Official Gigabyte DS3 Owners Thread
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I have the Rev 3.3 board. Just got it 2 days ago. I haven't been able to overclock, but it must be my fault. I haven't disable C1E or Speedstep yet. My Vcore is only 1.312, after overvolting it a little. At stock voltage it was Vdrooping(I think, I'm still a noob,) and was hanging around in the 1.12-1.19v range. Should I overvolt more, until it atleast has a stable 1.35volts? And would C1E and Speedstep cause my MoBo not to overclock? I am also getting the 6x multiplier in CPU-Z.
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Yes, you need to turn those off as the pre-requisite to any overclock. Those work by dropping the multiplier and the VCore so your overclock fails immediately.
Definitely keep posting though - we get our stuff about 3 months after you guys get it in the US so you can be our v3.3 guru! (Think about it - if you're the only one who has one - you're automatically the expert!
)Try this as a starting point: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8314657&postcount=2
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The only problem is I'm using the stock cooler. I think I may take it off and wipe off their paste and put on some AS5 instead. Should help a bit. Also, I have the OCZ Gold 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
and I have the Vdimm over voltage set too +0.2(2.0v,) and the timing is 5-5-5-15. Should I mess with the timing at all?
and I have the Vdimm over voltage set too +0.2(2.0v,) and the timing is 5-5-5-15. Should I mess with the timing at all?
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I'd leave everything as it is. The stock cooler is good for 3.2GHz at least. In the P5N-E SLI overclocking thread OC_A64 had his E6600 up to 3.6GHz with the stock cooler.
The RAM is excellent - I'd leave the timings on AUTO until you max out the CPU overclock.
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Well I'm at 2.1GHz as of right now. I follow your advice in the post with the link, and now the memory timing is 5-4-4-12(I think, according to CPU-Z.) Now that it's overclocking, I must overclock some more, then run SP2004.
Edit:I ran SP2004 for 2 hours while I made some pizza/peach pockets from scratch. The Core temp was hanging around 30-35 at load. I think I've got a safe overclock at about 3Ghz, it's like 2.966, for some reason the FSB went down to 424, even though I set it too 425. I will run SP2004 again, before I goto bed, and see how stable it is for 8 or so hours. Time to overclock my x1950pro...
Edit:I ran SP2004 for 2 hours while I made some pizza/peach pockets from scratch. The Core temp was hanging around 30-35 at load. I think I've got a safe overclock at about 3Ghz, it's like 2.966, for some reason the FSB went down to 424, even though I set it too 425. I will run SP2004 again, before I goto bed, and see how stable it is for 8 or so hours. Time to overclock my x1950pro...
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I was using coretemp. Here's an issue, I dunno if it's with overheating but, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter is rebooting my computer. It's only been happening in a certain spot, because I played online for a while and the first part of the mission I'm on is way longer than the time it takes for it to crash now. (Long winded, sorry. GRAW came with the e6300.) Now I don't know if SP2004 was really pushing my computer.
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Hi guys,
I have never used a raid option before but as I have already 2x320 Seagate's I want to run them in RAID0 now but I have no idea as to go about it. . .
Im sure there must be loads of people here running RAID0 on their DS3 so could someone give me a dummies guide on what to do so I have a pain-free (hopefully) process?
I have never used a raid option before but as I have already 2x320 Seagate's I want to run them in RAID0 now but I have no idea as to go about it. . .
Im sure there must be loads of people here running RAID0 on their DS3 so could someone give me a dummies guide on what to do so I have a pain-free (hopefully) process?
To be honest with you, I never found it to be overly that much quicker so I went back to a single drive.
However, when I did play with it, I had a lot of hassles tryign to get it to accept the Floppy... It would accept it, let me format and Partition the array, btu once it started to copy files over, it would forget about it, and have another look on the floppy, where it would fail to find any drivers ( The same drivers it was ok to find 10 seconds ago ).
I found in the end however, that simply intergrating them into a Windows CD was the best option.
To be fair though, I would like to point out that this finding and then not finding the drivers is not an issue with just the DS3... Most of my Mobos that have RAID also do this very same thing.
Like I said, I am now back on a single drive as I have found that while benchmarks are giving positive results, in the real world, I didnt find it THAT much better.
However, when I did play with it, I had a lot of hassles tryign to get it to accept the Floppy... It would accept it, let me format and Partition the array, btu once it started to copy files over, it would forget about it, and have another look on the floppy, where it would fail to find any drivers ( The same drivers it was ok to find 10 seconds ago ).
I found in the end however, that simply intergrating them into a Windows CD was the best option.
To be fair though, I would like to point out that this finding and then not finding the drivers is not an issue with just the DS3... Most of my Mobos that have RAID also do this very same thing.
