GA-G33M-DS2R

@condition0 :

What do you want to know ?

You just need to pencil (2B or 4B pencil is better) the right resistor (the one on the scheme)

If you have a multimeter, try to get 1k or less resistor after pencil mod. If you don't have, just try to pencil a little, then a little bit more and more, until the vdroop is null (or very small 0.01 for me)
 
@InvisibleSoul

For instance, after 2 weeks, no drawbacks.

The mod is very safe but be very careful when penciling the resistor because graphite is very conductive and must only be on resistor, not on the motherboard pcb :)
 
fishton said:
@condition0 :

What do you want to know ?

You just need to pencil (2B or 4B pencil is better) the right resistor (the one on the scheme)

If you have a multimeter, try to get 1k or less resistor after pencil mod. If you don't have, just try to pencil a little, then a little bit more and more, until the vdroop is null (or very small 0.01 for me)
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thanks , thats what i need to know. I dont have a multimeter, but I'll try this when I re-route my water loom :)
 
F4 Bios is out at the Gigabyte website. Not sure if the divider for 1066 cpus is removed. I should have backed the F4a up.
 
KillerTofu said:
F4 Bios is out at the Gigabyte website. Not sure if the divider for 1066 cpus is removed. I should have backed the F4a up.
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:eek:BIOS F4 made it out of BETA?!?
Wait...it just says its for ps2 keyboard compatibility.
LAME! Let me know if the memory ratios made it out of beta.
(I still don't have this board yet, but following its progress everyday so i get a good feel for it when i get it this week)
 
So whats the verdict on f4? did they remove 1:1 support for 1066FSB cpus? I'd try it myself but I don't have a backup of the f4a beta either. Speaking of dividers, what happened to the posts made by PENNYW!SE about the petition for 1:1 support? I can't seem to find his posts, in fact all posts for about past 3 weeks seem to be missing from this thread...
 
Well I wil be the 1st to say that the 1:1 ratios are not implemented in this bios. As far as I know, nothing much has changed.
 
Could anyone who owns a DS2R help me with a few questions, please?

1. I'm going to put in an E6550 and DDR2-800 RAM. Will I have any compatibility issues, or will everything just work without tweaks? Since the FSB:DRAM ratio isn't going to be 1:1 I hope there won't be any issues.

2. How easy is overclocking with this board? The last time I did any OC'ing was with a DFI LANparty back in the OpterOWN days. Things have probably changed since then, and I hope the DS2R isn't as confusing as the DFI was.

3. Does it have any USB/Firewire/audio headers for front ports in the case? Also, how many fan headers are there, and can I tell the motherboard to control fan speeds based on temperature?

4. Do you guys ever feel restricted by having a double-wide graphics card in such a small setup?

Thanks a lot, everyone!
 
etherealtml said:
So whats the verdict on f4? did they remove 1:1 support for 1066FSB cpus? I'd try it myself but I don't have a backup of the f4a beta either. Speaking of dividers, what happened to the posts made by PENNYW!SE about the petition for 1:1 support? I can't seem to find his posts, in fact all posts for about past 3 weeks seem to be missing from this thread...
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I don't have the links for those anymore. The reason why the posts are gone is that the forum got rolled back a few weeks. That is why a huge chunk of the thread is missing.
 
been trying to find the Azalia Audio install information that used to be in this thread.

Could someone please post the proper procedure including the RegKey to delete?

I just can't find those posts anymore.

Thanks.
 
I don't know if anyone has noticed this, or if they had, merely deemed it irrelevant, or extremely obvious, but I just noticed that the pciex4 slot on this motherboard doesn't have an endcap... pretty sure one could use this for crossfire, admittedly a somewhat handicapped one.
 
Somebody tried it.

Uh... there was a link floating around, but I believe it got blown up.

In short, it worked.
 
Yeah, the info is gone with last crash but it did work from what I remember.
 
Yar, I mentioned that when I first saw the board. The problem is ATi’s top of the line in Crossfire currently sucks. It’s not worth the effort.
 
ah, just making sure I wasn't crazy - going to have a matched pair of x1950s in about a month (tossing an 8800gtx in one build, which currently has an x1950), figured it should stave off upgrade time on one of my machines a little while
 
Hey!

There is one thing I've been looking hard for but so far been unable to find an answer. How does the pci-e 4x Crossfire thingie on this motherboard work? Would 2x 1650xt's (pci-e 16x spec) work in crossfire? I can't really imagine how this will work. For example, was one of the 2600xt's in the ocworkbench review a pci-e 4x video card? I don't get it. :)
I wondering cause they are currently selling MSI x1650xt for 500SEK (73 USD), which is quite an offer.

Here is the card, passive cooled
Do you think two of these cards will work on a DS2R in a crossfire setup?
 
DeluxXxe said:
Hey!

There is one thing I've been looking hard for but so far been unable to find an answer. How does the pci-e 4x Crossfire thingie on this motherboard work? Would 2x 1650xt's (pci-e 16x spec) work in crossfire? I can't really imagine how this will work. For example, was one of the 2600xt's in the ocworkbench review a pci-e 4x video card? I don't get it. :)
I wondering cause they are currently selling MSI x1650xt for 500SEK (73 USD), which is quite an offer.

