Gigabyte DS3/DS4/DQ6 Guide

Smeghead11 said:
Got myself a GA-P31-DS3L yesterday..
Apparantly this problem is due to a "chipset limitation" in the P31, it will only run 4x "single sided" modules and not the double sided type which most memory is today.
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I have the same issue, and I've had 2GB on my desk for a month now just waiting to be used..

tbh, the P31-S3L is a budget board, and although it clocks okay, I'm now off to buy a new board, rather than new ram to fit the board. I'd advise you do the same.. it'd make much more sense to upgrade the board, than try finding 4GB that works :)
 
Hi guys,

Having an issue with the DQ6, It currently doesn't even POST which I believe from the first post may be the ram. The ram is A-Data 2x2GB DDR2 800 S/N 802JO.


Is this ram likely to be support with a bios upgrade, if so I'll go out and buy 2x1GB sticks to get it booting then update the bios to use these.

I don't understand why such an expensive motherboard is so touchy about it's ram jeez haha.

So yer if you guys have any advice/answers to my questions feel free to give them !

Cheers

Nat
 
volmasoft said:
Hi guys,

Having an issue with the DQ6, It currently doesn't even POST which I believe from the first post may be the ram. The ram is A-Data 2x2GB DDR2 800 S/N 802JO.


Is this ram likely to be support with a bios upgrade, if so I'll go out and buy 2x1GB sticks to get it booting then update the bios to use these.

I don't understand why such an expensive motherboard is so touchy about it's ram jeez haha.

So yer if you guys have any advice/answers to my questions feel free to give them !

Cheers

Nat
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Have you tried it with just one stick?
 
Hi mate,

Unfortunatly not, it still won't post even with 1 stick of ram out of the two.

I thought the whole reason of why post was invented was so that error codes/beeps are producted on errors, obviously gigabyte don't see it this way ?

I'll have to buy some ram from the above list I guess and scrap the ones I have, unless they will work after a bios flash or such?
 
P35 or P965 DQ6?

Virtually all memory should work in the P35 version, so you may just be really unlucky. The P965 versions did have some hiccups on early BIOS's, but the vast majority of issues were sorted out pretty quickly.
 
Hi guys,

As an update:
I talked to Gigabyte about this issue and basically it's not the RAM or Processor in my case, what it is, is the fact that I was shipped a motherboard with the F1 bios on and apparently if you want beep codes you have to plug in the front audio ports not the rear as the rear is high def.

So now i'm trying to get a processor from a mate to borrow to flash my bios. Damm companies.
 
*Hopefuly* a quick and easy question for any of you p35 owners on here if you do not mind.

I'm thinking of upgrading from a P965 ds3 to one of the gigabyte p35 versions as I need more sata ports + few other small things.

Does dma mode 6 actualy work on these mobos and show up under the device manager properly for the hard drives?

On my P965 ds3 on vista I have never been able to get it working no matter what hard drive setup I,ve tryed its always dma mode 5.
From googling about it seems to be a frequent problem.

I do not want to get a newer p35 board to be stuck with the same annoying issue.

Cheers.
 
Hello all,

I've just bought a Gigabyte GA-P31-S3L (moving from ASROCK 4core-dual VSTA in order to overclock)and it's up and stable but I have a few issues / queries. -

1) Is the CPU Fan header flaky on these boards? Often the fan on my Arctic Freezer Pro will jerk several times on boot then fail to start. (If it does start-up then it never goes above 935Rpm). Initially I thought that maybe it was because my temps were low and the fan need not spin. But as I ran Orthos the core temps began to climb towards 43C and yet still the fan remained off. I can't seem to take manual control with Speedfan. I've tried disabling the automatic fan control in the BIOS (and also setting it to both Voltage and PWM) but still the fan either fails to start or stays ay 935Rpm. I've resorted to plugging the CPU fan into a fan controller on my case and controlling it manually which works ok so this is no big issue I suppose.

2) My +-12V rail reads between +4 and -16 (!!?) in Speedfan, Sandra, HWMonitor etc. (Akasa Paxpower 500W). However in the BIOS (and Easytune 5) it's sitting at 12.15V and I haven't had any stability issues. Are the third-party software programmes misreading it do you think?

3)I can't seem to get my backup IDE Hard drive and sole DVD drive to work on the same IDE cable. I set the DVD drive to Master and the HD to Slave and vice versa but the BIOS will only ever see one or the other - any suggestions?

4) In CPU-Z I notice that sometimes the multiplier drops from x9 to x6 (E6600). I presume this is the EIST power saving feature feature?

Sorry for all the questions - any info appreciated :)

Gigabyte GA-P31-S3L
E6600
2Gb GEIL RAM 6400
X1950XTX
X-FI
DVD Rewriter
SATA HD
IDE HD
2 Case Fans & GPU fan run off MB fan header (Zalman aftermarket cooler)
 
Have you tried x6 or x7 to see if you can get over 370mhz?

Some of the E21*0 range stopped at 370mhz, so it *may* be the chip. Can't see it being the board. It should be good for well over 450mhz.
 
Having a lot of trouble with a P35 DQ6 here.
Was previously running okay with a E8500 and Crucial Ballistix Ram (2x1Gb).
Flashed the BIOS (using Q-Flash) to get the half multiplier option and now the machine won't start POST and power cycles.

I bought some Geil ULL 6400 RAM a I thought that this was the most likely cause - but I get exactly the same issue. Also tried clearing the CMOS for 30 mins.

Anyone got any ideas before I send this cr*p back?
 
The DQ6 should be able to recover from a bad flash due to it's dual-BIOS, so I doubt it's that.

Do you have a spare chip to test with? Something like a cheap Celeron 336 would do the job.
 
It shouldn't be a bad flash as I used Q-Flash and a USB key and it reported as successful. I've got a Q6600 in the server that I could test. Very unlikely, but does anyone think that it could be a faulty CPU that doesn't like the latest BIOS?
 
I've been running a EP35C-DS3R board with a Q9300 and 8GB for a few weeks, I have had no problems at all. All I did was to set the voltages to manual and add +0.1 to the memory.
The FSB is pushed to 400, the CPU is on 1.2V only.

I think that motherboard is quite nice. Only misses the Firewire I had on my old one...

Code: 
       product: EP35C-DS3R
       vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
          description: BIOS
          vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
          version: F2 (01/04/2008)
          description: CPU
          product: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad  CPU   Q9300  @ 2.50GHz
          slot: Socket 775
          size: 3GHz
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          size: 8GiB
        *-bank:0
             description: DIMM 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
        *-bank:1
             description: DIMM 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
        *-bank:2
             description: DIMM 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
        *-bank:3
             description: DIMM 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
 
a quick 965p-dq6 question, am using 4gb (single 1gb sticks) of ocz spec ops 7200. they run fine but report as pc5300 (333) but run at (425) is this about right? no changes on the mobo apart from the overclock to 3.06 on a 6600 9 x 340 (was higher)
 
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