GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: dakels

Originally posted by: emenk

Originally posted by: dakels
will this board work with my old 2.8ghz HT 800fsb P4? I plan on getting a Q6600 in the near future but for now I'd like to use my P4.

GA-P35-DS3L (rev. 2.0) CPU Support List Does that help?

Thanks I actually wasn't sure if mine was a northwood (unsupported) or prescott (supported) but I think prescott.

is yours a 775 or 478 cpu? not trying to offend but i don't know your knowledg...

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: Riverhound777

Originally posted by: gwynethgh

Originally posted by: bob4432

Originally posted by: hclarkjr

Originally posted by: bob4432
anybody know if this will work out of the box w/ the 45nm cpus?

the board has to flashed to run 45nm chips. there is a beta bios out for it right now F8a

GA-P35-DS3L (rev. 2.0) CPU support list

that sucks....any way to flash w/ only a 45nm cpu on hand? will it even post?

Second that question. Can you use a 45nm chip to post far enough to allow us to flash to the new bios?

I asked Gigabyte that very question and the response was that I would need another 775 chip that was supported in order to flash it. But I also had the F3 Bios. I didn't actually try an E8400 to see if it worked since mine wont be here till Friday. I ended up borrowing a CPU from work to flash it.

i gave them a call and they said it would need a different non 45nm cpu, they would do it but you need to send the m/b to them

 

[dakels]

Originally posted by: bob4432

Originally posted by: dakels

Originally posted by: emenk

Originally posted by: dakels
will this board work with my old 2.8ghz HT 800fsb P4? I plan on getting a Q6600 in the near future but for now I'd like to use my P4.

GA-P35-DS3L (rev. 2.0) CPU Support List Does that help?

Thanks I actually wasn't sure if mine was a northwood (unsupported) or prescott (supported) but I think prescott.

is yours a 775 or 478 cpu? not trying to offend but i don't know your knowledg...

No offense cuz I know I'm a noob. That's what I need to figure out. I should stop posting until I get home to that computer and simply just run CPU Z. That should tell me right?

If it does work then I'm buying this. I love gigabyte boards. My old 8KNXP which ran my current processor died on me due to a fluke. I been looking for a decent interim board that will work with both my P4 and soon to purchase quad 6600. I didn't want to have to buy a board and replace it a month later. I assume this board will be fine to run the quad 6600, Raptors, 8800 GTS 512?

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: dakels

Originally posted by: bob4432

Originally posted by: dakels

Originally posted by: emenk

Originally posted by: dakels
will this board work with my old 2.8ghz HT 800fsb P4? I plan on getting a Q6600 in the near future but for now I'd like to use my P4.

GA-P35-DS3L (rev. 2.0) CPU Support List Does that help?

Thanks I actually wasn't sure if mine was a northwood (unsupported) or prescott (supported) but I think prescott.

is yours a 775 or 478 cpu? not trying to offend but i don't know your knowledg...

No offense cuz I know I'm a noob. That's what I need to figure out. I should stop posting until I get home to that computer and simply just run CPU Z. That should tell me right?

If it does work then I'm buying this. I love gigabyte boards. My old 8KNXP which ran my current processor died on me due to a fluke. I been looking for a decent interim board that will work with both my P4 and soon to purchase quad 6600. I didn't want to have to buy a board and replace it a month later. I assume this board will be fine to run the quad 6600, Raptors, 8800 GTS 512?

it will support that, but know there are prescotts in 478 and 775. you have ddr2 ram? again, cpu-z will tell you

 

[dakels]

No DDR2.
I never got a chance to check my machine last night. Last minute case came in at work and I didn't get home till like midnight. Won't be able to check it tonight either and I really want to order this board =/

My machine:
P4 2.8ghz 800fsb w/HT (I don't recall it saying Advanced HT in bios or anywhere) (It was OC'd to 3.2 on old MB, stock speed 2.8 on current temporary MB)
400mhz Hyperx 512mb x4 (NOT DDR2)
AGP8x X1950 Pro
Dell crappy MB (used to be a Gigabyte 8KNXP until MB shorted due to a bad USB charger)
SB Audigy 2 Platinum w/dock
Zalman copper CPU cooler 7000 series (mushroom) -Will that fit ok? The Northbridge cooler looks like it could be in the way =/ Also will the quad processors be different size and need diff coolers then my P4? I'd need to use my 7000 AIcu for the P4 then I would buy a new one I guess for the 6600 quad.

