Official Gigabyte DS3 Owners Thread

FatRakoon · 28 Jun 2007 at 01:12

Erm, ok, I have just downlaoded v1.40 of CPUZ and interestingly enough, it is stil showing me that I have 2 Cores and 2 Threads, however, nothign is showing up for MainBoard and RAM.

Stuff it.

Going back to 1.37

Bes · 28 Jun 2007 at 10:11

FatRakoon said:
Erm, ok, I have just downlaoded v1.40 of CPUZ and interestingly enough, it is stil showing me that I have 2 Cores and 2 Threads, however, nothign is showing up for MainBoard and RAM.

Stuff it.

Going back to 1.37

Is only one core working then?

In system under Windows it shows no CPU at all

peetee · 28 Jun 2007 at 12:22

alt+tab and go into performance, should be 2 cores load graphs appearing

Bes · 28 Jun 2007 at 12:55

Nope there wasn't.

It was a dodgy XP install using nLite- obviously it had missed some essential driver for dual core support... Just did a reinstall from my original XP home disc and there are 2 CPUs listed now

doodah · 2 Jul 2007 at 12:20

What is the best bios version at the mo, been a bit out of touch and still using F7

TheDean · 2 Jul 2007 at 23:48

Hi - Is there a link showing differences between the original board and the 3.3 Rev?

C64 · 3 Jul 2007 at 04:16

3.3 supports 1333 cpu i think is the main difference

WJA96 · 3 Jul 2007 at 05:35

TheDean said:
Hi - Is there a link showing differences between the original board and the 3.3 Rev?

Post No. 1 of this very thread. As you might have expected given this is the Official DS3 thread.

WJA96 · 3 Jul 2007 at 05:37

C64 said:
3.3 supports 1333 cpu i think is the main difference

They all support 1333, it's just that on the early ones you have to set it manually, the 6x50's boot up underclocked.

TheDean · 3 Jul 2007 at 10:01

WJA96 said:
Post No. 1 of this very thread. As you might have expected given this is the Official DS3 thread.

Hides in corner

Duke · 3 Jul 2007 at 13:37

At least someone noticed it

Is there anything I need to update on the opening post by the way? I don't use the DS3 anymore so am out of touch.

TheDean · 10 Jul 2007 at 10:24

Quick Question...Just got my machine back and the DVD drive is not in device manager :confused:

I'm assuming it's just a case of the wire not being stuck into the DS3, but it has power and the tray is working...

plasmahal · 10 Jul 2007 at 11:26

Yes, sounds like you need to check the 40 pin ide cable at both ends to ensure it's fitted correctly.

Then check the bios settings too.

TheDean · 10 Jul 2007 at 12:58

plasmahal said:
Yes, sounds like you need to check the 40 pin ide cable at both ends to ensure it's fitted correctly.

Then check the bios settings too.

What should I be checking within the BIOS?

FatRakoon · 10 Jul 2007 at 13:01

TheDean said:
What should I be checking within the BIOS?

Nothing really, only that the Mobo sees the drive.

( Quicker than waiting for windows to let you know )

TheDean · 10 Jul 2007 at 13:05

FatRakoon said:
Nothing really, only that the Mobo sees the drive.

( Quicker than waiting for windows to let you know )

Got you! Will see how it goes tonight!

TheDean · 10 Jul 2007 at 16:11

plasmahal said:
Yes, sounds like you need to check the 40 pin ide cable at both ends to ensure it's fitted correctly.

Then check the bios settings too.

Sorry.....I'm rubbish! What colour is the ide slot on the mobo pls?

Teaf · 10 Jul 2007 at 17:00

TheDean said:
Sorry.....I'm rubbish! What colour is the ide slot on the mobo pls?

Green

The long one below the sata channels

What should I be checking within the BIOS?

In regards to that, I *think*, but not 100% certain, that you can switch off the IDE channel with a BIOS setting.

FatRakoon · 10 Jul 2007 at 23:58

flibby said:
In regards to that, I *think*, but not 100% certain, that you can switch off the IDE channel with a BIOS setting.

Yes, you can indeed disable the IDE but this kills off the 2 SATA Ports but also the standard IDE ports too, so unless you have SATA CD/DVD Drives, you will lose the use of your CD/DVD Drives.

masterk · 22 Jul 2007 at 13:38

I have an order in for a DS3P and the Noctua cooler, will it be ok?
Cheers.