DS3 Rev 3.3

Talegunner40 said:
NO cold boot with F10....................;)
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going to flash it now.....:eek: :p


Anybody have a good Vista driver for the onboard sound? The Gigabyte driver has HORRIBLE sound quality....the default Vista driver is fine but lacking features...
 
I'm doing a DS3 Rev3.3 (from ClubIT) install tonight on my main PC. Tossing in a E6400 and the OCZ Gold PC8800 from Newegg. So I'll report back if I hit any issues, however there is this new comment on their site:

Looks good and boots right up on my Gigabyte DS3 rev3.3.Ive heard these are D9 chips but im not sure.So far only running them at DDR2 900 4-4-4-12 with 1.9v.
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So maybe the rev3.3 is much more friendly with regards to booting up high voltage ram than earlier revs.
 
I have not tried more yet, but I am running happily at 400fsb, no issues at all.
 
I am priming 3612 right now, here is a screenie from earlier today though.

Revision 3.3 with my E6300.


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shockwave827 said:
same here.. getting it friday. What kind of overclocks do you think I can get with this board, an e6700 and super talent pc6400 ram? Oh yeah this is with scythe ninja.
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I’m guessing over 3ghz :p ? Still waiting for my 6300 and buffy firestix to come in.

I want to reuse my XP-90, do you guys think its a lot better than the stock intel heatsink?

Also I might as well order a chipset heat sink now, pain to remove everything later..

Was looking at this or the HR-05 SLI. Opinions on this..enzo?


http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/encnfoconoco.html
 
TheRapture said:
going to flash it now.....:eek: :p


Anybody have a good Vista driver for the onboard sound? The Gigabyte driver has HORRIBLE sound quality....the default Vista driver is fine but lacking features...
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I also have the cold boot issue. Upgraded to F10 and still have the same thing. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
 
shockwave827 said:
I also have the cold boot issue. Upgraded to F10 and still have the same thing. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
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Check further back in the thread, I think some people solved the problem by replacing the Motherboard battery. If you have a multimeter handy you can pop the battery out and see if it's still alive.

Edit: See post #112
 
dnottis said:
I am priming 3612 right now, here is a screenie from earlier today though.

Revision 3.3 with my E6300.


IMG]http://www.3dxtreme.net/other/GB%20DS3/rev%203.3/3570-1.425v.jpg[/IMG]
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damn it dnottis, now you're making me want to give the ds3 a third chance
 
ziddey said:
damn it dnottis, now you're making me want to give the ds3 a third chance
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haha well this is my second chance!! My rev 1.0 had cold boot issues. The 3.3 so far, so good - no problems yet!!

Dean
 
Okay.. so I'm trying to install Windows XP on my SATA harddrive that is hooked into the ICH8 SATA jacks and running in AHCI mode. However, I can't seem to figure out what driver to use for the F6 Windows Install thing for the drive to come up.

I tried the Intel Matrix Storage Manager stuff, but that looks like it will support the ICH8R, and not the ICH8. (It also didn't work when I tried it).

Can anyone point me in the right direction for the file I'm looking for?

I've search the forums, the CD, Intel.com and gigabyte's websites. :(
 
docvego said:
Okay.. so I'm trying to install Windows XP on my SATA harddrive that is hooked into the ICH8 SATA jacks and running in AHCI mode. However, I can't seem to figure out what driver to use for the F6 Windows Install thing for the drive to come up.

I tried the Intel Matrix Storage Manager stuff, but that looks like it will support the ICH8R, and not the ICH8. (It also didn't work when I tried it).

Can anyone point me in the right direction for the file I'm looking for?

I've search the forums, the CD, Intel.com and gigabyte's websites. :(
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I'm not sure if it's up for download at asus's site, but look for drivers for the p5b vanilla.

Someone did modify intel drivers to work too if you search for it, but that's probably pretty difficult.

AHCI does work in xp, but the feature was enabled for vista technically, since ich8 is technically unsupporting of ahci, yet for whatever reason it's good in vista.
 
Thanks for your help. I'll just move my plugs over to the JMicron controller and do everything over there.

Which I guess takes me to the next question...

Looks like it will let me use either the 'GBB363 AHCI Controller' or the 'GBB360 AHCI Controller'. However, I can't find anything on the mobo or elsewhere to see which of these I'm supposed to use

Edit: Looks like the GBB363 works...
 
shockwave827 said:
I also have the cold boot issue. Upgraded to F10 and still have the same thing. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
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I had the F9 bios, and the cold boot issue. With the F10 bios, I do not have the cold boot issue at all....same cmos battery.
 
fiddled w/ it some more.. did some of the suggestions, moved my xfi to a different slot, tweaked voltages. I haven't seen the cold boot problem yet. Thanks for the help.
 
dolphumous said:
This is the one I'm using.

