Official Gigabyte DS3 Owners Thread

spooksta · 23 May 2007 at 17:18

spooksta said:
Mine was doing the exact same thing and i have sent the board back for a replacement. I tried clearing the cmos and removing the battery to clear it but still done the same thing. Would have tried to update Bios (although why should i!) but i couldn't because of the fault.
Also, when it 1st done it i could see the screen saying "Bios Recovering......" and it kept saying that again and again switching on and off.

Got a reply for the company i got the DS3P off today and it was faulty. Ive now gone for an Asus P5B DLX.

ashagplz · 24 May 2007 at 07:07

are any of the gigabyte cd applications worth installing?

plasmahal · 24 May 2007 at 08:18

I played battlefield 2 for 3 hours last and no problems. I did notice the extra heat kicked out by my case. Checked my temps after playing and the cpu temp was 38', which is good on the stock cooler. However, the northbridge heatsink was too hot to even touch, so i need to sort a fan out for that.

Not changed any voltages yet or the memory.

Cob · 24 May 2007 at 09:14

plasmahal said:
I didn't touch the volts at all, but have not tested under full load yet.

I'll try the memory at 1000 then.

any suggestions for the volts ?

Or just up it .01 at a time ?

It may do it at 2.2v @4-4-4-12. 2.3v at the most.

It will do 1000mhz 5-5-5-15 @2.2v without any problems.

ashagplz · 24 May 2007 at 10:22

where in the bios is the memory speed settings? I see the multiplier but nothing to chnage the speed settings and cpu-z reports my memory which is the Crucial Ballistix 6400 wrongly...i dont even see the voltage settings for memory...f4 bios

Cob · 24 May 2007 at 10:30

Hit Ctrl and F1 together on the main BIOS screen to unlock the memory timings.

And Memory Overvoltage Control or summit is the RAM voltage setting.

ashagplz · 24 May 2007 at 11:24

thanks,. Is there some way to get to the cpu fan speed options also?

Cob · 24 May 2007 at 11:40

It's in PC Health Status.

ashagplz · 24 May 2007 at 11:52

yeah i see options to chnage the way the speed is set.,....but nothing that allows me to set my own parameters for maximum cooling

plasmahal · 24 May 2007 at 12:07

ashagplz said:
yeah i see options to chnage the way the speed is set.,....but nothing that allows me to set my own parameters for maximum cooling

you should be able to select the fan to be constantly on full speed, i have. If you're talking about setting yourself a custom rpm then that's not an option.

plasmahal · 24 May 2007 at 12:09

Cob said:
It may do it at 2.2v @4-4-4-12. 2.3v at the most.

It will do 1000mhz 5-5-5-15 @2.2v without any problems.

I assume that's a slight performance hit on the timings ????

but made up for by the increased speed ????

Cob · 24 May 2007 at 12:18

Yip. Intel systems prefer mhz over timings.

ashagplz · 24 May 2007 at 14:49

ive disabled every relevant throttling option in the bios and the thing still throttles back...it works well but i would still like to clock it without the throttle...

ashagplz · 24 May 2007 at 16:19

ok..sorted that.....how does this board run with 4 gigs ram?....so 4x1 gig of ballistixs...will it still run at the same speed as a single pair?

kaw · 24 May 2007 at 17:33

Temps

Please can anyone tell me `what` it is, that temps 1 and 2 are reading.
Thanks
(965p-ds3 rev3.3)

http://s193.photobucket.com/albums/z31/kaw_album/?action=view&current=speedfan.jpg

EternalMovement · 24 May 2007 at 17:51

Temp 1 is the motherboard, I'm not sure what temp 2 is.

kaw · 24 May 2007 at 18:51

Lunix said:
Temp 1 is the motherboard, I'm not sure what temp 2 is.

Hmm I think 2 `might` be NB (goes up quickly under load,then quickly drops back)
38deg seems very hot for a motherboard thats only been on 5 mins :confused:

BEn_2600+ · 25 May 2007 at 12:02

kaw said:
Hmm I think 2 `might` be NB (goes up quickly under load,then quickly drops back)
38deg seems very hot for a motherboard thats only been on 5 mins

Yeah DS3's seem to run Hot dunno why

Cob · 25 May 2007 at 12:23

ashagplz said:
ok..sorted that.....how does this board run with 4 gigs ram?....so 4x1 gig of ballistixs...will it still run at the same speed as a single pair?

They're fine with 4 sticks.

But, as with most other boards, you may have to up your vdimm or slightly loosen your timings. I went from 1000mhz @4-4-4-12 to 1000mhz @5-4-4-12 when I added my second pair of Ballistix.

plasmahal · 25 May 2007 at 12:33

I had another play with the overclocking last night. I ran cpu-z and intel TAT to monitor temps.

When set 100% load on the TAT, i hit 69-70 deg's on the 2 cores, a tad hot but it was stable.

Must mean that when gaming the cpu gets nowhere near 100% load as the temps after playing are around the 40 deg mark.

I think i will invest in a arctic cooling 775 cooler to run this overclock over an extended time.

And whne i get time this weekend amongst a BBQ, beers and Battlefield 2 then i'll sort out a fan for the NB heatsink.