Official Gigabyte DS3 Owners Thread

tomos said:
heya all, i've just bought this mobo now and am doing some research/collecting (drivers/bios) etc.

i have the latest bios but the software seems to create a floppy disk. i dont have a disk drive and am surprised there is no option to download an iso.

anyone know how to make one from the exe gigabyte give you?
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Use the program @BIOS.. its on the CD you got with the DS3, I found that version to work well. Simpley download the bios file from the gigabyte site, then open the file within the @BIOS program
 
Christ this CPU is toasty... i'm at ~53c at idle running at 3.4ghz. :eek:

Definately need a new cooler asap, i'm thinking the Thermalright Si-128 would be a good bet for good all-round cooling potential. :)
 
tomos said:
heya all, i've just bought this mobo now and am doing some research/collecting (drivers/bios) etc.

i have the latest bios but the software seems to create a floppy disk. i dont have a disk drive and am surprised there is no option to download an iso.

anyone know how to make one from the exe gigabyte give you?
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Get the F7 bios from Gigabyte site, run the .exe file and extract it to the desktop. You will find 3 files on the desktop.
Run the @BIOS program and find the bios file on the desktop and just update through the @BIOS program. When done just delete the 3 files from desktop and all is fine. Flashed to F7 bios on the 11/10 on release day of the bios and all is fine.

Rob H
 
and i do this before installing windows how?

i dont have a floppy drive to get to a command prompt

p.s the files i have and a batch file and exe and what is presumably the bin file.

guess i'll have ot get around to making a bootable cd and dump this stuff onto it.
 
tomos said:
and i do this before installing windows how?

i dont have a floppy drive to get to a command prompt

p.s the files i have and a batch file and exe and what is presumably the bin file.

guess i'll have ot get around to making a bootable cd and dump this stuff onto it.
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Just install windows regardless of what bios it has.

Then install the internet bios update software and jobs done.

Dont be faffing with floppys lol

I have done this from F3 bios on first install of windows and the internet software works great!
 
Some usb sticks have a floppy emulation built on to them. My old Adata 128mb stick does and I have booted several pcs of the floppy emulation to flash bioses. Just changed the boot order in the bios, made the floppy emualtion bootable by formatting it with msdos start-up options. Copied files onto the drive and booted from it. Got to the command prompt, opened the a:, and then ran the batch file.


Rob H
 
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TiZoR said:
hi guys, i think i got a cold boot problem

specs, conroe e6600, gigabyte ds4, 2 gig giel 6400, 7600gt

when i turn my pc on cold it boots up then resets with all my overclock settings back to default

my overclock settings are 8x400 [3.2ghz] which is totaly stable once it warms up

when its cold it reboots with 266x8


whats up with it?
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Think I'm experiencing a similar issue with the DS3 (F6), only it seems to want to boot at 133x8 by default if I've left the pc switched off for a sustained period of time.....

It'll either boot at 133x8 or won't post

Further investigation required I think :(

This is with a DS3, 6400, 2GB GeiL 6400, 1900XT, X-FI, Seasonic S12 600W
 
Super Tigers said:
Some usb sticks have a floppy emulation built on to them. My old Adata 128mb stick does and I have booted several pcs of the floppy emulation to flash bioses. Just changed the boot order in the bios, made the floppy emualtion bootable by formatting it with msdos start-up options. Copied files onto the drive and booted from it. Got to the command prompt, opened the a:, and then ran the batch file.


Rob H
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yeah, might give that a go. i refuse to flash the bios in windows and think its extremely poor design for that to be the norm. i always do it from cd if poss.

i have a spare usb flash drive, just need to figure out how to format it so it boots - windows has that option greyed out
 
tomos said:
yeah, might give that a go. i refuse to flash the bios in windows and think its extremely poor design for that to be the norm. i always do it from cd if poss.
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Dont see the problem

All it does is download the bios to a temp folder and run some software.

Thats it.

I think its a bit anal flashing from floppy when its just not needed.
There is no difference whatsover the process is the same

You flash the bios!
 
tomos said:
i refuse to flash the bios in windows and think its extremely poor design for that to be the norm. i always do it from cd if poss.
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Your loss then mate, it works 100% perfectly, there's as much chance of the flash going bad from disk as there is from windows. In the future I imagine all motherboard flash utilities will be windows based.
 
Richdog said:
Your loss then mate, it works 100% perfectly, there's as much chance of the flash going bad from disk as there is from windows. In the future I imagine all motherboard flash utilities will be windows based.
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Indeed,

I have built many systems and I just don't install a floppy drive.
In the future all bios updates will be done this way.

The guy is really making life hard for himslef when there is just no need lmao

well each to thier own.If he chooses to ignore advice from people who clearly know what they are taliking about then so be it! :D
 
easyrider do you currently have an ASUS or a Gigabyte DS3?

Also what max FSB does your Gskill HZ reach? Need to find out if mine use the same IC's as the 8000's!
 
Richdog said:
Your loss then mate, it works 100% perfectly, there's as much chance of the flash going bad from disk as there is from windows. In the future I imagine all motherboard flash utilities will be windows based.
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very useful for the growing number of people not using windows :p

it is very simple. i dont trust something that can screw my mobo up on the stability of windows. especially a new build which can arrive with an old bios with a ton of bugs in there

eg. ram probs here , same type of thread on XS here, also people even having the @BIOS thing to run properly and had to resort to booting off cd/floppy to flash the bios here

not to mention a load of other bugs and problems listed here

so forgive me if i would rather update the bios to try and solve some of these faults and get the gound a little stable before i go on to install windows on top of it :rolleyes:
 
tomos said:
very useful for the growing number of people not using windows :p

it is very simple. i dont trust something that can screw my mobo up on the stability of windows. especially a new build which can arrive with an old bios with a ton of bugs in there

eg. ram probs here , same type of thread on XS here, also people even having the @bios thing to run properly and had to resort to booting off cd/floppy to flash the bios here

not to mention a load of other bugs and problems listed here

so forgive me if i would rather update the bios to try and solve some of these faults and get the gound a little stable before i go on to install windows on top of it :rolleyes:
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What bios is it running now?
 
tomos said:
i've bought it, but havent had delivery yet. i want to get things sorted out before hand really. it wont be F7 tho, thats too new
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Mine came with F3.

All the ram issues sorted.

I installed windows without issue and flashed it to F7 in windows.


All the F7 does over the others is improve overclocking.
 
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