*** Official Gigabyte P965-DS3 Thread ***

[ThePiston]

calling everyone with a DS3 and Tuniq Tower 120 - does the Tuniq cover the northbridge? or can you fit a 3rd party HSF on the northbridge?

 

[rstove02]

Originally posted by: ThePiston
calling everyone with a DS3 and Tuniq Tower 120 - does the Tuniq cover the northbridge? or can you fit a 3rd party HSF on the northbridge?

This is a partial rip from a post of mine in another thread about the TT120.

The TT120 does not cover the northbridge. However, I need to mention two things....

1) The position of the CPU power connector and the CPU fan connector on the motherboard is pretty tight if you have a case the sits the power supply above the motherboard. The heatsink wound up with less than 1 inch clearance from the power supply and was impossible to get my fingers in there to make the connections. I had to unscrew the power supply and push it in so that I could get my hand into the case from the power supply opening in order to connect these two.

2) Buy some electrical tape and cover the heatsink backplate on the side that touches the motherboard. I have seen a report or two that the all metal backplate potentially causing shorts on the traces on the motherboard. Also since your covering the whole backplate with electrical tape, do not bother removing the paper covering the sticky foam on the backplate. I even went so far as to place tape on the four corners of the backplate that has the screw holes (take a half-inch piece of tape, crease it slightly, cut 2 Vs diagonally at center towards one another, straighten tape back out.....there you have a piece of electrical tape with a small diamond hole in center for the screw hole to pop through).

 

[JJordan]

Has anyone tried buying from M-Wave.com - they will sell a bundle for a fairly reasonable price and "test" it for $9 before it is shipped to you. With all the memory problems I am reading about and cost of RMA - I guess I am considering it as an option and wonder if anyne has used it (or some other supplier)?

 

[jeramy20]

I've been searching through this thread and have seen some people complain about the problems with drivers for the various SATA ports, but I have not see any solution that actually works yet. I'm curious though why some people have problems and others don't.

Basically my problem is the following:
I have the DS3 motherboard with F2 bios at the moment (haven't been able to flash yet);
2 x 250GB Seagate SATA drives on the purple JMicron ports in RAID 0;
1 DVD-RW SATA drive on the orange ports

Native SATA on ports 0-3 is disabled and Raid is enabled in the bios

I couldn't get windows to ever copy the jraid driver with F6 pre-install method so I slipstreamed the driver into the CD. Then I finally completed an install of windows. But I keep having a problem of hosing the install when I try to install the rest of the drivers in windows. After using the Gigabyte CD, it reboots, but I just have a blank screen a couple seconds after it starts booting windows. There is no disk activity at all so I know it's frozen. I try the "last known good" option to start, but that does the same thing. I also try safe mode and it seems to be hanging after jgogo.sys.

I saw some mention about the hacked JMicron + Intel drivers, but I don't know if anyone has really been able to make it work with the same setup that I have. Anyone know what to do??? I'm getting tired of reinstalls!

 

[vailr]

jeramy20:

The Gigabyte CD is only going to have outdated drivers.
I'd suggest installing only the latest Intel chipset drivers (after a fresh Windows install), then rebooting.
"Intel inf 8.2.0.1012" is the latest version.
http://www.station-drivers.com/page/intel%20chipset.htm
Then search around at: www.station-drivers.com for the latest Marvell, JMicron, Realtek Audio, etc. drivers.
Note: the only instance where "hacked" Intel drivers might be required, is when enabling "AHCI" SATA mode in bios.

 

[kyzen]

I'm using this board (rev 1), and am suffering from random shutdowns. It happens anywhere from 5 minutes after booting, to several hours. Not sure why, the machine doesn't even need to be under load for it to happen.

Currently sporting F9 BIOS, 2 gigs of G.Skill RAM (I have th voltage at +.2), a 6300, and an EVga 7900 GS.

Any advice? this is starting to annoy me

 

[jeramy20]

Thank you. I'll try the install again with the original Jmicron (since it does install properly) and then install all the latest drivers from the website. Hopefully that will work.

 

[levimax]

I have bought from M-Wave.com several times over the years and it has always been a trouble free experience with fast service.

 

[tallman45]

I have a S3 new install with an E4300 and it will not allow me into the BIOS. "Del" just gets me a message "Preparing to Enter Setup" and nothing further

I tried to install XP, lets me load SATA drivers from Floppy but stops cold at Installing Windows and stays there

BIOS startup messages show correct CPU, Memory and attached drives

 

[kyzen]

Also, I tried playing games on my machine, then rebooting, and immediately going into the BIOS, and it tells me my CPU temp is only 23c or so. That's like room temperature. I can't imagine that it's correct at all. Does anybody know of a Vista-compatible application that can monitor my CPU temps in real-time?

 

[yiranhu]

Originally posted by: kyzen
I'm using this board (rev 1), and am suffering from random shutdowns. It happens anywhere from 5 minutes after booting, to several hours. Not sure why, the machine doesn't even need to be under load for it to happen.

Currently sporting F9 BIOS, 2 gigs of G.Skill RAM (I have th voltage at +.2), a 6300, and an EVga 7900 GS.

