Gigabyte DS3/DS4/DQ6 Guide

adya said:
ok i hope its ok to post this in here, the reason i am is becuase this is probably the only ds4 thread on the net! i cant find any ds4 discusion in regards to o.c ing anywhere.
unfortunatly i have a ds4 and ive been trying to o.c this bitch of a board for a while now with no success.
ive memtested my 4gb ram extensively and have found 0 errors every time. ive tested my cpu etc with no problems.
last o.c was this fsb 300/ dram 450 /core speed 3.3ghz /x11 m.p/ timings 4-4-4-15
full memtest showed no errors . everest stress test for 5 hours showed no problems at all. ran some other test same result no problems.
even played bf2 for a few hours no probs. then i rebooted and this stupid mobo auto reset itself. i reset it again . then it reset itself to defualt. i cleard cmos . started all over again . then it auto reset it again?? u wouldnt believe how frustrating that was after all the work i put in.
so my question is to other ds4 giga**** board users is - have any of u found a way around this intel feature? is there a way to disable it? if u did find a way to increase fsb without being auto reset , how did u go about doing this? is having 4gb ram the reason why i cant push the fsb past 266? any info on this subject will be much appreaciated.
please ,with all due respect , do not reply telling me its hardware failure or bad o.c. i already stress tested the o.c with good results.
thanks adya
giga**** ga 965p ds4
core 2 x6800
4x1gb corsair xms pc 6400 c4
8800 gt
850wt thermaltake t.p psu
2x 80gb raptors
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Actually I'm just looking at your memory timings... Either try to relax timings or change the memory multiplier to 2.5 from 3 you have now. You are running overclocked memory at the default timings, can be one of the reasons... Or try both for the start and then try to tighten the timings at the default frequency.
 
thks for the reply gys.
yes ive long suspected its the 4x1gb ram thats causing it to auto reset.
auto reset is part of self test at boot which is a intel chipset feature . i read about it on the intel website and was confirmed to me by a gigabyte tech.
thats my understanding of it but i could be wrong.
clearing cmos helps but its temporary as it will do it again.
as for my ram timings i did suspect they were to tight at that time. i did loosen them later but it just went from bad to worse. but i think ** right about that. especially becuase its 4x1gb ram.
i dont mind going 2gb but vista is slow with it. guess i have to decide.damn.

if ** getting a 400 fsb on this board then i really envy u. lol thats all i want to achieve .
at 400 fsb/ddr2 900 i had my cpu volt at 1.38/1.41v would crash any lower.
ddr 2 at 275v, fsb .10v , mch at .30v and yeah it ran hot.
also im using f10 bios . what a good bios version for this board?
im going to clear cmos and start again this week. but with 2x1gb ram
if u gys dont mind , could i get an estimate of what i can acheive with this board?
for example id like to have a balance of an increased fsb/dram but still have a decent core speed for my cpu atleast 3.3ghz is it possible?
thanks
 
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sorry about calling it a giga**** board. no offence intended to anyone who is a gigabyte fan or owner. i just had the ****s with not being able to overclock it at the time.
also the two letter word that was edited out of my post is just "**" not a swear word incase someone thought i was using some two letter swear word to describe u . lol
millano chris. we have a very similiar setup ,(apart from ** quad) still id be really interested to know if u got anywhere with 4x1gb ram ? how far did u manage to push it? voltages used? and how did u go about it if its a stable ( auto reset free) overclock?
im having another go at it this week ,ill let u know how i went. OR if i ended up throwing my pc out the window in rage lol
thanks again .
 
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I'm currently sat at 3.2GHz, FSB 356, 5-5-5-15 2T @ 855 ish. +0.3 on RAM, one increment on rest apart from CPU which is set at 1.45 BIOS, 1.408 idle and 1.392 Prime load.

I don't turn my PC off now because it will start the restarting procedure and cause me to rip my hair out. The only stable non reset free overclock I'm getting is completely no overclock. I'm going to order some 2x2Gb sticks soon I think. I had prime running for 28 hours at 3.2GHz and no issue there either.

I'm on the latest BIOS, F12 I believe. If you want I'll get some photo's of my BIOS setup?
 
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yeah some mit pics would be good plus ill try to reach what u have this week but with only two x1gb ram. i wonder if 2x 2gb ram modules has the same problem as 4x1gb modules.? if it doesnt ill do the same and buy 2x 2gb .
i just bought my ram to , that sux.
in regards to auto reset. it has nothing to do with an unstable overclock or hardware failure .i really think its the 4x modules that causes it to think its unstable or causing some memory related error.
shame no one knows anything about this. ive scoured the net looking for answers including nvidia , gigabyte ,intel , and dozens of other sites. theres absolutly no info on 4sticks vs intels auto reset? or just auto reset. its like a mystery or something. if this doesnt work ill be getting a different board i think.
 