I want to order a 8800GTS 512mb and 4gb 800mhz ram today. I don't want to get a quad 6600 yet and hoping the P4 should feed the 8800GTS ok without too much bottlenecking until I get a quad 6600 in about a month.

 

[MTDEW]

Dell crappy MB (used to be a Gigabyte 8KNXP until MB shorted due to a bad USB charger)

Then your p4 is a socket 478.

 

[dakels]

Originally posted by: MTDEW

Dell crappy MB (used to be a Gigabyte 8KNXP until MB shorted due to a bad USB charger)

Then your p4 is a socket 478.

BOOOOOO

Oh well, I was planning on getting a quad 6600 anyways. Guess I will have to wait to do it all at once.

 

[Engineer]

$86.99 at Chiefvalue (can't link) after coupon and FREE shipping. Search for GA-P35-DS3L .

Use coupon CPJSERTFW86 for $3.00 and also has free shipping.

http://www.chief value.com/product-_-productdetails.cv_-_item--CE00011549010060

Cut and paste above link and remove the space between the chief and value.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: dakels

Originally posted by: MTDEW

Dell crappy MB (used to be a Gigabyte 8KNXP until MB shorted due to a bad USB charger)

Then your p4 is a socket 478.

BOOOOOO

Oh well, I was planning on getting a quad 6600 anyways. Guess I will have to wait to do it all at once.

the only thing w/ waiting is that prices will come down and speed will go up just out of curiosity, why are you stuck on wanting a quad?

as far as the zalman cooler, they make an adapter for it to fit on the skt775 cpus, they are ~$3 but $4shiping from neweegg

 

[slugbug55]

$86.99 + $9.99 shipping for Canadians - http://www.directcanada.com/pr...L&manufacture=GIGABYTE

 

[emenk]

Originally posted by: bob4432

Originally posted by: Riverhound777

Originally posted by: gwynethgh

Originally posted by: bob4432

Originally posted by: hclarkjr

Originally posted by: bob4432
anybody know if this will work out of the box w/ the 45nm cpus?

the board has to flashed to run 45nm chips. there is a beta bios out for it right now F8a

GA-P35-DS3L (rev. 2.0) CPU support list

that sucks....any way to flash w/ only a 45nm cpu on hand? will it even post?

Second that question. Can you use a 45nm chip to post far enough to allow us to flash to the new bios?

I asked Gigabyte that very question and the response was that I would need another 775 chip that was supported in order to flash it. But I also had the F3 Bios. I didn't actually try an E8400 to see if it worked since mine wont be here till Friday. I ended up borrowing a CPU from work to flash it.

i gave them a call and they said it would need a different non 45nm cpu, they would do it but you need to send the m/b to them

I certainly hope that's not true for the new boards. I've got a DS3L already on it's way and nothing but a E8400 to put into it. FWIW, it sounds like foghorn67 didn't have any problems with a DS3R board in this tread. (I don't know how to link to the exact post.) But that could be a Rev 2.1 board, while 2.0 is the last Rev. for the DS3L boards according to Gigabyte's page.