Any advice? this is starting to annoy me

Are you overclocking? Is your memory kosher? Try Orthos and see if your computer is stable. Otherwise it might be a motherboard problem (RMA it)... You'll probably get a second rev board.

 

[petros]

I have a DS3P ver. 2.0 and i'a going to install XP pro. Can anyone tell me which drives to install previous the XP (with F6 option) and which controller to highlight?? I download from the gigabyte site the
motherboard_drver_raid_intel_ich8r_bootdisk_2.0.exe any i put it an a disk....

 

[whovous]

Originally posted by: tallman45
I have a S3 new install with an E4300 and it will not allow me into the BIOS. "Del" just gets me a message "Preparing to Enter Setup" and nothing further

I tried to install XP, lets me load SATA drivers from Floppy but stops cold at Installing Windows and stays there

BIOS startup messages show correct CPU, Memory and attached drives

Forgive me for stating the obvious, but have you tried either clearing the CMOS or flahsing a different BIOS?

As for the Windows install, it seems to make sense that if you can't get into BIOS you can't do an install. Not sure I can explain that, but that's my gut reaction. Did you try reformatting the HD?

 

[jeramy20]

I'm sick of this board already. I just can't get it to work with windows. I've reinstalled about 10 times doing it different ways each time: using F6 preinstall method with various versions of Jmicron driver; slipstreaming various jmicron drivers into the setup cd; installing on a Raid 0 on the jmicron ports; installing to a single drive on jmicron ports; installing to a single drive on the intel ports; installing with bios setting Sata in native mode/not native.

I'm stumped. Every time I install, it completes fine and then boots up the first time with no problems. On the first reboot, it hangs immediately. It seems to hang after the jgogo.sys driver, but I can't be sure if that's what's doing it. Anybody have any ideas? I've never ever had a problem like this in 10 years of building computers.

 

[hardcandy2]

What memory are you using? Also the voltage of the RAM if you know it.

 

[vailr]

Originally posted by: jeramy20
I'm sick of this board already. I just can't get it to work with windows. I've reinstalled about 10 times doing it different ways each time: using F6 preinstall method with various versions of Jmicron driver; slipstreaming various jmicron drivers into the setup cd; installing on a Raid 0 on the jmicron ports; installing to a single drive on jmicron ports; installing to a single drive on the intel ports; installing with bios setting Sata in native mode/not native.

I'm stumped. Every time I install, it completes fine and then boots up the first time with no problems. On the first reboot, it hangs immediately. It seems to hang after the jgogo.sys driver, but I can't be sure if that's what's doing it. Anybody have any ideas? I've never ever had a problem like this in 10 years of building computers.

What PSU? Anything less than 500W/30A : need to upgrade.

 

[MichaelD]

While searching for new drivers on GB's website, I saw that there's now a Version 3.0 of this board. :Q

What the heck are the diffs b/t v1-2-3?

<--v1.0 owner and very happy

ps
Whatever happened w/the F10 bios? I read a few posts here about insane overclocks no longer working, but did anyone with a normal overclock (i.e. to 3.2GHz) have any issues?

*edit*

FWIW, I just installed the F10 BIOS....had an interesting past hour. Possibly, I could've avoided the hassle by clearing the CMOS jumper, but that's a big PITA based on how much crap I've got hooked up.

It took me about an hour to get it to boot using the same settings for OCing as before. I'm currently sitting at the same 8 x 400 = 3200MHz@1.325v and stable, from what I can see.

There seem to be some more IDE/SATA options in F10 vs. F7. Lots of AHCI/IDE/RAID crap that I've forgotten what means what. :roll:

But, I have tried multiple cold and warm boots. So far, so good. Ran a few benchmarks, virtually no diff. *shrug* Should've just left it at F7, but I like to tinker, unfortunately.

 

[petros]

Originally posted by: petros
I have a DS3P ver. 2.0 and i'a going to install XP pro. Can anyone tell me which drives to install previous the XP (with F6 option) and which controller to highlight?? I download from the gigabyte site the
motherboard_drver_raid_intel_ich8r_bootdisk_2.0.exe any i put it an a disk....

Can anyone tell me if i really need to install any drivers (and what?) to have the XP pro+sp2 support SATA II??

 

[whovous]

You need to install drivers for RAID. If you are using SATA the way the Good Lord intended, you'll be just fine without resorting to the F6 torture.

 

[jeramy20]

Originally posted by: vailr

Originally posted by: jeramy20
I'm sick of this board already. I just can't get it to work with windows. I've reinstalled about 10 times doing it different ways each time: using F6 preinstall method with various versions of Jmicron driver; slipstreaming various jmicron drivers into the setup cd; installing on a Raid 0 on the jmicron ports; installing to a single drive on jmicron ports; installing to a single drive on the intel ports; installing with bios setting Sata in native mode/not native.

I'm stumped. Every time I install, it completes fine and then boots up the first time with no problems. On the first reboot, it hangs immediately. It seems to hang after the jgogo.sys driver, but I can't be sure if that's what's doing it. Anybody have any ideas? I've never ever had a problem like this in 10 years of building computers.

