cancel buying ultra120 or noctua (need to wait).
bought thermaltake bigtyphoon vx from zamree7.
tomorow i will do short review.

waaa..then seem i oso need to change it lor

i am not sure about that.. just leave it lo. so annoy eh? ok what ~

err... Aurora 3D mobo...? wow... can give the model number...?

at 1st im oso shocked but try google it

its casing ler.. lol

pci-e 1000mhz??!! sure ke i tot only set it for 100mhz oni?typo meh?

Ok, just install the thermaltake bigtyphoon vx...

And the result :

IDLE TEMP :
XP-120 = 47c, BTVX = 47c

LOAD TEMP :
XP-120 = 65c, BTVX = 60c

Conclusion, BTVX is a good hsf (silent operation) and provide better cooling during cpu usage 90% and above....

weird.... y i using stock hsf, my idle temperature also same like yours...

and you are runnin in stock speed?

ya, running at stock speed...
btw, how much vcore u feed for the proc?

currently for my e6600 is 1.4v oni but since i am using p5b the voltage drop to 1.34 v@3.2GHZ
i think that guy runnin oc that why you cant compare u @ ur stock coolin n speed he @ oc speed..

Mine E6600 @ 3.5Ghz, Vcore = 1.34V, so that why idle temp 47c. How about u RokXIII?

sorry as i jus saw the temp is after OC...
no way that to compare a non-OC temp wiv a OC-ed temp, my bad.

finally get ur E6600 lahhhh

For DS3 users,

New Bios F10 is out. Get it HERE

Report your results here aight!

everytime bios come out, gigabyte RMA department got work to do

oh well.. still no go for me.. keep hittin a wall @ 470 fsb. same as other bios

could boot at stock vcore but could only last a few seconds under orthos

still hoping for the 'magic' bios to come along..

but if it doesnt come along, i'll give those lazy bozo's at the rma dept some work to do

flashed to f10,
so far so good... stable at my previos oc-ing setting

i noticed the menu back to F8i based...
and added a new option for Ram over 1000MHz
i selected option2, but failed to boot, so option1 seem like to be the best for me...

Evogenix

just fLashed too
but curious, what is the Option1 & Option2 for the ram??

anyone using CM Hyper48 cooler for ur DS3 mobo?

any problems fitting the HSF?

cuz im planning to buy one.

mind asking ere..does anyone know whether we can flash bios using pendrive or not..im using ds3

thnx

flash it,flash it...hahahaha then die like me!! lol just kidding,miss my ds3 board already send rma but not yet arrive...i read in some forum that it can be done by using a pendrive but not sure use diskett like normal way la...much more safe then flashin within window...oh yea for those board who died after flashing there is a way to recover it....only learn it yesterday though...

hop u don mind sharing it here

A bit out of topic,

im running a e6300 @ 3.0ghz with Ds3, raptor 36gb and seagate 7200 250gb. Booting is kinda slow for a pretty fast system IMO ~ it takes 10 - 12 loading bars when booting to XP. THe lenovo computer @ my office (p4 3.0 ghz) only needs 6 bar to load into windows.

ANyone here having the same problems? Or is it not a problem?

Further information:
i connect my hard disk to the orange sata ports, which is from the ich8 chip not the jmicron. IIRC, it runs in IDE mode or some sort not AHCI (though i dont know what AHCI is )

I have two optical drives connected to the PATA connector.

Using XP Pro SP2

EDIT: once booted, everything is snappy as it should be though. hdtach producing expeted results for my raptor (which is hosting my OS). SuperPI and 3Dmark benchies are all up to mark.

my AMD64 s754 system needs only 1.5 bars to load into windows lol. its not the problem about speed i think. but it is more to the windows installation (pirated ones includes some optimizations codes, thats why it's fast.)

LoL. As much as i want to believe its because of the installation, i really dont think thats the problem. Im guessing that it has something to do with my bios setting.

in any case, do pm me on details about ure installation cd

CM Hyper48 update:

compared to intel stock cooler. hyper48+AS5 gives 10C temp decrease @ load (spec as in my sig). Load temp is 58C (2.6GHz)

very satisfied with the performance

not only the hardware buthen the software also causes slow start up. make sure u don't any rubbish applications appeared in the start up list. u can also check the bios.. disable those smart or what enhanced setting for hdd. hope this help

p/s: my c2d e64, ds3, wd 7200 250gb takes about 3 bars. winxp pro
less than 2 bars for vista rtm

Is it necessary to update my bios in order to oc? I don't plan to stretch it to the max, just oc a little first with the stock HSF and hopefully the stock vcore.

