Help with GA-P35-DS3P

Grimloon · Aug 12, 2008, 11:02 PM

I've looked at previous threads regarding this board and I get totally lost! I have a revision 1.0 GA-P35-DS3P board with 4x1GB GeIL Black Dragon DDR2 800 and a Q6600 SLACR and I'd rather like to push things a touch.

However, the last time I OC'd anything was on an Asus board with an AMD chip so I'm seriously lost here!

I'd like to bump the RAM up to 1066 (I've read that the Black Dragon will go to 1066 at CAS 5 with no issues) and the CPU to the same. Every time I've tried so far the system trys out the new settings then reboots to default.

I'm running the F10 BIOS so I'd definitely appreciate it if someone could give me a couple of pointers here.

cozumel · Aug 12, 2008, 11:10 PM

I think there's a newer BIOS for your board. (F11 I think but I haven't checked). I don't think you will be able to get to 1066 populating all 4 of your DDR2 slots. Using just two sticks maybe. But your board will have problems with all four slots being filled. It's just too much work for the memory controller to handle and the poor thing can't cope, which is why your BIOS reboots to default to default evrytime.If you want to overclock that much I think you would need to upgrade to a quality set of 2x2GB kits

Edit: I forgot to say welcome to DH. So...welcome...

Aug 12, 2008, 11:02 PM	#1
Grimloon DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: UK Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Help with GA-P35-DS3P I've looked at previous threads regarding this board and I get totally lost! I have a revision 1.0 GA-P35-DS3P board with 4x1GB GeIL Black Dragon DDR2 800 and a Q6600 SLACR and I'd rather like to push things a touch. However, the last time I OC'd anything was on an Asus board with an AMD chip so I'm seriously lost here! I'd like to bump the RAM up to 1066 (I've read that the Black Dragon will go to 1066 at CAS 5 with no issues) and the CPU to the same. Every time I've tried so far the system trys out the new settings then reboots to default. I'm running the F10 BIOS so I'd definitely appreciate it if someone could give me a couple of pointers here.

Aug 12, 2008, 11:10 PM	#2
cozumel I'm dangerous but cute... Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Under the waves... Posts: 3,577 Rep Power: 60 System Specs	I think there's a newer BIOS for your board. (F11 I think but I haven't checked). I don't think you will be able to get to 1066 populating all 4 of your DDR2 slots. Using just two sticks maybe. But your board will have problems with all four slots being filled. It's just too much work for the memory controller to handle and the poor thing can't cope, which is why your BIOS reboots to default to default evrytime.If you want to overclock that much I think you would need to upgrade to a quality set of 2x2GB kits Edit: I forgot to say welcome to DH. So...welcome... __________________ Don't worry about money - Be a beach bum! Scuba Rocks Last edited by cozumel; Aug 12, 2008 at 11:24 PM.