P35C-DS3R -WTF !

jellybeard999 · 29 Mar 2008 at 00:35

I am running :

E4300
2x1Gb G.Skill PC6400PK (4-4-4)
P35C-DS3R (F8 bios)

I've tried all the obvious, so any suggestions as to what I'm missing ?
Ramped the volts right up makes no difference
5-5-5 gains nothing
1:1 ram gains nothing

I haven't tried other bioses, any suggestions ?

I am not an overclocking n00b, but this just seems crazy, unless there is something specific to this board/chip

293x9 = rock solid
294x9 = wont boot, even to POST :confused:

Cob · 29 Mar 2008 at 00:51

Have you tried dropping the multi to x6?

jellybeard999 · 29 Mar 2008 at 18:22

No gains with a lower multi

manic111 · 29 Mar 2008 at 20:57

Mine does something similar. To be honest, the more I hear about them the more I regret getting one-sound fairly unstable, all in all.

naudiz · 29 Mar 2008 at 21:13

Is it an FSB hole? Try skipping 20 or more mhz ahead

Naud

GingerNinja1989 · 30 Mar 2008 at 00:10

Tbh, on my DS3R, I have to loosen RAM timings up something stoopid to get it working...

jellybeard999 · 30 Mar 2008 at 21:33

Bumping up by varying amounts makes no odds, massively loosening timings doesnt either

Stuck at 293x9 it seems

naudiz · 30 Mar 2008 at 21:38

This isn't really filling me with hope about getting a p35 ds3r...

Naud

jellybeard999 · 30 Mar 2008 at 22:50

It might be my chip though, I bought my board from MeatLoaf and he had a Q6600 at nearly 400 so it might just be me.

Gonna try the F10 bios anyway

manic111 · 31 Mar 2008 at 12:44

naudiz said:
This isn't really filling me with hope about getting a p35 ds3r...

Naud

I've heard a lot of bad things about the P35C-DS3R (including my own). Havent heard anything particularly wrong with the P35-DS3R though, I wouldnt be surprised if it is to do with the different types of memory slots available on the C model.

1kiwi · 31 Mar 2008 at 13:20

manic111 said:
Mine does something similar. To be honest, the more I hear about them the more I regret getting one-sound fairly unstable, all in all.

Thats why i went Asus. Seem to be better than the IP 35 and easier to setup / run that the Gigabyte's

mp260767 · 31 Mar 2008 at 13:48

reckon its the chip tbh, m8 has the mobo running a wolfdale and its not got a problem.

bledd · 31 Mar 2008 at 14:05

manic111 said:
I've heard a lot of bad things about the P35C-DS3R (including my own). Havent heard anything particularly wrong with the P35-DS3R though

i read exactly the same before buying my p35-ds3r (ie not to buy the 'c' version)

ps35-ds3r v2.1, awesome motherboard.

shadowscotland · 31 Mar 2008 at 15:38

I've one of these (ver1) - very fussy with ram
F10 bios is a must

1gb of Geil value did 340x9 at first boot (never took it further as was just testing)
But in my 2gb of OCZ and had exactly same problem at around 290FSB (loss many hour on that one)
swaped to 2Gb Geil ULL and hit 380x9 without issue 1.45v (stock cooler)

my version of the board also have .05-.1 vdroop

follow the guide on the first post here with some geil ram

Kirth Gersen · 31 Mar 2008 at 15:55

Well mine's been rock solid from day one. Not the greatest overclocker, but I'm getting 350FSB and 3.15Ghz (8 hours Orthos stable). My wall at 6x is about 375. Also, I'm only using the F4 revision. Happy to compare BIOSes.

jellybeard999 · 1 Apr 2008 at 19:18

F10 makes no difference

Ah well, I'll hang on til I get quad