Forward: official GIGA 965P-S3/DS3/DS4/DQ6 beta BIOS

[Brahmzy]

UH-OH! I just flashed my DS3 with the F4e and now it won't boot...WTF?!?!?!? I loaded optimized defaults in BIOS, rebooted, flashed with @BIOS (checking clear DMI and the other thing) it said flashed successfully, rebooted and BAM power cycles the PSU over and over again. I tried clearing CMOS and everything.

The only thing I can think of is if it reverted back to 1.8VDIMM default like the F1 BIOS had. I could boot my OCZ 2.1V stuff on F3 and F4c...not F1 and NOT this crappy new BIOS. I DON'T have a cheapo stick laying around either!

Dang, I'm screwed! If I lost my RAID array, I'm gonna be pissed - last backup was Friday.

I'll pick up some cheapo RAM tomorrow...AGAIN...and hopefully get this thing to boot.

Consider yourselves warned. I truly am the guinea pig.

[Kashath]

UH-OH! I just flashed my DS3 with the F4e and now it won't boot...WTF?!?!?!? I loaded optimized defaults in BIOS, rebooted, flashed with @BIOS (checking clear DMI and the other thing) it said flashed successfully, rebooted and BAM power cycles the PSU over and over again. I tried clearing CMOS and everything.

The only thing I can think of is if it reverted back to 1.8VDIMM default like the F1 BIOS had. I could boot my OCZ 2.1V stuff on F3 and F4c...not F1 and NOT this crappy new BIOS. I DON'T have a cheapo stick laying around either!

Dang, I'm screwed! If I lost my RAID array, I'm gonna be pissed - last backup was Friday.

I'll pick up some cheapo RAM tomorrow...AGAIN...and hopefully get this thing to boot.

Consider yourselves warned. I truly am the guinea pig.

Don't waste your money on the RAM. I just did the same thing with the same results. I'm using Corsair 6400C4 and it can boot at 1.8...the supposed BIOS update was screwed and now so is my mobo. Do not use that DS3 BIOS.

[Brahmzy]

My DS3 is GONE. TOAST. WOW. This really sucks.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=110787

[supercoe]

Damb, that sucks... have you pm'd kenofstephen to take those down for now until they are tested?

[BDBB]

I am able to overclock with a USB mouse and keyboard since they won't work if I use as PS2. These are the G7 mouse and G15 keyboard. It seem that my E6400 doesn't like my PQI pc5400 memory. I been up to 325mhz already but my memory doesn't like it with the E6400. But when I had my Presler in it had no problem running memory at 348mhz 4,4,4,13. I can run at stock speeds with memory and E6400 just fine but if I try to overclock or just run the memory at 333mhz it just gives me errors in window. I tried upping the memory voltage and MCH but that made no difference. I am gonna buy some different memory on Friday.

Is it passing memtest? I have PQI Turbo 5400 RAM and it's working great in my DS3. I read on newegg that a lot of people got bad sticks in their reviews, so that might be your problem.

Mine is running at 800mhz 4-4-4-12 rock solid for a couple hours of dual prime now with my E6400 at 3.2 ghz. Voltage is 2.1 (+.3 in the DS3 bios). I actually think I might be able to go to 825 or 850. It booted into windows at 850 but I didn't stress test it since I'm still working on getting the cpu up there.

AWESOME, AWESOME memory, considering I paid $109 after rebate for two gigs from newegg.

[kenofstephen]

My DS3 is GONE. TOAST. WOW. This really sucks.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=110787

too bad, Gigaaxx must be kicked this time

[kenofstephen]

Damb, that sucks... have you pm'd kenofstephen to take those down for now until they are tested?

i've mentioned all of them are beta BIOS and use them at own risks, I don't have every of the boards so I can't test all of them, really sorry for that....

[BigSteve]

lol, what does that mean? it means nothing at all!

Could you be more specific? It means for one thing that we're flashing BIOS that cause the motherboard to die. It means that if I ask Gigabyte about anything (problems with sound and AHCI drivers), their tech support website rejects the question with a database error. It means that if I look in groups.google.com nobody answers. It means that if I ask questions here I the lol smilie and the name "crying". I do have a DQ6. I'd like to get it stable and then OC it beyond the 340 I reached. I'm not threadcrapping or trolling. Having said all that, I will admit that the Conroe has only been out for 2 weeks, and we should give Gigabyte some time. I will keep reading this informative forum. However, if you have all the answers, this forum has a thread called The Official Core 2 Duo Overclocking Thread, maybe you could put your money where your mouth is and get your system listed there. It takes more than a smart mouth to overclock a motherboard.

