?

thanks
 
Marshall said:
ive just flashed the bios back to F6 and it still takes a long time, 90 seconds to get through

my mate has the same board with F6 and his is much faster, im running 2x120gb drives in stripe, he's running 2x80Gb drives that shouldnt make a difference, should it?
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Try f10. It seems to be the best BIOS since f7.
 
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