The GA-P35-DQ6 and Gigabyte GA-P35-S3

Hey all,

Would anyone have either of these mobos?

I'm in a forum and 2 guys have these mobos.

The prob is, dual channel doesnt work on either of them.

They've tried all combinations, to get dual channel to
work, the P35-S3 also freezes when the guy put ram in slot 1/3 or 2/4.

Is this a known prob, with the GA-P35 mobos??

Its just funny that, even tho these 2 are different mobos, they both start
with GA-P35

Any info welcome

Cheers

 

Have you researched BIOS versions for the products ?
Maybe the answer is in the BIOS release notes, and a
BIOS upgrade will change things. Check the download pages
for the products.

GA-P35-DQ6 - deactivated item, so link may not last forever...
Mentions hidden BIOS settings for memory tuning. One poster
also mentions that SPD contents of the memory DIMMs, were
not properly read to set timings. Use CPUZ to verify that
the DIMM timings are properly applied, and correct manually
if not.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16813128046

Paul

 

Cheers Paul, I'll check out the link

 

Well the guy who had the P35-S3 has fixed his prob.

The prob was with the ram / timings.

The OCZ ram he had, was 4 4 4 15

CPUZ said 5 5 5 15.

So he brought Geil 5 5 5 15 ram, and it no longer freezes, and works in dual
channel.

 

Running GA-P35-DQ6 Rev 1 with 1GB + 1GB (at socket 1 & 3) Transcend AXE DDR2 (1066 MHz) RAMs, dual channel interleaved AND IT IS WORKING LIKE A CHARM. No setting or customization was necessary to the BIOS. Had been using Twinmos 1GB + 1GB (800 MHz) as well on dual channel without any trouble.