P35 DS3P will not clock.

Cotti · 20 Jul 2007 at 13:08

Hi all Ive been trying to clock my DS3P P35 all morning and whatever I put in the board resets itself to to 266x9 even if I try 267 or 265 it beeps twice at restart and defaults back to 266. Am I missing something really stupid or have I got a problem?

P35DS3P,Q6600,OCZ8500,GTS8800,Enermax720

PS Everything is running fine at stock no problems at all.

Cotti · 20 Jul 2007 at 14:11

Yeah its a new build m8 but everything is running fine but only at stock (Vista is on and several games + runs Orthos fine as well) its just the bios wont boot with any changes to the cpu frequency even ones that are lower. But Ill sure give your suggestions a go

Cotti · 20 Jul 2007 at 14:58

Yes m8 I am it will save other settings such as memory,pci all the usual stuff it just wont allow me to change the fsb. What actually happens is after I Save and Exit the computer shuts off comes back on and beeps once then shuts off again comes back on and beeps twice and loads into windows but with any changes Ive made to the fsb reset back to 266x9. Its like its trying to recover from a bad overclock but that just cant be right with such a minimal change as from 266 to 260 can it?

Cotti · 20 Jul 2007 at 20:19

Ive tried m8 no joy... It seems its whenever I change the fsb I can change the mutil but any change to fsb be it higher or lower disables overclocking

Cotti · 20 Jul 2007 at 22:53

Yeah but its not unstable it just refuses to run at anything other than 9x266, it wont run at 9x267 or 9x265 not anything other than stock

Im at a loss now Ive tried everything so I guess Im stuck its just wierd i cant even get it to run 1mhz slower than stock.....

Ive cleared the cmos and reflashed the bios but the same thing still happens.

Cotti · 20 Jul 2007 at 23:17

Yeah Ive tried it m8 and I just tried the F5 bios as well but no joy I am really begining to think its a faulty board

Cotti · 20 Jul 2007 at 23:59

Yes M8 Ive tried everything imaginable it simply will not change from 2.4 ghz either slower or faster on stock or upped volts. Everything else in the bios I can change and will take effect but as soon as save and exit the bios after changing bus speed it reboots twice and reverts back to 266.

Cotti · 21 Jul 2007 at 09:40

Had the battery out all night but no difference at all still cold boots whenever the bus speed is altered. I may keep this MB for a couple of months and see what the X38 chipset has to offer because I just cant be bothered with RMAing it and It does software clock just fine.

Cotti · 21 Jul 2007 at 14:31

Thanks for all the help btw guys. Does yours reboot twice James once with one beep and then again with 2 beeps when your setting doesnt take?

Cotti · 21 Jul 2007 at 15:52

Yeah mine resets twice always and beeps twice on the second reset (manual says this is a cmos error) and as Ive already reset the cmos countless times I can only think this board is faulty which is why it will only boot at 266 which would be failsafe it reverts to if a fault occurs.

Cotti · 21 Jul 2007 at 19:06

It doesnt run at anything other than 266 m8 you can change the fsb to 50 and it will still cold boot and reset to 266.

Cotti · 30 Jul 2007 at 17:49

Well to update anyone whos interested I sent it back they tested it and guess what.........

FAULTY

Not surprised tho because Ive seen others since with similar problems so there may be a bad batch out there.

I didnt request a straight swap I was to dissillusioned with it Ive had a P5KC instead and 1/2 an hour later Im clocking like Big Ben