And what are the risk of flashing my bios? Any tips to do it safely?

My mobo is a DS3 with F4 bios. Check my sig for the rest of my rig.

first of all, thanks for your response!
but from 3 to 10? thats a lot to be caused by any softwares. Btw, there's not a lot of softwares that i install - on top of my head ~ AVG antivirus (the free one), Office 2003, CS:Source, Everest and other smaller ones which should not effect booting time (utorrent, firefox, cfospeed etc.) IIRC, on a freshly installed XP SP2, its already at 7-8 loading bars.

One more thing, are u running in IDE or AHCI mode? you connect your hard disk on the orange or purple port?

I have 2 HDD - WD Raptor and the 250gb seagate. The raptor has 2 partitions, while the seagate has 3 partitions. Does the number of partitions live effects by booting time?

for me update to latest bios is better coz thr is sure improvement...
there wont be any risk if u are flashing ur bios the correct way..

check my siggy..im using F8 for my DS3..F9 is the latest FYI

For me, the F7 bios is so far the best for me although im actually using a beta F10 bios.
careful when updating ure bios though. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE LOAD DEFAULT SETTINGS BEFORE FLASHING. just a friendly reminder - quite a number of ppl have spoiled their mobo becoz of this.

Wao.. DS-3 BIOS rocks!! How many extar FSB u manage to get? Can share?
Bro can tell me how is the correct way to flash BIOS??
My S3 dead b4 becoz flashing BIOS
Now change new mobo i only use Winflash to flash BIOS.

Can try on XP120 or XP90.What brand are you looking for>?

i used the @BIOS utility from gigabyte to flash my ds3 always
it never fail me & i never roll-back to default setting b4 flashing new BIOS

Owwhh.. better start counting your blessings young man! hehhee.. but doesnt hurt to be just extra careful ya know!

ANyway, anyone knows anything about my slow xp loading problem posted above?

FYI my mobo dead becoz i do the same thing last time. Instantly killed my mobo lol..

maybe i just lucky, but since F4 - F10 Beta BIOS + those with "i", i only use @BIOS wares. lastime when im still using s939 platform, i oso experience killing my mobo when my OC setup hang at the moment flashing BIOS

How to do it correctly? By using the bios update utility from Gigabyte?


This gives me second thoughts on flashing it....but can send for RMA, right?

Dont worry.. just set everything default then shud b okay.
Yup can RMA as long as no burn mark. I RMA my mobo alrdy.. but need wait 3 weeks



Use da GGbyte's bundle software.. @BIOS

it is not recomended to flash your bios thru window...well the web said the chance for unsucsessful bios flash thru window are 50:50...

hm.. i got 4 partitions in my 250gb sata2. i'm sure that i got more softwares installed than urs. why it takes so long to load... then i am not really sure d. try to set all to default and try again


yea agreed.

in the bios there got one option to let u choose to flash bios. just use that lar.. easy what. what u need to do: copy the bios file into diskette, restart pc, press DEL, choose the flash bios option (donknow what name d), then put in the diskette, follow the instructions, then done

I guess i'll throw in the towel for tonite. Wasted like 2 hours reinstalling windows using the Jmicron (purple port) sata port and setting AHCI in the bios. It still boots at 10 bars or so after I installed the normal softwares/drivers; avg 7.5 free edition, nvidia drivers.

Im lost of ideas. the first restart after installing the chipset utilities (before installing other softwares mentioned above), it only took 2 bars to load. After install avg etc.. kaput already. Uninstalling the AVG only reduces like 2 bars to make it 8.

kenny is looking for Zalman S478 heatsink. he's already buying the HSF and install it. might wanna know how the HSF perform with his 3.4C

*anyway, i just bought his 2.66C for RM150

Wao,you are going to down grade your proc? Don't want to use the 3.2C already?

So what's the chances of success with this method? I better go and search for my floppy disk drive now....


What's the difference between the purple (Jmicron) and orange (Intel) SATA ports? Do the purple ones run faster? Mine is connected to the orange port. Once i tried connecting my hdd to the purple port, and some of my applications got messed up.

hm... maybe bcoz of the purple port? i am using the orange port anyway.


hm.. if flash in bios then should be ALMOST 100% succeed guah. try to set everything to default first before flashing lo.
i am not sure what's the difference between the purple and orange port.

Hey guys.. Gigabyte's new BIOS give any extra o'c speed??
Share some result here la pls..

i dont think so laa, im still stuck here at 3.24Ghz
how bout ur ES chips, izzit good?

what the max stable setup? share here lorr