 

[Bozo Galora]

Newegg now $99.99 PLUS shipping
It clearly states for the rev 2,0 DS3L in the CPU list that it 8400/8500 needs the F8a BETA bios
I seriously doubt theat Gig would send out a mobo with a beta bios
So, my bet is on the need to flash - with the "L" board
Both rev 2 and 2.1 of the DS3R need the F11 bios, which is prob the current shipping mobo bios

 

[emenk]

Yeah, but I was assuming I could still use the E8400 to flash it. Apparently not, according to the comments above. Of course, I'll give it a try, anyway, when the board gets here.

 

[Bozo Galora]

Originally posted by: emenk
Yeah, but I was assuming I could still use the E8400 to flash it. Apparently not, according to the comments above. Of course, I'll give it a try, anyway, when the board gets here.

I have already been there done that with a bios not yet supported AMD chip.
After booting the screen just sits there - black - nothing
However, if the bios just MISrecognises the chip you are home free,. but as you mentioned, the others say no.

In the no screen images case, you could blind flash with a floppy and an autoexec.bat file to start the flash by itself during boot
If the floppy lite fllickers with recognition (and it should) while booting you are good to go
I would tell you exactly how to do it, but if you have to learn it, its best not to do it - heh

 

[emenk]

Well, rather than speculating or worrying, I should have just used Google! There are plenty of first-hand stories that say the DS3L runs just fine out of the box with an E8400. OK, maybe not optimally, but good enough to get the BIOS flashed, certainly.

A couple of people here even installed Windows Vista without updating the BIOS first. It looks like they didn't know it wasn't supposed to work.

Here's another guy running the E8400 with the (old) F6 BIOS

Don't worry, be happy!

 

[mellondust]

Originally posted by: emenk
Yeah, but I was assuming I could still use the E8400 to flash it. Apparently not, according to the comments above. Of course, I'll give it a try, anyway, when the board gets here.

Please update when you do as this is the route I am looking to take. I don't want to buy a cheap cpu just to flash the bios. I guess I could get a cheap used one to do it though.

 

[mellondust]

Originally posted by: emenk
Well, rather than speculating or worrying, I should have just used Google! There are plenty of first-hand stories that say the DS3L runs just fine out of the box with an E8400. OK, maybe not optimally, but good enough to get the BIOS flashed, certainly.

A couple of people here even installed Windows Vista without updating the BIOS first. It looks like they didn't know it wasn't supposed to work.

Here's another guy running the E8400 with the (old) F6 BIOS

Don't worry, be happy!

Didn't see this before I posted but that sounds great!

 

[emenk]

@mellondust: I didn't forget about you! And I've got good news!

I'm not having any problems running my E8400 on my P35-DS3L Rev 2.0 board. It came with the F7 BIOS (F6 should be just as good) and I haven't updated it to F8a yet.

Since my new hard drive hasn't arrived yet, on my old computer, I created an "Ultimate Boot CD for Windows" (its based on Bart's PE and Win XP) and burned it. Then I booted the P35-DS3L using an extra CD-ROM drive. It had no problems. I ran CPU-Z and it recognized the E8400. See my post at the top of the second page in this thread for some of the CPU-Z output. Gary Key recently said

 

[emenk]

... pretty much the same kinds of things here: http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=29&threadid=2145829.

The forum software is behaving strangely ATM.

 

[Bozo Galora]

Guy over at the DFI forums just posted that he plopped in an e8400 in a DFI P965S Dark as is and it recognized it and ran just fine, INCLUDING .5 multi's.
Running 505 X 8.5 stable
http://csd.dficlub.org/forum/s....php?p=39445#post39445

Now how about that - heh

 

[R3LIC]

this deal is back on. just ordered one.

seems better than the AR deal on the abit

 

[hclarkjr]

when some of the people who got the boards from newegg get theirs please report what bios is coming on them now

 

[emenk]

Well, as I said, I got the F7.

 

[Kaieye]

I got F6...

 

[emenk]

BTW, AFAIK, the only difference F6 / F7 has to do with > 1 TB drives. F6 is the one that added support for the 45nm Yorkfield processors (and apparently partial support for the Wolfdale processors).