[kenofstephen]

Could you be more specific? It means for one thing that we're flashing BIOS that cause the motherboard to die. It means that if I ask Gigabyte about anything (problems with sound and AHCI drivers), their tech support website rejects the question with a database error. It means that if I look in groups.google.com nobody answers. It means that if I ask questions here I the lol smilie and the name "crying". I do have a DQ6. I'd like to get it stable and then OC it beyond the 340 I reached. I'm not threadcrapping or trolling. Having said all that, I will admit that the Conroe has only been out for 2 weeks, and we should give Gigabyte some time. I will keep reading this informative forum. However, if you have all the answers, this forum has a thread called The Official Core 2 Duo Overclocking Thread, maybe you could put your money where your mouth is and get your system listed there. It takes more than a smart mouth to overclock a motherboard.

Please don't use my words on another issue, it is a very very bad practice dude.

all guys here should know what i've said is not referring to what you are talking.

[kenofstephen]

I've reported the situation to GIGABYTE immediately, really sorry for those DS3 users who suffer from the VDIMM bug again.....I'm sorry

I just want to give you guys the most update BIOS.......

[BigSteve]

UH-OH! I just flashed my DS3 with the F4e and now it won't boot...WTF?!?!?!? I loaded optimized defaults in BIOS, rebooted, flashed with @BIOS (checking clear DMI and the other thing) it said flashed successfully, rebooted and BAM power cycles the PSU over and over again. I tried clearing CMOS and everything.

I guess this is one situation where the Quad BIOS of the DQ6 would be useful. I would hope Gigabyte tested this BIOS under optimized defaults. I guess Gigabyte can't own every memory module that is manufactured. What is your brand/model of DIMM that you suspect? Are there some that Gigabyte officially approves?

[Brahmzy]

This is not a RAM issue! I got 2 different cheapo sticks of RAM to try out in the board INSTEAD of my OCZ stuff. It did not boot into CMOS with either of them, where on F1, it would. Same stick I used to get things working in the beginning.

REPEAT: This is not just a VDIMM/RAM compatibility issue. The board is GONE...TOAST.

[kenofstephen]

This is not a RAM issue! I got 2 different cheapo sticks of RAM to try out in the board INSTEAD of my OCZ stuff. It did not boot into CMOS with either of them, where on F1, it would. Same stick I used to get things working in the beginning.

REPEAT: This is not just a VDIMM/RAM compatibility issue. The board is GONE...TOAST.

in another forum the boards still work after flashing, however it turns to DQ6 and the GeForce 7 series compatibility issue has fixed.

so I would say this BIOS won't TOAST the board, but better put on hold at this moment.

[BigSteve]

Please don't use my words on another issue, it is a very very bad practice dude.

all guys here should know what i've said is not referring to what you are talking.

Well, I'm still confused about what you are talking, but I apologize for taking it personally and over-reacting. I want to be over-clocking, not over-reacting. Maybe you are saying you disagree with that entire Official Core 2 Duo Overclocking Thread. There is even some chance we would agree, for me, I disagree with post-XP OC then running super-pi as the goal of OC. I'd like the to just set up the OC once, to not have to change my OC after XP boots, and I'd suggest a more thorough benchmark than super-pi. People seem to feel that the motherboard should automatically compensate for pre- and post- OS timings. Maybe this problem is unavoidable and is the reason Gigabyte came up with C.I.A. (and EasyTune).

[dualshock]

Iam getting a "bios id check error" for ds4. (qflash through bios)

soki, you managed to flash your ds4 with the f3d? or you're stil using F3b?

brahmzy, i'm feel sorry for you...

kenofstephen, where is the other forum that you mentioned?

[kenofstephen]

soki, you managed to flash your ds4 with the f3d? or you're stil using F3b?

brahmzy, i'm feel sorry for you...

kenofstephen, where is the other forum that you mentioned?

HERE YOU GO, BUT IT IS IN CHINESE

http://www.hkepc.com/bbs/viewthread....extra=page%3D1

[dualshock]

thanks for the link...

interesting though...ds4 become dq6 after flashing? hmm...

anyway, i've only managed to read few words of it, did they mentioned any disadvantage or problems to ds4 beta BIOS?

[kenofstephen]

thanks for the link...

interesting though...ds4 become dq6 after flashing? hmm...

anyway, i've only managed to read few words of it, did they mentioned any disadvantage or problems to ds4 beta BIOS?

it solved the GeForce 7 compatibilty issue (which made them couldn't oc) and thus they oc more

[vintage_guitar]

ok so has anybody got a successful flash of f4e on DS3????

[Lestat]

god thank god i read this first.

my gskill 6400 HZ arrives today so i wont be flashing to the knew bios

[kenofstephen]

ok so has anybody got a successful flash of f4e on DS3????

yes, but CPU-Z displays the model to be GA-965P-DQ6 F3g BIOS

[kenofstephen]

god thank god i read this first.

my gskill 6400 HZ arrives today so i wont be flashing to the knew bios

your CPU is god-like, 1.32v @ 3.6GHz, OMG....

[matt89]

so what is the best bios to use on the DS3

[eklipze]

F4c.

[cool_dude]

What about the DS4??