What PSU? Anything less than 500W/30A : need to upgrade.

My PSU is 400W, but I don't understand why I would need to upgrade that to make this work. I have the computer hooked up to a KillAWatt and the whole computer is consuming less than 150W at full load, so I'm certain that even if I have a very inefficient PSU, I'm not hitting any limits. The computer will run fine for a long time as long as I don't reboot it immediately after the install of windows. But, it hangs at the exact same spot after rebooting. This tells me it's a driver issue.

 

[Endlessshampoo]

got a big problem. my pc just shut down with a blue screen, and kept doing blue screens after that. so i went to reinstall windows but now it cant transfer most of the files during the windows pre installation. anyone got a clue what it is?

 

[hardcandy2]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
While searching for new drivers on GB's website, I saw that there's now a Version 3.0 of this board. :Q

What the heck are the diffs b/t v1-2-3?

<--v1.0 owner and very happy

ps
Whatever happened w/the F10 bios? I read a few posts here about insane overclocks no longer working, but did anyone with a normal overclock (i.e. to 3.2GHz) have any issues?

*edit*

FWIW, I just installed the F10 BIOS....had an interesting past hour. Possibly, I could've avoided the hassle by clearing the CMOS jumper, but that's a big PITA based on how much crap I've got hooked up.

It took me about an hour to get it to boot using the same settings for OCing as before. I'm currently sitting at the same 8 x 400 = 3200MHz@1.325v and stable, from what I can see.

There seem to be some more IDE/SATA options in F10 vs. F7. Lots of AHCI/IDE/RAID crap that I've forgotten what means what. :roll:

But, I have tried multiple cold and warm boots. So far, so good. Ran a few benchmarks, virtually no diff. *shrug* Should've just left it at F7, but I like to tinker, unfortunately.

What is difference between motherboard GA-965P-DS3 rev.1.0 and rev.2.0 ?



The major improvement of GA-965P-DS3 revision 2.0 is the optimization for supporting of Intel Core?2 Quad processor which was launched in November 2006. This optimization provides more stable and efficient power for the new quad core processors which demand much higher power consumption than Core?2 duo processors do. There is no performance and compatibility difference between GA-965P-DS3 revision 1.0 and 2.0 when those two products work with Core?2 Duo processor.

The second improvement of GA-965P-DS3 revision 2.0 is the audio quality. GA-965P-DS3 revision 2.0 improves the audio quality by applying Realtek ALC888 audio codec in stead of applying Realtek ALC883 audio codec in revision 1.0.

 

[hardcandy2]

Originally posted by: jeramy20
I'm sick of this board already. I just can't get it to work with windows. I've reinstalled about 10 times doing it different ways each time: using F6 preinstall method with various versions of Jmicron driver; slipstreaming various jmicron drivers into the setup cd; installing on a Raid 0 on the jmicron ports; installing to a single drive on jmicron ports; installing to a single drive on the intel ports; installing with bios setting Sata in native mode/not native.

I'm stumped. Every time I install, it completes fine and then boots up the first time with no problems. On the first reboot, it hangs immediately. It seems to hang after the jgogo.sys driver, but I can't be sure if that's what's doing it. Anybody have any ideas? I've never ever had a problem like this in 10 years of building computers.

Again, what brand memory and what voltage? Also, are you still using F6 bios? Have you tried F7? Have you tried setting "Optimal Defaults" in the bios?
And for those with problems with IDE drives, I was reading but can not find it again, where delaying/increasing the IDe timing in the bios may help with booting up.

 

[JJordan]

I have not ordered yet but ClubIt.com claims to be carrying the rev 3.3 board.

Hello Jeffery,

We are carrying Rev 3.3.

Best regards,

I have ordered. Guess we'll see what I get.

 

[jeramy20]

Originally posted by: hardcandy2

Originally posted by: jeramy20
I'm sick of this board already. I just can't get it to work with windows. I've reinstalled about 10 times doing it different ways each time: using F6 preinstall method with various versions of Jmicron driver; slipstreaming various jmicron drivers into the setup cd; installing on a Raid 0 on the jmicron ports; installing to a single drive on jmicron ports; installing to a single drive on the intel ports; installing with bios setting Sata in native mode/not native.

I'm stumped. Every time I install, it completes fine and then boots up the first time with no problems. On the first reboot, it hangs immediately. It seems to hang after the jgogo.sys driver, but I can't be sure if that's what's doing it. Anybody have any ideas? I've never ever had a problem like this in 10 years of building computers.

Again, what brand memory and what voltage? Also, are you still using F6 bios? Have you tried F7? Have you tried setting "Optimal Defaults" in the bios?
And for those with problems with IDE drives, I was reading but can not find it again, where delaying/increasing the IDe timing in the bios may help with booting up.

I'm using Kingston PC5300 and all voltages are normal. I haven't even started overclocking anything. I'm only attempting to get a running system at this point. I upgraded the bios to F7 (since it was F2 when I bought it) but I haven't tried optimal defaults in the bios. I'll try that tonight.