Official Gigabyte DS3 Owners Thread

Ok Cob I tried those settings ...

MemMultiplyer x4.0 .... and I got a red letter warning ' System Voltage Not optimized!!'

I also changed the setting DDR2 overvoltage Control to +0.4v (this is mem dimm overvoltage setting yes?)

Anyways I tried to boot and it failed .. had to clear cmos

any ideas or have I adjusted wrong setting ?
 
willhub said:
Anyone managed to get a Q6600 stable at 3.6Ghz or higher on the P35C DS3R? I'm thinking of getting a Q6600 but dunno, might have to go for a Dual Core Penryn if the Q6600 wont overclock well :\.
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My P35C-DS3R

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DirtyJester said:
Ok Cob I tried those settings ...

MemMultiplyer x4.0 .... and I got a red letter warning ' System Voltage Not optimized!!'

I also changed the setting DDR2 overvoltage Control to +0.4v (this is mem dimm overvoltage setting yes?)

Anyways I tried to boot and it failed .. had to clear cmos

any ideas or have I adjusted wrong setting ?
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The red System Voltage warning can be ignored. It's just there to scare people.

The DS3 should have no issues running PC8500 Ballistix at 1066mhz. Try giving the MCH voltage a nudge by 0.1v.
 
Dunno if it's normal on a DS3 v1.0

9x356=OK
8x356=NOK
7x356=NOK
6x356=NOK
8x400=NOK

I still have no solution to fix this or know if it's the CPU or the motherboard.
 
Cheers Cob

'giving the MCH voltage a nudge by 0.1v' got the system to bootup and in CPU-Z the DRAM Frequency now shows as 533.4mhz (x2 = 1066 yeah?) though FSB:DRAM shows as 1:2 I though this would have been 1:1 ?

Oh and in SPD section of CPU-Z the memory is still listed as PC2-6400 ....
 
Again you can ignore the SPD section. It just tells the motherboard what to do the first time the memory is booted at the DDR2 default voltage of 1.8v.

And yip 533mhz and 1:2 in CPU-Z is spot on. Your CPU FSB would need to be at 533mhz in order to get 1:1 with PC8500 memory.
 
..cheers m8

just out of interest whats the 'High Speed Dram DLL Settings : Option 1 ' though in bios it states If DRAM fails to run above 1000mhz try option 2 .... ?
 
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High Speed Dram DLL Settings was originally needed because Micron D9 memory (such as your Crucial Ballistix) sometimes wouldn't clock as well as it should have in the P965 Gigabyte boards. Option 2 was to be used for the Micron D9.

But I think it was sorted in later BIOS's, tho the High Speed Dram DLL Setting option was left in just incase. Personally I never had any issues running Ballistix in a P965 DS3.


Do you have the P965 or the P35 version?
 
have to admit when I tried it on option 2 when I first tried your setting to get it to boot ... but then went back and changed it to option 1 again .... still boots fine :)

Thanks for help m8
 
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