Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H questions

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I just recieved the GA-73PVM-S2H (couldn't they have made the name a little shorter?) and its all installed in a nice new media centre system, all happy with the stock results but i'm left clueless on a couple of things.

While in the bios, the menu is quite limited compared to my other Gigabyte motherboards. I can overclock a bit but the main problems comes when i try to change my RAM voltage... there is no option i can find to do it. This means my nice new Geil RAM isn't able to knuckle down on timings to what they should be and its stuck at 1.8V.

I know the motherboard hasn't been reviewed in many places and i took a big jump getting this (liked the looked of the Abit Fatal1ty F-I90HD but the issues with HDMI and not being able to use optical at the same time put me off).

So if you know how to fix my problems then please post below! :)
 
Its not marketed as an overclocking motherboard, and isn't one (check Gigabyte's website). You should really research these things beforehand to avoid disappointment ;)
 
I'm really just looking to try and get my RAM stable, i was at least expecting to be able to change the RAM voltage to get the correct timings.
 
It's a tad annoying and i should have looked before hand really, so its my bad. Considering everything though i've still got a good overclock out of it for a media centre.

Currently at 2.8Ghz with a e6300 without any voltage change, and its running cool too.

Has anyone else got one of these motherboards? There isn't much around the net about them so it might be worth throwing some comments in for people to consider their choices.
 
I'm considering getting this motherboard... any other issues with it?

I assume I can put any Core 2 Duo in this? i.e it doesn't have to be 1333mhz fsb?
 
It's worked out well for me, the board is rock stable and if your not in for playing games the onboard graphics handles HD content well enough.

Yes it can fit any of the C2D chips, it doesn't have to be 1333Mhz
 
I picked mine up this afternoon, I'll be having a go tomorrow, but I don't think there's much in the BIOS for overclockers. Have you seen the EVGA 630OC? It's the same chipset with 7150 graphics and full overclocking options.
 
This board is amazing. It's £51 and it's got pretty much every option you'd want in a basic overclocker except northbridge and memory voltages. The memory voltage one means you will have to pick your RAM VERY carefully indeed.

GeIL Black Dragon would seem to fit the bill nicely - or even basic Corsair Value RAM as an E2180 could theoretically run 1:1 all the way to 3.3GHz in [LINKED] [SYNC] mode and neither the Northbridge (1333MHz capable) nor the RAM (667MHz) would ever be overclocked.

I'll have to pull the E2180 from my benching machine to test it though:(
 
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I genuinely can't believe this - 1.35V in BIOS and I'm running [Linked][SYNC] at 320FSB on the 10x multiplier which is 3.2GHz and it's F@H stable! I'm not priming as I need the F@H points, but I might do later.

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=290512

Bear in mind that I paid £45 for the CPU (B-Grade), £25 for the Corsair Value RAM and £51.67 for the Motherboard and that's a 3.2GHz/2Gb system for roughly the same as an E6750.
 
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davejm said:
I'm considering getting this motherboard... any other issues with it?

I assume I can put any Core 2 Duo in this? i.e it doesn't have to be 1333mhz fsb?
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I've got a C2D installed (E2180) and that side of things is fine.

I've just got this board and have been having trouble with raid, I'm using two Samsung 500Gb drives and I've tried to get raid working while installing Xp home and WHS and can't get raid working in in either, I've installed both OS without raid (separately) and everything works fine :confused:

doggo
 
doggo said:
I've just got this board and have been having trouble with raid, I'm using two Samsung 500Gb drives and I've tried to get raid working while installing Xp home and WHS and can't get raid working in in either, I've installed both OS without raid (separately) and everything works fine
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Hi,

I take it you selected RAID mode in the BIOS, then picked the two drives, then you entered the RAID config screen and made a RAID 0 or 1 drive?

If you got that far then you made a RAID boot floppy for the F6 step when installing XP Home.

If you did all that then it should work fine.

What problem are you having exactly?
 
Hi,

Lookign to buy this board myself, will be used mainly as a pc for my uni work but would like to be able to connect it to my hdtv to watch downloads, etc.

Can somebody tell me if it will display VGA/DVI and HDMI at the same time so I wouldnt be required to keep unplugging leads to display on my TV?

Matt
 
just built a HTPC with this board and i've been getting a lot of BSOD and freezing issues in Vista Ultimate, what i'm wondering is if this is a ram problem, i've tried taking a stick out at a time and swapping them about but nothing work...not sure if i need to do something with the ram settings or i have bought the wrong memory for the board

System is:

1 x Antec NSK2480 MATX Desktop Case Black & Silver - With 380W EarthWatts PSU
1 x OCZ 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 CL 4-4-4-15 PLATINUM XTC with LIFETIME WARRANTY
1 x Pioneer DVR-215DSV 20X SATA DVD±RW DL Int Silver - OEM
1 x Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H GeForce 7100 Socket 775 onboard VGA 8 channel audio mATX Motherboard
1 x Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.20GHz Socket 775 800FSB 2MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
1 x Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATA II 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM
1 x ASUS HD 3650 256MB DDR3 Dual DVI HDTV out PCI-E Graphics Card
 
Can you guys tell me whats the LOWEST voltage you can set your C2D in BIOS to and the highest?

Whats the highest FSB any of you have been able to get (with what chip).. I may buy a couple of these ;)
 
Methanoid said:
Can you guys tell me whats the LOWEST voltage you can set your C2D in BIOS to and the highest?

Whats the highest FSB any of you have been able to get (with what chip).. I may buy a couple of these ;)
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0.5V - 2.5V. E2180 at 1.275V running 320FSB with the 10x multiplier (3.2GHz)and Corsair XMS2 DDR2 RAM. The RAM is vital because there is no voltage adjustment for the RAM, so you need fast RAM at 1.9V.
 
WJA96 said:
0.5V - 2.5V. E2180 at 1.275V running 320FSB with the 10x multiplier (3.2GHz)and Corsair XMS2 DDR2 RAM. The RAM is vital because there is no voltage adjustment for the RAM, so you need fast RAM at 1.9V.
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Mucho thanks WJA, thats all the info I needed.... 0.5v means good underclocking/volting when need low power usage and low noise/heat production and 320FSB is not bad.. just this board needs a high multi CPU... might buy some now!
 
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