Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 + Scythe Infinity ???

[bsodmike]

Hi,

I'm about to order this and am wondering if it would fit this mobo. Your advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks, Mike

[bsodmike]

Found this in someones sig:

"Intel C2D E6600 w/Scythe Infinity | Gigabyte DQ6 | Kingston 512x2MB DDR2 533 | XFX 7800GT w/VF700AlCu LED..."

So that's that

[ExceededGoku]

ye there is suprisingly a lot of space for a CPU cooler in this motherboard, just a quick warning, the bios is a bit shaky atm. Not unstable but overclocking beyond 3Ghz is a little hard without throttling the RAM, this is an issue with gigabyte are working to fix

[bsodmike]

What do you mean by throttling the RAM? (slower settings?). My RAM's rated at 667 and is struggling on anything over a 350fsb...just figured out the ctrl+f1 at main BIOS screen to enable all the DRAM control bits in F3. So guess the one to look out for would be F4?

I'm doing 390*9 (Same proc as u) and it's stable for compiling but if I run any prime it craps it 's self...

[ExceededGoku]

yeah I have the same issue :S, my RAM is doing the same thing as yours basically. I think in the xtremesystems forum they are talking about bios updates fixing it, they're on beta F4e or something like that but its not entirely stable. I can wait , it just means running my RAM at near stock speeds.

[bsodmike]

How do you plan on flashing your BIOS? Set proc to stock frequency, and do it thru windows?....feels risky tbh...

[ExceededGoku]

ye i agree, I am really concerned about the stability issues. I was going to put it on a floppy, and then flash through the dual bios menu thingy . At stock everything of course, except memory voltages.

[ExceededGoku]

I'm going to search for the latest beta bios, I'll post it here in case you are interested. EDIT- LOL I see a lot fo angry people that the lesser cheaper motherboards are receiving more support...

[ExceededGoku]

How do you plan on flashing your BIOS? Set proc to stock frequency, and do it thru windows?....feels risky tbh...

Hey mate, I found a good bios (one where the memory doesn't crap out) http://www.jzelectronic.de/jz2/Download2/965pdq6f4d.exe
It is beta bios f4d, I can probably start going a bit higher on the CPU now. But I will wait a bit until they fix the DDR18V fail over +0.400v overvolt. I have this installed and SP2004/Orthos does not fail in the same place everytime and so far has managed to be stable for an hour and 20mintues which was unheard of before.

[bsodmike]

um...a floppy? heh...why oh why must the whole industry advance so much and still rely on floppies! pffft!

[ExceededGoku]

yeah thats why I still have one . And tbh CDs are nowhere near as good in terms of being able to put data on, and taking it off. Albeit not as much data

[nvening]

usb key anyone?

[bsodmike]

can you make a usb key bootable tho?

[bsodmike]

I plonked in my XP install DVD and the boot menu had the option of loading a win '98 boot floppy....there I am left at A: right? So I try getting to C:.....and I'm like 'wtf!'

I was looking at the contents of my SD card which was plugged in via USB :-o So seems like I have an easy way of flashing now when needed!

[ExceededGoku]

I plonked in my XP install DVD and the boot menu had the option of loading a win '98 boot floppy....there I am left at A: right? So I try getting to C:.....and I'm like 'wtf!'

I was looking at the contents of my SD card which was plugged in via USB :-o So seems like I have an easy way of flashing now when needed!

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...ProductID=2295
official F4 bios has been released . Now upto 3.4Ghz 8hr prime stable . Where before it would crap out at half an hour.

[bsodmike]

ExceededGoku, thanks for the heads up. Where does one get the dos flash util from?

Found it here: http://www.cranox.com/Gigabyte/DS3/

D'oh, it's inside the zip @ Gigabyte heh...all done, just booting up now...

Thanks