Gigabyte DS3/DS4/DQ6 Guide

frustin · 8 Nov 2007 at 23:09

put the other file on a floppy disk, reboot and use the Q-Flash utility which you will see when you reboot or go into the bios. then follow the on-screen instructions.

or is there something i am missing?

Schizophonic · 8 Nov 2007 at 23:23

Dont have floppy......

closeratio · 9 Nov 2007 at 00:41

I've heard you can use a USB flash drive instead. One of the guys on here should be able to help you

yantorsen · 9 Nov 2007 at 01:33

frustin said:
put the other file on a floppy disk, reboot and use the Q-Flash utility which you will see when you reboot or go into the bios. then follow the on-screen instructions.

or is there something i am missing?

or do exactly the same as this but use a USB stick instead.

frustin · 9 Nov 2007 at 11:55

i'm not sure the q-flash sees flash drives

here is how you make a usb flash drive bootable i.e. get a dos prompt:

http://i.thepcspy.com/USB_Boot.zip (pasta is the password to unzip, not sure why it is password protected).

run the utiliy (BACK UP USB DRIVE FIRST AS IT FORMATS IT) and then copy the files autoexec.bat etc in the other directory onto the usb after you have run the install.

then copy your new bios and the flash895 exe on there. once you boot, run the flash895.exe using the switches pointing to the new bios. i dont know the switches off the top of my head so run:

flash895.exe /?

zixiazhang · 9 Nov 2007 at 12:47

Does the bios report the cpu voltage properly? Because I have it set as 1.45 but the hardware monitor shows it as 1.39v

Cob · 9 Nov 2007 at 17:03

zixiazhang said:
Does the bios report the cpu voltage properly? Because I have it set as 1.45 but the hardware monitor shows it as 1.39v

Most boards report a lower vcore in Windows than is set in BIOS.

frustin · 9 Nov 2007 at 17:12

which is true though?

Cob · 9 Nov 2007 at 17:15

The Windows reading is closer to the truth.

Schizophonic · 9 Nov 2007 at 18:54

I get this....

And then

willhub · 9 Nov 2007 at 19:05

I got my CPU set at 1.55 in bios but its actually been reported as 1.50 by Speedfan.

I'm still on F2 bios, is it really essential for me to update my bios??

Schizophonic · 9 Nov 2007 at 19:08

I want to update my Bios, i'm hitting 380FSB with increased of the volt and it keeps on hagning. When playing COD4, on stock speeds it hangs....

Cob · 9 Nov 2007 at 19:14

Schizophonic said:
I get this....

And then

Looks to me that you're trying to flash a P35C-DS3R with a P35-DS3R BIOS

Schizophonic · 9 Nov 2007 at 19:39

Noob of the month....

It worked now..

Thanks

Cob · 9 Nov 2007 at 19:41

That exact mistake happens quite a lot.

Tho you're the first to post pics

yantorsen · 9 Nov 2007 at 19:42

frustin said:
i'm not sure the q-flash sees flash drives

here is how you make a usb flash drive bootable i.e. get a dos prompt:

http://i.thepcspy.com/USB_Boot.zip (pasta is the password to unzip, not sure why it is password protected).

run the utiliy (BACK UP USB DRIVE FIRST AS IT FORMATS IT) and then copy the files autoexec.bat etc in the other directory onto the usb after you have run the install.

then copy your new bios and the flash895 exe on there. once you boot, run the flash895.exe using the switches pointing to the new bios. i dont know the switches off the top of my head so run:

flash895.exe /?

Q-Flash does work with flash drives I've done it.

willhub · 9 Nov 2007 at 19:44

Anyone know if its something that needs to be done when you're running F2 bios, is F4 Bios any different?

yantorsen · 9 Nov 2007 at 19:46

willhub said:
Anyone know if its something that needs to be done when you're running F2 bios, is F4 Bios any different?

F4 supports G0 stepping q6600's.

willhub · 9 Nov 2007 at 19:47

yantorsen said:
F4 supports G0 stepping q6600's.

So I wont get any better overclocks or anything with the F4 bios? I guess I'll need it when I move to penryn tho wont I?

Cob · 9 Nov 2007 at 19:54

F4 probably activated the memory performance option. It gives a large boost to memory bandwidth when set to Turbo and Extreme.