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/scr...ID=&DwnldID=12150&strOSs=OSFullName=&lang=eng
Ver:8.1.1.1010

This is yours:


I'm assuming that the date is newer on the gigabyte site because they just posted it up on their site recently?
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Anyone know exactly what files I need to slipstream this stuff into XP? In particular, I want the SATA drivers (I don't have a floppy anymore). I downloaded infinst_autol.zip and I've put the 965g, ich8core, ich8ide(that has the SATA refs), ichasmb and ich8usb in a subdirectory of $OEM$, but Don't I need some driver files to put in the i386 directory?

If anyone else has slipstreamed XP for this board, I'd appreciate some tips. I did this last summer for the fun of it, and it was fairly straight forward, but I think I had a floppy back then, so I may not have integrated the SATA drivers.

I'm using nlite, but I don't think the drivers integrated in that will help me avoid pushing f6 and using a floppy.
 
Hmm a stupid question but do you need to use f6 and load drivers from floppy when instaling on Sata or on Pata drives?
I was under impression you need to install pata drivers as they are supported through jmicron controler and sata is native on 965 boards ?
 
Michaelius said:
Hmm a stupid question but do you need to use f6 and load drivers from floppy when instaling on Sata or on Pata drives?
I was under impression you need to install pata drivers as they are supported through jmicron controler and sata is native on 965 boards ?
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I'm pretty sure that you need drivers for windows, no matter what. That said, my original XP disk is, well, an original XP disk, so it doesn't have SP1, much less SP2, so I have to slipstream it no matter what. I'd like to get as many drivers installed up front, so I don't have to bother with drivers later on. I'm still trying to figure out how I put WMP11 in there too...have the rar from nlite, but not sure where it gets loaded...but that's a question for the OS board.
 
If you're running the SATA plugs on the mobo in IDE mode you shouldn't need to do any F6 drivers at all. So that's handy if you just have a slipstreamed disk without the correct drivers on it and/or are lacking in the 3.5" disk drive department.

Once windows is up and running you can install the ahci drivers (I used these for the gigabyte controller). Then reboot, go to your bios and change the SATA controller to AHCI mode. XP should detect everything without a hitch.
 
docvego said:
If you're running the SATA plugs on the mobo in IDE mode you shouldn't need to do any F6 drivers at all. So that's handy if you just have a slipstreamed disk without the correct drivers on it and/or are lacking in the 3.5" disk drive department.

Once windows is up and running you can install the ahci drivers (I used these for the gigabyte controller). Then reboot, go to your bios and change the SATA controller to AHCI mode. XP should detect everything without a hitch.
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For some reason this only worked one time. All the other times, it would bsod trying to load windows.

An alternative I came up with with regards to the ahci situation is to move the sata cable to the jmicron in ide mode and switch ich8 to ahci, boot windows, install, then switch over
 
I recieved my Rev. 3.3 board yesterday after having to RMA my Rev. 1 board.
The 3.3 is a much nicer board with more fan headers and better components.

After getting some great [H]ardForum help... I've got it OC'ed to 2.8 GHz stable and it appears to have alot more in it. :)

Are any of you running NB fans? I've got my Thermalright XP-90C turned so that the 92mm fan is blowing down onto the NB... but it still gets pretty hot.
 
mccorry said:
Are any of you running NB fans? I've got my Thermalright XP-90C turned so that the 92mm fan is blowing down onto the NB... but it still gets pretty hot.
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I just have a 40mm fan scotch taped to the top of the NB Heatsink. :D
 
I have had my board a week now.... it is great! I use no NB fan, since my Typhoon cooler blows some nice air over the heatsink, I typically see loaded temps on the NB in the 47c to 51c range. Nothing to worry about since the NB can take in excess of 80c.....:eek:
 
I have some questions temps and sensors on this board

1. Which sensor is measuring the NB chipset (within Speedfan).
2. If anyone is using this board with an E4300, what are typical temps at idle and what are they under full load.
3. What's with the CPU VID always being less than what I set it to in the bios? The box said it should be 1.35 (max), so I set it to that, but it almost always measures lower than that. AFAIK, I've turned off all the power saving options in the BIOS.


FWIW, I'm seeing idle temps at 28c/32c in Speedfan and Core Temp (Beta .94), while I see 45-48c in TAT.

Under full load 75-80c under full load (FSB at 3150) under TAT.

Speedfan/Coretemp report 63C, so it's safe to say that the temps jumped almost 30c, when TAT was running.

Finally, is there a reason why Speedfan would report vcore1 at 1.33v and vcore2 at 1.9v?