Here is the card, passive cooled
Do you think two of these cards will work on a DS2R in a crossfire setup?
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I don't think both would fit with that huge cooler. The bottom one would fit, but the one in the 16x PCIe slot would probably interfere with the Northbridge or your CPU cooler, depending on which one you get.

In any case, that's not such a great deal, at least not once the price is converted. I don't know if the prices scale evenly where you're at, but for $75 USD, it would be better to save up another $40 or $50 and get a 7900GS or x1950.

I'm not too sure on the specs of it either, but the 4x PCIe slot is compatible with 16x devices I believe, they'll just run at 4x speed instead.
 
When are they releasing the G35, should I hold out for that or get the G33 now?

My system includes on a current P5B-VM *sigh*:
E6600
8800gtx
2x1gigDDR2800 4-4-4-12
620 Enermax PSU

Cheers
 
mate, you can always wait, new HW is coming every month. I would go for the Gigabyte DS2R or asus p5k now and switch if the G35 clocks better
 
DvsfoR said:
When are they releasing the G35, should I hold out for that or get the G33 now?

My system includes on a current P5B-VM *sigh*:
E6600
8800gtx
2x1gigDDR2800 4-4-4-12
620 Enermax PSU

Cheers
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G35 probably won't be out until 2008. As far as I can tell, only difference from g33 is that g35 has a dx10 graphics chip. Most g35 boards will probably be DDR3 standard too. Since you already got a dx10 gpu, might as well go for the g33. Since Gigabyte seems to be faltering on it's support for 1:1 memory sync, you should probably get the Asus P5K-VM. If you need to go as high as 2.2vddr or need RAID 0/1, then get the Gigabyte, but know that 1066 FSB CPU's are limited to 2.5xmultiplier. Sorry Gigabyte, gonna keep telling people to get the ASUS until you commit to 2x multiplier.
 
Looks like f5a is available on @bios.
nothing on gigabyte website about changes - anyone know?
 
Hi guys I would like to ask you something
pressing when on bios alt+f1 it appears a new entry "advanced chipset features",which inside has 2 entry,they are named :
1)DVMT mode
2)DVMT/fixed memory size.
Does anyone knows what these entries are for?
Did anyone tried to Deovervoltage FSB control and (G)MCH control?
If yes ,whith which values?(consider that I have a pentium e2160 at standard fsb 800mhz)
My current bios is the F4
 
etherealtml said:
G35 probably won't be out until 2008. As far as I can tell, only difference from g33 is that g35 has a dx10 graphics chip. Most g35 boards will probably be DDR3 standard too. Since you already got a dx10 gpu, might as well go for the g33. Since Gigabyte seems to be faltering on it's support for 1:1 memory sync, you should probably get the Asus P5K-VM. If you need to go as high as 2.2vddr or need RAID 0/1, then get the Gigabyte, but know that 1066 FSB CPU's are limited to 2.5xmultiplier. Sorry Gigabyte, gonna keep telling people to get the ASUS until you commit to 2x multiplier.
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Cheers, my G33 arrived today and installed :) Still learning how to overclock.. Is the "System Memory Multiplyer" (SPD) 2.0 = 1:1 multiplyer?

I'm not that clued up haha. But have figured out so far to for a decent 3.6 clock.. set FSB = 400 and CPU-V = 1.440?

Can someone post up a simple forumla for a 3.4 and 3.5 clock thanks, the main thing I don't know is the voltage :)


EDIT:

Ok i've answerd most of my own questions through reading and searching this topic (thumps up to you all!)

I am runnig my E6600 - G.Skill 6400 2x1gig 800mhz 4-4-3-5 @ 9x mulitplyer, 1:1 ratio, 1.48 CPUV, 370 FSB = 3330ghz...

I can't get a stable 3.4, it blue screans when I run Orthos..

Any sugestions?

Thanks :)
 
Does anyone know if theres an option to disable the TPM?
On my previous Asus p5b-deluxe I had this option but on this motherboard I can't find it.
 
I am runnig my E6600 - G.Skill 6400 2x1gig 800mhz 4-4-3-5 @ 9x mulitplyer, 1:1 ratio, 1.48 CPUV, 370 FSB = 3330ghz...

I can't get a stable 3.4, it blue screans when I run Orthos..

Any sugestions?

Thanks :)
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Might be your chip.

Motherboard and RAM definitely should have no problem at DDR2-740/FSB370.
 
Your E6600 isn't going to go past 3.3GHz is what I'm saying.

You might play with the voltages to see if it helps, but 3.3 might be your limit.
 
How do you figure that when peole with the same motherboard, cpu etc get higher clocks?
 
DvsfoR said:
How do you figure that when peole with the same motherboard, cpu etc get higher clocks?
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Motherboard is just one part of the equation. You could have a low clocking CPU, your PSU might not be up to the task, your case/CPU/northbridge cooling might be very different than someone else, a few settings in bios might be different, etc.
 
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