GIGABYTE 965P DS3 - F7 BIOS

[sanitydc]

http://www.cranox.com/Gigabyte/DS3/965pds3.f7


enjoy. :]

 

[MichaelD]

I'll be watching this thread to see what the general thoughts about this latest bios are. My DS3/E6400 will arrive this week and i was intending on flashing it right away with the F6 bios...unless this new one has no issues, then I'll use it.

 

[sanitydc]

I'm enjoying it right now, a number of added voltage features as well as a flashy new intro screen. This adds kentsfield support as well.

 

[MichaelD]

Flashy new intro screen?

/ooooooooh
/ahhhhhhhh

I'm in.

It really looks like Gigabyte's got a real winner on their hands w/the DS3. Solid board and they are REALLY supporting it with driver and bios updates. Super news. I made a good choice, methinks.

 

[vhx]

No improvement in overclockability for me. Auto-voltaging controls didn't work worth a darn in which orthos would bail in a few seconds if set to Auto control (For optimized voltage control).

I do like some of the other stuff added like color coded RAM voltage increases and other stuff.

 

[sanitydc]

yeah, my orthos failed with the auto on as well. lol, but it says normal on the voltages your not using now instead of auto. so I think that means they arent being adjusted on the fly as they were before. (im guessing)

 

[memories2002]

My board gets here Sat.! But i dont plan on overclocking immediately......but DS3 seems to be a good choice

 

[Gary Key]

F7E was better... should have a new bios out in a week or so that addresses the Micron D9 overclocking issues...

 

[Wag]

I haven't even tried to overclock much yet. To be honest I only sprang for the S3 board, but it seems exactly the same as the DS3 model.

 

[Gary Key]

Originally posted by: Wag
I haven't even tried to overclock much yet. To be honest I only sprang for the S3 board, but it seems exactly the same as the DS3 model.

The caps and a couple of trace layouts are different. The F6 bios released yesterday for the S3 has the same changes in it as the F7.

 

[RDTS]

Just flashed F7 (Had F6) but can't tell if its a,b etc. In bios set it to voltage optimized but could still see greyed out my old settings. When I got into XP it looked like it picked up my settings on Vcore, Vdimm etc as they were the same as before. Currently I've been stable as a rock with Orthos's various tests at 9x380, 1.44375 Vcore, Vdimm +0.3, FSB and MCH at +0.2 and PCI at 100. On water (Corsair) my temps are at idle TAT(Intel Thermal Analysis) 50/51 and SF (SpeedFan CPU/MB) 44/52.....Load TAT55/54 and SF 54/52 with ambiant at 28c. This seems to be as low as I can get my Vcore for temps and be stable.

 

[sanitydc]

it may just be that im being more careful but I've got my fsb up to 470 just about. first time ever.

 

[Mellman]

I just wish that my OCZ ram worked out of the box in it...

 

[sanitydc]

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=129840


I had corsair when I first got mine but found that it was over priced so I took it back and got 2 gb's of OCZ PLAT XTC 4-5-4-15 for 140 after a 40 dollar rebate. it booted straight off..

although as I recall my corsair ram wouldnt boot straight out I had to move it around in the dimm slots.

 

[khenderson]

 

[khenderson]

Anyone have a current list of PC6400 2X1024 memory compatible with the DS3 and S3? I'm looking for any decent PC6400 that, at the most will get pushed to about 850. I don't plan to mess with the timings. 5-5-5 is fine.

I just can't seem to get a straight anwer on the OCZ. With newly shipped boards, are OCZ sticks okay to use or not? I don't mind flashing the bios if I need to but I don't have any 1.8v sticks laying around for troubleshooting.

In particular, I'm considering:
OCZ OCZ2G8002GK 2GB Kit DDR2-800 PC2-6400 Gold Gamer eXtreme XTC
OCZ OCZ28002048ELDCGE-K 2GB Kit DDR2-800 PC2-6400 Enhanced Latency Gold

GeIL GX22GB6400DC 2GB Kit DDR2-800 PC2-6400 DDR 2 Series Dual Channel
GeIL GX22GB6400DCK 2GB Kit DDR2-800 PC2-6400 DDR 2 Dual Channel Memory
(same as Geil above but with a K in the product line... not sure what
the difference is)

Other sys mem recommendations welcome! I'll take any help or clarification I can get.

 

[Wag]

I picked up THIS Patriot 2GB DDR2 kit for $179, before they raised the prices a few weeks back. Works really well at listed 4-4-4-12 timings OOTB.

 

[khenderson]

Originally posted by: Wag
I picked up THIS Patriot 2GB DDR2 kit for $179, before they raised the prices a few weeks back. Works really well at listed 4-4-4-12 timings OOTB.

Thanks for the post, but that's only 667 speed and I don't want to overclock the memory. Besides, it's $250 and I'd be paying a premium for the 4-4-4 timings which aren't particularly important to me. I can get 2X1024 PC6400 Corsair XMS (5-5-5-12) at newegg (or ZZF) right now for $230. I'll probably just have to bite the bullet and buy the Corsair for peace of mind.

Thanks anyway.

 

[OhioState]

dumb question ive got a ds3 and have the f4 bios , everything works like a charm any need to upgrade to f7 ?

 

[Mellman]

Originally posted by: OhioState
dumb question ive got a ds3 and have the f4 bios , everything works like a charm any need to upgrade to f7 ?

not a dumb question...

If you don't OC, and dont need a quad core, then you dont need to upgrade to the F7.

General rule of flashing the bios is if you arent have problems w/ your setup as is, you dont need to flash it!

 

[Mellman]

Originally posted by: sanitydc
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=129840


I had corsair when I first got mine but found that it was over priced so I took it back and got 2 gb's of OCZ PLAT XTC 4-5-4-15 for 140 after a 40 dollar rebate. it booted straight off..

although as I recall my corsair ram wouldnt boot straight out I had to move it around in the dimm slots.

Odd - I have an F7 Bios DS3 with the exact same ram you have and it will NOT boot out of the box...I had to boot with crap ram, overclock my CPu and then it'd run. It would only post with my OCZ if I ran it at 300x8 and now i have it at 325x8 but im not going to OC anymore til i pickup some new ram otherwise my system will just die...