Like I said, I am now back on a single drive as I have found that while benchmarks are giving positive results, in the real world, I didnt find it THAT much better.
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FatRakoon said:
I dont have a floppy drive but I do have a usb pen drive. Could I boot from that with the drivers on it? Also what do you need to switch on in the bios to get RAID0 working?
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FatRakoon said:
I have Nero, but whats the easiest way of creating a bootable cd then?
Ok, the way I do it is easy peasy, but I think that perhaps something like NLITE would be the best option for you.
In fact, you can do a whole load of other tricks while you are there too!
Anyway,
Just get the RAID Drivers onto the USB Stick, or onto a folder.
Put the XP CD into the Drawer
Follow the on-screen instructions.
DONT CHANGE ANYTHING YOU ARE NOT 100% SURE ABOUT.
You can also add things like your Username and Windows Serial number and such stuff like that.
When its done, it will create a new ISO for you which you can then simply burn as an IMAGE ( Rather than just burnign the file ) to a CD, which you can then boot up and have your RAID drivers all ready for you so it wont need you to press F6 during the startup and it will just use the array as a normal Drive.
You can do this with most drivers actually, so, use the opportunity to also add any other drivers for your PC or PCs while you are at it.
The program is actually a fantastic bit of kit that can do other silly things as some powerful things too, but like I said before... DONT MESS ABOUT UNLESS YOU ARE SURE OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING ... Cos you might end up with a completely messed up setup that you cannot fix without starting all over from scratch.
In fact, you can do a whole load of other tricks while you are there too!
Anyway,
Just get the RAID Drivers onto the USB Stick, or onto a folder.
Put the XP CD into the Drawer
Follow the on-screen instructions.
DONT CHANGE ANYTHING YOU ARE NOT 100% SURE ABOUT.
You can also add things like your Username and Windows Serial number and such stuff like that.
When its done, it will create a new ISO for you which you can then simply burn as an IMAGE ( Rather than just burnign the file ) to a CD, which you can then boot up and have your RAID drivers all ready for you so it wont need you to press F6 during the startup and it will just use the array as a normal Drive.
You can do this with most drivers actually, so, use the opportunity to also add any other drivers for your PC or PCs while you are at it.
The program is actually a fantastic bit of kit that can do other silly things as some powerful things too, but like I said before... DONT MESS ABOUT UNLESS YOU ARE SURE OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING ... Cos you might end up with a completely messed up setup that you cannot fix without starting all over from scratch.
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Nah dude..you'll be fine with OCZ ram. The mobo was incombatible to start, but they fixed that. Also, you wanna make sure you know which voltage your RAM requires, and then add more volts in the BIOS under the M.I.T. or whatever the hell it is motherboard intelligent tweaker. It will say something like DDR2 Overvoltage control. The DS3's standard is 1.8volts, my OCZ 6400 Dual Channel Gold RAM uses 2.0v, so in the BIOS I used the DDR2 Overvoltage control to add 0.2v. Tada.
Also, I now have my e6300 stable at about 2.96Ghz. It no longer crashes during gameplay. Artic Silver 5 is a miracle worker, and I always doubt myself when putting it on ("Did I put to much on? Did I not add enough? What if it burns up? Did this crappy stock HSF actually snap into place?" Haha, stupid Intel Fans.)
This is exciting. GR:AW is a lot faster now. That could be from the 7.2 driver updates for the x1950pro. I'm so happy that I found this forum, you all helped me build a badass computer. I would've ended up buying a more outdated computer had it not been for this site. Thanks fellas. Now to play Vanguard. (Which is incredibly graphically demanding without delivering great graphics, I believe it's not optimized yet.) I'm only getting about 25-35 FPS, which is playable on an MMORPG, definately not in a shooter though. Sorry I am getting off on multiple tangents.
Also, I now have my e6300 stable at about 2.96Ghz. It no longer crashes during gameplay. Artic Silver 5 is a miracle worker, and I always doubt myself when putting it on ("Did I put to much on? Did I not add enough? What if it burns up? Did this crappy stock HSF actually snap into place?" Haha, stupid Intel Fans.)
This is exciting. GR:AW is a lot faster now. That could be from the 7.2 driver updates for the x1950pro. I'm so happy that I found this forum, you all helped me build a badass computer. I would've ended up buying a more outdated computer had it not been for this site. Thanks fellas. Now to play Vanguard. (Which is incredibly graphically demanding without delivering great graphics, I believe it's not optimized yet.) I'm only getting about 25-35 FPS, which is playable on an MMORPG, definately not in a shooter though. Sorry I am getting off on multiple tangents.