I've personally never heard of it before. I've just sent a lengthy e-mail off to Gigabyte in the hope that someone there knows what it is.

I reckon it'll be something simple in the BIOS that will need to be changed, perhaps a power setting or similar. I might have a go with 2GB myself. I was using Vista 64 but since I'm back on XP I have no real need for 4GB as only 3.15ish GB will get used, plus anything more then 2GB on XP, from what I read on here, is a bit of a waste.

I'll be giving this a crack in about 30 mins when I get home. I'll update with how I get on, perhaps build a log about it or something. If the issues are overcome then I'll sell 2GB and move to 4 GB when I go back to Vista.
 
Wow:

It is a self-protection designed if system detecting any error after over clock. We think you may try other memory or increase a little bit CPU voltage.

What are the voltage requirements for the GEIL modules, the motherboard default voltage is 1.8v?

However, over clocking is not recommended if you wish to have a stable system.

Regards,

GBT TECH

I hate this!
 
MilanoChris said:
Wow:

It is a self-protection designed if system detecting any error after over clock. We think you may try other memory or increase a little bit CPU voltage.

What are the voltage requirements for the GEIL modules, the motherboard default voltage is 1.8v?

However, over clocking is not recommended if you wish to have a stable system.

Regards,

GBT TECH

I hate this!
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Just to make sure - your&my Geil RAM voltage is 2.1V... If you keep it on 1.8V, which is BIOS default, motherboard can get stuck in a 'boot loop'.. It happened to me..
 
yes i contacted gigyabyte as well and i got a similiar "useless and incorrect answer"! the problem is its not a gigabyte feature so they know fck all about it.
they seem to stick with the idea that its due to a bad overclock settings or unstablility which is incorrect.
for a start how can 3sec of post check at boot determine whether your system is stable or not? when it takes hours of stress testing and memtesting with various programs to determine stability.
i ran stress tested my overclock for days including memetest and i played bf2 for hours with no problems but it still auto reset after reboot.
i dont think gigabyte or intel have an answer or idea as to what causes this , i think it will take some smartass to test and troubleshoot the answer. so lets see if it does this with two gig if not then its the 4x1gb that causes the bios to think theres a memory error.
 
i wouldnt be to sure ,ive tried increasing mch as well . eventually it started reseting again. but i hope ** right.
ive spent all day overclocking and testing ,so far so good. i tested various ddr2 800 modules all 4x1gb couldnt increase fsb . i would get the autoreset .
so i took out 2gb and refreshed cmos and have had some success. i still need to stress the system for hours to see how stable it is but its looking good so far.
heres how far i got.

i still havnt tightnd ram timings , id like to run them at 4-4-4-12 but im not sure if it will handle it. what do u gys think?
also i might push the core speed up to 3.4ghz again not sure if it will handle that.
but ill be happy to have a 450 fsb and 900mhz ram.
im not sure how well vista will run now with only 2gb. hopefully it wont effect my gaming to much.
let me know how u went with increasing mch.
 
mch is at 30v
ddr2volt at 300v
cpu volt at 1.47v but im going to lower it see how it goes.
i also pushed my cpu pu to 3.6ghz x8 and its running fairly stable according to memtest and everest. also NO AUTO RESET!!!
like i said before i tested various 1gb ddr2 800 modules in 4s and they would auto reset .
but with 2x 1gb there was no auto reset. so my conclusion is intels auto reset has a problem with 4x1gb .
so my nxt question is will it run ok with 2x2gb modules? ill have to ask around, see if anyone is running 2x2gb with this board overclocked.
also im going to have to reinstall vista so i can install some new chipset drivers ,since vista wont allow them to install as is. i know it would have being better to do this first but do u think it affect my overclock settings?
 
So, with there being NO internal speaker how are we to hear beeps/cpu warning temp beeps? I can confirm that nothing happens

I set my cpu warning temp to 60C and turned up the voltages so I could hit that and cranked her up...And yeap, went to 63 and not beep or warning of any kind.

What is the point of warning if you do not see them?

Im going to post at gigabyte support forum and see if I get a useable reply
 
i dont know about the ds3 but i know the ds4 beeps , when i did have cpu temp warning on it beeped a lot. lol
but why dont u just use speed fan to monitor ** temps? theres a lot of software out there that will let u know if your cpu is overheating. with beeps and all.
 
Well that is the board I am talking about actually DS4 rev 2.1 NO beeps no nothing. I use everest and speedfan when I need to, not really all that worried about it. Just found it funny to have options in the bios but no onboard speaker. Same with my S3 rev 3.3
 
Dont you have one of thse plugged in

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Didnt get one with either board. Nor is there a spot to plug one in. I do have several here, but no where to stick em>>>
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