Any info/advice is appreciated.
 
nilepez said:
I have some questions temps and sensors on this board

1. Which sensor is measuring the NB chipset (within Speedfan).
2. If anyone is using this board with an E4300, what are typical temps at idle and what are they under full load.
3. What's with the CPU VID always being less than what I set it to in the bios? The box said it should be 1.35 (max), so I set it to that, but it almost always measures lower than that. AFAIK, I've turned off all the power saving options in the BIOS.


FWIW, I'm seeing idle temps at 28c/32c in Speedfan and Core Temp (Beta .94), while I see 45-48c in TAT.

Under full load 75-80c under full load (FSB at 3150) under TAT.

Speedfan/Coretemp report 63C, so it's safe to say that the temps jumped almost 30c, when TAT was running.

Finally, is there a reason why Speedfan would report vcore1 at 1.33v and vcore2 at 1.9v?

Any info/advice is appreciated.
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it's called droop and drop

also, 1.35max isn't talking about your specific cpu. it's talking about all in the breed. use say coretemp 0.94 to see what your actual vid is.

also, vcore2 is actually vdimm.
 
nilepez said:
I have some questions temps and sensors on this board

1. Which sensor is measuring the NB chipset (within Speedfan).
2. If anyone is using this board with an E4300, what are typical temps at idle and what are they under full load.
3. What's with the CPU VID always being less than what I set it to in the bios? The box said it should be 1.35 (max), so I set it to that, but it almost always measures lower than that. AFAIK, I've turned off all the power saving options in the BIOS.


FWIW, I'm seeing idle temps at 28c/32c in Speedfan and Core Temp (Beta .94), while I see 45-48c in TAT.

Under full load 75-80c under full load (FSB at 3150) under TAT.

Speedfan/Coretemp report 63C, so it's safe to say that the temps jumped almost 30c, when TAT was running.

Finally, is there a reason why Speedfan would report vcore1 at 1.33v and vcore2 at 1.9v?

Any info/advice is appreciated.
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I just finished revamping and installed the DS3, replaced the P5N-E and its horrid vdroop.

The 1.35 to 1.33 is considered a small vdroop when compared to ASUS products. 1.9 is your vdimm, as previously stated.

I am experiencing roughly the same temps as you on idle and load. 28C idle, 55C load @ 3200 and running a Tuniq Tower at low fan speed

I'm not sure of speedfan is getting it right. Anyone else have info?
 
2. If anyone is using this board with an E4300, what are typical temps at idle and what are they under full load.
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I forget what my idle temps are. I think they're higher than what most people list on here, but I'm running at 3.24 GHz in a room that is nearly 24 C. The load temp, according to Core Temp with 2 Orthos running is 63 or thereabouts.

Warren
 
Ok, thanks for the info on temps, I guess they're just higher with these than with my old single core A64 chip.

Here's another question for DS3 owners: Does your machine effectively power off (my HD definitely spins down) when you exit out of the BIOS (it may only occur if you change something)?

Mine is doing that, and it really bugs me. I don't think it originally did it, but I can see no option in the BIOS that would cause it to happen.

Also, what is HPEC (or something like that)? I believe it only shows up if you do <ctrl>F1. I think it appears under power management, but I could be wrong. It's not documented in the manual (which is for Rev 2).
 
Regarding the powering off after exiting BIOS, I found that it only happened when I pushed the CPU too much while overclocking. If it was at a stable speed, it would not do this.

The next time that happens, look at your speed in Windows. You'll probably notice that it's been dropped back to the stock speed.

Warren
 
Wangspeed said:
Regarding the powering off after exiting BIOS, I found that it only happened when I pushed the CPU too much while overclocking. If it was at a stable speed, it would not do this.

The next time that happens, look at your speed in Windows. You'll probably notice that it's been dropped back to the stock speed.

Warren
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Hmm...I"ll test some more, but while that definitely did happen if I OCed too much (and crashed), it also happens directly out of the BIOS when I had no problems at all.
 
Wangspeed said:
What BIOS version are you running? This might be true with F10. I'm on F9.

Warren
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Still running F9. I haven't really noticed any issues with F9....and after a hellish week of recovering from a dying HD followed by partition corruption of the back up (I forgot that the original XP couldn't handle large HD's out of the box), I don't want to mess with it. Maybe in a few weeks after I've moved and settled in (and have broadband.....I better have broadband).
 
I, too, am still running F9. After a few bumpy days, I seem to have it all worked out.

Currently OC'ed to 3008 MHz (E6400) and stable. No cold boot issues for me anymore.
For the first few days, the board acted a little flaky... but it straightened out.
 
Is it safe to assume that newegg now ONLY carries the rev 3.3? its $116 on there site right now and Im thinking about ordering, I jsut dont want to end up with one of the older rev's.
 
from the reviews and my own experience a couple weeks ago, they only have rev3.3. Go read the online reviews for the last month.
 
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